The Bird's Christmas Tree
It's a sun shining winter afternoon． In a small yard in Luss， Scotland， Kate and Effie（1） （tie） the baskets to the branches（树枝） of the Christmas tree and filling them with corns． The children （2） （work） busily but happily for many hours， making the little baskets for the birds．
Many birds come in． Some are eating， and others are dancing．
Even the pretty blue jay（蓝松鸦） （3） （forget） to be pretty． When he has eaten his fill， he is flying away， crying "Thanks， thanks!"
What a happy life the tree brings to the birds and the children! But two weeks ago， the tree （4） nearly （cut） into firewood．
Two weeks ago， the Christmas tree was once in the living room． Kate and Effie， and Sue and Tom， had a happy Christmas Day， for the tree was hung with gifts for them all．
One day， when the children （5） （play） games around the tree， John came and told them that he was going to carry it into the woodshed．
"What （6） you （do） with it， John？" the children asked．
"I want to cut it into firewood，" answered John．
"Oh， don't!" cried the children． "Our beautiful tree! Let us（7） （have）it a little longer!"
"What will you do with it？" asked John．
"We （8） （put） it in the yard and make a Christmas tree for the birds，" replied the children．
So John carried the fir tree into the yard． There it （9） （stand） in the white snow， spreading out its beautiful green branches．
"Now" cried Effie， "let us make some baskets （10） （fill） corns． Then we will tie them to the tree for the birds．"
What happened next？ As you can see at the beginning of the story， the birds are living happily． With the birds and the tree， the children are also very happy． It is hard to tell which are happier， the birds or the children． I believe the tree is the happiest of all．
Lisa Hawkins loves riding her BMX bike （极限单车）and her dream a is to go to the Olympics．
Lisa first got interested in BMX racing at the age of ten．Once she hired a bike for a pound and immediately（64） （fall） in love with the sport．"It was the best pound I ever spent，"she says．Lisa is only 16 but she already（65） （have） lots of success，and got first prize in a world BMX competition last year．BMX racing is quite a dangerous sport．But this didn't stop her（66） （want） to do more competition．Lisa exercises every
day．Like many sports people，she （67） （believe） in luck as well as hard work．
Many children love animals． And Willow Phelps is one of （1） （they ）． In fact， this American little girl not only loves animals， but she also has done really a lot for them． And （2） （连词） she did these kind things， she won the 2016 ASPCA（美国防止虐待动物协会） Kid of the Year．
Willow's （3） （ love） for animals started early． When she was about 3 years old， her family took in （4） （冠词）18﹣year﹣old cat． Under the care of Willow， the cat lived for another 3 years． After that， many old pets arrived in Willows home． So， Willow began to make plans to help more（5） （animal）．
With her mums help， Willow began running， swimming and even sewing（缝制）toys to（6） （raise）money for animals in need of help． In her young life， she has （7） （successful） completed the three projects． Finally， she raised ＄ 11，000． She also succeeded in （8） （stop） the use of live goldfish as prizes at her school party． And what she did for goldfish was （9） （notice）and rewarded （奖励） by the ASPCA．
I will continue to speak up for animals no matter how hard it is， "said Willow． Willow dreams of becoming an animal doctor （10） （介词）the future． Let's hope this little girl's dream will come true．
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There were many people on a bus． An old man（1） （look） here and there． He wanted to find（2） empty seat． Then he saw one and went to it． A small bag was on the seat． And a young man was beside it．
"Is this seat empty？" asked the old man．
"No， it's （3） an old woman． She went to buy some bananas，" said the young man．
"Well， let me sit here， please． I'll leave here when she（4） （come） back，" replied the old man．
After a few minutes， the bus started． "The old woman （5） （not come）， but her bag is here．Let me give her the bag．" Then the old man threw the bag out of the bus window．
The young man jumped up and shouted，"Don't throw! It's my bag!"
