Reading is fun. When you read, would you like a paper book or an e-book(电子书)? Some people choose e-books, some love paper books, and others prefer reading both.

    Li Ming, a university professor (教授), is busy doing some research. So he is often on business. When he is at the airport or on the train, he especially loves reading e-books. He also likes reading paper books in the library for the research work. Besides, he enjoys the smell of the paper books.

    What's more, Li Ming would like to read with his family. There is a reading time from 8:00 to 9:00 each Friday evening at home. Everyone reads and shares what they learn from the books. One Friday evening, Grandma took out an old paper book and said to her grandson, “Li Lei, this is the first book your grandpa gave me. There is his name on the front page. Whenever I read it, I can get something new from his notes. And I can still remember the happy life we lived together.” Li Lei said, “But I enjoy reading e-books. E-books need no paper. Many forests will be saved.” Grandma advised, “Don't read for a long time, or your eyes will get sore.”

    Different people have different ideas about e-books and paper books. No one knows whether e-books can replace (代替) paper books or not. Somehow, books are our friends. No matter which kind of books you choose to read, you can learn more about the world through them.

    Tom Smith is English. He is 12. He is in No.8 Middle School. Is he in {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, Grade 7? Yes, he is. There are {#blank#}2{#/blank#}people in his family. Amy Smith is his {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. She is 60. His {#blank#}4{#/blank#} is John Smith. He is 41. What's his mother's name? Her name is Kate Smith. How old（多大年纪）is she? She's 40. Who is Mike Smith? He's Tom's {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. He is only eight.

   Jack is my best friend. He is in a new school.He likes it very much. It's not far from his home. And it usually takes him 10minutes to get to school by bike. School begins at 8: 00 every morning. Butthese days Jack is often late for school. This morning, he is late again. Theteacher is very angry.

   "How do you usually come to school?" asks the teacher. "By bike." Jack answers. "What time do you usually get up?""At 6: 30." "Well, it's not late. What time do you usually leavehome?" "I leave home at 7: 55." "Why not leave home earlier?" "My mother is ill (生病的). She stays in bed all day. I must look after her andgive her medicine at the right time， so I'm often latefor school," says Jack with tears (泪水) in his eyes."I see, Jack, you are a good boy!"says the teacher.

There is a famous house in a village. In the house, there are 1000 mirrors(镜子). A happy little dog knows about this place and 1 there. When he gets there, he runs 2 to the door. He 3 the house with a big smile. Then he sees 1000 happy little 4 smiling. When he leaves the house, he thinks," This is a 5 place. I will come back."

In the same village, there is another little dog. He is always unhappy. After he hears about the house, he decides to 6 the house. He goes into the house slowly. He puts his head down when he looks at the 7 . He sees 1000 unfriendly dogs looking at him. He 8 at them and sees 1000 dogs shouting back at him. When he leaves the house, he feels 9 and thinks," This is a bad place. I will 10 go back here again."

Life is like a mirror. When you smile at it, it will smile back at you.

An old woman in a wheelchair moved into the apartment next door to Betsy's."Mom，let's go to say {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to our new neighbor，"Betsy said."Why don't you give her some time to get settled （安顿好）？"her mom  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

The next morning they visited their new neighbor.The lady invited {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in and said her name was Emily Harris."Please forgive the way the house looks，"said Ms.Harris."Being in a wheelchair makes it less {#blank#}4{#/blank#}for me to put things away."Betsy and her mom stayed only for a short time.Betsy's mom said，"{#blank#}5{#/blank#}you ever need anything，let us know.""Thanks so much，"said Ms.Harris {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

The next day，Betsy went to visit Ms.Harris again.The {#blank#}7{#/blank#}was open，so she looked in but only to see Ms.Harris on the ground next to her wheelchair.She {#blank#}8{#/blank#}to Ms.Harris."I think I broke my arm，" said Ms.Harris.Betsy called for {#blank#}9{#/blank#}ambulance （救护车）.While Ms.Harris was not at home，Betsy decided to help put things away for her.

When Ms.Harris returned home，she was surprised by Betsy's hard work."You are a very kind girl，"she said."I'm so lucky to have bought this house {#blank#}10{#/blank#}yours!"Betsy smiled and said，"Welcome to the neighborhood!"

My parents usually celebrate a special day by enjoying a special kind of wine called Canadian ice wine.

My mother once told me the story of ice wine. To make it. people must freeze grapes on the vine. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Sometimes. a great new product is invented by accident. And that's exactly how we got ice wine.

In the 1700s in Germany, a man was away from his farm in autumn. The weather suddenly turned cold and his grapes froze when he came back. How terrible! Anyway, the man tasted the grapes. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Then, he decided to use these grapes to make some wine. Guess what? {#blank#}3{#/blank#} For two centuries, Germany was the only place where ice wine was made.

Then, a Canadian got the idea that this kind of wine could be produced in Canada, After all, the winters are cold in Canada, and that's the main requirement for making ice wine. After hard work, some grap e farmers found the best process. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

The story of ice wine got me thinking. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} It's really hard to imagine the world without penicillin and the microwave. Penicillin has saved millions of lives. And the microwave has certainly changed the way we cook.

Life is sometimes like that. When we look for one thing, something even better comes along … if we keep our eyes and minds open.