You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an 1 girl. And now she 2 very rich woman already.

    When she was a child, she was poor. Once her friend Joan 3 her to a birthday party. She was very 4 but sad because she had not enough money 5 presents for her.

    "The party is coming soon. Now I have 6 money." tears ran down her face.

    Late that night, she was in bed, thinking about the presents when the door opened and came in her grandma. "What happened?" her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, "Don't 7. I think I can help you. How about 8 song together? Happy birthday to …" 9 beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly, she woke up. 10 it was a dream, she decided to write it down at once and sang it to 11 friend at the party.

    When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends 12attended the party were very happy. "How 13 she sings! We have never heard such a song before. Thank you 14 giving me the special present," said Joan. And they learnt to sing 15 song together. Later, the girl became well known in America.

    It was already the middle of April but there was not a raindrop in sight. Danny stood in his backyard alone looking at the 1 landscape(园林) in front of him. He could see nothing but sand and clear blue sky. "Even the cactus(仙人掌) is starting to 2," said Danny to himself as he bent down to take a good 3.

    All of a sudden, when he was walking back to his house, he heard the sound of thunder(打雷). He stopped and looked up 4. He was wild with joy to see that the 5 rain had finally come. Danny quickly ran towards the cabin next to his house, where he stored his rain barrels(桶). He was going to capture every single drop of rain to 6 the vegetable garden in his backyard. In the desert, rain is as 7 as gold. It had rained for almost seven days. The cactus looked much 8 than before. Snakes popped their heads from out of their holes and birds sang happily in the 9.

    Living in deserts can be very 10, especially when there is no source of water. However, life went on for Danny and all the desert creatures for another season, thanks to the spring rains.

    I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was hopeless, I didn't take an interest in anything. I thought that my whole world was dark.

    A young boy ran up to me, out of breath. He stood right before me with his head down and said excitedly, "Look what I found!" in his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and dead. I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play. I didn't want to talk with him at all.

However, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and said in surprise, "It smells sweet and it's beautiful, too. That's why I picked it. Here, it's for you." The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must accept it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, "This is just what I want, thank you." Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not see — he was blind.

    Tears came down my face as I thanked him for picking the best one. "You're welcome." he smiled, and then ran off to play. I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain.

    Through the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been blind. In fact I never found there is always something beautiful around me in life. I decided to see the beauty of life, and enjoy every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

    From a plane we can see the fields, cities, mountains or seas below. If we go into space, we see more and more of the Earth. People and man-made satellites have been sent out into space to observe the Earth carefully and people have learnt mire about the Earth in the last few years.

    The sea looks very beautiful when the Sun is shining on it. But it can be very terrible when there is a strong wind.

    The sea is very huge. It nearly covers three quarters of the Earth. The sea is also very deep in some places. There is one place where the sea is about 11 kilometers in depth. The highest mountain is the world is about 9 kilometers high. If that mountain was put into the sea at that place, there would be still 2 kilometers of water above it!

    In most parts of the sea, there are many kinds of fishes and plants. Some live near the top of the sea. Others live deep down. There are also a lot of small living things, and quantities of fishes live by eating them.

    The sea can be very cold. When people go down, the sea becomes colder and colder. Only some men could go down into the deep sea at first. But in 1970, five women scientists lived in the deep sea for fourteen days.

    Today the word friendship has been used so often that it has lost its meaning. Someone even says that friends are made to be used. It makes me very sad.

    True friendship doesn't mean that when you need your friend's help, you will treat him to dinner, and when you have to protect yourself, you will put your friends in a difficult situation.

    In fact, true friendship is the communication and understanding of the hearts.

    True friendship is like water. Compared with decent wine, water is tasteless, but is of great help when we are thirsty. True friends don't need to be with each other every day, but are connected in heart every minute.

    True friendship is like medicine. Though it is bitter, it cures your illness. True friends give you some suggestions even if they know you would not take. They criticize you when others have a good word for you, not because of envy but worrying that you may lose your cool head.

    True friendship has nothing to do with fame, power or money. True friends would often watch you silently far away when you are influential, but come to you whenever you need their help. You're not his stepping-stone to success, but are his crutch(依靠) to live through difficulties.

    True friends make you complete. Many persons go along with you through your life—your parents, your spouse(配偶), and your children, who take care of you and make your life happy. However, you still need someone who understands your thoughts and souls. Without them, you are likely to be unhealthy in spirit.

    True friends stay in your heart, rather than at your side; they know you more than yourself, and try to better you.

   There are some great scientists whose research has changed the whole world. Here are some of them.

    How important is music? When they are asked this question, students and parents usually answer that music is nice, but not very important. It is often considered only as entertainment, but not the first choice for education. This opinion is shortsighted.       

    Music tells us who we are. Music reflects the creators' thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from.        The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into their music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions.

    Music provides a kind of ability to know the world in a different way. Science explains how the sun rises and sets.       We need every possible was to discover and response to our world.

    Music is a form of thought, as powerful as science.        Through the language we express our feelings, our discoveries, our ideas, our imagination and our hopes so that they can be shared with others. When we do not let our children receive good music education, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.        Music does.

    So music education is much more necessary than people generally realize.

She began to learn to play the violin                             four.

                     him        make such a good plan.

              the story is! I want to listen again.

Many basketball matches               in our school every year.

Can you tell me        dinosaurs              .

The exam was                      few students could get a full mark.

I often                             my American friends on the Internet.

1)今年你参加Earth Hour 这项活动，你觉得这个活动非常有意义。

2)我和我的朋友都等待着这个时刻的来临。当时，我和我的朋友在一起聊天，玩游戏。

3)列举至少两件你在日常生活中能够做到的有利于环保的事情。

4)号召大家加入明年的Earth Hour 活动中来。

My Earth Hour

    This year, Earth Hour was from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on Saturday, March 26^th …