Long long ago, a poor farmer had a dog and a cat. The dog and the cat 1 for the farmer and they 2 food from him.

    One night the farmer said, “There's not 3 room for both of you to live in the house. The one who works 4 in the field will live inside. ” Then they 5 good night to each other.

    The next morning, the dog and the cat got up very early. The dog went straight to the 6 and worked very hard. The cat climbed up a tree and slept until dark.

    When the evening came, they 7 went home. The dog told the farmer 8 that he finished the work. so did the cat. The dog and the cat argued a lot. The farmer decided to go and 9 the field next morning.

    What did the farmer see then? There were all the cat's footprints in the field.

    From then on, the cat lives inside the house and the dog lives outside, and their food are 10, too. So the dog is very angry with the cat whenever they see each other.

    American President Roosevelt's house was once broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and 1 him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt 2 back at once, saying, “Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I'm all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three 3: firstly, the thief (小偷) only stole things from me 4 did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things 5 all my things; thirdly, most 6 for me, it was the man 7 me who became a thief.”

    It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt was so 8.

    It is 9 for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time as long as he lives on the earth. We should learn how to 10 failure or misfortune bravely and to try to deal with it. Being thankful can bring us a better life.

    When I was a small boy, something happened to me that made me never put any wild creature in a cage.

    We lived near a forest, and every evening the mockingbird would come and1 I decided to catch a young 2and keep it in a cage, and in this way, I would have my own private musician. Then I succeeded in catching one and put it in a cage. At first, the bird was3so it fluttered (扑腾) in the cage. But finally it was used to living in its new home. I felt very excited with myself and4 some beautiful singing.

    On the second day, the little bird's mother flew to the cage with5 in her mouth. The baby bird ate everything. I was6to see this. Certainly the mother bird knew how to feed her baby better than I did.

    The following morning when I went to see my bird, I found it 7on the floor of the cage. I was terribly surprised and sad! What had happened?

    Arthur Wayne, a famous biologist, happened to8 my father at that time. After she knew my story, she explained to me, “A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will9 bring it poison berries. She thinks it better for her baby to die than to lose10”.

    Since then I have never caught any living creature and put it in a cage. All living things have a right to live free.

    Kevin and his friend Mike loved to play soccer and they often met at the old bench after school. They couldn't 1 a real soccer ball, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks and plastic tape. It was not beautiful, but it worked well. Mike was not a good player, yet the two friends kicked and ran until the sun turned the sky pale 2.

    One afternoon, the home-made ball was spinning across the grass when it was 3stopped by someone. It was Steven, a strong soccer player.

    "Look at you two with your 4 ball and old trainers," Steven laughed and said.

    The next day was Kevin's birthday, and his uncle bought him a pair of new trainers and a new soccer ball.

    That afternoon, Steven 5 Kevin to play soccer. Kevin did not want Mike to go with them. Mike's trainers were old and he had little 6 for soccer. When the game was over, Kevin walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. He walked on and did not look 7.

    One afternoon as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something 8 under it. He looked closer and found that it was the home-made ball. Kevin felt sad. As his sadness turned to 9 , he kicked his new soccer ball into the air. Up it flew, higher and higher, until it was a small dot(点)in the sky. Kevin walked to the bench and picked up the home-made ball.

    Holding it in his hands, he sat down on the old bench and 10.

    Once I went to a railway station near New York. I tried to take the night train there. Crowds of people were pushing into the 1 train. I found a railway official and asked him if I could get a place in the train, but he said sharply, "No, you can't. The train is full. Don't trouble me any more."

    I was very hurt indeed. I said to the friend who was with me. "They talk to me like this2they don't know that I am a famous writer. If they knew..."But before I could finish my sentence my friend said, "Don't be foolish. How could that help you? Whoever you are, there are no empty seats on the train." I was3he was wrong, so I went up to the same official again and told him that I was Mark Twain. But all he said was," I told you not to trouble me any more."

    Just then I4a young porter in a sleeping car looking at me. He whispered something to the train conductor, and that conductor came over to me and said very politely, "Do you need help, sir?" "I5do." I answered.

    The porter took our boxes and we got on to the train. When we were comfortably seated in our places, my friend said, "I am sorry I said those things to you just now..." Just then the porter came and said, "Oh, sir, I recognized you immediately." "Really?" I Said6. "Of course," he said, "I recognized you and told the conductor that you" are Mr Smith, the mayor(市长) of New York city.

    As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He's very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other 1 in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote lots of books, and he also liked 2 He was an actor. Maybe it's interesting to hear that and that's 3 18 his books were so good. He gave the public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories first appeared in a magazine in parts. People always wanted. 4 part. He wrote a lot, and most of them were popular. There were films and plays of them 5, Oliver Twist became a famous musical play, and Great Expectations became a wonderful 6 Dickens' early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him to work in a factory when he was 12. He 7 it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write 8 he died. When he died in 1870, he was 9 a story. But what a pity! We'll never know 10 it ended.