I have a good friend who's name is Liu Mei．She is our

monitor and one of the excellent students in our class．

Clever as she is, but she works very hard．We have a

lot on common and have a lot to talk about．One evening she

told me that something happened when her parents was out．

She was doing her homeworks one Sunday morning when

she smelt something burning．She stopped look out

of the window and find a cloud of smoke coming out

of her neighbor's house．She called 119 immediate．Ten

minutes later, the firemen came and put out fire．Her neighbor

was very thankful for her help．

　　Ethan Canine is a master of two jobs, all of which take special skills．

First, Ethan is a doctor．He helps people who have been broken

bones, bad cuts, or the other kinds of wounds．When he gets a day

off from his work as a doctor, Ethan turns to his another job．

He writes stories．His first book of stories won prize for the

best book by a first-time author．Do the job sometimes get

in the way of each other? “Not at all?” Ethan says．“In fact, being

a doctor help my writing．I get to know all kinds of people．

Instead, I can't hide myself in my room and write down ideas

for the rest of my life．I also need to be able to help ill people．”

　One cold winter day, a fox told Mother Bear

he will teach her how to fish．She was glad

(1) ______

and was taking to a hole in the ice．The fox

(2) ______

said to Mother Bear, “If you'll keep your tail

(3) ______

in this hole for half an hour, you will find

it covering with fish when you pull your tail out．”

(4) ______

The bear was so fool that she believed

(5) ______

what the fox has said．She sat there for a long

(6) ______

time with her tail in the water, waiting for the

fish．However, whenever she tried to pull her tail

(7) ______

out the water, she found it frozen fast in

(8) ______

the ice．She asked the fox to pull her out,

(9) ______

so he laughed at her and ran away, Although

(10)______

Father Bear finally helped her out of the water,

a part of her tail was still in the ice．

　　Many teachers worry about the effects of television on young

people．According to studies, any children spend more time

watching television than they spend in school．Because so

much viewing, children may not be develop the habit of

read and the ability to enjoy themselves．No one worries

much about the radio program young people listen to,

although radios can be very noise．Teachers also wonder about

the effects of television commercials．On one year the

average child will see 25,000 television commercials, all

planned and written by grown-ups to make children to want

things that they don't real need．

　　Once President Roosevelt's house was broken and lots of

things were stolen．Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friend wrote to

Him and advises him not to take it to his heart so much．Roosevelt

wrote back immediately, saying: Dear friend, thank you for your

letter to comfort me．I'm OK now．I think I should thank the God．

This is because the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only

stole things from me or did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief

Has stolen none of my things instead of all my things; thirdly, most

lucky for me, it was the man rather than me who became a thief．

This story tells us what we can learn to be grateful in our life．

　If you take care notice in some places, you will

(1) ______

see the fact most smokers are young people and even 

(2) ______

some are middle school students．It is said that 

(3) ______

in China the number of the people smoked is about 

(4) ______

45%．Why is so many people smoke? Some 

(5) ______

think that smoking is pleasure, some believe that 

(6) ______

they can refresh themselves by smoking．In a fact, 

(7) ______

smoking is a bad habit, that does great harm to 

(8) ______

people' s healthy．The study of smoking shows that 

(9) ______

many kinds of disease have nothing to do with smoking．

(10)______

　A little boy was playing with a ball in the street．He

kicked the ball very hard that it broke the window of a 

(1) ______

house and felt inside．A lady came to the window, with 

(2) ______

a ball and shouted at the little boy．The boy ran away．

(3) ______

A few minutes later he returned and

knocking at the door of the house．When the 

(4) ______

lady replied it, he said,“My father is going to 

(5) ______

come and fix your window very soon．”

After a little more minutes a man came to the door, with 

(6) ______

tools in his hands．The lady let the boy bring his ball away．

(7) ______

When the man finished fixed the window, he said to 

(8) ______

the lady,“That will spend you exactly ten dollars．”  

(9) ______

“But aren' t you the father of that little boy?”

the woman asked, looked surprised．“No,”he answered 

(10)______

equally (同样地) surprised,“Aren' t you his mother?”

　Jack had gone to the university to study

history, but he failed with the examination．

(1) _____

and he told to leave the university．However,

(2) _____

his father decided to going to see the professor

(3) _____

to urge（劝说）him to let Jack continue his studying．　　 

(4) _____

“He is a good boy,”said Jack's father, “and if

you let him pass this time, I'm surely he'll

(5) _____

improve a lot next year．”

“No, no, that's very impossible!”replied the 

(6) _____

professor immediately．“Do you know, last month

(7) _____

I asked him when Napoleon had died, and he didn't know．”

“Please, sir, give him other chance, ”said 

(8) _____

Jack's father．“You see, I'm feared we don't

(9) _____

have any newspapers, so nobody of us even know

(10)_____

that Napoleon was ill．”