Passage 1:

Tom is one of my best friends.He is from America.We study in the same class in the school.He always helps me with my English and makes my English the best in the class.Of course,I help him with his Chinese.But it is a little bit difficult for him to learn Chinese. Both of us like to study and like to have sports together.We are very happy in the school.All the classmates and teachers are our friends.We get on well with each other.After school,Tom and I are always the center of the class,because we do well in sports.I treasure the friendship with Tom.

Passage 2:

I have a good friend.His name is YangLi.He's a great student in the class.He's a monitor in the Class 4,Grade 2.He's pretty good at English and math.He also likes playing sports.So he often plays football after school.He's interested in swimming,so he's a swimmer in the school swimming team.Besides,he often takes care of each other and helps each other.In a word,I think he's very friendly to us.