One story about Jack, an Irishman（爱尔兰人）, who was not allowed into Heaven because he was stingy（吝啬） with his money. So he was sent to hell地狱. But down there he played tricks on the Devil (Satan) （魔鬼撒旦）, so he was kicked out of Hell and made to walk the earth forever carrying a lantern.

    Well, Irish children made Jack's lanterns on October 31st from a large potato or turnip（萝卜）, hollowed out with the sides having holes and lit by little candles inside. And Irish children would carry them as they went from house to house begging for food for the village Halloween festival that honored the Druid god Muck Olla（督伊德神）. The Irish name for these lanterns was "Jack with the lantern" or "Jack of the lantern," abbreviated as " Jack-o'-lantern" and now spelled "jack-o-lantern."

    The traditional Halloween you can read about in most books was just children's fun night. Halloween celebrations would start in October in every elementary（小学校） school. Children would make Halloween decorations, all kinds of orange-paper jack-o-lanterns. we went together to neighbors' houses, ringing their doorbell and yelling, "Trick or treat!" meaning, "Give us a treat (something to eat) or we'll play a trick on you!"

    The people inside were supposed to come to the door and comment（评价） on our costumes. Oh! here's a ghost. Oh, there's a witch. Oh, here's an old lady. Sometimes they would play along with us and pretend to be scared by some ghost or witch. But they would always have some candy and maybe an apple to put in our "trick or treat bags." But what if no one come to the door, or if someone chased us away?

    Then we'd play a trick on them, usually taking a piece of soap and make marks on their windows. And afterwards we would go home and count who got the most candy. One popular teen-agers' Halloween trick was to unroll a roll of toilet paper and throw it high into a tree again and again until the tree was all wrapped in the white paper. The paper would often stay in the tree for weeks until a heavy snow or rain washed it off.

    No real harm done, but it made a big mess of both the tree and the yard under it. One kind of Halloween mischief.

    Hannay was nervous. His enemies were searching for him. All around him were grassy hills without trees. He had nowhere to hide. How could he escape?

    Hannay walked along the country for a long time. Then he saw a road worker, who was working alone, fixing the road. Hannay could see the road worker was not feeling well. Hannay came up to him and said “How are you?”

    “My head hurts,” the worker said, “I can't do it. I want to go home to bed. My daughter got married yesterday, and I drank a lot of wine with my friends. That's the problem!”

    Hannay agreed that he should be home in bed.

    “Yes, and I would be,” he replied,”but yesterday I received a message saying that the new surveyor was coming to look at my work. If he comes and finds me away, I'll be in trouble.”

    Suddenly Hannay had bright idea--he could act as the road worker and get away from his enemies.

    “You go off to bed,” Hannay said,”I'll do your job until the new surveyor comes.”

    The road worker was pleased with this idea. He gave Hannay his hat and his old coat. Then he went home to sleep and perhaps to drink a bit more. Hannay put on the worker's hat and coat and began to fix the road. About an hour later he heard a voice.

    “Are you the road worker?” it asked.

    It was the new surveyor. He was a young man with a clean face. He sat in a small car.

    Hannay said yes. The surveyor told him about some work he wanted him to do before he came by again and drove off. Hannay continued with his work.

    Then a village boy came by.”What has happened to the road worker?” he asked.

    “He stayed at home today,” Hannay replied.”He's sick.”

    At about midday, a large car came down the hill and stopped near Hannay. Three man got out of the car. Hannay's heart beat fast. He knew his enemies were coming...

It was early morning. I got dressed quickly. It was still autumn but colder than usual. It snowed for {#blank#}1{#/blank#} days. I forgot {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the weather report today, so went out in jacket.

It was still dark, cold and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. At that time, I knew I made a mistake. I shook a little bit. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, a car stopped and one of my {#blank#}5{#/blank#} got out of it. We greeted each other and talked about the bad weather. To my {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, he took off his coat and handed it to me. He smiled and said. "It's too cold. Put it on." Looking at the warm coat in my hands, I was touched and thanked {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. After that, he drove away. When I looked up at the sky, I noticed the sky was beautiful and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} warm inside me and I didn't shake any more.

The world is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of kindness. Love is always there.

Do you know Mark Elliot Zuckerberg? He is the CEO of Facebook. Let's see what his life is like. 

After waking up at 8 am，Zuckerberg turns to his phone to check messages. Then he goes to the gym and does some exercise. Sometimes，Zuckerberg runs outside. His favorite running partner is his pet dog，he walks the dog. 

After exercising，Zuckerberg always takes a shower and gets ready for the day. He never wastes time on small things. Being a successful businessman，he likes to keep the rest of his life simple. He eats whatever he likes to eat. When it comes to clothes he is always in jeans，and a pair of sneakers （运动鞋） . He enjoys walking to places that is not far away. 

Most people work about 40 hours a week，but it is usual for Zuckerberg to work 50﹣60 hours. Although he spends a lot of time in the office，Zuckerberg is also very much a family man. After marrying the Chinese﹣American Priscilla Chanis also big on taking nice vacations（假期）with his family. And he tries to read a new book every two weeks. He is trying to find a good balance （平衡）between work and life. 

Hello, my name is Martha. I study in No.1 Middle School. My school is in a 1 neighborhood (街区) . It's far from the busy streets. 

When you get to my school, you can see a big2 . It is my favorite place because I can read many3 books there. 4 from the library, you can see a gym. My friend and I 5 playing sports there. It is really fun. 6 is the classroom building? It's next to the dining hall. Our 7 is in it. It is clean and nice. There is a smart8 on the wall. With the help of it, we can study easily. I sit in the middle of the class. You can see my desk is green and my chair is9 , too. Look! On my desk is my 10 . There is a red pen, a blue pen, an eraser, two pencils and three markers in it.

The teachers in my school are very11 especially(尤其) our class teacher Ms. Reed. We all like12 . She often13 us study after class. We can 14 her for help at any time. And she is15 angry with us.

I'm very happy to study in this school.

Last summer holiday, my father sent me to a summer camp. He hoped I could f{#blank#}1{#/blank#} a good study habit(习惯) at the summer camp. The life there was really hard. I needed to learn new things and take a t {#blank#}2{#/blank#} every day. I had to do things on the list at a c{#blank#}3{#/blank#} time. For example, do morning exercises every day at 8:00 am. I lost my w{#blank#}4{#/blank#} of 2kg during that time. It was really surprising and c{#blank#}5{#/blank#} .