Jim Davis is an American cartoonist. He is1as the creator of the successful comic strip Garfield.

    Jim David was born on July 28, 1945. He grew up on a small farm with his parents, his brother and 25 cats. As a2child. David spent lots of time in bed. With his pencil, paper and imagination，he3pictures. Then he discovered that the pictures were more interesting with words. After college, David4his cartoon career. He noticed that there were many comic strips about dogs, but few about5. though the .world was full of cat lovers. He combined his knowledge with his6of the 25 cats he grew up with , then Garfield was created. The fat lazy cat soon became7as soon as the comic strip were published. It8in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide now.

While devoting his life to taking care of the cat, David took part in many activities for public. He9environmental protection and wild life protection. He also-has lots of10, such as golf, fishing，chess，sandwiches，and spending time with his son, James.

    When Zoe talks about her dog, Hatti, a big smile always appears on her face. Zoe is thirteen and she was born 1 a terrible illness (疾病). The illness stops her from 2 like other children. In 2006, Hatti came to her.

"I wanted a 3 of my own to help not just me but all my family. So I called Dogs for the Disabled, an organization which helps the disabled by 4dogs for them. Things became different after Hatti arrived. It's very 5. It can get many things for me, so my mom doesn't need to be around me all the time. If I need my mom, it can get my mom in a 6— even in the midnight," said Zoe.

"Hatti is my best friend, and it is 7 to have it around. I think it makes me laugh every day. I used to be scared 8 I was alone, but now Hatti can always stay with me," said Zoe.

Zoe's mom Helen 9, "The longer Zoe and Hatti are together, the happier Zoe becomes. She's becoming more independent (独立的). I'm 10glad and I thank Dogs for the Disabled very much."

    There was a wall between my father and me. But I really needed my father's love. Nobody knew how jealous（妒忌的）I was when I saw other1and their girls walking hand in hand. 2, for me, it was only a dream.

    With years going by, I couldn't3it any more. So I decided to pull down this wall. But I needed to be brave.

    Everything began to4after I wrote a letter to my father. I can imagine the5look on my father's face when he read the letter，which was really a shock（震惊）to him.

    "I'm sorry，my daughter. It's my fault（错误）that I haven't noticed your6. But I promise，from now on，I'll try my best to be a good father. "My father told me this later. At that moment，tears ran down my face.

    He paid little attention to my feelings before, but now he really7the importance of love and has changed a lot. Now, 8I come home from school, my father will talk with me. He will ask me if I get along well with my teachers and classmates and if 9is going well in school.

    Finally. I have10my father's world. I opened the door to his heart. My dream has come true.

    I have succeeded in getting happiness by my own effort and I'll value it forever. He is my father, the only one I have.

I am a Grade 9 student. I love the National Day holiday a lot, because I can do many things I enjoy. How did I spend the seven-day holiday last year? I didn't travel or visit friends. I found a part-time job.

That was the first time I had been a waiter (服务员). It was harder than I had thought. At first, I was not good at the job, and I nearly spilt (洒出) the soup on a woman's dress. Some people were very unfriendly, and they got angry ( 生气的) with me because of my mistakes. I was so sad and tired that I was almost ready to give up the first afternoon.

A family with three children came to have dinner the next day. The children were asking for things all the time. I tried my best to serve them well. Then the father said to me, "Good job! Thank you very much for helping us." His words were just like a light in the dark. My tiredness suddenly went away. In the following days, I got used to the job little by little, and I had fun working in the restaurant.

When I got the money at last, I felt very happy. The experience taught me that many jobs are not easy. Everyone is great when they are working hard. The most important thing I learned is how much praise (称赞) matters to people. It can give us lots of strength (力量). I think my National Day holiday last year was interesting and meaningful.

Tom and Mike were good friends, and they began to work in a company together the same year. They both worked hard. After several years, however, the boss made Mike manager (经理) but Tom was still an office worker. Tom couldn't stand it, so he handed a letter to his boss, saying that he decided to resign (辞职) his job because the boss didn't value his hard work at all.

The boss knew that Tom worked very hard for years. He thought for a moment and said, "I hope you will do one more thing for our company before you leave. Perhaps you will change your mind." Tom agreed. The boss asked him to go and find out if there was anyone who sold water-melons in the market. Tom returned soon. He said he had found a man selling watermelons. The boss asked the price of the watermelons. Tom shook his head and went back to the market again. When he returned, he told the boss it was $2 for each kilo.

The boss told Tom to wait for a moment in his office, and he called Mike in. He asked Mike to find if there was anyone selling watermelons in the market. Later Mike returned and said, "Only one man is selling watermelons, $2 for each kilo. He has 100 watermelons in all. Every watermelon weighs about 2 kilos. They were brought here two days ago, pretty fresh and sweet." Tom got to know the difference between Mike and himself. He decided not to resign his job any more.