When do you think of a forest, what do you see? Just trees? Or do you see many other things, such as singing birds, colorful plants and wild flowers?

The forest is a whole world of its own. It is full of many different living things(生物). But even though they are all different, they have one thing in common: they all need each other in order to live on .The trees feed the forest “people” by making food in their leaves; by using sunlight to join water and minerals(矿物) from the soil and air. Their deep network of roots joins the soil together and stops it from dying out, making it possible for living things to live in it.

Human beings(人类) are like the living things in the forest. We need one another in order to live. We need the farmers to grow our food, railroad and truck drivers to bring it to our shops and clerks(售货员) to sell it to us. We need people to prepare our food and cook it and others to take our waste things away. Then, of course, we need doctors, nurses, government leaders, mailmen, telephone operators, and many others.

We also need other human beings in another way. We need people for friendship, to talk over our problems, exchange ideas. Think how lonely and unhappy you would be if you lived all alone.

Life is a matter of giving and taking. We need to help other people as much as we need other people to help us. Think what a good feeling you have when you have done something for someone else. You know, being a volunteer is so great!

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It was nearly dark, the sun was dropping down the mountains far away. Little Tom came back home, with tears in his eyes.

    “What’s the matter, Tom? How’s your trip?” his mother asked with a big smile. “I   (1)  .The mountain is so high and full of big or small stones on the way... But I was   (2)   and it was so late that I had to come back.” Tom cried. “It doesn’t matter, you are only 14 years old after all. You will have another   (3)  ,” his mother said. “But, standing at the top of the mountain is   (4)  dream!” Tom said. His father came over and asked, “Did you see the greens trees on your way to the mountain?” “Sure, and there are a lot of beautiful   (5)  by the side of the road,” Tom replied. “Did you   (6)   the birds singing? ” his father asked. “There were many kinds of birds singing in the trees, and the sound was very   (7)  ,” Tom said. “Did you feel the beauty of nature?” his father asked. “Yes, the blue sky, the white clouds, the green trees and the colorful flowers   (8)  a nice picture, ” Tom answered. “That’s enough!” his father smiled and said. “Please remember, son. Often, achieving what you expect is not the most important thing.  (9)   you didn’t reach the top of the mountain, you got a lot on the way. ”

    It’s true that not every goal will be achieved, not every job will end up   (10)  a success, and not every dream will come true. The most beautiful scenery （风景） is on the way.

A father and his daughter are flying a kite in the park. The young daughter is a little tired, so they take a   (1)   on the bench(凳子). When the daughter sees an old man selling apples, she asks her father to buy two. He does so, and gives both of them to his daughter, smiling.

His daughter holds one apple in her left hand and   (2)   in the right hand. Then the father asks her if she can   (3)   one of the apples with her. When the girl hears this, she takes a quick bite(咬) from one apple. And before his father can speak, she also takes another on the   (4)   apple.

The father is very   (5)  . How can his daughter be so selfish( 自 私)? Maybe he is thinking too much. His daughter is   (6)   too young to know sharing and giving? He is lost.

Suddenly, his daughter with an apple in her left hand says, "Daddy, have this one! It's more   (7)  ” Her father is speechless. He feel   (8)   about making the judging( 判断)so quickly about a small child. But his smile  (9)   knowing why his daughter quickly takes a bite from each apple.

Don't judge anything too quickly.  (10)   take some more time to understand things better.

News Review

Head- on Train Crash  On May 18, two trains had a head-on crash（相撞）near New York City. Over 250 people were on the trains then. About 60people were hurt, but no deaths were reported.

Travel Time  Tourists came together to the Taishan Mountain, on May1. Over 180,000tourists visited the place of great interest from April 29 to May 1, during the three-day holiday.

Brave Volunteer   Liao Zhi , a dance teacher from Chengdu who lost her 1-year-old daughter and her legs in the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, arrived in Ya’an 13 hours after the earthquake. The dancer said she had had a terrible time herself and knew what people needed most, so she decided to come and offer help.

