Mr Green is a teacher. He wants to buy some books. Now Mr Green is driving around the country and ___(1)___ a small bookstore. There is an old man ___(2)___ the side of the road, and he stops his car and says to the old man,“ Excuse me, I want ___(3)___ to the Sun Bookshop. Do you know where it is?”

　　“Yes,”the old man answers.“I ___(4)___ you the way.”He ___(5)___ Mr Green's car, and they drive about twelve miles. ___(6)___ they come to a small house, the old man says,“Stop here.”Mr Green stops and ___(7)___ the house.“But this isn't the ___(8)___,”he says to the old man.“That's right,”the old man answers.“This is my house. And now I'll show you the ___(9)___ to the bookstore. Turn around and go back nine miles. ___(10)___ you'll see the bookshop.”

　　Father Christmas isn't real. In 6 house, “Father Christmas” 7 really Mr Green. Mr Green doesn't climb down the chimney. He waits until the children are asleep. Then he quietly goes into their bedrooms, and fills the stockings with small presents. When they were very young, Mr Green sometimes 8 . in a red coat. But he doesn't do that now. The children are no longer 9 , and they know who “Father Christmas”really is. But they 10 put their stocking at the end of their beds.

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　　Early one morning, an old woman was carrying a big bag or cabbages on her shoulder to the market. She hoped to 1 them to the people in town.

　　The mountain road was 2 and the old woman was walking carefully, because she didn't want to have 3 and lose her cabbages.

　　Suddenly she 4 a loud bell, and a bicycle came from behind and passed by her and went very fast 5 the hill. The old woman had to make way for him so 6 that the bag of the cabbages nearly fell into the valley（山谷）.

　　She looked, and saw that a young boy was on the bicycle. He was 7 on without even looking around to see 8 the old woman was all right.

　　The old woman began to shout, “Come back, young man! You dropped something!”

　　When he heard this, the boy stopped the bicycle so suddenly that he nearly 9 . Then he turned and began to 10 the bicycle back. “What is it?” he asked. “What did I drop?”

　　“Little boy,” the old woman answered, “you dropped your manners（礼貌）.”

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Wang Hai usually went to school on his bike. He put it in the bike-stand（自行车栅）of the school. There were many 1 in the daytime. At 5:30 in the afternoon, the students 2 their bikes and went home. Then a lot of streets or roads were full of 3 on two wheels. The streets and roads were very 4 . Sometimes there were some policemen who 5 the riders and let the cars pass on. Sometimes they stopped all the 6 and let the bikes go first. Some students carried heavy 7 of books on their backs. Sometimes two students rode on 8 bike. The policemen could stop a bike 9 it was carrying two people. At that time people who drove cars or rode bikes were much 10 .

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Bill was an American. Last year he worked hard so his boss（老板）allowed him to have a traveling for several weeks.

　　Bill went to Canada. There he had some 1 . So Bill visited them. Two of them were Mr．and Mrs．Brown. They lived in the center of the city. Bill was 2 to live in their house. He lived there for about two weeks and felt very 3 .

　　On his last evening, when Bill was 4 TV with Mr．and Mrs．Brown, he said, “I am going back home tomorrow. I feel so happy here 5 I hope I can stay here for more days. But I have to 6 I hope I can visit you next time.” “What a pity（遗憾）!” said Mr．Brown． “We hope to see you soon. By the way, will you 7 plane or a train?” “By plane. I think it's faster. My plane leaves very early tomorrow morning. I'm going to 8 at 5 o'clock and make my breakfast. Please don't come down.” Then Bill said good-bye to his friends and went to sleep.

　　The next morning, Bill got up early and did some cooking for himself. When he was ready to have breakfast, he saw a picture of 9 . They were smiling to Bill in the picture. Bill laughed happily and said to himself, “That's great! I wouldn't like to eat breakfast 10 this morning.”

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　　Perhaps you know the book Harry Potter. But do you know the writer? J．K．Rowling was born in England in 196(5)She loved 1 She wrote her first story Rabbit when she was six. She went to 2 Portugal（葡萄牙）in 199(2)She stayed there for three years. She wrote Harry Potter in the morning and 3 an English teacher in the afternoon. She 4 a Portuguese TV journalist and had a daughter.

　　Then she 5 to England and lived in Edinburgh. She didn't 6 at that time and wrote in cafes 7 they were wanner than her small flat（公寓）. After five years she 8 the first book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. 9 copies（本）of the book were sold all over the world. J．K． Rowling became very 10 . And she is very rich now, but she till writes her book in cafes.

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One day, when Tom was crossing the rails, he saw that there was something wrong with one of them. It seemed to be out of its place. But at that time, a train was 1 It was very dangerous. Tom didn't think of any danger to 2 . He ran and stood 3 the middle of the rails where wasn't far from the broken rail. He stood there and waved（挥动）his 4 .At first, the engineer（火车司机）whistled（鸣汽笛）and hoped the boy could 5 . But Tom stood there and didn't move. At last, the engineer had to 6 the train. He was 7 with Tom. But when Tom pointed to the broken rail, the man understood what Tom 8 He thought Tom 9 the train and the 10 of the people on it. So he thanked Tom very much.

　　A man works in a factory and gets his pay at the end of the week. 1 Saturday he 2 the money after he gets his pay. Suddenly he 3 that it is wrong．He counts the money 4 , but still there are five pounds more than that he 5 get. He puts the money in his pocket and says nothing 6 others. A week goes by and it is pay 7 again. But this time there are five pounds less. He is 8 angry that he goes immediately（立即）to see the boss. The boss says to him, “ Didn't you notice there was a mistake 9 week?” “For one mistake, I can close my 10 , but for two mistakes, no, I can't.”

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　　A few hundred years ago, people in the west did not know coffee or tea. They were 1 to drink them because they thought coffee or tea could kill a person. Once the king of England wanted to find out 2 it was a lie or not.

　　At that time there were two brothers in prison（监狱）. The king would 3 them in a few days because they did wrong. The king said, “I shall let them live but they must drink coffee or tea to the end of their 4 One brother must drink coffee and the other must drink 5 every day.” And they 6 the king's words.

　　They both 7 many years. At last, the older brother 8 when he was eight three years old, 9 did the younger one a few years later. After that, people 10 that coffee and tea were not bad to man.

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　　In the doctor's waiting room, sick men and women were sitting on their chairs. Rueben, a schoolboy, was among them. They all looked 1 except Rueben. He was deep in an exciting 2 in a magazine. Just then the doctor came in and said he was 3 for the next person. Rueben jumped up and ran into the doctor's room.

　　“What's your 4 ?” said the doctor. 5 Rueben could say a word, the doctor made him 6 down on the bed. “Now, let me listen to your heart,” Rueben tried to speak, 7 the doctor told him not to say anything. “I'll 8 your temperature.”

　　Rueben tried to 9 , but the doctor stopped him. After a moment, the doctor said, “Well, boy, you don't have a fever. In fact there's nothing wrong with you.”

　　“I know there isn't,” said Rueben. “I just come here to get a bottle of 10 for my father.