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Bullying （欺凌） is doing things to hurt other people．It is a serious problem at school．
Miah﹣now a 22﹣year old girl，still （61） （remember） how she was bullied in junior high school．"They kicked me，put sticks in my hair and took money from me．Even worse，I （62） （make） to eat rubbish．I will never （63） （forget） those moments．"
Miah is not the only case．I saw another bullying situation when I was a student．Some students bullied a handicapped （智力低下的） girl every day﹣hitting，pushing，and kicking her．They just enjoyed （64） （do） it．The girl didn't realize that people （65） （hurt） her．She couldn't even tell the teacher．The situation lasted for a long time．
Bullying at school is getting worse，so，many people （66） （try） to start
anti﹣bullying（反欺凌） programs．Students in many schools have already taken actions．They （67） （create） anti﹣bullying clubs．Many students have joined the clubs．They work with teachers to show students how to stop bullying．Some other programs have proved to be successful，too．
In Wales，two girls came up with an idea to stop bullying on the school bus．They created a bus pass （乘车证） and made four rules for students：no bullying，no swearing（骂脏话），no smoking and no shouting．Whenever a student broke a rule，he would get a mark on his pass．When a student had four marks，he wouldn't be allowed to take the bus anymore．The bus pass idea worked．It （68） （stop） bullying on the bus．
In Michigan，some students tried to stop bullying with friendship．They made DVDs．They gave the DVDs to students in their school （69） （ teach） them how to be good friends．This idea worked，too．After that，there was less bullying at their school．
School programs like these （70） （help） bullies learn to behave properly and
they can also help prevent school bullying．I think it will come to a stop if everyone does something．
Campbell Remess is a teenager from Australia． He has been sewing （裁缝）teddy bears for sick children for several years．
The story （1） （begin） in 2013 when Campbell was nine years old． He told his parents that he wanted to give Christmas gifts to children in hospitals． But his parents said no， because with nine children of their own， buying presents for sick children would just cost too much． The little boy didn't give up， however． He decided （2） （make）their presents by himself．
Campbell made his first teddy bear with his mother's sewing machine in his bedroom． It was hard for him as he had never done this before． He downloaded （下载） patterns from the Internet and learned how to make a teddy bear by （3） （watch） videos online． It took him five hours to finish his first teddy bear． He can now make a teddy bear in an hour． He has also started a project called "Project 365 b
y Campbell" in which he （4） （try） to make a teddy bear every day．
Young Campbell uses his pocket money to buy materials for making teddy bears． To make more pocket money， he helps his parents with housework whenever he is free． Sometimes， he also sells his teddy bears online （5） （raise）money for sick children． Many people （6） （encourage） by Campbell's story and they give away free materials to him．
Campbell （7） （give）away about 1， 300 teddy bears so far． He is now busy making this year's teddy bears． He said that he had never thought of stopping and he would keep putting smiles on people's faces．
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One day while a man（44） （walk） on a street corner，he saw a boy selling a number of small birds in a cage（笼子）
He looked at the birds flying about in the cage and trying to get out．He（45） （ stand） for some time looking at the birds．At last he said to the boy，"How much do you ask for your birds？""fifty cents a bird，sir"said the boy．"I （46） （ not mean） how much a bird．"said the man．"But how much for all of them？I expected（47） （buy） them all．"
The boy began to count，and found they came to five dollars"There is your money，"said the man．The boy took it happily．Then the man opened the cage door as quickly as he could，and let all the birds fly away．
The boy，in great surprise，cried，"What did you do that for，sir？You（48） （ lose） all your birds．"
"I （49） （ tell） you why I did it，"said the man．"I （50） （shut） up three years in a prison（监狱），and I decided never to see anything in prison which I can make free．"
When I was in the sixth grade，I joined a piano competition．I practiced for four hours every day and my piano teacher came three times a week （1） help me．Then the big day（2） （final）arrived．I was so （3） （nervous）when they called my name．I went up（4） started to play．（5） I was playing，everyone sat still and listened．I played the song without any （6） （mistake）．Then I waited for（7） （they）to call out the（8） （win）．When I（9） （hear）my name，my heart was beating so quickly I thought I would stop breathing．I couldn't believe it．I won!It was the（10） （happy）day of my life!
