Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had 1 money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very2 . Mr. King lived next to him. He knew it and lent some 3 to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and 4all his lessons. When he finished middle school, Mr King introduced him to his friend in the town,  5 he began to work.

    Once Mr. King was hurt 6  in an accident. He was dying and he asked Charlie to take care of his 7, Sharon. The young man agreed and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make8  happy. He often bought delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked 9 for her. So she became very fat. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart and she had to go to 10 at once. The doctors looked her over and told her 11 eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid 12 the doctor's words , so she wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the paper on the table and 13. When she came back home that afternoon, she found many kinds of 14 : meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy 15 there. When he saw her, he said happily, "I bought all the food you like, dear!"

    Toby's family often goes on ski (滑雪) vacations. They are great fun. The snow is cold and wet, but the sun is warm. Toby loves the 1 of skiing down a mountain. It's always great.

    But there is one thing that Toby doesn't 2about skiing. There are so many things to 3. The most important things are the skis and ski boots (滑雪板和滑雪靴), of course. He also has to wear big socks to keep his feet 4and long underwear (内衣) for his legs. And he can't 5his hat and mittens (连指手套).

    Toby didn't like ski lessons before. He knew it was 6to learn, but he didn't like his teachers. They always gave very boring lessons. Also, the lessons always took very long 7they had to wait for everyone to get ready.

    However, this year Toby was glad to have the8. One time Toby's hat flew off while he was going down the mountain. One of the teachers went and got it9him. The teachers also showed him10to stop faster and turn better. Lessons were not so bad after all!

Jill is a very beautiful girl. She is tall and has long {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(金色的,浅褐色的) hair. She always wears blue jeans and a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(柔 软 的) white T-shirt. When she wears {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(眼镜), she looks lovely. Jill is an excellent girl. She often gets good {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(分 数) at school. Her parents are really {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(感到自豪的;感到骄傲的) of her. She has a Chinese pen friend. Her name is Li Hua. They often send{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(电子邮件)to each other, but they have never seen each other.

They look forward to seeing each other. This weekend they will see each other through the Internet. Jill also has some {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(业余爱好). She likes reading and painting. She is not {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(紧张的) when she talks to others in public. She has a sweet tooth. So pizza and {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(小甜饼;曲奇饼) are her favourites. They {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (有……的气味)good. And she always shares them with others.

Anna Mary，known as Grandma Moses，grew up on a farm. As a child，she loved drawing. But she hardly（几乎不） did it because she had to do busy farm work. Grandma Moses spent all her life on the farm. When she was old and found farm work difficult，she started to paint at the age of 78. 

An art lover found Grandma Moses's paintings in a shop in 1938. He bought them，and the next day he went to her farm and bought all her paintings. Soon Grandma Moses became famous. In 1940，at the age of 80，she had her first painting show in New York. "Do your favorite thing，and you will finally be successful（成功的），"she once said. 

Grandma Moses died in 1961，at the age of 101. She painted over 1600 paintings in the late part of her life. Many people loved the bright colors and beautiful farm views in her works. After knowing Grandma Moses's life story，they felt relaxed about their future（未来） because becoming old didn't mean anything. Also，they thought confidently about their future. They finally knew that age wouldn't be a problem for those who wanted to make a change（改变）. 

 Hello, everyone! My name is Michael. Today is my twelfth birthday. I get many presents(礼物) from my family. Do you want to have a look?

I like playing basketball very much. I have many basketballs. Look at this new(新的) one. It is from my cousin. He is thirteen years old. The basketball is very nice. Can you guess(猜) how many basketballs I have. The number(数量) of my basketballs is the same as my age(年龄) now.

 My uncle gives me a new schoolbag. It's really a big one. I can put many things in it. My uncle buys it in Beijing.

 My sister buys a red water cup for me. It's hot in summer now. I really need a water cup to drink water.

 The computer is from my parents. I like it very much. I want to be a computer programmer(编程人员) when I grow up(长大).

Have you ever heard of Zhang Guimei? She is not only an excellent teacher, but also a great woman in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} heart. Because of her efforts, a lot of girls in the mountains have got a good education and achieved a better {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

Zhang Guimei was born in 1957 in Heilongjiang. She went to Yunnan to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} build the less developed area in China in 1975. Eight {#blank#}4{#/blank#} later, Zhang became a teacher. She found that some girls there couldn't get a good education because of their {#blank#}5{#/blank#} families and wrong ideas. She was so {#blank#}6{#/blank#} about them that she wanted to try her best to change their ideas. Unfortunately, Zhang was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} ill in1997. However, she never gave up and then set up Huaping High School for Girls in 2008. Thanks to Ms. Zhang's help, thousands of girl students have been brave enough to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} out of the mountain s in the past14 years.

As we know, Zhang Guimei has devoted her {#blank#}9{#/blank#} life to her educational work. Also, her experiences have {#blank#}10{#/blank#} many people and made them pay more attention to education for the girls in poor areas. What a great woman she is! She is the very person that I admire most.