Once there were several scientists in a forest. They were trying to 1 the rarest animal in the world. No one had seen it, so everyone was 2 and wanted to be the first one to photograph and study it.

    The animal only came out at night, 3 the scientists did some other studies in the day. 4 them, there was a famous scientist named Walter. Every day, he would spend an hour sitting at the desk and putting all his equipment (设备) in the 5 place. He did this carefully. But other scientists laughed at him because they thought Walter was just wasting 6.

    One night, the animal appeared 7. The scientists heard its call. But the call didn't last long. The animal was frightened by the 8  made by the scientists while they were scrabbling (忙乱地找) for their cameras and notebooks.

     On the next morning, the scientists 9 their findings. Some had tried to record its call, others had noted down how it moved, and the luckiest one had even photographed parts of its tail and legs. They all congratulated each other on what they had found. However, when they saw what Walter had, they were very surprised. 10 had taken several complete (完整的) photos, the record of the animal's cry and notes about the animal.

    They ran to congratulate Walter. They now understood the importance of keeping things in order. Because of that, Walter could find everything quickly in the dark.

    Once there was a boy named Jimmy. He started drawing when he was three years old, and when he was five he was already very     1 at it. He drew many beautiful and interesting pictures, and many people 2 his pictures. They thought this boy was going to be 3 when he was a little older, and then they were going to 4 these pictures for a lot of money.

    Jimmy's pictures were quite different from other 5, because he never drew on all of the paper. He drew on 6 of it, and the other half was always 7.

    “That's very 8,” everybody said. “No other people have ever done that before”.

    One day, somebody asked him, “Please 9 me, Jimmy. Why do you draw on the bottom (底部) half of your pictures, but not on the top half.”

    “Because I'm small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes can't 10 very high.”

    Once upon a time, many animals lived in a forest. There was plenty of food for animals to eat and water to drink there. But there was no rain for a whole 1, so the grass dried up and many animals that ate grass died, and there was no enough food for animals who fed on other animals to eat. The animals in the forest began to find it 2 to get food. They were very hungry.

    One day, a wolf met a bear and a jackal in the forest. They had a talk and they thought it would be 3 to join hands with a lion and look for food together.

    They found a lion and told him the thought. The lion 4. The four of them began to hunt.

    The hunting team came across a buffalo. The 5 and the jackal ran after the buffalo. The bear stopped the buffalo. The lion 6 him.

    The jackal planned to share the buffalo among them, so he 7 the buffalo into four parts. However, when they were about to take their own part, the lion roared and said, "Well, friends, the first part is 8 for my leadership. The second part is mine, for I killed the buffalo. The third part is also mine for I need it for my babies. Anyone who needs a part can take the 9. But before that, you will have to win me."

    All the three 10 the place with anger but without any word.

    From this story, we know that if you are powerful, you are right.

    Last Monday afternoon my classmates and I went to eat in a small dining place near our school.

    It wasn't {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good time for us to get there as there were so {#blank#}2{#/blank#} people. So we {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to wait for a table. We waited for about half an hour before we could sit down and started to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} some food. Later our potato and mutton noodles came. However, there {#blank#}5{#/blank#} only a little mutton in the noodles! The waiter said, "I know the mutton noodles are short of mutton. But it is not as {#blank#}6{#/blank#} as before, right? A large bowl was 15 yuan before and now it is only 12 yuan." Then one of my classmates found a fly(苍蝇) in his noodles. "Wow! How can your restaurant be so unclean?!" My classmate asked the waiter. "Don't worry, boy. The fly is free. You don't need to pay {#blank#}7{#/blank#} it," said the waiter.

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It was half past seven on Monday morning: time to get ready for school. Jay Stone rolled out of bed. He did a couple of quick wake-up exercises and then he went over to his mirror (镜子) and looked at himself.

"Not bad, Stone, not bad," he said to himself and smiled. Maybe he wasn't ready for Hollywood, but with his dark brown eyes and his thick brown hair, he had the looks that turned girls' heads. He moved closer to the mirror and smiled, checking his teeth.

"Perfect," he thought. "Good enough for a toothpaste ad."

As his eyes moved down to his strong arms, he smiled again. The hours he spent in the gym and doing sit-ups have paid off.

But suddenly, the smile froze. His eyes moved from the upper part of his body down to his legs. His legs were short. Not just short, but far too short for his body. He had the upper body of a six-footer, but because of his legs he was much less than six feet! Six inches less! Sitting, he was as tall as almost anyone. Standing, he had to look up at most of the boys and even many of the girls.

Why didn't his legs grow with the rest of his body? He was one of the shortest boys in his class. He was the shortest in his own family, he was even shorter than his "little" sister—by three inches! Where did his legs come from?

He certainly didn't get them from his parents. They were both quite tall. Looking through old family photos, he found the answer. It was his grandfather on his mother's side. His short legs were a gift from Grandpa Tuttle.

Thanks a lot, Grandpa!

Of course, the kids at school all noticed Jay's short legs and they had a nickname (外号) for him: Stubs! Almost no one called him by his real name; they all called him Stubs. Stubs Stone, Jay didn't like his nickname, but he had to accept it. He had no choice.

But Jay couldn't see in the mirror what his legs could do. They were quick and strong. He was the youngest player on the Brewer High football team. He could run faster than anyone else in the team and, like a rabbit, he kept going and going. Even at basketball, where the other players were much taller than him, they were still afraid of him because of his speed.

Jay shook his head. "Stubs, Stubs Stone, the kid with stubby legs. Yeah, that's me," he said to himself with a little smile. Suddenly, he heard his mother's voice.

"Jay! It's breakfast time!"

Many families take their children for trips on holiday. They usually travel for days 1 weeks. But Julie and Tim Rivenbark had a longer holiday with 2 two children. The Rivenbark family had a one-year trip around the world. They 3 about 30 countries in all. 

Ms Rivenbark said they just wanted 4 as much of the world as they could. The family spent time floating (漂流) on a boat in Italy. They flew in hot-air balloons (气球) in Myanmar. They had 5 long walk to the Everest Base Camp in Nepal and also went on safari (去游猎) in South Africa. 6 fantastic trip!

Tyler, the son, said he enjoyed 7 about the people they met. And his sister, Kara, found that she liked Chinese food 8 . 

Ms Rivenbark said the trip taught the children more than short visits would 9 . 

"I think the long travel can teach them how they see the world. I'm sure they can learn so much 10 the travel. "