This is Cara and Ben. They are twins(双胞胎). They are twelve. This is their bedroom. It's a nice room. There are two beds in the room. The yellow bed is Cara's and that green one is Ben's. The twins have one desk and two chairs. The chairs look the same. Cara's sweater is on his bed. Ben's coat is on his chair. Their clock, books and pencil-cases are on the desk. Their school bags are behind the chairs.

    Athena was born and raised in Ukraine. Her parents wanted her to become a lawyer or a doctor. But she always knew she wanted to paint. She also realized a career in painting would not be possible if she stayed in her country.

    Even though she was painting in her whole life and it was her passion(热情)but it was only a hobby. And she never really took it to the next level because back in the country all the artists were hungry artists. So she knew for some reason she never took art as a career because she would never be able to make money and be successful in it in several years.

    So. Athena came to the United States when she was 14 years old to pursue(追求)an American Dream. She was clear on her goal. Athena first worked at a health food shop. She began to paint on the shop's menu boards. A customer praised her skill and asked if she would help paint faces at street fairs. Athena says it was a good start. Then she went to FABAIC to start body painting.

    Body painting is quite different from plain painting. And she loves it very much. She says. "With body, you work with the people factor and it's not only you. Maybe they want to talk or move, and they cannot stand still for several days while the painting will last three to four days. When I paint. I can't stop."

In a certain period of time, every family should have only one child. But nowadays many families can choose {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (have)a second or third child. More children bring happiness to their parents, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} they also add to the living cost. So the parents have to work even harder for a good life. 

Liu Ling, a mother of three, is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} good example. She is one of the hard- working and wise Chinese {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (woman). Liu Ling was born in Jiangxi Province. When she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(grow) up, she worked in a clothes factory in Hangzhou. 

After she got married, she moved to Xi' an. Now she is working in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (she) husband's family business. She is a mother who has three children. In order to give them a good life and education, she works as hard {#blank#}7{#/blank#} she can. 

She does really {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (good) in her work. She has to carry window frames(窗框) which are {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (heavy) than her. At present, Liu Ling has a window and door factory in Xi' an and enough products every year. She can make 50, 000 yuan per month, but she {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hope) she can make more money as her children grow older. 

James and Isabella were classmates. One day, on {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (they) way home by bus, James wanted to play his favorite game. While he was asking a question and talking excitedly, Isabella sat there in {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (silent). She thought James was such {#blank#}3{#/blank#} chatterbox（话痨） that she didn't want to talk with him.

"James!" Isabella said. "You are noisy. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you keep talking, I won't be your friend any more." After {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (hear) Isabella's words, James felt so sad. He kept quiet for the rest of the journey. When they got {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the bus, they went home separately. Neither of them said goodbye.

Later, Isabella and her mother were invited to James's house for a party. Isabella felt bored but she didn't say any {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (word) to James. Her mother noticed, "Isabella, what happened?" Isabella {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (explain) to her mother the reason. Then her mother said, "You should deal with this problem properly. He just wants to play with you. You could try a couple of rounds with James on the way home."

Isabella agreed. She said to James, "As long as you become a little {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (quiet), I will play with you." "I will. It's a deal!" James said {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (happy). After that, James and Isabella became good friends again.

 Hello! I'm Timo Halla! I'm 13 years old. Some of my classmates like sports and some are {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(interest) in music. And here is what I love--cooking.

I {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(real) love cooking and I can cook great food. I don't learn to   cook in class. I learn to cook from videos an TV. Here is my bread. It looks like  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} apple. There {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) milk and eggs in it. My parents often say my bread is very good and healthy.

 When I cook new food, I first ask my parents {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(eat) it. Then I take some of it to my grandmother. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(like) my food very much.

 There are cooking {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(lesson) in my school. Now I'm good  {#blank#}8{#/blank#} cooking all kinds of Chinese food. And my school knows I can  {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(cook) well, so the teacher is me and all the students likes me. I teach{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(they) to cook. They all think cooking is interesting and easy now.