Little Tommy was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything-tutors, cards, special learning centers in short, everything they could think of. Finally they took Tommy to a catholic(天主教的) school.

    After the first day, little Tommy came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't kiss his mother hello. Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread(铺开) out all over the room and little Tommy was hard at work. His mother was surprised. She called him down to dinner and as soon as he finished eating, he went back to his room, without a word. In no time he was back hitting the books as hard as before.  This went on for some time, day after day while the mother tried to understand what was happening.

    Finally, little Tommy brought home his report card. He quietly put it on the table and went up to his room and hit the books. His morn looked at it and to her surprise, little Tommy got an A in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity(好奇心). She went to his room and asked, "Son, what was it? Was it the nuns(修女)?" Little Tommy looked at her and shook his head, "No." "Well then," she asked again. "WHAT was it?"

    Little Tommy looked at her and said, "Well, on the first day of school, when I saw that man nailed(钉) to the plus sign(加号), I knew they weren't joking."

Throughout the year, 1 school organizes charity (慈善) events and activities. One of 2 events of the year is the food drive. So far, this 3 a very successful charity event and most of the students have taken part in it. Each school does its food drives 4 . However, most of the time the food drives are set up in a similar style. 

In my school it usually lasts for 5 weeks. Students will bring the food 6 home. The food 7 for a long period of time, such as canned goods and pastas. We 8 organize activities outside the school. Some students go door to door around their neighborhood asking if people are willing to donate (捐献) some food. Some set up donation boxes in churches and 9 areas such as stores or cinemas. The students all work really hard and the members of the community are very supportive. 

After that time is over, we will bring the collected food to our local Community Table. The families in our community can go for 10 warm meal if they need to. Usually, a group of students go with one of our teachers to send the food. I 11 food with our teacher last year, and I was 12 to see so many families who suffering from hunger in our community. 

I was glad that our school was able 13 all of those families. We do this several times each year. 14 meaningful event! Sure, we can't change the world, 15 we can do our best to make our world a better place.

Tony loved basketball. One afternoon on his way to a basketball game, he was walking and dreaming about playing college-basketball the next year. Suddenly a car hit him and he was sent to 1 . 

Tony's doctor told him that 2 his legs were broken, When he heard that , he knew His college basketball dreams 3 came true. Tony did what the doctors told him. 

But it didn't work when he left the hospital, Tony was sent to a recovery(康复）center. 

A week after he arrived there, he met Sunny Chen. Though he couldn't move his legs, Sunny became a coach of a basketball team. It was a on- wheelchair（轮椅） basketball team, because 4 on the team played from a wheelchair. Sunny invited Tony to join the game. Tony played badly, but for the first time since the accident, he 5 feeling sorry for himself. 

After becoming a part of the Suns, Tony improved quickly. Playing basketball was like6 for him. When Tony became sad or 7 ,Sunny was there to help him. The day before Tony 8 the center, he had dinner with Sunny. He asked Sunny 9 he could be so happy, even with his broken legs. 

Sunny smiled and said, "It's really quite 10 . When you keep your face to the sun, the shadows(影子） fall behind. "

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"Act your age," said Aunt Augusta sharply(严厉地). Frances had been blowing bubbles(气泡) in her bedtime milk. But it seemed that Aunt Augusta was 1 anyway.

 Frances was quiet. She felt better when Aunt Augusta had 2 visiting them and gone home.

 The next day, Frances was playing ring-around-the-rosy with her five-year-old sister, Grace. Just then Frances's friend Julie 3 . "You'd Was Frances getting better act your age," said Julie. "What will our friends 4 ?"

 The next day was Saturday. Frances wasn't feeling as excited as she 5 did about going to Grandma's house for dinner 6 Aunt Augusta was invited as well.

 When they sat down to eat, Aunt Augusta started talking about her 7 with her next-door neighbor.

"... and yesterday I came home to find his dog burying(埋葬)a 8 right in the middle of my flower bed!" she said. "Do you know what I did next?"

9 answered her question, so she answered it herself. "After the little beast left, I dug up the bone, gift-wrapped(用礼品纸包装) it, and put it in that man's mailbox."

"Oh, for heaven's sake, Augusta," said Frances's mom. "You should learn to act your age."

 At the thought of 10 Aunt Augusta being told to act her age, Frances started to laugh. Then she started to sputter(喷). The more she tried to stop, the 11 she laughed and sputtered. Finally even Aunt Augusta managed a small. 12 and murmured(低语), "I guess I should."

 Grandma chuckled(轻声笑) and said, "That's the first time I' ve heard Frances laugh all evening. I'm glad she remembers 13 to smile."

 The next afternoon Frances was playing hopscotch(跳房子游戏) with Grace when Julie came over.

"Hopscotch?" asked Julie. "You 14 play a baby game like hopscotch?"

"Yes,I do, "said Frances firmly.

 There didn't seem to be anything left for Julie to say. For a while she watched Frances and Grace hopping and giggling(咯咯笑) and playing. Then 15 she asked, "May I play, too?"