In a small town, a shopkeeper works hard every day. But one day he closed his shop in the

    1and went home. He was very tired, he didn't have supper and went to bed at once. At that time the telephone 2 . A man said, “What time do you open your 3 ，sir?” The shopkeeper was unhappy. He thought the man played a trick on him. He did not answer it and went 4 to bed. A few minutes 5 the telephone rang again. He 6 and went to pick up the phone and found that voice (声音) was the 7 man and he asked the same question. The shopkeeper 8 answered. “You needn't ask me that because I can't let you 9 my shop. It's late now.”

    “No. I want to go out.” the man said, “My wife 10 me at home for dinner now.”

    Last Sunday, we had a class trip to enjoy ourselves. Our head teacher took us to the beach for a 1. When we arrived there at 9:00 a. m. by bus, we heard a big  2. It was made by wind and waves (海浪). It sounded like they were playing wonderful symphony(交响乐). Right away, we sat down and 3 to enjoy our picnic. We told jokes, sang and played games while eating sandwiches, chocolate and other snacks.

    In the afternoon, some students ran 4 each other in the water and swam for fun. Alice and I tried to 5 fish in the water. Some students helped the cleaners 6 up the rubbish. Others played cards and chess. Everyone looked extremely 7.

    At 4:30 p. m. we had to go back to school, 8 we wanted to spend some more time on the beach. Just then, I found a blue hair band on the sand. At first I thought it9be Alice's, because she is the only girl who likes the blue color. Then I thought it 10belong to her because I saw her wearing a yellow one. At last, we knew it was Cindy's. We went back to school at 5:45 p. m. The picnic came to an end, but we'll always remember the good time we had.

    For this little boy, it is a really cold winter. His father was in a car accident(车祸) and he 1 a leg. After that, his father became so sad. When the boy didn't do something well, the father would be2and beat him.

    One night, the boy passed a small shop on the street. He saw some beautiful boxes of3An idea came into his mind. He knew his father4coffee. Although he knew stealing(偷) was not good, all he could think of was his father's5He soon put a box of coffee into his jacket and ran back home.

    He gave the coffee to his father, and his father gave6a kiss. The boy was very happy7he wanted the kiss from his father for a long time.8, the shopkeeper came and told his father the truth. His father beat him again.

    Many years later, the boy's mother called and said his father wanted to see him. He9because he was too busy. After a few weeks, he heard the10news that his father died. He found an old box of coffee in his father's room. On it was a piece of paper, saying, "The gift11my son". There was the letter:

Dear son,

    I'm not a good father. But I have a dream—to have a coffee shop, then I can make.12for you. I'm sorry I didn't keep my dream.

    The boy was very sad. He didn't meet his father for the13time. He decided to go on his father's14. He started a coffee business. His coffee business is15now. The name of the boy's coffee shop is Starbucks(星巴克). He is Howard Schultz.