Do you know Mickey Mouse? You can see1 in many cartoons(动画片). He has two big black2. He always wears red shorts and white gloves. He was born 3November 18^th, 1928. His father is Walt Disney. His4is Lilian Disney. At first, they call the small mouse Mortimer Mouse.5 Walt Disney's wife, Lilian Disney, doesn't like it. So it's lucky for him to get a6name Mickey Mouse.

    Steamboat Willie is his first cartoon with 7and music. You may ask 8so many people like Mickey. There are9reasons(原因). The first one is that Mickey is10a man. He always faces some dangers(危险) by himself. The second one is that Mickey 11so much fun. People like to see the 12man win(赢). Most of them13to be like Mickey.

    Now Mickey lives in Disneyland with his14, Minnie. They think meeting a lot of people in the park is a(an)15 thing. They feel happy every day.

The day was Thankful Thursday. Thursday has become my day to go out and do charity(慈善) work with my two 1 . On this special Thursday, we had no idea exactly 2 we were going to do. At noon I 3to a McDonald's with my daughters because they kept telling me that they didn't have enough to eat at breakfast. There we saw some homeless(无家可归的) people in the street and we decided 4 lunch for them.

We ordered fifteen 5 from McDonald's and started to give them out. We were 6 to see those thankful people holding up the lunch bags.

    Then we noticed a dirty, old woman 7 at the corner(角落). We handed her our final lunch bag. When we 8 the car and wanted to drive home, she walked to our car and said, "Thank you, lady! No one has ever done 9 like this for me before. "Well, I'm glad that we were the 10 ,"I replied. "So, why don't you eat the lunch now?" I asked.

She just looked at me 11 her tired eyes and said, " I'm not going to eat this lunch. I have a little girl at home 12 she just loves McDonald's, but I can 13 buy it for her because I don't have the money. But tonight she can have McDonald's! "

    I don't know if the kids noticed(注意) the tears( 眼泪) in my eyes. So many times I questioned （询问）myself whether（是否） our acts of kindness were too 14 to make a difference. However, at that moment, I 15that we cannot do great things but we can do small things with great love.

    London is such a wonderful city. It is very large. The Thames River runs1the city from west to east. So the city has2parts: the South and the North. In the North, there are important buildings, shops, big parks and interesting places.

    The weather in London is good.  In winter it is not very cold and in summer it is not very hot3the city is near the sea.  People say4London is a foggy city and it often rains.  It is true.

    Last year, when I5in London I met one of the6fogs in years.  You could hardly see your hand in front of your face.  Cars and buses moved along with their lights on. When evenings fell, the weather7even worse.  The fog was as thick as milk. 8the buses and cars stopped. I happened9an important meeting on the other side of the town, but it was impossible to find a car. I had to get there10.

    "What you want," she said," isn't always what you need." My mother always told me.

    1my husband and I were talking 2Christmas. "I want a real tree," I said.

    "Why?" he asked. "What's wrong with our fake(假的)one?" "A real 3makes a perfect Christmas." "Fine," he muttered(咕). So we4one home and set it up. Then I poured a bottle of water in the tree.

    "That's plenty," said my husband. "No," I said, "a little more." I began pouring again. Then suddenly, the tree started to swim. We5 the water with every towel(毛巾)in the house. "Sorry," I said. He didn't reply. 6later the floor was dry and he was7to me again. "The tree smells good," he said. I 8. Then we finished the lights and put the angel on top.

    Still, it wasn't quite…9So the next day I added snowflakes10the tree. It's still not perfect, but it's done. And I'm done, 11. But it's still not perfect. The lights on the tree are in a mess. The top snowflakes are showing their age. The berries are falling on the floor. 12at least it smells good. I will always remember that lovely 13 and the look my husband gave me.

    My mother was 14. What we want isn't always15we need. I don't need a perfect Christmas. I only need the perfect gifts that Christmas brings: joy and laughter with family.

    It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain was pouring. Suddenly my father rushed into my room." Adam! Adam! Get up! We're flooding!" he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That woke 1  up! I ran downstairs to the basement. It was like a swimming pool. My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and take them upstairs. I had no 2  on, so my feet were quite freezing.

    Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes 3  with our most valuable things were taken to safety. 4  , our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there—being 5 .There was nothing we could do.

    That was the hardest part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but 6 that you can't do anything to stop it feels even worse.

    Water had come in our front door. Rescue 8  were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.

    When it was 9  safe to walk outside, all the people in the neighborhood 10  at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People 11  each other. We learned later that the National Weather Service had declared the storm a flash flood.

I really have 12  something from this flood. I've learned what destruction is. I have learned what 13  means. I know in the future, when I watch people's lives affected by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.

    My name is Helen. I am 13. My1is on October 25th. I 2in America with my parents and my brother Frank. I 3 in a middle school with Frank. My favourite 4are music and art. I like listening 5music and talking with my friends when I am 6. I don't like history because it's 7.

    I always have meals at school. I have good eating 8. For breakfast, I 9to have two pieces of bread and a glass of milk. And for lunch, I like to eat chicken, rice10vegetables. I think they are 11and can make me strong. For dinner, I 12eat a small bowl of tomato and egg noodles. 13are delicious.

    To keep fit, I always 14some time playing sports. I often 15early in the morning to run in the park. And in the afternoon, I often play ping-pong with my classmates after school.