Last weekend, Jake had a lot of homework to do. He finished listening, spelling and reading exercises in the morning. In the afternoon, he added fifteen and twenty—two, and then he got thirty—seven. He added and subtracted until his hand got tired of writing.

    After supper, Jake's dad reminded Jake to do his job. Jake went from room to room unloading baskets and cans into a large plastic bag.

    Then he took the bag out to the dustbin.

    Then Jake could have some free time. He decided to play "Star Monsters". He turned on the monsters fighting on the TV screen while his fingers pushed buttons to make them move.

    Jake was tired. He put on his pajamas, brushed his teeth and crawled under the covers.

Last summer,Cathy's whole family went to New York City for their summer vacation. They stayed there for two weeks.

New York City has more than seven and a half million people.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} It is also the home of the United Nations.

First they visited the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is one of New York's most well-known places.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} On the second day they went to the Empire State Building. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}From the top of the building, they saw most parts of New York. On the third day they visited the Metropolitan Museum.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} During the rest time of the week, Cathy went to Bronx Zoo with her younger brother and sister. There they were glad to see a lot of their favourite animals-tigers, lions, monkeys, and elephants.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} On the island, they spent most of their time swimming sunbathing and playing on the beach. They all had a good time.

Ray was thought to be a strange boy. One day when he was flying his kite, he said to himself," Did anybody ever try to fly a kite at night? I think it must be very fun. But the kite can't be seen in the dark. What if I tie a light to it? That would be really good. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(try) it tonight."

As soon as it was dark, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(take) his kite and lantern, and went to a large field about a mile from his home. He tied the lantern to the tail of his kite. The lantern {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make) of paper. The kite flew higher and higher. He tied the string (线)to a tree, and then he stood there, staring at his kite. It floated (飘) high up into the air. How wonderful! While Ray {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(enjoy) his special kite, some people in the village also saw it.

"Look! A light{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (fly) in the sky," one person said. "It can't be a light," said a man.

"Perhaps it's a big firefly (萤火虫) ,"said another,

"Maybe it's a comet (彗星),"said another man.

"How strange!" said a boy.

"Let's find out what this strange light{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be)," the last one said. Then they went to the field.

Ray, who had gotten tired of standing, was sitting behind a tree. He{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (see) the men as they came, but they didn't see him. When they reached under the light, and saw what it was, they looked at each other and said, "There is nothing unusual {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(happen)! This is just a trick of some naughty boys, but it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fool) us all.

Let's keep the secret. "Then they laughed and went back to the village. When the men had gone, Ray thought it was time for him {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(go), so he went home, too. When his mother heard what he had done, she hardly knew whether to laugh or scold (责备), but just told him to go to bed.

Adam says it was a usual day at work until he notices an envelope on the ground in their store. "I don't think anything of it at {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (one). I think there are no things in it, but I think I will go back to make sure. Pick it up and open it. There's a lot of money. "Adam s{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. And then he hands in the envelope to his manager (经理), Grace.

"I t{#blank#}3{#/blank#} to myself he or she even doesn't know they lost it here. He or she must be sad now." Grace says. So she decides to turn to the Internet for h{#blank#}4{#/blank#}. But in order to find out the r{#blank#}5{#/blank#} person, she {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (not) give too much information. 

"I get a message {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the Internet. A man named Mark says, ‘The envelop is my {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (friend). It's his money. He is worried now.'" Grace says. Mark can make sure it belonged to his friend by describing the appearance of the envelope and the words written on the back. After making sure everything was right, Adam and Grace give the envelope back to the owner. 

"I am glad that Mark often uses the Internet and can see t{#blank#}9{#/blank#} because I would have never seen it," says Clayon, the owner of the envelope. Clayton says he plans to use the money to buy his two little {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (child) Christmas gifts. He goes to the store to thank Adam and Grace and leave a small gift behind.

It was a fine day. There were four {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (friend) at a restaurant. They were waiting for the fifth friend while they {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(drink) and talking. The fifth one was already 20 minutes late. They wanted to know if he would{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(say) "Sorry" for being late. After another five minutes, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(slow) arrived. But he didn't say "Sorry"{#blank#}5{#/blank#} he got there. He only said, "Hey! Thanks for waiting." The others said, "You're welcome." They sat down and started to choose {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(they) food. Life went on and all was fine. 

A researcher, called Maja Jovanovic from Canada, told {#blank#}7{#/blank#} story above in a TED talk. Jovanovic said that sometimes we should say "Thank you" but not "Sorry". For example, when you feel sad about something, you talk {#blank#}8{#/blank#}it with a friend. You can say "Thank you for listening",{#blank#}9{#/blank#} not "Sorry for talking too much". Sometimes, "Thank you" can sound {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) than "Sorry". What a great way of speaking it is!