Mr. Smith gave his wife 10 pounds for her birthday—ten pretty new pound notes. The day after her birthday, Mrs. Smith went 1 . She waited for a bus, got on it and sat down next to an old 2. After a while, she noticed that the old lady's handbag was open. Inside it, she3 a roll of pound notes exactly like the ones her husband had given her. She 4 looked into her own bag—the notes were gone! Mrs. Smith was 5 that the old lady had stolen them. She thought she should call the police. But she disliked getting other people into 6, so she decided to take back the money from the old lady's handbag and say 7 more about it. She 8 the bus to make sure nobody was watching. Then she carefully put her hand into the old lady's 9 , took the notes, and put them in her own bag.

 When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat she had bought.

“  10 did you pay for it?” he asked.

“With the money you gave me for my birthday, of course.” she replied.

“Oh? What's that, then?” he asked, as he pointed to a roll of ten pound notes on the table.

   The cold wind blew strongly outside. Amaya was warm in her house, thinking about an article she'd read at school. The article was about kids who helped out their communities, and she thought it would be really cool to help her own town, Harvard.

   The only problem was that she wasn't sure how to help. In the article, the kids had grown food for people who needed food, but it was winter. She couldn't start a garden. Amaya was deep in thought when her mom said it was time to go shopping.

   As they drove along the road, Amaya saw a family walking on the sidewalk(人行道), wearing only light jackets. How could they must be! That gave her an idea! She could collect winter coats, hats and gloves for people who needed them.

   She shared her idea with her mom, who thought it was great. But how would they spread the idea to get plenty of winter clothing? Amaya decided to talk to her teacher, because then she could share her idea with her classmates at least.

   Ms. Monroe agreed when Amaya talked about her idea. They decided to call the project Hats in Harvard. Then they wrote a letter explaining the project. Ms. Monroe even said she could help Amaya talk to the headmaster aboutit, so they could get the whole school to join in it. They met with the headmaster during lunch time. He was excited about the idea, and said he would make sure copies(复印件) of the letter went home with all the students.

   They collected enough winter clothing in only one week. Then they left the clothes around two parks, so families who needed clothes could get them there. Three days later, Amaya and her mom went shopping again. She saw the same family that had given her the idea for Hats in Harvard. This time, though, the family looked nice and warm in some new coats, hats and gloves. Amaya felt warm in her heart, and was very glad she could help others.

I was lonely when I was in high school because I went to a new school far away from my home. In the beginning, some naughty students often laughed at me because of my poor English, so I always tried to avoid them.

Soon I went to university. I was a poor student and I only had $20 for two weeks. I had to hide the truth carefully because I was afraid to be laughed at again. I ate little every day. One day, Joe, a classmate of mine, invited me to help him cook and then shared the completed dishes with him. Since I was not familiar（熟悉）with him, I refused him at first. But after some consideration, I decided to go. I used to cook at home, and I thought I could do it, but I was still full of worry. If he didn't like my cooking, what should I do? Later, it turned out to be a success. Then Joe wished me to make it a daily routine. It went like this. He did the shopping and I did the cooking. And then I stayed to have dinner with him.

It was not until graduation that I knew the whole story. Joe discovered my situation two years ago. In order not to hurt my pride, he came up with this idea just to make it much easier for me. When I cooked the last meal for him, I ordered a big cake and said to him with tears, "My dear friend, you and your help really brighten my college life. I'll never forget that."

The school music club opens. Tony wants to 1 the club, but he doesn't want to go alone. He wants to ask his friends to go to the 2 with him. So he 3 them at home, but everyone is 4 .

Martin is doing his homework at home. It usually 5 him two hours to finish it. Peter is writing to his pen friend Gina, a girl from Australia, on the 6 . He is telling 7 about his school life. In fact, he doesn't like 8 .

Lily likes music very much. 9 Miss Green is teaching her and her classmates to 10 songs at school. They are having a singing contest.

Alice is having her 11 birthday party. Her parents buy a cake for her. We can see twelve candles(蜡烛) on the cake.

Kate is helping her brother 12 his English. He always doesn't do 13 in his tests.

Jack is playing baseball with his sister. It is his favourite 14 .

Tony is not happy 15 no one can go to the club with him.

36-­year­-old California Dad Sholom Solomon is a funny photo lover. And he just might be taking the lead as this year's most awesome dad. Recently Solomon and his daughter have spent their time taking lots of funny and amazing photos while wearing creative clothes. 

Solomon said，"I have always taken funny pictures even before Zoe was born. When she came along I wanted to include her so that one day she can look back at funny memories with her dad. "

In fact，Solomon's wife Carli took all these new photos. One photo shows Zoe was dressed up as a flower while her dad was watering flowers beside her. Another photo shows Solomon dressed in firefighter gear (装备)．

"We are always trying to find some creative clothes to take funny photos. It has become a family's favorite experience now，" Solomon smiled and said. 

So many fans love these cute photos. Solomon has nearly 20，000 followers on the Internet，and that number is quickly climbing. "Everyone seems to be connected with the love of the father and the daughter. The response (反应) has been extremely positive，" Solomon said with pride. 

It's always a good thing to have a hobby. For Miss Patty, a school bus driver in Erie County, her hobby of knitting (编织) has made her really touch the community (社区). 

Miss Patty always wanted to do something with her free time to help the students. After a talk with one of the students, things took a turn from knitting one hat to knitting more hats. 

"The one boy gets on the bus, and he asks 'what are you doing?', I said, ‘I'm making a hat. 'He said, 'That would be great fun having such a warm hat in icy winter. 'So I said, 'What color would you like? That started everything, " Miss Patty told the local newspaper. 

Miss Patty has already knitted 7, 083 hats for students in her free time. Sometimes she will get the student's favourite color before she begins the project. 

What is more moving is that Miss Patty buys all the materials (材料) using her own money. Some people do give her gift cards around the holidays to help, but she still puts out a lot of her own money. 

Along with making hats for the students that will keep them warm, Miss Patty also gets praise (表扬) for being a trusted (可信的) friend to the students.