The school music club opens. Tony wants to join（加入） the club, but he doesn't want to go alone. He wants to ask his friends to go to the club with him. So he calls them at home, but no one is free.

    Martin is doing his homework at home. It usually takes him two hours to finish it.

    Peter is writing to his pen friend Gina, a girl from America, an e-mail on the computer. He is telling her about his school life .In fact, he doesn't like music.

    Lily likes music very much. So Miss Green is teaching her and her classmates to sing songs at school. They are having a singing competition.

    Alice is having her twelfth birthday party. Her parents are making dinner for her.

Kate is helping her brother with his English .He always doesn't do well in his tests.

    Tom is playing baseball with his sister. It is his favorite sport.

    Tony is not happy because no one can go to the club with him.

    A friend's grandfather came to America from Britain. He went into a cafeteria in Lower Manhattan to get something to eat. He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order. Of course nobody did. At last, a woman with a plate full of food sat down in front of him and told him how a cafeteria worked. "Start out at one end," she said. "Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At the other end they'll tell you how much you have to pay."

    "I soon learned that's how everything works in America," the grandfather told a friend. "Life is like a cafeteria here. You can get anything you want only if you like to pay the money. You can even get success, but you'll never get that if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it yourself."

This is a Chinese fairy tale (童话故事) about the fantastic bird Jingwei.

The Yan Emperor has a younger daughter {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(name) Nü Wa. She is a lively girl and enjoys 

 {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(play) in the sea. One day, she goes to the Eastern Sea {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (find ) something new. As she goes much  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (far) away from the shore (海岸), the water becomes more and more violent(猛烈的). Big waves come one after another. After a serious fight {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the angry sea, the little girl loses all of her strength and drowns (溺水).

After she dies, her soul turns into {#blank#}6{#/blank#} bird called "Jingwei". Unlike usual birds, Jingwei looks like a crow (乌鸦) {#blank#}7{#/blank#}a white beak(喙) and red feet. It makes the sad sound "Jingwei" and gets {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(it) name from the sound. The little bird has a strange habit. It always carries small {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(stone) from the Western Mountains to fill up the Eastern Sea. And Jingwei won't stop {#blank#}10{#/blank#} she feels tired. Why does Jingwei do that? There are many ideas, but no one knows the real answer.

At the beginning of the school year, each student would be given a special job for which they would be responsible (负责任的) for the whole term. Rita, a quiet and hardworking girl, hoped for an exciting task, like taking care of the class plants. Instead, she received a small box with sand and a small ant. 

Even though the teacher explained that this task was very special, Rita could not help feeling disappointed. However, she decided to do her best with her new job. She began to study and care for the ant, learning about its habitat (栖息地) and needs. She made the box a comfortable home for the ant, and it grew much bigger than anyone expected. 

Rita's efforts caught the attention of her science teacher, Mr. Thompson. He turned her work into a class project, and Rita became the class expert (专家) on ants. Her hard work helped the whole class learn about ant behavior and habitats. They even built a small ant farm in the classroom to observe the ant closely. 

Gradually, Rita's classmates became more and more interested in the ant project. They started asking her questions and observing the ant's behavior themselves. Rita organized a presentation where she shared her findings with the whole school during the science fair. 

At the end of the year, Rita's class was recognized as the best of the year. Rita was as well praised for her hard work and how she turned a small task into something big. Rita learned that every task, no matter how small, could make a big difference. She also learned that sometimes the most unexpected things can lead to great success.

I'm Lin Peng. I'm a student in Guangming Middle School. When I was in Grade Seven, I always did badly in English. And I even got poor grades {#blank#}1{#/blank#} English tests. That made me feel very sad. I wanted to give up at that time, but my parents and my teacher encouraged me to work hard. I was told by them not to lose hope. My teacher gave me some {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. She asked me to speak as much as possible. She said, "The more you speak it, the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} your English will become. Don't be shy and don't be afraid of {#blank#}4{#/blank#} mistakes." Now I am interested in English. And I put my heart into English study all the time. Last week, I took part in an English competition held by our school, and I won the first prize. How {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I was! Hope is always there, in our hearts.

So just keep it in mind and our dreams will come true one day.

注意：        (1)短文须包括以上三方面的内容，可适当发挥；图片仅作参考；(2)文中不得出现真实的人名和校名；(3)词数：60—80词（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。

My Good Friend

Look, this is my good friend.