B

    John's birthday is on August 16th. His parents are going to have a party for him. He is very happy about it. He would like to invite his friends to the party. Last Sunday night, while John was in his room, his mother walked in.

    "Are you still doing your homework?" she asked.

    "No, I'm writing a letter to Uncle Tom," John answered.

    John's mother was very surprised because John never wrote letters to anyone.

    "Are you asking him to come to your birthday party?"

    "No," John answered, "Uncle Tom never comes to my birthday parties."

    "Then what are you writing about?" his mother asked. "Will you read me the letter?"

    "OK," John said, "but I haven't finished it. I have only written two lines. I'll read them to you."

    "Dear Uncle Tom, thank you very much for sending me such a nice gift. I hope..." her mother stopped him. "But Uncle Tom hasn't sent you any gifts."

    "I know," John answered. "I'm not thanking him for this year's gift. I'm thanking him for last year's. You know, it's never too late to thank him."

A

    Bob is my cousin．He is only five years old．He likes eating meat(肉)very much．He always has meat for lunch and dinner．He doesn't like vegetables or fruit. So he is a little fat．My aunt worries(担忧)about him and doesn't want him to have so much meat．

    It's Sunday．Bob and my aunt go to the zoo to see animals．They see tigers and bears．Bob likes them very much．Then it's time for lunch．The keepers(饲养员)bring some meat for the tigers and bears． 

    "Mum, do tigers and bears have meat every day?"Bob asks．

    "Yes，they do，"my aunt says．"It's time to have lunch．Let's eat out. What do you want for lunch?"

    "Meat．"

    "Oh, Bob．You're a little fat．Eating much meat is not good for you."

    "No, Mom．Tigers and bears eat meat every day，and they're very strong-I want to be strong，too．"

    Wu Dong is from Guangdong. Gorge is from America. They are in No.1 Middle School in Nanjing. Now they are in their teacher, Mr. Smith's room. There are many, many English books on the bookshelf(书架). Wu Dong and Gorge are asking some questions. There are some apples, bananas, cakes, bottles of milk and orange on the table.

    After questions, Mrs. Smith gives something to eat to Wu Dong and something to drink to Gorge. Wu Dong would like something to drink. Gorge would like something to eat. Mr. Smith doesn't know. They put them on the table again.

    Now it's seven thirty. It's time to go to the classroom. They must go.

    The story of Robinson Crusoe is known all over the world. The story is about the life of a real person. His name was Alexander Selkirk.

    Selkirk was born in 1676 in Scotland. His father made shoes and clothes, but Alexander didn't want to work in his father's shop. He wanted to sail a ship on the sea.

    When Selkirk was 28 years old, he was sailing on the Pacific Ocean. The ship was in a bad state. Selkirk was worried. "This ship is not safe!" he thought. He told the captain that he wanted to get off. The captain didn't like Selkirk, so he agreed. The ship took Selkirk to a small island.

    Selkirk took a few things from the ship: a gun, an axe, and a few clothes. Then the ship left, and Selkirk was alone. There were no people or houses on the island. He was more than 600 kilometres from the nearest country, Chile.

    He found a cave near the beach and this became his home for the first few months. In the day time, he had to leave the cave and find some food. He usually ate fish and other small sea animals. At night, he heard strange noises from the trees. He thought that there were wild animals on the island that could hurt him. He was afraid and didn't want to leave for the beach. He stayed in his cave. He was very lonely.

    One day, when he woke up，he saw hundreds of sea lions on the beach. He couldn't get to the sea, so he couldn't catch any fish. He had to look for food on another part of the island. He was still afraid of the wild animals, but he was hungry! He had to go out in order not to be hungry.