In the morning, a grandfather took his grandson to a school. When the boy and his grandfather went into the playground, some children came up.

    "What a funny old man!" one boy said, making a face.

    "Hey, fatty (胖子)," another one shouted.

    The children jeered at them and jumped up and down.

    Without saying a word, the old man took his grandson out of the school gate. "Wonderful! I don't have to go to school!" the boy said.

    "You do, but not this one," his grandfather replied. "I'll find you a school myself." The grandfather took his grandson back to his own house, asked the boy's grandmother to look after him, and then went out to look for a school himself.

    Every time he got to a school, the old man went into a playground, and waited for the children to come out at break time. In some schools the children completely ignored (不理会) the old man, and in others, they made fun of him. When this happened, he would turn sad and go home. Finally, he went into the very small playground of a very small school, and stood tiredly against the wall. The bell rang, and the children got out into the playground.

    "Sir, are you all right? Shall I get you something to drink?" a voice said.

    "We've got a bench in the playground — come and sit down," came another voice.

    Soon a young teacher came out into the playground. The old man greeted him and said, "Finally, I've found my grandson the best school in town."

    Every January we celebrate the life of a great man, Martin Luther King who fought for civil rights. He believed that all Americans should be treated fairly, no matter what their skin colors were.

    Dr. King was born in 1929 in Atlanta. Because he was dark, he could not go to the same schools as white children. Black Americans also had to use separate restrooms, restaurants, theatres and swimming pools in some states.

    Dr. King thought this was wrong. He was a Christian minister(牧师) who worked for equal right for black people. He helped organize protests to change those unfair laws.

    It was a hard fight. Dr. King was attracted and arrested(逮捕) many times. But more and more Americans grew to understand that it was wrong to treat black people differently from white people.

    In 1963, Dr. King led many people in a march to Washington D. C. where there he gave his famous speech "I have a Dream." He said people should be judged by their hearts, not by their skin colors. His efforts helped bring about new laws to create equal rights for all Americans.

The third Monday of January is a holiday to celebrate the life of Martin Luther King. We should respect his courage in working to improve the lives of so many people.

①Love them or hate them, emojis （表 情 符 号 ） have become an important part of our twenty-first-century culture. Over 90% of the world's 4. 6 billion internet users send them every day. In 2015, Oxford Dictionaries chose Face With Tears of Joy as its Word of the Year. 

②However, some language experts are against this form of communication. They consider it a step back into the dark ages of illiteracy. Emojis, they say, are making us lose the ability to speak. People are depending on these "picture characters"rather than words to express their feelings. 

③I want to challenge this opinion. I'm afraid these experts have misunderstood how communication works. 

④Emojis aren't taking the place of language. Instead, they are making our messages more understandable. Here is an example. Without an emoji, what means by the following message would be puzzling (迷 惑 ):"Hey, I fell over and got my head hit on the kitchen cupboard. "My friend on the other side of the phone might have difficulty working out my true feelings. Should he laugh ("Ha-ha! You're so silly! ") or take pity on me ("Oh. Hope it doesn't hurt too badly")?However, using an emoji ( or ) will spell out the meaning behind my words. Emojis are to text messages what body language is to spoken communication. They allow us to communicate better. 

⑤So, as long as we don't overuse emojis, these lovely characters are helpful. 

What kind of homework do your teachers usually give you {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the summer holiday? When Sheng Zeqi was a 7th- grade r at Hangzhou No 1 Middle School, her teacher asked her to tell the story of Journey to the West by {#blank#}2{#/blank#} pictures.

Sheng didn't just draw random pictures. She of a game she played with her parents when she was young. She decided to turn Journey to the West into a roadmap. Her map has 81 different locations. They tell the story of the classic novel. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#} some interesting conversations for the novel's characters. She even" borrowed" the character Mei Chaofeng from The Legend of the Condor Heroes {#blank#}4{#/blank#} her tell the story.

Sheng really did a good job in turning the novel into pictures." My parents are both {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and I' ve also enjoyed painting since I was little," Sheng told Xinhua.

How many best friends do you have? What do you think of friendship? Enjoy the following three poems(诗) and find your answer.

 After four months of digging, the Ningbo Cultural Heritage Research Institute shared what they found at the Malangxia site (马廊厦遗址) on August 29. The exciting discovery in Yuyao, Zhejiang Province, China, has helped us leam more about how people lived and how society changed over a very long time.

 The site is 2,000 m² big, and 102 things were found like ash pits(坑), houses, tombs(坟墓), and roads. They were made in the middle and lower parts of the Changjiang River area. Imagine digging up layers(层) of history like layers of cake! The Malangxia Site has five different layers, and each one is like a different chapter in a book, telling us about a different time period.

 The first layer is from the Shang-Zhou dynasties, and we found a special tomb. As we move up to the next layer. Here, we found lots of cool things like houses, pits, tombs, and roads. They are like photos that record the life at that time. The third isn't as full as the others. We only found one tomb. But the fourth layer has a lot of findings, with pits, tombs and holes. These things show us how art styles from the north and south of China mixed together.

Local experts say that the Malangxia Site is the biggest and best-kept archaeological (考古的) site in Yuyao so far. It's like a treasure box full of history that helps us understand how society changed over thousands of years. It's amazing to think that just by digging, we can learn so much about people who lived long ago!