Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful eyes. But she always hides them 1 a pair of black glasses.

    One day, however, I 2  ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were 3  in the classroom. The teacher was giving us our results of a Chinese exam. I had done badly. I felt so 4 that I wouldn't talk to anyone. At lunchtime, I even stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a  5. It was Vanilla. “You look very unhappy,” she said. “What's wrong?” I looked at her for a while, but said  6. I knew Vanilla had got a good mark(分数) in the exam. I thought she was  7 me. I sat silently, but Vanilla didn't go away. She  8 asking me questions: “Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to tell you the right  9?” I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn't know 10 to do. I looked for my paper everywhere, but couldn't find it.

    In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and 11 me my exam paper back. I looked at it and got a big 12. Vanilla had written the right answers next to every one of my mistakes. How  13 she was! My face turned red. I wanted to hug her, but I only held her hands and said, “Thank you.” That afternoon,  14 Vanilla and I were on the way home, I felt quite happy and thanked her again. We are  15 best friends.

一 She likes reading very much.

    My name is Mike. I live in America now. I am a twelve-year-old junior high school student. I go to school on foot every day because my house is close to my school. We have four classes in the morning.

    Each class lasts 40 minutes. The first class starts at 8:00 a. m. There is a ten-minute break between two classes. I study hard and do well in Maths, English and Science. Of all my subjects, I like Science best. I want to be a scientist in the future.

    Most of my classmates have lunch at school, but I usually eat lunch at home. After lunch, I can rest for half an hour. Afternoon classes begin at 2: 30 p. m., and end at 4: 50 p. m. We usually study PE, Art and Music in the afternoon.

    I like playing the piano very much. I often have an hour's piano practice after school. I always have a good time at school.

    Mr Smith is from England. He teaches English well. His English classes are very interesting. He likes us and we like him too.

    Mr Smith has two children—Tom and Lucy. Tom is seven and his sister Lucy is four. Tom goes to school but Lucy doesn't. Mr Smith likes to wear a T-shirt and jeans. Football is his favourite sport. After school, we often have a basketball game. Sometimes Mr Smith watches and joins us. He plays basketball just for fun.