Li Fang is my desk mate. She is a top student in our class. She doesn't talk too much but she is kind and1.She thinks helping others makes her happy.

    Once I was asked to read a text in an English class. I pronounced some 2 in such a bad way that my 3 laughed at me. After that, I felt so helpless that I wanted to give up English.

    When she knew this, Li Fang helped me and encouraged me to 4 more. With her help, I'm not 5of making mistakes now and has improved my English a lot.

    I feel very proud and lucky to have such a good desk mate.

    Grandma Kong is from the western countryside of China. She has spent nearly 1years adopting(收养）and raising abandoned（被遗弃的）children. She gives them food to eat and sends them to school to get an2.

    Kong first adopted an abandoned child in the 1970s. She found she couldn't stop there. Though in poor health, the kind woman 3 adopting abandoned children and raising them as her own. Over the last 48 years, she has adopted over 40 children. 4of them have grown up and become doctors or lawyers.

    It costs Kong a lot to raise so many children. There were times she couldn't put enough 5on the table. She chose to leave home to look for leftovers（残羹剩饭）in the rubbish. To her great 6, things got much better with time. Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their 7brothers and sisters.

    Kong always believes that education is the best way to get out of poverty（贫穷）, 8she makes sure that all her children go to school. She said, "I told my children that it was quite 9 for them to study hard and that it was their only chance to change their lives."

    Kong's story has 10 thousands of people's hearts. Many of them say she is a great mother and a good example to follow.

    Kevin White is an 8-year-old boy from Salt Lake City. He started school two years ago but he has1been able to ride the school bus with the other kids. Because of a serious illness, he needs2 care even on the way to school. His parents drive him to 3each day.

    When he heard that a service dog could allow him to ride the bus, he4to get one at once. However, his family didn't have that much5.So Kevin came up with an idea to raise money by selling6.

    After Kevin told his father what he7, his father helped him grow vegetables in their yard. To let people know about Kevin's8 , on September 26, Kevin's dad wrote9article online, telling people what happened to Kevin and10he wanted to do. The story touched many people's hearts11they wanted to lend Kevin a hand. In just a few weeks, Kevin's vegetables were12. People even began giving13 own vegetables to Kevin to sell.

    With the help of others, Kevin has 14over 21, 000 dollars in all. Kevin said he would use the money to buy a service dog and give the money left15other children in need.

    One day, a Chinese student 1 Sun Huangqiang went to study English in England. His 2  name was the same as the English word “sun”

    England is a country with 3 weather. It is often cloudy or misty(雾), and it rains very often, so the people there don't get much 4 in the whole year.

    When the Chinese student 5 London, a tall English policeman 6 a long face opened his passport (护照)to check it. The policeman was7 in the Chinese name “sun” in the passport. He thought it was pronounced(发音)just like the English word “sun”, so he said to the Chinese student,'' I see your name is Sun. You are wanted here,” The Chinese student was quite 8. But the policeman began to smile 9 a moment,” Mr Sun, you're bringing sunshine to England, so we don't want you 10 away. ”

    Tom was sitting in his English class. It was a hot afternoon and he was feeling sleepy. It was a grammar lesson and Tom was so bored. He 1 grammar. He wanted to leave school and work. Tom looked out of the 2. He looked at the trees and flowers. Then he started day-dreaming.

    After ten minutes the teacher stopped 3. He asked the students to do a grammar exercise in their books. The students took out _4 exercise books and pencils and they started writing. The teacher looked at Tom. He saw that he wasn't writing so he said, "5 aren't you writing, Tom?"

    "What, sir?" Tom said.

    "6, Tom!" the teacher said. "Why aren't you writing?"

    Tom thought for a moment and replied, "I got no pencil."

    The teacher looked7 Tom and said, "You got no pencil? You mean you don't have a pencil"

    Tom didn't understand the English teacher 8 he said, "Sorry, sir?"

    The teacher said in a (n) 9 voice, "I don't have a pencil. He doesn't have a pencil. She doesn't have a pencil. We don't have pencils. They don't have pencils. Now, Tom, do you understand?" Tom looked at the teacher for a moment and then he said, "My goodness! What happened to all the 10 sir? "

    Then Divya went to school and 3 the delicious cake all that day. That 4, her elder brother, Dhruv came home with his friend. Mummy had gone to the market and he 5 a plate full of freshly made cakes. He decided to give his friend a treat and within minutes the plate was 6!

