Band practice had just ended. Jimmy and Ben started packing up their1. Before Kevin could put his trumpet into the box, he2a music stand. It fell and hit right on his trumpet.

   "Oh, no!" Kevin yelled.

    Jimmy picked up the trumpet and checked it3 before handing it to Kevin. "Well, it already has a lot of dents(凹痕). One more won't matter."

    "I know.  But it's my4," Kevin said. "And he's coming over this weekend."

    "Maybe he won't notice the dent," Jimmy said.

    "Maybe he won't care," Ben added,

    A bunch of "5"ran through Kevin-s head on the bus home.

    Maybe he could pretend（假装） he felt sick.

    But he didn't like6.

    Maybe he could get his baby brother, Jace, to take all of Grandpa's attention.

    Or maybe Grandpa wouldn't ask him to play this time.

When7finally arrived, Kevin still hadn't figured out what he was going to do.

    "Hey, Kev. How're things?" Grandpa asked as he walked in.

    "Good." Kevin could have told him the8right then, but he froze.

    After dinner, Grandpa asked Kevin to play9classics—Ode to Joy and Oh, Susanna. Grandpa said, "I think you're 10 than I was at your age."

    Any other time, Grandpa's praise would have made Kevin feel great. But not this time. "I'm 11about the dent," he explained what had happened.

    To Kevin's surprise, Grandpa smiled, "Instruments become part of12when you play them a lot. You can't always protect them. The13thing is that you told me."

    Grandpa pointed to the scratches opposite the dent Kevin had made. "I got these when I fell over it14one night."

    "So I'm not the only clumsy(笨拙的)  one in the family?" Kevin said.

    Grandpa laughed, "Every dent and scratch can tell a story, and15you stick with it, someday you'll have your own."

    Grandpa handed the trumpet back to Kevin. "Now tell me a story with music."

    Kevin lifted the trumpet and filled the room with happy noise.

Today was a clear day and I had a great farm trip with my friends.

We got to the farm at nine o'clock. A nice farmer called Uncle Tom welcomed us. Our first stop was the Chicken House. We helped feed(喂) the chickens. The chickens were quite friendly and it was not difficult to feed them at all.

Then Uncle Tom took us to walk around the farm. It was amazing(令人惊讶的) that there were no people but many robots doing the farm work. That was quite different from the farms that I visited before. Soon it was 11:30 and it was time to cook lunch. We were not good at cooking but we all tried our best. We cooked beef and some vegetables. They were not very delicious', but we ate them up.

After lunch, we had a short break and then we went to the Warm House. We picked and ate many big and red strawberries there. My friends took some home to share with their family, but I didn't. Because only I love strawberries in my family.

What a nice day! I think I will go to the farm again.

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Once in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} English test, Li Ming found the questions so {#blank#}5{#/blank#} that he couldn't answer them. He tried to peep at（偷看）Liu Mei's paper. Liu Mei noticed（注意）that and she was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. She told Li Ming he was wrong and he should finish the paper by {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Li Ming was embarrassed（尴尬的）. That evening, Liu Mei went to Li Ming's house. It was raining heavily outside and her {#blank#}8{#/blank#} were all wet（湿的）. She said that she came to help Li Ming {#blank#}9{#/blank#} his homework. Li Ming was so moved that he decided to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} hard from then on. We should help our good friends like Liu Mei when they make mistakes. 

Mother Cat has four lovely children. On a sunny day，she is playing games with her children in the park. Later，they are hungry，so she asks her children to get some bananas on the tree，but no one wants to do it. Mother Cat has to do it herself. 

After some hours，Mother Cat gets a lot of bananas. She asks her children，"Who would like to take these bananas home？" But they don't want to do it ， so she takes the bananas back home. After getting home，she asks，"*Who will make fruit salad with the bananas？" They all say

After she makes the salad，she says to them，"who wants to eat the salad？""Me!"， "No，you can't. You don't want to do anything before making the salad. You must know 'No pains

Martin shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully counted the 1 that lay on the bed. 32 dollars was all that he had. The 2 he wanted was at least 100 dollars! 3 on earth was he going to get the rest of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was 4 to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He 5 what he could do. There was no 6 asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to spare.

There was only one way to get money. He would have to find a job. 7 who would give him the chance and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Allen for advice because 8 usually had experience on most things.

That was the 9 of Martin's odd-job (零工) business. For 3 months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He took dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He couldn't 10 how many cars be washed and how many windows he cleaned, but the money increased and he knew that he would soon have enough 11 the bicycle.

The day 12 came when Martin counted his money and found $104.32. He 13 no time and went down to the shop to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode 14 home. He looked 15 to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been difficult working for the money, but Martin knew it was a valuable experience. He had done what he thought was impossible, and that was worth (值得) even more than the bicycle.