Mona is a middle school student. 1Chinese name is Li Ying. She was born in America in 2005. She likes 2very much, so she joins the music club. She is also good at 3the piano. She4she wants to be a musician.

    Mona5in Shanghai with her parents now. "She spends（花费) 6time in studying all her7and the piano. She8at No. 1 Middle School in Shanghai. It is not far9her home to school, so she usually goes to school 10bike. She gets up at six o'clock every morning, and then she 11for an hour, 12she thinks it is good for her health. She is13late for school. In her free time, she usually 14at a TV station. She is a host(主持人) for a children's show. All children like to15her program(节目).

    One day, my lite daughter Annie came to me with a difficult problem. "Helen hates me!" she cried. "She wants me only to be her 1.You tell Helen that I want to be her friend, but I can have other friends, too!"

    Oh! I looked at her for a few 2wondering what to do, when suddenly an idea came to me.

    I picked up two 3from the living room. I put the small basket inside the big one and said. "When everyone is born, he or she has a little basket. The lite one is 4.The big one is mine. Your little basket is inside mine.5do you think that is?"

    She looked at me 6and said nothing

    I continued, "Your little basket is in mine because when you were born, there were too many things you couldn't do for yourself. I fed you, bathed you and I7 everything else you couldn't do on your own.8 I put your basket in mine. As you grew older, when you learnt to tie your shoes, that went in your basket You 9want me to tie your shoes now, right?"

    She said softly, "No, I can tie my own shoes."

    As you grow older, there will be 10things you must do by yourself." As I spoke, I took her basket out of mine and handed it to her." You will finally 11 your own basket with things only you can do, like deciding who you want to be friends with, what college you will go to, who you will marry."

    She 12it for a while and said," I understand. There are some things that I have to do for myself because they are in my basket."

    I hugged her and continued, "One day when I become 13, you will take things out of my basket and place them into your basket. Finally, you'll take my basket. Just like I do for my mom and grandmother now." I gently 14my basket with hers.

    Life is a 15. As she watched the little basket in my hand and smiled, she understood

    Grace is my pen friend. She is a 13-year-old English girl. What's her school life like? Now let's get to know something about the school life in England.

    •Study

    Most students take the school bus to school. Some go to school by train. When they arrive at their classrooms, they put their homework in a box. Then one student will take it to the teachers' office.

    •Lunch

    Students often have lunch at school. The lunch time is usually from 11:30 am to 1:30 pm. They can have free school lunch. They don't have to pay for it.

    •Uniforms

    Students often wear uniforms at school. On their uniforms, you can see the school logo(校徽). They think uniforms are important. When they go on a school trip, they all look the same. So students may not get lost. What's more, students don't need to worry about what to wear every day. Their parents don't have to buy expensive clothes for them, either.

I saw an accident on my way to the college. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(wait) for the bus at the bus stop at that moment. When the bus came, I got {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it and sat by the window. After about five {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(minute), the bus stopped to wait for the green light. I looked outside and saw an old man {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(cross) the road. A boy {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(ride) a motorbike very fast and listening to music. It seemed that he didn't see the signal (信号灯). When the boy noticed the old man, he tried to slow down,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} there was no time. He collided (相撞) with the old man very badly and both of them fell down. They looked even {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (bad) than before when people around found them lying in the pool of blood (血泊). Then a woman stopped and called 120. It came {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(quick) and took them to the hospital. The next day I read the newspaper. The old man died {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the boy was saved in time. I have to say that this was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(terrible) accident I have ever seen in my life. So we must be careful in our lives. 

It was the start of Daylight Savings Time, the night when we all move our 1 forward an hour. I didn't want to wake up too early and I didn't want to sleep too 2 . This, of course, only caused me to overthink things and wake up in the middle of the night. 

 When I woke up, though, I was confused by how quiet the room was. The desk fan was running, the electric heater(电热器) worked and was running 3 , but it still seemed strangely quiet to me. Something still seemed to be missing. It was only then that I realized I hadn' t 4 any snoring(鼾声) for a long time. My lovely dog, Snoopy, 5 over a year ago. As she got older and her health got 6 , she started to snore loudly when she slept. At first, I found her snoring annoying, which made it even harder for me to fall asleep myself. Yet, as time passed, it became 7 . She became my personal white noise machine. When I woke up during the night, her snoring would 8 me and ease (使容易) me back to sleep. 

 Now her snoring was gone and it was so quiet. My new dog, Sweetie, slept silently curled up(蜷缩) in her corner. I sighed(叹气) and 9 all the joy Snoopy had given me over the years. She never judged me, she never argued with me, and each day she gave me the gifts of laughter and unconditional(无条件的) 10 . 

 Life here is short for dogs and us. Enjoy each second of it and enjoy the pleasure it brings.