Victor's hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That's right-stamps.

    Victor's favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition. It was very hard to find.

    He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.

    "Don't worry. Never give up," his father said to him. If you have enough patience, you'll find it one day.

    "I hope so," Victor said

    Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor's penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip's mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father. "You see," his father said. "You did find your stamp. So it's good to have two things in life."

    "What are they?" Victor asked.

    "Friends and patience," he answered.

    There is a saying in China that goes, "Women hold up half the sky." Now, let's look at some famous women who have a big influence in China.

More and more people choose paid study rooms with cute tables and chairs, green plants, pretty walls and quiet computer keyboards. To build a friendly learning environment, some rooms have low light to help people focus on their work. Some places have sunrooms and learners can enjoy beautiful nature from large windows. The workers will tell people to keep quiet in the study areas.

"We hope to offer a perfect learning place to people who want to study," said Wang Yi, founder(创始人) of a 24-hour paid study room. "Over the past six months, the number of people coming was much bigger than we first thought, so we are now looking for new places."

Feng Jia comes to the paid study room every day to prepare for exams. "There are not enough seats in public libraries. Also, there are many people talking or walking around," he said. At home, it is even harder to focus because of phones, snacks and pets.

While many people welcome the paid study rooms, others are afraid that these rooms will replace libraries. Xu Qiang, director of the Shanghai Library's reader service centre believes that public libraries and paid study rooms are satisfying the different needs of people. "People come to public libraries for the large number of books, while they go to the study rooms for the learning environment," said Xu.

One day,I was walking home from school and saw some 1 on the fence (栅栏) of a house.

It said "Happiness is a direction not a place." I was having a bad day but it became a little 2 after reading this. I also took out a pen and wrote one of my favorite quotes (格言) down at once.

When I came back to the 3 the next day, I saw another quote under mine in the  4 as the first one, I added another, so we kept on 5 for quite a while. One day, I was writing another quote on the fence and the old man, one of my neighbors, who  6 the fence, saw me. He came out and I was afraid he would be  7 for writing on his fence; everyone in my

neighborhood knew he was known to be very 8 . He gave me a look of coldness and seriousness and then read the quotes. He then went back inside 9 saying a word to me. I was even uneasier and 10 to go back to the fence. But when I did, I  11 no more quotes but two words in completely different handwriting had been added, "12 ".

Later, I saw the old man in his front yard. 13 , he called me over and told me how my quotes on the fence  14  him, how he thanked me and how he was glad to see young people still have "Values". We are now good friends and I talk to him a lot. This  15 has changed my life. I still don't know who wrote these quotes, but if he is out there, I'd also like to say thanks to that unknown friend.

A. Smart Kids.

Do you like to solve problems? If you have a boat and an elephant, how can you weigh the elephant by a river? This book is full of such stories.

B.Tastes of China.

What is your favorite food? Can you cook it? The foods in this book come from all over China. Get ready to be surprised.

C. Celebrate and Sing: Spring andSummer

Have fun together and pass the traditions to the young members of the family with this collection of songs for the spring and summer holidays.

D. Little Heroes.

What makes a hero? Are heroes brave? Are you brave like Li Ji? She wants to kill a giant snake with the knife she has found.

E. Big Dreams.

Everyone dreams when they are sleeping. Some dreams are scary like"Too Many Suns". In the story, a hero saves Planet Earth.

F. Small Hopes.

Do you have small hopes or big hopes? Read about this in "The Farmer and Stump". The story is not only funny, but it teaches as well.

In the Bay Area in California，you can find many amusement parks with fun rides． 

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom

This theme park has rides for kids of all ages．You can also have fun with animals here．You can ride an elephant ，feed a giraffe and see other animals．

Travel time from San Francisco：1 hour

Ticket prices：Daily pass（单日票）＄49.99 per person 

Train Town

This park has rides themed around trains．The most popular one is the 20﹣minute ride through the park on a mini train．The park is open every day from June through August．

Travel time from San Francisco：1 hour

Ticket prices：＄7.50 per ride．per person；free for children below 12 months old California's Great America

This amusement park is known for its thrill rides（惊险刺激乘）．

However，there are fun rides for younger kids，too．The best part about this park is that you can visit a water park，at no Additional （额外的） cost．

Travel time from San Francisco：45 minutes

Ticket prices：Daily pass ＄39.99 per person 

Children's Fairyland

It is one of the oldest theme parks in the Bay Area．The park has a

Puppet（木偶）theater，which has puppet shows every day（at 11 a．m．，2 p．m．and 4 p．m．）

Travel time from San Francisco：30 minutes

Ticket prices：Guests age 1+：＄12

Guests under age 1：Free