One morning while Officer Vogel was on his coffee break in a restaurant, a man ran in a yelled. "Officer! A little kid is driving a car down the street!"

    He ran out at once and saw a car going slowly—about 25 miles an hour—but it was going very straight. He jumped into his police car and followed it. When the car was stopped, Officer Vogel looked inside. The driver was a little boy. His name was Rocco Morabiro and was 5. In the back seat was his two-year-old sister. Both children wen crying.

    "I want my mummy!" the boy cried."But she can't get here. I have the car." Then he had an idea."Just a minute." He told Officer Vogel."I can drive. I'll go to get her."

    "No!" Officer Vogel said. "You stay with me!" Then he drove them to the police station and he called their mother. They had many questions for Rocco. The first question was: "Where did you get the car keys?"

    Rocco said. "From the top of the refrigerator."At seven that morning Rocoo's father was work and his mother was sleeping, Rocco saw the keys on top of the refrigerator. He climbed on a chair, and took the keys.

    Rocco got into the car and started the engine (引擎). When Rocco's sister heard the engine she ran to the car and cried. She wanted to go with him.

    It was 7 a.m.—rush hour—so there was much traffic. Rocco drove one mile in heavy traffic. Then Officer Vogel stopped him.

    Newspapers and TV stations heard about Rocco, and a lot of reporters went to his house. A reporter asked Rocco, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"

    "A truck driver,"he said, smiling.

    I have a funny friend called Michael. He is about 1. 78mctres tall. He has poor eyesight（视力）because of too much computer work at night. He wears a pair of small, round glasses and they make him look smart.

    Michael likes to tell funny jokes and they always make us laugh. He is humorous. So when I feel bored on unhappy, I always go to him.

    He likes to wear a red T-shirt and jeans. He has short curly brown hair. Michael's legs are very long. When he passes the desk, he often knocks over our school things. He's so funny!

    He is friendly to everyone and likes helping others. He always helps me with my English. With his help, I do well in English. I'm more interested in English.

Ivan sat 1 the floor deep down in the sea． He was bored and 2 ． He watched other pretty fish 3 in and out of rocks． They were laughing and dancing happily．" Why am I so different？" he said to 4 ．
"You are an octopus（章鱼）， Ivan． That is special．" The sweet5 of Leo，a beautiful white dolphin， always made Ivan 6 better． Ivan looked up at the white dolphin and   7 ．Leo said，" Let's play games together．" They were having a lot of 8 and they didn't know they were already far away9 home．
Suddenly Leo saw a large shark（鲨鱼）10 above them，"It is Big White…the 11 ，most terrible shark in the sea，" he shouted to Ivan． Leo looked at Big White12 ． It was very fast．Leo was very afraid and he couldn't swim．He couldn't swim． Just at this moment， Big White rushed down towards them． An idea came to Ivan． He quickly sprayed（喷） a very dark cloud of black water to the shark's eyes． Then Ivan and Leo swam away 13 they got home safely．
"Are you OK？" asked Ivan．"Yes． I am lucky to have you as my friend!" Ivan's face turned red．"I guess being 14 others can be so cool sometimes，" Ivan said．"That is 15 I try to tell you，" Peter said．

 Hello, everyone! My name is Michael. Today is my twelfth birthday. I get many presents(礼物) from my family. Do you want to have a look?

I like playing basketball very much. I have many basketballs. Look at this new(新的) one. It is from my cousin. He is thirteen years old. The basketball is very nice. Can you guess(猜) how many basketballs I have. The number(数量) of my basketballs is the same as my age(年龄) now.

 My uncle gives me a new schoolbag. It's really a big one. I can put many things in it. My uncle buys it in Beijing.

 My sister buys a red water cup for me. It's hot in summer now. I really need a water cup to drink water.

 The computer is from my parents. I like it very much. I want to be a computer programmer(编程人员) when I grow up(长大).

Many people like to collect things. Some people collect stamps, some collect dolls and some collect rocks. 1 , Christa Behmenburg, from Germany, collects something unusual—mouse-related items.

Christa's husband is a geologist (地质学家). He likes collecting postcards about mineral (矿物质) resources. Christa always goes with him to fairs 2 new cards for his collection. Actually, Christa is not fond of mineral resources, 3 she feels bored with these fairs. One day, she asked her husband 4 she could also build up a collection of something she likes. He agreed and advised Christa to collect something about 5 favorite animal. Unluckily, that piece of advice would become the biggest regret he's never had.

Christa's favorite animal is the mouse. Since she 6 a teenager, she has had mice as pets. The animal 7 lovely and clever. Two or three years after 8 the hobby, she went all in. She had hundreds and then thousands of mouse-related items only 9 weeks later.

At first, she and her husband had 10 small flat. However, space was getting much 11 because of Christa's collection. The two had to rent (租) 12 two houses. To everyone's surprise, the number of Christa's mouse-related items was up to 47,398 in early 2022 and she broke the Guinness World Record for the largest collection of mouse-related items 13 the end of this year.

Christa's collection continues to grow. Now, every room in her house, from the kitchen to the bathroom, 14 mouse-related items. Sometimes, Christa's husband complains about the large collection 15 brings them joy and trouble. Christa, however, will remind him that it was all his idea!

One late summer day, Cindy sat at the kitchen table. She wanted1 making her poster. She found paper, glue and colored pencils. She had 2 box of photos of her friends. " But3 should I make it?" She thought. 

Cindy picked three photos of her friends. She wrote about the books, sports and food they liked. She carried her poster across the hallway of her apartment building. She knocked on the door 4 a smiling girl opened it. " Hello, Cindy!" said Maria. 

" Hello, Maria, " said Cindy. " Do you want to see the poster about my friends? It's my homework. "

" Oh, yes!" said Maria. 

Cindy said. " This is Tony. He 5 behind me in our classroom. He is funnier than6 in our class. He is popular in our class. "

Maria asked, " Could you tell me about the girl 7 a red dress?"

Cindy said. " Sure. She is Lisa. She is taller than 8 . She is on the school basketball team. I play basketball,9 . But she plays it better than me. "

When Maria saw her photo in the poster, she felt very10 . " Is the girl in a white T- shirt me?"