The great Zen（禅宗）teacher, Benzei had many pupils. One day, one of them was caught because of stealing things by other students. And they reported him to Benzei, but he took no action against the boy.

    A few days later, the same boy stole another student's things and was again caught. And again Benzei did nothing. This made the other students angry, and they wrote a petition(请愿书) to ask the teacher to send away the thief from school. They all threatened to leave if the boy was allowed to stay.

    The teacher called a meeting of the students. When they had arrived, he said to them, "You are good boys who know what is right and what is wrong. If you leave, you will have no trouble in joining any other school. But what about your brother who does not even know the difference between right and wrong? Who will teach him if I don't? No, I cannot ask him to go even if it means losing all of you. "

   Tears coursed down(流下) the cheeks of the boy who had stolen. From then on, he never stole again and became an honest man.

    Once upon a time, there lived a very rich and wealthy man in a big town. He led a luxurious life. He always showed off his wealth to his friends and relatives.

    His son was studying in a distant city and he returned home for vacation. The rich man wanted to show off to his son how rich he was. But his son didn't like any luxurious lifestyle. However, the rich man wanted to make his son realize that his lifestyle was extremely rich and that poor people suffered a lot. He planned a day's visit to the entire town to show him the life of the poor people.

    The father and the son took a chariot and visited the entire town. They returned home after two days. The father was happy that his son was very quiet after seeing the poor people honoring（尊敬） the rich man and after witnessing the sufferings of the poor.

    The rich man asked his son, "Dear boy, how was the trip? Have you enjoyed it?"

    "Yes my dad, it was a great trip with you," the son replied.

    "So, what did you learn from the trip?" the father asked.

    The son was silent.

    "Finally you have realized how the poor suffer and how they actually live," said the father.

    "No father," replied the son. He added, "We have only two dogs, they have 10 dogs. We have a big pool in our garden, but they have a large bay（港湾） without any end! We have luxurious and expensive lights from various countries, but they have countless stars lighting their nights. We have a house on a small piece of land, but they have abundant fields that go beyond the horizon（视野）. We are protected by huge and strong walls around our property（财产）, but they bond with（与……连着） each other and surround themselves with their fellow beings. We have to buy food from them, but they are so rich that they can grow their own food."

    The rich father was stunned and speechless, on hearing his son's words.

    Finally the son added, "Dad, thank you so much for showing me who is rich and who is poor. Thank you for letting me understand how poor we really are!"

Mrs Ball had a son. His name was Mick. She1 him very much and as he was not a2 child,she was always3 that he might be ill.4 she used to take him to see the best5 in the town four times a year to be looked over.  During one of these visits, the doctor gave Mick all kinds of tests and then said to him," Have you had any6 with your nose or ears recently ?" Mick7 for a second and then answered . " Yes,I8 . " Mrs Ball was very9 . "But I'm sure you have never told me that, Mick !" She said worriedly. " Oh, really ?" said the doctor10 " And what trouble have you with your nose and ears, my boy ?" "Well," answered Mick, "I always have trouble with them when I'm taking my sweater off, because the collar (衣领)is very tight（紧的）. " 

Mark is my good friend. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}But he is in the UK with his parents for three years. 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}So he gets up early and does morning exercises ( 锻 炼 ) , like running and playing basketball. He thinks playing basketball is really cool. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}After exercise, he has breakfast. For breakfast, he usually has eggs, milk and bread. At about 7:30, he goes to school. 

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}His favorite subjects are Chinese and history. He is busy every day. 

Every year, Mark and his parents go back to America on December 25th. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}You know it's the day of Christmas(圣诞节). 

Last year, my friends and I went on a trip. We started early in the morning and traveled for several {#blank#}1{#/blank#}on a bus. When we arrived, everyone was tired.

While we were getting off the bus, I noticed a young man, probably in his early twenties, standing very close to one of my friends. Suddenly I realized that he was trying to {#blank#}2{#/blank#}my friend's wallet from her bag! I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}really nervous, but I knew I had to take action to stop him. Luckily, I saw two police officers standing {#blank#}4{#/blank#}and got an idea. So I fell over and cried out painfully. The police officers heard that and came over to help. When they were by my side, I told them what was {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. They caught the thief right away.

After that, we thanked the police officers and went on with our trip happily

Once upon a time, a wise Greek man named Thales came to Egypt. Thales was good at maths. He also loved solving puzzles and finding out how things worked. One day, he visited the Great Pyramid. It was the tallest building he had ever seen. After enjoying its beauty, he wondered how tall the pyramid was. He asked the locals, but nobody knew.

Thales thought about this question day and night. One night, when he was enjoying the moonlight, he came to realize that everything has a shadow when the sun shines. An idea hit him," If I can measure(测量) the pyramid's shadow, I can figure out its height!"

So, Thales waited patiently until the sun was just right. He stood next to the pyramid and measured his own shadow. Then, he measured the pyramid's shadow. Thales was about 6 feet tall, and his shadow was 2 feet long. The ratio(比例) was 3:1. The pyramid's shadow was much longer, about 120 feet. Thales realized that the pyramid's height equals 120 multiplied by 3.

Finally, at lunchtime, Thales declared the Great Pyramid's height—____ feet. Everyone was amazed. Thales used his wisdom to solve the puzzle.