It's five o'clock in the afternoon. School1and the students from Class 3 are going to Grandma Liang's house. Grandma Liang has no2or daughters. So the children often go to help3do some housework.

    Now the children are at Grandma Liang's4. Grandma Liang is very5to see them. Look! Lily is6with Grandma Liang in the living room. Betty is cleaning the7. Jane is washing clothes outside the room.8is Ann? Oh, she is in the kitchen. She is making9for Grandma Liang, Jim is next to Ann. He is10her.

Give water, save lives

A bottle of water may not seem like much to you, but thousands of bottles will be of great help for people who live in drought-hit(遭受旱灾) areas in China.

Since last autumn, there has been very little rain in Southwest China. Some places, especially in Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Guizhou, have experienced a serious drought. Crops (庄稼) died, the land cracked(裂开), and wells (井) and rivers dried up. More than 20 million people are having difficulty in finding safe drinking water.

After learning about the drought, many people around the country helped by giving water, money and other things.

Last week, every member of the Communist Youth League (共青团员) and Young Pioneers(少先队员) were encouraged to give one bottle of water to the drought-hit areas. Students in primary schools and middle schools quickly joined the activity. In Yuhua Primary School in Xi' an, 900 students bought over 1,000 bottles of water with their pocket money. They also wrote their wishes on the bottles.

The serious drought has also made students realize the importance of saving water. Students from Nanshan Middle School in Huizhou, Guangdong went on the street to tell people to take part in water-saving activities.

"I've heard that some children in drought-hit areas don't have enough drinking water. They have to drink muddy ( 含有泥土的 ) water. I feel really sad about that," said one student. "I decide to take a shower twice a week instead of every day to save water," he said.

It's Friday morning. The weather is cool. Lucy sees her friend Alice." Alice, I'm sorry. I can't go to play table tennis with you tomorrow. I know it's your favourite sport," Lucy says." But can you see that brown dog? It is Mrs Green's dog. Mrs Green wants me to look after(照顾) it tomorrow."

" Oh, what a cute(可爱的) dog! What's her name?" asks Alice.

" Her name is Mona. She is 2 years old."

" Let's play with her tomorrow. I like dogs, too," says Alice.

"OK. That's good!" Lucy says." It's time for school. Let's go now."

My friends have different interests. Lily has a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} voice. Singing has become her hobby. She often sings Karaoke and {#blank#}2{#/blank#} many music videos every day. John likes watching {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in nature. He also reads books about them. Many people are interested in {#blank#}4{#/blank#} model planes. Bobby is one of them. He thinks it is fun and relaxing. All in all, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} can make our life colourful and bring us knowledge. 

Alice walks into a small room. First she sees a small blue table. Then she sees a yellow key under it. She gets the yellow key but it doesn't open any of the doors.

She moves a curtain (窗帘) on one of the walls and finds another door, a red one. She puts the key in the lock. Oh! It's right. Alice opens the door and looks through it. Then she sees a big garden with some flowers in it.

"Oh, how beautiful!" Alice says, "I want to go into the garden, but I'm too big. I can't get through the door."

She walks back to the small blue table. There is a cup on it now. Next to the cup, there is a purple card.

She reads the words on the card, "Drink me, and then you can go through the door." At that time, the phone rings. She finds it's only a dream(梦).

Once upon a time, in a small village, there lived a group of people who were known for their complaining(抱怨). They met at the town 1 every day, and their talks were always sad and negative (消极的). It seemed like 2 could ever change their minds or lift their spirits.

One sunny afternoon, a wise man entered the village. He had 3 the villagers and their habit of complaining, and he decided to pay them a visit. As he got closer to the group, he listened quietly to their problems and then did something 4 .

He said, "I have a joke for you all." The villagers, surprised by this sudden stop, fell silent and looked at the wise man.

He told them a joke, and happily, they all laughed out loud. Their 5 was heard all over the square, a sound that didn't happen in their daily conversations.

The wise man was encouraged and 6 to tell the joke again. This time, only 7 people smiled.

8 , the wise man told the joke for the third time. 9 they had laughed at the joke before, this time all the villagers looked at him with confused expressions.

The man smiled and said, "You're not going to laugh at the 10 joke more than once. So, why do you 11 to complain about the same problems over and over again?"

The villagers were surprised by the wise man's 12 . They had never considered that always complaining was doing them more 13 than good. They realized that they could change 14 they look at things and choose happiness over sadness. From then on, the villagers tried hard to think positively. They still talked about their problems, but they also started to 15 their joys and successes. The town square became a place of laughter and hope.