Roger was new in town, and he had no friends here. His birthday was coming. He wanted to have a big party, but he was1that other kids would not come to his party.

    One week2the birthday party, Roger and his3went to Benny's Pizza Store. It had the best pizza in the town. Roger wanted a large pizza. He4it very much.

    5, Roger got a great idea. "Will you teach me to cook pizza?" he asked Benny.

    "Benny is very6. He may not have time to teach you," said Roger's father.

    "But7loves his pizza!" said Roger. "8I can cook pizza like him, I'll be the most popular boy in school."

    "I will help you," said Benny. "Come here after school every day and you can learn to make it9!"

    Roger decided to have a10. After that he went to Benny's Pizza Store every day after school. Benny11him how to make pizza. At last, he could make very good pizza.

    Roger told the kids at school that his party would have pizza from Benny's. Everyone was 12. But when they came to Roger's13, Benny wasn't there. However, they saw Roger14 pizza himself. The kids didn't believe that Roger could make pizza. But when Roger took the pizza out of the oven（烤箱）, everyone agreed the pizza15just like Benny's. It might be a little bit better.

    Yu Boya lived in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was 1 in playing the qin. One day 2 a boat trip, Yu Boya saw green mountains and clear water. 3 wonderful they were! Boya began to play with his qin. A young woodsman stood on the riverbank enjoying the 4. His name was Zhong Ziqi.

    Yu Boya 5 Zhong Ziqi to the boat and played the qin for him. He played music that described the mountains. Ziqi said, "How good it is! I seem to6the high Mount Tai." He played music that described the7. Ziqi said, "How good it is! I seem to see the running river. Boya was8. "You really understand my music!" he said to Ziqi9.So they became best friends. And they made 10to meet again in the same place the next year.

    The following year, Boya arrived on time. 11 he found that Ziqi had died of an illness. This 12Boya very sad. He said, "My best friend is dead.13can understand my music now." He 14the qin and played the music of High Mountains and Running water. Then he 15 the qin and never played it again. So we have Gao Shan and Liu Shui (High Mountains, Running Water).

    Boya and Ziqi shared the same interest and they understood each other well. How good it is to have a friend like this!

    Once there was a girl, named Kate. She was very polite and ready to help everybody. One day she found a pink paper bag on the way to school. She opened it and saw there was a lot of1in it. She thought she should hand it in to the teacher, so she2it in her schoolbag.

    When she went to the teacher's office, her teacher wasn't3. As it was time for class, she hurried to the classroom.

    After class, she told her friend, Mary, about the money that she4. Then, her greedy (贪婪的) friend took away the bag.

    After school, Kate wanted to go to the5office again, but she found the money was missing.

    The next day when the children were playing a game, Mary fell down and was hurt very badly. The other children stood around her and didn't know6to do. Kate kept calm and did something to stop bleeding. She told the others to go to teachers for7. Soon a teacher took Mary to the8and the doctor examined her carefully. Within a week she was all right again. Kate became very popular in the school.

    Two weeks later Mary came to Kate house. Her eyes were red. She was crying. She gave Kate the9paper bag with the money in it and said. “Kate, I have taken the money away. That day when you helped me, I felt very sad and now I decide to tell you the10, you are such a nice friend!11. Please don't tell the school about this please!" then Kate said, "you are now12, but you have done a bad thing. Though I will not tell anyone, I want you not to be greedy and13to do anything wrong." The girl thanked Kate and14.

    At the end of the term Kate was given a15for being a very helpful girl in the school. Mary became an honest girl and was never greedy again.

    Once wrong, never be wrong forever.

There is a tradition in Rita's school. At the beginning of every school year，each student gets a special job from the teacher. This year，Rita，a quiet and hard﹣working girl，hoped for an 1 task. Instead，she was given a small box with sand and a small ant by the teacher. 

2 the teacher said this task was special，Rita felt disappointed. However，she decided to try her best with her new responsibility. She began to study and 3 the ant ，She made the box a comfortable home for the ant，and it grew much bigger than anyone expected. 

Rita's 4 caught the attention of her science teacher，Mr Thompson. He turned her work into a class project，and Rita became the class expert on ants. 

As the school year progressed，Rita's classmates became more interested in the ant project. They 5 to ask her questions and watch the ant's behavior. Rita shared her knowledge with her classmates 6 . She even made a report to share her findings with the whole school during the science fair. 

At the end of the year，the school chose Rita's class as the best of the year. They also7 Rita for her hard work and how she turned a small responsibility into something big. Rita learned that every task，no matter how small，could make a big 8 . She also learned that sometimes the most unexpected things can lead to great success. 

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