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   Stuffy Pete sat down on a bench in the New York City Park. It was the third bench to the left as you enter the park from the east.

    Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, an Old Gentleman had come to find Stuffy there at one in the afternoon. He led Stuffy to a restaurant and watched him eat a big dinner. He was trying to make it a tradition.  

    Stuffy had just come from a dinner so big that he had almost no power to move. How he expected that gentleman would not come this year! Then his eyes grew wider and his breath stopped.

    The Old Gendeman was thin and tall, dressed all in black. He wore eye-glasses. His hair was whiter and thinner than it was last year. His legs did not seem as strong as they had seemed the year before, but he moved, straight and proud, to Stuffy and toward the tradition that he was building.

    "I am glad to see everything's fine with you. For that blessing you and I can give thanks on this day of thanksgiving. If you will come with me, my man, I will give you a dinner that will surely make your body feel as thankful as your mind," said the gentleman. The words themselves were almost a tradition

    Stuffy was very full, but he understood that his desire for food on Thanksgiving Day was not his own. It belonged to this kind gentlemam.

    The gentleman led Stuffy to the restaurant and to the same table where they had always gone. He sat at the table, watching.

    The turkey and all the other food were gone almost as quickly as they appeared Stuffy saw the look of happiness on the gentleman's face. He continued to eat to keepit there.

    In an hour the battle was finished.  

    "Thank you for my Thanksgiving dinner," Stuffy stood up heavily.

    They said goodbye, as they did each year, at the door.

    Stuffy went around the first corner, stood for one minute, and fell. He was picked up and taken to a hospital.

    An hour later , the Old Gentleman was brought to the same hospital.

    "That nice old gentleman over there," a doctor was talking to another. "Do you know what's wrong with him? He's almost dead for the need of food. A very proud old man, I think, He told me he hadn't eaten anything for three days."

    Long long ago in England, there lived a man named Robin Hood. Robin Hood lived with other men in a forest, Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood was a thief — a different kind of thief. He stole from the rich and gave what he stole to the poor. Poor people didn't need to worry about going into Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood often gave them money.

    Everyone in England knew about Robin Hood. The king was angry! He didn't want a thief to be a hero. He sent his men to Sherwood Forest to catch Robin Hood. But they weren't able to catch him.

    The king wanted to meet Robin Hood and knew what kind of person he was. One day, he dressed himself up as a poor man, and then he went to Sherwood Forest to see Robin Hood. After the king talked to Robin Hood, he liked him very much. He said, “I like you very much, but I have to tell you the truth.”

    He told Robin Hood who he really was. Robin Hood was not angry. He laughed and laughed. The king invited(邀请) Robin Hood to come and live in the castle. The castle was 20 miles away. Robin had to walk south, cross a river, turn left and then turn left to get there.

Some people say it is not easy for a middle-aged person to learn a foreign language. But is it{#blank#}1{#/blank#}（real）true? 

Several years ago, I worked for {#blank#}2{#/blank#}English newspaper which was doing such a research. They asked me to learn a new language for one month. Then I had to go to the country and do some "tests" {#blank#}3{#/blank#}（see）if I could "survive（挺过来）" in different situations. 

I chose Spanish（西班牙语）and did a one-month course at a language school and{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（find）that some Spanish words are very similar to English ones. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}example, hola isn't very different from "hello". Of course, there are other things which are more difficult. In Spanish you have to change the verbs（动词）for each person. But my{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（big）problem of all was the pronunciation. I found {#blank#}7{#/blank#}was very difficult to pronounce some letters in Spanish, especially r and j. So I had to download {#blank#}8{#/blank#}（sentence）onto my phone and I listened and practised them again and again. 

A month later I went to Spain. A Spanish teacher {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（call）Paula came and began the test. "Will I survive?" I wasn't sure enough but {#blank#}10{#/blank#}I wished I would!

Once a king had a great highway built for the members of his kingdom. After it was completed but before it was 1 to the public, the king decided to have a (n) 2 . He invited as many people as he could to take part in it so that he could see who could travel the3 the best.

 On the day of the competition, the people came. Some of them had fine clothing or great food. They travelled the highway all day, but each one, when arriving at the end, looked rather4 and complained to the king that there was a large pile of 5 on the road at one spot (地点) and that this got in their way. 

 At the end of the day, a traveler crossed the finish line and walked over to the king. He was6 and dirty, but he showed great respect to the king and handed him a bag of gold. 

 He explained that he stopped along the way to clear (清理) a pile of rocks and found that bag of gold under it all. He hoped that the king could help him to7 it to its owner. 

 The king replied, "You are the rightful owner. This is the8 for the winner. You travel the road9 because you clear the road for those who will10 ."

Hello, everyone, I'm Amy and I think my friend Li Hua can be the School Star. 

Charlotte's Web(夏洛特的网)is a popular children's novel. It was written by Elwyn Brooks White. And it talks about the deep friendship between Wilbur the pig and Charlotte the spider. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Wilbur was taken good care of by his little owner in a barn(谷仓). Wilbur ate and drank all day and felt very happy. He also met a good friend—Charlotte the spider. However, when the weather cooled down, he was going to become a dish on people's tables. Charlotte, Wilbur's friend, was sad about that. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}

At first, Charlotte didn't have any plans. But she kept thinking every day when she worked on her web. Finally, smart Charlotte came up with a wonderful idea. She wove(织)a big web above the pen( 猪 圈 )and wrote the message" Some Pig". This made Wilbur a famous pig, and many people came to visit him. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Not only did he not get killed, but his owner also decided to look after him well for the rest of his life. However, Charlotte's life was coming to an end. 

Before Charlotte died, she said to Wilbur, "You've been my friend. A spider's life is in a mess with all this catching and eating flies. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}27 Charlotte left behind an egg sac(卵囊). Wilbur took the egg sac backto the barn.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Three of them stayed with Wilbur and continued the friendship between Charlotte and Wilbur.