Several days ago, I was walking home from school and saw some writing on the fence of a house I was passing by. It said, “Happiness is a direction, not a destination (终点).” I had been having a bad day and just reading this brightened my day a little. I also took out a pen and wrote one of my favorite quotes (格言) down.

    When I came back to the fence, I saw another quote under mine in the handwriting as the first one. I added another, and we kept at this pattern for quite a while. One day, I was writing another quote on the fence and the old man, one of my neighbors, who owned the fence, saw me. He came out and I was afraid he would be mad at me for writing on his fence; he was not known to be very friendly. He gave me a sharp glance and then read the quotes on the fence. Without saying a word, he said something to himself and then went back inside. I was a bit terrified for a while, afraid to go back to the fence, but when I did, I noticed not more quotes but two words in entirely different handwriting had been added, “Thank you.”

    Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. He beckoned (召唤) me over and told me how my quotes had been inspiring him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have “values”. We are now good friend and I talk to him a lot. This experience has changed my life. I still don't know who wrote that very first quote, but if he is out there, I'd like to say “thanks” to that unknown friend.

    The cold wind blew strongly outside. Amaya was warm in her house, thinking about an article she'd read at school. The article was about kids who helped out their communities, and she thought it would be really cool to help her own town, Harvard.

    The only problem was that she wasn't sure how to help. In the article, the kids had grown food for people who needed food, but it was winter. She couldn't start a garden. Amaya was deep in thought when her mom said it was time to go shopping.

    As they drove along the road, Amaya saw a family walking on the sidewalk( 人 行 道 ), wearing only light jackets. How cold they must be! That gave her an idea! She could collect winter coats, hats and gloves for people who needed them.

    She shared her idea with her mom, who thought it was great. But how would they spread the idea to get plenty of winter clothing? Amaya decided to talk to her teacher, because then she could share her idea with her classmates at least.

    Ms. Monroe agreed when Amaya talked about her idea. They decided to call the project Hats in Harvard. Then they wrote a letter explaining the project. Ms. Monroe even said she could help Amaya talk to the headmaster about  it, so they could get the whole school to join in it. They met with the headmaster during lunch time. He was excited about the idea, and said he would make sure copies(复印件) of the letter went home with all the students.

    They collected enough winter clothing in only one week. Then they left the clothes around two parks, so families who needed clothes could get them there. Three days later, Amaya and her mom went shopping again. She saw the same family that had given her the idea for Hats in Harvard. This time, though, the family looked nice and warm in some new coats, hats and gloves. Amaya felt warm in her heart, and was very glad she could help others.

An old lady was really glad when she was on the way back home. She was so tired after she shopped all day long. In the lift, she thought she would have a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(杯子) of coffee and a quick dinner, but when she got out on her own floor, both were forgotten because she found that her front door was open. 

She walked slowly into the hall and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(立即) noticed that all the room doors were open. She said to herself, "I remember {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(锁) the front door. And I'm sure that I have {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(关上) all the room doors before going out. "

It was clear that a thief(小偷) had come into her house. There were some footprints on the floor and on the {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(沙发). The old lady was so {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(不高兴的) that she telephoned the police at once. After a while, a {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(两个) of policemen came and asked the lady some questions. Then they searched the house {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(细心地) and asked the old lady to check what was lost. After {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(午夜), the policemen left. They advised her not to stay {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(独自) in the house, so she telephoned her daughter and asked her to stay with her for several days. 

John is very crazy about stones. He has a very big {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of all kinds of stones. His father loves collecting stones, too. Sometimes he will give John some {#blank#}2{#/blank#} about how to put different stones into different boxes. There's a "Beautiful Stone Competition" in town. They {#blank#}3{#/blank#}to join in the competition as a team. John wants to win because he thinks his stones are the most beautiful ones. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}o not many people have as many stones as they have. It is not {#blank#}5{#/blank#} for them to get nervous. Wish this father-son team win the competition!