Ray was thought to be a strange boy. One day when he was flying his kite, he said to himself," Did anybody ever try to fly a kite at night? I think it must be very fun. But the kite can't be seen in the dark. What if I tie a light to it? That would be really good. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(try) it tonight."

As soon as it was dark, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(take) his kite and lantern, and went to a large field about a mile from his home. He tied the lantern to the tail of his kite. The lantern {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make) of paper. The kite flew higher and higher. He tied the string (线)to a tree, and then he stood there, staring at his kite. It floated (飘) high up into the air. How wonderful! While Ray {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(enjoy) his special kite, some people in the village also saw it.

"Look! A light{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (fly) in the sky," one person said. "It can't be a light," said a man.

"Perhaps it's a big firefly (萤火虫) ,"said another,

"Maybe it's a comet (彗星),"said another man.

"How strange!" said a boy.

"Let's find out what this strange light{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be)," the last one said. Then they went to the field.

Ray, who had gotten tired of standing, was sitting behind a tree. He{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (see) the men as they came, but they didn't see him. When they reached under the light, and saw what it was, they looked at each other and said, "There is nothing unusual {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(happen)! This is just a trick of some naughty boys, but it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fool) us all.

Let's keep the secret. "Then they laughed and went back to the village. When the men had gone, Ray thought it was time for him {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(go), so he went home, too. When his mother heard what he had done, she hardly knew whether to laugh or scold (责备), but just told him to go to bed.

Graham Stookey is an 18-year-old high school student. He plays the guitar very well. He is always interested in taking（A）____ lessons, but he didn't start until he was 13 years old. He took lessons of electric guitar and the other part of music for two years. He was kind of shy. He didn't have many friends, and kids made fun of him at school. In 2007,his dad took him to John Mayer's concert. At the concert, John Mayer played the acoustic（原声的）guitar. It sounded much more beautiful than the electric guitar. A day later, he cut the hair and picked up an acoustic guitar.（B）He started writing music and learning how to sing. He loves music very much.（C）因此练习吉他真的不是一件困难的事情。He wrote a song Jonah. It is about his brother. He's hoping to write more good songs.

Hello, boys and girls! My name is Tim. These are four photos of my friends.

Chloe Ho Pui-pui is an officer from Hong Kong Police Force. She volunteered for the 19h{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. In a training course, Ho got up close to horses to get firsthand knowledge {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Equestrian (马术) events. Her main job was to help two UK horse-shoers (蹄铁工) communicate with the Chinese workers who didn't speak English.

During the{#blank#}3{#/blank#}few days, it was hot and some people fell ill. "My role was to be ready to go wherever I was needed. So, I ran around the center, taking 10,000 steps each day," Ho said. In these days, she slept{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and always had to shout to be heard in noisy conditions. As a result, one day she had difficulty{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. On National Day, the organization invited Ho and other volunteers to a party because they had really set good examples for the public.

One year, a British expedition（探险队）got lost in the Sahara Desert（撒哈拉沙漠）. The sun was burning hot. Everyone quickly ran out of {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. If they made a wrong decision, then they could all {#blank#}2{#/blank#} soon. 

At this time, the leader took out a water kettle （壶）and said, "I found a kettle of water in my bag. But before we pass through the desert, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is allowed to drink it." The kettle of water {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the faith（信心）for everyone to cross the desert. . 

Finally, the expedition made it out of the desert. With tears of joy, they opened the kettle with shaking {#blank#}5{#/blank#} —but sand not water! 

Was it a kettle of sand that {#blank#}6{#/blank#} saved them in the desert? The answer is no. Their deep faith in the hope of survival（生存）, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a seed（种子）, had taken root（植根）and grown in their hearts. That is what led them out of the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} situation in the end. 

In fact, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} hard time you face, as long as there is a seed of faith in your heart, don't give up {#blank#}10{#/blank#} , then you'll succeed（成功）.

A boy had lots of bad habits. His father had no idea about 1 to do, so he couldn't help   his son. Then he asked an old man for 2

 The old man said 3 but took the son for a walk through a hill. There were lots of plants on it. The old man stopped in front of a small plant growing in the 4 and told the boy to pull(拉) it out. The boy held(抓住) the* plant. and 5 pulled it out. It was a piece of cake. The old man then asked him to pull out a bigger plant. The boy pulled hard and the plant came out. He was happy and 6 to pull out another one. The old man just pointed to the smallest one. For the boy, it was like a match and 7 didn't want to lose. That's why he tried to 8 as hard as he could.

9 , the old man, pointing to a big tree, said, " Now pull this one out." The boy tried hard but the tree didn't 10 ." It's not possible. No one can make it." said the boy tiredly.

" Boy, the plants are just like your bad 11 ," said the old man." When they are 12 , it is easy to pull them out, 13 when they get old, they can't be controlled(控制)." The old man's words made the boy think a lot and change his life.

 There is a 14 that we can learn from the story: Don't wait for bad habits to 15 in us. Give them up when we are in control of them, or they will get control over us.