Long long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife, Doris, lived 1 together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy(仙女) visited them.

    “Fred, you're a 2farmer. I'd like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.

    “A wish? ” said Fred.

    Fred and Doris smiled at each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We are very   3and happy. ”

    “4we are old, we still work in the fields everyday, ” said Doris.

    “You work very hard but you 5very little money. Would you like some gold coins? ” asked the Luck Fairy.

    “Oh no, my dear Luck Fairy. We are poor. But we have 6food to eat, ” replied Fred.

    “You can use the gold coins to buy some clothes. The winter here is very cold, ” said the Luck Fairy.

    “Though we haven't got 7clothes, we've got enough, ” said Doris.

    “Well, what about a nice new house? ” asked the Luck Fairy.

“Thank you, but I  8 my small old house very much. I've lived here since I was born. I don't 9 a new house, ” said Fred.

    “You're quite different from other people. I like you very much, ” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happiness and healthy forever. ” Then the Luck Fairy 10 and never came back.

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    What do you think a nine-year-old girl would like to do? She may like reading, painting, playing games with her friends. But nine-year-old Jesse Jane likes none of these things. Her favourite is kung fu.

    Jesse Jane is from County Armagh, Northern Ireland. She lives with her parents and two sisters. Jesse is the first child in her family. When she was three, her mother took her to a dance school. But Jesse was not interested in dancing. "She had other ideas," her mother said. "She tried kung fu and she just loved it."

    Jesse loves kung fu so much. She practices day and night and improves quickly. She often takes part in competitions. Until now, she has already won 117 prizes. Jesse is not only a famous kid in her home town, but also a new star in Hollywood. She has already acted in three Hollywood films.

    "She'd love to be like Jackie Chan," Jesse's mother said. "She is famous now, but she's still very hard-working. "Jesse also has another big dream: being an Olympic champion.

    A group of frogs（青蛙）went jumping through the forest one day. Suddenly, two of them fell into a deep1. All of the other frogs came together to look2at their two fallen friends. They all began to shake their heads3 "It's too deep!" said one frog. Another added that there was no way they would ever be able to get out4.

    The two frogs began to jump and tried to get out. But the frogs that were5kept shouting at them that they had better6because they were just wasting their7. One of the two frogs finally8, listened to their advice and died.

    The other frog just kept on jumping harder than ever9all the shouts. They kept shouting at him to stop being so10and save himself from all the pain（疼、痛）when he jumped and fell back down to the hard bottom again and again.

    Finally, to the11of all the other frogs, he jumped right high enough and got out. The other frogs asked him, "Why did you keep jumping12we shouted at you to stop?" The frog explained, "I was so worried at that time that I could hardly13anything. I thought all of you were saying words of14all the time and cheering me on to try harder."

    Yes! Cheering words can sometimes make such a(n)15. A little encouragement can go a long way.

    Lao She was one of the greatest Chinese writers of the 20th century. He was not only a great writer, 1a famous modern novelist(小说家)and dramatist(剧作家).

    Lao She was born in a poor family in Beijing and his real name was Shu Qingchun. His family was poor2his father died. His mother had a very3time. Lao She worked his way through college. After finishing school he started to work as a4in primary and middle schools. He liked5since he was a child. He didn't write his first novel until 1933.He was famous6his novel Camel Xiangzi and the play Teahouse. Teahouse shows the7of the Chinese people in 1898 and 1945.Most people like to see it.

    Like8famous intellectuals(知识分子)in China, he experienced lots of bad things in the middle of 1960s.9, he killed himself in a lake in 1966.

    He was married to Hu Jieqing and they10four children, one son and three daughters.

    My name is Liu Na. I'm unhappy because I'm getting heavy. I'm sorry to say that I exercise 1 than once a week. I know it is not a2way of living for a 14-year old girl. But I really don't have much time to3. In fact, unlike other girls, I love4. I used to be a member of the swimming team and the5 team at school. I went 6 on Saturdays and played basketball after school on weekdays. 7 the sports teams last year, because I had to spend much more 8on my study. Now I have little time to play sports. I9 watch TV or play computer games, either.

    These days, my mother asks me to play sports with her. She 10 health is very important. I hope I can have time to exercise with her and lose weight(减肥).

    "Ring…ring…" the telephone suddenly rang. Sam got up to 1 the call. It was his aunt.

    "Sam,2 are you still at home?" she asked surprisingly. Sam looked at the clock. It was already 7: 30 a.m. "Oh, my goodness! There's an important3 today, Sam shouted out, He hurried to wash his face and get4. When he was going to leave the house, he5that he didn't put away his books. He ran quickly to the 6 and put them into the bag. He then went to the bus stop to go to school as7as he could. When he got into the classroom,his classmates were8writing. "Why are you so9" asked the teacher." I'm sorry, sir," Sam answered, afraid of looking10. "It was my clock. It failed to wake me up this morning and ······""Don't say11about it ,"his teacher12him. "Don't try to come late next time!" Sam said yes and walked to his13quickly. But when he tried to do the paper, he could not14in a right way. He put his head on the desk and said, "What a15day it was for me!"