Mary likesto run. Ever since she was in the third grade, she has been training to runlong distances. Now that she was in her eighth grade, her parents agreed to lether run in the Banana Classic. The Banana Classic is a ten-kilometre race. Ittakes place every year in Mattydale. The winners get a lifetime supply (提供) of peanuts and fruit juice.

    Marypractised by running ten kilometres, twice every day. On the average (平时的) run, she would finish inthirty minutes. Last year's winner finished the race in twenty-six minutes andten seconds!

    On the dayof the race, Mary ran faster than she ever had in the past. As she came acrossthe last kilometre, she was in the fourth place. She picked up the pace (步伐) and quickly reached the secondplace, just as she could see the finishing line. She ran as fast as she couldin a mad dash (冲刺) to the finish line, but she justwasn't fast enough to get ahead of the leader.

l will never {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (忘记)the first time left my home. I was 11 years old. And I was going tostay at the summer camp for a {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (月). When my {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (父母) first told me about the camp. I thought it was exciting. Therewere a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (种类) of activities—swimming. Baseball and even horse riding. My mum {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (帮助) me with everything I needed.

My dad {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (开车) me to the camp. When we {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (到达), I saw a lot of kids, but l didn't know anyone. 1 began to feelterrible. They gave me a little card with my name on it. At last the time camewhen my mum and dad said, "Well, Maggie, goodbye. Don't {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (担心), and have a good time. We'll often call you."

I had a specialfeeling and wanted to cry. But just then {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (另一个) girl at my age came up to me and said, "Hi, are you Maggie? I'mJenny. Come on, let's go and see {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (马). "So off we went, and I had a great tine there.

Hello! My name is Henry Smith. I'm 13 years old. I am a student in No.1 Middle School. I love reading and playing ball games, such as tennis and basketball. And I can play them well. They are easy and interesting for me. I have three tennis balls and two basketballs in my room. I often play them with my classmates after school.

I have a good friend. Her name is Suzy. Suzy is an English girl. We are in the same school, but we are not in the same class. She loves listening to music and watching table tennis games on TV. She has 10 table tennis balls and 6 table tennis bats! But she can't play table tennis. She thinks it is difficult.

 Last month we {#blank#}1{#/blank#} ( ask) our students about their free time activities. Our questions were about exercise, use of the Internet and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}( watch) TV. Here are the results. 

 We found that only fifteen percent {#blank#}3{#/blank#} our students exercise every day. Forty— five percent exercise four to six hours a week. Twenty percent exercise only one to three times a week. And twenty percent do not exercise at all. 

 We all know that many students often go online, but we were {#blank#}4{#/blank#} ( surprise) that ninety percent of them use the Internet every day. The other ten percent use it at least three or four times a week. Most students use it for {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( funny) not for homework. 

 The answers {#blank#}6{#/blank#} our questions about watching TV were also interesting. Only two percent of the students watch TV one to three times a week. Thirteen percent watch TV {#blank#}7{#/blank#}( fourth) to six times a week. And eighty— five percent watch TV every day! Although many students like to watch sports, game shows are the {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( many) popular. 

 It's good to relax by {#blank#}9{#/blank#} ( use) the Internet or watching game shows, but we think the best way to relax is through exercise. It's healthy for the mind and the body. Exercise such as playing sports is fun, and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play together. And remember, " Old habits {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( death) hard. " So start exercising before it's too late. 

I am a boy from Changsha. There are three people in my family—my parents and I. 

We {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(go) to Shenzhen next week. Changsha is about 800 kilometres {#blank#}2{#/blank#} from Shenzhen. There are several {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(way) to go there. We can go there by coach, by plane {#blank#}4{#/blank#} by train. Different people have different ideas. My father wants {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(go) there by coach. He thinks it is {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(interesting) way to go. My mother wants to take the train there. She thinks it is {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(cheap) way to go, because the train ticket price is {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(low) of the three ways.{#blank#}9{#/blank#}, I want to take the plane. As we know, it goes {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(fast) of the three. 

I hope we can enjoy ourselves on the trip. 

 Many people think that only grown-ups can make a difference. Is it true? Teen Vogue interviewed some teenagers across the world. Get ready to be inspired (启发).

16-year-old Michael started using social media to cheer up teenagers of his age to follow their dreams on his baseball blogs. Michael also wrote about sports people and how they faced their difficulties.

 Lesein first learned about climate change when he was in primary school. His home country of Kenya loses tens of thousands of hectares (公顷) of forest each year.

 With a deep love of soccer, Lesein started a project named Trees for Goals, planting a tree for every goal he scored in the matches. Later the school's soccer, rugby and basketball teams all followed him. In 2019, almost 1,000 trees in forests outside of Nairobi were planted. Now the government provides trees for them to plant.

 Alexis Lewis invented a wheeled travois (雪橇) with bamboo at 12 years old to help poor people who need to transport children many miles to hospitals. Another invention of hers is a special mask(面罩) which can be thrown through a window of a smoke-filled building to people inside.

Alexis said, "The reason why I try to invent something is that I want to help people in need and I love physics." Alexis also told the reporter that she wanted children to know that everybody who' s ever tried to solve a problem can be an inventor.

 These young people are certainly shining examples to show you' re never too young to make a difference.