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In 1990, when I (be) nine years old, I wanted very much to find pen friend. I found Ashley's address in a magazine, and decided (write) to her. I sent off my letter with a little hope. Very quickly, I received her letter. my surprise, Ashley was only one month (old) than me. I learned some new expressions from her. I (real) liked this new friend.

Letter after letter, year after year, Ashley and I continued to write to one another. A letter would be received and I'd write back right away. We would send each other birthday and festival (gift).

Eight years later, my parents decided it was time me to meet this friend. They drove me down to Mississippi for a few days. We (have)a fun time together. We did the things that teenage girls love to do.

Twenty—five years after the (one) letter, Ashley and I still have an amazing friendship. Although we don't write letters now, we communicate through mobile phones and the Internet.

    While at the beach this afternoon. I met a 1 called Bob We talked a lot. He said that it was fun playing on the cliffs (悬崖). I told him 2 I was not allowed to go near that place( Mum and Dad had always told me it was dangerous to play there). He called me a coward(胆小鬼). I wanted to prove to him that I was just as 3 as he was, so I agreed to go with him.

    We wanted to make our way down to explore (探索)the area. so Bob started to climb down 4 I followed him. 5. some rocks came down after us. One of them nearly hit my head. We could not get back up. We shouted and shouted for help. but for a long time 6 help came. I was really scared(害怕的). I wanted to cry. Then, we heard some 7. Someone had heard us. A woman tied a rope around 8 while a man at the cliff top held the rope. She 9 her way down to save us.

    My parents were relieved (宽慰的) that I was unhurt, but they were angry that I had done 10 a risky thing. I apologized and promised that I would not do anything like that again.

Do you know what a shouzhang is? It is a diary decorated with tapes, stickers, drawing and other things. It's a part of Japanese popular culture and it also becomes popular in China.

In May, twin sisters from Zhejiang became "stars" online because of their interesting shouzhang. They are Lin Ting and Mao Yue — two 14-year old eighth-graders from Wenhui Middle School in Hangzhou. They record(记录) things about food, travel, pets, school life, and other interesting things in their lives in their shouzhang.

The twins started to make their shouzhang about two years ago. "Nothing will be greater than to look back on these beautiful memories(回忆) when we get old," Lin said.

They stay true to themselves — putting both small happiness and little frustrations into their diaries. For example, they often write funny stories about their two pet dogs Dabao and Gege. When Lin has too much homework to do, she writes about how she feels. "It makes me feel better," Lin said.

They also write about their favourite foods and stars. Mao collected pictures of ice cream, coffee and her hero Zhang Yixing, and stuck them in her shouzhang. They always bring their shouzhang with them while travelling.

Both of them are good at drawing. And they also have a big box of tapes and stickers! So it's a piece of cake for them to make their shouzhang beautiful.

I was a kid who was always treated unkindly. One day, I was in the bathroom talking with my friends Maya and Lizzie. When Kristina, one of the bullies 1in. To my great surprise, she said that she was2 for the way she had treated me and wanted to be friends.

Maya and Lizzie didn't believe 3she said.  But I decided to accept her. Later that day, I sat with the popular girls 4 the first time, feeling important.

Over the next few months, I started spending 5 time with Kristina and her friends and less time with Maya and Lizzie. When my new popular friends gossiped", I laughed. Sometimes I did feel bad about it, 6 I didn't want to be a nobody again.

Then one day, Lizzie 7 to talk to me, which made me happy. But Lizzie showed her anger with me for being mean*to Maya. A 8 broke out between us. Feeling angry, I pushed her. She looked at me in terror*, shouting 9 ,"You are a bullet*!"

I 10 stood there with regret. She was right. I had become a bully, one who I had always disliked so much. I cried all the way home. That night, I decided that I was going to 11 being a bully*. The next day at school, I tried to say sorry to Lizzie, but she turned her back on me. 12 would talk to me. I felt like the loneliest person in the world.

Not 13 what to do, I told everything to the counselor*. With her help, Lizzie and Maya decided to give me another 14 . It took a while to win back their trust.

