Dear Steve,
I'm very happy in my new school. I hope you're enjoying it. The teachers and students here are friendly to me.
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Your,
Jane

    On the first day of school, the new teacher had a look at the name list of students. How pleased she was!

    Guess what she 1? After each student's name, there was a number 2 138, 140, 154 and so on. "3 these high IQ (智商) students." She thought to herself. "They've given me a wonderful 4!"

    As a result, the 5 teacher worked harder with this class than with her other classes. She 6 some new teaching ways. She thought these 7 would cheer the students and hold their 8. She was right. It 9 out well! The class did much better than any of her others.

    Later, however, she found out the 10 the number after each name did not mean the IQ, but the number of his or her clothing box in the school.

    One day, a monster (怪兽) from outer space attacks (攻击) Earth. It even beats Superman. 1 world leaders call on people to make a super robot to drive the monster away.

    McDull is an ordinary (寻常的) piglet growing 2 in a fishing village. His 3 is to be an inventor(发明家). He wants to 4 the Earth. What can he do?

    Finally, McDull gets a good 5. He makes 6 rice cooker (电饭煲) into a 7 and calls it Rizo. Everyone in the 8 helps to make it. The robot wins the competition!

    Now, the task of saving the 9 falls on McDull and Rizo. Will they be able to do it? Go and 10 the movie McDull, Rise of the Rice Cooker (《麦兜：饭宝奇兵》).

    Who designed the first helicopter? Who 1 one of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most doctors? There is an answer to all these questions-Leonardo da Vinci.

    Leonardo may have been the greatest genius(天才) people have ever known.

    He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem still 2 to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn't 3 a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.

    But Leonardo wasn't just an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master(大师) painter, and as he got older he became even more 4. Almost everyone knew him. As a painter, he was quite careful. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways 5 he was ready to paint.

    Many of Leonardo's wonderful paintings are still with 6 today. You may know one of his most famous works the smiling woman known as Mona Lisa.

Tina is a thirteen- year- old middle school student. Last year, she went to a summer school in France and stayed with a local family, the Truffauts.

 At first, things didn't go well 1 she couldn't speak French. Simple things like2 the right bus stop became big problems. The Truffauts helped her a lot and treated her like part of the family. They played games and shared traditional food 3 her. Tina was helpful as well. She did some housework with the family every day. On the weekend, she 4 a community club and did volunteer work. For most of the time, she used body language to communicate. People showed 5 thanks with smiles and she would always smile back. Language was not a problem for her any more. As a new member of the club, Tina 6 to have parties with the other members. Day by day, she made more 7 . Tina began to love her new life."A smile is 8 second language we were born to speak. It is also the best gift I have got," she often said 9 .

 Smiles and a helping hand can always make people 10 closer than a language can.

When children read to Danny, he never stops them or corrects them. He just sits quietly and listens patiently. Danny is a "listening1 ". He is part óf a reading program for children. The name of the program is R.E.A.D.

This program helps2 children's reading and communication skills in a special way -' reading to dogs, but not any dog. R.E.A.D. dogs are therapy animals (治疗动物). " We all know that learning to read well is very3 . Teachers always ask children to read aloud.4 reading aloud in class is very difficult for some children. They are afraid that other children will5 them," says Danny' S trainer, Tony Nevett. But a listening dog like Danny won't make fun of them. The children will feel safe.It's also fun for them. They even start to6 reading aloud. As a result, their reading gets better.

This program7 helps the dogs. Many of them live in dog shelters and need a home. After some8 , the dogs learn to be comfortable with people they don' t know. This helps them to be9 for adoption (收养）.

The R. E.A.D. program started in the USA."We have many success stories," says Tony. He hopes the program will spread to more places. Children who10 the program learn to love reading. This helps them succeed in school.