It was a playground. Eight {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(child) were standing on the starting line to take part in a running race.

    Ready? Bang!

    All eight girls started running {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they heard the sound. After a minute, one of the small girls fell down. Because {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the pain(痛), she started to cry. When the other seven girls heard, they stopped running {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (quick).Then they stood for a while to see what happened. They decided {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (run) back to the place where the girl fell down. One of them kissed the girl and told {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to be strong. They said, “We will be together {#blank#}7{#/blank#} you.” Then, seven girls helped the fallen girl stand up and looked after her carefully. The eight girls joined hands together, walked together and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (get) to the winning line. People were moved. Clapping(掌声) of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hundred) of people came out. Though they lost the race, they were all {#blank#}10{#/blank#} best runners!

    All these special girls are strong and brave. What did they teach this world? Teamwork! Friendship! Love!

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   Do you know the boy in the picture? He is Kuang Heng. Kuang Heng lived in more than 2,000 {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (year) ago in China.

    From the picture we can see: at that time, he was in worn clothes, and sitting at {#blank#}2{#/blank#} wooden table with a pile of books on it. A little weak light came {#blank#}3{#/blank#} through a small hole in the wall. He was reading carefully.

This is the well-known story from the ancient Chinese idiom. Kuang Heng was so poor {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he couldn't even afford a candle, so he {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（dig） a hole in the wall to "steal" light from his neighbor's house {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (read) at night. The moral of the story tells us that we should try {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (we) best to learn knowledge, but never be discouraged {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (easy), no matter how difficult the situation may be.

    Of course, things {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) quite different today, but we should remember that hard work pays off. We should take pains to improve ourselves through learning and get {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (prepare) for our future.

    Helen is in Grade Eight. She smiles at everyone and she's always glad to help others. But do you know she had a sad story?

    Helen's parents died in {#blank#}1{#/blank#}fire when she was nine years old. After that, her aunt and uncle adopted(收养) her. They sent her to a new school. In that school, Helen{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(know) nothing about her new classmates. She didn't talk too much and she was{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(shy)and quieter than most kids. That made{#blank#}4{#/blank#}difficult for her to make friends, so she had few friends at school. Her aunt and uncle worried about her.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(lucky), Helen met a funny girl named Sandy. After making friends{#blank#}6{#/blank#}Sandy, Helen became more outgoing{#blank#}7{#/blank#}before. Sandy usually tells jokes to make her laugh and Helen often helps Sandy with her studies. Now they are good friends.

    Helen is really hard-working and she always{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(get) A's in her subjects. Sandy says, "Helen studies very hard. She often helps me with my homework. Now I'm getting better{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(grade) with her help{#blank#}10{#/blank#}she is different from me, I like her very much.

    Li Tao is my cousin. He {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) with his parents in Tianjin. One day, my uncle says to him, "Dear, how about {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (go) to see Uncle Liu on the weekend?"

    "Oh, I don't think that's good. Uncle Liu is in a small village. There's nothing (没什么) interesting {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (do) there! There are no cars and no {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (train)," says Li Tao.

    "Well, but Uncle Liu says there's a big river in {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (he) village."

    "So what?" asks Li Tao.

    "So, we can take a boat there."

    "Oh, really, Daddy?" Li Tao says. "It's my dream. I'm sure we can have a great weekend."