I thought I needed to be popular to be somebody. I was wrong. I am somebody because I am special and 15 to my friends. Best of all, I like me again, too.

When Jim was young, he liked watches very much. When he was 18 years old, he joined the army, and after a year, he began to teach himself to mend watches. A lot of his friends brought him their watches with problems and asked for mending. Jim was always glad to help.

Jim's captain (上校) heard about this, and one day he brought Jim a watch and said, "My watch doesn't work, can you mend it for me?" "Yes, sir. I can." Jim answered. A few days later, he brought the watch back to the captain. "How much shall I pay?" the captain asked. "Nothing, sir." Jim said. He took out a small box and gave it to the captain and said, "In the box are three wheels from your watch, I couldn't find any places for them when I put everything back."

    There once was a blind man. He decided to visit Texas. When he got on the plane, he felt the seats and said, "Wow, these seats are big!" The person next to him answered, "Everything is big in Texas."

    When he arrived in Texas, he decided to visit a bar first. In the bar, he ordered a glass of beer. "Wow, the glass is big!" he said. "Everything is big in Texas," the waiter replied.

    After two glasses of beer, the blind man asked the waiter where the bathroom was. The waiter answered, "Second door to the right." The blind man headed for the bathroom, but accidentally tripped over (绊了一下) and skipped (跳过) the second door. Instead, he entered the third door which led to a swimming pool. The blind man fell into the pool by accident.

    Scared to death, the blind man started shouting, "Don't flush (冲洗厕所)! Don't flush!"

About 250 years ago, a man named Jonas Hanway, who liked traveling, went out for a walk along the streets in London. Every time he went out for a walk, no matter it rained or the sun shone hotly, he carried an umbrella over his head. Wherever he went, people looked and laughed at the strange man. Jonas Hanway was the first man to carry an umbrella in London, and everybody, but him, thought it was a very ridiculous thing.

But he seemed to be a brave man, and decided not to give up his umbrella even if all the people in London made fun of him. Perhaps, in imagination, he saw the future, tons of umbrellas—umbrellas enough to protect the whole land of England from rain.

But Jonas Hanway wasn't the first man in the world to carry an umbrella. He had traveled a lot and had seen umbrellas in China, Japan, India and Africa, where the umbrellas had been in use for so many years that nobody knows when the first one was made. And as one of the oldest and greatest cities in the long history, Nineveh hada great many sculptures(雕塑) on which there were umbrellas. Umbrellas can also be seen on the monuments(纪念碑) of Egypt, which are very very old as well. History will tell you that Nineveh was built not long after the flood(洪水). Perhaps it was the great rain, of forty days and forty nights, that gave people in Nineveh the idea of making an umbrella!

It was December 30th. Anna and Alex were helping Mom make banana cakes. They cut up the 1 put the eggs and sugar in the flour (面粉), poured the milk in and mixed them all up.

When they were almost done, Anna asked, "Mom, why are we making so many cakes?" "I want to take some over to Mrs. Brown 2 the street, "said Mom. "Her husband died of a serious illness a few days ago. She only has her dog Wangwang in the house."

Mom put the cakes in the oven (烤箱) and the children helped3the mess. The cakes were finally done. They all waited4 until the cakes cooled down. Then they put some on a plate and headed to the opposite house.

When Mrs. Brown opened the door, Anna said, "Mrs. Brown, we have brought you some banana cakes. ""Thank you.5smell delicious, "Mrs. Brown said, "Wangwang and I are feeling a little6these days. It's kind of you to come. "

"Would you like to 7us tomorrow for New Year's dinner?" asked Mom. "Take Wangwang, too. ""Well I'm not sure, "said Mrs. Brown. "Please say yes, "said Alex. "Come to our house,8it will be great fun," said Anna.

Anna was 9. They never had such a pleasant dinner. Mrs. Brown thanked them for inviting Wangwang and her, saying she felt better.10was doubled when shared.

    This is a touching moment when a giraffe gave a sad goodbye to a dying worker. The 1 spent his whole life cleaning the giraffes' home at a Dutch 2. The 54-year-old worker had a cancer (癌症). He asked to put his hospital3in the giraffes' home at the zoo. In a touching moment, one of the giraffes went to the man and 4him a kiss goodbye.

