When I was 8 years old, I once decided to run away from home. With my bag and some sandwiches, I started for the front door and said to Mom, “I'm 1.”

  “If you want to 2, that's all right,” she said. “But you came into this home without anything and you can leave the same way.” I 3 my bag and sandwiches on the floor heavily and started for the door again.

  “Wait a 4,” Mom said. “I want your 5 back. You didn't wear anything when you 6.” This really angered me. I took my clothes off—shoes, socks, underwear and all—and 7, “Can I go now?” “Yes,” Mom answered, “but when you close that door, don't hope to come back!”

    I was so 8 that I slammed (砰地关上) the door and stepped out of it. 9 I found that I was outside with 10 on. Then I noticed that two neighbor girls were walking to my house. I ran to 11 behind a big tree in our yard at once. After a while, I was    12 that the girls went away. I rushed to the front door and knocked on it loudly.

  “Who's there?” I heard.

  “It's Billy! Let me in!”

    The voice behind the 13 answered, “Billy doesn't live here any more. He ran away from home.” Glancing(瞥) behind me to see if anyone else was coming. I begged(乞求), “Aw, come on, Mom! I'm still your son. Let me 14!”

    The door opened and Mom's 15 face appeared(出现). “Did you change your decision about running away?” she asked.

  “What's for supper?” I answered.

    Vivian Maier was an American street photographer born in New York City. Although born in the U.S., it was in France that Maier 1 most of her youth. Maier returned to the U.S. in 1951 where she worked 2 a nanny for over 40 years. A nanny is a person who takes care of young children in the children's own home.

    A nanny's job is not easy. In her free time,3Vivian begun to try the art of photography. She spent her days off walking along the4 of Chicago and taking photographs. Vivian would take photos that she5 from the eyes of others secretly. Most people did not know they were taken in the pictures. She took over 150,000 photographs during her lifetime6 of the people and buildings of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also travelled and photographed worldwide.

    During her lifetime, Vivian's photographs were unknown and unpublished. Many of her photos were never printed because of 7. She never got married. She had no children either. She lived a 8 life and became even poorer in her old age.

    A Chicago collector, John Maloof, happened to find some of Vivian's photos at the market. He decided to 9 Vivian's photographs on the website. Thousands of people showed their great 10 in them. Vivian's works have become famous around the world since then.

    Vivian Maier opened one of the most attractive windows of American life in the second half of the twentieth century.

Once Mr. King had a cat, and he loved it very much. He called it "Sky", because he thought "Sky" was the strongest name in the world.

One day he had a meal at a restaurant with his cat. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} He told him about his lovely cat and its name. His friend said," {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Sky is not the strongest thing in the world. My cat is called 'Cloud', because cloud is stronger than sky." After hearing this, Mr. King called his cat" Wind". {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

After a few days he suddenly thought that "Wall" was stronger than "Wind". {#blank#}4{#/blank#}So he went to his friend to ask for an idea. His friend said,"Don't you think' Cat'is stronger than'Mouse？'""{#blank#}5{#/blank#}"

The man thought and thought and then decided his cat's name had better be"Cat" ,because a mouse was always afraid of a cat.

One dull afternoon，Hannah came in with a telegram. 

"It's one of the worst telegram things，Mom，"she said. 

Mrs. March read two lines of it and dropped back into her chair. Laurie rushed downstairs for water，and Jo read aloud，in a frightened voice…

Mrs. March，

Your husband is very ill. Come at once. 

S. HALE

Blank Hospital，Washington. 

How suddenly the whole world seemed to change！For several minutes there was nothing but sound of crying in the room. Poor Hannah was the first to recover（恢复） and she said，"Get your things ready right away，Mom. "Mrs. March again read the message over，saying "I shall go at once，but it may be too late. Oh，girls，girls，help me to bear it！"

"Where's Laurie？"she asked presently. 

"Here，ma'am. Oh，let me do something！"cried the boy，hurrying from the next room. 

"Send a telegram saying I will come at once. The next train goes early in the morning. I'll take that. "

"Leave a note at Aunt March's. Jo，give me that pen and paper. "Jo well knew that money must be borrowed for the long，sad journey，and she felt as if she could do a little for her father. 

The short afternoon passed quickly. All other things were done. However，Jo came back with a mixture of fun and fear，satisfaction and regret in it，saying "That's my contribution（贡献） toward making father comfortable and bring him home！"

"My dear，where did you get it？Twenty－five dollars！Jo，I hope you haven't done anything stupid？"

"No，it's mine honestly. I didn't beg，borrow，or steal it. I earned it，and I don't think you'll blame me，for I only sold what was my own. "

As she spoke，Jo took off her bonnet and they were shocked to find all her hair was cut short.