I remember the first time I got on a horse. I was two years old and we were watching a friend of the family ride. My mom agreed to let me take a short ride around the ground with the friend and that was it' I became crazy about having a horse. From then on, I drove my parents mad beg­ging for a horse. Whenever I saw a horse, I would beg even harder.

    When I was four years old, problems appeared in my life. I had Selective Mutism (选择性缄默症). This is an unusual childhood disorder (失调) in which children stop speaking in certain social situations, many times at around the age of four. I spoke to my parents as usual, my brother and certain other people, but was silent at school and in social situations. I went days, weeks, months without a sound at school. At most, I might very quietly speak to a friend.

    My parents looked for a cure. One psychologist (心理医生) had an idea. Having discussed his plan with my parents in advance, one day I was asked by the psychologist what I wanted more than anything in the world. He explained that I was going to be given a chance to work for what I wanted. I couldn't believe my good luck, but I could not answer. I just stood there. Finally, I was allowed to whisper (低声说) the answer in my mother's ear. "A horse," was all I could say.

    I was to get a little horse, but before we could even start looking, I had to try to talk. I had a chart of weekly tasks I had to finish. I had to answer the phone five times every week, something I had never done before. I did everything that was asked of me and the day came when my parents found the perfect horse. His name was Sequoia, a strong little chestnut (栗子马). He was perfect, of course, and I fell in love immediately. It truly was a dream come true. When I was with Sequoia, I forgot all about my problems and felt strong and life.

    By connecting with them, I have learned to hug what I was once not able to do and I found my voice back.

43-year-old spacewoman Wang Yaping made history— she is China's first teacher in space.

Wang Yaping taught Chinese primary and middle school students on the earth physics problems in the zero-gravity environment(失重环境).  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

Wang, born in January,1980, is from east China's Shandong Province. She was a pilot in the People's Liberation Army Air Force with experience of about 1,600 hours of flying.

The world's first teacher in space was Christa McAuliffe, a 37-year-old middle school teacher from the United States in 1984 when she was selected from more than 11,000 applicants. But the space shuttle Challenger disintegrated (分裂) after 73 seconds into flight on Jan. 28,1986.  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}.

"Wang's lecture was a pleasant surprise," said Zhang Xiaoguang, an astronaut in the three members of Shenzhou-10 spacecraft."  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}Sometimes we'd like to give her a helping hand, but she just would not accept," said Nie Haisheng.

Like many young Chinese people, Wang likes photography, music and basketball. She said,"  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}We are looking forward to joining our young friends to learn and explore the mystical(神秘的) and beautiful universe."

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 As a platoon leader (排长）, Jiang Ping and his soldiers fought against floods for some days in Tongling, Anhui Province.{#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

 After 12 days of efforts the flood situation in Tongling had been brought under control. So Jiang Ping and his soldiers were called to Hefei, the provincial capital. Chaohu Lake was still at risk of flooding. Jiang said, "I saw many houses and fields had been flooded by the flood water in both Tongling and Hefei. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"

The floods hit Jiang Ping's hometown in the summer of 1998.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Jiang said, "Most part of my house was submerged (淹没）by the blood water and the water kept rising. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Staying on the roof for nearly three hours. We were worried about our lives. At that time, a soldier took me into his arms. He tried to ease my panic, saying "Don't be afraid. We are here with you." Jiang joined the army in 2010 after graduation from high school.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}

Eric loves sports. He u{#blank#}1{#/blank#} does some sports at the weekend. Last weekend，he and his friend Jack went climbing t{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. They set off at 9：00 a. m. Without a b{#blank#}3{#/blank#}，they quickly reached the top of the highest m{#blank#}4{#/blank#} in the village. Eric found it was more difficult than he thought. But luckily，the weather was very nice. The sun was shining brightly. They listened to the s{#blank#}5{#/blank#} of birds and took a lot of beautiful photos. They enjoyed themselves very much. 

Disney's princess (迪士尼公主) stories are famous around the world. You probably know some of them, like Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. 

The Disney princesses are very beautiful. Princes (王子) fall in love with them at first sight. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

But one problem about these princesses is that they usually cannot protect (保护) themselves. They need help from others. This is the old image (形象) of Disney's princesses. 

Years ago，Disney made 10 new rules. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Surprisingly, no rule talks about having a "beautiful face". Instead the rules are about good characteristics (特征) like honesty (诚实), loyalty (忠诚) and never giving up. 

Princesses need to grow up. When they meet problems, they need to protect themselves. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

For example, Elsa and Anna fight against the bad prince in Frozen (《冰雪奇缘》). They need to believe in themselves and their friends. Mulan shows courage (勇气) to fight in the army. Beauty cannot help them. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} In the real world, these are the rules you need to follow. 

In which part of the newspaper can we find this passage? {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

A. Movie.     B. Science.     C. Sports.     D. Food. 

While walking through the desert, a young man came across a spring of delicious clear water. The water was so 1 . He put it into his leather container(皮革容器) so he could bring some back to his teacher.

 After a four- day journey, he 2 the water to his teacher. After the old man took a deep drink, he smiled 3 and thanked his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his village with a happy heart.

 Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out, saying it was awful. It had become bad because of the 4 leather container. The student asked his teacher," The water was really bad. Why did you show that you 5 it?"

 The teacher replied," You only tasted the water. I tasted the 6 . The water was simply a container for an act of loving- kindness and7 could be sweeter."

 We understand this 8 best when we receive gifts of love from young children. No matter what the gift is, it is natural to enjoy it and express thankfulness because we don't 9 the thing but the idea within the gift. After all, a gift10 the heart is really the gift of the heart. That's what we need to remind us.