One day，Mozart saw an old blind street—performer{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(play)the violin at the street corner with a hat in front of him．He{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (find)the old man {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(play)one of his compositions．The old man played for a while，but nobody put money into his hat．Mozart asked the old man，"Do you often play compositions by Mozart ? " "Yes，sir，"answered the old man．"Now everyone {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(know) Mozart and they love his music．" "Do you make a living by {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(play)the violin?" The old man said he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (do)．Mozart took over the violin from the old man and began {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(play)． He played SO well that all the passers-by stopped {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(listen)to the wonderful music and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(give)their money．Soon the old man felt surprised that the man {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( play )so well．He asked Mozart，"Who are you，sir?" "Your colleague(同行), a poor musician like you．"Then Mozart gave the violin back to the old man and left．

    Xiao Qiang，a 13-year-old Chinese boy, has too many activities. His father drives him to practice music, drawing,maths and English four afternoons a week.

    “More and more kids become unhappy {#blank#}1{#/blank#}they have too many activities to do.” said Mr. Wang{#blank#}2{#/blank#}expert （专家）of child development. More than 75% of them said {#blank#}3{#/blank#}they wished they had more free time to play.

    “Over-scheduling(过量的课程安排) is a growing {#blank#}4{#/blank#}for Chinese families ”, said Mr. Wang. It is not {#blank#}5{#/blank#}for both kids and their parents. More families eat dinner {#blank#}6{#/blank#}so that they can go to drawing lessons or piano lessons on time. We all know it is important{#blank#}7{#/blank#}kids to learn how to relax. If they don't learn that now, it will be more difficult to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}when they get older. Kids need{#blank#}9{#/blank#}to relax. Parents should {#blank#}10{#/blank#}about what is right for kids .

    Since her husband died, Mrs. Jackson {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(live) alone in her big old house. The house was bought by her husband almost fifty years ago. For the sake of safety, her daughter has tried hard to ask her to sell the house {#blank#}2{#/blank#}buy a new and small one in the town .But Mrs. Jackson doesn't like the idea. She says that she has to look after her {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(husband) old house. But these days, she often hears of stories about unknown people{#blank#}4{#/blank#}steal things around here.

    That was{#blank#}5{#/blank#}cold day before Christmas Eve. Around four o'clock in the afternoon, Mrs. Jackson was enjoying the Christmas music {#blank#}6{#/blank#}someone knocked at the door. She heard the sound hut didn't move. Another knock. Who could it be? Mrs. Jackson was a bit afraid. She decided not to answer the door but kept {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(wait).

    One minute another minute and yet another minute, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(something) happened and no more knocks. She walked quietly to the door, and listened. She heard nothing but the wind outside. She {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(slow) unfastened(打开) the door and watched through the crack(缝隙). She then gave a surprised cry and threw the door wide open! At the door, she saw a tail, beautiful Christmas tree! Under the tree was a Christmas card with these {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(word):

    Merry Christmas!

    Your new neighbor