A: Hello, Jim! What are you doing now?

B: Oh, I'm reading my report card.

A: I suppose you have passed all the exams. You are always hard-working.

B: It's true that I always do my homework by myself. But I often get nervous when I see the envelope from school.

A: How about your math this time? I know you don't do well in it.

B: It was lucky that I passed the math exam this time. We had a new math teacher this semester. She is a university graduate and works as a volunteer in our school. Her teaching has a good influence on my study and starts to open my eyes to the outside world.

A: That's really great. Does she like living in our hometown where the air is thin?

B: She said she felt happy with her decision.

A: By the way, I got a message for you. Your mother asks you to look after yourself well.

B: OK. Thank you.

    O. Henry was a pen name used by an American writer of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for very long, but he managed to teach himself everything he needed to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas, where he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was believed to have stolen（偷）it. Because of that, he was sent to prison（监狱）. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because simple as the tales（故事）were, they would finish with a sudden change at the end, to the reader's surprise.

    Making money isn't just for adults. Kids can do it too. Making money gives you more than money. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} By working to make your own money, you'll learn how to succeed in the world. This includes dealing with money, understanding and getting along with other people. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

    Collect soft drink bottles. You can sell the collected bottles and use the money to buy a new basketball. At the same time, you are keeping the environment clean.

    Make greeting cards. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} try making special cards. You can sell your cards to make money.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} You may have some books that you have read but you don't want to keep. Then you can sell them to make money.

    Win a scholarship(奖学金). If you get good grades at school, you can get some money as prize. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A. Sell old books.

B. However, you are polluting the environment.

C. It's also a learning process.

D. If you are good at drawing,

E. It's easy to make money if you try the following ways.

F. This encourages kids to work harder to get better grades.

    Mr White works in a factory. There are not many people in the factory. They make shoes there. The workers go to work very early in the morning. On Saturday and Sunday they don't go to work. They stay at home. Mrs White cooks for the workers in the factory. She likes cooking and she cooks well. In the middle of the day the workers have lunch in the factory. They are very friendly. They like the food Mrs White cooks.