Mobile phones are becoming more and more popular not only with adults but also with students. However, they also have become a problem for middle schools in the last few years.

Some children have got mobile phones as Christmas or birthday gifts, and more will ask their parents to buy phones for them.

Many students like mobile phones because they are easy and quick. Some parents feel it convenient because they can get in touch with their children. Some teachers think using mobile phones is a distraction(分心的事)to students during school hours and mobile phones also give them much trouble in their classrooms. Sometimes students send phone messages to cheat(作弊)during exams. A new study says that some teenagers even hurt their fingers because of the over-use of mobile phones. They keep using mobile phones for more than ten hours during a day.

Many teachers suggest that students should not have phones at school, but if there is a good reason, they can leave their phones at the school office. Many people think they understand why parents would want their children to have them, but they agree school should let the students know when they can use their mobile phones.

Saturday is Library Day for Tina's family. On this day, Mom always takes Tina to the library in the morning. First, Tina1 her favorite book. Next, she sits (坐) on her favorite yellow2 to read (阅读) the book.

Now Tina is in the3 with her favorite books. She wants to sit on the yellow chair,4 a girl is on it now. "You can sit on the chair next to it," Mom says to Tina. Tina isn't5 because that's a blue chair. "I must sit on the yellow chair on Library Day. I6 love it," Tina says to Mom.

"I know you like the yellow chair," Mom says. "But it's not7 ."

Then Tina8 the blue chair and sits on it to read books. The books are so9 and Tina reads them there all the morning. When it's 11:50 a. m, Tina says to Mom, "Now I10 Library Day is about reading good books, not about the chair. I like Library Day!"

My best friend Jenny and I got to the mall for shopping. She held up a white sweater and nice skirt. "Do you like them?" she asked. 

"They're great, " I said. Jenny smiled and keep looking while I moved about, touching the beautiful clothes. "I'll try them on, " Jenny walked towards the dressing room. After a while, she came out in the outfit (一套衣服). She looked beautiful. 

Part of me wanted to say how good she looked, but another part stopped the words coming out. Jenny was in such good shape( 外 形 )that she'd look good in the outfit. Sometimes, I regretted(后悔)choosing a best friend who was so pretty. God, why can't I be the one with the rich parents and the great look? More and more, I was envious (妒忌的) of her. 

"Well, Tina, what do you think?" Jenny asked more than once. "Do you like it?"

The outfit looked great on her, but I lied, "Not really. I think you need something with more colors. "

"You think so?" Jenny said doubtfully. 

"Just believe me. We'll find something better, " I told her, pushing her back into the dressing room. "You just can't buy the first thing you see. " I did my best to get Jenny out of the store, away from that outfit. As we left, Jenny gave the outfit one last look. 

Just down the mall, we passed an ice-cream place. "My treat, " Jenny said, pulling out her wallet(钱包). 

I could never say no to ice-cream, so we got some and sat down at a table. As Jenny talked without stopping about a million things, I thought about my feelings toward her. Those feelings weren't kind. 

Sitting there, I began to see Jenny in a new light! Jenny was attractive (吸引人的) not just because of her good luck, but more because of her kindness. Treating me to ice-cream was far from her only show of generosity(大方). She also let me drive her car and borrow her clothes. 

Finishing our ice-cream, we headed for the next clothing store. "Look at that red sweater, " Jenny said when we passed the window. "It would be nice for you. Soon maybe you'll have enough by saving your pocket money to buy something like that. "

A few minutes earlier, all I had heard was about saving my pocket money. I had hated the fact that Jenny could ask her parents for anything, and they'd buy it for her. This time, however, I heard more. I heard the voice of someone who loved for who I was. So I needed to express( 表达)the same to her. 

Last year a rainstorm came to a small village. Many houses were broken. Several people were badly hurt and taken to hospital. 

A student, Kate, said, "It was terrible. I was helping my mother make breakfast when the rain started to beat heavily against the windows. 

"I was eating with my family," a housewife, Jenny said. "I heard a loud noise. A few minutes later, our house fell down. We tried our best to get out. We were very afraid but safe."

Mr Green, an engineer (工程师), said that he was drinking coffee and reading a newspaper in the office when he felt that the building began to shake. He had to stay in the office. "There was no electricity (电) and I couldn't contact (联系) my family members," he said. "I was very worried about them at that time."

Volunteers were helping the people out of the village and giving food and clothes to them. They felt very tired but it was meaningful. 

My name is Peter and I am a 12-year-old boy. This year, I have a new friend. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} name is Tom. He {#blank#}2{#/blank#} from Guangdong Province. But now he is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in Beijing with his parents. Tom is a lovely boy with black glasses. He is 13 years old, so he is one year {#blank#}4{#/blank#} than me. We often go to school together. We are in the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} class. He likes {#blank#}6{#/blank#} very much. He has a very large ball collection in his bedroom. There are four tennis balls and 10 basketballs. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a lot of books about sports, too. He likes all his books and balls, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he doesn't play sports. He often watches ball games and sports shows on TV. And I often go to Tom's {#blank#}9{#/blank#} and watch the ball games together. Now, we are watching an exciting football match {#blank#}10{#/blank#} . We have a good time!

Seven years ago，Joyce Akinpe moved to Australia to start a new life，finding an exciting job in Sydney. After the outbreak（爆发）of COVID﹣19，she suddenly lost her job. 

Seeing that there were many others like herself in trouble from the outbreak，Akinpe and her two roommates，Michelle Gomez and Maureen Lee，brainstormed ideas for how to help their local community. They came up with a street pantry（储藏柜）. Gomez said the idea was very simple，"Take what you need and leave what you can. "

With the help of Gomez's father，they built the Blessing Box — a street pantry，with shelves and hanging baskets and two doors made from old furniture. 

It sits just at the back of the three girls' home，so they can look after it. They put some information notices into their neighbors' mailboxes，and the Blessing Box was quickly filled with the donations（捐赠）from the community. "It is the community's strong support that keeps the project alive. " Akinpe said. 

"We now have hundreds of people visiting our box every day. It might only take two hours for the box to be full and next hour it might become empty again. We are now helping others to carry out similar projects in their own communities，too，" Gomez said. 

Lee said things in the box were mostly convenience foods，as well as some necessary life things such as spaghetti and toilet paper. "Few people take everything at once. They think there are other people who need them more. " Lee added. 

There were many people rushing there for donations. The three girls needed to sanitize（消 毒）all the donations and make sure all food packages were not broken. Gomez said that they had no time for rest，but what they did was well worth.