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    Andy woke up and looked at the clock 11: 30? He jumped out of bed and threw on clothes. He had wanted to get up early and surprise his dad with Father's Day breakfast in bed﹣with his mom's help of course. He took up the wrapped present on his desk and went to find his 1.

    "Where is Dad?" Andy checked all the rooms, but the whole house was empty. He walked out to the 2, and his jaw dropped. Dad was holding a hammer and looking at a new tree fort that stood in 3 big back yard.

    Andy climbed the rope ladder up to the fort. It had two rooms with three small windows.

    Dad followed Andy into the fort, looking excited. "I spent all morning 4 it. I had one when I was your age. Grandpa surprised me with it on Father's Day, too. "

    "So, it's like a（n） 5?" Andy asked.

    "Yes, this is a present for 6 of us. Maybe you'll build one for your son one day. "

    Dad looked around and asked Andy 7 they would do first in the tree fort. Andy slowly showed the 8 and said, "Happy Father's Day!" He didn't think it was possible, 9 Dad's smile widened as he opened the gift. "A chess set! How did you know I wanted 10?" Andy always saw his dad playing against the computer and he guessed it 11 be his father's favorite.

    "Let's play it!" Dad set up the chessboard. "It's the 12 gift I got of all this Father's Day. "

"I'm glad you like it." Andy said.

    "I do, but I was talking about spending more time with you. I 13 loved the father﹣son time. I spent a lot with your grandfather when I was 14. "

    Andy looked at his dad. "Can we call Grandpa and 15 him to come to the fort?"

Dad squeezed Andy's shoulder. "I think he'd love that."

    That day, the three men played, talked and laughed. It was really a happy Father's Day.

    Thomas Edison was born in 1847. When he was five, his father saw him sitting on some eggs, and asked what he was doing that for. He did not reply(回答). Instead he asked why he was not able to hatch(孵化)chickens while the hens could.

    Edison liked asking a lot of strange questions. His teacher did not understand him and said that he was not bright and was not worth teaching. His mother took him out of school and taught him herself.

    By the time he was ten, he had already built a small chemistry(化学) lab of his own. He planted vegetables in his garden and sold them.

    Once his mother was ill. The doctor said she needed an operation at once. But it was the night and the oil lamp in the room gave off poor light. Edison thought hard and had an idea. He put all the oil lamps he could find on a long table. Then he placed a big mirror(镜子)behind them. The room became quite bright. So the doctor could operate, and his mother was saved. At the age of twelve, Edison began selling candies, sandwiches and newspapers on the train. One day in August, 1862, Edison saw a boy playing on the tracks at a station. A train was coming near quickly, and the boy was too frightened to move. Edison rushed out and carried the boy to safety. The boy's father was the station master. He was so thankful that he taught Edison railway telegraphy(电报通讯术). This gave him a start in his life.

    Jan Mela was born in Poland and he lost an arm and a leg in an accident in 2002. But that didn't stop him. The 15-year-old boy from Poland walked to the North Pole(北极) in 2004.

     "If I can do it, other people can do great things, too," Mela said before he went. Polish newspaper said Mela was the youngest person and the first disable(残疾) person to walk to the North Pole. Mela walked to the North Pole with the help of a man-made leg.

    After the accident, Mala felt sad for himself. But he didn't lose hope. One day, he met Marek Kaminski. In 1996, Kaminski went to the North Pole and the South Pole in the same year. Mela wanted to see the North Pole, too. So Mela asked Kaminski if they could go together the next time. Kaminski said yes.

    It took Mela twenty-one days to get to the North Pole. The last three or four days were really hard because of the bad weather. But Mela didn't give up going.

Jane didn't have friends at school, but that was not a problem to her. She liked to do things all by {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(她自己), such as reading a book in the library or playing computer games at home. She never felt {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(孤独的;寂寞的).

One day, Jane's teacher, Ms Murphy, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(鼓励) Jane to make more friends at school. But Jane didn't agree with her and asked, "Why? I don't think I need to have a friend." Ms Murphy {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(解释;说明) the importance of friendship to Jane. "Friends are people who care about you," she said. "They are always willing to give you a hand when you are in 

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(问题;烦恼). Reading can make you happy. The Internet can give you any information you need. But only friends can make you feel {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(温暖的). They should be the most important wealth in your life."

Jane told Ms Murphy that she was not good at making friends with other people. She did not know {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(是否) others would like her or not. Ms Murphy gave her many good {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(建议). In the end she said, "Be kind, Jane. I think soon you will have your own {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(圈子) of friends." Thinking twice, Jane {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(点头) with a smile on her face. Ms Murphy was such a good teacher. She was the first person that Jane wanted to make friends with!

I had a close friend Jack. At first, we were 1 , so we shared the same apartment. But then I 2 a big prize and had lots of money! If I felt like buying 3 . I bought it without thinking twice. Jack told me that he worried that I was spending too much, but I didn't take it seriously.

I moved to my own 4 later. I telephoned him only once or twice a week, but day by day I felt less close to him. Then I was 5 with my new friends. They were always telephoning me and asking me out to parties and 6 . And most of the time, I gave them beautiful gifts and paid for their meals. We had fun together.

7 , one day the bank told me that I had no more money. I thought my friends would help me, but they 8 to do that. They didn't 9 me. Finally, I had no one to talk to, nowhere to go. Those were dark days. I was lonely and unhappy.

To my surprise, it was Jack who reached out his helping hand. He 10 me to live with him again and helped me in many ways. Thanks to Jack, I understood the meaning of the saying"A friend in need is a friend indeed".