Mr. Brown, a teacher in a primary school, often fell asleep in class, but he didn't want his1 to know and do that. One day he again fell asleep2 .When he woke up, one of the3 , Tom, asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?”

    Mr. Brown's face turned4 . “I…I…The Sungod (太阳神) asked me to visit him in my dream.” he said.

    Tom wanted to say something,5 he said nothing. The next day, Tom also6 in class. When the teacher saw him, he7 Tom up and asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class and not8 me, Tom?”

    Tom answered with a smile on his9 ,“The Sungod asked me to visit him, too. ” The teacher became10 when he heard this and asked, “What did he say to you, then?” “He told me he didn't see you yesterday.” Tom said.

    A traveler was in a large desert, planning to walk across it in one month. Twenty more days passed the journey had been going on1. "Soon I'll be able to walk out of this desert," he thought gladly.

    But the desert was never friendly2travelers. In a short time, there came a strong sandstorm. He hurriedly3his head with the clothes, prostrate on the sand. After about ten minutes, the sandstorm4. He shook the clothes and stood up. At that moment, he found himself in a hopeless situation-the backpack with food and water was swept away by the5.

    As we know, it seems 6 to leave the desert without food and water.7, he had a pear left. He held it in his hands tightly. "Not too bad, at least I have a pear. I8I can walk out of the desert."

    Days and nights went by quickly, but the desert still looked endless. Besides, hunger, thirst and fear of9were always around him like ghosts,10, each time he was close to losing hope, he forced himself to stare at the pear that he had been11. "Not too had, at least I have a pear."

    A small pear became the12for his survival(生存). Three days later,13he saw a village not far away, he laughed with excitement. He felt completely relaxed-the "pear" brought him back to14.

    To keep hope is the best weapon(武器) for victory, so never tell you "15" because only if you try to search, you can always find a "pear" to pull you out of trouble.

    Jack was a hard-working student when he was young, but he had some big problems. He used to be shy before his classmates. So he had 1 friends at school. Bob was a new student in his class. All the students were soon familiar with him and got on well with him 2 Jack.

    One day, some boys put some money into Jack's bag and another boy pretended to have 3 his money. Of course, they found the money in 4 bag at last.

    Jack felt shameful (可耻的) 5 he could not say anything about it. Soon his classmates called him a thief and 6 him in the school. His teachers also 7 that and called his parents to the school, too. Just then, Bob stood out and helped Jack make everything 8.

    From that day, Jack and Bob 9 good friends. Bob often took Jack to take part in many activities and Jack became outgoing. Bob was weak in English and Jack often helped him 10 it. Now Jack became the monitor in his class, and he had more friends. He enjoyed the nice friendship and the school life.

    On a hot summer morning, an old fisherman was fishing near a river. A child went by seeing him fishing. After a few minutes, the child found that the fisherman was really good 1 fishing. Because he didn't spend long 2 a full basket of fish. As the fisherman felt that the child was clever, he offered him some fish. But the child 3 his head. The fisherman asked in 4, "Why not want the fish?"

    The child pointed at the fishing rod (杆) in his hands and said, "I only want that."

    "Why do you only want the rod?" Asked the fisherman.

    "Eating up all the fish you gave doesn't take long. But if I have a fishing rod, I can go5 by myself and I won't be afraid of not having any more fish to eat."

    I think you will 6 say that the child is very cute. Wrong! I think if he doesn't know 7 to fish, he can't have fish to eat, even though he has the fishing rod. So it's 8 to only have a fishing rod. Fishing skills are the 9 important, not the fishing rod.

    In modern society, some people think that if they have a "fishing rod" in their life, they'll 10 fear the wind and rain, just like the child who thought that if he had a fishing rod, he would have fish to eat.

    I was bored last night. So I went to watch the film Treasure Island. I'm not a 1 of pirates(海盗), and I didn't watch many pirate movies. I think this movie is the best one I have seen. It took me to a world of pirates. Though they are pirates, 2 they aren't scary. Eddie Izzard 3 the role of Long John Silver in the movie. I think he acted best. I have never thought much of him. As an actor before, but the movie certainly beat my mind. Toby Regbo, who played Jim Hawkins, performed very 4, too. He told us that the real treasure to us was kindness, not the gold on the island. Other 5 also did a good job.

    The movie was really a 6. So I'd like to 7 it to you. I'm sure you will love it.

Dear Sue,

    I'm having a good time in Beijing. Now it's 12:00 at noon. I'm in a 1. The restaurant is big and clean. There are 2 in it. And many people are eating meals here.

    I 3 a small bowl of beef noodles, some tofu and some vegetables. Beef soup 4 potatoes here looks good, and I want to order some next time. As for drinks, I order some 5. The meal will cost me 50 yuan. I think it is cheap.

    The 6 is very good. The noodles and the 7 are delicious, and the vegetables are great, but the tea isn't very good.

The people in the restaurant use 8 to have meals. I can't use them and I'm learning how to use 9. It's very interesting. I think it will take me a 10 time to finish the meal.

    I will go back to New York next week. See you soon.

Jane