3 . “Todd? Could you please give me a hand?” Todd’s mum asked.

“Yes, Mum?” Todd looked up from his Lego toys.

“I’ve ________ some biscuits from an old lady. Here’s her address. Could you help bring them back?”

Todd agreed and left for the bus stop. When he got to the lady’s home, he ________ the door. After a while, a kind old lady opened the door with a smile on her face. Todd told her the ________ for his coming. Then the old lady went inside and came out with a bag. After ________ the old lady, Todd waved goodbye and rushed back home. While walking to the bus stop. he noticed a thin little girl who was sitting against a wall. She was pretty but her clothes were ________. Beside her an elderly lady who was also dirty and thin was sleeping on a piece of cardboard. Todd felt ________ the two of them and he wanted to do something.

Pulling out his wallet, he realized that he had ________ money, so he looked into the bag he had got from the old lady. Inside were several boxes of biscuits. He thought for a moment, then pulled out a box and ________ it to the little girl. She looked at him in ________ and he just smiled at her.

As Todd walked off, he knew that he might be scolded (责骂) by his mum. However, he did not mind ________ he knew he had done something good.

Hello, boys and girls! Today I’m glad     1     talk about help here. As we all know,     2     is very important（重要的）to help each other.

We should help our classmates when they need help. This can develop（增强）our friendship. We should give them     3     hand when some old people want to cross（穿过）the road. We help them and we will feel（感到）happy. At home, we should help our moms and dads do some housework（家务活）. They will be happy and we will be happy     4     the same time.

Here is an English saying: helping others     5     helping ourselves（我们自己）. When we need help, other people will give us a hand, too.

8 . Liu Ying went home after school yesterday. ____ her way home, she found a backpack on the ground. She looked around and didn’t see ____. She picked it up. “Whose backpack is it?” she thought, “The ____ must be very ____ when he finds it lost.” She opened it and tried ____ something that could give her information about the owner. She found a hair band in it, so she thought the owner ____ be a girl. She found a chemistry book, so the owner must be in Grade 9. At last, she found ____ ID card. It says the owner of the ID card is Mary. So she ____, and gave the backpack ____ to Mary. Mary was very happy, and Liu Ying was happy, ____.