Bao Gong was a famous and clever official (官员) in China about 1,000 years ago. One day, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(see) a boy crying on the street. He asked the boy what {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (happen).

    "I sold meat this morning and got 100 coins (硬币). Then I had {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (冠词) short sleep. But when I woke up (醒来), I couldn't find my money said the boy.

    Bao Gong looked the boy up and down and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (think) from some time. Then he pointed at a horse and said it was the thief (小偷).he shouted at the horse {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（连词）asked it to give the boy's money back.

    People around said, What is he {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(do)? Shouldn't Bao Gong clever? Bao Gong heard that and shouted, HOW could you {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (say) bad words about an official? You are all fined (被罚款) one coin." Then he took out a large bowl full of water and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (ask) everyone to put a coin into it.

    When one man put his {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (介词) the bowl, Bao Gong said, "This is the real thief! When he put the coin into the bowl, there was a film of oil (一层油) on the water. All the boy's coins have oil from the meat on {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they)."

    At last the boy got his money back. Everyone said that Bao Gong was a really clever man.

    I have a twin sister, Jenny. She has {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (long) hair than me. Many people think we must have a lot of things in {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. That's not true. Jenny is creative. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (win) the best prize in the school talent show last year. She likes making friends, but I like staying at home. So she is {#blank#}4{#/blank#} outgoing than me. And I only can watch TV twice a week {#blank#}5{#/blank#} I have to go to school every day. I always get better {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (grade), but she is much {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (little) hard-working. So maybe I should help her. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, we also have some similarities (相似点). We {#blank#}9{#/blank#} like sports and going shopping, so we can talk about and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} everything with each other. I love my twin sister.

    There was a man who had four sons. He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (quick). So he sent them to go and look at a pear tree that was a great distance away in turn. The first son went{#blank#}2{#/blank#}winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (young) son in fall.

    When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe{#blank#}4{#/blank#} they had seen. The first son said that the tree was ugly and bent. The second son contradicted—it was{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (cover) with green buds and full of promise. The third son said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful.  The last son {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(agree) with all of them. He said it was ripe and filled with fruit, full of life and fulfillment.

    The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen but one season in the{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(tree) life. He told them that you cannot judge a tree{#blank#}8{#/blank#}a person, by only one season,and that the essence of who they are—the pleasure, joy, and love that come from that life—can only be judged at the end, when all the seasons are up.

    If you give up when it's winter, you will miss the hope of your spring, the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(beautiful) of your summer, fulfillment of your fall. Don't let the pain of one season destroy the joy{#blank#}10{#/blank#} all the rest.

Sima Guang breaking the jar

    Once upon a time, four children，three boys and one beautiful girl, played games in the garden. They played a funny game there. The game was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}hide and-seek. One of them had to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(find)all the others in any corner of the garden. During the game，one boy wanted {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(hide) in a very secret place in order not to be found. He decided to hide in a very big jar. In his memory, the jar was {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(empty). He ran towards it and climbed onto the edge of the jar. But unluckily, he {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fall) into it. Beyond his expectation, the jar was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}with water. At that moment, he felt very bad. He could do nothing but cry {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. All the other friends heard the cry, they ran there to help. When they were there, the boy, who fell into the jar, already became quiet. The children thought about how {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(save) their friend. But the question was that all of them were not tall enough to reach the edge of the jar. And the boy in the jar would certainly die except someone could take him out of the jar. One of the boys was very {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(smart), he saw a big stone between two trees, and he went fast and picked up the stone. Then he broke the jar, and the water {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(go) out. After a short time, the jar was empty, and the boy was saved. The smart boy made a great thing, and he felt very happy and smiled. He was called Sima Guang.