I got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her 1 had been stolen. She asked if he could 2 her some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to 3 paying it back. I was shocked. How could my father be so 4? It was clear that she was telling a lie, staying at the station all day long 5 money.

    “She was lying!" I shouted. “ 6 did you give her the money?"

     My father looked at me. He was a bit 7."And what would you like me to do?" he said. “Should I tell 8 that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam(诡计)?" I did not understand him at all, and then he told me something that I have 9 forgotten. "First, she would not do this 10 she did not need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she is 11 than me. It is more important to her than the money, but I do not 12 this."

     A week later, we were at the same 13, and the same woman came to my father with the same story. "Not this time," my father told her. “In your business, you 14 learn to recognize people. Try another story 15 me next week."

    Everyone has dreams. Lily dreamed of being a dancer. She took 1  lessons and all her teachers thought she was an excellent student.

    One day she saw a notice. It said that a famous dancing group would be performing in her town. 2 though, “I must show the leader my dancing skills.” She waited for the group leader in the dressing room. 3 the leader appeared, she came up and hander him the flowers she prepared. The thorns (刺) hurt her fingers and blood came out. But she was too  4 to care about the pain. She expressed her strong wish to be a dancer and begged (乞求) to show her dance.

    “All right, you dance.” The leader agreed. But half way through the dance, he stopped her, “I'm sorry, in my mind you're not good enough!” On hearing this, Lily  5 out as fast as her legs could carry her. It was so hard for her to accept this. She lost heart and 6 her dream.

    Several years later, the dancing group came to her town again. She decided to find out 7the leader had told her she was not good enough.

    This was his reply, “I tell this  8 every student.”

    “You've ruined (毁掉) my life!” she shouted angrily.

    The leader went on, “I remember your present of  9and how the thorns had hurt your fingers but you carried on bravely. It was a pity that you didn't take dancing like that and stopped trying so  10 . So you are still not good enough for dancing!”

    My name is Helen. I am 13. My1is on October 25th. I 2in America with my parents and my brother Frank. I 3 in a middle school with Frank. My favourite 4are music and art. I like listening 5music and talking with my friends when I am 6. I don't like history because it's 7.

    I always have meals at school. I have good eating 8. For breakfast, I 9to have two pieces of bread and a glass of milk. And for lunch, I like to eat chicken, rice10vegetables. I think they are 11and can make me strong. For dinner, I 12eat a small bowl of tomato and egg noodles. 13are delicious.

    To keep fit, I always 14some time playing sports. I often 15early in the morning to run in the park. And in the afternoon, I often play ping-pong with my classmates after school.

①Hello! My name is Emma and I'm eleven years old. I have a brother, Josh, who's just five. I live with my family on a farm in the southwest of England. I was born in London, but my parents moved to Devon when I was two. My brother was born here, in Northam. My father runs the farm and my mother is a vet (兽医). We have lots of animals on our farm like ducks, chickens, pigs, sheep, cows and horses.

②I love living in the country. I don't mind getting up early every day. I'm old enough to help my parents with the work on the farm. I love feeding ducks and chickens. It's not difficult at all. It takes me about a quarter of an hour to give them fodder every morning, but first I have breakfast myself. Sometimes I also help my dad milk the cows, especially on weekends.

③My brother and I go to a local primary school (小学). My mother always drives us to school and picks us up when lessons are over, at 3 o'clock.

④On Wednesdays, I have a karate (空手道) class so I go back home by bus. When I come back, I do my homework first and then help my parents with the animals or in the garden. We usually have dinner at six o'clock. After dinner, I often play computer games or watch TV. Before I go to bed, I always read for a while but not too long because I have to get up early the next day.