Once an old man was walking in a street with his horse. It was raining hard. The old man was cold because he was walking in the rain. He wanted to stay in a restaurant.
It was a quarter past three in the afternoon. The old man got to a small restaurant. A lot of people crowded in it. The old man couldn't come near the fireplace. He thought and thought.At last he said to the waiters, “ Take some fish to my horse.” The waiter and the other people were very surprised. The waitered said, “A horse doesn't eat fish.” The old man told the waiter, “ The horse is versatile. It can sing, dance and does all kinds of things. It can eat fish, too.” So the waiter took some fish to the horse.
All the people in the restaurant rushed out to see the horse eat fish except（除了……之外） the old man. Now the old man sat beside the fire. After a while the waiter returned and said. “Your horse didn't eat any fish.” The old man said, “All right, take the fish back and put it on the table. I’ll eat it.”
【小题1】The old man felt very cold because_______.

One day, in an English class, the students are having their lessons. Their teacher, a young woman is very happy. She sings some nice songs with them and then she goes to the blackboard and writes “SMILES” on it. “This is the longest（最长）word in English,” she says to the class.
A girl stands up and says, “It has only six letters. How can it be the longest word in English?”The teacher smiles and says, “Oh, look! There is a mile（英里）between the first letter and the last one.”
【小题1】One day, the students are having _________.

In less than two weeks, Junior 3 students around the country will take the senior high school entrance exam．They are studying hard for this big challenge． Do they have time to do something to celebrate their middle school years? Many do．

Leng Jingze, 14, from Tianjin said that in her class students are already writing goodbye messages for each other．They are also swapping（交换）photos．

Even the head teacher has a project, said Leng．

"She plans to put all our class photos and the Chinese compositions we have written onto a CD mad give each student one，"said Leng" She will also write something for each student．"

Wang Zeyu，15，in Changchun，Jilin said his classmates are making。"lucky stars" as graduation gifts．They are making the cheerful stars from colored paper．

"Before making a ‘lucky star’．you write some words for the person on the paper，"said Wang．"He or she can read the words when they unfold （拆开）the star"

Who does Wang want to make a lucky star for? He said he wanted to make one for his head teacher．

"I’ll write: ‘Dear teacher, you always look so serious," said Wang．"But we know you have a warm heart．Smile more!"

In Xiao Xia’s school in Beijing, each Junior 3 student will get a yearbook, in which the graduating classes will put their photos and self-introductions．

"Most classes have written an article as the self-introduction," said Xiao, 14．"We have written a poem in the ancient style!"

The poem records the big events of the class’s history and is in the shape of the number 9．

"Nine is our class number," said Xiao, who felt very proud of the idea．

"Our class may he not the one with the best school grade but it must he the most creative one," said Xiao．"I feel lucky to study in such a class!"

1．What are the students in the picture doing?

2．What are the students in Leng jingze’s doing for their graduation ?

3．Where does the head teacher plan to put the students’ photos and compositions ?

4．What are the cheerful lucky stars made from ?

5．Why is the poem in the shape of the number of 9 ?