A boy called Mike had many friends, and he was proud of it. Whoever he met, he would like to show off how popular he was at school.

    One day, his grandpa said to him, “Mike, I know that you don't have as many friends as you think. Many of them are not true to you.”

    Mike thought maybe his grandpa was right. However, he wasn't sure how he could test whether his schoolmates were real friends or not, so he asked his grandpa. The old man answered, “I have just exactly what you need. It's in my room. Wait a minute.” The old man left, soon returning as if(好像) carrying something in his hand, but Mike could see nothing there.

    “Take it. It's a very special chair. Because it's invisible, it will be hard for you to sit on it. However, if you manage to sit on it, you can use the chair's magic power to tell who your real friends are.”

    Mike took the strange invisible chair to school. At break time he asked everyone to form a circle, and he put himself in the middle, with his chair.

    “Nobody moves. You're about to see something amazing,” said Mike. Then he tried sitting on the chair. Having difficulty seeing it, he missed and fell to the ground. Everyone had a pretty good laugh. “Wait, wait,” said Mike, making another try. But again he missed the chair.

    Mike didn't give up. He kept trying to sit on the magic chair. Finally, he did it. This time he felt himself in mid-air. Then he experienced the magic that his grandpa had been talking about. Looking around, Mike saw George, Lucas and Diana holding him up, so he wouldn't fall. But some schoolmates whom he had regarded as friends had done nothing but made fun of him. Mike was quite thankful to his grandpa, who helped him test who his true friends were.

    Hello! This is a UFO. And I'm an alien（外星人）. I am Eric. Look! My jacket is nice. It's white. What's this in English? It's a pen. What color is it? It's red. And what's this in English? It's a key. It's a yellow key. What's that? It's an English CD. I like（喜欢）it. This is an English book（书）. It's green. It's 0.5kg in weight（重量）.

Jill is a very beautiful girl. She is tall and has long {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(金色的,浅褐色的) hair. She always wears blue jeans and a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(柔 软 的) white T-shirt. When she wears {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(眼镜), she looks lovely. Jill is an excellent girl. She often gets good {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(分 数) at school. Her parents are really {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(感到自豪的;感到骄傲的) of her. She has a Chinese pen friend. Her name is Li Hua. They often send{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(电子邮件)to each other, but they have never seen each other.

They look forward to seeing each other. This weekend they will see each other through the Internet. Jill also has some {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(业余爱好). She likes reading and painting. She is not {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(紧张的) when she talks to others in public. She has a sweet tooth. So pizza and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(小甜饼;曲奇饼) are her favourites. They {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (有……的气味)good. And she always shares them with others.

On the evening of July 31, 2024, a great moment happened at the swimming event of the Paris Olympics(巴黎奥运会）. Pan Zhanle, a Chinese swimmer,won the gold medal in the men's 100-meter freestyle.

Before the competition, the Chinese team faced a lot of pressure(压力). The past results were not very good and there were many doubts from outside. But Pan Zhanle was brave and ready to fight.

When the race started, Pan Zhanle jumped into the water quickly. In the first 50 meters, he showed strong power and took the lead. His strokes were powerful and his breathing was regular.

In the second half of the race, it became very exciting. Other swimmers tried hard to catch up, but Pan Zhanle kept his lead with great skills and strong will.

Near the end, everyone was very nervous. Pan Zhanle swam as fast as he could and touched the wall with a wonderful time of 46. 40 seconds.He broke the world record and won the gold medal.

After the race, Pan Zhanle was very excited. He said in an interview,＂There were some unfriendly situations before, but they made me more determined.5. I wanted to show the strength of Chinese swimmers! "

Once upon a time, there were two fishermen called Luke and Jim. They were good at fishing. One day they went fishing by the lake. Jim {#blank#}1{#/blank#} fishing alone. Luke was an outgoing person who loved to make {#blank#}2{#/blank#} with different people.

When Luke found that some tourists at the lake couldn't catch any fish, he said to them,"I can teach you how to fish. If you catch ten fish, give me one fish as compensation (报酬). But {#blank#}3{#/blank#} you get fewer than ten, you don't need to give me anything." The tourists and Luke came to an agreement {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. After that, Luke started to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} them some fishing skills. After he finished teaching a {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, he went to teach another group. Hours later, he asked the tourists to give {#blank#}7{#/blank#} one fish for ten fish that they caught. At the end of the day, Luke got a full bucket of fish, and also made a lot of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} friends. The tourists regarded him as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} good teacher for teaching them how to fish.

As for Jim,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} fishing for a whole day alone, he looked into his fish bucket, and found he had far fewer fish than his friend. He felt very upset.

If we help others succeed, we will harvest(收获) both success and friends.

Our English classes are always interesting. Mr Chen told us to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (讨论) great books and write a book review of our favourite one this morning. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (猜想) many students will take The Adventures of Tom Sawyer as their favourite book. This book describes how people lived in the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(南方的) states of America. The conversations in the book sound especially real because they are all in {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(日常的) English. 

Tom, the hero of the book, is a poor boy. Tom and his best friend decide to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(逃脱) to an island. But a bad man is looking for him. Later, Tom and another friend run away from a {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (洞穴). Not seeing them for a long time, people think they are{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (死 的 ). Then, they suddenly appear at their funeral. People are {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(惊讶的) to see them at first, but very pleased to find they are still {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(活着的). 

Its writer Mark Twain is my favourite{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (外国的) writer. He is a well- known writer.