Mr Gao lives in a town. When he was twenty-five, his son was born. He called him Gao Ling. The little boy is very clever and his parents love him very much.

    It's September 1 today. A new school year begins. Gao Ling is happy and wears his most beautiful clothes. He's going to school with his new bag.

    "Let me take you to school today, dear," says Mrs Gao.

    "Thank you, Mum," says the boy. "The school is not far from here. I can walk there myself."

    At school a teacher meets the little boy and asks, "What's your name, my little friend?"

    "Gao Ling, sir," answers the boy.

    "How old are you?"

    "Six, sir."

    "What's your father's name?"

    "Gao Dalin, sir."

    "How old is he?"

    "He's six too, sir."

    "Oh," he says in surprise. "Is he as old as you?"

    "Yes, sir." says the boy. "He became a father at the time when I was born."

    What could a poem writer and a film director share? More than you think！Langston Hughes began writing poems in high school and soon became one of America's greatest writers. Most of his writing is about his experiences as an African American. He wrote poems about people who worked hard through life but still found things to be happy about. He wrote plays and books about justice(正义)for all people, and he wrote kids' books, too. The Sweet and Sour Animal Book is a book of his animal poems. Pictures and photos were used in the book." Hold fast to dreams" is a line in a famous Hughes poem. That's exactly what he did throughout his life.

    When Steven Spielberg was in middle school, he wanted to make a film. He had an idea for a film, but no money. He started a tree-planting business and made his film with the money he earned. Spielberg never stopped making films, even after many film schools refused him. Today he is one of the most popular and important filmmakers in the world. His films are about people who are adventurous(爱冒险的), brave, kind. His characters often fight for what is good. Some of his films are about his Jewish background, such as Schindler's List. Spielberg once said, "I don't dream that much at night because I dream for a living." In different ways, both Hughes and Spielberg have encouraged people of all ages to reach for their dreams.

Do you like cartoons?What's your favourite cartoon?I love cartoons and always connect myself with the cartoon heroes. Here are my favourite cartoons

I entered my third year of middle school when the new term began.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} was a new chemistry course.Before the monthly exam，I reviewed what I had learned carefully.I read the textbook and did lots of exercises，{#blank#}2{#/blank#}I still didn't do well in the exam.It made me sad.I wanted to do something{#blank#}3{#/blank#} improve my chemistry grades.

My chemistry teacher had{#blank#}4{#/blank#} conversation with me.He thought that I didn't understand and remember the basic knowledge.Then，a study group was created by him to help students like me.If we are not sure whether we understand the knowledge or what to do with the chemistry questions，we can ask him.And he is always patient with us.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} the help of my chemistry teacher and my own hard work，I improved my monthly exam scores by eight points this month.

These days, short videos have got millions of views online. Many people create and share short videos on popular video apps like Douyin and Kuaishou. You can also add music and special effects (特效) to your videos. The videos are 15 seconds to a few minutes long. They show people doing activities like cooking, exercising and singing. 

Teenagers especially enjoy these videos. More than 50 percent of students in Grade 7 and Grade 8 said they enjoy watching these short videos. About 47 percent have posted (上传) their own videos, according to a recent report. 

The videos let teenagers see funny and exciting things they wouldn't usually see. Many teenagers like to share the fun things they do with others as well. For example, a 12-year-old user named Xiao Qianyu has posted videos showing her learning jazz dance. This has won her many fans. 

However, the videos can also bring trouble. Some students spend too much time watching them and don't spend enough time studying. Some videos have vulgar content (内容) that is not good for teenagers'mind. 

To deal with (处理) this problem, Douyin added something new in April. It stops the app if students under 14 years old use the app for over two hours a day. In the same month, the government also did something to stop vulgar content videos from video apps.

 Marco and Kim left the school and walked towards home.

"I wish we could play basketball at our neighborhood park." said Kim.

"But the basketball hoop at the park is1 ," said Marco. "It hasn't been fixed yet."

Marco and Kim walked past the town's recycling station. 2 Marco saw many recyclable plastic, paper and metal objects, he thought of an idea— Maybe we could reuse something to make a basketball hoop. As he looked around the station, an old plastic laundry basket(洗衣篮) caught his 3 . "We can use this." he held it up and said to Kim.

 Kim4 , "It looks useless."

 Marco smiled and said, "It won't look so bad. I could make a fine hoop with it."

 At home, Marco made a post and a backboard with some waste wood. Then he5 the bottom of the basket, stuck the basket to the backboard, and the backboard to the post. After that, he went to the park, dug a hole, and put the post in the 6 .

 The next day, Kim saw the recycled hoop. He tried and scored a goal. He said 7 , "I was wrong. It is a lot better than I thought!"

"When we reuse things, we make waste 8 again. And everyone of us could9 to our society."

"Wonderful! Now we can not only play basketball whenever we want, but also turn our neighbor into a 10 place!" Kim shouted and scored another goal.