It was a long hard fight, but by now it was 1and this helped us very much. We ran here and there in the trees, calling and2. The enemies could not see us and did not know how many of us they were 3In the end the first officer shouted to them：                                                  

“Put down your4and stop fighting! The captain has fifty island people to help him. We can kill you 5!”

     So the enemies 6 fighting and we took their guns. Three of the enemies7 to come to join us, but the others refused. So we 8them in my cave. I stayed to 9 the prisoners(犯人), while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship.

     All night we listened to the 10of guns and shouting, but in the morning, when the sun  11, the captain was master of his ship again. I went down the shore(海岸) to meet him.

“My dear friend” he cried, “There's your12! I'll take you to the ends of the13in it!” I put my 14round him, and we laughed and cried together. How 15I was to leave the island.

    Once, in a small village, lived a family with eight children. Two of the children loved 1 very much, but the family was so poor that it was impossible to send 2 of them to study at the art college at the same time. After many discussions, the two boys finally 3 a plan. They would toss(抛) a coin. The loser would go 4into the mines (煤矿) and, with his earnings(赚得的钱), 5 his brother studying at the college. Then, when the brother who won the toss finished his studies, after four years, he would support the other brother studying at the 6.

    James won the toss and Jack went down into the mines. James worked with all his heart and his paintings were much 7 than those of most of his teachers, and by the time he 8, he was beginning to make a lot of money for his paintings.

    9 James returned, the family held a big dinner for his great success. Soon after the meal began, James 10 up from his seat to drink a toast (举杯祝酒) to his dear 11 He said, "Jack, now you can go to the art college and your 12 will come true. I will take care of you. "

    But Jack said 13, "Brother, the four years in the mines has done too much to my hands, so it's too 14 Now I can' t even hold a glass. "

    To show his great love and respect, James drew his brother' s hands with 15 towards the sky.

    He called his drawing "The Praying Hands", which became very famous years later.

    Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good1and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

    One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went2the school psychologist's(心 理学家的) office to ask for help.

    "Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a3study of them," said the psychologist.

    "I've been trying hard," Johnnie was about to4.

    The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who are5able to learn math, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find6you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very7you."

    Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon8amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnie had what they called a" green thumb" The plants he9grew, and the roses blossomed(开花). People started to accept his10for gardening， because he had an eye for color and light.

    One day while he was downtown, he happened to11an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That afternoon as soon as he got the permission(许可), he started the work,12he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that were13. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little14.

    Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go， they15beauty before the eyes of people.

    Mr Robinson had to travel somewhere on business, and as he was in a hurry, he decided to go by1. He liked sitting beside a window when he was flying, so after he got onto the plane, he looked for a window seat. He2all of them taken except one. There was a young man seated beside it, and Robinson was surprised that he had not taken the one by the window. Anyhow, he went towards it.

    When he reached it, however, he saw that there was a notice on it, written3large letters, saying "This seat is kept for proper balance. Thank you." Mr Robinson had never seen such a notice before, but he thought the plane must be carrying something particularly heavy in its room which made it necessary to have the passengers properly balance. So he walked on and found4empty seat, not beside the window to sit on.

    Two or three other people5to sit in the window seat next to the young man, but they also read the notice and went on. Then when the plane was nearly full, a very beautiful girl stepped into the plane. The young man, who was watching the passengers coming in,6 took the notice off the seat beside him, and in this way succeeded in having a pretty companion (伙伴)  during the whole trip.

    Once upon a time, there lived a bird named Bharunda. He was strange 1he had two necks with two heads, but shared the same body.

    One day, the bird found a delicious apple. The first head said2. "Oh, what a delicious-looking apple! I am 3 to find it." Then, he started eating the apple.

    The second head wanted to share the fruit, but he was 4. The first head laughed and said, "We share the same 5. It makes no difference on who eats the 6. After all, it goes to the same stomach.

    What's more, I am the one who found it, so I have the right to eat it myself." The second head felt 7, but he kept silent.

    A few days later. the second head found a pear which was from a poisonous(有毒的)tree. He said to the first head that he was going to eat this fruit.

    The first head began to 8. He shouted loudly "Please don't eat this fruit. It is a poisonous one. We share the same stomach. If you eat it, we will both die. I'm sorry 9what I did several days ago." The first head also promised to 10 things with the second one.

    From then on, they got on well with each other.