Bert Manson, 82, slowly opened his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt 1. The time was nothing to him. He had nothing to do all day. He lay on the bed, 2 to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.

After a while, Bert3 got out of bed and asked himself the same questions as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he 4? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would 5?”he spoke quietly.

After Bert's wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit once a week. But the last time was months ago. On the phone, they always had a(n) 6: too busy at work; the children are 7; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have any time…except for Bert. He8 his granddaughters. He loved it when Mandy and Ruth came to visit. They brought him candy and 9.

He walked toa chair near the bedroom door 10. He rested for a moment before continuing in small steps to the bathroom.

    A man got a new car and he was very proud of it. One day, when he came back home, he saw his three-year-old son happily hitting the new car with a toy1. He broke off the paint on the car. The man was so2that he ran to his son, took away his hammer(锤子) from him, and used the hammer to hit the boy's3as hard as he could for punishment. The poor boy cried4but his father didn't care at all.

    When the father calmed down, he took his son to the5as soon as he couldAlthough the doctor tried to save the broken bones, he had to 6the fingers from both of the boy's hands in the end.

    When the boy 7in the hospital and saw his hands, he innocently (天真地) said, "Daddy, I'm sorry about your car." Then he asked, "But when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father felt very sad and regretted this very much.

    Think about this story when someone steps (踩)8your feet and you want to argue (争吵) with him. Think first before you9your patience with someone. Cars can be repaired， 10broken bones and hurt feelings often can't. So always remember: excusing is greater than argument and think before you act !

    Tom began to learn to cook when he was six years old. At that time,he was ill in hospital．During the first three days there,Tom1a lot of TV cartoons and felt bored with them．Then he visited the Internet for fun．He 2an interesting website(网站)．It taught people how to cook．Tom was very3the pictures on the website and fell in love with(爱上)cooking．4he got better,Tom went back home and tried to learn to cook by himself．Tom spent most of his free time learning5to cook．He tried a lot of recipes(食谱)．

    Now after five years of6 ． Tom is a famous cook in his town．He also uses his cooking to make money7poor children in his town．He's already given them more than 10,000 dollars．He8has his own book to teach people to cook food．The book is quite popular．"When you9to do something，try your best to do it．Then you will be10one day!"said Tom．

    Tom travelled to London. He 1 the railway station quite early. The train would not leave until five to twelve. He saw 2 people waiting there. Some were standing in line, 3were walking around. There was a group of schoolgirls. Their teacher was trying 4 them in line. Tom looked around, 5there was no place for him to sit.

    He walked 6 the station coffee shop. He found a seat and sat down in front of a large mirror on the wall. He looked at the clock. It was only eleven. Just then, Tim, one of Tom's workmates came in and sat with him.

    "What time is your train?" asked Tim. "There is7 time," answered Tom.

    They talked while 8. Then Tom looked at the clock again. “Oh! It is going backwards!”he cried.

    "You looked at the clock in the mirror," said Tim. Tom was so 9. The next train was not to leave for another hour, and from then on Tom10liked a mirror.

I was walking along a busy road when I noticed a young man standing near the crossing selling toys.1I would hurry past such sellers. But I found this young man was 2, so I stood for some time without crossing the street. I wanted to see how he sold his things.

Soon, a young mother with a little girl came by and the child set 3 eyes on one of the teddy bears. The mother asked the 4 and it was only one dollar. She 5 out a 10­dollar note from her handbag and told the young man that she was giving him 10 dollars and wanted the 6 back. I was wondering how he was going to do it. He told the young mother to put the money in the bag 7 around his neck and take out her change.

I realized that this young man depended on believing people would not cheat him. There was no way for him to know 8 someone took out more than they should have done. I was so 9. I bought a car model from him that I did not need. As I walked down the street, I gave the car model to a kid walking with his father.

I kept thinking that the world would be a better place if we could all learn to 10others more, like the young blind street seller.

Bonnie and Coco are two squirrels (松鼠).They are good friends.One day,Bonnie goes to her friend's home.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} "I can't find my nuts(坚果),"says Coco."They are not under my bed or in my desk.They are for my family.I must find them." 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Bonnie sees a white bag under the chair,but the nuts are not in it.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} In the photo Coco has a big brown box,and many nuts are in the box."Box?Where is it?"Bonnie thinks.She looks here and there.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} "Oh,nuts!"says Coco."Thank you!You're great!"Then Coco goes up to the top(顶部) of the bookcase and finds the nuts in the box. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A.She is happy now.

B.She sees Coco is not happy.

C."I can help you,"says Bonnie.

D.She sees a photo on Coco's desk.

E.Bonnie and Coco have some friends.

F."Look,Coco!What's in the box?"says Bonnie.