    Mario has 5in the zoo for over thirty years. He asked for a moment to say goodbye to his workmates and the animals at the zoo. He had no6and he lived alone. A charity group helped to send Mario back to the zoo. They usually help7persons finish their dying wishes.

    "It was very nice that we could do8to help his last wish come true," Mr. Veld boer said. "It was a very special moment. The giraffe came with9eyes. He looked at Mario for some time, and kissed him10. You saw him smiling."

    "Why is my smile strange?" asked my ten-year-old son Kevin suddenly. I remained speechless for a good while and then Kevin went into1room silently.

It reminded me of the day of his birth. Kevin was born with a large tumor, covering his left 2, squeezing shut his left eye and pushing his nose to the right. Right after his birth, the doctor sent him away quickly to another hospital. I 3saw Kevin again until he was eight days old. However, not only did the treatment leave a scar on his face, but it 4him from smiling, not fully. Thankfully, Kevin sailed through childhood, being able to eat food, go to school and play football like5kids.

    I stopped thinking and entered his room. "Kevin, how was the6today?"

    "Some players from another school kept asking why I looked funny. "He 7, with tears rolling down his face. "They made fun of me all day long for I8smile on my left. I on smile on my right. Why does everything go 9 me?"

    "I'm still wondering about the match today. "I continued asking, wiping away his tears. "Did you score a goal?"

    Turning his face away to hide his 10, he seemed to ignore my question. "I got the best score in the match,11what good will it do? I only have a half-smile!"

"You're right, Kevin, that you look 12"I hugged him. "There's always someone that's special and I'm afraid that you don't13what goes deeper than the surface. "

    He looked up," So, Mom, I don't have to look a certain way?"

    "Sure, you're great just the way you are, not 14 what you look like. Just watch yourself on the playground! There's no scar to your ability. When you grow up, you'll find out that the difference has become your greatest 15. "

    Kevin stared at me and showed his most beautiful smile ever.

    The thief of skill, Jimmy, would be let out of prison.

    "Jimmy, you're not bad actually. "the warden waved him goodbye, "Stop breaking into safes. "

    Back home, Jimmy dug out a dust-covered bag and opened it. Singing his favorite song, he looked at his finest burglar's tools eagerly.

    After a week, there was a perfect safe burglary in Indiana. Then, two safes in Logansport were opened. After investigation, Ben, the policeman, said, "That's Jimmy. Back in business. "Ben knew Jimmy well and began looking for him.

    One evening, Jimmy and his bag left for Elmore Town, dreaming of opening another safe.

    During the journey, however, he began questioning himself regretfully, "Should I continue my old business? Should I give it up and start over?"

    When arriving, Jimmy started to know about the local market and then opened a shoe-shop.

    Two months later, the business went on wheels. Jimmy made a lot of friends, and everyone here liked him. Susan Adams, a daughter of the town banker, even treated him as one of her families.

    Jimmy also sent his old friend a letter, sharing his simple but happy new life. Never did Jimmy want anything but an honest life.

    The next day, Jimmy planned to give away his bag of burglar's tools to a nearby repairman.

    Before that, he was invited to the bank of the Adams to see Mr. Adams's favourite huge safe. While the banker was explaining, Susan's younger sisters, Mary and Jenny, were playing in it.

    Suddenly there was a loud scream. Little Mary had closed the door of the safe with Jenny inside. Mr Adams failed to open it several times, crying, "The door can't be opened!" Susan turned to Jimmy, her large eyes full of pain, but with some hope, too. Jimmy stared at her, with a strange smile on his face.

    Then Jimmy set his bag on the table and opened it, showing his burglar's tools. In ten minutes, he had the door open. Jenny ran into her mother's arms. After that, Jimmy walked towards the front door alone. A big man stood in his way. It was Ben.

    "Hello, Ben!" smiled Jimmy. "Well, let's go."

    "I don't know you. "Ben turned and walked slowly down the street.

One day,there was a youngman traveling on a bus. He felt thirsty and got off at a station in search of water. However, before he got back to the bus, it had left. The man decided to find a place for a day's stay. He went to the nearby hotels to ask for a room but found none.

