Mr. Hamel now picked up a French grammar book and started to teach. It all seemed so 1 during that last lesson. I understood all the participles（分词）which Mr. Hamel explained.

     "2 didn't French seem so interesting before?" I asked myself.

    But I knew the answer. It was my last French lesson, and I regretted not studying hard before. I 3 to listen very carefully. Mr. Hamel was trying to teach us everything he knew. He had never taught a lesson so well before.

    The grammar lesson finished, and then we started 4. I had never seen so many hardworking students before. Everyone had their 5 down, and the sound of pens on paper was the only sound to be heard.

    Students were usually distracted(分心) by even the smallest thing. However, when some beetles（甲壳虫）flew into the classroom, not one student looked at them today. It was very 6.

     I looked at Mr. Hamel. He was sitting still in his chair. The only things he 7 were his eyes. He looked carefully at one thing in the classroom for a while 8 looking at the next thing. For forty years, the only classroom was like his 9, and now it was being taken from him.

    Mr. Hamel looked at all of the walls, windows, desks, and chairs 10 we were working hard. I was sure he wanted to remember everything like it was now.

    Nancy is a funny girl. Her 1  is full of fantastic ideas. Like any other child, she has 2  in her life, but she always solves it in funny ways.

    Nancy's classmate Lionel lost a tooth at school last month. The teacher 3  him a cute tooth necklace (项链). Nancy found it was nice and she wanted one too.

    One morning Nancy found one of her teeth was loose (松动的). "I will get a nice tooth necklace 4  the tooth falls out at school," she thought. Nancy did everything that she could

    5to make sure she lost her tooth at school. However, things didn't always happen as she 6 . The tooth finally 7 out on her way to school. Nancy told her teacher what had happened. She was 8 . She didn't think she could get the special necklace.

    To 9 surprise, the teacher decided to give Nancy the necklace. "Your tooth dropped out close to the school, didn't it?" the teacher said. "And you're really an honest (诚实的) girl." Finally, Nancy's dream came 10  .

    Mr. Smith 1 from London. Now he is in China. He is 2. He teaches 3 a middle school. He works very hard. His students like 4 very much. He can 5 a little Chinese. His students often teaches him Chinese 6 Sundays. Mr. Smith likes playing football. He often plays football 7 his students.

    Mr. Smith 8 a son. His name is Jack. He is student. He studies in a middle school. He goes to school 9 bike every day. He gets back home at four in the afternoon. He likes 10 TV in the evening.

    Helen's favorite food is chocolate. Her parents and teacher often say that it's1for her teeth to eat too much chocolate. But she doesn't believe it. She often puts some chocolate in the milk for breakfast, the juice2lunch, even the soup for supper. Her mother has to3some chocolate in her bag before she goes to school. Sometimes when her mother goes shopping with her, Helen won't leave the shop4her mother buys some chocolate for her.

    The little girl5back from school with a painful(痛苦的) look yesterday afternoon. A tooth hurt and she had nothing. Her mother made some soup for her. But she put some chocolate in it. Her father bought some6for her, but she put some chocolate in it, too. Of course it was useless.7the next morning her mother took her to see the8.The dentist saw there was a cavity(洞) in her bad tooth .So he had to fill（填充）it with something.

    “Now, young girl,” said the dentist , “What kind of filling（填充物） would you like for that tooth ?”

    “9, please,” answered Helen. The dentist and Helen's mother both laughed. The dentist asked Helen to eat fresh fruit and vegetables10chocolate. And it's necessary for Helen to have healthy eating habits.

    China has made big progress in running competitions! The young1Su Bingtian made history on Sunday by becoming the2Asian athlete to appear in the men's 100m final at the world athletics championships.

    As the3man in China, Su was born in a4family in Guangdong in 1989. His parents were both farmers and had a lot of work to do on the farm every day. So Su often helped them with housework at home. Though his study was not very good, he was5at running than many other boys in his class. He6this kind of sport very much, so he practised running as often as possible. In 2004, Su started to take part in different competitions and has won many prizes since then. And this year, he managed to finish 100 metres in 9.99 7. That was the best result in Asia. His dream8! When he heard the news, he could not believe9ears.

    Though Su is famous now, he never behaves arrogantly. Instead, he still works hard10he wants to have a better chance of winning! I believe there is a lesson there.