Once upon a time, there was 1 old farmer. He loved money very much. He kept a lot of gold coins(金币)but 2 used them; he 3 not give them to others. He put them into a 4 box and put it in the ground. He came to the 5 every day to look at it. This made him happy.

    6, when he came to the place, he could not find the 7^. He became very, very sad. He began to cry.8 a man came to him and said, "Don't cry. Put a stone in the ground instead, and 9⁾ it is a box of gold coins. A stone will be still the same, 10 when the coins were there, you never used them. "

    Froggie was a frog who never remember where he had been. His biggest 1 was to find the best pond to swim lively without worrying about water snakes. One day, Froggie hopped to a kitchen and jumped into a pot full of2 water. Froggie felt the burning belt and burned out of the water 3 his legs could carry him. “I'm almost died there!” Froggie thought.

    A few days later, Froggie went back to the same 4, totally forgetting he had been there. He again hopped into the same pot. This time, the water inside was cool. He looked around and thought, " there's no 5 trying to eat me and I can have this place all to myself?”6 , Froggie knew it was his dream pond. What he didn't know was that the water was warming up over a low 7.

    8, thirty minutes' of swimming. Froggie felt the water was warmer, he thought of this as a nice surprise "This sure is the best place for swimming. I get to have a hot bath, too.”9 his comfortable bath, the water kept warmer and warmer. Froggie was so comfortable that he 10. And he never woke up.

    Do you like sports? All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports can help people to keep healthy, happy and to live1. What sports do you like? People often2different games in winter and summer. Summer is good3swimming. And in winter people often go skating. Some sports are very popular around the world4basketball, football and running. Do you often run? Are you good at it? Here is a funny story about running!

    Peter and Mike are in the5class. Peter was born in a poor family. But Mike's father is a shopkeeper and is6. When Peter gets into trouble, Mike always7him. Peter likes to have sports. And he is good at running. 8can catch up with him in his school and he often wins the 400-meter race.

    It was Sunday. Mike and Peter went to a forest to have a picnic, Mike took a lot of9there. They ate and drank and then began to go fishing in the river. The two boys enjoyed themselves there. Suddenly they10a great noise. They looked around and found it was11behind a big tree. They were both very12. Peter put on his shoes13and was going to run away. Mike14him and said, "It's no use for us. The tiger runs15than us. Let's find a way." "It doesn't matter," said Peter, "I'm sure I'll run faster than you!"

    Don't you think you should learn to run fast?

Li Shizhen was one of the most famous doctors in Chinese history. He was born in Qichun, Hubei in 1518.

Both of Li Shizhen's father and grandfather were doctors. Li Shizhen's grandfather was a country doctor who traveled in the countryside with a bag of herbs (草药) and medications and cured people. His father was a doctor who wrote several books.

Li Shizhen used to help his father in his medical practice when he was young. Li Shizhen's father wanted him to enter politics (从政). Li Shizhen studied for the exams and passed the country-level examination, but he was never able to pass the imperial examination (殿试).

When he was 38, he cured the son of the Prince of Chu and was invited to be a medical official in that court (宫廷). A few years later, he became an official at the Imperial Medical Hospital.

Even though he realized his father's dream, he didn't want to continue working for the court.

One year later, he left the court and returned to be a doctor again.

Li Shizhen was famous for his book, Compendium of Materia Medica《本草纲目》. He spent 27 years writing the book. Unluckily, Li Shizhen died before the book came out officially. It is such a successful book. Now it is still one of the most important medical books in China.

Once upon a time, there was no tea at all in England. People there used {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (drink) a light beer (啤酒). No coffee or milk but large glasses of beer {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (stand) on the breakfast table!

When tea was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (one) brought to England, an old couple got some as a special treat. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}they did not know how it should be used. They cooked the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}  (leaf) in hot water, and spread them on a piece of bacon (熏肉) which they were going to have for dinner. They ate the leaves, and threw the tea away! However, tea is becoming{#blank#}6{#/blank#} popular as coffee and milk in England today.

Tea is the leaf of a plant which grows {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (wide) in China, Japan and some other countries. Tea farmers usually grow a great many tea plants on a large piece of land. When the tea leaves {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (pick), it is the busiest time for tea farmers in a year. They pull off the leaves and dry {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they). In their spare time, they pick out the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (good) leaves and get them ready for market. In China, whenever a visitor comes into a house, he is served with a cup of tea.

Xie Fei grew up in America and now he lives in Hainan, China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Xie loves collecting (收集) sports things. He started collecting things from NBA stars in high' school in California. And in his college (大学) years in Beijing, he started collecting Chinese sports things. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"At that time, I had many sports collections, and I wanted to show them at the hotel, " said Xie. To his surprise, visitors liked seeing them, so he decided to build a museum. 

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} He then had things like sports shirts from China's women's volleyball team and the torch (火炬) of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. "These collections are important in teaching people about the history of sports in China," said Xie. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}But he still kept them in his museum for everyone to see for free. 

These years, Xie often takes his collections to schools to teach children about the history of sports in China. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

"Museums are a good place for people to learn," said Xie. "I hope young students will learn from these sports collections and the stories behind them in my museum."