Do you     1     friends to your home? What will you do when you go to their homes? Let me tell you an interesting story.

One day, a fox asks a stork to     2     at his home. The stork is very happy because it’s the     3     time for her to go to the fox’s home. She always thinks that he doesn’t like her, so she gets to the fox’s home on time.

The fox takes her to the     4     and puts some soup (汤) in two shallow (浅的) bowls for both of them to have. Because the bowl is too shallow for the stork, she can’t have any of the soup. But the fox can have his soup easily and he     5     the stork.

The stork is very     6    , but she doesn’t tell the fox about that. After the difficult dinner, she     7     him for his dinner. The stork wants     8     the fox a lesson, so she says to the fox, “What about having dinner at my home tomorrow?”

She prepares soup too, but this time the soup is in two tall, narrow (狭窄的) vases (花瓶). It’s easy for her to get the soup from the vase. But it’s really not easy for the fox because his neck is so     9    . The fox knows what the stork wants to tell him very well. He knows he is not right.

In our life, we must think about our friends’ feelings and we must be     10     to them.

I am a middle school student. I am in Grade 8 now. My home is near our school. I am the student __________ to our school than any other student in our class. I have two good friends, Mike and Jack. Mike is 13 years old and Jack is 14 years old. I am as old _________ Mike. So Jack is one year __________ than Mike and me. But Mike is 1.7 meters high, and he is __________ than Jack and me. I am quieter than Mike. Jack is very __________ in our class, so he has many friends.

Yesterday we went __________. I wanted to buy a T-shirt. Mike and Jack wanted to buy sports __________. We went to a store. The things in it were very expensive. Mike bought a pair of sports shoes. They cost him $258. They were too __________! Then we went to another store. Clothes in this stores were cheaper than those in the _________ one. I bought a green T-shirt and Jack bought a pair of sports shoes. They cost us just about $150. Finally, we __________ home happily.

I have a pen friend. Her name is Alice. She is     1     America. She is twelve    2     old. She is a school girl. She says China is a friendly country. She wants to    3     Chinese friends. She wants to be a reporter     4    she likes to talk    5    people. She     6    likes to write stories. There     7     twenty students in her class. They come from different countries .They all can     8    English. They are learning Chinese now. Her parents are working in China. Her mother is a teacher in a middle school in Beijing. She     9     English. Her father is a doctor in a hospital. They have     10    Chinese friends. They all love China very much.

It was Sunday yesterday. The weather was warm. I had a great day. I went camping with my cousin. We saw a tiger. We ran back to my cousin’s house and     1     there. We decided     2     video games and watch TV. We saw a funny movie. We made a hamburger that was really good. We     3     relish, butter, tomatoes and lettuce on the hamburger. I enjoy     4     a day off. I     5     my grandparents with my father on my next day off.

An old man lived alone in his old house. He almost never went out. He wouldn’t     1     others.

One day, a little boy selling magazines knocked at the old man’s door. The door was     2     opened. “Uh, Sir, would you like to buy a magazine?” The old man didn’t say     3    . He just looked at the boy. The boy looked inside and saw lots of dog sculptures (雕塑品) on the table. “Do you     4     dogs?” the boy asked. “Yes, they are all my family.” Hearing this, the boy     5     and felt sorry for him. “I have a magazine here about dogs. It’s     6     for you.” The old man was ready to close the door and said, “No, I need no magazines.”

The boy had a dog sculpture which did not mean much to him.     7    , the boy returned with a box. The old man shouted this time, “I told you no magazines!” “I bring you a gift.” The boy opened the box     8     handed him the sculpture. The old man couldn’t believe his eyes because no one had given him a     9     before. From that day on, the old man started going     10     of his house often. He and the boy became good friends.

Shumei has many pen-friends around the world. She likes     1     to them and receiving their letters in return. She started writing to her     2     pen-friend when she was 10 years old. They have     3     writing to each other for two years now.

She enjoys writing to people from other countries because she finds it very     4     to learn more about those countries and the different things.

She hopes to visit her pen-friends some day, but she will continue writing to them and enjoying their friendship.

She will also try to look for pen-friends from other     5     such as Japan, China and France.

It’s hard when a best friend isn’t around. It maybe     1     you go to a new school. You may feel lonely（孤独的）    2     your free time. You want to have new     3    , but how do you do it?

Start by     4     around your classroom. Think about which kids you’d like to play with after class. Say “hi” to them, smile and be friendly. You may walk over to them and say “Can I play, too?” or just     5     them. Ask them to enjoy something or talk about something they are     6    . Say “Would you like to sit here?” in the school dining hall.

If you feel shy, ask     7     teachers to help you make new friends. Teachers are     8     good at matching up（匹配）friends. The     9     way to make friends is to be a friend.

Be kind, say nice things and help     10    . In this way, you’ll have new friends soon.