Mr. Smith made many tests with different animals. They found that the monkey was the cleverest of all the animals. One day Mr. Smith put a monkey in a room. He also put some small boxes in it. In one of the boxes there was some food. “How long will it take the monkey to find the food?” Mr. Smith said to himself. “Let me wait and see.” He left the room and waited outside. Three minutes later, he put his eye to the keyhole (猫眼). What did he see? He saw the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at Mr. Smith through the keyhole.

    Once upon a time, there was a family with 18 children living in a village. Two of the children, both boys, loved painting very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send both of them to study at art school at the same time.

    After many discussions, the two boys finally worked out a plan. They would toss(抛) a coin. The loser would go down into the mines(煤矿) and, with his money, pay for his brother's college tuition(学费).Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, he would pay Tor the other brother to study at the college.

    One of the brothers, Albrecht Durer, won the toss and his brother Jack went down into the mines. Durer worked with all his heart and his paintings were much better than those of most of his teachers. He was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.

    Durer returned. When he told Jack he could go to art college, Jack said softly: "The four years in the mines have done too much to my hands. It is too late. Now I can't even hold a glass."

    To show his great love and respect for his brother, Durer drew his brother's hands with palms(手掌)together and thin fingers towards the sky. He called his drawing The Praying Hands, which became very famous years later.

    The next time you see a copy of that touching work, take a second look. Let it be your reminder: No one can ever succeed alone!

The editor of the school newspaper was leaving so the paper would need a new editor. Hearing the news, Tara knew it was her 1 .

Tara had always wanted to improve the paper. Unluckily, most students cared little about 2 . There were not any nice pictures, but the real 3 was that the stories couldn't attract the kids. 

After class, Tara talked to Mr. Alvarez, the headmaster, about her wish to be the editor. "We've 4 had a sixth grader in charge. Editing the paper is a big job, even for an eighth grader." he said, "And we may not have a paper much longer because of budget cut."

Tara stepped forward and said 5 , "I can make students like the paper and do my best to make it pay for itself." Mr. Alvarez 6 Tara's offer and agreed, "You only have three weeks before the budget meeting."

Tara didn't lose any time. During lunch, she 7 the newspaper group and told them about her conversation with Mr. Alvarez. 

"We should do something 8 the newspaper and make it different. Now we need 9 teams." Tara said to the group. "The sales team will work on getting advertisers to help us 10 the paper. And the editorial team need to discover stories students like."

The group nodded 11 they felt a bit unsure about the new leader. They started to discuss how to improve the paper. 

The editorial team created a questionnaire to know what students were 12 . The sales team visited many local businesses. By the end of the week, things were going well. The group gathered again for further improvement. 

They came up with a 13 idea—create an online paper with more cool pictures and even videos. Everyone couldn't wait to have a try. 

The big day finally came. The group presented the paper at the meeting. When it was time to vote, every hand in the room went up for 14 their ideas. 

"Well done, students." Mr. Alvarez said to Tara's group. "Your 15 really works."

I start my first day of school at junior high today! I can't believe this day has finally arrived.

What I am thinking about m{#blank#}1{#/blank#}me nervous（紧张的）. After all, I was one of the leaders at my old school. The younger students all looked u{#blank#}2{#/blank#}to us sixth graders. Now, I am going to be a new kid all over again and I am going to have to make new friends.

I am not alone. All of us going into the junior high are in the same b{#blank#}3{#/blank#}. In fact, I am not w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} about being a new junior high school student. I am excited about it! I am excited about all the different s{#blank#}5{#/blank#}I get to study.

The letter I got last week from my new school says that this Friday will be Club Day. There are a lot of a{#blank#}6{#/blank#}at my new school. I think I might take p{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in the Film Making Club. Dad told me that a good w{#blank#}8{#/blank#}   to make new friends is to meet people who share your hobbies.

I will miss my old friends when I am in this new school, but I know there will be at least three other students from my primary school. I also know that I can talk with my old friends even if we no longer go to the s{#blank#}9{#/blank#}school.

I am so excited now! Mum, Dud, Grandma, and Grandpa are all excited for me as well. I think I am going to enjoy m{#blank#}10{#/blank#}at the junior high school after all. I am looking forward to a great year and an exciting new world!

参考要点： 

1.What does he/she look like? 

2.Why do you like him/her? 

3.Compare（比较） your differences and similarities. 

4.Share the story between you and your friend. 

要求：

1. 包含参考要点，可自由发挥；

2. 语句通顺，语法正确，行文连贯，书写工整；

3. 文中不得出现真实的校名和人名。

4. 70词左右。

My Best Friend