Sixteen years ago a boy gave me an important gift. It was a smile.

    It was the early autumn of my first year at a middle school, and my old school was far away. As a result, no one knew who I was. I was very lonely, and afraid to speak to anyone.

    Every time I heard the other students talking and laughing, I felt my heart break. I couldn't talk with anyone about my problems.

    Then one day, when my classmates were talking happily with their friends, I was sitting at my desk unhappily as usual. At that moment, a boy entered the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed by me and then turned back. He looked at me, with a smile.

    Suddenly, I felt the touch of something bright and friendly. It made me feel happy and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with other students and made friends. Day by day, I became closer to everyone in my class. The boy with the lucky smile has become my best friend now.

    One day I asked him why he had smiled, but he couldn't remember doing so!

    It doesn't matter because all the dark days have gone. I believe that the world is what you think it is. If you think it is lonely, you might always be alone. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

    I came to study in the United States a year ago. Yet I did not know the real American society until I was hurt in a car accident because after the accident I had to see a doctor and go to court.

    After the accident, my roommate called a doctor for me. I was very thankful and decided to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was surprised. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible(负责的) for my injury(受伤), I'd have to have a good lawyer(律师). And only a good doctor can help me get a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me find a good doctor, it was only fair(公平的) that I should pay him. But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report only has ten lines, and it cost me $215.

    My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he didn't want to see me at all. He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.

    Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Because of my inexperience, I told the insurance(保险) company the date I was leaving America. Knowing that, they played for time…and I left without getting a cent.

Talk about your pet(if you have one) or your favorite animal in 6-7sentences with the help of the following questions.

·What is his/ her name? ·What is your favorite animal?

·How old is he/she? ·Where is he/she from?

·What can he/she do? ·Why do you like him/her?

In recent years, science fiction (科幻小说) has become more and more popular in China, especially after the sci-fi writer Liu Cixin won the Hugo Award in 2015.  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} It has been popular all over the world. 

In an interview, Liu said that science fiction would open our minds to everything in the future. " {#blank#}2{#/blank#} And it opens up a new world to them, " he added. 

According to Liu, young readers should read different books in order to find out what they are truly interested in. Liu once said, "I've read a lot of works of Leo Tolstoy and Arthur Charles Clarke. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} "

The Chinese sci-fi film The Wandering Earth was a real hit in 2019. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Liu said the success mainly came from the hard work of the movie's team. "As the first Chinese sci-fi movie, I must say that it's very exciting and encouraging, " he said. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} He believed that there would be different kinds of Chinese sci-fi movies in the future. 

My two best friends Stacy and Priscilla are different in some ways. Stacy is very tall and likes music. She's good at 1 . Her classmates and I like to listen to her songs. Priscilla is 2 shorter and likes nothing about music. She always says she3 understand why Stacy likes it. But they also have something in common. 

First, they are smart: Stacy is very hard-working and does 4 good job in a hospital. Priscilla, however, is thinking about going on learning abroad. She wants5 how the teachers teach in a foreign country. 

Second, they are helpful. Stacy6 always there for me when I have ups and downs in my life. Priscilla also cares about me a lot. She often helps me7 my problems or just listens to me. I would like to say they both give me a lot of help in 8 special ways. 

Lastly, they are quite funny. Stacy knows how to make me laugh when I feel 9 . Priscilla also does the same. She knows how to make herself and everybody around happy. 10 we all like her. She is really a kind girl. 

 John is a middle school student. A few weeks ago, John1 to a new school. He likes it better than his old school. The classrooms are big and clean. Every classroom has2 computer in it. The library is also really great! There are lots of books, magazines and newspapers. It also has 3 chairs and students can sit on them when they read. The food in the school dining hall is delicious and not expensive.4 the students like to eat there. The beef noodles are John's favorite. John's favorite place at the school is the big auditorium (礼堂). The students often go there to 5 to talks. Last week John went there for an interesting speech and he loved it.

 The school has all 6 of activities. For example, there is a music festival every June. The students like 7 school band(乐队) very much. The sports meet is also one 8 the most popular activities at the school. It is for September every year.

 John is happy that he can9 at this school. He enjoys his days here 10 he has the best teachers and the friendliest classmates.