    Just then Mummy rang up and told him the cakes were made especially(特别)for Divya. Hearing this, Dhruv was very 7 . Soon he got a “god” 8 . He put his pet on the plate and placed a lid(盖子)over it. Then he left home with his friend.

    Divya got home in the evening, excitedly went into the kitchen and opened the plate. A pair of eyes stared (叮着看)at her. Four-year-old Divya was 9. She went to her mother and asked, “Mummy, do your 10 have eyes?”

    “Certainly not,” said Mummy. “Go on and 11 the cake!” This time when Divya went and lifted(举起)the lid, a frog(青蛙)jumped right at her! The little girl jumped back in fear(害怕)and went crying to her mother. She told her mother about the frog and they 12 for Dhruv to get back that night. However(然而), 13 Dhruv came back, his 14 first said sorry to him for what she had said on the phone. Then Dhruv realized his mistake(认识错误)and said 15 to Divya.

The next day Mummy made some more chocolate cakes and this time little Divya had her full!

    One day a rich man met Tom. The rich man asked, “I hear you are very clever and 1 is difficult for you. Can you tell me why you are so clever?”

    Tom answered with 2,”Oh, I am not clever. Instead, you are too foolish(感查的). ”The rich man became 3 .

    Tom said,” Sir, please 4 unhappy. If you don't agree 5 what I said, now let me 6 you a very easy question; If you have a group of sheep, I send you 7 group. Then, you say, how many groups of sheep do you have?”

    “Why! That's the easiest question in the world. One and one is two. 8 knows that. I have two groups of sheep, of course. ”

Tom laughed and laughed and said,” You are quite 9, sir. Two groups of sheep put together is still one group. That's the 10 question in the world, isn't it?'

    John is a famous writer now. But he said that he was not a1 student when he was young. He was often late for 2  and didn't like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn't understand(理解)much, 3 he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher 4 the students a question, “When Jack was ten years old, 5 brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and 6 is his brother Bob?” John said, “That's easy. Bob is twice as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.
    Another time, the7 in a science class asked, "when it thunders 8 do we always see the light before we  9the sound?”

     “But, Miss,” said John quickly,” don't you 10 our eyes are in front of our ears?”

On a cold afternoon in winter, Robert was walking on the bridge. He looked down at the river below. There was hardly any 1 on the river. Near the bridge, however, 2 was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it.

    Robert was not 3 many clothes, so he was going home when he heard a cry, ''Help!” He looked down and saw the boy was 4 the water and his canoe was far away.

    Robert was a good 5. Taking off his clothes, he jumped into the river. The 6 water made him tremble(颤抖)all over. Soon he 7 the boy and started to swim towards the river bank. Just then he saw a motor boat under the bridge. There were some people on it, all 8 in his direction(朝着他的方向). Robert 9 to swim towards the boat.

    “Help 10, ” he shouted as he got near the boat. 11 hurried up into a row of paces(步). “Why?” he thought. “They look so 12. ” Quietly they helped the boy into the boat. But they did not do more to 13 Robert.

“Aren't you going to pull me 14, too?” Robert asked.

    “You!” said one of the men, who was standing next to a large camera. ”Why, we were making a film and you spoiled(破坏)the whole afternoon's work! You can 15 in the water. ”

    What would the world be like if cars could drive themselves? Imagine seeing an empty car passing by on its way to pick up its owner, or a car full of passengers who are reading, listening to music or even sleeping. But none of them are worried about the road ahead.

    Well, all of this could be the future of driving. There are several companies, including Google, working on driverless (无人驾驶) cars. These cars are now in testing (测试). If the tests are successful, these self-driving cars can be used very soon. But how is it possible for a car to drive itself?

    Some cars already have many features (特点) allowing them to take the place of drivers during certain situations. Some features include cars being able to park themselves, or slow down when they discover objects close by. They can also control the speed (速度) if there are dangerous conditions, such as snow or wet roads.

    Other features have also changed the way drivers deal with some situations. Scientists believe, with the help of wireless signals (无线信号), cameras and GPS, making a safe self-driving car can be possible. The cause of serious road accidents is usually careless driving or dangerous conditions. The self-driving car may be able to prevent (阻止) these. However, some people do not like the idea. American lawyer White Drake, for example, doesn't believe these cars are safe. He thinks that technology can also make mistakes.