In 1990, when I {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) nine years old, I wanted very much to find {#blank#}2{#/blank#} pen friend. I found Ashley's address in a magazine, and decided{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (write) to her. I sent off my letter with a little hope. Very quickly, I received her letter. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my surprise, Ashley was only one month {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (old) than me. I learned some new expressions from her. I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (real) liked this new friend.

Letter after letter, year after year, Ashley and I continued to write to one another. A letter would be received and I'd write back right away. We would send each other birthday and festival {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (gift).

Eight years later, my parents decided it was time {#blank#}8{#/blank#} me to meet this friend. They drove me down to Mississippi for a few days. We {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (have)a fun time together. We did the things that teenage girls love to do.

Twenty—five years after the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (one) letter, Ashley and I still have an amazing friendship. Although we don't write letters now, we communicate through mobile phones and the Internet.

Last Tuesday I took my two daughters, aged four and five, to town by1. It began to rain hard so I decided I would leave the children in the car before I went quickly into a shop. I2 the girls not to touch anything and told them I would be3 within a few minutes. Then I 4 all the doors and 5 them happily looking out of the window.

I returned to the car in less than five minutes but the girls had disappeared! I could hardly believe my eyes. The car doors were6 locked, the windows 7 shut and on the back seat were only two coats. I was8 and ran to the comer of the street where there was no9 of them. I rushed up to an10 lady nearby and asked 11 she had seen two small girls but she said" No". Feeling sick with fear, I sat on the driver's seat, and. 12to stop trembling (颤抖). Suddenly, I heard a merry laugh behind me. I got out of the car, ran round to open the boot (汽车后备箱) and there inside were two very red-faced and. 13 children. They had obviously pulled out the back seat, 14 behind it and then they were unable to push the seat forward again. With tears in my15, I leaned forward and pulled their ears.

It was Sunday afternoon. Maggie sat, putting her1 into the blue water of her family's new swimming pool. She had been expecting the pool for months.2 , she didn't feel so happy.

As soon as her mom asked what was wrong, Maggie replied, "Amelia is3 of the water. She doesn't know how to swim. I thought that 4 would be playing with me in the pool all summer. I5 Amelia. Nothing is as much fun without her."

"Why don't you invite her to6 ? Maybe we can help her feel 7 in the water. Remember how we taught your little brother to swim? Now, he swims like a dolphin." Maggie looked a little more8 . "You're right. I think I'll call Amelia right now." Later that afternoon, Amelia came with her dad. "Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" he asked. Amelia9 . "I think I'm ready to do this."

"I'm proud of you. I'll be back in a couple of 10 , okay?" said her dad. Amelia nodded again,11 she sat on the side of the pool.

All afternoon, Maggie and her mom worked with Amelia in the water. When Amelia's dad came to pick her up, everyone was surprised the time had gone so 12 .

"Watch this, Dad" shouted Amelia. "I can float on my back." She proudly showed him her new13 .

"This is amazing!" said Amelia's dad. "You two must be great teachers."

Maggie and her mom14 at each other. "I think Amelia was just ready to learn," said Maggie's mom. "She made up her15 to swim and did all the work herself"

"Can we come back tomorrow, Dad?" asked Amelia. Everyone laughed.

Just outside the city in South Africa，a special hospital saving wild animals lives nearby.Mario，an animal{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.set up the hospital two years ago.Since then，they have treated about4，000 animals.

The wildlife hospital{#blank#}2{#/blank#} treats small animals and large birds that are hurt.The hospital now has about 160 animal{#blank#}3{#/blank#}.Many animals coming to the hospital have not only physical illnesses.They also{#blank#}4{#/blank#} signs of stress from being hurt by people.Some animals，like the endangered pangolin（穿山甲），feel{#blank#}5{#/blank#} when they hear a voice from human being.That makes the animals remember the people who hunted{#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

Along with five full—time workers，the hospital gets{#blank#}7{#/blank#} from volunteers like Jenny who lives nearby.She cares for young monkeys.Their own mothers were{#blank#}8{#/blank#} in accidents.Every day，she brings fresh food to them{#blank#}9{#/blank#} plays with them.Alan is another volunteer.He usually walks young pangolin{#blank#}10{#/blank#} a nearby hill to search for ants to eat.

When the animals are ready to return to the wild，Mario and his team work with nature centers to take them to a new and{#blank#}11{#/blank#} home.Then the animals can live on their own in the wild.

Mr. Black is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} old man (老人). He doesn't like children (孩子), but he likes cats very much. Children like to come to him. They come to play with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (he) cats. He thinks, "The children like my cats." So he gives each (每一个) of them a cat. He {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) happy. The children are happy, and the cats are happy,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}.

Hello! My first name is Anna. I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (be) an American girl.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (that) are my parents. Welcome to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (I) room. On the chair, you can see a blue cup. It is not my cup. It is my sister's. Look! My {#blank#}8{#/blank#} [ˈsku: lbæg] is under the sofa. Some {#blank#}9{#/blank#} ( book) and a pencil box are in it. Here is a baseball, but it isn't my baseball. I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (find) it in the library.

One day, my father and I were in line to buy tickets for the circus（马戏表演）. And a family was standing in front of us.

The family had eight children. Their clothes were not expensive but clean. The children talked about the clowns(小丑), elephants, monkeys and other things excitedly. It was their first time to go to the circus.

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly answered, "I want eight children's tickets and two adults' tickets, so I can take my family to the circus. "

The ticket lady said the price. The man's wife lowered her head and there was no smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, "How much did you say?"

The ticket lady said the price again. The man didn't have enough money. How could he tell his eight kids the bad news? My dad put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a $20 bill and dropped(掉下) it on the ground. (In fact, we were not rich!) Then my dad said, "Excuse me, sir, this dropped out of your pocket. "

The man knew what was going on. He looked into my dad's eyes, held my dad's hand in his, and took the $20 bill. "Thank you, sir, thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family. "

My father and I went back home. We didn't go to see the circus that night, but we didn't care.