Bill is a smart boy. He can do all the math problems(问题) in his math book.

    One day, on his way to school, he sees a sign of a fruit store. It says: "Apples: Six for five  cents(美分)". Bill knows what to do, so he goes into the store.

    "How much are the apples？" Bill asks the man.

    "Six for five cents."

    "But I don't want six apples."

    "How many apples do you want？"

    "Well, it's not a question of how many apples I want. It's a math problem. If six apples are worth(值) five cents, then five apples are worth four cents, four apples are worth three cents, three apples are worth two cents, two apples are worth one cent and then one apple is worth ZERO! I only want one apple."

    Bill chooses(选择) a good apple and starts to eat it. The man is so surprised(惊讶的) that he can't say a word!

My family lived in a big city, and we had no garden, but I often {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go, went) to a small park near my home. There {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (are, were) a lot of trees in the park. Early in spring, those trees{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (get, got) green. I liked to see all the green leaves. In summer there were flowers everywhere. I often {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (read, reads) picture hooks on the bench. In autumn, the leaves turned yellow and red. I often {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (take, took) a walk with my parents. I also{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (like, liked) to walk after supper with my grandpa. He {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (know, knew) a lot of stories. Every time we had a walk together, he{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (tells, told) me an interesting story. When I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (am, was) young, I {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (have, had) a good time in the small park.

On the final day of the summer camp, Ada and Lydia stood below the camp's highest, hardest rope (绳子) course. Lydia raised her hand and 1 to go first. Hands before feet, Lydia began her climb 2 the rope ladder.

"Go, Lydia, go! You're the best." Ada 3 from below. When Lydia made it all the way across, Ada smiled in relief for her friend but also felt 4 : it was her turn now.

Ada reached out her arms to the first wood rung on the rope ladder. Her arms felt shaky (颤抖的) as she felt the ladder swing a little because of her 5 . She walked her hands 6 forward to the next rung. About halfway across the ladder, Ada was starting to feel a little more confident. She could do this!

Ada 7 for the next rung, just as a strong wind made the rope ladder swing. Ada's hand did not hold the wood rung.8 , her hand hit only air and continued downward, followed by her arm, her shoulder and the rest of her body!

Almost immediately, the harness (保护带) caught her. Ada could see all the other kids staring up at 9 . As she was lowered to the ground slowly, Ada's face burned from 10 .

"Can I try again?" Ada said, holding back tears.

The coach looked at the watch. "I'm sorry, Ada. We don't have time."

On the bus home, Ada rested her head 11 the window. Beside her, Lydia sat silently and thoughtfully. "Hey, Ada?" Lydia said. "I couldn't have made it without you. I got so scared at first, 12 you encouraged me and I kept going."

"You got scared?" Ada asked.

Lydia 13 , her eyes widening. "Super scared. I'm surprised I didn't give up." Ada smiled a little. "You were just unlucky that the 14 came up," continued Lydia.

Right that moment, she knew her friend was trying to cheer her up. Suddenly falling off the ladder did not seem so 15 anymore. Anyway, she tried hard.

I'm Martin. I'm a middle school student in England. The buildings in my school are all blue. 

Walk into the school, and you can see a big garden in front of you. There are green trees and red flowers in it. Behind the garden, that's our classroom building. It is between a library and a playground. In the classroom building, there're two science labs, four computer rooms, a theatre room and thirty classrooms. In each(每一个) classroom, there are desks, chairs and a big TV. 

After school, some students go to the library to read books. Some go to the playground to play football. And some go to the theatre room to watch plays. I like going to the theatre room with my friends. I like our school. 

Students from a high school in Changchun, Jilin, spent 129 days creating a relief mural (浮雕壁画). Their idea came from the famous painting A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains(千里江山图)by Wang Ximeng.The mural was created on the wall of Changchun No.15 High School's art classroom.

It was completed by 21 students from this school under the guidance of their teacher, Duan Yingzi. The mural is nearly 3.5 meters high and 11 meters long. This piece of artwork has amazed a lot of people on the Internet. According to the teacher, creating this mural is part of the school's special lessons. The process of the creation includes drawing an outline (轮廓), making relief, painting base colors, and then finishing the final artwork. Most of the students in this group had no painting experience. Their teacher helped them learn the painting skills and practise painting many times.

The teacher explained that the most difficult part of creating this mural was the color mixing. "It took us over a month to finish the outline and relief work. In the following two to three months, we focused on perfecting the color mixing." she said. After trying again and again, they finally achieved this great goal.

"Although there is a difference in color compared with that of Wang Ximeng's painting, the students are still very pleased with the final result." she said.The difference is not so significant(显著的). The work still looks very beautiful.

"In the past, students could only see the artwork in books. And they were unable to fully experience its beauty.By drawing the painting, students can have a deeper understanding of the ancient Chinese artists' wisdom(智慧)."Duan said.