I remember the first time I got on a horse. I was two years old and we were watching a friend of the family ride. My mom agreed to let me take a short ride around the ground with the friend and that was it' I became crazy about having a horse. From then on, I drove my parents mad beg­ging for a horse. Whenever I saw a horse, I would beg even harder.

    When I was four years old, problems appeared in my life. I had Selective Mutism (选择性缄默症). This is an unusual childhood disorder (失调) in which children stop speaking in certain social situations, many times at around the age of four. I spoke to my parents as usual, my brother and certain other people, but was silent at school and in social situations. I went days, weeks, months without a sound at school. At most, I might very quietly speak to a friend.

    My parents looked for a cure. One psychologist (心理医生) had an idea. Having discussed his plan with my parents in advance, one day I was asked by the psychologist what I wanted more than anything in the world. He explained that I was going to be given a chance to work for what I wanted. I couldn't believe my good luck, but I could not answer. I just stood there. Finally, I was allowed to whisper (低声说) the answer in my mother's ear. "A horse," was all I could say.

    I was to get a little horse, but before we could even start looking, I had to try to talk. I had a chart of weekly tasks I had to finish. I had to answer the phone five times every week, something I had never done before. I did everything that was asked of me and the day came when my parents found the perfect horse. His name was Sequoia, a strong little chestnut (栗子马). He was perfect, of course, and I fell in love immediately. It truly was a dream come true. When I was with Sequoia, I forgot all about my problems and felt strong and life.

    By connecting with them, I have learned to hug what I was once not able to do and I found my voice back.

I live in Taipa, a community (社区) in Macau (澳门). My house in Taipa is very good. There are two large stores, a bank and a post office in the community. And there are a lot of great restaurants. The Sichuan restaurant is my favourite. I can get a bowl (碗) of noodles with chicken for about ten yuan in that restaurant. There is a park with a small river, gardens and trees near my house. It's very beautiful. I go running in the park every morning.

I wasn't in Macau in 2012. I was in Hong Kong at that time. My apartment (公寓) in Hong Kong was quite small. The apartment was on a busy street. There were many cars on the street. And there was no supermarket near my home. And the people there were very busy. I don't like to live in that place.

I am happy with my new house.

My favorite sports star is Quan Hongchan. There {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 9 people in her family. Her parents are farmers. She is very young, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she can swim very well. She comes {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Zhanjiang, Guangdong. Her birthday is on March 28th. She likes watching TV, running and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. She is good {#blank#}5{#/blank#} diving（跳水）. It's not {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to be a good diver（跳水运动员）. Quan Hongchan has to have a good eating habit, so she always {#blank#}7{#/blank#} healthy food. She likes vegetables, eggs, rice {#blank#}8{#/blank#} milk. She has a good friend. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} name is Chen Yuxi. She likes math best. She is a good diver,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}.

Colin walked out of the shopping center with his head down. There were many wonderful Mother's Day gifts there, but they were too expensive. He had only saved four{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(dollar).

"Why don't you make {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(she) something?" Colin's older sister Whitney asked. "Remember the poem I{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(write) for Mom last year? She loved it so much." Colin knew it was true. The poem hung above the fireplace. But Colin wasn't good{#blank#}4{#/blank#}writing poems.

"It doesn't need{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(be) a poem," Whitney said. "It could be anything that makes her think of you whenever she sees it. That's why homemade gifts are special." "But I don't know how to make anything Mom would{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(actual) want,"Colin said.

"Yes, you do! You're always drawing those funny little comics (漫画). Why don't you do a comic of Mom? She would love it!"

Colin thought about the idea{#blank#}7{#/blank#}whole way home. He spent the next two days drawing in his room. Finally it{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(finish)!" On the morning of Mother's Day, Colin gave it to mom. He held his breath as his mom looked at it. "This is{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(good) gift you've ever given me, Colin," his mother said tearfully. "I know just where to put it," his dad said with a smile. He hung it next to Whitney's poem above the fireplace. Colin looked up at the comic. "{#blank#}10{#/blank#} a perfect work it is!" Colin said to himself.

In Africa there is a beautiful river. A little crocodile(鳄鱼) called Mamba lives here with her 1 . Every day, Mamba hunts(捕猎) fish and frogs for food. How 2 she lives!

One day, she is swimming down the river and see a bird. She goes after it and tries to hunt it. "Don't do that, Mamba!" says Mum and Dad Crocodile. "That is the crocodile bird. He can help 3 our teeth. Now open your mouth. "

4 when the bird flies in, Mamba closes her mouth quickly! "Mamba! Open your mouth now. " Mum Crocodile is very angry. Mamba opens her mouth and the crocodile bird flies 5 as fast as it could(尽可能快地). "I don't want clean teeth, " says Mamba, "and I just want to eat something. "

Then one day Mamba's teeth hurt(疼痛) a lot and she can't 6 anything. A monkey advises her to clean them with a stick(棍子). She tries but still feels 7 in her teeth. 

"Oooooh!"She opens her mouth wide and cries, "Can someone help me?"

At this time, the crocodile bird flies down from the tree, and flies in Mamba's mouth. He runs all over 8 teeth and gives them a good clean. "Thank you so much, " says Mamba, "Now I know 9 you are called the crocodile bird. "

From that day on, they start to help each other and become good 10 .