Our new neighbours are the Browns. They have two children, a boy and a girl. The boy is Jack and the girl is Alice. Jack is 11, and he is one year older than me. Alice and my sister Nancy are 8 years old.

    At weekends, Nancy and I like to go to play with Alice and Jack. Both Jack and I really enjoy playing computer games. Sometimes the girls join us, but the games they enjoy are different from the ones we like.

    There is a big park near our house. Sometimes, when the weather is fine, the four of us will go for bike rides there. We often stop at the huge playground to have some fun. Jack and I like to play basketball, but the girls prefer to sing and dance.

    Our families often have dinner together. On some days, they come over to our house and on other days, we go over to theirs. Mr Brown and his wife cook really well.

    Nancy and I are very glad to have the Browns next door. It's great to have friends living so near.

    "Why do I live? Why do I wish for anything, or do anything? Is there anything in my life that will not be destroyed by my death?" Like Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian writer, many people ask these difficult questions. Tolstoy spent his whole life trying to answer these difficult questions.

    As a young man, he thought people could achieve perfection if they tried hard enough. So he worked very hard to be the best in everything. He thought that he would find meaning and truth in success.

    In 1850s. Tolstoy wrote his first stories. He wrote about his life in the army. He also told stories about his childhood. These works were published and Tolstoy became a well-known writer.

    He earned the respect he always wanted. Many rich and smart men met and talked with Tolstoy. Some of them were writers like him. They talked a lot about faith (信仰) and the meaning of life. But soon Tolstoy recognized that these men were not perfect. Now he knew they could not answer his questions about faith.

    So in the 1860s, Tolstoy tried a different way to find the meaning of life. He opened a school for the children of his serfs-the people who worked on his land. These workers were very poor. He wanted to help them because he thought they were more honest than the rich people he knew.

    Tolstoy learned a lot from his workers. He understood how they worked hard to support their families. He began to believe that marriage and family would give his life meaning. So in 1862, Leo Tolstoy married a young woman named Sonya Behrs.

    The next 15 years were the best years of Tolstoy's life. It was during this time that he wrote his most famous books-War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Many experts say that War and Peace is one of the greatest books ever written. In these books, Tolstoy believed humans should live a simple life and take care of their families. Tolstoy thought this would satisfy him and bring him happiness.

    Leo Tolstoy is still a very respected writer today. His faith and writings have influenced many people all over the world.

The Flame Mountain（火焰山）is about 200 km away from Urumqi in Xinjiang. It is in a place with many high mountains around it. It is much hotter than nearby places. If you want to enjoy the feeling of a hot shower in summer, it's the right place to go!

On hot summer days, it can get hotter than 80℃. Try to cook eggs or cakes in the sand and they will be ready in a few minutes!

Does rain help make it cooler? People hardly see rain in 10 out of the 12 months in a year. Why? For most of the time, the raindrops dry in the hot air before they reach the ground.

The mountain came into being millions of years ago when the earth was changing a lot. We can't see any plants on the top of the mountain, only red rocks. They make the whole mountain look red. In hot air and strong sunshine, the mountain looks like a burning flame. That's where its name comes from.

My name's Monifo, a boy from the USA. Amy is my friend. She's Chinese. She lives with her family. We are in the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} grade but we are not in the same class. She often {#blank#}2{#/blank#} basketball with me after class and I think she is very nice.

We have many {#blank#}3{#/blank#} at school but art is our favorite. I like red but it's not my favorite. Amy and I have the same favorite {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. It's green. But we don't like white or brown. At Amy's house, we do our homework first. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Amy watches TV with me. Amy's grandma calls her Mei Jing— that's her Chinese name. And she thinks it is very cool to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} two names.

This Sunday I go with Amy to her {#blank#}7{#/blank#} house. There are many people in the house. They are her aunts, uncles and cousins. I think it's someone's (某人的) {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, but Amy says her big family often eat dinner together(一起). I learn to use(使用) chopsticks(筷子) here. Chinese use{#blank#}9{#/blank#} to eat meals but we use knives and forks(叉子). It's {#blank#}10{#/blank#} interesting!

It was a fine day last Friday.

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A 5-year-old boy named Jack did something surprising. He set up a lemonade stand to help the people hit by the big fires in Maui, Hawaii.

 Hearing his parents talking about the fires on the news, Jack felt really sad. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . He got the idea of starting a lemonade stand and giving all the money to the people who lost their homes in the fires.

 His mum, Polly, thought Jack might raise at most $100. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . The stand raised$8,000 in just one day! Lemonade sold for one dollar each cup, but most people gave much more.

 Only in a week, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} , which was far more than they expected. Jack was very happy. He gave all the money to the Maui Community Fund to help the people who needed it. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .

What do you think of Jack? Why?(不超过15词) {#blank#}5{#/blank#}