Tomato Competition   A tomato competition was held in Huainan, Anhui Province, on April 16. The best tomatoes were chosen according to their shape, color and taste. The competition hoped to encourage the farmers to grow better tomatoes.

Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV.In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question.

One day, my mother was sewing a quilt（被子）.

“Mom, I have a question to ask you.”

“What?” she replied, still doing her work.

“Is there love between you and Dad?”

My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprise in her eyes. Then she said, “Susan, look at this thread. Sometimes it appears, but most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, then love should be a thread. Love is inside.”

I listened carefully but I couldn’t understand until the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. After they were back from the hospital, my mother helped him walk slowly on the beautiful country road every morning. My father had never been so gentle. But after two months he still couldn’t walk by himself. All of us were worried about him.

“Dad, how are you feeling now?” I asked him one day.

“Susan, don’t worry about me, ”he said gently. “To tell you the truth, I just like walking with your mom. ”Reading his eyes, I know he loves my mother deeply.

Once I thought love meant flowers, gifts and sweet kisses. But from this experience, I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our life. Love is inside, making life strong and warm.

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I have had thousands of classes since I started school nine years ago. But only one  class  was the most important.

It happened last term just after I had got a bad result in an exam. I was sad and had lost my confidence. I decided to go to a class which can tell me how to be  (1)  .

The speaker walked into the room. But he did not start talking like a teacher. In-stead, he held up a twenty yuan note(钞票)! "Who wants this?" he asked. Unsurprisingly,  (2)  of us in the class held up our hands. The speaker smiled. Then he put up the note on the blackboard and asked the same question. Again, we all put up our hands. The speaker smiled again, but  (3)  nothing. Sud-denly, he threw the note onto the floor!  Then he asked the same  (4)  a third time.

I didnˈ t  (5)  what the speaker was doing. Why was he asking the same question again and again? I didnˈt know what to do. I wanted the note,   (6)  I put my hand up again. Af-ter a while, he  (7)  the note and started to laugh. "You have all just told me   (8)  to be-come successful, "  he said to us with the note in his hand. "The note is worth twenty yuan. Although I throw it on the floor, it is  still worth twenty yuan. You are like the note. Even though you failed, you still have your worth."

When I heard those words, I was deeply moved. Suddenly, I  (9)  I was worth a lot. I may have done badly in an exam, but it doesnˈt  (10)  I canˈ t do well in the future. If I believe in myself, I will be successful!

A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to ask for the     (1)    .And this time, the company didn’t plan to choose the right persons as usual.

Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box full of papers was placed on the way to the interview room, and a few   (2)   were lying around the box. The    (3)   student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “     (4)   put this box in the middle of the road？”

The student said to himself, but he did not try to move the box away. Instead, he passed around the box and walked on.

The second student came along and did the    (5)   thing. Then another came, and another. All of them complained (抱怨) about the box, but    (6)   of them tried to move it.

Half an hour later, a thin young man    (7)   glasses came. He also came to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he stopped to pick up the papers and put    (8)   into the box. Then he moved the box to the side. To his great surprise,he    (9)   an invitation under the box. It said, “Congratulations, young man! You are the    (10)   person we are looking for! Would you like to join us？”

Sometimes, you see, helping others is helping yourself.

As students, we are always busy studying. So we often have supper as soon as we come home from   (1)  . Not all children like to do housework. They think doing housework is their   (2)   job.

In fact, doing housework isn’t a bad thing. Firstly, it is a good way to   (3)  . Many children like to spend much time   (4)   TV when they are tired. As a result, they usually get more tired. But doing housework is different. It is easy and it can let us relax.  (5)  , doing some housework can show our care and love to our parents. We know our parents are usually very  (6)   after a day’s work. They must feel happy if we can help them   (7)   the floor or cook supper. Thirdly, we can find it very   (8)   to do housework. I’m sure you must be glad to see the   (9)   clean. At the same time,   (10)   how to do housework is a great thing. So try your best to do housework from today.