Things didn't go well for Henry, the village pancake maker. The Great Pancake Contest(比赛) was today. People from different places would try to win the contest .The villagers wanted Henry to win, but Henry had problems. There was not enough wood in the oven to make a pancake. Mice ate half the flour(面粉) during the night.

    The villagers saw that Henry was having problems. The woodsman brought wood for the oven. The farmer gave Henry more flour. This was all very good but he was still missing one more important thing. There was hardly enough time for Henry to make his pancake and take it to the contest. But Henry decided to have a try.

    As fast as he could, Henry put the wood in the oven. When he made the pancake, he thought, "When I had no wood, the woodsman brought me wood; when I had no flour, the farmer brought me flour. My good friends helped me."

    After Henry finished making the pancake, he ran as fast as he could to the contest. "I'm sorry, Henry," one of the judges(评判员) said. "You are too late." Henry's friends were sad for him, but Henry just laughed. "I' m not sad! In fact，I'm happy!" he shouted. "I have good friends who helped me. Now, I have a wonderful pancake to share with them."

    Hello! My name is Carl Smith. I am a junior high school student. I come from England, but l'm in Beijing now. I live with my parents and my two sisters. My parents are English teachers in No. 8 Junior High School. I am in the same school. I like my new school very much. It is nice and my classmates are very kind to me. They like to play with me. I look different from them. I have blue eyes and long brown hair. I speak English well, so many students like talking with me. I am happy here.

It was Career（职业）Week at school. Each day, a different person came to talk about his or her career. Kelly's class had visits 1 a fireman, a doctor, an artist, and a computer programmer. All the talks were interesting.

Kelly was quite excited about the last person who came to visit—Andrew Fisher, a famous television reporter, who also wrote many books about his 2 . all around the world. Kelly wanted to hear him talk very much.

Mr. Fisher talked about growing up in a poor family, with very 3 education. He talked about being a reporter during exciting and dangerous events. He talked about 4 Mt. Qomolangma and sailing down the Nile. He had many interesting: stories, and the students. paid close attention. Then he asked if anyone had questions. Kelly 5 her hand at once. "Mr. Fisher, how did you get to be so successful?" Kelly asked.

"Here's the 6 ." Mr. Fisher said. "Write all my goals down in a special notebook. Every morning, I look at my notebook and read my goals. Then I say to myself, ‘How can I get one step 7 to my goals?'"

Mr. Fisher continued, "Try it yourself. 8 your dream in perfect detail （细节）and write it down. Don't be afraid if your dream seems impossible.9 ever believed that the Wright Brothers could build an airplane. People-laughed when Christopher Columbus said that he wanted to sail around the world. But these people believed in their dreams. They thought about their dreams every day. Each day they took small steps to 10 their dreams.

One hundred years ago in 1924, Rabindranath Tagore made his first trip to China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（he） visit is still remembered by Chinese people today. Do you know this poet's story? Tagore was born on May 7, 1861, in India and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（receive） his early education at home. He started writing poems  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}the age of eight. His first poems were published {#blank#}4{#/blank#} he was just sixteen.

Tagore was then sent to England to study law. However, he failed {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（complete） his studies.

He went back to West Bengal in 1880 and got married three years later. Then in 1901, he set up an international college .It offered many courses. {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (unlucky) , between 1902 and 1907 ,Tagore lost his wife and two children. His {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sad) is reflected in his later book of poems, Gitanjali. It {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(publish) in 1910 and made him famous around the world. Three years later he won the Nobel prize in literature. He was the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (one) non-European to win the prize. 

During his life, Tagore visited more than thirty countries. Besides poems, he created many other works {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(include) some plays, short stories and more. He was also a good painter.

Many people think firefighters only fight fires, but we do a lot more! Every day is different in our job. Some days are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (danger) than others, but today something {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (fun) happened. We answered a call from {#blank#}3{#/blank#} worried neighbour. When we {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (arrive), we found a little boy sitting at the top of a tree looking very unhappy. The neighbour was below the tree {#blank#}5{#/blank#} shouted up, "Don't worry, Jake! The firefighters are here!" We got out our ladder and I climbed {#blank#}6{#/blank#}to the boy. I asked him, "What are you doing up here?" He looked at me {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (sad) and said, "I came up {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (save) my kitten (小猫). It was stuck in the tree." "Oh," I said. "And {#blank#}9{#/blank#}is your kitten now?" The boy pointed to a little grey kitten sitting by the front door of the house. "Well," I smiled, "I think you could be a good firefighter one day, but you need to learn to climb big {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (tree)!" The little boy laughed and I carried him down to his mother.

She Zhongqi is a student of Grade 8 in a middle school in Hubei Province. He was highly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (赞扬)for his brave act to save an old man, a local newspaper reported.

On April 13th, 2023, when She Zhongqi was riding to school, he saw an old man lying on one side of the street without any {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (意识). At the beginning, Zhongqi had no idea what to do. He just crouched(蹲下)worriedly {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (在旁边) the man and tried to wake him up. But it didn't work. All of a sudden, he remembered what he had learned at school--CPR(心肺复苏)! Immediately, he did it on the old man at a controlled{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(速度) for about 5 minutes. Luckily, the man started to breathe again before doctors arrived.

Several days later, She's story quickly {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (传播) around the town and a reporter came to interview him. "Zhongqi, you' re so {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (乐于助人的)! But what inspired you to do CPR to save others?" With a smile, Norm answered, "Actually, I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (不常) use the skill, but my teacher always {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (教导) us that in a crash situation, time is as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (珍贵的) as life." Then the reporter put what Norm said in the newspaper and he soon became one of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (英雄) in his hometown.