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!

    A horse fair is an interesting place. There were young horses from the country, little Welsh ponies and many beautiful horses too. But there were also a lot of poor, thin horses, tired from hard work. I was very sad to see them.

    At the horse fair there was a man with a gentle voice and kind grey eyes. He offered 23 pounds for me, but they refused. Then a man with a very loud voice came. I was afraid he was going to buy me, but he walked off. Then the grey-eyed man came back again and said:

    "I'll give 24 for him."

    "Done," said the salesman. "He's a quality horse and if you want him for cab (出租马车) work, he's a bargain."

Half an hour later we set off for London, along country roads, until we came to that great city. There were streets to the right, and streets to the left. We went into one of the small streets, and then into a very narrow street, with small, old houses.

    My owner stopped at a house. The door opened, and a woman, a little girl and boy, came out.

    "Is he gentle, father?"

    "Yes, Dolly, as gentle as a kitten; you can pat him."

    Dolly, the little girl, patted my shoulder without fear. It felt so good! They led me into a comfortable, clean stable, and after a delicious meal I lay down to sleep, thinking "I'm going to very happy here".

    My new owner's name was Jerry. His wife was called Polly and they had two children, Harry and Dolly. The next morning they came to see me. I loved it when they patted me and spoke in gentle voices.

    "Let's call him 'Jack', after the old horse, shall we, Harry?" said Dolly.

    "Yes, let's," said Harry.

    The first week of my life as Jack, the London cab horse was very hard. The noise and the people and the traffic on the streets scared me. But Jerry was a very good driver, and that helped a lot Jerry soon found that I was ready to work hard and do my best, and he didn't whip (鞭打) me.

    He kept us very clean, and gave us as much food as we wanted. But the best thing was that we had Sundays off.

Jack is a thirteen-year-old boy. He is in Class Four Grade Seven. He always {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (get) up early and he often goes to school by bike. He likes English，Chinese and some other {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (subject). He enjoys singing and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (dance). He is good at playing table tennis. Now he {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (have) an English lesson. Some of his classmates are reading books and some of them {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (write) the new words. They are all working hard. Tomorrow is Saturday. They {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (not have) any lessons. Jack and his classmates {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (play) table tennis tomorrow morning. Jack is going to have a picnic {#blank#}8{#/blank#} his parents in the afternoon. He is going to watch TV {#blank#}9{#/blank#} home in the evening. I think he {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (have) a good time tomorrow.

Bob's father has a big farm.On New Year's Day，he asked Bob，"Could you work on the farm when you're free this year？"

"Farming is not my work，Dad. I have much schoolwork（功课） to do."Bob wasn't glad about it."If you help me work on the farm，I will give you anything you want."

"OK."Bob agreed happily.

So Bob gets up early and works hard on the farm in his free time this year，just like other farmers.His wheat（小麦） grows very well.

Time flies.Today is December 31st，the last day of the year.The father is talking with his son."I'm happy to see you work hard on the farm，Bob.Now tell me what you want as the gift（礼物）（已经得到）your gift，Dad.You are trying to give me a lesson——no pain

On a winter afternoon, my friends and I were throwing stones onto the roof of an old lady's house. The old lady was my customer(顾客) on the newspaper route. We just wanted to see how the stones rolled off the roof's edge (边缘). I found an exactly smooth rock and threw it out, but it 1 into a small window of the old lady's house. At the sound of broken glass, we knew we were in trouble. We ran home fast. I was so 2 about getting caught that first night. However, a few days later I started to feel guilty (内疚的) for her bad luck. She 3 greeted me with a smile when I gave her the newspaper, but I was no longer able to act comfortably. I made up my mind that I would save my newspaper delivery money, and in three weeks I had seven dollars. I put the money in an envelope with a 4 explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hope that the seven dollars would cover the cost for repairing it. I waited until it was 5 , and put the letter I didn't sign into her yard. The next day, I 6 the old lady her newspaper. She thanked me for my paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself. While eating cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. After opening it. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note saying, "I'm proud of you."

Imagine you are running to catch a train,only to find that you forgot your ID card! There is no way you can get on board without it.Don't worry.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}

On March 11,at a two sessions news conference(两会记者招待会),Premier Li Keqiang said that the government would introduce a digital version(版本)of the national ID cards this year. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}They need it because they live away from their home provinces.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sometimes to prove that"I am who I am",they have to run back and forth across provinces to provide ID on the spot.It is a waste of time,money and manpower. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}Because it can allow relevant(相关的)information to be accessed(获取)by a simple scan with a smartphone,said Premier Li.

In fact,China's Ministry of Public Security started a pilot trial(初步试验)of digital IDs in 2018.It allowed people in cities including Quzhou,Hangzhou and Fuzhou to apply for digital national IDs on Alipay,reported China National Radio. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}It could be used to open bank accounts,check into hotels and buy high-speed railway tickets,among other things.