There was a bookseller who did not like to pay for anything. One day a big box of books fell on his1 .

    His wife asked him to see the2and show it to him.

"No," he said, "I'll wait3 he comes to our shop next time. Then I'll ask him4 my foot. If I go to see him, I shall have to5."

The next day the doctor came to the shop to 6some books. The bookseller told the doctor about his 7foot. The doctor looked at it and then took out a piece of paper and wrote 8 on it. "Buy this and put it on the foot before you go to bed every night." he said.

"Thank you," said the bookseller. "And now, sir, here are your 9."

"How much?" asked the doctor.

" 10."

"Good," said the doctor. "I shall not have to pay you 11today."

"12?" asked the bookseller.

"I have examined your foot. I want two pounds13that. If people come to my house, I ask them to pay one pound for a small thing like that.14when I go to their houses, I usually charge (索价) two pounds. And I came here today, 15 I? Bye-bye!"

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    Tom is an eight-year-old student in Grade three. He is not interested in his lessons. He spends most of his time playing basketball. At night, he doesn't sleep until very late in order to play. In the morning, he usually gets up late and hurries to school. Sometimes he sleeps in class.

    Tom's father is worried about his poor schoolwork. He tried to make him work harder. One day, his father said to him, "My boy, if you get one hundred marks in the exam,  I'll buy a new basketball for you." The boy was very happy to hear that.

    The next day  Tom came running home. "Oh, Dad, I got one hundred." He shouted, "I got forty in English this morning and sixty in Chinese this afternoon!"

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I will never forget my first English class. It is very interesting. It's the first class in the morning. The teacher goes into the classroom with a smile on his face. At the beginning, he says something about himself. And he tells us that his English name is John. Then he asks all of us to think of English names for ourselves(我们自己). We are very excited(兴奋的) to find a good name. Then he asks us to write our names down on a piece of paper. I think about my English name for a long time. Then I come up with(想出) a beautiful name —Shirley. All the students write their names down and give the paper(纸) to the teacher. When the teacher calls “Shirley” to answer his question, three girls stand up at the same time.

    Will you put others' needs before your own? What 1 will you get if you do? Here is an experience of mine.

    It was a wet day and I had a 2time. I was busy and everyone I talked to was in a bad mood(心情). What's more, I went out without breakfast and I left my 3at home. So I couldn't get lunch and was terribly hungry.

    When I finished my work, I 4to ask my wife to meet me at the door with some money so that I could quickly go to buy 5. Then I quickly made my way home in hope of eating my 6meal of the day at 5:00 p.m.

    As I was halfway home, my wife told me by phone that a friend of ours was in 7and needed a lift(搭便车)home. My mind said, “I will get him 8I get the meal.” But my mouth said, “All right, I'll give him a 9”

    He jumped in the car with a smile on his face and repeated how 10he was that I would drive him home. He told me he usually walked home from his company but that day the 11stopped him from making that journey.

    Traffic was 12. A drive to his home normally took 10 minutes, but that day it took 30 minutes.

    Now you would guess the person that I was helping is a 13friend of mine. But, in fact, he is a friend of a friend's.

    I wonder if I will ever see this person again, but I feel glad I was there when he 14me.

    So you will feel yourself helpful and useful when you 15more about others.

    My father was a self-taught mandolin(曼陀林琴) player. He was one of the best players in our town. He could not 1 music. but if he heard a tune(曲子) a few times, he could play it, When he was young, he was a 2 of a small country music band. They played at local dances and the radio station.

    At home Dad often took out his mandolin and played for the family. We three children sang along.3 played the mandolin like my father. He could 4 your heart with the music that came out of that old mandolin, He seemed to shine when he was playing. You could see his 5 in his ability to play so well for his family.

    But Dad had to find another 6 in a factory later because the money he made at the band wasn't enough to 7 the family. Unluckily, he had an 8 one day and lost one finger, He couldn't play as 9 as before. From then on, every time we asked him to play, he would make up reasons to 10 down our request. However, we missed his performance so much. 11, he agreed and said, "Okay, but remember, 1 can't hold down on the strings(琴弦) the way I 12 to."

    When he played the old mandolin, it carried us back to a 13 ， happy time in our lives. Dad was that kind of man. 14 was what he was doing all his life. If he could give to 15 others, he would, especially his family. He was always there. sacrificing(牺牲) his time to see that his family had enough in their lives.

    On 1 1st, Mike decided to play a joke on his friend. At lunchtime he said to Tom, "I think we're going to have a science test(测验) this afternoon."

    "A test?" said Tom. "Really?"

    "Yes, it's quite 2." said Mike. "When I was passing by Mr. Hill's room, he was talking with 3 teacher about test. I think there will 4 a science test this afternoon. Tell Bob and Kate about it."

    Later, Tom told Bob and Kate about the test. 5 almost all the students in Mr. Hill's science class knew about it. They quickly went into the classroom and began to 6.

    But not Mike. He was laughing to himself 7 his classmates. "That fools!" he thought. "April fools."

    When class began, Mr. Hill said to the students.

    "Class, we're going to have a test today."

    Mike was surprised. He could not 8 what to do.

    When Mr. Hill handed out the 9, the students began to write. But not Mike. He 10 think and think and think.

    It really was April Fools' Day for Mike.