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    On August 21st, 2016, our Chinese National Women's Volleyball Team won the gold medal at 2016 Rio Olympics, 12 years after the last gold medal. All of Chinese were so excited. Thanks to the great coach named Lang Ping whom Chinese people are so proud of. Lang Ping was born in Tianjin. She was once a volleyball player of the Chinese National Volleyball Team. They won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Lang was seen as one of the most respected  people in modern Chinese sports history. Because of her excellent skills and main role in the success of the Chinese Women's Volleyball Team in the 1980s, she is known as the "Iron Hammer ".

    In 1995, Lang as a coach led the national team and guided them to win the silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. But in 2005, she became coach of the USA's women's team. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Lang led the Americans to play against Chinese National Team. In 2013, Lang became coach of China again. It could be difficult to train for the Rio Olympics. In order to get ready for it, she tried her best to teach girls skills, and she is also friendly, just like girls' mother. They get on well with each other and work together. She encouraged them all the time and told them "never give up". In fact, everyone had a strong will for their dream. Now the dream really came true.

    Their success showed the world about their great spirit. Though the success did not come easily, they can make it. Lang is regarded as the most amazing star all the time.

Two men were travelling together through the forest on a lonely path. Before the travelling, they said they would help each other when there was danger. They had not gone far when a bear rushed towards them from some bushes.

One man was a good climber, and quickly climbed up a nearby tree. The other man tried to climb the tree but failed. Looking at his friend in the tree, he shouted loudly for help. The man in the tree was afraid that his friend under the tree would pull him down, so he didn't give his friend a hand.

The man under the tree, seeing that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell to the ground and pretended to be dead. The bear came nearer and nearer. It made his blood run cold.

The bear came to him, lowered its great head, smelled him all over and touched him with its nose. The bear thought the man was dead, so it went off into the forest again without hurting him. After the bear left, the other man came down from the tree, and smilingly asked his friend what the bear had said to him. "For I could see," he said, "that he put his mouth close to your ear."

"He told me to tell you," replied the other, "that you were a great coward(懦夫), and that it is dangerous to travel with a friend who leaves you behind when there is danger."

One Friday night, a poor young man stood at a gate (大门) of the railway station(火车站). He played his violin and many people put money into the hat in front of him.

The next day, the young man came to the gate again, and put his hat on the ground. But different from what he always did in the past days, he took out a large piece of paper with some words in it and laid it on the ground. It said, "Last night, a gentleman put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Please come soon, Mr. Sang."

After about an hour, a middle-aged man ran to the young man in a hurry (匆忙) and said, "It's you! You do come here. I know that you're an honest (诚实的) man and will certainly come here," The young man asked, "Are you Mr. George Sang? Did you lose anything?" "A lottery (奖券) ticket," answered the middle-aged man. The young man took out a lottery ticket and gave it to the man.

The prize of the lottery ticket was $50,000. Yesterday when the middle-aged man learnt that he had won, he was very happy. He took out 50 dollars and put it in the hat. However, the lottery ticket was also thrown in.

Later, someone asked the young man, "You play the violin in the railway station every day to make money. Why didn't you just take the prize of the lottery ticket for yourself?" The young man said, "Although I don't have much money, I live happily. But if I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever (永远)."

In a village, there lived an old man in his 70s. As he got older, he grew to enjoy going to bed early. One day, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} group of boys played games near his house. Their loud shouting made it impossible for him to fall{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (sleep). He felt quite angry.

One evening, the old man invited the boys inside his house. He told them that he loved hearing the sound of{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (child) voices. Their laughter and cries made him feel like he had become a young man again. He promised{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (give) each of them a dollar if they would play there every day.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (excited), the same boys returned and played even more happily and loudly the next day. True to his word, the old man{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (pay) them and asked them to do so again the following day.

However, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the next evening, the boys got only 50 cents instead of a dollar.

By the{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(three) evening, the old man only gave them 10 cents. He said that he was very sorry{#blank#}9{#/blank#}he didn't have much money left.

"Dear children," he said, "would you please still come back tomorrow? I really enjoy your laughter."

The boys felt so sad that they refused his request. Was it worth{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(play) so hard if they didn't get much in return?

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Lisa would like to enjoy the Lotus flowers with her family.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Daniel likes to enjoy the beauty of the sea while hiking.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Henry is in a primary school and he shows great interest in space.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Alice is a photographer and she wants to get a bird's-eye view of Longgang.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Justin is crazy about sports and he wants to have a street basketball game with his friends.

Hi, I am Amy. People in the same(相同的) family often have the same eyes or hair. But do they have the same hobbies(爱好)?

In my family, my mom Kate has brown eyes and blonde hair. She likes books and music. My dad Peter has blue eyes and brown hair. His hobbies are sports and computers. My brother, Max, has blue eyes and blond hair. He likes music and sports. What about me? I have my mom's brown eyes and my dad's brown hair. But my hobby is photography(摄影).

My parents don't have a camera. They don't like taking photos, and photography is not one of their hobbies. But do you know who likes photography in my family? My grandpa, Paul. He loves taking photos and his photos are great! My grandpa doesn't have brown eyes or brown hair, but we like the same thing(事物). About 25% of the people in the UK like the same things as their parents, grandparents, or grandparents' parents!