Hey! I'm Lucy. .Today is Sunday. I don't go to school. .I am shopping {#blank#}1{#/blank#} West Mall with my parents. I see some good sweaters at the Mall. .And they are on {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. The red sweater is only 40 yuan. The yellow sweater is only 20 yuan. My mother is {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to the shop assistant. .Oh, dear! The shop assistant is my mother's good friend. She is Mrs Jones. Her daughter, ,Linda is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}her mother sell sweaters. .Where is my father? He is in front of the mall. He is talking with a policeman and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for us. .Who is the policeman? Sorry, I don't know.

    One day, a father and his son went to a kite flying festival. When they arrived, there were already many adults and their children playing in the park. When the son saw the sky filled with {#blank#}1{#/blank#} kites in different shapes, he was excited and wanted to get one too. His father agreed to buy one for him. So they went to a kite shop and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a beautiful one.

    With the string(线)in hand, the son started {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the kite. Soon, the kite was high up in the sky. After a while, the son said, "Father, it seems that the string is stopping the kite from flying higher. If we cut it, it will be free and fly even higher. Can we cut it?” The father didn't reply, but just cut the string off the reel(线轴). Suddenly, the kite began to go {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, which made the son much happier.

    However, to his surprise, the kite was coming down. They waited for quite some time. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, it fell onto the grass. The son felt upset and asked, "I thought that after cutting the string, the kite would fly higher. Why did it fall down?”

    The father smiled and said, “The role of the string was not stopping the kite from flying higher, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} helping it stay in the sky, because the kite {#blank#}7{#/blank#} can' t fly up. By using the string you help the kite go up in the right {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. When you cut the string, it could not support the kite.

    In our life, we may sometimes feel like there are certain things that are holding us back and stopping us from growing. But in fact, these might be the things that support us{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. We can really grow up and become stronger by realizing the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of these things.

    I have many friends. One of them is Simon. He is my best friend. Simon and I are thirteen years old. He is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} than I, and he is shorter than I, too. He wears glasses but I don't.

    Simon likes eating fruits. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he takes them to school and shares them with me after class. Simon and I are in the same class. He {#blank#}3{#/blank#} schoolwork and he often helps me with my English. We always play {#blank#}4{#/blank#} after school. He likes to do the same things as I do. I live {#blank#}5{#/blank#} from school but Simon lives near it, so he never comes late. At weekends I usually go to his house when I am free. We always have a great time when we are together.