An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Mr. Smith, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

    "My money has ran out and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will happen to me?

"Don't worry, young man," answered Mr Smith. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier. "

    The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then?" he asked Mr. Smith.

    "No, I didn't mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends. "

    It is Sunday afternoon. Mary goes shopping with her mother. Her mother wants to buy some food for supper. Mary wants to buy a T-shirt and some school things. They come to a shop.

     "What does your shop sell?" Mary asks. "A lot of things," the girl in the shop says. "You can buy food, drinks, clothes and school things in our shop."

    Mary and her mother go into the shop. There are many people in the shop. Mary finds a nice white T-shirt.

    "How much is the T-shirt?" Mary asks the girl in the shop.

    "It's eighty yuan."

    "That's too dear. Do you have a cheap one?"

    "What about the green one? It looks nice. And it's only thirty yuan."

    "OK, thanks a lot." "You are welcome."

    After that, Mary buys some school things too. Her mother buys a lot of food, like bread, cakes, meat and fish. They get home very late.

Hi, I'm Tom. I have a pencil box. It's big and it's purple. It's my good friend. It's from my mom. What's in the pencil box? My ruler is in it. It's blue and red. That is a pencil. It is black and white. It's not my pencil. It's Cindy's. She likes black and white. You can see a green pen and an eraser in it, too. The pen isn't mine. I find(找到) it in the classroom this morning. It's Tim's. His name is on it. He isn't at school now. Tim's telephone number is 8069-4725. I can call(打电话) him. The nice eraser is my sister, Linda's.

Friends are important. They are the people in your life that you know and like. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}They can be older or younger. You and your friends can enjoy different things. Friends are fun. But how can you be good friends with others? {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

Introduce yourself.

Say hello to someone new, See if he or she would like to play with you{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. Ask questions to get to know each other better.

Do things together.

What are your favourite things to do? Ask a friend to do them with you. You can play games, read or go for walks together.

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It is fun to play with toys. Let someone else try when you are done. Take tums listening. Tell a friend about your day. Then let him or her tell you about his or hers.

Help each other.

Ask how a friend is feeling. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}You can teach friends something they do not know, Ask them for help when you need it.

My first home was a beautiful meadow(牧场) with a pond of clear water. There were some large trees near the pond. On one side of the mead ow was a field and on the other was the house of our master(主人), Farmer Grey. He was a kind man.

My mother and I had a happy life. She worked during the day. I played with the other young horses and had great fun. At night I lay next to her.

One day, my master sold me to Squire Gordon. He lived with his family in a big house.

" You' re a beautiful horse, he said." You have a beautiful black coat. I shall call you Black Beauty."

I learned to carry my master on my back and pull a coach(马车). I learned to ware reins(缆绳) and a bit (马嚼子) in my mouth, I did not like them but all the horses had to wear them.

My master had two horses. One of them was Merrylegs. He was very friendly. The other was Ginger. She was not friendly. She bit and kicked people.

Ginger and I pulled a coach together. The coachman's name was John Ginger and I worked very hard. We became friends.

Ginger told me about her life when she was young. She told me. " My master was not kind to me. My reins and bit hurt me. My master did not care."

Squire Gordon and his men felt sorry for Ginger. They were always kind to her. She stopped biting and kicking people. She became a happy horse.

One day in autumn Squire Gordon went on a long journey, John went with him and I pulled the coach.   The weather was rainy and windy. Mr. Gordon and John could not see well in the rain. We came to a bridgeI stopped." Something is wrong。"I thought, I did not want to go on to the bridge. Mr. Gordon and John wanted me to go on to the bridge. I did not move. Just then a man saw us." Hey there! Stop!" he cried.

" What is it?" shouted the Squire.

" The bridge is broken in the middle, he answered." If you go on to it, you are all going to drown(溺死) in the river."

" Thank God!" said the Squire. " Thank you, Beauty!" said John. We turned around and went along the road by the river. For a long time no one said anything. Then John said: " Black Beauty saved our lives. He knew the bridge was dangerous."

When we returned home, the Squire told Mrs. Gordon:" We are all safe, thanks to Black Beauty!"

That night I was glad, although I was very tired.

—— from Anna Sewell Black Beauty

I live in a small town, If you walk to the center of the town on Green Street, you can see Star Hotel first. Hongxing Supermarket is on the right of the hotel.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}1 enjoy drawing there because I love the trees and the clean air.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}It is next to the park. There are many kinds of books in the library. 

Our school is across from the park. It is very big and clean.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}In front of the buildings there is a playground. Students often exercise there after class.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} We plant beautiful flowers and trees in the garden. Many birds fly in the trees. Next to the garden, there is a swimming pool.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} I love our school. I love the old town, too.