Yesterday my sister and I went{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(buy)something for her birthday．She didn't really know what{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(get)but she seemed{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(like)the idea of a pet，so we went to the nearest pet shop．She started {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(look)around at an the animals．The man in the shop advised her {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(choose)the rabbits，but when she saw some puppies(小狗) {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(play)in the box，she said she would like{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(have)one of them．I didn't know if we had enough money{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(buy)one and I hoped my mother would want us{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(have)a dog in the house，but my sister promised{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(look after)it well and we had enough money，so we bought a little brown dog.

    Bill and Simon were good friends. One summer they were on v{#blank#}1{#/blank#}. They wanted to sail around the Caribbean Sea in their boat {#blank#}2{#/blank#} two weeks.

    During their trip, they saw many whales(鲸). Bill and Simon were very e{#blank#}3{#/blank#} because they had wanted to see them very much. Unluckily, w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they were watching them, the whales began to hit(撞) the side of the boat.

    Suddenly, w{#blank#}5{#/blank#} started to come in, and they realized(意识到) they were in trouble. They {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (quick) jumped into the lifeboat before the boat sank(沉没), and watched it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (消失) under the sea.

    Luckily, they had enough food and water for about twenty d{#blank#}8{#/blank#}. They also had a fishing line and a machine which could change sea water into drinking water. These two things helped them to survive during their terrible experience.

    For the next fifty days they caught about ten fish a day and {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (eat) them. They saw about twenty ships, but although they waved and shouted when the ships were passing, nobody saw them. They were becoming {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (weak). Then, just as they were beginning to lose hope, a fishing boat saved them.

    The summer holiday was coming but Zach was a little sad. He would have to move {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the holiday, leaving his friends and his tree house. The tree house was Zach's favorite place to go to when he wanted to be alone. He also liked {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his friends there. They would play for {#blank#}3{#/blank#}.

    Zach told his mom, "I don't want to move. I'm going to miss my friends. I'm also going to miss my tree house. I want to take it with me." "Zach, but we have to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} your father's changed his job. He is already {#blank#}5{#/blank#} waiting for us. You will have a much {#blank#}6{#/blank#} bedroom, and you will meet new friends at your new school," {#blank#}7{#/blank#} his mom. Zach wasn't so sure.

    When Zach and his mom arrived, Dad took Zach to the backyard. There, Zach saw a big tree house. "Wow!" Zach shouted. "This is great!" All of a sudden, Zach heard a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} voice. "Are you moving in? My name is Joey and I live next {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Can I have a look at your tree house?"

    "I think I'm going to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it here after all!" Zach told his mom and dad that night.

    Everyone has a true friend in his life. Mary Allen was my best friend—like the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, and horseback riding.

    When I was 13, my family moved away. Mary and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on {#blank#}2{#/blank#} occasions(场合)—like my wedding and Mary's. Soon we were busy with children and moving to new homes, and we {#blank#}3{#/blank#} less often. One day a card that I sent came back stamped ＂Address Unknown.＂ I had no idea how to find Mary.

    Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my {#blank#}4{#/blank#} when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could fill.