Mike was reading in the garden when his mother came. She pointed to something and asked Mike what it was. Mike felt quite (1) ______, but he told her it was a sparrow (庥雀) and got back into reading.
    Several minutes later, his mother pointed to the same sparrow and asked the same question again. Mike got a little angry but (2) ______ answered her question. After a little while, his mother did the same th ing once more. This time Mike could not (3) ______ his anger. He shouted at her for (4) ______ him again and again.
    The old lady silently (5) ______ an old diary, turned to a page and showed it to Mike. Though a little impatient, Mike began to read it.
    “Today, I was watering the flowers in the garden when little Mike pointed to a (6) ______ on the grass and asked me what it was. I (7) ______ at him, said it was a sparrow and kissed him. After a while Mike asked me again and I did the same. Pointing to the same sparrow, little Mike asked me what it was twenty times and I (8) ______ answering his question and kissing him every time.”
    Something gently touched Mike’s (9) ______. His face turned red with (10) ______ for being so impatient to his mother and  he hugged (掬抱) her tight.
    Your parents have given you many things in their lifetime, but you may not realize that until they are gone.

    What better way to welcome spring than by helping to clean up the town we all live in! Here in Rockland we have a Spring Clean-up Day every year in April. The Clean-up Day 2014 will be April 20th.
    It will start with a town clean-up at 80'clock in the morning, and a tree planting activity at the Rockland Park is to follow in the afternoon. One thousand young trees are sure to make the park greener and prettier.
    We will divide the people coming to help into eight teams for eight different areas. As usual, we will provide gloves, rubbish bags and other cleaning tools. You will also get free lunches and T-shirts when the clean-up ends at noon. We are going to have a friendly competition to see which team can pick up the most rubbish.
    Bring your kids with you. It is a great chance to teach them to care for the environment around us. We have free drinks and chocolate candies for the children at the park.
    Meeting: At the gate of Rockland Park, the town hall at 330 Jones Street, or the corner of Palace Street and North Street.
Sign-up (报名): Call 5862397 on weekdays, or visit our website below any time you like.

    To us, it seems so natural to put up an umbrella to keep the water off when it rains. But in fact the umbrella was not invented as protection against the rain. Its first use was as a shade (遮蔽) against the sun.
    Nobody knows who first invented it, but the umbrella was used in very ancient times. Probably the first to use it were the Chinese, back in the eleventh century BC.
    We know that the umbrella was used in ancient Egypt and Babylon as a sunshade. And there was a strange thing connected with its use : it became a symbol of honor and power (权力). In the Far East in ancient times, the umbrella was allowed to be used only by those in high office or by royal people such as the kings or queens.
    In Europe, the Greeks were the first to use the umbrella as a sunshade. The umbrella was in common use in ancient Greece, but it is believed that the first people in Europe to use the umbrella as protection against the rain were the ancient Romans. During the middle ages in Europe, the use of the umbrella almost disappeared. Then it appeared again in Italy in the late sixteenth century.
    Umbrellas have not changed much in style during all this time, though they have become much lighter in weight. It wasn't until the twentieth century that the umbrellas for women began to be made in all kinds of colors.

A栏是五则寻找宠物的启事，B栏是七则宠物招领的启事。请根据左右两栏的信息帮助宠物的主人找到丢失的宠物。

    I am Jackie Lee, an American Chinese. Let me tell you about my grandfather’s life story.

    My grandfather was (1) ______ in 1932 and grew up in a poor village in Fujian, China. At the age of 14, he first heard of America. It was said to be the land of gold and poor people could easily become (2) ______ there.

    So, my grandfather came to America. “I had thought it was easy to (3) ______ money in America,” he told me. “But when I (4) ______ in Los Angeles, I realized it was not true. I couldn't find a good job because I spoke little English. I wanted to go to a language school to learn English, (5) ______ I couldn’t afford it. Later, I worked in a small (6) ______, serving the guests, cleaning up the tables, washing the dishes and sweeping the floors. I was such (7) ______ helpful and honest worker that my boss was pleased with me. I was popular with my workmates, (8) ______. Life became easier and in the end I entered an evening school to learn English.”

    My grandfather kept working hard, and finally made (9) ______ dream come true. Things do not come easily in life. That is what I have learned (10) ______ my grandfather.

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    广东正在创建教育强省，学校需要改善办学条件。你所在的学校正在就如何改善学校现有的设施设备条件征求学生的意见。请你在学校的官方微博上留言，内容包括：
(1) 你喜欢学校哪个场所的设施设备以及喜欢的原因；
(2) 选取学校现有的两个场所谈谈设施设备的不足：
①这两个场所里还缺少哪些设施设备或物品；
②这些设施设备或物品的缺乏所带来的负面影响；
③如何改善。
作文要求：
    1) 不能照抄原文；不得在作文中出现学校真实的名称和学生的真实姓名。
    2) 语句连贯，词数80个左右。开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。

    In my opinion，some facilities（设施）and equipment（设备) in our school are quite good.

Li Ming