Ann wanted to play in the city orchestra (管弦乐队), but she was nervous (紧张的). She thought it might be too difficult. The first day she was so nervous, and she could hardly breathe. After a few rehearsals (排练), she could comfortably play along with everyone else. She found that there was no reason to be nervous and began to enjoy herself.

    In rehearsals, Ann became friends with Danny. Danny sat next to her and always helped her. Ann often asked him questions about music. Danny's parents were musicians. They started teaching Danny music when he was only five years old. Ann couldn't imagine playing the violin at that age.

    Ann's another friend in the orchestra was Marie. After rehearsal, Marie would tell Ann funny stories. Though Marie was much older than Ann, the two became good friends.

    The orchestra was rehearsing music for a concert. Ann invited some of her friends at school to come. Though they didn't understand music, they promised to come. They all liked Ann and wanted to cheer her. Ann's family also planned to go to the concert. Ann looked forward to the event, and she hoped it would not rain on the night of the concert.

    On the night of the concert, Ann was excited. Danny and Marie both told her that the concert would be fun. Ann knew that she would enjoy it. The conductor (指挥) Mike was nervous. Ann was surprised because she knew that he conducted many big concerts all over the world. After the concert was over, the conductor seemed happy. He said the orchestra gave a fine performance.

    Sally was a student. It was going to be her mother's birthday. She wanted to buy her a gift that would be nice and useful but not expensive.

    A week before her mother's birthday， she went shopping after a quick and simple lunch. When she had been looking for half an hour， she found a shop that was selling cheap umbrellas， and decided to take a black one， since her mother had lost hers the month before.

    She thought， “You could carry that when you are wearing clothes of any color.” So she decided to buy a lovely black umbrella and took it back to school with her until her classes had finished.

    On her way back home in the train that evening， she felt hungry because she had such a small lunch that she went along to the buffet car（餐车） for another sandwich and cup of coffee. She had left the black umbrella above her seat in the compartment（车厢）， but when she got back， it had gone! When she had left the compartment， there had been no other passengers in it， but now there were three.

    Sally began to cry when she saw that the umbrella was no longer there. The other passengers felt very sorry for her and asked what the matter was. She told them that the black umbrella she had bought for her mother was gone， and that she had to get out at the next station. After the three other passengers heard it， they asked her for her mother's address so that they could sent the umbrella to her if someone had taken it by mistake and brought it back after Sally had got out of the train.

    The next week， Sally heard from her mother. It said， “Thank you very much for your lovely gifts， but why did you send me three black umbrellas?”

Hi, I'm Mary Smith. Mary is my first name, and Smith is my    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} name. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} are two photos of my family. In the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} photo, you can see two {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The boy in a green T-shirt Is my cousin. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}name is Bob. He's my uncle's son. He is five years old. The boy in a blue and black T-shirt is my {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. He is ten years old.

In the next photo {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a boy and a girl. They are two {#blank#}8{#/blank#}of mike. The boy is Jack. He is in a blue T-shirt. {#blank#}9{#/blank#}is the girl? She is Jack's sister. Her{#blank#}10{#/blank#} is Jane. The {#blank#}11{#/blank#}of her dress is orange. She is always in orange. We are in the same school.

Once upon a time, there was an old man who usually went to the seaside to do his writing. He had a habit of walking {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the beach before he began his writing.

One day, he saw a figure(身影) moving like {#blank#}2{#/blank#} dance r while walking along the seaside. He smiled to {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( he) and thought maybe he could see a dance here. And so, he walked faster.

As he got {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( close), he noticed that it was a young woman. She was not dancing at all. Instead, she bent down(弯腰) to pick up something and then she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( throw) it into the sea.

So the old man called out," Good morning! May I ask {#blank#}6{#/blank#} you are doing?"

The young woman paused, looked up, and answered," I am throwing starfish into the sea."

"{#blank#}7{#/blank#} really surprised me a lot. Why are you throwing starfish into the sea?" asked the old man.

To this, the young woman {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( reply)," The sun is up and the tide is going out. IfI don't throw them in, they' ll die."

Upon hearing this, the old man said," But there are {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( mile) of beach and there are starfish all along every mile. You can't possibly make a difference!"

At this, the woman picked up another {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( one) and put it into the sea. As it met the water, she said," It made a difference to that one."

My good friend Mary is my cousin. She is three years{#blank#}1{#/blank#}than me.I am fourteen years old and she is eleven now. She is very friendly and{#blank#}2{#/blank#},so she has many friends.She is {#blank#}3{#/blank#}in music and    wants to be a singer when she grows up.

When she was six years old, she started to learn singing.She wants to be a great singer,{#blank#}4{#/blank#}she says it's difficult.She practices singing every day.She{#blank#}5{#/blank#}sings in shows and I love listening to her singing. We talk about everything together and we always{#blank#}6{#/blank#}some—thing interesting with each other. My favorite saying is "A true friend reaches for your hand and {#blank#}7{#/blank#}your heart."Mary is a friend like this.

Mary is very busy{#blank#}8{#/blank#}she also studies photography（摄影）in her free time．She takes lots of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}.They are all very wonderful. Last year, she{#blank#}10{#/blank#}the first prize in the photo competition.

I am lucky that I have so good a friend.