Friends are very important in people’s lives. No one can live alone in the world without friends. I think it’s easy to make friends with other people and build a friendship b  (1)   each other. H___  (2)  ____it is not easy to get true friendship, I think.

So what is true friendship? In my opinion, true friendship includes:

First of all, true friendship must t   (3)   their friends loyally(忠诚地) and help each other. In other words, you must not take advantage of(利用) your friends, and you mustn’t cheat them. For example, some unfriendly people make friends in order to cheat m  (4)   and feelings, or get a c  (5)     secret and so on. I don’t think these are true friendship.

Second, true friends must try their best to help each other. For example, i  (6)   a friend is indeed in need of money to escape from some t  (7)   , true friends might lend it and help him or her.

Third, friends must share their happiness and s  (8)   . One of the greatest men o     (9)  said,“If you tell your happiness to your friend, you will get double happiness. If you tell your sadness to your friend, you will get h  (10)   .”

Children today have many things to play with. They can watch television, surf __66__ Internet, or play video games. But what do you think children __67__ (do) for fun long ago? They read books.

Some of you might ask, "Are books _68__ (real) fun?" Believe it or not, books provide many things that television or computers cannot. Since books use only words __69___ (tell) a story, they can improve your imagination. You can picture the characters and background in your head and you can also imagine __70___ the characters feel.

The words and sentences that are used in storytelling are also very interesting and usually cannot __71___ (find) often on television or on websites. They are sometimes so beautiful and touching __72__ they can bring tears to your eyes.

Books also help us to think harder and ___73___ (deep). As we continue to read, we ask questions to ___74___ (our) and try to find answers.

These are some of the __75__ (reason) why books are so fun to read.

Remember: the more you read, the more you grow.

In December, Beijing students had 6 days of special “holidays”. Kindergarten, primary and middle school students studied at home on computers because classes were stopped    80    of the smog(雾霾).

       It’s   81   of the decisions the government(政府) made during the days under the red alert(红色警报) for heavy air pollution. During the days under the red alert, the PM2.5 level in Beijing was always around 300. In northeastern China, things were even   82   . The PM 2.5 level reached over 1,000 in Shenyang on Nov. 8^th.

       The government did something to     83   the problem of smog The Beijing government set limits(限制) on car use and cut some factory hours. They also   84    people to stay indoors.

             85    , the indoor environment does not always mean there’s good air. Many parents started to worry about their children’s     86   . They asked schools to use air cleaners in classroom and some parents from Shanghai even raised(筹集) money to buy the cleaners.

       According to the Education Committees(教育委员会) of Shanghai and Beijing, schools will face different problems    87    they use air cleaner systems, such as money and old buildings. But the committees also said they were working on it, hoping to find out plans for every school soon.

There are many colors in our life. Color is one of the most important    56    (礼物) from nature. Now the color also describes the culture of each country. Sometimes we can not    57  .

(理解) some English sentences, because every language has its culture. So we should learn the different cultures    58   (努力地).

   59   (首先) of all, let’s talk about the red in the    60    (西方). A lot of people like the color of red because it is a    61    (象征) of life, fire and love. For example, “to paint the town red” means to celebrate a party in some places, especially in a    62    (公共的) place. “Red ball” is another example of red. It means    63    (最快的) train in the country.

In China, red can bring us happiness and some good chances. At the same time, it becomes a kind of tradition. There are many different kinds of phrases in Chinese about red. It usually      64   (警告) people about some dangerous things. At the same time, red looks    65    (相当) good, so people often use it on some important days.

Each color has its own meaning in different nations.

There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree______61_ (grow) there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the____62___ (proud) of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree _63______(can  not) stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light _____64_（live）. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they ____65____(drink) nearly all the water, (leave)____66__ him just enough to live.

The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree___67___( die.) .The tree answered back by not (protect)_______68___ the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.

The gardener ______69__(wonder) why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was _70_______(good) to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those 71________ (介词)them. So they decided________72_(work )together, using both the shade and the water _____73______( grow )well. After______74____( see)how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch,______75_____ (water)and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.