Once there were two kingdoms on the Earth: the bread kingdom and the butter kingdom. The1of the two kingdoms were great friends. One day, a visitor Aurora from another planet2the Earth. She first visited the bread kingdom and ate the bread in the kingdom. She3the bread so much, and she told the bread king that his bread was the sweetest thing that she has4tasted. The bread king was very5about this.
Then, Aurora went to the butter kingdom. She ate the butter in the kingdom and she thought the butter was the most delicious food too. Aurora said, "I'll go back to my planet and tell people about your6food."
However, after hearing Aurora's good7, the two kings grew jealous（嫉妒的）of each other. Later, they started a8. When Aurora came to the Earth again, she felt sad about the war（战争）. She decided to9this war "I have a good idea! Bread can be cut into pieces, and then butter can be put between two pieces. What do you think?" Both kings10with this idea.
From that day on, their "butter bread" became very popular. People from different countries all came to enjoy the most delicious food!
My daughter Mary is seven. She has had all kinds of soft toys since she was a（n）1. She plays with the toys almost every day.
Mary had a bad habit. She often left her toys2. This gave me much trouble in picking them up and putting them in their3places.
One day, Mary and I went out into our garden to4an hour in the fresh air. I took my work with me. Mary ran about and played with Dash, her pet dog, and was having fun.
Then,5a corner of the garden, Mary saw her favorite toy bear, dirty and6. She knew that Dash did this. She got angry and showed the toy bear to me.
I asked," You left the toy bear outside in the garden last time, right?"
Mary had to answer," Yes, Mom."
"Then you shouldn't blame （责备） the dog. I hope this will teach you a7. That is, always8your toys when you have finished playing with them."
"I will try9best," said Mary.
"OK, then I'll mend （修补） the toy bear as10as I can."
Hearing this, Mary smiled widely.
A: Hi, Robert!
B: I'm reading Tom Sawyer.
A: Oh, this is the book our teacher asked us to read last week.
B: Right.
A: Yes. I finished reading it the day before yesterday.
B: I've just finished reading half of it. I think it's really interesting.
A: Yes. Most of our classmates like it very much.
B:
A: No, I haven't. But I've done the most difficult part of the book report.
B: Great.
A: Yes, we must finish the book report by next Monday.
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A. Where are you? B. What are you doing? C. Wow, you read so fast. D. I think I should hurry up. E. How do you like the book? F. Have you finished reading it yet? G. Have you finished the book report? |
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The 8th Art-School Dance Show! The school is holding the 8th Art﹣School Dance Show for grades 9—11 on July 19th at Art Center, Bank Road at 9: 00 a. m. All students are welcome to try out for the show at the audition（试演）. It will be held on July 8th at 9: 00 a. m. in the school's Central Hall. |
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North Hill Field Day! Dear parents, On Friday, July 14th, we'll hold our North Hill Field Day. It will be a day of laughs and lots of fun. Be sure to tell your children to bring cameras and take pictures. The purpose（目的） |
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I'm Bob. My aunt Julia is 38 years old. She's nice and good at singing. She often comes to visit me. The visiting part is okay. I don't like the leaving part. She can't walk out the door without giving me several kisses（吻） on my face. I always think of ways of running away from her but they never work.
Once Aunt Julia said," Well, I have to go now." I hid in my treehouse. I was speechless when I've known that a woman of her age could climb a tree! As usual, she kissed me all over the face.
Last Saturday she came to visit me. I had a good plan before she left. I ran to my mother's bedroom and then drew some spots（斑点） on my face with her purple lipstick（口红）. Then I said, please don't kiss me. Maybe I have some kind of skin disease（皮肤病）. "
"Oh, dear, let Aunt Julia kiss all those spots away." Then she gave me a kiss for every spot on my face!
At that moment, I knew she really loved me. I kissed her back and said," I love you
Once an old woman named Mrs. Brown lived in a village. She had an apple tree. There were many white flowers and golden apples on the tree. People in the village called it the Sun Tree.
Soon the king heard about the Sun Tree. He wanted it, so he went to Mrs. Brown's house. Mrs. Brown didn't want him to take her tree away. She gave the king a seed（种子）. The king told a farmer to plant it in his garden
The king went again to Mrs. Brown's house to take the tree away. She was sad and asked the king if she could keep one of the seeds. The king said yes. Soon the tree in the king's garden died, but the new Sun Tree grew in Mrs. Brown's house.
This time, the king decided to take Mrs. Brown's house together with the tree, so he asked her to move out. She asked the king if she could have a seed
The king moved into Mrs. Brown's house. One day he and his son went to see the Sun Tree. Guess what? They saw the tree walking! The Sun Tree walked to Mrs. Brown's new house.
This time, the king didn't get the tree. He knew not everything in his land was his.
Fraser Island（费沙岛） is in Queensland, Australia, it's the largest sand island in the world. There's no airport on the island, but there's a long beach.
The sand makes unusual shapes. There are hills made of sand. Nothing grows on them. They move one or two meters a year from the northwest towards the southeast of the island, getting bigger and bigger. What's more, the sandy rocks there have different colors. Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown
Surprisingly, the sandy island has lots of plants and animals. There are dark forests, beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes. There are many kinds of birds. There are many animals there, such as flying foxes and wild dogs.
About 500, 000 people visit the island every year to enjoy the beauty there. People enjoy camping and walking there. Unluckily, they also bring some problems. They hurt plants and animals. The rubbish makes the water dirty. So it's necessary to stop visitors using motorboats（摩托艇）（官方的） papers to drive there.
There once was a sick child named John. All the doctors said he wouldn't live long. John spent long days in the hospital, upset, until one day（小丑） saw him and gave him a bag. "Do you know the heaven（天堂） for sick children?" he asked. John shook his head.
"It's much better than the heaven for others. To get there, you should fill the bag with good things. " He told John an angel（天使） would come
That day, John gave his mother the best smiles. He wrote on a piece of paper," Mom smiled today. " And he put the piece of paper in the bag. The next morning, John ran to see the bag. A real ticket to heaven! John was really happy. He spent the rest of that day helping others and playing with other sick children. And for every one of those things, he put a piece of paper in his bag.
Every day, John woke up and found his new tickets to heaven. He felt great and kept getting a lot more. Soon John became the most beloved child at the hospital, and he became healthy slowly. Nobody knew how it happened
Once there was an honest milkman（送奶工） named Deenu. He treated every person kindly, but sometimes he got cheated. "He felt very sad.
One evening, after selling milk, he met a wise man and said, but there are so many bad people who only care about themselves. What can I do?"
The wise man smiled and said," I can see that you're a good man. Answer a few questions first. Did you smile at all the customers who came to buy your milk today?"
"Sometimes, but not all." Deenu replied.
"When you smiled, did they smile back?" the man asked.
"Yes, they were very nice people."
"For those people you didn't like, did you show them a smile first?"
"Not really—why should I?" Deenu asked.
"What if you gave them a smile as well?"
"Well. they. . . they might smile back, " Deenu said.
"That's it. If you really want to do something for the world, you can start with yourself. You can't decide how other people act, but you can decide what you do." the wise man said.
