A boy named Jack was well-down in his hometown because he couldn't hear anything. He was born deaf. Although people 1 him a lot, they also treated him much differently than other people. The other children worried they might 2 him while playing together. Adults acted like he was unable to understand them, as if he was a baby.

    However, this year, people got to understand Jack a little better. On Jack's birthday, everyone in town would 3 earplugs (耳塞) so that they couldn't hear anything either. This day came to be known as the Day of Silence. People became aware of how difficult life could be when you can't hear anything. They also 4 that Jack had many skills.

    On that day, no one thought of Jack as just a deaf person People saw a whole 5 side of him. They paid more attention to what he said. They were also surprised by his smartness and ability to find a solution to nearly any 6 that he faced. They realized that he had always been like that, and that he simply needed to communicate with others in a different way. In the end, he was 7 just like any other little boy.

    On the Day of Silence, people came to know Jack's true 8. They learned that although most of us are different from each other-sometimes in big ways—we are still mostly the same in our hearts and minds.

    This morning I got an email from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at the University of Harvard.

    The1made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.

    Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes.2, his little hand knocked over(打翻)a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess. "Oh, my God！"My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with3.

    I4and held his hand, "Take it easy, Roy. Now let's do something to make it look5."I took out a6 ."You see, Dad is a magician(魔术师).I can change it into a big tree."

    His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.

    We spent the whole afternoon7and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew something8happened.

    The night before Roy left for the University of Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he knocked over the paint." Since then I've9worried about making mistakes, "he continued, "I believe I can always10ways to solve all the problems."

    Everyone has a place which he remembers most from his childhood (童年), and so do I. One of the places I remember from my childhood is a 1 in the country. It belonged to my parents. I spent my summers in that place 2 I was a teenager(青少年), and now I begin to miss the farm again.

    It was lovely to 3 there. There were a lot of lot of 4— cows, sheep, hens, dogs and cats. My sister and I 5 helped to work on the farm. We helped people graze(放牧) sheep or make bread or cheese. I can still remember that on Tuesdays we 6 the bread and on Thursdays, the cheese.

    I love that farm because I 7 to love animals and not to be afraid of them there. We saw a sheep give birth to its baby there, and we enjoyed staying there to see how lovely the 8 sheep was.

    Now my sister and her son are 9 this place. My nephew is 10 with the place. I hope that he has a good time there and when he is older, he will remember the place as I do.

I never knew that one little"I'm sorry"could mean so much. I never thought that one moment in time could 1 the rest of my life.

I was sitting in class one day when a short and 2 kidnamed Victor came in. He sat down next to me, looked at meand looked away. When our eyes met, I 3  talked to him, but he just smiled at me. So I didn't think 4  was the person that I'd like to become friends with.

One day I joined the unkind kids in 5  him, although I knew it was wrong."Do you have any friends?"a kid asked Victor, who 6  past us alone, keeping his head down.

 "No, he hasn't got any 7  . He's too foolish,"I said. Victor looked at me with sad eyes. That night, I couldn't sleep 8  I couldn't get Victor's face out of my mind. In the next week, he never 9  my eyes in class or smiled at me.

It was really hard for me to ask him to forgive me. I couldn't forget his sad 10  every time I saw him. The next day in class, I wrote him a note telling him how 11  I felt. About five minutes later, I turned and saw tears12 his eyes. Later he told me that I would never realise how much my apology(道歉) had meant to him. He said he hoped that we 13  become friends.

We had a very pleasant talk over lunch that noon. And then, we became close friends. When I think back, I realise that my apology made it possible for me to 14  good friends with Victor, a lonely person.

So never 15  a chance to tell somebody you are sorry. Apologies can really change your life.

Zeus and the Bears（大熊座、小熊座背后的神话故事）

URSA MAJOR, or the Great Bear, is one of the most recognizable constellations(星座). Have

you ever seen it in the night sky? And did you know that it has a connection to Greek mythology? Ursa Major used to be a beautiful woman. She once won the heart of Zeus, the god of the sky.

According to Greek mythology, Zeus had many human girlfriends. One of them was Callisto. Zeus used to visit her regularly, and this angered his wife Hera.

One day, Zeus was walking through the woods with Callisto. Suddenly, he saw Hera coming. Not knowing how to hide Callisto, he turned her into a giant bear.

When Hera arrived, she saw Zeus walking by himself in the forest. But Hera knew her husband well. She didn't believe he was there alone. She ordered that they return together to their home on Mt. Olympus. Zeus didn't want to go because he knew he had to bring Callisto back to human form before returning to Mt. Olympus. But since Hera insisted, he had to leave immediately.

Zeus left Callisto living on as a bear. That same day, Arcas, the son of Zeus and Callisto, was hunting in the woods. He saw the big bear and shot at it. It was a successful attack. But before Arcas ' surprised eyes, the dying animal started changing back into Callisto. Arcas saw his mother with an arrow (箭) in her heart and started crying loudly for what he had done.

Arcas realized that it was a trick played by Zeus. He became even angrier and started crying louder. Zeus heard him and understood that Hera could hear the man as well. He quietly returned to Earth and asked Arcas to hide the secret. Zeus changed Callisto back into a bear and made her one of the largest constellations in the sky. It's known as the Great Bear. Zeus also turned Arcas into a smaller constellation. It's known as the Little Bear, or Ursa Minor.

As you look up at the night sky, you can see Ursa Minor turning toward Ursa Major. According to Greek mythology, it's Arcas looking at his mother.

Hello, my name is Bob. I have 1 good friend. Now I want to tell you about her．

My friend Sally lives2 Singapore with her parents. Her home is close to her school, so she 3 to school every day. She enjoys4 football and she is a member of the school football team. Students in the team wear green and black clothes with white shoes.

Sally likes the clothes,5 she doesn't like the shoes. She has to clean them after every game. 

The team often goes to China to play some 6 matches against other schools. 

They sometimes win, but they usually lose(输). Sally's father tells her that losing games teaches her a lot. Sally thinks 7 is right. She and her friends still want to win, so they practise very hard every day.

They hope8 half of their games this year.

Sally's parents are teachers at her school. They work 9 every day. Sally is usually at home alone because they don't have much time to stay with her. 10 she feels bored, she goes to the library with her friends.