Joe Smith is a singer. He and his wife like traveling a lot. Every year they visit a small town called Gum Tree in January and July and they sing for people there.

    One summer, they went there by train again. On the first day, they planned to go hiking in the mountains, but it rained a lot. So they decided to go to the only cinema in town and watch a movie there.

    There were only nine people in the cinema hall. When people saw the Smiths, they started to clap(鼓掌). Joe was excited and said to his wife, "Aha, I cannot believe people here all know me and they are friendlier than I "thought. They must like my songs."

    Then a young man said to them, "Thanks for your coming! The cinema shows the movie only after ten people buy the tickets. There're eleven now, so the movie will be on soon."

English weather

    Everybody talks about the weather in England and this is not surprising. It changes from minute to minute, so it's always interesting. Someone once wisely remarked(评论) that other countries have a climate, but England just has weather! Gretel was amazed by this talk at first, but she has got used to it now.

    Last month Gretel really understood why everyone is so concerned about the weather:  you can never be certain what's going to happen. Though it was spring, there were heavy snowfalls. As usual, no one expected it. The pipes in many houses were frozen; trains failed to run; cars on the roads shrank; there were many accidents on the roads; lots of people slipped on the icy pavements and got hurt. The weather was very bad. Everyone complained gloomily(沮丧地), "What awful weather we're having! Haven't seen anything like it!". And then, suddenly, the sun came out, the snow melted and it was spring again.

    "Typical(典型的)! Just typical! " Gretel remarked. "From the way you talk about the weather, Gretel," Mr Clark said, "anyone would think you were English."

Hello, I'm Lily. I am a student of No.6 Middle School. I like singing and dancing. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I like eating meat, because I think it's very delicious. I am good at English, because I like it very much.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} She likes listening to Zhang Xueyou's songs. She always goes shopping with me. She's good at English. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} My father is a manager. He always goes to the park with me. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} My sister is a student of fourteen years old. She's a famous child singer in the city. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} She can sing very well.
 

It was my first day to go to senior high school and I was half- excited and half- frightened. My mother comforted me that it was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to feel like that. In music class, my teacher offered us a chance to make {#blank#}2{#/blank#} about how to sing well. I kept silent {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Lily, one of my classmates, encouraged me. Then we {#blank#}4{#/blank#} playing together and supported each other when facing difficulties. I am so lucky {#blank#}5{#/blank#} such a good friend beside me.

Ivan sat on the floor covered with sand deep down in the sea. He was bored and 1 . He watched other pretty fish swimming in and out of rocks. They were laughing and dancing in the 2 . "Why am I so different?" he said to himself.

"You are an octopus(章鱼), Ivan. That is 3 ." The sweet voice of Peter, a beautiful white dolphin(海豚), always made Ivan 4 better. Ivan looked up at the white dolphin and smiled. Peter said, "Let's play games 5 ."

They were having a lot of 6 and they didn't know they swam far from home. Suddenly Peter saw a large shark (鲨鱼) swimming next to them. "It is Big White... the biggest, most7 shark in the sea," he shouted to Ivan. Peter 8 Big White hopelessly. Peter was very afraid and he couldn't 9 . Just at this moment, Big White rushed down towards (冲向)10 . A 11 came to Ivan. He quickly sprayed (喷) a very dark cloud of black liquid (液体) to the shark's eyes. Then Ivan and Peter swam away 12 got home safely.

"Are you OK?" asked Ivan. "Yes. That was the most interesting trip ever! You saved me just now. I am lucky 13 you as my friend!" Ivan's face turned red. "I guess being different14 others can be so cool sometimes," Ivan said. "That is what I try to15 to you," Peter said.