Once there was a poor boy who lived with his mother in India.

One day, mother asked the boy, “Would you like ________ from the market?” “More than anything else, I want a drum!” the boy said. Mother sold some potatoes at the ________, but there was still not enough money for a drum. ________, mother gave the boy a stick (棍，棒) she had found. The boy decided not to be ________. “Thank you,” he began to play with his new stick.

Next day, he saw his neighbour struggling to ________ a fire. “Please use my stick!” he said. To thank the boy, the woman gave him a large jug (罐). ________, he heard someone crying, “Water!” The boy ran to the well and filled his jug. The man drank and said, “I am a ________, but I lost my products.” “You can have my jug,” the boy offered. ________ his kindness, the boy got a horse. Then he rode the horse down the street and passed a group of men ________ under a tree. They looked worried. “What’s the matter?” asked the boy. A young man said, “I’m going to play for an important party, but if I ________ there, I will arrive late.” “You need this horse ________ I do!” he said. “Thank you for being so kind,” said one of the musicians. He handed the boy a beautiful ________. That was exactly ________ he wanted. The boy shouted with joy.

When he got home, the boy told his mother the whole story. “When you are ________, your good deeds (行为) come back to you,” mother said. It was a ________ the boy never forgot. And he knew sometimes a small act would make a big difference.

Tom just moved to a new neighborhood with his parents. He goes to school from Monday to Friday. At weekend, he likes watching different kinds of movies. There are many cinemas in Tom’s neighborhood.

Other information:

▲Of all the movie theaters, Baili Cinema has the most comfortable seats and the best sound.

▲If you want to enjoy the newest movies, Bona World is the best cinema.

▲Movie Town has the worst service, but it has the biggest screens.

Imagine a large open space with two teams running, throwing, passing and catching a disc, a thin flat round dish. It is called flying disc, the newest popular sport in young people in China. A research shows about 60% of people saying they like to make new friends through the sport. The Chinese Flying Disc Committee (委员会) says about 500,000 people in China played flying disc last year, producing over 8,000,000 yuan.

How did flying disc get such great popularity in China in a short time? First, it is a team sport. It helps everyone quickly get to know each other. Second, it is played with a flying disc, thrown by hand. It needs little or no body-touching so it helps avoid being angry and fighting. What’s more, this sport allows people to enjoy it without spending a lot of time learning about the rules or skills.

The growing popularity got attention of the Chinese government. In 2019, the Asia Flying Disc Game was held in Shanghai. It is the first world match in this sport held in China. In July 2022, the Chinese Flying Disc Committee decided China’s first flying disc game starting in August and the final match to be held in May next year. The sport will certainly have a bigger home market going forward.

Michael Todd wore the same clothes every day for the first three weeks of school. He was often laughed at, but there was little Todd could do. His mother didn’t have enough money to buy him new clothes.

Two of the kids laughing at Todd were Antwan Garret and Kristopher Graham, a pair of football players of their school. But over time, they realized that their words might hurt Todd.

“I feel like I need to do something,” Graham says. So he and Garret made a plan. They went home and looked over all over their own closets (橱柜). The next day at school, they met Todd in the classroom and asked him to come into the hall. Todd was worried about being called out by the boys.

“He wasn’t smiling or anything. ‘But I think this is going to make you smile.’” Graham says. “I told him, ‘We’re in the same class, and I am very sorry for laughing at you. I want to give something to you to make up for it.’” He then handed Todd a bag. Inside were clean shirts and shorts, and a pair of new sports shoes.

Todd was blown away. “I was very happy,” he says, “Surprised, completely.” And Todd got much more than a bag of new clothes. Now, he no longer sits alone at lunch. He eats with his new friends, Garrett and Graham.

Thinking back the day Garrett and Graham called him into the hall, Todd called it the best day of his whole life.