At last he reached a small house. He asked the owner of the house whether he could stay in her house for a day. The owner agreed. On that day the owner served him food and gave him a room to stay in, but did not ask for or expect anything in return.

At night when it was about eight o'clock, the gentleman heard a knock at the door. The owner opened the door. A well-dressed man entered and asked the owner to pay.

The gentleman came to know that the owner was in need of money. The next morning he left some money and a note on the table in the room and left.

Soon the owner saw the money. Beside the money, there was a note. It said, "You helped me but did not expect anything from me. Yesterday I heard the conversation between you and the stranger and come to know that you were in need of money. This is what you need."

Last winter holiday I was so crazy about watching videos on the Internet that I spent too much time on it. "Miriam, why don't you read books?" My mother , but I refused.

One day my mother said to me, "Miriam, you're in dancing. I know you learn to dance all by . Each dance needs perfecting moves and you make it. Could you please teach me to do one of the dances?" I agreed and we began to . We've been together for hours. At that time I was away my phone and losing myself in dancing with mother. I felt like she was a dancer and we both wanted to get this right. She shared the feelings filled me with such joy. I really felt the deep love from her.

The next day, we had a talk. I realized although a phone provided me with information and connection, long-time use of it is for my eyes and even my brain. To protect my eyes and make sure I can give more attention to my study, I should myself out of the screen. With my mother's , I spent more time dancing, reading and exercising with my family or friends.

It's very important for us to learn to control ourselves. Let's put down our phones and do what we need to do.

On a sunny day, Mother Cat is playing with her daughters in the park. Later, they are 1, so Mother Cat takes them out to look for food. She finds a 2tree. Mother Cat wants her daughters to 3some bananas on the tree. But no one wants to do it. Mother Cat has to do it herself.

Some 4later, she gets a lot of bananas. She says to her children, "Who would like to take these bananas to 5house?" No one wants to do it. So she takes the bananas home herself.

When she gets home, she says, "Who can help to make6salad?" Her daughters all say, "Sorry, Mom, we are not 7. " After she makes the salad, she says to 8, "Who wants to eat the salad？""I will, Mom!" They all say. "No, you can't 9you don't do anything before I make the salad. You must 10"No pains, no gains. "(不劳无获) Then she eats the salad herself.

Every day Farid went out to dive for oysters with a group of young men. Zaki, his 12—year—old brother, was angry being treated as a child. Zaki asked Farid to go along, but Farid always refused because 1 was too small.

So every day Zaki would go to the shallow water to practice. All morning, Zaki would practice 2 beneath the waves. Every afternoon, again and again he would go underwater and hold his breath. With each day's practice, his diving improved3 he could hold his breath a little while longer. Soon Zaki felt as much at home in the water as he did out of it.

He 4early the next morning. Even so, he had to hurry to catch up with his brother who was 5 on the beach. He wanted to compete with his brother. "Farid!" called Zaki. "If I can hold my breath under the water longer than you, 6  me to dive. " The group of men around Farid grew mad as Zaki spoke.

Farid looked amused. "What happens when you lose?"

Hearing the word, Zaki got 7 , "I won't!"

Farid looked surprised but agreed. That was his only 8 . They walked out into the sea until it was  9 enough and dived into it. Zaki opened his eyes and found Farid was smiling. He knew Farid wasn't expecting any serious  10. Farid was smiling with confidence.

11 , the smile turned into a worried look. Farid was realizing that Zaki could possibly beat him. As more seconds passed, huge pain was showing on Farid's face. But when looking into Farid's eyes, Zaki suddenly 12 what losing meant to his brother. He would be laughed at for losing to a child. Almost without thinking, Zaki kicked his feet and rose to the surface of the water 13 Farid's head appeared beside him.  14 on the beach cheered for Farid. Farid, however, put his arms around Zaki's shoulders. "Today," Farid announced, "we shall have a new diver among us. " Then quietly for Zaki's ears alone, he said, "Thanks, my brother. " Zaki knew they both learned it takes more than  15 to make a man.

