Who is your deskmate? What does he or she look like? The following three students are talking about their first deskmate.

Once upon a time, there lived two brothers named Jim and Tim. Both of them showed great talents at an early age, and they did better than other kids around.

But as they grew up, they chose to use their talents in different ways. Jim tried his best to find a good job. He visited the most important people and places. Everyone thought that he would be the most successful person in the world.

But the other young man, Tim, was different. He always took a heavy responsibility (责任). He thought he should help others. He was always busy looking for ways to help others.

One day, bad things happened and they met many problems. Jim didn’t know what to do. But Tim always tried to solve all kinds of problems. He thought of some good ways and didn’t let the bad things affect (影响) the people in his town. From then on, he became more famous than Jim.

Jim then knew that best talents were not just for oneself. He learned from Tim that he should always help other people.

I went on vacation with my family last summer. We stayed in a house near the sea. “Wake up! It’s time to go fishing.” My mom woke me up. After having breakfast we got on a boat. It was really nice because there were only a few people. Getting up at 6 a. m. was really annoying and I wasn’t happy, but later, I had fun.

My uncle caught a big fish first. And my mom caught one, too. Next I caught a black drum(多须石首鱼). It was very heavy and it was difficult for me to take it. Then, my dad caught a big fish. The captain(船长) said no one caught a big fish like that one. We were all happy when we heard that. Later we tried to catch small ribbon fish(带鱼). My grandpa caught one, but it snapped the line(咬断绳子). My uncle caught one, but it also snapped the line. My dad caught one at last. It didn’t look so scary and was a little funny.

Finally our fishing activity was over, and we went back with all the fishes. We were tired but happy!

With a round face, short hair and a big nose, my dad is a hardworking worker in a factory in Beijing. He is very serious, but I know that everything he does is for the benefit of our family. He likes playing football, just like me. We always talk about football and play it together on weekends.

A few days ago, something interesting happened at home. It was a sunny Sunday and my dad didn’t go to work. After lunch, my dad was asleep and I felt a little bit bored. Suddenly, I had a funny idea. I decided to draw on my dad’s face while he was sleeping to surprise him and make him laugh.

I slowly drew on his face with my yellow, blue, red and green pens. It took me about 10 minutes to finish my dad’s “makeup”, but it didn’t wake him up.

Then I went back into the living room and pretend (假装) to watch TV. About half an hour later, my dad woke up, looked at himself in the mirror and asked me, “Am I the coolest Dad in the world?” It really made me laugh. Fathers don’t necessarily have to be serious all the time.

Now I live at school, and I really miss the little tricks (把戏) I like to play on him. Fathers play important roles in our mental development. To kids, the name of father is another name for love.

As the old saying goes, “________”

Sitting in front of the television is probably relaxing, but spending too much time in front of it may take years off your life. Watching less television may help you live a much longer life.

Australian researchers (研究者) studied more than 11, 000 people over the age of 25. Their study showed that if people watched TV for six hours a day, they lived about 4.8 years less than those who didn’t watch any television. Also, people who are over the age of 25 lose 22 minutes of life for every hour of TV that they watch.

Sitting in front of television isn’t healthy. The more TV you watch, the less exercise you’ll get. And the less exercise you get, the more likely it is that you’ll be ill.

Lennert Veerman, the researcher who led the study, says watching too much TV will influence (影响) people’s life expectancies (预期的寿命), even for people who have a good eating habit. He thinks it’s time for doctors to start asking their patients (病人) about how much TV they watch, as it can be indicator (指标) of their health.

As a result, Veerman has called on people to turn off their TV and get off the sofa to get some exercise. “Exercise is good,” He said, “Even light activity is good for healthy.”

阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从短文后各题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

My grandparents had five children. Aunt Pat was the ________. Her brothers and sisters liked the little sister very much.

My aunt Pat was very close to my mother ________ my mother cared about her more. She bought my mother presents every holiday. They ________ everything they had. In the evening, they always had long ________ on the phone.

At the age of 20, Aunt Pat got her first ________ in a middle school. She ________ English and was good with her students. She was very ________ in the school. But Aunt Pat didn’t like the job. She ________ almost all her free time traveling. Five years later, she left and became a ________ because she was ________ in writing.

I ________ Aunt Pat for the first time when I was 8. She had no children ________ she loved children very much. My mother thought it would be better for Aunt Pat to live with a ________. Just as my mother thought, Aunt Pat tried her best to make me live ________. I had the best time in life with her.

Unluckily, Aunt Pat ________ her life in a car accident. I’ll never forget my kind and friendly aunt.