David walked down the street. All he wanted to do was to play basketball with Jim. But his mother told him to return his sister's books to the library on his way to Jim's house.

    In his eyes, books and summertime just don't go together. He thought he had read a lot during the school year. And he had never set foot inside a public library. Today he'd just drop the books off in the outside return box, but it was locked. He had to go inside to return them.

David walked inside the building a few minutes before closing time. He put the books into the return box. After a quick drink of water and a short stop in the toilet, he'd be on his way to meet Jim. He walked out of the toilet. The library lights were turned off. He was locked — in a library.

David tried to use the telephone, but he couldn't find one. As the sun began to set, he searched for a light and found a little one on the desk. He used a pencil to write a note on a big piece of paper. It read, “I'm locked inside. Please call for help.” He put it on the front door. Surely, someone passing by would see it. He then turned his attention to the library itself.

    He was surprised to discover that this place was not so bad. Rows and rows of books! When he saw a book about Michael Jordan on the desk, he picked it up. He opened the book and began to read. He felt that being locked in the library didn't seem to be such a terrible thing.

    Several days ago, Brenda had a car accident that led to one of her legs being cut off. Since then she didn't talk to anyone.

     “I wish I could bring her friends to visit her,” said Brenda's mother. “But it's a long bus trip.” The nurse smiled, “Don't worry. We have a plan.”

    Later that day, the nurse had taken Brenda to another room. “Here's your new roommate, Annie Wiggle-Do,” the nurse introduced a dark-hair teenager on the other bed.

    As soon as the nurse left, she jumped out of her bed with her only foot and sat at the other end of Brenda's bed, “I lost my leg from bone cancer,” she said. “What happened to yours?” Brenda was so shocked that she couldn't say a word. “You're lucky.” Annie continued. “You've still got your knee. They had to take mine.”

     “I'd like to have a chat with you, but my friends are coming any time now, so I have to get ready.” Annie said when she took off her hair! Her head was completely bald(秃头的).

     “Oh, I forgot to tell you, the medicine they gave me to kill the cancer also killed my hair.” Annie looked out her wigs(假发), brown and yellow, short and long, straight and curly.

     “That's why I thought up ‘Annie Wiggle-Do'.” Annie smiled. “Get it? Any wig will do? Annie Wiggle-Do?” “When Annie's friends came, she introduced Brenda to them all. Before long, Brenda started chatting with Annie and her friends. They didn't make her feel like a strange person at all!

    The girls shared their names with each other. When it was time to go to bed, Brenda said, “Good night, Annie-Wiggle-Do. Can't wait till morning.”

    The cartoon series Boonie Bears is popular with children in China. Logger Vick, a logging(伐木) team worker, came to the beautiful Heilongjiang forest to harvest logs with Boss Li's trust. But there were two hidden terrible rivals(对手) in the forest-the owner of the forest, bear brothers-Briar and Bramble!

    Seeing the forest being destroyed, bear brothers decided to fight with Logger Vick to protect the forest. Briar was so clever that he could beat Logger Vick easily. Bramble was not as clever as his brother but sometimes could also defeat Logger Vick with his brute force(蛮力) . But the cunning(狡猾的) head wouldn't leave so easily. The home defense lasted a long time and Logger Vick tried various ways to defeat bear brothers and cut down logs, but every time he failed. Finally Logger Vick lost Boss Li's trust and gained nothing. As the saying goes, "Doing good will be repaid and doing evil will be punished."

    The cartoon story shows us an active topic in laughter. The two bears facing the failure always feel hopeful. It tells us to protect forests, protect the environment and protect ecological balance in our everyday life.

    Hello, my name is Peter. I'm 12 years old. I have a picture. In the picture are two boys and a dog. Do you know the two boys? I know them. They are Jim and Frank. Jim and Frank are brothers. They have yellow hair and big blue eyes. They are my good friends. Now they are in China with their parents. We are in the same middle school and the same class. Their mother Mrs. Green is our English teacher. She is very nice. All my classmates love her. Harry is the name of the dog. He is yellow and big. He is my friend, too. We four often play together on Sunday.

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My parents always told me that I couldn't dance, because it was a girl's sport. But I never gave up my 1  of becoming a dancing star. I practised secretly, learning from books, movies, and shows. However, without my parents' support, that dream seemed impossible to reach. 

One summer, my little sister Maggie was going to dance lessons. I immediately asked 2  parents for permission(允许) to take her to the lessons. What a 3  chance to learn dancing!

One afternoon, I was practising a new dance in my room when Maggie walked 4 . 

"What's the matter, Maggie?"I stopped 5 . 

"Denis, you are a great dancer! Can you help me?"

"What is it?"I wondered. 

"There'll be a dancing performance in my school, 6  the boys think I'm slow, and non e of them wants to be my partner. 7  you dance with me for it?" She looked at me anxiously. 

"You can be a good dancer!"I encouraged her. "Let's show those people that they have been 8  for months. " We 9  every evening, hiding from my parents. I was having a fantastic time and 10  Maggie improved a lot. 

Finally came the big day. I became 11  when I heard my parents would come to watch the performance. As the 12  began, I took a deep breath and tried to calm down. We moved perfectly, shining with pride. From the cheering of the crowd, I was sure our dance was a big 13 . 

My heart was beating wildly when I saw my 14  coming towards me. He put his hand on my shoulder, "Well done, son. Though it is hard for me to admit it, you really looked like you belonged to this stage(舞台). Go for it and make us proud. "

I'd been 15  this moment for so long. I knew that the road ahead wasn't going to be easy, but I wouldn't give up. I wanted nothing more in life than to dance.