Mary likesto run. Ever since she was in the third grade, she has been training to runlong distances. Now that she was in her eighth grade, her parents agreed to lether run in the Banana Classic. The Banana Classic is a ten-kilometre race. Ittakes place every year in Mattydale. The winners get a lifetime supply (提供) of peanuts and fruit juice.

    Marypractised by running ten kilometres, twice every day. On the average (平时的) run, she would finish inthirty minutes. Last year's winner finished the race in twenty-six minutes andten seconds!

    On the dayof the race, Mary ran faster than she ever had in the past. As she came acrossthe last kilometre, she was in the fourth place. She picked up the pace (步伐) and quickly reached the secondplace, just as she could see the finishing line. She ran as fast as she couldin a mad dash (冲刺) to the finish line, but she justwasn't fast enough to get ahead of the leader.

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Qi Haoran, a Junior One student at High School Attached to Harbin Institute of Technology, was quite busy last winter vacation - and not just with his homework.Qi, together with 10 other classmates, made a volunteer group to call on people to join the Clear Your Plate Campaign.

The 11 students went to many restaurants and told people the importance of saving food. " Excuse me, do you know that 950 million people around the world still haven't got enough to cat? Please don't waste food." They would repeat such words hundreds of times every day.

China in recent years has experienced serious problems with wasting food.CCTV has reported    that the food Chinese people waste every year is enough to feed 200 million people for a year.Chinese people are well known for being hospitable (好客的) and generous.Many even feel that they lose face if their guests have eaten all the food, because it seems that they haven't prepared enough food for their guests.

Luckily, the campaign has got the support of many.In a restaurant in Xinjiang, the owner gives a sticker to the customers who have eaten all that they ordered.People can enjoy a free meal when they have 10 stickers. Besides, more than 750 restaurants in Beijing have begun to offer smaller dishes and encourage their customers to take leftovers home.

To reduce food waste is a big task, and it needs time.It's important that everyone should do their bit just like Qi. So did you finish your meals today?

Dear Li Hua,

 How's it going with you?

 It's Tuesday today. The weather is warm and sunny. We have three classes in the afternoon. After school, there are some activities for us. Now, we are doing different things.

 Look! The boy in a blue T- shirt and a yellow hat is Romeo、 He has short black hair and he is a little heavy. He is flying a model plane happily on the grass. Under the tree, there is a girl with a book. She is my best friend, Amy、 She has big round eyes and curly hair. She likes reading very much. She thinks reading can bring her good luck. Who's the boy playing soccer? Oh, he is Enzo. He is tall and thin. He is good at soccer and he is on the school team. Some girls are singing beautifully near the pool、 Even(甚至) the birds are enjoying their songs, too.

 Everyone is having a great time! Can you write and tell me what you are doing now?

 Yours,

 Lily

Last weekend, I wanted to make a picture book for my family's fruit store. I tried to make each picture excellent. Every time I didn't draw 1 , I started all over again.

Then, my mom asked me to 2 housework. I had to leave my drawings on the table. After finishing the housework, I wanted to get back to my picture book. But my friend Maria 3 . And we played happily outside.

But soon it started to 4 . When we got back home, I saw a 5 with paper in it next to the bin(垃圾箱). My picture book drawings were in the box! I ran to save them. But it was too 6 .

"The wind blew(吹) those pieces of paper onto the floor. The rain came into the room through the window and it made them 7 ." my little sister said. "I didn't know they were your drawings and I just cleaned them up."

I felt terrible. Just then, Maria had a (n) 8 . She said," We could use the wet paper to make some fruit balloons(气球)." And we did so. The balloons were in the shape(形状) of 9 , oranges and pears. And my dad loved these paper balloons. He 10 them in the store, for everyone to see. And people liked them very much.

One morning, a tiger is walking in the forest. He is very  1  because he has nothing to eat. Suddenly, he sees a  2 and catches her. The tiger opens his mouth, full of long sharp 3 , and says to the fox, "Why are you walking in my forest? What are you doing here? I shall have you for my 4 . "

The fox is 5 , but she has a good idea at once. She 6 , "My dear sir, you must not think that you are the king of the animals. Of course, you are very strong. But I am the most powerful from now on. If you don't believe me, you can follow me. I will 7 you how other animals are afraid of me. "

So the tiger and the fox walk together. The fox is in front of the tiger and the tiger8 behind the fox. When the animals see the tiger behind the fox, they all9 away. Then the fox says, "Now you see it. All the animals are afraid of me, not you. I am the most powerful. I shall have you for my breakfast. "

The tiger hears the fox's words and leaves10 .