There was once a man who couldn't sleep well because he was afraid that there was a stranger under his bed. He thought that as soon as he went to sleep, the stranger would come out from the bed and rob him. He was worried that the stranger might even kill him!

    Every night, after he got into bed, the man had to get up again and looked under the bed. There was never anyone there, but as soon as he got back into bed, he had to get up and looked under the bed again. This went on for hours until at last he fell asleep from exhaustion.

    The time came for the man to get married. He didn't tell his wife about his fears but she soon found out because he kept her awake all night.

  “You must go to see a doctor,” she told him. “He will make you become well. You won't have such silly fear again.”

    The man did as his wife told him. He told the doctor his problem, and the doctor said, “You can be well again, but it will take about two years. You must come and see me three times a week. The cost for each visit will be $75.”

    The next day the man called the doctor and said, “I won't need to visit you again. I'm well now.”

    The doctor was surprised. “How?” he asked. “Who made you get well?”

  “My wife did,” the man said. “When I told her how much I would have to pay you, she cut the legs off the bed.”

An adventure of a mouse

    It was time to leave the cave．I'd been with my mum and brothers and sisters for the first five weeks of my life{#blank#}1{#/blank#} So I packed up a bag．I nside were things that I thought I'd need to have along the way．

    This included a toothbrush，a change of clothes，and，of course，my lucky bottle cap．

    My Uncle Louie had found the bottle cap on his travels long ago．He was running from a fierce cat．That's when Uncle Louie discovered it was"lucky"．He used it to slide down a hill．At the bottom of the hill，rushing water began to carry him away．{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Luckily，he was able to guide the boat through the waters．I listened to Uncle Louie tell the story many，many times．One day，to my surprise，he gave me the lucky charm （幸运符）．

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#}With that，I said my good﹣byes．Then I left the cave that I had known for so long．Outside the sun was shining．Birds were singing high in the trees．{#blank#}4{#/blank#} All of a sudden my ears caught the sound of something unusual．The sky darkened like night．The wind blew strongly．I quickly searched for cover．There was none．The next thing I knew，white stones began hitting the ground．Then it hit me．My bottle cap!{#blank#}5{#/blank#}I placed it over my head just as one of the ice balls crashed onto the cap．Stunned，but not hurt，I sat still for some time．Then I smiled．The lucky charm had saved the day and my life!

A．I have carried it with me ever since．

B．I wanted to explore the outside world．

C．Thinking quickly，he used the bottle cap as a boat．

D．I reached into my pack and pulled out my lucky charm．

E．With each step I took，the excitement of being on my own grew bigger and bigger．

    There was a special wedding on 15 August, 2012 in Urumqi, the capital of Xinjiang. The groom (新郎) was Frares Abdullah, a Swiss, and the bride was Li Miao, a Chinese girl.

    Before the wedding. they spent their holidays on a Silk Road tour (丝绸之路旅行), along Kashgar, Turpan, Kanas and finally Lhasa in Tibet.

    During their tour, the couple hoped to have a special wedding in Urumqi with 25 guests, including the groom's family members and friends from Switzerland, Germany, Palestine, the US and the UK.

    On 5 August, the wedding guests flew to Urumqi. After one day's rest in the hotel, the group flew to Kashgar where they enjoyed the scenery(风景) in Dawakun Desert. On the third day, they took a 3.5-hour car ride to Karakuri Lake.

    On 8 August, the wedding group took a tour of Kashgar city. They visited the famous Id Kah Mosque. The next day, they went to Turpan to see the Jiaohe Ruins and Karez Well, two of Turpan's most famous places of interest.

    On 15 August, the special wedding began in Urumqi. All the guests sent their wishes to the groom and the bride. They were so moved and said they would be nice to each other for all their lives.

    On a Friday night, a poor young violinist was playing his violin at the entrance(入口) of the subway station. He played such great music that people slowed down to listen and put some money into his hat.

    The next day, the violinist came to the entrance again. He put down his hat as usual. Beside the hat was a piece of paper with some words on it. It said, "A George Black has put an important thing into my hat by mistake. Welcome to claim(认领）it." Soon the people were all interested in the words and wondered what it could be. After a while, a man rushed into the crowd, took the violinist's shoulders and said, "I knew you would certainly come." The violinist asked, "Did you lose anything?" "Lottery(彩票)." The violinist took out a lottery ticket with Black's name on it.

    Black took it and danced happily.

    Black was an office worker. He bought the lottery and won a prize of $500000.But when he gave $50 to the violinist for his wonderful music, the lottery ticket was thrown in, too. The violinist was a college student.  That morning he was going to fly to Vienna for high education. However, when he found the ticket, he put off the flight and went back to the entrance.

    Later someone asked the violinist why he didn't take the lottery ticket to pay for his high education. He said, "Although I don't have much money, I live a happy life. If I lose honesty, I won't be happy forever."