Yu Boya lived in the Spring and Autumn Period. He was 1 in playing the qin. One day 2 a boat trip, Yu Boya saw green mountains and clear water. 3 wonderful they were! Boya began to play with his qin. A young woodsman stood on the riverbank enjoying the 4. His name was Zhong Ziqi.

    Yu Boya 5 Zhong Ziqi to the boat and played the qin for him. He played music that described the mountains. Ziqi said, "How good it is! I seem to6the high Mount Tai." He played music that described the7. Ziqi said, "How good it is! I seem to see the running river. Boya was8. "You really understand my music!" he said to Ziqi9.So they became best friends. And they made 10to meet again in the same place the next year.

    The following year, Boya arrived on time. 11 he found that Ziqi had died of an illness. This 12Boya very sad. He said, "My best friend is dead.13can understand my music now." He 14the qin and played the music of High Mountains and Running water. Then he 15 the qin and never played it again. So we have Gao Shan and Liu Shui (High Mountains, Running Water).

    Boya and Ziqi shared the same interest and they understood each other well. How good it is to have a friend like this!

Have you seen the movie Marnie's World? It tells a story about a clever and funny cat.

The orange cat Marnie lived a happy life, but it never left home. Marnie liked to watch TV shows. It knew the outside world through these shows. One day, the brother of Marnie's owner (主人) took it out of the house. Then Marnie began its trip in the outside world. On the way, it made three good friends. The dog Elvis always spoke loudly. It looked unfriendly, but in fact it was kind. Anthony was a very stupid and funny donkey (驴). It wanted to be a big star one day. The rooster (公鸡) Eggbert was always afraid. They all looked strange. Later the police wanted to catch Marnie and its friends because they thought they were thieves (贼). Of course they weren't.

How did Marnie save itself and its friends? Could Marnie finally catch the real thieves? Please go and watch the movie with your friends.

Sarah is my best friend. We always go to school together{#blank#}1{#/blank#}we live close to other. And also，it's great to stay with Sarah. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}？Here are the reasons（原因）.

First，Sarah is a{#blank#}3{#/blank#}（friend）girl. Everyone in our class would like{#blank#}4{#/blank#}（make）friends with her. Second，Sarah is very funny. She always{#blank#}5{#/blank#}（tell）some interesting stories to me. I never feel bored when I am with{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（she）. Third，Sarah is very helpful. She is like{#blank#}7{#/blank#}elder sister to me. She knows me very well. When I'm sad，she always tries to make me happy. Sarah is very clever，so she often helps me{#blank#}8{#/blank#}my studies. Sarah and I have the same{#blank#}9{#/blank#}（hobby）——swimming and reading. Sarah is also good at{#blank#}10{#/blank#}（play）tennis，so we often play it together.

All in all，Sarah is the best friend that I've made.

 It just hadn't been a very good week. On Tuesday, Sam's father lost his job. Then on Wednesday, Sam mother got to know the cost of their apartment(公寓) was going up. Now it was Friday, and Sam receive( an invitation from Rosa to her birthday party.

 Sam knew Rosa from Adventure Club. He knew he would enjoy Rosa's party, but he didn't want to g without a gift. What could he possibly buy her with the little bit of money he had? Sam knew he couldn ask Mom or Dad for any money— not this week!

 Later that afternoon, Sam noticed a second-hand book sale going on. He went there and had a quic look. Two books caught his eye, The first was a cookbook of Puerto Rican foods, and the second was book about women explorers(探险者)"Rosa would like these," Sam thought, "but would it be ashamed to give her second-hand books for her birthday?"

 Sam decided that a second-hand gift was better than no gift at all. Besides, Rosa supported recycling in a big way. So, she would probably like it. With his last dollar, Sam bought the books and went home. He felt a little better.

 The party was on Saturday. Rosa opened all her gifts and thanked everyone for the nice things they had given her. She paused when she opened Sam's gift, which made him wonder if she liked the books, but nothing was said.

 When Sam got home, he opened his e-mail and found this note from Rosa.

Dear Sam,

Of all the gifts I received today, yours was the nicest. How did you know I would love a book about women explorers and a cookbook of Puerto Rican foods? Now I have something to read that will inspire me to follow my dream of becoming an adventurer, and I have a book that I can share with my grandmother. She is getting older and wants to be sure her granddaughter knows how to make the - wonderful foods of Puerto Rico. Thank you so much.

Love, Rosa..

 The week turned out to be a good one after all.