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    Mick Polly，an owner of a toy store，lives with his teenage daughter Carolina in Kentucky．He is known as the Bike Man．Over the past five years，Mick has built hundreds of bikes for needy kids．

    One day in 2012，a 13﹣year﹣old boy with a broken bike walked by Mick's house．"I was working in my garage（车库），and he asked if I could fix it，"says Mick，now 53．

    The boy's bike had a broken wheel．Mick sent a post（帖子） on Facebook，asking his friends if they had the needed part．One friend saw the post and gave away two used bikes．Mick took parts from each to build a new set of wheels for the boy．

    Soon after，Mick repaired a bike for the boy's brother and fixed one for his sister．Word spread，and during the year，he had fixed up lots of bikes for local kids whose parents were not able to afford new ones ．

    "People are throwing away bikes day and night，"says Mick．

    Mick puts the bikes and bike parts in his garage．"I take off the good tires or the handlebars or the seats and use them，"he says．

    Up to now，the bike man has repaired hundreds of bikes and given away nearly 700newly repaired bikes．They're free，but the kids must agree to two things：They have to learn how to put waste things to good use and they have to try their best to study in school．

    If a kid's grades are low，Mick requires a teacher's note"saying that you're doing your best，"Mick says．Mick also hopes the bikes will get kids off the sofa．"When I was growing up，we all rode our bikes，"he says．"Hopefully these kids can get some exercise．"

    Mrs Brown is very fat (胖).

    “Don't eat meat or cakes,” her doctor says to her.

    “I'm going to stop her eating them, doctor,”her husband (丈夫) says.

    The next morning, Mrs Brown makes a nice cake, and her husband eats half of it. After he goes out, Mrs Brown cuts (切) a very small piece of the cake and eats it. It is very good. She cuts a bigger piece and eats it. In a few minutes she finishes the cake. “My husband is going to be very angry (生气).” She says. “What am I going to do?”

    She makes another cake very quickly, eats half of that, and leaves half on the table.

    Her husband comes back later. He sees the half of the cake on the table and he is very happy.

    Esperanza lives in a poor Latino(拉丁美洲人) neighborhood in Chicago, .America. She dreams of having her own house one day. Her parents told her that when they moved from their last house, they would have a new' and shiny(亮闪闪的) house. But the house is small and old.

    Many people live in Mango Street in a big old house. Esperanza lives behind it with her family. A lot of the people who have come from Mexico don't speak English. Many miss their home country. Esperanza understands their sadness, but she also feels at home in America. She is an American, but her roots(根) will always be Latino,

    Esperanza is young. Like her friends, she has to grow up fast. She is stuck between being a girl and being a woman. In the poor and dangerous area where she lives, this is difficult for her. Mexican people usually live in a close neighborhood. This means that people live packed(挤塞的) in together. Everyone knows everyone else. So Esperanza knows other older girls that do things she is not comfortable doing. It is just a fact of her life.

    But Esperanza has good friends too. She becomes friends with two sisters named Lucy and Rachel. They ride bikes and have adventures together. Esperanza is also friends with a girl named Alicia. Alicia is afraid of the rats in her apartment. She shares her poems with Esperanza.

Are you under stress? Well, it is believed that everyone feels stress sometimes. You feel stress when you have a lot of work to do and do not have enough time. You can also feel stress when you have problems that are difficult to deal with. Sometimes, a little stress can be good. But usually, stress is bad.

Too much stress can cause health problems. Stress can make it hard to sleep well. Some people under too much stress even can't sleep all night. It can also make it difficult to finish school work. If you have a health problem, stress can make it worse.

____ You can talk to your parents or a friend about your feelings. Tell them what makes you feel stress. Talking about stress can help you face it bravely and understand it. How can you take away the problem that is making you feel stress? Sometimes, writing down the problem and writing ways to take it away can help.

Exercise is also a good way to help with stress. Different exercises, like playing sports or walking, can help you feel better. Make sure that you are taking care of yourself. Getting enough sleep, eating the right kinds of food, and having time to sit are also important.

If you feel that you have too much stress, tell other people and get some help to get away from it.

My name is David. Once, I needed to make {#blank#}1{#/blank#} speech in my English class. The speech was about fifteen minutes. I had never spoken in public before. So, it's my {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (one) time to do that. To prepare for the speech, I read a lot of books and made some note {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (card). But speaking in public still made me nervous. Finally, the day came. I went to the classroom. However, before my speech started, I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (drop) my note cards on the floor by accident. I was very {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (worry). I tried to pay attention to my speech {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I couldn't. All I cared about was what my classmates would think of me. However, no one laughed at me. They just said, "Come on!" Because of their encouragement, I finally finished my speech {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (successful). In life, unexpected things always happen. This always {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) us feel awful. And such bad feelings will also stop us {#blank#}9{#/blank#} performing at our best. An encouraging word from {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(we) friends, family or classmates can make us happy and help us do better in studies and work.

A good way to pass an exam is to work hard every day in a year. You may fail in an exam if you are lazy for most of the year and then work hard only a few days before the exam. If you want to be good at English，you have to read stories in English，and speak English as much as possible. A few days before the exam you should go to bed early. Do not go to bed late at night studying. Before you start the exam，read carefully over the question papers，and try to understand the exact meaning of each question. When you have finished your exam at last，read over your answers. Correct the mistakes if there are any and be sure that you don't miss anything out.