Fiona Famous was a very  1  girl at school. She was such a busy girl, with  2  friends, that she  3 had a chance to  4  time with individual(单独的) friends.

    But everything changed  5  National Friendship Day. That day in class, everyone  6  make three presents to give to their three best friends.

    However, Fiona was the only one  7 had not received a  8  ! She felt terrible, and spent hours  9  . How could it be possible? No one regarded her as their best friend? Everyone came and tried  10  for a while. But each one only stayed for a short time before leaving.

    That was exactly what Fiona had done so many times to  11  .

    She knew that she was a friend, but she was not a  12  friend to anyone!

    When she got home that night, Fiona asked her mother  13 she could find true friends.

 “Fiona, my dear, ” answered her mother, “If you really  14  true friends, you will have to give them real time. For a true friend you  15  always be there, in good times and bad. ”

    A boy thought that he was the most unhappy person in the world. In his opinion, he was unlucky because almost everything 1always happened to him. He wanted to find the 2 to happiness. He walked a long way and finally came to a beautiful palace. There, he met the king.

    After learning 3 the boy came, the king suggested that he should look around the palace and come back in two hours. “At the same time, I want you to hold this spoon 4 milk,” said the king. “As you walk around my palace, carry this spoon 5 without spilling the milk.”

    The boy kept his eyes fixed on the spoon and began to walk around the golden palace. After two hours, he came back to the king. “Well,” asked the king. “Did you 6 the wonderful paintings in my dining hall? Did you enjoy the colorful flowers in the garden?” The boy felt sorry because he saw 7.  He only paid attention to the milk.

    "Then go back and you can see the beauty of my world.” said the king. This time the boy saw all of the works of art on the walls. He saw the great gardens and hills all around. He had a great time 8 he was walking around the palace. When he 9, he described everything he saw.

     "But where is the milk?” asked the king. Looking down at the spoon he held, the boy saw the milk was gone. “Well, there is only one piece of 10 I can give you,” said the king. “The secret to happiness is to see all the beauty of the world and also keep an eye on the milk on the spoon.”

    Jeff is fifteen now, but he's still in Grade One. He likes playing1, he often plays it with his friends, but he does not like to use his head. He does not listen to his2in class, so he can not do his homework. His teachers don't like him. They tell his parents3it, and they do not know what to do.

    It's Sunday today. Jeff gets up4in the morning. After breakfast, his mother tells him to do his homework. He goes to his bedroom.5his mother is busy with her housework, Jeff goes out with a ball. Now it's time for lunch, but she can't 6Jeff.

    Later he comes back. His parents look very angry, but say7. After lunch, Jeff wants to go out again. His father stops him and8, “Is your homework over?''

    “No,” answers the boy, “I can't do it.” His father pulls(拉、拽)him by the9and says, “Where is your ear?” “Oh，dear!" Jeff calls out, “It's in your10.”

    Do you ever watch old films？Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous1in the 1930s.She died when she was only34.In her2life she made 70 films！Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters. When she was 12, she was playing baseball in the3near her home. A film director4 her and decided to put her in a film. She was only 13 at that time. The film was one of the last silentfilms. She acted so well that she 5 the hearts of some people. At 16, she left school to act.

    In 1925, she had an agreement with a6studio, 20th Century Fox. The studio gave7a new name, and she acted in several films. Then, at age 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars(伤疤)on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not 8. She continued to act.

    It was Paramount Studio that made Lombard a 9. She made many films for the studio. She also married two of its stars. Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months.10seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.