Wang Ping and Wang Bin are the twins. They are students. They go to school five days a week. They don't have classes on Saturday and Sundays.

    Today is Sunday. They want to go to the shop. Wang Ping wants to buy(买) a pen and Wang Bin wants to buy a pencil—box. In the shop there are many nice things and a lot of people. Some of them buy apples and bananas. And some of them buy food and clothes. The people in the shop are very friendly. Wang Ping and Wang Bin are very glad(高兴)to come back home with their things.

    Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his penname.

    Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother's care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all his friends and neighbors. He didn't like to go to school, and he often ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi. He was nearly drowned nine times.

    After his father's death, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full time writer.

    In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876, and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous, and brought him great fortune.

    Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments(投资) and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of his children passed away.

    At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.

    Today, roller-skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasn't easy at all. Before 1750, no one had any ideas of roller-skating. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. He liked to make things and play the violin in his free time. He was a man of ideas and dreams. People called him a dreamer.

    One day Merlin was invited to a party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think how to make an amazing entrance at the party. He had an idea. He thought everyone at the party would show much interest if he could skate into the room. He tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skates. Merlin was very proud of his invention and dreamed of arriving at the party on wheels while playing the violin.

    On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room playing his violin. Everyone was very surprised to see him. There was just one problem: Merlin had no way to stop his roller skates. He rolled on and on. Suddenly he ran into a mirror that was hanging on the wall. The mirror fell down, breaking into pieces. Merlin's idea was so good that nobody forgot his special entrance for a long time. But could he find out a way to stop his roller skates?

Let me tell you a story. One day, when Bill {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(walk)home from school,he heard a noise coming from the bushes. He went over to see {#blank#}2{#/blank#}it was. Behind a bush, he found a black dog. Bill went back home as fast as he could with the dog and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(show) her to his parents. Bill's dad found that the dog had {#blank#}4{#/blank#}broken(断了的) leg, so they brought the dog to a doctor for animals {#blank#}5{#/blank#} car. On the way, Bill's parents decided that Bill could keep the dog if they couldn't find the {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (own).

When they arrived, the doctor checked the dog. He told Bill that she was going to have babies! Bill was very {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(surprise). The next day, Bill put some signs like "FOUND A BLACK DOG" around his neighborhood. He also wrote his family's phone number on the signs.

Two days later, Bill got a call {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the owner of the dog. The owner thanked Bill. When he came to pick up his dog, he said Bill could have one of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(baby). Bill was very happy. {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(final), Bill got a baby dog from the owner. He named him Rosco and liked him very much.

I am Sandy Brown. Tony, Mary and I are in the same class. They are brother and sister but they don't like the same food.

 Mary doesn't want to be fat. So, for breakfast, she only has an egg and a cup of milk. For lunch, she has some vegetables and rice with her friends. For dinner, she likes fruit salad. She likes ice- cream and hamburgers, but she doesn't eat them. She thinks they can make her fat.

 What about Tony? He likes sports very much and he plays volleyball well. He always has a big breakfast: two eggs, some milk and salad. For lunch, he likes chicken, a hamburger and some rice. After school, he plays volleyball with his classmates. So he is hungry in the evening. He likes some vegetables, two hamburgers and some fruit for dinner.

Wilbur the pig woke up and looked for Charlotte the spider. Wilbur wanted to thank Charlotte for her help yesterday. He found her sitting in the corner. An egg sac(卵囊)was next to her on the web. 

"What is that thing next to you, Charlotte?"

Charlotte looked very proud of herself and said "I made it myself. This egg sac is the best work I have ever made. "

Wilbur had to agree that it was truly beautiful, but he still did not know what was on the inside. Charlotte told him that there were five hundred and fourteen eggs in the sac. Wilbur could not believe his ears. Charlotte said she was not kidding because she counted it herself. 

Wilbur saw Charlotte was not in the mood and asked, "It is really pretty, but why are you sad?"

"I an just sad that I will not see my children come out of their eggs next spring, " Charlotte said in a soft voice. "I just have a feeling that I will not be around to see that happen. I'm feeling my age. I'm not young anymore, Wilbur. But I don't want you to worry about me. This is your big day today. Look at the web I made. Doesn't it show up well with the dew(露水)on it?"

Wilbur was surprised that although Charlotte needed to make the egg sac, she still made the web for him while she was aging fast. Charlotte's web never looked more beautiful than it looked this morning.