Mobile phones are becoming more and more popular not only with adults but also with students. However, they also have become a problem for middle schools in the last few years.

Some children have got mobile phones as Christmas or birthday gifts, and more will ask their parents to buy phones for them.

Many students like mobile phones because they are easy and quick. Some parents feel it convenient because they can get in touch with their children. Some teachers think using mobile phones is a distraction(分心的事)to students during school hours and mobile phones also give them much trouble in their classrooms. Sometimes students send phone messages to cheat(作弊)during exams. A new study says that some teenagers even hurt their fingers because of the over-use of mobile phones. They keep using mobile phones for more than ten hours during a day.

Many teachers suggest that students should not have phones at school, but if there is a good reason, they can leave their phones at the school office. Many people think they understand why parents would want their children to have them, but they agree school should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

Before Father's Day，I found my father was unhappy because he lost his job. I decided to cheer him up by buying him a special 1 gift. 

One day after school，I 2 to a gift shop. I told the shopkeeper that I was looking for a Father's Day present. 

"Do you think he'd like a 3 ? "she asked. "I think he might，"I told her. She4 a watch and I told her that he would like it. 

"How much money do you have? "she asked. 

"5 dollars，"I replied. 

"You're so lucky!" she told me. "It's only 11. You still have 1 for the6 . " She packed the watch. I paid for it and rode off home with the gift under my arm. 

When my father opened the gift，he asked 7 ，"Where did you get it? "

"I bought it from a gift shop. It cost me ＄11，"I said. My father was surprised. 

Many years later，I did learn that the watch cost several hundred dollars，so I really appreciated（感激）8 was to me. And I always felt 9 because I never had chance to thank her. 

"What really surprised me to this day. . . my daughter，"my father said，"letting you have the watch for 11 dollars was 10 enough. But the fact that she let you leave the store with a dollar for the card was a touch of kindness. I'll never forget it. "

I'm Michelle. I'm 13 years old. I have a brother and a sister. My brother is 16 years old and my sister is only 4 years old. I like hamburgers and sausages(香肠) most(最). My sister and I like table tennis. Today is April 21st. It is my mother's birthday. There is a big birthday cake on the table. How much is it? Do you know? It's thirty dollars. I want to invite all of you to my mother's birthday party and have the birthday cake.

Many foreigners move to China because of a strong interest in its culture. One man has turned 1 interest into love and this love made him write many books about China. He is William, an American who has lived in China for 33 years, his Chinese name is Pan and he 2 Lao Pan in China.

3 1988, Lao Pan first came to China and worked as a teacher at a university. But Lao Pan did not begin 4 China until he and his family took a 3 month drive around the county. These experiences in China gave him ideas for his books. Since then he 5 thirteen books about China. These books give the world a fuller picture of China and Lao Pan is proud of what he is doing.

Lao Pan's new book 6 his forty seven letters to his family back in America. The letters show China's development in 7 periods. Lao Pan 8 says he loves China so much because of its people. He sees it as 9 life long task to let more westerners know what China is like. He will continue telling the nation's 10 to the world