It was a fine spring day for a walk down the street. A mother and her two little girls walked along the sidewalk, happily laughing.  1, a hundred small alien ships appeared on the horizon. They started  2 off some electric rays. People screamed. Children cried. There was  3 everywhere.

    There came the tingling sound of glasses breaking everywhere. People fled in every   4. The mother was jostled (推) and lost hold of her 5. She raced around shouting and crying for her kids. She thought they were lost to her forever.

    The sky cleared up. The aliens were 6. But there was no sight of the children. Heart-broken, the mother reached her house, crying her eyes out.

    She heard someone 7“Mamma”. Was it her kids? She frantically (慌忙地) 8 around. There they were! Hand in hand they came running towards her. She ran towards them, too. Her arms stretched out 9 to hug them. She opened her eyes. The pillow felt wet. It was a dream!

    She raced to the kids' bedroom. Her lovely girls were sleeping peacefully. She kissed both their foreheads and  10“love you”.

    Once there were two mice. They were friends. One mouse lived in the country,    1  mouse lived in the city. After many years the Country Mouse saw the City Mouse, he  2 , "Do come and see me at my house in the country." So the City Mouse went. The City Mouse said, "This food is not good, and your house is not good,  3 . Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should 4 and live in the city. You would live in a nice house  5 stone. You must come and see me at my house in the city. " The Country Mouse went to the house 6 the City Mouse. It was a very good house. Nice food was ready for them to eat. But just as they began to eat they heard a great  7 . The City Mouse cried, "Run! Run! The cat is coming! " They ran away 8 and hid. After some time they came out. When they came out, the Country Mouse said, "I  9 living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. For  10 is nicer to be poor and happy, than to be rich and afraid."

    Hello! Look here! There's 1 apple tree behind Dick's house. Dick is near the tree. There are some apples 2 the tree. Dick is looking 3the apples. They are big and red. Dick is hungry. He wants to 4 an apple. Dick isn't tall. He is short. He can't reach(够到) the apples. He puts a 5 under the tree. Can he reach the apples on the box now?6, he can't. He is too7. Here comes Paul. He is Dick's brother. “Hello, Dick,8 do you want to do?”

     “Please help9, Paul. I can't 10 the apples.”

     “Here you are, Dick. One is for you, and one is for me!”

     “Thank you, Paul.”

    Hello, everyone! My name is Dylan. I am 13 years old. I have a special friend. He is 1 ET (外星人).  

    The ET and I live together. I play with him every day. I am good at 2. He can play football with me on the 3 . I like reading very much. I often tell him some funny stories. Would you like 4 more about our life? Here it is.

    On weekdays, we usually get up at 6:50. We 5 at 7:20 and get to school at 8:00. Our first class 6 at 9:00. My favourite lesson is Maths. But 7 is English. At lunchtime, I eat a lot of nice food with him. In the afternoon, I have no classes. The ET teaches me many new things.

    8 weekends, we play all day. I like 9 him because we can have a good time.

    Do you like the ET? Oh, I nearly forget one thing. The ET is only in my dream! But I really want a friend 10 him.

    My uncle lives in a village. He has eighty 1 ninety apple trees on his farm. But my uncle's2 can't pick all the apples in autumn. They usually 3 my parents and me to go to4them every year. It's going to be the weekend tomorrow. My 5 aren't going to work and I'm not going to 6. So we're going to see my uncle by bus tomorrow. We're going to get up 7 in the morning. Mother is going to wear her 8 clothes to work on the farm. Father is going to buy some mooncakes for my uncle's 9 in a shop. The boy likes them very much. I know my uncle and aunt are going to10 us a lot of apples before we come back. I like working in the village.

    Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Brown, told us that our school had been chosen to compete on Smart Aleck-a game show. My best friend Nancy and I both 1 it. Nancy has a good imagination, and I know a lot of history. So we thought we'd be good 2 for the team.

    A few days later, Mr. Brown held a meeting with everyone interested in the 3 .He told us that Smart Aleck used a five-member team and three more people would be needed as backup (替补). Mr. Brown said we would have a 4 among all the students present and the top eight scorers would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a 5 way to decide.

    Yesterday, all of the hopefuls got together. Mr. Brown acted as the host. After a couple of hours, all the places on the team were set 6 one. Nancy and I tied(打成平手)for that last position. We had to hold a one-on- one competition. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the 7 .

    Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to pull 8 . Then I saw the look on Nancy's face. I waited for a second and knew 9 I had to do. As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Nancy wanted it even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Nancy 10 , just by a little bit. When she 11 she would be on the show, she felt sorry for my not being on the team. However, I will still have the 12 of seeing the show up close.

    Was I 13 by not trying as hard as I could? I don't think so. No one noticed, and Nancy and I didn't say it. It won't hurt the team 14Nancy will be a very good competitor on the real show. I think that making my best friend happy was the 15 thing to do.