Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in 1835,in the state of Missouri. When he was four, his family moved to the town ofHannibal, Missouri. Hannibal was a port on the Missippi River, and Clemensloved to watch the big steamboats going up and down the river. He said that allthe boys in his school had one ambition in life: to work on a steamboat!

    His father died when he was just 12 yearsold, and Clemens then went to work for a printer to help support his family. Hetravelled around, and worked in many different cities. But when he was 22, heachieved his ambition—he got a job working on a steamboat. He sailed up anddown the wide Missippi River until the American Civil War began.

    He then moved around America, and triedseveral jobs. He was a soldier, and a silver miner. Then he started working asa writer for a newspaper. It was at that time that he decided to use a pen namefor his stories, and he chose the name "Mark Twain".

    The name is interesting. It comes from hisdays on the steamboats. He used to throw a piece of rope into the river. Therewas a heavy weight on the end of the rope, and the rope had some marks on it.He used the rope to find how deep the river was. Then he shouted out, "MarkOne" or "Mark Twain", meaning "Mark Two". Each markwas about two metres, so when he shouted "Mark Twain", it meant thatthe river was deep enough for the big boat.

    In 1865 Clemens wrote a story about ajumping frog. The story and the writer became famous. In 1867 he toured Europe.He married when he returned, and lived for most of the rest of his in Harfort,Connecticut. He wrote many books, including The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, whichhe wrote in 1876. He also gave many lectures, and became a very famous andpopular man.

    Once two of his friends decided to write tohim, but they had lost his address. So on the envelope they just wrote "MarkTwain, God knows where". Several weeks later, they received a replay fromthe writer. It just said, "He does!"

    Samuel Clemens died in 1910. He isconsidered to be one of America's most important writers.

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In the forest there lived a rhino（犀牛） and a monkey. The monkey was not very friendly and he troubled the rhino every day. Sometimes he pulled the rhino' s tail. Sometimes he jumped onto the rhino's back. But the rhino didn't get mad. He could stand everything patiently and never complained （抱怨）. 

Other animals in the forest knew that the monkey always made fun of the rhino. They got angry with the monkey， They even advised the rhino to punish the monkey. 

The rhino smiled and said that sometimes the monkey was unfriendly， but he was thankful to him. He thanked the monkey for teaching him to be patient. Other animals just kept silent with their heads down， without saying anything. At that time， the monkey was sitting in the tree and heard the rhino's words. He felt sorry for what he had done. 

He came down from the tree immediately. Then he came up to the rhino and said sorry to him. After that， the monkey and the rhino became friends， and they got on well with each other. 

My school will hold an English Week. The activity time is from 10 March to 15 March. All1 and English teachers will join in the activities. We will have many activities, such as singing English songs, holding speech contests, and watching English movies. But we have a 2 about the plan for the English Week, and all of us have  3 opinions. Some students think it could be a 4 of time, "We should learn English by ourselves, and studying in groups would 5 a lot of time. What's more, we have much homework to do, and there's no time 6 for us to do anything else." However, some other students said we should hold the activity of English Week because we can learn to 7 in groups in that way. It could 8 our English a lot. Studying together would be more interesting. I agree on the second 9 . We need after-class activities, and English Week is 10 useful and meaningful. I think it is worth well being held.

The Monkey King is the main character from the Chinese story Journey to the West. He is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} wonderful that all the people love him. He is kind and he always helps weak people. The Monkey King has a magic stick. He uses it to fight bad people. He can make the stick big or small. He can sometimes make the stick so small {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he can put it in his ear. 

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Dear Tony, 

I am very happy to hear from you. Let me{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(tell) you something about my school life. 

I still remember my first day {#blank#}2{#/blank#} junior high. I got up {#blank#}3{#/blank#} went to school early. In the first class, the teacher asked us to introduce {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(we). Each of us shared our interests and hobbies. We hope {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) good friends. There are more subjects than primary school, so I have more homework. It's hard for me {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(decide) what to do first. Luckily, my brother gave me some {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(advice): Do the easy one first, and then do the difficult one. The {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(two) advice is: Write down my {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(task) and the time for each one. In this way, I can make good use of my time. 

I hope {#blank#}10{#/blank#} advice can help you. I'm looking forward to seeing you. 

Yours, 

Li Hua