Dave is my good friend. He1in a small village. His home is far2his school and the roads are not good, So it is3for him to get to school. He4at about six o'clock every day and has breakfast quickly. Then he leaves for school at about six twenty. First, he5his bike to the bus station. It takes about forty minutes. Then he takes the No. 12 bus. It usually takes6about fifty minutes. Sometimes he has no time for breakfast at home,7he has some food on the bus.

    "I dream of taking8, It must be9." says Dave. He hopes (希望) he can go to college(上大学) in a big city some day,10? Because then he can take a train to the big city!

Kian Hamer, 14-year-old, has become one of the youngest members (成员) of Mensa. Mensa is an international organization (国际组织) for IQ (智商). Mensa has about 110,000 members all over the world. Only eight percent of the members are under 16. Kian's IQ is 162 and it's two points higher than Albert Einstein's.

Mensa sent a letter to Kian's home. The letter wrote, "Kian is one of the cleverest people in the world." Kian is really excited to join Mensa. He always works hardest on everything he does. Although people call him a genius (天才), he still wants to be a football player when he grows up. He loves playing football very much.

His dad Rich Hamer said, "Kian is clever but I'm not calling him a genius like others. I want him to keep his feet on the ground. He needs to study hard all the time. Never be proud (骄傲). He always does well at school. He works really hard and always tries his best."

 Hello, everyone! My name is Michael. Today is my twelfth birthday. I get many presents(礼物) from my family. Do you want to have a look?

I like playing basketball very much. I have many basketballs. Look at this new(新的) one. It is from my cousin. He is thirteen years old. The basketball is very nice. Can you guess(猜) how many basketballs I have. The number(数量) of my basketballs is the same as my age(年龄) now.

 My uncle gives me a new schoolbag. It's really a big one. I can put many things in it. My uncle buys it in Beijing.

 My sister buys a red water cup for me. It's hot in summer now. I really need a water cup to drink water.

 The computer is from my parents. I like it very much. I want to be a computer programmer(编程人员) when I grow up(长大).

My friend Bobby worked in a restaurant two years ago and he didn't make much money. He had a big family to support(养), so they could only spend money on very essential（必要的）things {#blank#}1{#/blank#} food, clothes and houses. But last summer vacation, Bobby wanted to take his kids to watch a very popular show in the theater（剧院）, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} kids these days always talked about it. He knew his kids wanted to see it very much, too. 

When they arrived at the theater, Bobby walked up to the woman at the ticket counter （售票柜台）and asked, "How {#blank#}3{#/blank#} is it to get in?"

The woman said, "6 dollars for you and 3 dollars for the kids aged between 7 and 13 years old. We let them in for free if they are 6 or younger. How old are your kids?"

Bobby looked at his sons and answered, "This one is 3 years old and his big brother is 7 years old, so I think I need to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} 9 dollars for you." 

The woman looked surprised and said, "Hey, did you just win a lottery （中奖） or something? I don't know how old your kids are. You can just say that one is 3 and the o{#blank#}5{#/blank#}is 6. After all, I can't see the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} between 6-year-olds and 7-year-olds, and you can save 3 dollars."

Bobby said, "Yes, I can tell you that they are both under the age of 6, but the kids know that they are not the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} age as I told you. As their father, it's my job to set a good example （榜样）for them. In that {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, they can grow up to be a good and honest (诚实的) person. 

Then, Bobby took his two boys by the hand and they spent a wonderful afternoon.

Hi, boys and girls! My name is Eric Brown. I'm 12 years old. I go to No. 10 Middle School. I like English and my English teacher's name is Tom Green. He is 28 years old. He likes dogs and he has a dog. His dog's name is Max. Max is 8 years old. It is a black dog and it is big.

 Every day, Max comes to our school with Mr Green. And Max likes it. Max doesn't go to our classroom(教室). When we are in class, Max is in Mr Green's office(办公室). Max knows that it's time for us to study. After class, all of us go to Mr Green's office and meet Max. We say"Hello" to it and play with it. We are happy to be with it. Max brings joy to our school. We love it.