Tom lives in New York. His father has a shop and his mother is a doctor. He is seven years old now, and begins 1 to school this autumn. It's far 2 from their shop and his father 3 him to school every day. So he 4 never late for school and his teachers all like him.

    It's Monday today, Miss Hunt is teaching them to 5 from one to ten. Sam is studying hard. Soon he can count 6. Miss Hunt is happy and 7,“How many people are there in your 8, Sam?”

      Sam stands up and says, “Two, Miss Hunt.”

    “9 are they?”

    “My father and my mother.”

    “Oh?” Miss Hunt is surprised. She says, “There are three people in your family.”

    “But now I am not 10. I am at school, you know!”

    One day, when Bill was walking home from school, he heard a 1 coming from the bushes(灌木). He went over  2 what it was. Behind a bush, he found a black dog. Bill went back home as soon as he could with the dog and 3 her to his parents. Bill's dad found that the dog had 4 leg, so they brought the dog to a doctor for animals 5 car. On the way Bill's parents decided that Bill could 6 the dog if they couldn't find the owner of the dog.

     When they arrived, the doctor checked the dog. He told Bill that she was going to have 7! The next day, Bill 8 signs like "FOUND DOG BACK" around his neighborhood. He also wrote his family's phone number on the signs.

     Two days later, Bill got a/an 9 from the owner of the dog. The owner thanked Bill. When he came to pick up his dog, he said Bill could have one of the babies. Bill was very 10! Finally Bill got a baby dog from the owner. He named him Rosco and liked him very much.

    I'm Maggie．When l was a teenager(青少年)，I wanted to leave school and have my own life．The only1I could think of doing this was to work in the brick(砖)factory in my town．I was very2when I told my father my idea．I thought he would say,"No!You are going to college．"But he3said．"OK．Let's go to the brick factory．"

    Two days later,he took4to the factory．I had a romantic(浪漫主义的)idea of working in a factory．I imagined everyone to be friends working together and having fun．I5imagined that there would be music and singing．I guess I had watched too many movies as a teenager．

When we6the factory gate,my father spoke to the guard(警卫)and one minute later we were inside．My father said．"Take your time．Have a close look before you decide to work here．"I walked7the factory,looking at the buildings and workers and listening to the noise．Later,I ran back to my father and said，"I want to go home．"

    He asked why,looking into my eyes.

     "It's8here."I answered.

    I went back to school the next day.From then on ,I began to9very hard.I got into a good college.After I left college,I 10a good job at a big company.Thanks to my father and our trip to the brick factory,I'm now living a really happy life!

    Long long ago, a poor farmer had a dog and a cat. The dog and the cat 1 for the farmer and they 2 food from him.

    One night the farmer said, “There's not 3 room for both of you to live in the house. The one who works 4 in the field will live inside. ” Then they 5 good night to each other.

    The next morning, the dog and the cat got up very early. The dog went straight to the 6 and worked very hard. The cat climbed up a tree and slept until dark.

    When the evening came, they 7 went home. The dog told the farmer 8 that he finished the work. so did the cat. The dog and the cat argued a lot. The farmer decided to go and 9 the field next morning.

    What did the farmer see then? There were all the cat's footprints in the field.

    From then on, the cat lives inside the house and the dog lives outside, and their food are 10, too. So the dog is very angry with the cat whenever they see each other.

    Once upon a time, many animals lived in a forest. There was plenty of food for animals to eat and water to drink there. But there was no rain for a whole 1, so the grass dried up and many animals that ate grass died, and there was no enough food for animals who fed on other animals to eat. The animals in the forest began to find it 2 to get food. They were very hungry.

    One day, a wolf met a bear and a jackal in the forest. They had a talk and they thought it would be 3 to join hands with a lion and look for food together.

    They found a lion and told him the thought. The lion 4. The four of them began to hunt.

    The hunting team came across a buffalo. The 5 and the jackal ran after the buffalo. The bear stopped the buffalo. The lion 6 him.

    The jackal planned to share the buffalo among them, so he 7 the buffalo into four parts. However, when they were about to take their own part, the lion roared and said, "Well, friends, the first part is 8 for my leadership. The second part is mine, for I killed the buffalo. The third part is also mine for I need it for my babies. Anyone who needs a part can take the 9. But before that, you will have to win me."

    All the three 10 the place with anger but without any word.

    From this story, we know that if you are powerful, you are right.

    A truck is running across the Steel Bridge. David Fisher and Anna, his 3-year-old dog, are sitting quietly in the truck. This evening's work has been 1. They collected two bags of garbage.

    Since three years ago, Fisher has been doing the 2 thing. Every evening after work he drives back home to meet Anna and then to the Willamette River. The thing they want to get is 3 instead of fish.

    "Collecting is always good," Fisher always says with a big smile when he 4 garbage on a beach. At the same time, Anna plays nearby. Sometimes Anna brings Fisher some old cans or bottles, 5 its owner's high praise.

    "I can work with Anna on a beach for many hours at weekends. It's very 6 !" Fisher says happily.

    Fisher thinks small changes can make a big 7. Since he started picking up garbage, he has been more careful to put empty bottles into his pocket, collect the cans that others throw away 8 recycle everything he can.

    Fisher has 9 not only himself but also others. Once, a family with two little girls were playing on the beach where Fisher was collecting garbage. After seeing what Fisher was doing, the two girl 10 to help him pick up garbage. Fisher has actually done a lot to protect the environment.