It's four o'clock in the afternoon．Some students（61） （talk） about the future．Here is one of their predictions．
I believe we will be able to live in the space．There（62） （be） many big clean hotels in the space．We can fly our rockets to the space hotel there．And also we （63） （play） sports and enjoy all kinds of interesting food in the sky．﹣John．
How does garlic（大蒜） grow？Hu Mengmeng，13，had been thinking about this question for a while． Last term， Hu （1） （get） her answer in her schools rooftop garden．
Hu's school， Tangwai Junior High School in Shanghai， set up a small garden on its teaching building's rooftop in 2015． Each term， students （2） （plant） one kind of vegetable． While taking care of them． They also do scientific experiments（实验）（3） （learn） more about vegetables．
Chen Yan， a 14﹣year﹣old girl， （4） （study）in this school for one year．Last year，she started to plant garlic with her teacher's help．She wondered how sunshine affected the growth of garlic．She put three pots of garlic in different places to get different amounts of sunlight．Then， she watched their growth every day． Later， she found that the garlic which got the most sunlight （5） （grow） best．
The garden （6） （turn） into a fun place two years ago．The students planted different types of vegetables in shapes， such as hearts， or squares in the garden． The different kinds of vegetables made the garden more colorful．
And that is not the end． Next year， they （7） （build） a robot to help with planting，"Students will work with our robot club to build more robots to help with watering． " Mr． Zhou， the school's science teacher said．
As we all know，the environment around us is getting worse and worse．Some chemical factories always pour（1） （废弃的）water into the（2） （河流）．And they also（3） （产生）terrible gas．In some places，some people even have no clean water to drink．So I think we must do something to protect the environment．
How to protect the environment？First，as a student，we should use cloth bags instead of（4） （塑料的）bags when we go shopping．（5） （第二），we'd better reuse the old textbooks as possible as we can．Third，we should never forget to turn off the lights when we leave the classrooms．In a word，we must try our best to protect our environment．I believe we can make the world a better place to live in．
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An old man went to India． When he got there， he saw some fruit for sale， but most of it was very
cheap． The （1） （cheap） thing was a basket of red fruit．
"How much per kilo？ " the old man （2） （ask）．
" Two rupees（卢比），" the shopkeeper answered．Two rupees in India is almost nothing，（3） the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it．
However， as soon as he started eating， his mouth began （4） （burn）， his eyes began to water，and his whole face became as red （5） the fruit． As he coughed and struggled to breathe， he jumped up and（6） ， screaming："Ah! Ah! Ah!"
And yet he continued to eat the fruit． Some people who were looking at him shook their（7） （head）and said， "You are crazy! Those are chili peppers（辣椒）! You can′t just eat them by the handful！"
The old man said to （8） （he）， "I paid for them， so I must eat them．"
This old man seemed pretty stupid． But are we so much smarter？ All of us have （9） （spend） money and time on something﹣ maybe a relationship， or a business， or a job﹣ and sometimes， even if
we know there's no hope that things will change， we still continue with it．
What we can learn （10） the old man is this： if you've lost a lot over something that doesn't work，let it go and move on． It's better than continuing to lose．
June 15，2018
This morning I took a bus to school． The traffic was （1） （busy） than usual and there were more people on the bus． At Xinhua Stop， I saw （2） old man get on the bus． He looked very weak． I stood （3） and gave my seat to him． He thanked me and asked me about my name and my school． We talked （4） （happy）．
Later in the （5） （three） class， Mr． Du came in and asked me to go to the front． I didn't know （6）w ， so I was a little afraid． Everyone was looking at me． Then he told （7） （they） what I did on the bus this morning． He （8） （know） it because he got a phone call from the old man． Mr． Du said I could be a good example to my （9） （classmate）． It was really a good day （10）f me! I was so proud．
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A Spring Morning
This spring morning in bed I'm lying，
Not to awake till the birds are crying．
After one night of wind and showers，
How many are the fallen flowers!
（Translated by Xu Yuanchong）
This poem （1） （write） by Meng Haoran （689﹣740）， who lived during the Tang Dynasty． It might be one of the（2） （famous） poems about spring in China． People like to read it（3） they wake up on a spring morning．
Meng didn't directly say how much he loved spring． Instead， he wrote about the details（细节） of the season： the birds， wind， rain showers and fallen flowers． His descriptions（描述） of these things showed （4） （we） the joy he felt during springtime．
Meng chose to write about the sounds of spring． These sounds allow readers （5） （picture） spring using their own imagination．
Do you play Ant Forest？ It is （1） online game on Alipay （支付宝）． Players （2） （collect） "energy" by doing something environmentally﹣friendly． They can grow and water （3） （they） own "trees" with the "energy"． （4） the "trees" are big enough， Alipay with some other companies will plant real trees in the desert （沙漠）area of China． Every year millions of trees （5） （plant） in this way．
This is part of China's tree﹣planting program． It hopes （6） （stop） the desert from becoming larger． Since 1978， China has planted over 66 billion trees （7） the north． It is known as "the Great Green Wall"．For example，Saihanba in Hebei Province was once a desert， （8） now it has become the biggest man﹣made forest in China．
"China is making the world much （9） （green） than before． It sets a good example and has many （10） （lesson） to share with the world，'' said the United Nations Environment Program．
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