“Come here, boys and girls! Story time,” says Ms Lee to the class.

Great! The children love 1 very much. They all sit around Ms Lee, and she 2 the story. Then, FatherChristmas (圣诞老人) comes.

    “Excuse me, is Aaron in the 3?” he asks.

    Everyone looks at Aaron. He walks up to Father Christmas and says, “I'm Aaron. Do I 4 you?”

    “Get the beard (胡须) off my face, and you will know me.”

    Aaron is very curious (好奇的), 5 he gets the beard off Father Christmas' face. 6 does he see? His father!

    Aaron's father is a soldier (士兵). He 7 goes back home. This year he has a long holiday. He can 8 with his family. It's great. He dresses up 9 Father Christmas and comes to Aaron's school.

    Aaron is 10 to see his father. It's a great Christmas present for him.

    If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your favorite meal and stay quiet after that. Just like your stomach, your mind is also hungry. But it never lets you know. It 1 serves your needs and never lets itself grow because you keep it busy thinking about your friends or favorite stars. When mind loses 2 freedom to grow, creativity gets a full stop. This 3be the reason why we all sometimes think "What happens next?", "Why can't I think?"

     In fact, hunger of the mind 4 through wide reading. Why reading but not watching TV? It is because reading 5 the most educative tool used by us since our childhood.

    Once you read a book, you run your eyes 6 the lines and your mind tries to explain something to you. The interesting part of the book 7 is stored in your mind is regarded as a seed（种子）. Now this seed is unknowingly used by you to develop new ideas. If it is used many times, the same seed can give you great help to relate lots of things. You can never think of these things even in 8 dreams in your life.

    This is creativity. Also this helps you 9your vocabulary. In no time you can start talking with your friends in English or any other language 10you will never run out of the right words. So guys, do give food for your thoughts by reading, reading and more reading.

Simon didn't get on well with his parents in the past. He hardly {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(talk)to them, because they always compared him with his sister Sarah. They thought Sarah studied {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(hard)than Simon. Simon was not happy with that.

Later, Simon wanted to show his parents that he could do things as well {#blank#}3{#/blank#}his sister.Then he started to spend most of his free time in the art room. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (luck), the art teacher Miss Green taught Simon a lot. She tried to help bring out the best in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(he).

One day,Simon told Miss Green about his problem. Miss Green said to Simon,"Your works are {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(good)than many children's. You can take part in a painting {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(compete).Your parents will know how great you are!"So Simon did it.

After {#blank#}8{#/blank#} few weeks, the result came out. Simon was very excited {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he won first place. His parents felt surprised. Then they were happy for Simon. They realized (认识到)that different {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(kid)were good at different things.

How tall is a tree? Usually trees in parks are over a few metres tall. But in Xizang, a fir(冷杉) is about 83. 4m tall! It is the tallest tree in China until 2022. The tree is about 380 years old. It is still growing well. 

Chinese scientists measured it in August. How did they measure such a tall tree? Scientists climbed up to the top of the tree. It took them about seven to eight hours to get to the top. They put down a 100-metre-long metal tape(金属卷尺) to the ground. Scientists measured this tree with a drone(无人机) in May. They said it was 83. 2m at that time. This time, they measured the tree more carefully and found it was 83. 4m. 

Scientists used a drone to take photos of the tree. The drone took three to six photos every few metres. It got over 160 photos. Putting them together, scientists got a full-size photo of the tree!

I have a twin sister, Jenny. She has {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(长的) hair than me. Many people think {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(我们) must have a lot of things in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(普通的, 常见的). That's not true. Jenny is creative. She won the best {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(奖) in the school talent show. She likes making friends, so she is more {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(外向的). But I like staying at home. And I watch TV {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(两次)a week because I have to go to school every day. I always get better {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(分数) but she is much less hard-working. So maybe I should help her. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(然而), we also have some similarities(相似点). We {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(都) like sports and going shopping, so we can talk about and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(分享) everything. I love my twin sister.