Sam is a very busy man. He is 60 and he has a lot of 1 . He is a postman (邮递员), a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, a cook and a milkman. Also he and his wife, Margaret, 2 a shop and a small hotel.

    Sam lives and works on an island (岛) 3 London. Only 120 people are on the island, 4 in summer 150 tourists (旅游者) come on Sam's boat every day. So Sam gets up at six and makes breakfast for the people in the hotel. At eight, he drives the island's 5 to school. At nine, he sends (送) 6 to all the houses on the island. He also sends milk to 7. Then he helps in the shop. He says, "Margaret likes to be 8, too. We are busy and we don't like watching TV in the shop." He says, "I cook the dinner and Margaret 9. At ten, we have some milk and then we go to bed. Perhaps (可能) our life 10 very interesting, but we like it."

    After school on Friday, I waited at the school gate lo walk home with Jemma, as usual. Then I saw 1 talking and laughing happily with some other girls. She glanced (瞥了一眼) at me and left me alone there I knew fight then that I had 2 my best friend.

    At dinner, Mom asked. "Is Jemma coming by tomorrow?"

    I shrugged (耸肩) and said nothing.

    The next morning. Mom asked. "Today is 3. What are you and Jemma going to do?" I shrugged again. "4 is Jemma?"

    Mom took a look at me. Them she said, "Will you take these magazines to Grandma, please?"

    5 I walked down the street, a new girl in the neighborhood came towards me, smiling. But I just went 6 her.

    Grandma welcomed me at the door with a warm hug.

    Sitting on the sofa, I noticed a(an) 7 of kids in old-fashioned clothes on the table . Grandma pointed at a girl with short fair hair.

    "That's Beth Lambert," she said. "My best friend. Until a week before we took this photo." I was 8 at that.

    "Beth and I were best friends in school. We did everything 9. Then one day, she made new friends and said she didn't want to hang out with me anymore. Nothing hurt 10 that."

    I didn't say anything. I couldn't. I knew I'd start 11 if I opened my mouth.

    Grandma hugged me again. "Simone, sometimes friends grow 12. It might happen to anyone," she continued. "Then, see him?" Grandma's finger 13 to a boy with glasses in the photo. "He lived near me. When I was walking home by myself 14 this boy was, too, I said 'hello'. And we became friends."

    "So, if we want to start a new friendship," she smiled. "One 15 is all it took."

    As I was heading home, that new girl appeared again. I went towards her and spoke, "Hello."

Liu proves herself again

 Who is the best female(女性的) table tennis player in China? It is probably Liu Shiwen. Liu Shiwen was born on April 12, 1991 in Fushun, Liaoning. Her hobbies are watching US TV shows and learning English. Her best table tennis skill is backhand(反手击球) instead of forehand.

 On Oct 20th, Liu won her fifth singles title(单打冠军) at the Women's World Cup in Chengdu, Sichuan province. She is the first person in history to win so many titles at this event.

" It's very important for me," Liu said. "I won four titles before when I was much younger. I had no fear at all."

 At 28 years old, Liu is now under greater pressure. She won the world championship(世界锦标赛), but then lost several tour matches (巡回赛). She needed to prove herself once again. She was able to do so in the end. Her secret was to not think about her losses."I just played the game like it was the world championships or even the Olympics," Liu said.

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Besides working as main food, plants can also influence the climate. Take the Great Bear Rainforest in Canada for example. It's sunny now, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} please take a raincoat if you want to visit there. It may rain later because the trees in the rainfo rest can make {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(they) own rain. Those trees can live for {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(thousand) of years. Most {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(important), they can form the clouds at the top of the trees. Water {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(come) into the air from the leaves and forms rain. 

Do you want to do something for our mother nature? Join our Planting Day Activity and we {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(plant) more trees in the future. It's useful for protecting the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(nature) world. 

So far, I think you have known the importance of plants. 

Our teacher did a survey about what his students did during the summer holidays in class, and here are their answers to the questions.

Lightning(闪电) flashed through the darkness over Sibson's bedroom window. Sibson was woken up 1 he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly over his two-floor wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm 2 .

Sibson rushed down the stairs to check : he opened the door to the basement(地下室), and it was on fire. Sibson went back upstairs 3 to call 911 from his bedroom.

"The room had a separate outdoor stairway(楼梯), so I felt 4 at first ," he explains. But the phone didn't work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was 5 by the big fire. Now Sibson realized he was in danger.

Sibson's house was three kilometers off the main road and was so well hidden by trees that he knew shouting for help would be 6 .

Up a hill nearby lived Sibson's neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed when something like a smoke alarm came into his 7 . He jumped out of bed, took his flashlight and phone, and headed down toward the 8 . Then he saw the rolling heavy smoke.

Huggons called 911, and the operator warned him not to 9 the house. But Huggons said, "There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson 10 in that fire."

"Anyone there?" Huggons called out. Then he heard"Help! I'm 11 the house!" coming from the second floor balcony(阳台). He tried to get into the house many times, but soon had to run back to catch his breath 12 the thick smoke.

Several minutes later, the wind blew away the smoke so that it was just enough for him to see Sibson. He noticed a 13 with the help of the flashlight. He took it over to the balcony and 14 Sibson before the house fell off.

Sibson is still 15 when he tells the story. "I almost lost my life that night," he says, "Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my life. It was Huggons."