Li Qinmei lives in Zhucheng, Shandong Province. She lost her 1 at three. Four years later, her father couldn't 2 after an accident. After the death of her grandmother, 12-year-old Li Qinmei had to support her broken family.

    Qinmei learnt to 3 and live a life with 24 yuan per month from the government. The most 4 things she had to deal with were to 5 her father wash, dress and use the toilet as he could hardly move.

    During most of her junior school years, she went to classes 6 once a month as her father was seriously ill at that time. “I taught 7 at home and asked teachers for help on my school days,” she said.

    Though she had a hard life, the difficulties taught her to be 8. “My classmates have both Mum and Dad to 9 them. How happy they are! However, I don't feel 10 as I still have my dear dad and many kind people with me. I believe I will go to college,” she said.

    One morning Mr Green is driving around the country and 1a small bookshop. When he sees an old man2 the other side of the road, he stops his car and says to the old man. "Excuse me. I want3to the Sun Bookshop. Do you know it?"

    "Yes," the old man answers, "I 4you the way." He5Mr Green's car, and they drive about twelve miles.  6they come to a small house, the old man says, "Stop here." Mr Green stops and7 the house. "But this isn't the8." he says to the old man. "Right," the old man answers, "This is my house. And now I'll show you the9to the bookshop. Turn around and go back nine miles. 10you'll see the bookshop. ''

    How do we gave a computer instructions?

    We give a computer instructions by putting different programs into it. Computer programmers (程序员) write computer programs. It is 1 for these people not to make mistakes. Otherwise, the computer will not work 2.

    A computer needs 3 programs to do different jobs. For example, playing, games, writing letters and drawing pictures all need different 4, There are also different 5 for different programs. To write a program, people need to know the right language. Sometimes a programmer may know many different languages. 6, computer languages are not spoken languages like Chinese or English. They are 7 languages. Only the computer and the programmer can understand 8.

    A computer's memory

    Computers today have large hard drives (硬盘). The hard drive is like a computer's 9. The 10 of a hard drive is measured (度量) in gigabytes (千兆字节). A byte is one piece of information stored on the computer. Hard drives can hold a lot of information, such as books, photographs, music and films. The size of the hard drives grows every year.

    Kevin sat at the desk in his study, pencil in hand. He had to write a story for his English class by Friday. "I don't know what to1," he complained to his dog, who was asleep at his feet. Kevin was talkative when speaking to his friends, yet he had2finding words he had to write.

    By bedtime Kevin had drawn a picture of his dog smiling. He had drawn a tree with its branches(树枝) blowing in a high wind. He had also written a3asking his friend to go to the movies on Saturday.4he had not written a single word of his story.

    On Wednesday, Mrs. Scott, Kevin's English teacher, asked the class to5the first draft of their stories. Kevin had to turn in the only work that he had—the page with his name, the6, and the note.

    Kevin wasn't7when Mrs Scott asked him to stay after class the next day. But he was surprised by what8said to him. "Kevin, this is a fantastic story—the dog, the movie, the tree in the9I can't wait to find out how they all fit together. I think you have the idea of a story there. Look at your note and the pictures and try to see10a story comes to you."

    That night Kevin sat at his desk, and this was what he wrote: "One Saturday Tom went to meet his friend at the11it looked as if it might rain, so Tom12his umbrella. Suddenly a big storm blew in. The noise of the wind13like Tom's dog Spotty. Spotty really hated storms and barked whenever he wanted to be let inside. Then Tom saw Spotty running after him down the busy street, barking. The sound was full of blame(责备). Tom felt14because he had left Spotty outside. He turned and headed home with Spotty. Tom let Spotty in the door just and the rain started to pour down."

    Kevin had a story after all. The last thing he did was to write his name15at the top of the page.

    According to a new American study, having dinner with children may help to reduce (减少) the number of problems that develop in parent—child communication. The1was done among about 5, 000 middle school students in Chicago public schools.

    The students were studied at the beginning and the end of the sixth grade and again at the end of the seventh and the eighth grade. They were asked2they ate dinner with their parents. They were 3 asked how often their parents had a conversation(谈话)with them that lasted more than 104, praised(表扬) them when they did well, asked them where they were going and asked how they were doing in school. The study5the more parent—child communication, the6problems between them.

    Family meals are a good opportunity to7in touch with children, said Jayne Fulkerson, a member of the study team. "You can get to know8going on in their life better."

    However, Fulkerson also suggested that parents9suitable(合适的) topics(话题). Topics10grades and homework are not good choice.