Birthdays are strange things. The more you have, the more you try and pretend they don’t matter, and the more     1    . I’m not really sure why they think so. It’s true that you are getting older, but as     2     , “Who isn’t getting older every day?” The problem may be that a birthday reminds people of all the things    3    , but have not. I certainly understand that feeling, though I think     4     that I most want to do — a kind of personal re-ordering （重新排序） of the to-do list. What makes you depressed（郁闷） on your birthday is that you realize your re-ordered to-do list is exactly the same as it was last year. That makes you feel     5     , and not been anywhere. I have not had that experience this year. I look back at where I was last year and find things have changed since then.

A．Happy Spring Festival!

B．Where are they from?

C．How are you?

D．How is the weather in Canberra?

E．I'd like to.

W: Oh, I see. Are you getting on well（进展顺利）with your English learning?

M: Most（大多数）of them are from Australia. Some are from Canada, and some are from the U.K. and the U.S.

W: You can help each other（互相）.

M: 4　　 But I'm afraid not（恐怕不能）. The Spring Festival isn't a holiday in Australia.

W: Oh, I see. Then take good care of yourself（好好照料自己）.

A mother and her young son got into a bus in New York City and sat down. The bus conductor（售票员） came to them for their money. The mother said, "I want one ticket（票） to Central Park, "and gave him two dollars. The conductor looked at the small boy for a few seconds and then asked him, "How old are you, young man?"  The mother just began to speak, but the conductor stopped her, and the boy said, "I'm four years old at home, and two and a half on buses and trains."  The mother felt shamed（羞愧）， so she took another dollar out of her bag and gave the money to the conductor. The conductor gave her one and a half tickets.
【小题1】One day the mother took a bus ______.

A Policeman and a Thief  

One day a policeman was taking a thief to the city . On the way , they saw a shop . The thief said . “ Let me go into the shop to buy some bread . We can eat it in the train . ”

The policeman agreed . The thief went into the shop and ran out of the back door . When the policeman knew that , he began to look for the thief everywhere . At last the policeman caught(抓获) thief again . They went on to the city . On the way they came to the same shop . The thief wanted to buy some bread again . “Oh , no . ” said the policeman , “You did that before , and you ran away . This time I^’ll go into the shop and buy bread . You must wait here for me . ”

1.What was the policeman doing one day ?

2.On the way the thief asked to         .

3.When the thief went into the shop , he ran out of        .

4.When the thief ran away the first time , what did the policeman do ?

5. From the last three sentences, we know that the policeman was very        .