“I have a lot more strength and am ready to move forward with a normal life，”Lauren says，five years after the Sept．11 Attacks．

That day as she  36   the building，a fireball raced down the elevator and blasted her back out,  37  more than 82% of her body．Doctors gave her just a 15% chance of surviving．   38   25 surgeries, including skin grafts(移植)and scar revisions to her    39   ，face，and hands，she finished her five-year  40   last month．Now, she has to learn how to sit，walk and drink from a cup．Susan，one of her doctors，says，“Lauren was  41  badly burned that it's a miracle she  42   has hands at all．Still，she  43  you in the eye and says，‘I don't have bad days．’”

Recently，Tyler，Lauren's son，has made his own  44  of what his mom went through that   45  day．He watched his parents appear on the Today Show and asked his mother why she ever went into the building“I   46  you hadn't been hurt，Mommy，”he said．

Lauren and her husband work   47  to give the little boy the right  48  ，“We tell him some bad guys did a bad thing，and that's how Mommy was  49  ，”says Lauren．They   50   Tyler reassurances(肯定)that it's not going to happen to him，and that his parents will protect him no matter what happens．

They're enjoying    51   they have．It's the unplanned pleasures they truly   52   ．Tyler has gotten into playacting, and he'll suddenly    53    a script(剧本)．“You'll be the princess．” he'll say to Lauren，“and I'll be the knight(骑士)．My dog can be the dragon．”

Lauren   54  as she tells the story．“Life doesn't get  55  better．”she says．

It was  Monday.  Mrs Smith’s dog was hungry, but there was not any meat in the house.Considering that there was no better way,  Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper,  and wrote the following words on it “Give my dog half a pound of meat. ” Then she gave the paper to her dog and said gently:“  Take this to the butcher and he’s going to give you your lunch today.”

Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher’s. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it carefully, recognized that it was really the lady’s handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.

At sunset, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it. he gave it half a pound of meat once more.

The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his regular customers .

　However, the dog came again at four o’clock. And the same thing happened once again. At six o’clock,, it came for more meat, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, “This is a small dog. Why does Mrs Smith feed it with so much meat today?”

Looking at the piece of paper, he found that there was a piece of blank paper. He laughed and phoned Mrs Smith.

1.The little dog went to the butcher’s _____ during the period.

2.The butcher didn’t give any meat to the dog ________.

3.From the story, we can reach a conclusion(结论) that the dog was ____.

4.At the end of the story, you’ll find _______.

【小题1】My uncle’s ____________(出生地) is Shanghai.
【小题2】Tourism is a major source of ___________(收入) in this country.
【小题3】My ___________ (目标) in life is to write a book.
【小题4】Dog can hear much better than __________(人类).
【小题5】There is ___________(饥饿) in all the flooded areas.
【小题6】The flood has made many people __________(无家可归).
【小题7】One million people in the city live in ___________(贫穷).
【小题8】We bought some ___________(家具) to go with the new house.
【小题9】Thousands of people died in the natural ____________(灾难).
【小题10】He was ____________(埋葬) in his homeland.

1.My uncle’s ____________(出生地) is Shanghai.

2.Tourism is a major source of ___________(收入) in this country.

3.My ___________ (目标) in life is to write a book.

4.Dog can hear much better than __________(人类).

5.There is ___________(饥饿) in all the flooded areas.

6.The flood has made many people __________(无家可归).

7.One million people in the city live in ___________(贫穷).

8.We bought some ___________(家具) to go with the new house.

9.Thousands of people died in the natural ____________(灾难).

10.He was ____________(埋葬) in his homeland.

“I don’t believe in Santa Claus!” Trogmire announced.

Tremor looked shocked. “Why not?” he asked.

“Because he never leaves me any gifts at all,” Trogmire growled.

Tremor thought about the evidence for a few seconds. “Maybe,” he suggested, “it’s because when Santa checked his list, your name wasn’t in the ‘nice’ column.”

“So, he could at least bring me a lump of coal!” Trogmire replied. “And,” he went on, “Troubled doesn’t believe in Santa, either.”

“Right,” Tremor said, “because he saw his parents putting the ‘From Santa’ presents under the tree. But I know the truth about that. My mother found out from Troubled’s mother. When Troubled’s parents got an e-mail from Santa, saying that he would never bring Troubled another gift, they didn’t want to tell him the truth. So now they buy presents and pretend they’re from Santa.”

“What did Troubled do to get Santa so mad?” Trogmire questioned.

“I think it had something to do with the time he put glue paper all over the living room floor on Christmas Eve, and left a sign that said, ‘Trapped like a rat!’ hanging over the fireplace.” said Tremor.

“I guess Santa doesn’t have a sense of humour,” sighed Trogmire. “Well, at least I’m not the only one who Santa scratched off his name list.”

1.Why doesn’t Santa leave presents for Trogmire or Troubled?

    A．Their parents won’t let him leave gifts.          B．He can’t find their homes.

    C．He often forgets their names.    D．They have behaved badly.

2.Trogmire and Troubled don’t believe in Santa because ________.

    A．Santa has no sense of humor      B．Santa doesn’t give them anything

    C．they are too naughty to believe  D．Tremor convinced them he wasn’t real

3.Troubled’s parents never ________.

    A．told him about the message from Santa              B．loved him very much

    C．cared about how he behaved                   D．bought him anything

4.Trogmire’s last comment could be an example of the saying _______.

    A．Misery(苦难,不幸) loves company        B．Easy come, easy go

    C．Beauty is only skin deep             D．Love me, love my dog