Mr. White with his wife was now living at a small Italian hotel. Last year they had stayed in Italy for months on holiday. One night he went out for a walk 1 . It was late. The small street was dark and 2 . Suddenly he heard steps behind him. He 3 his head and saw a middle-aged woman with wild hair, who quickly walked past him. The woman was 4  out of sight when Mr. White suddenly found that his watch was 5 . He thought it was the passing woman who had taken his watch, 6  he ran quickly after her and soon caught up with her. As he knew 7  Italian, Mr. White had to ask the woman to 8  the watch in another way. He showed the woman his strong arms and pointed to her watch pocket. The woman thought a while and gave the watch to Mr. White.

    Mr. White returned home and told his wife 9 had happened. He was greatly 10 when Mrs. White pointed to the watch on the table. Now he found it was he himself that had taken the Italian's watch.

    Marco Polo was born in Italy．Here is the story about him．

    In 1271，at 17，Marco went on a1to China．Today,people can go to different places around the world2 ． But it was very3 people to travel then．He,travelled through Europe and Asia4his father and uncle on the Silk Road.The Polos5to China in 1275.

    Marco Polo stayed in China for 17 years.During those years,he6about coal(煤)and paper.These things were7to him,because he didn't see them in Italy before．Marco and his family finally went back to Italy in 1295．They brought(带)some coal and paper back to Italy with8 ． At home．Marco finished a 9about his trip．The Travels of Marco Polo．The book10people his fantastic experiences(经历)in China．

    “You'll have to 1our baby today,” a woman tells her husband. “I'm not feeling2today.” Don't worry, dear. I'll be very3 to do so, then you can stay in bed and have a good rest.” Her husband says.” Thank you. I'll have a quiet day and I will get4soon.” His wife tells him.

    “Do I need to do the 5 for you too?” her husband asks.

    The wife is very pleased and says, “That will help me 6 I'll give you a list of things to buy.”

    She writes out the list and 7it to her husband.

    “You can get all of the things at the 8” she says. “You can put our baby in the shopping cart, then you will not have to leave him 9”

    The man takes the baby10the supermarket and puts him in the shopping cart 11the rows （排）of the things to buy and looks for those things on the list.

    12everything goes well, but the baby begins to cry. Then he begins to scream（尖叫）. And scream! Scream!

    “Keep calm（保持镇定）, George,” the man says. “Don't get angry. Don't 13, George. Don't lose your temper（脾气）, George.”

    A woman in the supermarket hears 14 the man says. She walks up to him. “I think you are15 You are so patient（耐心） with your little George.” She says to him.

    “Madam, I'm George. He's Edward.” the man says.

    John sat next to me when we were in No.1 Middle School. He had a serious 1 in communicating (交流) with people. One always had to guess what he was saying. Besides(此外), 2 of my classmates did not like to be with him because his hands and shirts were always 3. I tried to let him know the importance of being clean by 4 him many times a day to wash his hands. But he just could not understand.

    One day, our teacher Miss Lee walked up to John. 5 saying anything, she took John to the washroom. Slowly, Miss Lee washed his 6 and told him that he should keep himself clean. She did that every day for one month. 7, John understood.

    Miss Lee's love gives me a good example to follow when I 8 my job. I always remember to teach my students by showing them the right 9 to do things. And the most important of all, I always remember to give them 10 to learn and to grow up.

    Have you heard of Zhou Yang? She is now well known 1 an excellent short track speed skater (短道速滑运动员).

    Zhou Yang is not an overnight 2. She was born in a poor family in Changchun on June 9th, 1991 and started 3at the age of 8.She fell in love with the 4at once when she put on her skates to train for the first time. Soon her talent (天赋) for short track speed skating was 5. Zhou Yang trained hard and made her way into the national team 6^.

    In the world championships (锦标赛) in 2008, Zhou Yang set a world record in the 1, 500m event. Zhou Yang 7herself again in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her performance gave China the 8gold medal in the women's 1, 500 meters in the Winter Olympics — China had never won the event before.

    "Winning the event is my dream, 9I still have one more dream, winning the relay (接力赛)," Zhou Yang said.

    Her "one more dream" 10when she and her teammates won the women's 3, 000m short track relay with a new world record. 

    Last year I went to Australia to study and travel. I stayed in Sydney for three months. I visited places of1in the morning and took English lessons in the afternoon. A friend and I stayed in a host family in Sydney. The family were very2to us. We talked about a lot of things with each other in English.

    My spoken English improved 3in Australia. I used to speak little English in China, 4 in Australia I had to use it very often. I was soon able to5with my teachers and host family in English freely. To me, the best place in Australia is the Sydney Opera House（歌剧院）. You can look at it from different sides. It is beautiful to look at. I cannot sing very well, but6I was inside, I really wanted to sing.

    Time7 while I was in Sydney. Soon Christmas came, then the New Year. I had to spend the New Year8my parents. I felt a little lonely. I missed them so much. In the evening, I9my family. When I heard 10voices, I began to cry. My host mother held me in her arms and comforted（安慰）me.