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It was very cold. It was snowing fast and almost dark; the evening—the last evening of the old year was drawing in. In the cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, w_【小题1】__a cap and shoes. When she l___【小题2】__ her home she had shoes on . H___【小题3】___ , they were much too large for her f___【小题4】____ ---shoes that her mother had used till then and the poor little girl l__【小题5】___ them when she was running across the street when two carriages(四轮马车) were p__【小题6】___ by terribly fast. When she looked for them, one was not to be found, and a boy hid the o___【小题7】____ and ran away with it, saying he would use it as a house for his mouse.
In the old c__【小题8】___ that she wore were boxes of matches, and she carried a box also in her hand. No one had bought so much as a box all the long day, and no one had g___【小题9】___her even a penny.
Poor little girl, shaking with cold and hunger, she walked slowly, q__【小题10】____  and carefully along , a perfect picture of great unhappiness.

Have you e 1 planted a few trees on Tree Planting Day?

Each year, many of people, both old a 2 __ young, plant a lot of trees. But this may not be the best w 3 __to make your home a greener place. Last week, we v 4 __ a park in Hebei. We were s 5 __ to find most of the trees had been burnt. The workers told us that the trees d 6 _ soon after they were planted because they were not watered well enough. So the workers burnt them and changed the trees for new trees to be planted this year. On a card found in one of the trees, a student w 7 _ . “I hope this tree will g 8____up with me to become the backbone(栋梁) of our country.” The workers said that the survival of the trees was really more important t 9__ how many trees were planted.

Some people in Beijing now have a new idea that they can donate some m 10 and let professionals plant and take care of trees.

Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小题1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going