The 50-year-old farmer, Wu Yulu is quite different from the others at his village. He is the  1  of 38 handmade robots. He has been  2to show his robots at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo.

    Born in a  3 family, he did not have the opportunity to go to school. But even as a child, he knew he wanted to make machines. “I think  4  machines is a talent I was born with, ” he said.

    In 1987, he finally finished his  5 robot that could walk like a man. He named it “Wu No. 1”.

6  , his experiments  have not been away from danger. One of his fingers was injured in 1989. And in 1999, his house was  7  by fire.

    In 2003, Wu and his robots were invited to perform in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and in 2009, his robots were on  8  along with the Chinese Shenzhou spaceships.

    Wu's latest dream is to invent robots  9  can help people in daily life. He will invent robots to help the disabled or look  10  children.

     I like to go shopping on weekends.  1 Saturday morning, I usually get up very late. I wash my face and then go out to  2  morning exercises. It is about 8:20a.m. After I eat my breakfast, I often go to a shopping center  3 my mother.

    The shopping center is near our home, so we 4 there. It  5 about 20 minutes to 6 there on foot. The shopping center has a good name. It is called "新世纪购物中心" in Chinese. It doesn't have an  7  name. Can you help to put it into English? It is new  8  big.  9 many things there, such as(诸如) TVs, fridges, bikes, computers, clothes, food and books. There are many 10  there. There are men and women, the old and the 11  . Parents must look after their children. The shopping center is so  12. Young children may get lost in it.  13  do many people come here to buy things? Because the things there are usually  14. The workers there are always friendly. If you come to my home, I can take 15  there and have a look.

    I started to learn English when I was six. My dad gave me1advice on listening to the Beatles. I listened to them every day for the next seven years. At the beginning, I could understand2of what they sang. But soon I started to understand some of the3.

    4 I got a book with the words of all the songs. And when I had time, I would read it. I learned many songs5this book. I6the songs to myself. Still, I understood very7of the meaning. To learn English well became my8, and I wanted to learn the9of the Beatles' songs. That is how I started to learn English.

    Today, I can understand the Beatles very10. Each time I hear a Beatles' song, I am happy and proud because my dream of learning English well has come true.

    11-year-old Jerome is good1running. He usually wins all of the races at Serpentine Primary School in Australia. However, after giving up2 a recent school race, the boy has won hearts of3 people. In the race, the kind boy ran back to walk with his good friend Seth and let him4the finishing line first.

    10-year-old Seth was born with cerebral palsy (脑瘫). Since he moved to the school last year, he5a lot of problems at school. Luckily, Jerome6to help him by the teachers with things like going to the toilet and showing him around. The two boys soon became good friends

    Because of his7Seth has a big head, some students laugh at his appearance. Jerome usually has a word with Tom, asking them 8that. Seth's father can't thank Jerome enough for looking after his son. "He is9 good kid." The two boys' story has spread quickly after Jerome's mother Susan shared it on social media. "These boys are champions10they didn't win," said the proud mother.

    A man asked his friends one evening, "What's the most beautiful  1in the world?" "The sound of bird  2?" one of his friends said.

    "No, it's the sound of a piano." the 3one said. "No, no," the third said. "It's the sound of a guitar." The three friends 4. Soon they were shouting.

    "Stop! Stop!" the man cried out. "You'll never 5each other this way. Come to dinner next week. I'll help you agree on what's the most beautiful sound in the world."

    A week later, the man's three friends came to his house. They were looking forward to （期待） a good dinner, 6the table was empty. Time passed and still there was no  7.

    At last, it was midnight. The man's friends were very 8 but they were too polite（礼貌的）to say 9. Then, as they were standing up to leave, they heard the "click, click" of dishes. A servant came in and put the dishes of food on the table.

    Soon they were all enjoying a fine meal. "Tell me now." the man said  10with a smile, "What is the most beautiful sound in the world?" And this time they all gave the same answer.