I have a good friend. 1 Chinese name is Da Shan and his 2 name is Mark Rowswell. He 3 from Canada. He can 4 English and French (法语). And he speaks Chinese very 5. He likes China very much. Now he teaches English 6 Beijing. Da Shan 7 a big nose, big eyes 8 short brown hair. He has a happy family. His wife (妻子) is from Sichuan, China. They 9 two children. Da Shan's father and mother are in Canada. But 10 like China, too. And they often come to

China.

    Mike and Dick work in the same office. They don't like the cold weather. And one day they decided 1 their holiday in Australia. Their plane 2 Sydney at nine in the morning. They had a good rest in a hotel. The next morning they 3 a car in the city and began their travel. A few hours later the sun 4 in the sky and there were no shade trees beside. It was so hot that they could hardly go on driving. They had to stop 5 around. Mike found a river was about half a kilometer away from them. They were both very happy and drove the car 6.

    there. Soon they got to the river. Before they jumped into the water, Dick saw a boy 7 under a big tree. He asked, "Are there any sharks in the river, boy?" "No, there aren't." answered the boy. So they began 8 in the river. After a while, Dick felt something hit 9 his leg. He told Mike about it. They were afraid and stopped swimming. Dick asked 10, "Is it true that there aren't any sharks in the river?"

    "Yes, sir," said the boy, "There're a lot of crocodiles(鳄鱼)in the water. All the sharks（鲨鱼） have swum away!"

    A young man was walking in the desert, feeling so 1. Just then he suddenly found a spring of delicious and clear water. The water was cool and sweet for a man who had expected it for such a long time. He drank a lot, and then he filled his bottle so that he could bring some back to his village and give it to his 2 who had taught him in middle school.

    After a 3 trip, he gave the water to the old man. The old man took a deep drink, smiled warmly and 4 his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his home 5 a happy heart.

    Later, the teacher let 6 student taste the water. He spat it out at once, saying it was terrible. The student said the water had become bad 7 the bottle was too old. He couldn't find the water was 8.

    The student asked his teacher, “Master, the water was bad and it was bitter(苦). 9 did you lie to him that you liked it?”

    The teacher replied, “You only tasted the water while I tasted the gift. The water which has been put in love and kindness is not simply water.”

    10 could be sweeter than love.

    David was a middle school student. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and he had a very big  1. They lived in a small village 2fifteen years. Later on Mr. Hill opened a shop in our town and 3a house here last month. Then his family moved to the new house and David began to 4in our class. But at first he had 5friends at school. He was always alone. His neighbor Cathy was a  6girl. She had many friends. When she found the boy

    7talked with others, she decided to 8him. She talked a lot with him and sometimes played with him. So very soon  9became good friends.

    One afternoon, Cathy said to David, "It'll be my 10birthday tomorrow. I'll have a birthday 11. Will you please come?" "Certainly, I'm glad to," the boy said  12.

    David got home and thought about 13he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he  14 to ask the girl what she liked. At that moment Mrs. Hill came and asked, "What's the matter, dear?" "What would you like 15it was your sixteenth birthday, Mummy?" "Nothing," the woman said, "I just wish I were sixteen."

    My neighbor is a doctor. He and his wife are some of the 1 people I have ever met. A few years ago, we started this kind of "favor war "where one of us would do something kind for the other, such as 2 the driveway or building a shed, and next time the other would 3 to top it with another favor.

    Yesterday morning there was about 2 or 3 feet of snow on the ground and I 4 he shoveled (铲) my driveway for me when I was out on a business trip last 5. So I took out my shovel and took care of both our sidewalks and driveways because it was my turn to do a favor 6. It took a while but I finished it and got into my car for work.

    That night I got a 7 on my door, it was my neighbor. He immediately shook my hand and thanked me for shoveling 8 driveway and sidewalk, so that he was able to get to work earlier and 9 a boy.

    "As soon as I started the car early this morning, a(n) 10 came through that a young boy in our neighborhood was seriously ill. 11, my partner and I were only about 2 minutes away, but the closest ambulance (救护车) 10 minutes," added he. "A young boy got to live his life 12 you did me the favor earlier this morning."

    It wasn't too much 13 to shovel a driveway, but what I did got a young boy to see his family again, go back to school again and live his life again.

    14 favor is too small. Even the smallest favor can make the biggest 15. One favor will always be followed by another.