It was a long hard fight, but by now it was  1    and this helped us very much. We ran here and there in the trees, calling and   2   .  The enemies could not see us and did not know how many of us they were  3  . In the end the first officer shouted to them：                                                  

  “Put down your  4  and stop fighting! The captain has fifty island people to help him. We can kill you 5!”

 So the enemies   6   fighting and we took their guns. Three of the enemies7 to come to join us, but the others refused. So we   8  them in my cave. I stayed to  9 the prisoners(犯人), while the captain and his men went back to fight for the ship.

 All night we listened to the   10   of guns and shouting, but in the morning, when the sun    11 , the captain was master of his ship again. I went down the shore(海岸) to meet him.

  “My dear friend” he cried, “There's your  12  ! I'll take you to the ends of the 13    in it!" I put my    14   round him, and we laughed and cried together. How  15   I was to leave the island.

    One day, Jim was driving a taxi through a busy street. 1, a young man stopped his car and 2 his taxi. "To the station, hurry up!" he said. Jim did his 3, but at every crossing there was a red light. The young man shouted, "Be 4! I don't want to miss the train." Jim shouted back, "I don't want to die here!"

    At that time he turned back and noticed the young man's face. "Oh, he is 5 thief," He thought, "I saw his face in the newspaper."  6, Jim had an idea. He drove 7 the red light, and found a police car running 8 him. "Stop!" The young man said and jumped 9. Jim caught hold of him and cried, "Give me the money!" Just then, two policemen came on. "He is the 10," Jim said. They caught the young man at once.

    "You did a good job. Thank you!" the policemen said to Jim.

    Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are verybusy trying to make money for my schooling. One day, my mother was sewing a quilt (缝被子). I silently sat beside her.

    " Mum, is there 1 between you and dad?" I asked in a very low voice.

    With surprise in her eyes, she2her work for a while. Then she said, "Susan, look at this thread (线). It can hardly be seen, 3it's really there. It makes the quilt strong. If life is a quilt, love should be a thread. Love is inside. "

    I couldn't understand her4 the next spring. At that time, my father suddenly got sick seriously. My mother had to stay with him in the hospital for a month.

    After they were back, my mother helped my father walk5on the country road every day. They were so kind to each other and it seemed they were the happiest couple.

    After two months my father6couldn't walk by himself.

" Dad, how are you feeling now?" I asked him one day. "Susan, don't7me, " he said, "I just like walking with your mum. I like this kind of life. "8his eyes, I knew he loves my mother deeply.

     Now I understand that love is just a thread in the quilt of our 9. Love is inside , making life10and warm.

    Elephants are big，but Teensy was the smallest of them.Teensy tried everything she could think of to help herself grow.She put her legs out straight.She ate a lot.However，nothing seemed to 1.

    One day Teensy went with the elephants to have lunch.They stopped in front of some trees and found their favourite green leaves.Teensy raised her nose and tried again and again.but  she couldn't 2the branches.Not even the low ones!

    At the end of the day，Teensy was with the rest of the elephants watching the 3.But Teensy couldn't see very much."Excuse me，"said Teensy politely，"I'd like to see more than your knees，if you please."But the elephants didn't hear little Teensy.They were too 4 enjoying the sunset.Teensy sat down and waited 5for them to finish admiring the sunset.She knew she was too little to walk away by herself，so she sat and6 what the sunset must look like."Oh，I guess it is too pretty for words!"she sighed.Teensy was very sad."Oh，woe is me."she said.Suddenly，Teensy heard a tiny voice."What is woe？"the voice said.Teensy looked down and saw a mouse."Woe means 7"said Teensy.She told the mouse about seeing only elephant 8 instead of the sunset.

    "I'm too little，"she said.

    "Why？You're not little at all，"said the mouse.

    "Do you think so？"replied Teensy，"I'm sorry you're so small.I know how it feels.""Don't be sorry，"said the mouse."I like being small!I can always fit into corners.

    "Wow，"said Teensy，"so being9CAN be good."

    "You're right.Little or big，you should always be10 of who you are."said the mouse.

    A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a lot of small glass 1. The girl had some candies with her. The boy told the girl that he would2her all his balls in exchange for (交换) her candies. The girl thought that was a good3.

    But the boy didn't give4of his balls to the girl. He kept the biggest and the5ball in his pocket and gave the others to the girl. 6the girl gave him all her candies.

    That night, the girl had a 7sleep, but the boy didn't sleep well. He kept thinking whether the girl had 8some candies from him.

    You think in the way you do things. If you don' t give your hundred percent(百分之百) in a relationship, you'll 9 keep thinking if the other person has given his or her hundred percent. This is true for any relationship.

    Give your hundred percent to everything you do and you'll find that you can always10a lot of happiness.

    For a full­time worker and a mother of three, it seems impossible to spend time 1, but Hope Cooper can make it.

    Cooper volunteers at Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) in Varina High School. Her work is to 2 applications(申请表格)to students with scholarships (奖学金) for college. Cooper says, "I usually run to the PTSA meetings right after work. After the meetings, I have to run home and cook dinner for my own children."

    3 of Cooper's children goes to Varina High School, but she says, "Volunteering isn't all about helping the people you know best, but it's about helping those who 4 you most." Cooper chooses to volunteer in Varina High School because she 5 some poor students can't afford the higher education. She says 6 she can't help out every student, helping out one student is rewarding (值得的). Cooper thinks volunteering not only makes a difference to the students but also 7 her thought of what is important in life. Cooper says volunteering may seem 8 to one but means so much to those who need it. She 9 everyone to take part in it. She plans to keep on volunteering in the future. "Volunteering gives me a 10 that I need. I'll ask my children to volunteer, too," she says.