Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835,in the state of Missouri. When he was four, his family moved to the town ofHannibal, Missouri. Hannibal was a port on the Missippi River, and Clemensloved to watch the big steamboats going up and down the river. He said that allthe boys in his school had one ambition in life: to work on a steamboat!

    His father died when he was just 12 yearsold, and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family. Hetravelled around, and worked in many different cities. But when he was 22, heachieved his ambition—he got a job working on a steamboat. He sailed up anddown the wide Missippi River until the American Civil War began.

    He then moved around America, and triedseveral jobs. He was a soldier, and a silver miner. Then he started working asa writer for a newspaper. It was at that time that he decided to use a pen namefor his stories, and he chose the name "Mark Twain".

    The name is interesting. It comes from hisdays on the steamboats. He used to throw a piece of rope into the river. Therewas a heavy weight on the end of the rope, and the rope had some marks on it.He used the rope to find how deep the river was. Then he shouted out, "MarkOne" or "Mark Twain", meaning "Mark Two". Each markwas about two metres, so when he shouted "Mark Twain", it meant thatthe river was deep enough for the big boat.

    In 1865 Clemens wrote a story about ajumping frog. The story and the writer became famous. In 1867 he toured Europe.He married when he returned, and lived for most of the rest of his in Harfort,Connecticut. He wrote many books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, whichhe wrote in 1876. He also gave many lectures, and became a very famous andpopular man.

    Once two of his friends decided to write tohim, but they had lost his address. So on the envelope they just wrote "MarkTwain, God knows where". Several weeks later, they received a replay fromthe writer. It just said, "He does!"

    Samuel Clemens died in 1910. He isconsidered to be one of America's most important writers.

Do you know Zhang Jing? She comes from Hangzhou. When she was a middle school student, she clearly knew {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she wanted to be — a diplomat(外交官).

To make her dream come true, she {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (usual) worked harder than others. Every morning, she got up as early as she could to listen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} English news. She spent lots of time {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(do) English exercises. She always told {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (her), "I can do much better next time. "

Zhang's teacher once said, "She was really a good student. She always got high {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (mark). She went to China Foreign Affairs University(外交学院) at last for her dream, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} she could go to some better schools like Peking University and Tsinghua University."

Now Zhang Jing is one of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(great) interpreters(口译者) in China. In fact, working as an interpreter {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (be) very difficult. You should be good at English. At the same time, you must think fast. Zhang does {#blank#}10{#/blank#} good job as an interpreter, and it helps her win a lot of fans in China.

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My Experiences of Becoming a Singer

Last week, I had a concert in Hangzhou. It. was my fifth concert this year, and I'd like to say thanks to the support from all my fans.

The Beets were a new couple (夫妇). The things in their rooms, such as the television, the computer, the fridge, furniture and so on, were all left by their parents. They only paid some money for their food and clothes. But they tried their best to save money. If they had something important to tell their friends, they always visited them instead of calling them.

One day, it was a quarter past nine. Mr. Beet didn't come back. His wife was a little worried. The supper was cold and she had waited for two hours. She was sitting by the table in the dark room.

Suddenly the woman heard someone coming upstairs. It was her husband's step. She hurried to open the door. In the dark she could hear his deep breathing (呼吸). As soon as he sat down, she turned on the light and found he looked very tired.

"Why do you come back so late, dear?" asked the woman. "Haven't you caught a bus?"

"Yes, but I didn't take it."

"Why not?"

"I ran after it so that I saved two dollars this evening."

"That's great!" the woman said happily. "Run after a taxi next time and you'll save both more time and money."

It was the final（决赛） of the national high school basketball game. For the first time in their history，a team from a small town faced last year's best team. The players thought they couldn't win and wanted to give up. Seeing this，the coach told them a story. 

Peter was a woodcutter. He was afraid he would fall ill and die. His wife told him that as long as his hands and feet were warm，he wasn't dead. 

One day，Peter went out to cut down trees. It was snowy and cold. After finishing his work，he noticed that his hands and feet were completely frozen. He thought he was dead，so he stopped working and lay down on the ground. 

After Peter had been lying for a while, some wolves came over. They ate all the food in Peter's food bag. The wolves then noticed Peter lying quietly on the ground. They were getting closer to Peter. Peter thought， "If I weren't dead，I would kill you all. " When the wolves saw Peter doing nothing，they ate him. 

As the coach finished the story，the players talked about how silly Peter was. At the same time，they realized what their coach wanted them to understand：the opposing（竞争的） team was like the wolves，and they were like the woodcutter. They should fight till the end，whether they were "alive" or "dead". 

Zhang Jianna is a 50- year- old cleaner in Sanlitun, Beijing. One day in 2014, a foreigner asked Her some questions 1 she couldn't understand him. After high school, Zhang for got most of her English knowledge. That day, she decided to 2 the language again.

 Zhang began to study her children's English textbooks. She remembered the words at night and read 3 aloud the next morning. In her free time, she used her smartphone to learn English. She also practised English 4 with her children to improve speaking. She studied hard every day.

 Now, she can speak English fluently and 5 . She can guide the visitors along the roads. What's more, she gives them 6 information about the city as well. Zhang and her team members need to clean more than 100,000 square meters of roads and more than 300 waste bins near 56 embassies. Zhang can read the names of all these embassies 7 English. She is proud of herself.

" English is like a 8 ," said Zhang." It brings people together and it helps me 9 Beijing to the world." Zhang never stops learning. She 10 plans to study a new language in the future." French is beautiful, and I'd like to learn it!" She added.