Monday morning is an important time at our school. All of the students go to the playground. We listen to music, and we1the national flag (国旗) go up.

    Usually, one student gives a talk on Monday mornings. One Monday last year, a boy gave the talk. He was2and excited! When I saw him, I wanted to have a try, too. Can I really do it?

    Last week, our teacher said our class should give the talk. My teacher3me, “I know you want to have a try. Next Monday, you can give the talk. Go and write something down. Get ready for it. I'm sure you'll do well. ”

    “Thank you,” I answered. It was such a great 4 for me! When I got home, I was excited. I wrote two pages for the talk. I read them again and again. When I read, I asked my parents 5. I wanted to make my teacher happy.

    Monday morning came. I began to feel 6. When did I last give a talk to so many people? Never! This was my first time. Could I really do it? Maybe I couldn't finish the talk.

    When I got to school, we all went out to playground. I 7 in front of everyone. I opened my mouth, but I couldn't say anything.

    “Take it easy,” I said to8. “Don't be nervous. You can do it. ”

    Just then, I looked down at everyone. I saw about 1,000 eyes. They were all looking at me! I couldn't even stand up.

    I looked at their eyes more carefully. Their eyes were saying, “You can do it! Don't be afraid, just talk!”

    I9a big breath(呼吸). Then I began to talk. It wasn't hard. It was easy.

    I don't know10I finished my talk. But I did it. I felt so good that day. I showed myself to everyone what I can do.

    Jimmy had a cow．One day the cow was ill and stopped giving milk．Jimmy didn't want to1money on her so he let her go．The cow felt sad but she had to2 ．Bob found the cow on his way home and he 3her to see the doctor．

    Then the cow lived a4life because Bob was like a father to her．Soon she started to give milk again．Bob5milk and made lots of6 ． One day, Jimmy found this cow was his and wanted to get her．"That cow was7."said Jimmy．But Bob didn't want to give the cow back.

    "I will ask the Village Administrator(行政官)for8,"Jimmy shouted．Soon the Village Administrator came and he let the cow choose(选择)by herself．The cow walked9from Jimmy and started licking(舔)Bob's hand．She knew the two men were10 ．

    My cousin Sandy is1English girl. Her2name is White. She is 12. The girl is3. In her room, her books and tape player4in the bookcase. Her pencil box is on the5. Her ruler is on the desk, too. And a set 6 keys are in her pencil box. A baseball is under the desk,7 it's not Sandy's. It's her brother8. Sandy has a computer. 9 on the table. There is a photo on the wall. Two girls are in the photo. Do you know10the two girls are? Well, they are Sandy's good friends, Mary and Anna.

    Nine-year-old Louis Pasteur rushed into the little house.With his face white. “Mother!” he cried, “A mad dog has 1 my friend Henry, and now they are burning him with red-hot irons(烙铁). It's terrible!”

    “Rabies(狂犬病), Louis. Burning the bites is the only 2of stopping Henry from catching the disease.''

    Henry did get rabies and died, in great 3 some days later. Louis Pasteur never 4“One day,” he thought, “I must do something to help people like Henry.”

    Sixteen years later Pasteur became a Doctor of 5And he began his work in this special field. Pasteur achieved great success in his life.6 the years of research he lost the use of his left arm and leg, yet he never lost heart. He worked on and on, as hard as ever,7 he had a strong will to find a way for curing rabies.

    After many dangerous experiments on mad dogs, he 8found the answer. Just then a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog arrived at his lab. A few days later Pasteur's treatment, the boy got9He did not catch rabies.

    The discovery gave new hope to people in many countries. People sent money to help10the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Today it is one of the world's most famous centers for the research.

    Erquan Yingyue was written 1 Abing, a folk musician who was born in the city of Wuxi in 1893. His mother died 2he was very young. Abing's father taught him to play many musical instruments, 3 the drums, dizi and erhu, and by age 17, Abing had been known 4his musical ability. However, after his father died, Abing's life grew 5 He was very poor. Not only that, he developed a6 illness and became blind. For several years, he had no home. He lived on the streets and played music to make money. Even after Abing got 7and had a home again, he continued to sing and play on the streets. He 8in this way for many years.

    Abing played music that could touch the 9of people. When we listen to his music, we can sense both the beauty and sadness in it. It makes us think about the wounds and pain that we experienced in the past. By the end of his life, he could 10 over 600 pieces of music. He wrote many of them himself. It is a pity that only six pieces of music in total were recorded for the future world to hear, but his popularity continues to this day.