Once there was a boy named Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very     1 at it. He drew many beautiful and interesting pictures, and many people 2 his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be 3 when he was a little older, and then they were going to 4 these pictures for a lot of money.

    Jimmy's pictures were quite different from other 5, because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on 6 of it, and the other half was always 7.

    “That's very 8,” everybody said. “No other people have ever done that before”.

    One day, somebody asked him, “Please 9 me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, but not on the top half.”

    “Because I'm small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes can't 10 very high.”

Mr Henry lived in a small village. All day he worked on his farm and never went to the 1.

Sometimes he went to the2 town to buy something, but he always walked there and never took a bus or train. His daughter, Ann, 3 her father and found work in a hospital in the capital. As she was 4 ， she had no time to go back to the village. But she 5 her father and asked him to come to the capital. When Mr Henry heard from his daughter, he was quite6 and was soon ready to set off. The next day, as soon as he got to the 7 ， he rang Ann to tell her the time he would arrive.

Mr Henry spent about sixteen hours on the train. As soon as he 8 ， he saw his daughter standing there to meet him. Ann ran up to him and found that her father looked pale.

“What's the matter with you，Dad?” Ann asked 9.

“Nothing,” answered Mr Henry. “I'm just not used to sitting backwards in the train.”

“Oh，dear,” laughed the girl. “Why didn't you exchange 10 with the man opposite you?” “How can I do that?” answered Mr Henry. “No one sat opposite me!”

    Boys and girls, you are going to graduate(毕业) from junior middle school. Before you leave our school, we will hold a 1 party next Wednesday. There are 2 groups in our class. So each group will have 3 to do. Group 1, you need to clean the classroom, including sweeping the floor and cleaning the windows. Make sure the classroom will be clean and tidy, and then decorate the classroom. And you must finish the work 4 this Friday. Group 2, you are going to ask for some 5 about the party programs. Then make a list by the end of this Sunday. Group 3, you need to 6 some food and drinks. Make sure to buy some 7 food. Group 4, you need to make invitations to all the other 8, inviting them to take part in our party. Group 5, you are going to take photos during the party, 9 everybody can have good memories(回忆) of school life. I hope we'll have a 10 time.

    My dad was a fisherman(渔夫), and he loved the sea. He had a 1 , but it was not always 2 to make a living on the sea. He stayed out late 3 he wanted to catch enough fish for the family.

    When the weather was 4 , my father didn't work, and he drove me to school. Before he left, he would 5 me a big kiss(亲吻)on the face and tell me to be a good boy.6 for me, it was so embarrassing(尴尬的) .

    I remembered the day. I was 12 years old. I thought I was too 7 for a good-bye kiss. We got to school and came to a stop. He had his usual big smile(微笑) and started to kiss 8 before he left, but I put my hand up and said, "No, dad." It was the 9 time that I talked to him in that way. So he got a(n) 10. I said, "Dad, I'm too old for a good-bye kiss. I'm too old for any kind of kiss. "My dad 11 me for a long time, and his eyes were filled with tears (眼泪). I 12 saw him cry. "You are right," he said, "You are a big 13. I won't kiss you anymore."

    It wasn't long after that when my dad went to the sea for fish but he never 14. I was so sad that I wanted one more15 from my father.