Forty-two students and six teachers from a university in Fujian visited Minning town in Ningxia. They went to paint pictures on the walls of Yuanlong village to beautiful (美化) Minning town. It’s a way to show the friendship _______ Fujian and Minning.

One of the students called Daniel Liang thought Ningxia was a poor and cold place. His ideas on Ningxia didn’t change _______ he saw what happened in Minning. Minning wasn’t so _______ as he thought. People made the town a beautiful place in a short time all by _______. He felt lucky to be Chinese. “We decide _______ Minning more beautiful with our hands and mind. It is very meaningful!” He said.

“We found things were _______ than we had thought when we arrived here.” Another student added _______.

In 1996, Fujian began to help Ningxia improve better as a part of the country’s programs. They finished the programs last year, but the help didn’t end. Beautifying the town was one of their _______.

They believe there _______ less pollution in the town in the near future. “If we _______ hard together, Minning will be better and better.” A teacher from the university said.

Lillian Hanson, a college student, will graduate (毕业) in about two years. Mrs. Hanson is ________ her classmates because of her age. She is 73 years old!

After graduating from high school, Mrs. Hanson went to a bank to borrow (借) some money to pay for the ________ in the college. Unluckily, the banker didn’t ________. He didn’t think that a country girl like her should go to college. He thought she should be at home doing ________ or should work on the farm. Lillian could do nothing but go home and later took care of a family of nine children, one after another, for many years.

________, Mrs. Hanson didn’t forget the dream of getting higher education. When all of her children ________, she tried again and was successful at last. On her first day in class, Mrs. Hanson felt so excited that tears (眼泪) came to her eyes. All her classmates ________ her to give a talk about her dream. When she finished it, ________ stood up and gave a warm welcome to her.

Mrs. Hanson found that it was not ________ for her to sit in class for a long time at her age. But she said, “I will keep trying and never give up.”

Mrs. Hanson set a good ________ of “never too old to learn” to us. We should learn from her.

The Happy School Sports Day this year will start on Saturday, November 26th at Sunshine Stadium (运动场). Here are some tips.

Each event will have four competitions, one for girls, one for boys, one for older students and one for younger students.

If you want to take part in any of the events, you should tell Mr. Brown. He will be in the school gym from 2:30 p.m.to 4:30 p.m. Monday—Friday next week.

All the students should come to the stadium on time. Teachers will put down the names at the stadium gate as students arrive. Students who don’t take part in it must bring a letter from their parents to tell why.

Hope you can enjoy this year’s Sports Day!

Because of the COVID-19, many zoos are having hard times. Luckily, there are new ways for them to raise (募集) money, such as having animal shows online, selling cultural products (文化产品), making animal stars and adopting animals online (云认养).

For Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo, online adoption is one of the ways to get help to get through hard times. People from all over the world can pay to adopt their favourite animals. The zoo will use the money to buy food for its animals and pay for their medical care. If someone adopts an animal, they can get a certificate (证书) and learn about the animal’s daily life online. They can go to the zoo for free, have the chance to feed the animal and clean its living space.

Animals like elephants, golden monkeys, koalas and tigers are all on the adoption list. Each animal has its own introduction. You can see its photo and know about its age and living habits.

Online adoption makes people think about how a zoo works. Modern zoos are no longer places for visitors to see animals but places to teach people how to protect (保护) animals.

Do you know Nick Vujicic? He was     46     unlucky man from Australia. He was born     47     arms or legs. Life was hard for him. With his mother’s help, he learned to write with his toes (脚趾) at the age of 6. At school, many students laughed at him. He seemed unhappy because he had     48     friends. When he was 13, he read a newspaper about a famous man.     49     the man was disabled (有残疾的), he was able to do a lot of great things by himself. He even tried     50     best to help others. Soon he knew     51     to do in life. He believed     52     was impossible. At the age of 17, he started to give talks to help disabled people. In his talks, he told     53     and shared his own experience. Because of him, many disabled people understand that they are helpful to the world.

Now Nick is one of the     54     speakers in the world. He     55     to other countries and gives talks to make people become happier and enjoy their life.