Charlie came from a poor village. His parents had 1 money to send him to school when he was young. The boy was very2 . Mr. King lived next to him. He knew it and lent some 3 to him. So the boy could go to school. He studied hard and 4all his lessons. When he finished middle school, Mr King introduced him to his friend in the town,  5 he began to work.

    Once Mr. King was hurt 6  in an accident. He was dying and he asked Charlie to take care of his 7, Sharon. The young man agreed and several years later he married the girl. He loved her very much and tried his best to make8  happy. He often bought delicious food for her. He was good at cooking and he cooked 9 for her. So she became very fat. And one day she found there was something wrong with her heart and she had to go to 10 at once. The doctors looked her over and told her 11 eat meat, sugar, chocolate and things like these. She was afraid 12 the doctor's words , so she wrote all the names of the food on the paper. When she got home, she put the paper on the table and 13. When she came back home that afternoon, she found many kinds of 14 : meat, sugar and chocolate in the kitchen. Charlie was busy 15 there. When he saw her, he said happily, "I bought all the food you like, dear!"

    Mr. Smith stood at the bus stop and watched the cars go by. Many of the cars were new Beta400s, 1 most of them were yellow. Mr. Smith always 2 the same clothes as other men, ate the same 3 as other people, and did the same things after work, and 4 the end of the week, Mr. Smith did not like to be 5.

    The following week, Mr. Smith bought a new, bright, yellow Beta400. He was very 6 with it, and drove to work in it 7 the next day. He was even more pleased with his new car, when he 8 all the other Beta400s, in front, behind, and on 9 sides of it.

    Mr. Smith parked his car in a big car-park near his office, and walked the 10 of the way. But when he came back at five o'clock, there were 11 many bright yellow Beta400s in the car-park that Mr. Smith did not know 12 car was his. He tried his 13 in some of the cars, but people passing by 14 him a look that he did not like. So he stopped.

    15 Mr. Smith had to wait for nearly two hours until his was the only yellow Beta400s in the car-park.

    Stephen Hawking is a scientific giant after Albert Einstein. On 14 March, 2018, the world-famous British scientist died at 76 in Cambridge, UK.

    Stephen Hawking was born on 8 January, 1942 in England. When he was a boy, he 1 to study how things worked. His father wanted him to 2 a doctor, but he didn't want to. He had great 3 in science.

    Hawking got a very serious 4 called ALS at the age of 21. He couldn't walk or speak. Only three of his fingers could move. He could only communicate with others by computer. At first, Hawking was very sad. Later he 5 to see his life in a different way. He worked 6 and went on with his studies. Then he made some great achievements in science. He wrote many great 7. The most 8 one is A Brief History of Time. In the book, he explains the 9 and end of the universe. He also wrote books for 10, like George and the Big Bang (《乔治的宇宙大爆炸》). They help kids learn about space. And he gave speeches at universities. His unusual life encourages many young people.

    Hawking has left us. But his works will live on for many years.

    Ralph and Edward were in Grandma's house in the countryside. It was snowing outside. So they 1stay in the house all day.

    When they 2  , it was still snowing. Every time they woke up during the night, they could 3  the wind whistling around the house. 4  the next morning it was a sunny day. "Oh, grandma! Please do quick breakfast. We are going5 to build a fort（城堡）, " cried the boys. They were soon out in the snow, and what6 good time they had! When grandma called them in to dinner they didn't know why the time flew so fast. After dinner, Ralph was looking out of the window, when he saw two little7 sitting on a tree.

    "Oh, Edward! Come here," he called. "See those poor little birds. They look so  8. "

    "Poor little things," 9 Edward. "The snow really brought 10  a happy time this morning, but you see it covered everything up so that these poor birds can't get their food. Don't you feel11 for them?"

    "Let us get some food  12grandma and throw it out to them," said Ralph, "  13they can find it." Then they did so.

    The little birds were soon flying 14. It sounded like they were saying, " 15."

    William Shakespeare was a writer of plays and poems. Some of his1famous plays are Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet. He was born in 1564 in England.

    At school he liked2. He decided3an actor when he finished school at the age of fourteen. He married in 1582 and had three children.  4twenty-eight he5London and6a theatre company. He became a successful actor and started writing plays. Queen Elizabeth Ⅰ7Shakespeare's plays.

    In 1599 the company opened the Globe Theatre 8the River Thames in London. You can go to the Globe Theatre today.

    William Shakespeare died at the age of fifty-two. He was rich and9. You still see his plays in English and in many other languages. He is one of the most famous10in the world.