Cassandra Naud is very hot on the Internet these days. She is a good1and she was born with a brown birthmark (胎记) under her right eye. It covers a large part of her face so it is very easy to be2. His parents were given a chance to remove the birthmark right after her birth. But they were3about that it might be dangerous for her, so they refused to put baby Cassandra under the4just for meeting the aesthetic (审美的) needs of public.

Cassandra experienced a 5 childhood in primary school though she had the great love of her parents. Her schoolmates often  6 her because of her birthmark. She was heartbroken with what they said and had to  7 in corners and fight back tears. She was even afraid of how she would be treated  8 she went to high school.

At the age of 13, she took an important 9 to change her life. She told her parents she wanted to have her birthmark removed. They were 10 that but they chose to understand her and respect her decision. So they 11 invited a great doctor to operate on her. The doctor said that if she had the operation, there would be the 12 of being left with a lazy eye. After knowing this, she decided to keep her birthmark, and tried to find out the 13 side of it.

Cassandra dreamed of being an excellent dancer. She realised that the birthmark would make 14 more memorable and popular among the dancers. From then on, she began to 15 her birthmark, instead of trying to hide it, and she also learnt to face the world with bright smiles.

Cassandra Naud is very hot on the Internet these days. She is a good 1and she was born with a brown birthmark under her right eye. It covers a large part of her face so it is very easy to be2. His parents were given choices to remove the birthmark right after her birth. But they were 3 about that it might be dangerous for her，so they refused to put the baby Cassandra under the4just for meeting the aesthetic(审美的)needs of public.

Cassandra experienced a 5childhood in primary school though she had the great love of her parents. Her schoolmates often6her because of her birthmark. She was heartbroken with their words and had to 7 in corners and fight back tears. She was even afraid of how she would be treated8she went to high school.

At the age of 13, she took an important9 to change her life. She told her parents she wanted to have her birthmark removed. They were 10 that but they chose to understand her and respect her decision. So they 11 invited a great doctor to operate on her. The doctor said that if she had the operation, there would be the12 of being left with a lazy eye. After knowing this, she decided to keep her birthmark, and tried to focus on the 13 side of it.

Cassandra dreamed of being a dancer and she14that the birthmark would make her memorable in the world of entertainment. From then on, she began to15her birthmark, instead of trying to hide it, and she also learnt to be proud of herself.

March 5 is a special day for Chinese people because of the name—Lei Feng. Lei Feng was an ordinary young soldier. His only goal was to serve the people. He was born in 1940 in Changsha, Hunan and died at the age of 22 because of an unfortunate accident. In 1963, Chairman Mao Zedong designated the day as "Learn From Lei Feng Day".

Most people born in the 1960s or 1970s admire Lei Feng and regard him as a good example to follow. What about young people today? Do they still believe in Lei Feng and follow his spirit? The following examples may answer the question.

In 2011, 27-year-old Zhang Liangliang and his friends made a movie named Lei Feng Xia. In the movie, an ordinary guy tries to become a superhero by emulating（仿效）Lei Feng. Millions of people have seen the movie online.

"We can see great things from what Lei Feng did, even though they were just small things. It's our duty to learn from him. "said Li Huanyue, student from Wen Yuan Middle School.

With the development of society, learning from Lei Feng should be more realistic and modern. So Guangdong government announced the new slogan "do each other a favor". And in Changsha, Hunan, the slogan was also updated （更新）from "devote yourself to benefit others "to" do my duty".

Hi, friends. There is a new1in my neighborhood. The food there is very delicious.

My parents and I 2 having dinner there on the weekend. It only takes us three or four minutes 3 there. After dinner we often take a walk in Xiangfu Cultural (文化) 4near the restaurant and sometimes we 5. There is a big bookstore next to the restaurant.

The restaurant is also a great 6 to have big parties. I will have my 14th birthday party there next Friday. If you are 7, welcome to my party. You can find the restaurant 8. It's on Xiangfu West Road. You can take Metro Line 1, get off at Qingfeng Station and come out from Exit 1. It's only 9 walk to get to the restaurant. Oh, 10to tell you the name of the restaurant. It' Xihu Yu Gang.