It is raining outside. A bus 1 at a small bus stop. A man 2 out of the window. He sees a woman. She is selling 3. The man wants 4 a cake. But he doesn't want to go out because it is raining. The man sees a boy. The boy is 5 the window. “Come here, boy, ” the man says, “Do you know 6 the cake is?” “Twenty fen. ” the boy says. The man 7 the boy forty fen and asks him to buy two cakes. “One is for you and 8 is for me, ” he says to the boy. After 9 minutes, the boy comes back. He 10 a cake. He gives the man twenty fen and says, “Sorry, there is  only one cake left. ”

    Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had five children. He had a large 1. The other had no wife yet. Although they lived in different houses. They shared 2 they got from their farm.

    One day, the single(单身的)brother said to himself, "It's not 3 that we share all the rice. I'm 4 and I need less than my brother." So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and 5 the field between their houses, putting it into his brother's store-room. At the same time, the married brother thought, "It's not fair to share all the rice. I'm married and I have my wife and children to look 6 me when I am old. However, my brother has no one to take care of his 7in the future." So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother's store-room.

    Several months passed by. They found 8 strange that their rice never became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand 9 was happening. Their 10 fell onto the ground and tears (眼泪) filled their eyes at once.

High school does not encouragestudents to know about the new things in life, but college sets the stage for it.I myself went through this1process (过程) and found something that haschanged my experience at college for the better: I discovered ASL﹣American SignLanguage.

I never felt it necessary tolearn any sign language before. All of my family members can hear, and so are allmy friends. The 2 language was enough. Little by little, I discoveredmy 3 for ASL.

The4began during my first week atcollege. I watched it carefully when the ASL club performed their translation ofa song. Both the hand movements and the idea of communicating without speaking attractedme. What I saw was completely different from anything I had experienced in the past.This new form of communication just made me want more.

After that, feeling the needto5 further, I decided to join one of ASL clubs. Ionly learned how to express my feelings6 my hands about the letters that day. Although myprocess was7, I wasn't disappointed aboutit. I then tried my best to take part in those club's meetings and learned all Icould.

The following term, I decidedto be a member of an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking wasn't8. I soon realized that silencewas not unpleasant.9, if there had been any talking,it would have caused to learn less. Now, I enjoy the silence and the10 way of communication.

Justin was so good at basketball that he could beat any of the older guys at the court, and the younger guys didn't have any chances. But one day everything changed. When Justin was shooting around at the local court, some guys from another neighborhood appeared before him. The biggest one said that he had heard that Justin was the best and he wanted to see if it was true. Justin didn't want to play. But his cousin begged," Come on, Justin, beat this guy!" Justin decided to do what his cousin wanted.

Just as Justin was going to win, the big guy knocked him down hard. Justin broke his right leg. The doctor said he might never play basketball again.

During the first six weeks, Justin just lay in bed with his leg in a long cast. He watched TV all day and ate one bag of potato chips after another. Justinblew up like a balloon as he watched his future fade away as a basketball player.

Then Justin's sister Kiki came home from the university, bringing exciting stories of a far away land called college During those days, they talked and studied together, and Justin felt much better. Because of that, he realized he shouldn't give himself up. Basketball used to be his favorite thing, and he was good at it. But now there was only school, so he had to get good at that.

Justin worked so hard. By the time he got to senior year in high school, his GPA was high. The last thing that Justin had to do to get into college was score well on the ACT. Well wouldn't you know it?

Using the study skills he had learned from his sister, Justin made a score of 24 on the ACT.

Every university that Justin applied to accepted him. When the fall came, Justin had his choice in colleges.

Hi, I'm a middle school student. I'm Judy. In my class there are thirty-eight students. How do they go to school every day? Seventeen of them take the bus because they live far from the school. Six students walk. They think walking is good exercise. Fifteen students ride their bikes to school because they like riding bikes very much and their homes are not far from the school. No one goes to school by car. How do you go to school? Haha, I'm one of the fifteen.

Anna comes from Russia. She is 17 years old. She is going to stay with the Black family for a year. They will form valuable  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} .Anna comes to England because she wants to study English. She hopes to make progress in English.

Anna is now in London. Everything is new to  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} . She finds life is different from that in Moscow. Some things are nice in London. However, many things are not so nice. The shops are  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in London than those in Moscow. But it's very expensive to enjoy herself in London. It's expensive to have a meal at a restaurant  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} go to the cinema.

Now Anna has got used to many things. She helps Mrs Black with housework and goes to English classes on Wednesday and Friday afternoons. She enjoys studying with her classmates  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} groups. She expects to go back home with London's culture.