Once upon a time there was a writer who liked to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day he was walking along the beach. As he looked down the beach, he saw someone moving like a dancer. He smiled to himself at the thought of someone who would dance to the day. So he began to walk faster to catch up. As he got closer, he saw that a young man was reaching down to the shore, picking something up and very gently throwing it into the ocean.

    As he got closer, he called out, "Good morning! What are you doing?"

    The young man stopped, looked up and answered, "Throwing starfish into the ocean."

    "I guess I should have asked, why are you throwing starfish into the ocean?"

    "The sun is up, and the tide(潮汐) is going out, and if I don't throw them in, they'll die."

    "But, young man, don't you see that there are miles and miles of beach, and starfish all along it? You can't possibly make a difference!"

    The young man listened politely, then picked up another starfish and threw it into the ocean, past the breaking waves and said, "It made a difference for that one." And he kept throwing starfish.

    There is something very special in each and every one of us. All of us can make a difference in life. If we know that, we have the power to shape the future.

    Long long ago, there was a crowd of antelopes(羚羊)in the forest. In this crowd there was a wise teacher. He was admired by everyone because he taught the young the tricks and strategies of survival (生存策略). One day, his younger sister brought her son to him and asked him to leach what was 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 can come at this time tomorrow for your first lesson."

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

    Unfortunately, one day the young antelope stepped in a trap(陷阱). Knowing Dick was missing, his mother was worried. She went to her brother and asked 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 my best to leach him, but your son did not want to lean the tricks and strategies of survival. He cut classes. How could I possibly teach him?"

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

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

There lived a fish in the deep sea. Unlike other common fish, he was the most beautiful in the sea. His scales(鱼鳞) were 1 — blue, green, purple, orange…just like the rainbow (彩虹). So other fish 2 him Rainbow Fish. "Rainbow Fish, come and play with us!" they said. But he didn't even 3 them and swam away.

One day, a little blue fish 4 towards Rainbow Fish and asked, "Would you please give me a few scales?" "No way! Get away!" Rainbow Fish shouted 5 .

The little blue fish was 6 and told other fish what happened. 7 ,Rainbow Fish became the loneliest one in the sea.

One morning, Rainbow Fish went to the wise octopus(聪明的章鱼) for 8 . "I'm not happy at all. I'm so beautiful, 9 why don't they like me?" he asked.

"You will know how to be happy if you 10 your scales," the octopus replied.

When Rainbow Fish was thinking about the octopus's 11 carefully, he heard a voice(声音), "I just want one piece of 12 , please!" It was the little blue fish.

"It's OK to give 13 only one very very small scale," the Rainbow Fish thought and did so. "Thank you very much!" the little blue fish said 14 . He put it among his blue scales and swam away. Very soon other fish swam by. Each one who 15 a scale got one. "Come and play with us, kind Rainbow Fish!" they said. Rainbow Fish said yes, and he knew how to be happy— sharing.

Do you like watching old movies? Maybe you will see one with Carole Lombard. She was a famous actress in the 1930s. She died when she was only 34 years old. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

Lombard's real name was Jane Alice Peters. In 1921, she was playing baseball in the street near the home. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} She was only 13 at the time. The movie was one of the last movies without sound. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} At 16, she left school to act.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} The studio gave her a new name, and she acted in several films. Then at the age of 18, she was in a bad car accident. The accident left scars on her face. The studio broke the agreement, but she did not give up. She continued to act.

It was Paramount Studio that make Lombard a star. She made many movies for the studio. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Lombard was married to actor William Powell for only 23 months. But seven years later, she married the great love of her life, actor Clark Gable. It was a great Hollywood love story.

A. She acted so well that she won the hearts of some people.

B. She also married two of their stars.

C. In her short life she made 70 movies.

D. In 1925, she had an agreement with a film studio, 20^th Century Fox.

E. She wanted to live a simple life.

F. A movie director (导演) saw her and decided to put her in a movie.

Mr Black works in an office. His memory is very poor and often 1 something. One day his son had a cold and he had to2 him to hospital. When they got there, he remembered that he left his3 at home. He ran to the telephone box4 and was going to ask his wife to take the money to him. But there was a woman in it. She was looking up something in the telephone book. He had to stand outside to 5 . About ten minutes passed, but she was still in it. His son began to cry on a chair in the waiting room. He was6 . Another ten minutes passed, but the woman didn't 7 . He was more worried. He thought for a while and knocked at the door. The door8 and he went in.

"May I help you to look up the telephone number, madam?" asked Mr Black.

"Thank you, sir," said the woman, "I don't9 anybody up. I had a baby last month and I'm only looking for a good 10 for her in the telephone book."

Mike is my pen pal. He's thirteen years old. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} . His grandparents have a big farm. They work on their farm every day. Today is Sunday. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} He asks his classmates to visit his grandparents' farm. In the morning, they take a bus to the farm. When（当······时候）they get to the farm， his grandparents are very glad to see them. 

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Mike's grandpa keeps a dog, three cats, fourteen cows and thirty rabbits. Some farmers work on the farm. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The boys get some water for the farmers and the girls feed（喂）the rabbits. In the afternoon, Mike and his classmates play on the farm. David and Eric fly a kite with the dogs.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. They are very happy!