A man from a big city with a new cart（马车）and a beautiful pair of horses was driving along a country road . He did not give much attention to where he was going. Very soon he knew he lost his way, but he kept on driving hoping he would meet someone or find his way back.

    It was a long way. For many hours he kept on driving. When it was almost dark he saw a farmer who was working in a field. He stopped and shouted, “Hello, farmer!” “Hello, yourself!” the farmer answered, still working.

    “Where does this road go?”

    “I have never seen it go anywhere. It always stays where it is.” said the farmer, without stopping his work.

    “How far is it to the next town?” said the stranger, with a little louder voice.

    “I don't know. I've never measured (测量) it .” Answered the farmer.

     By the time the city man was getting angry. “What do you know? You're the biggest fool I've seen.”

    The farmer stopped and turned and looked for a while at the man. Then he said, “Maybe I do not know much, perhaps I'm a fool. But at least I'm not lost.”

    It is a fine Saturday morning. Alice and her parents are in a big bus. There are many people in it, Some of them are from England and others come from the USA and Canada. They are going to the Great Wall. Alice finds there are two Chinese in the bus. One is Mr Li, the bus driver. The other is a young man about twenty. He speaks English very well. He is now talking about the Great Wall. People in the bus are all listening to him. They like to see the Great Wall. They want to see it very much.

    A kind of little cars may some day take the place of today's cars. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution. There will also be more space for parking cars in cities, and the streets will be less crowded. Three such cars can fit in the space now needed for one car of the usual size.

    The little cars will cost much less to own and to drive. Driving will be safer too, as these little cars can go only 65 kilometres an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for getting around a city, but they will not be useful for long trips. Little cars will go 450 kilometres before needing to stop for more gas (汽油).

    If big cars are still used along with the small ones, two sets of roads will be needed in the future. Some roads will be used for the big, fast cars and other roads will be needed for the slower, small ones.

Long ago, a little boy was walking through a park. In the middle of the park there was a 1 with a sign on it. The  2 said, "I am a magic tree. Say the magic words and you will see."

The boy tried to 3 the magic words. He tried "open" "hurry", and many more, but none of them worked.

Tired and upset, the boy 4 out, "This is too difficult. Please, dear tree!" Suddenly, a big 5 opened at the bottom of the tree. He came in. Inside everything was 6 . He couldn't see anything except for a sign. The sign said, "Carry on with your magic." Then the boy said, "That is a good idea. 7 , dear tree!" With this, the inside of the tree lit up 8 and showed a road. The road led to a 9 full of toys and chocolates.

The little boy brought all his friends to the magic tree and they had the best party ever in the room. This is why people always say that "10 " and " thank you" are the magic words.

Hi, I am Amy. People in the same(相同的) family often have the same eyes or hair. But do they have the same hobbies(爱好)?

In my family, my mom Kate has brown eyes and blonde hair. She likes books and music. My dad Peter has blue eyes and brown hair. His hobbies are sports and computers. My brother, Max, has blue eyes and blond hair. He likes music and sports. What about me? I have my mom's brown eyes and my dad's brown hair. But my hobby is photography(摄影).

My parents don't have a camera. They don't like taking photos, and photography is not one of their hobbies. But do you know who likes photography in my family? My grandpa, Paul. He loves taking photos and his photos are great! My grandpa doesn't have brown eyes or brown hair, but we like the same thing(事物). About 25% of the people in the UK like the same things as their parents, grandparents, or grandparents' parents!

Sam had to take care of his little sister Julie by himself. Their parents passed away long ago. 

One day, Sam woke up1 three in the morning as usual. When Julie was sleeping alone, Sam went out 2 newspapers. When he found an old man sitting in front of their house, Sam was so surprised that he stopped to look at him closely. It was 3 icy morning and he looked very cold. 

The poor old man didn't have anything to cover4 body with. Sam went into his house to get the old man a blanket(毯子). However, there were no extra blankets, so Sam thought hard and took his 5 coat. Sam wrote a short note. "Sir, I found you sleeping in front of my house. This is an old coat of my dad's. I hope it fits you well. " 6 then he left. When he came back, both the man and the coat were gone. Sam thought that it was 7 thing he could do with his dad's coat. 

That afternoon when Sam got home, Julie and the old man8 in front of the house, and Julie shouted to Sam9 ，"Brother！He's our grandfather！"The grandfather smiled and said, "Sam，thank you for giving me the coat and letting me know 10 good my grandson is. "