A long time ago, there was a seed. Because he was only a seed,1noticed him. So the seed thought he was not important in the world.

    One day, a wind2the seed and threw him on an open field. Later, he enjoyed the water on wet days and the3on clear days, which helped him grow. Years later, another day he saw a traveller sitting by his side.

    "Wow, how lucky I am! I can have a rest4a tree on such a hot day the traveller said.

    "What are you talking about "the seed quickly asked. He thought the man was making fun of him because no one ever spoke to him like that.

    "5just spoke?" the shocked man asked.

    "It's me, A seed."

    "The man said. Are you joking? You're not a seed. You are a big 6!"

    "Really?"

    "Yes! People often sit here to7your shade! Don't tell me you didn't know that."

    The traveler's words made him happy. The seed thought and8for the first time in his life.

    The years of torture by the sun and the rain helped him9grow up. "Oh! That means I' m not a little seed any more! In fact, I can make people feel10. Wow! That's great to be helpful."

    I put my bag in the luggage area, and sat down in my seat. Just before taking off, a line of soldiers came and filled the 1 seats.

    After flying2 about an hour, it was announced lunches were available for $5. As I3 for my wallet to buy one, I heard the soldier ask his partner 4 he planned to buy lunch. "No, the lunch seems too expensive. I'll 5 till we get to Chicago." His friend agreed.

    I looked around at the other soldiers.6 were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane, and handed the flight attendant a $50 bill. "Take a lunch to all those7," After eating, I went to the restroom. A man stopped me. "I saw what you did. I want to be part of it. Here, take this." He8 me$25.

    Soon after I returned to my 9. I saw the Flight Captain coming down the aisle (过道).

    When he got to my row, he stopped and said, "I want to 10 your hand. I was a soldier. Once, someone bought me a lunch. It was an act of 11 I never forgot." I was embarrassed when applause (掌声)was heard from all of the passengers. Later, a man who was seated about six rows in front of me reached out his hand, wanting to shake 12. He left another$ 25 in my hand.

    We landed in Chicago, I 13my bag. Waiting just inside the airplane door was a man who stopped me and put something in my pocket. 14 $25.

    Upon entering the terminal, I gave $75 to the soldiers. "It will be about time for a sandwich. God Bless You." I said. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them some 15. It seemed so little.

"Today I will give you a special test," said the English teacher with a smile on his face.

All the students set up straight and 1 for the test to begin. The teacher began to give the test papers to all the students. After he handed out the test papers, he asked them to 2.

The students felt very strange to see that there was not a question but a black dot(圆点)in the centre of the paper. The teacher said with a smile, "I want you to 3 what you see there." At the end of the class, the teacher took all the students' papers and read the answers. All of them wrote about the black dot. After reading all the answers, the teacher said 4, "Here everyone only saw the black dot, but no one wrote about the white paper. "All the students listened without saying anything, because they were 5. they couldn't get good marks(分数). Then the teacher said, "Don't worry about 6 marks for this test I just want you to think about our 7. The white paper is like our life and the back dot in the centre of the paper is like the problem(问题)in our life. "

Our life is a 8 from God, with love and hope. But we just see the problems, and never see 9 things in our life. So we should take our 10 off our problems to see each moment life gives us.

Teresa is a 25-year-old girl who works at a bank. She sometimes  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （想念） her happy time at school. 

My First Day 

I'll never forget my first day at primary school. I got to school early but I still felt really  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （紧张的）. Luckily，a girl was kind enough to  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （邀请） me to sit next to her. We were all together and the head teacher with thick  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （眼镜） welcomed us. He looked so kind that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （没有一人） of us felt afraid of him. 

My First Teacher 

I remember her name is Mrs Simpson. Her voice sounded really sweet. Moreover，she was more  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （幽默的） than any other teacher in our school.  {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （也许） she was my dream teacher at that time. 

Sports Day 

Sports Day was the best day of the year!I used. to take exercise with my friends after school. My {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （业余爱好） is running，so I took an  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （积极的） part in the running race and I won he third prize!But I haven't won a better prize {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （还、尚）. 

Hello, I'm Linda. I'm 12. I have a good friend. 1 name is Cherry. She is 13. Look! This is Cherry's 2 . It's nice and tidy.

A purple bed is in the room. Cherry likes purple. 3 is that on the bed? It's her schoolbag. It's purple, too. A model plane and a pencil box are on the desk. In the pencil box you can see some  4 , pencils and rulers. What 5 is the desk? It's white. Where are her books? They are under the desk. Some CDs and tapes are 6 the desk, too. A chair is next to(紧挨着) the desk. Cherry's 7 is on the chair. It's an English dictionary. Where is Cherry's tablet(平板电脑)? It's in the box under the chair. It's made in China. You can see8 girls in the room. One is Cherry and the other(另一个) is her 9 , Lucy. Lucy is her aunt's daughter. She always comes to Cherry's room. A cat is in the room, too. I 10 her name. It's Mimi. Cherry likes her room.

I was lonely when I was in high school because I went to a new school far away from my home. In the beginning, some naughty students often laughed at me because of my poor English, so I always tried to avoid them.

Soon I went to university. I was a poor student and I only had $20 for two weeks. I had to hide the truth carefully because I was afraid to be laughed at again. I ate little every day. One day, Joe, a classmate of mine, invited me to help him cook and then shared the completed dishes with him. Since I was not familiar（熟悉）with him, I refused him at first. But after some consideration, I decided to go. I used to cook at home, and I thought I could do it, but I was still full of worry. If he didn't like my cooking, what should I do? Later, it turned out to be a success. Then Joe wished me to make it a daily routine. It went like this. He did the shopping and I did the cooking. And then I stayed to have dinner with him.

It was not until graduation that I knew the whole story. Joe discovered my situation two years ago. In order not to hurt my pride, he came up with this idea just to make it much easier for me. When I cooked the last meal for him, I ordered a big cake and said to him with tears, "My dear friend, you and your help really brighten my college life. I'll never forget that."