Millions of people have seen Disney films and TV programmes. They have made friends with all the Disney heroes: Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Snow White, and Peter Pan. Millions more have visited Disney Parks. Probably no other company has pleased so many children. It is not surprising that it has been called a dream factory.

    Walt Disney was born in Chicago, Illinois. Then his family moved to Missouri. He grew up on a farm there. At the age of 16, Disney began to study art in Chicago. Four years later, he joined the Kansas City Film Ad Company. He helped make cartoon advertisements to be shown in cinemas.

    In 1923, Walt Disney moved to Hollywood, California to join his brother Roy.  He wanted to be a film producer or director. But he failed to find a job. So he decided to make animated films. In these films, drawings are made to move in a lifelike way. We call them cartoons. Disney wanted to bring his pictures to life.

    Disney opened his first company in the back of an office. For the first, several years, he had to work hard for a living, but he believed that cartoon films could be popular.

    Mickey Mouse was drawn with a group of circles. The public first saw Mickey Mouse in a film called Steamboat Willie. Walt Disney himself provided the voice for Mickey Mouse. The film was produced in 1928. It was a huge success. Mickey Mouse appeared in hundreds of cartoons during the years that followed. He became known all over the world.

One day, all feelings were on vacation on an island, and each of them was having a good time. Suddenly, there was a warning of a strong storm, so all the feelings rushed to their boats. Yet, Love didn't want to run away quickly. But as the sky got dark, Love realised it was time to leave. But there were no boats to use. Love looked around with hope.

Just then Richness was passing by. Love asked, "Richness, can you take me with you?"Richness answered,"No, I can't. There's a lot of gold in my boat. There's no place here for you."

Sorrow passed by after a while. Again, Love asked for help. But it was useless. "No, I can't take you with me. I am so sad. I want to be by myself."

When Happiness passed by a few minutes later, Love again called for help. But Happiness was so happy that it couldn't care about anyone else.

Love was growing hopeless. Just then somebody shouted, "Come, Love, I will take you with me."Love jumped onto the boat happily, but didn't know who was giving a hand.

After getting off the boat, Love met Knowledge. Love asked,"Knowledge, do you know who was so kind to give me a lift when no one else wished to help?" Knowledge smiled,"That was Time."

"Time?"asked Love. "But why did Time help me?"Knowledge smiled and answered,"Because only Time is able to understand how valuable(有价值的) Love is."

Xu Zhirui was born in a poor family in Dezhou, Shandong. When he was a little child, his father died. Although later his mother had a new 1 , they were still poor. Hard days were a big problem to Xu, but he 2 gave up. He kept working hard and finally went to Peking University.

To make his parents relax, Xu used to plan to leave school. But 3 ，he kept studying at school. When he was in Ping Yuan First Middle School, he got a part-time job, working in the school dining hall for three whole 4 .

"He is always among top students in our school," his head teacher, Sun Junchao, said. "For him, learning is a 5 thing. He also likes to help classmates in need."

After the college entrance examination, Xu got another part-time job, 6 in his parents' factory. There, he had to carry about 1,000 barrels (桶）of water every day. Although he was 7 after that, he still found a job as a tutor (家庭教师). "My son is our 8 and future," his mother said.

Xu's story moved (感动）many people. When knowing he didn't have enough 9 for his university costs, some people10 him a lot. "When I'm in college, I'll go on studying hard. Then I'll repay the society and all people that have helped me in the future, Xu said.

David was a bit too fat. He went to buy an exercise machine. He tried to 1 some weight(减肥).

At first, he put it in the basement (地下室).2 he did not use it often. He hardly (几乎不) went into the basement.

Next, he moved it into his 3 . But he still didn't use it very often. That's because he would only go into the bedroom when it was time for him to go to 4 . Finally, he moved it 5 the living room. He put the machine next to the 6 . His wife thought maybe this would finally work. He could exercise and 7 outside at the beautiful garden at the same time.

After about a week, his wife 8 David how his exercise was going. He said," Well, yes, I do 9 exercise these days. Every time I want to10 the window, I have to walk around the exercise machine."

"Let's go home," Liam said to his little sister, Flora, after their art class one Saturday morning. We' re late for 1 ."

 The night before, it had snowed hard. They had difficulty walking to their cozy home on Adelaide Street, passing through an empty building site. Suddenly, Liam heard a loud thud(砰的一声). He 2 only to see that Flora was gone. His sister had fallen into a deep hole. "Help!" she cried.

 Liam looked around, but no one was in sight.

"Climb up the sides!" Liam 3 . His sister tried climbing up the hole, but failed. Then, he saw a huge tree nearby. He found the 4 tree branch and broke it off. He showed it to Flora."Get hold of the tree branch!" Liam pleaded.

 She 5 the branch, but it wasn't close enough, "I can't reach it!" she responded.

 Liam saw a store in the distance and decided to get 6 . It was far, so he needed7 to mark(标记) his way.

 He went through his backpack and 8 some paint cans from his art class. I could use those paints to mark my way, Liam thought.

 Liam walked difficultly to the store with many red marks behind him. He looked 9 the window. The lights were off, and there was nothing on all the shelves. A Closed sign was on the door. Feeling upset, he walked back to Flora 10 .

 Suddenly, he had a wonderful 11 . He used his scarf, jacket, and hat to make a long rope(绳子). Liam 12 the rope into the hole and leaned down(俯下身), so Flora could catch it.

 Liam leaned down 13 Flora caught the rope. He then 14 pulled her up. Liam smiled.

 They hugged and after walking for what felt like forever, their cozy red 15 was finally in sight..