Today was quite an amazing day for me. It was the day that my father returned home from Russia. He had been away from us for over a year. I had missed him more than words could ever say. Although we were proud of him, we hoped that he could wake up under the same roof (屋顶) as us. Now the day had finally arrived. He had worked hard and it was now time for him to return home.

    Mom woke us at 6 a.m. to go to the airport. My father's flight (航班) was due to arrive at 9:30. “We don't want to be late!” she kept saying as she woke everyone up. She had no need to remind me! I quickly dressed, washed and had breakfast. I could not take my eyes off the clock all morning. Time was going so slowly. When it was 8:45, my mom told us all it was time to go. We all ran to the car and made our way quickly to the airport.

    We arrived just after 9 and waited patiently. But 9:30 came and went and our father's flight had still not arrived. I kept asking Mom where he was. She just kept smiling and saying he'd be there soon. Another 10 minutes went by, and suddenly a tall man appeared in the crowd. There was my father standing before me. He dropped his bags to the floor and hugged my sister and me. “I've missed you so much,” he said. We all cried together. I never want my father to be away for such a long time.

    Today was pretty perfect.

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    A small man goes to the cinema. He buys a ticket and goes in. But after two or three minutes he comes out. He buys a second ticket and goes in again. After a few minutes he comes out again and buys a third ticket. Two or three minutes after that, he comes out a third time and asks for another ticket. But the girl says to him, "Why are you buying all these? Are you meeting friends in the cinema all the time?"

    "No, I'm not doing that." the small man says, "But a big woman always stops me at the door and tears(撕掉) my tickets up."

    Amy told her mother she wasn't feeling well yesterday morning. She stomachache, a high fever, and a sore throat.

    The mother thought that she had caught a bad cold and became very worried, so she drove her Centre Hospital right away.

    They got to the doctor's waiting room at 8: 20. There were too many patients, so they had to wait there. At 11: 20, Amy finally saw the doctor. The doctor asked her a few questions and began to check her. He listened to her breathing and took her temperature. After finishing her check-up. The doctor was sure that she was quite sick, although he still couldn't make sure what was wrong with her. There were more tests that he could do to find out her illness, but at first, he decided to just ask her about her symptoms (症状) to see if he could get a better diagnosis(诊断).

    The doctor asked, "Young lady, what is troubling you the most right now?"

    The little girl answered: "What's troubling me the most? It's my elder brother Johnny. He is always breaking my toys and sometimes beats me!"

As a little girl when I heard my sister talk about her life-changing term abroad in Paris, it became my goal to visit it one day. When my daily life in New Jersey seemed boring, I often 1 about walking around the streets of Paris. Luckily, with our financial (财务的) situation2 , European travel became a reality. 

Travelling to a European country with my3  was exciting, but it would not be complete without facing problems and figuring them out. 

We had just started to get4  familiar (熟悉的) with the Paris subway system. Since using it was very difficult, we were walking slowly until we5 the subway was about to leave. As soon as I6 , the doors shut with my mom on the other side. I did not have my cell phone, neither of us could speak a word of7  , and we had no idea how to connect each other. My mom and I, who were both8  , began to knock heavily on the doors. Suddenly, a man with a very puzzled look on his face walked over to the doors and simply9 them. My mom stepped on and we hugged10  we just met each other for the first time in years. A huge sense of11  washed over us. 

12 , my mom and I were able to find all those tourist places we wanted to go. We began to explore the neighborhood we were staying in, such as finding our favorite breakfast café13  walking to museums. The trip to Paris was not just14  because of the beautiful clothes or the sidewalk cafés, but it also taught me it is okay to run into15  when trying to explore an unfamiliar area, and if you keep working, you will improve. 

A boy and his family left their country because of war. They lived in a small room. They had no toys or books, and 1 food. One night, Father went to the market to buy 2 . When he came home, it was nearly dark. He carried a long roll of paper under his arm. 

"I bought a map. " He said happily. 

"3 is the bread?" Mother asked. "I bought a map. " He said again. 

 Mother and the boy said 4 . 

"I had enough money to buy only a small piece of bread, and we would still be 5 , "

Father said, feeling very sorry. 

" No dinner tonight, " Mother said 6 . " We' ll have the map instead. " The boy was very angry, but he had to go to bed hungrily. 

 The next day, Father 7 the large map. The map was so large that it took up the whole wall. Their dark room was full of 8 . 

" What a colorful map!" It surprised the boy and made him very 9 it. So he began to spend long hours looking at it and studying it carefully and drawing on any small piece of paper that he 10 find. He learned many different names of places on the map. He even traveled to faraway countries without 11 the room. 

 The boy landed in deserts. He ran on beaches. He climbed snowy mountains. He saw birds singing on the top of temples. He went 12 forests with lots of fruit trees, eating as many fruits as he liked. He drank fresh water and 13 under tall trees. He came to a city of tall buildings and counted thousands of windows, falling asleep 14 he could finish. 

 So he spent many hours far, far away from his hunger and 15 days. He understood that his father was right at last.