A bird went to look for its happiness in a faraway place.

It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little dying flower, whose face was full of smile. Not knowing why, the bird asked the little flower, “You’re going to die. Why are you still so _______?”

“Because I will achieve my dream,” said the little flower.

“_______ is your dream?”

“To produce sweet fruit.”

Then the little bird saw it: happiness is a _______ in the heart.

The bird continued flying and saw a lame duck help a little duck find the way back home. Although it was disabled, it had a smiling face.

“I’m happy because I can help _______,” said the lame duck.

So the bird saw it: happiness is a love in the heart.

The bird kept flying and suddenly saw a spider climbing up a wall. The spider fell off the wall halfway. _______ it kept climbing again and fell off again. Even so, the spider didn’t _______. The little bird asked the spider in surprise. “You _______ again and again, why don’t you have pain but happiness on your face?”

“As long as I keep making my _________, I’m able to climb up it. _______ this, I’m so happy,” said the spider.

The little bird saw it: happiness is a faith (信念) in the heart.

So the little bird __________ looked for happiness because it had seen the truth: happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart.

Mr.Smith is fifty years old.He began to teach in a middle school twenty-six years ago.He works hard and always comes to his office on time.He expects his students to be honest and is strict with them.Some of his students become famous people,but they still remember him and often write to him.Of course the old man is proud of it.

This term he began to teach Grade One.Some of the new students were told about him,but the others didn’t know him well.He told them how to be an honest person.He gave them several examples and said,“I hate telling a lie most.”

Before class was over,he told all his students to finish Exercise 8 in Unit 1.The next morning,as soon as he came into the classroom,he asked,“Who’s finished Exercise 8?”

A few students put up their hands.He shook his head and said,“Open your workbooks and see whether there’s Exercise 8 in Unit 1 or not?”

The students had a look at their workbooks and their faces turned red at once.

I arrived in the UK last weekend to learn English. So far I have already made a few friends and had some traditional English food there. But after having three days of hamburgers, sandwiches and potatoes, I thought none could be more delicious than Chinese food , especially my favorite—huo guo. You can’t imagine how excited I was when I got to know that there was going to be a free meal of hotpot to welcome the new students. On the way to the canteen, I seemed to smell huo guo in the air.

To my surprise, when I went into the room I didn’t see any of huo guo. Where was it? With many questions in my mind, I sat down to have the free meal. After talking with an English girl, I got to know that Chinese huo guo is completely different from hotpot. Chinese huo guo is written in two words—hot pot, and hotpot, one word, is a traditional English dish.

Hotpot is made from mutton and onion. On the top are pieces of potatoes. People put it in the oven all day in a heavy pot on a low heat. It takes very little effort to prepare. You can often see it at parties in the UK because it’s easy to prepare for a large number of people and is not expensive.

Hotpot doesn’t taste bad. However, I still miss huo guo—hot pot, two words!

Mick Polly, an owner of a toy store, lives with his teenage daughter Carolina in Kentucky. He is known as the Bike Man. Over the past five years, Mick has built hundreds of bikes for needy kids.

One day in 2012, a 13-year-old boy with a broken bike walked by Mick’s house. “I was working in my garage(车库), and he asked if I could fix it,” says Mick, now 53.

The boy’s bike had a broken wheel. Mick sent a post(帖子) on Facebook, asking his friends if they had the needed part. One friend saw the post and gave away two used bikes. Mick took parts from each to build a new set of wheels for the boy.

Soon after, Mick repaired a bike for the boy’s brother and fixed one for his sister. Word spread, and during the year, he had fixed up lots of bikes for local kids whose parents were not able to afford new ones.

“People are throwing away bikes day and night,” says Mick.

Mick puts the bikes and bike parts in his garage. “I take off the good tires or the handlebars or the seats and use them,” he says.

Up to now, the bike man has repaired hundreds of bikes and given away nearly 700 newly repaired bikes. They’re free, but the kids must agree to two things: They have to learn how to put waste things to good use and they have to try their best to study in school.

If a kid’s grades are low, Mick requires a teacher’s note “saying that you’re doing your best,” Mick says. Mick also hopes the bikes will get kids off the sofa. “When I was growing up, we all rode our bikes,” he says. “Hopefully these kids can get some exercise.”

The Monkey King is the main character from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West.

The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey. In
73．, he sometimes does not even look like a monkey. This is
74． he can make seventy-two changes to his shape and size. That is to say, he can turn
75． into different animals and objects. But
76． he can hide his tail, he can’t become a man.

To
77． bad people, the Monkey King uses a magic stick. Sometimes he can make the stick so
78． that he can keep it in his ear. At other times, he is able to make it big and long.

Children all over the world love the Monkey King.

This Thursday, across the US, kids are going to work with their parents instead of going to school. They can help their parents do some cleaning, send e-mails and deal with other daily things. Because April 28 is Take Our Sons and Daughters to Work Day all over the US. This holiday shows kids what it means to be a grown-up in the working world.

I still remember when this day started, I was very happy. Not only did I have the chance to leave the school, but I also could sit in my dad’s taxi all day long and we would go to a restaurant for lunch.

      ▲       I couldn’t read my book in the car as I would get carsick(晕车) and my dad didn’t like to turn on the radio. I got hot and uncomfortable. People wouldn’t get into his taxi because they thought he already had a passenger: me—so nothing happened. It seemed years before we went out for lunch. In fact, I started to miss the school.

Although the purpose of the day is to give kids a chance to experience possible jobs in their futures, I got something completely different from the day. I learned to value school life. Where else can you play with your friends, do science experiments, read great books and write stories all in one day?

Just like you’ll have to learn to love your job later in life, learn to love school now. If you don’t, try spending the day at work with your dad.

假如你是某校九年级（1）班的学生，你校正在举行“Young Star Award”的评选活动，请你用英语写一篇短文，介绍你的同学李明，以供参评。内容要点如下：

I’m glad to hear the news that “Young Star Award” is going on in our school. I think Li Ming is the hot favorite for the award. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________