In the early hours of 7 September 1838, one of the worst storms in history was roaring（咆哮）along the coast of England. The lighthouse keeper1at a ship. “It will be gone in a few more minutes,” he said sadly. His daughter, Grace Darling, looking from an upstairs window, found the great ship had 2 against the rocks and broken into halves.

     “Can't we save them?” Grace asked when she saw the3people on the ship. “Isn't there any way to help them?”

“No one can take a lifeboat out in that water,” her father answered. “The waves（浪）are too large.”

    Grace had great4.She simply did not know how to give up. Filled with pity, she ran to the lifeboat quickly. Her father5. With tears running down his face, he begged his daughter not to get into the boat, 6 she would not listen. Her father could not let her go alone. He climbed in too. The two of them rowed in a great hurry. Each wave seemed 7to throw them into the sea at any time.

    Suddenly there was a terrible roar. The storm had 8the ship in two. People were holding on to each half tightly（紧紧地）.They had to be saved soon.

    Grace and her father rowed faster. Soon they reached the ship and began filling the lifeboat with9. Then father and daughter brought their lifeboat safely to shore.

    As news of her brave saving action reached the public, the whole country considered her as a national hero. Grace and her father received the Silver Medal10from the British government. To this day a small statue stands above the grave（墓）of Grace Darling. People still respect the young woman who refused to give up.

    Once upon a time, a beautiful bird and a tortoise became good friends. The bird lived in a tree by the banks of the river. The tortoise had his1 there too. They are neighbours. Every day, after the bird flew down and had a drink of water, he would dance near the river to make the tortoise friend 2.

    One day, a bird-catcher caught the bird and wanted to take him away to the market. The unhappy bird asked the catcher to allow him to say 3 to his friend, tortoise. The bird-catcher 4 and took him to the tortoise. The tortoise was5 to see his friend a captive(俘虏).

    The tortoise asked the bird-catcher to let the bird go. And the tortoise said if the catcher6, he would give the bird-catcher an expensive 7. The bird-catcher agreed. To his surprise, The tortoise then dived into the water and in a few seconds 8with a nice pearl(珍珠). The bird-catcher was very happy to see it and he let the bird go at once.

    A short time later, the man came back and told the tortoise that a pearl was not enough and planned to catch the bird again if the tortoise doesn't 9 him another bigger and nicer pearl. The tortoise, who had already helped his friend, the bird, to leave the place to a forest far away after being set free, was greatly 10 with this man.

    "Well," said the tortoise, "if you still want to 11 another pearl, give the first one to me and I will fish another one for you." 12 his greed(贪婪), the bird-catcher gave the pearl to the tortoise, who 13 away with it saying, "I am no fool to take one and give two!" The tortoise then dived into the water 14, leaving the bird-catcher without a single pearl.

    We should learn from the short story that greed leads you to have 15.

    Long long ago, there was a crowd of antelopes(羚羊)in the forest. In this crowd there was1wise teacher. He was admired by everyone because he taught the young the tricks and strategies of survival. One day, his younger sister brought her son 2 him and asked him to teach3was important to antelopes. She said, "Dear brother, this is my son, Dick. Please teach him the tricks and strategies of survival. The teacher said to Dick, "You 4 come at this time tomorrow for your 5 lesson."

    At first, Dick came to have lessons on time every day. But soon, Dick became 6 in playing games with others, so he began to cut classes.7, he didn't realize how dangerous it could be for a young antelope 8 learned nothing but games.

    Unfortunately, one day the young antelope stepped in a trap. Knowing Dick 9, his mother was worried. She went to her brother and 10 him "My brother, how is my son? Have you taught him the tricks and strategies of survival? The teacher replied, "My dear sister, I tried 11 best to teach him, but your son did not want to learn the tricks and strategies of survival. He cut classes. How could I possibly teach him?"

    At this time, they heard that Dick 12 in a trap. They hurried to rescue him before it was too late. Dick was too scared 13 and regretted deeply.

14 the young antelope had kept learning 15 all the time, he wouldn't have been caught.

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Dear Headmaster,

Hearing that you are going to choose the star of the year, I'd like to recommend( 推荐)Helen.

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Yours,

Li Hua