There was a big tree in the forest. It was tall and  1. Next to it was a small herb(小草). One day, the big tree said, “I grow well. No one can 2 me.” While the herb replied, “Dear friend, you shouldn't be so3yourself. Even the strongest tree will 4 one day.” But the tree didn't listen to the herb and he continued to praise5 .

    One night, a strong wind began to blow. It was so strong that almost 6was blown in the air. 7 the tree stood firmly(稳固地). Then the 8 came. It rained heavily, however, the tree 9 stood strong. At the same time, the herb bowed low against the ground. 10 this, the tree began to make fun of the herb.

    On another day, there was a storm in the 11. The storm kept growing stronger and the tree finally fell down. When the storm 12 and everything was in silence, the herb stood straight. He 13 and found the fallen tree. Then he said, “Now you know 14I told you is the truth.”

    We should realize that sometimes15 down doesn't mean you are not strong enough. It's a way of protecting yourself.

    Almost everyone has his own hobby. My hobby is reading. When I was young, I didn't have any hobbies. I always watched TV at home all day and my parents were 1 about me.

    One day, my father took me to my aunt's home. When I got there, I saw my cousin 2 in his room. I ran to him and said, "Reading books is so boring. Why not go out to play games? That's more 3. "

    "I don't think so. Reading is really interesting, and I can also get a lot of 4from my books." Then my cousin asked me some questions, but I couldn't 5 most of them. He was two years younger than me, but he knew much more. My face turned red.

    That day he told me many interesting stories. I 6 myself in his stories. From then on, I became interested in reading. Now I have a room7 hooks. In my free time, I'm happy to be 8 and read the books. I do well in my subjects because of all the books I've read, and I'm especially good at 9 . I have won many prizes in writing contests. That makes me feel very 10.

    Do you think doing housework is a hard task for you? Have you ever thought of inventing something to make it 1? A boy named Sam Houghton did and he 2 a two-head broom (扫帚).

    Sam was just three years old when he came up with his 3. He saw his father sweep up (打扫) garden leaves and 4 brooms while trying to gather large leaves and litter.

    Now he is the poster boy for a new show at the British Library in London called "Inventing the 21st Century." To celebrate 5 and encourage new inventors, the famous 6 is telling the story of the most special inventions coming out of Britain in the past 10 years. Sam's broom is produced by big companies, and the brooms are very7 in England.

    Young Sam Houghton is now eight years old and has another invention. He has made a balloon popping machine (气球爆破装置) for play centers. He said, "We don't want children to cry because of 8 bangs (爆炸声) of balloons. I used a box to 9 the bangs so that they can't scare (惊吓) the children."

    Have you ever wanted to be a great inventor? Watch 10, think it over and work hard. Maybe you will be an inventor. Do you think so?

Mrs. Smith is Philip's mother. She 1 her family very much.

Every morning, she goes to the supermarket to buy some food. And she wants her family to eat 2 , so she doesn't buy hamburgers or ice-creams. She thinks they 3 not good for their health. To be 4 , she always buys vegetables, fruit and milk. She also wants her family 5 sports every day. Philip likes 6 basketball. He usually plays it 7 Saturdays. Mr. Smith likes playing ping-pong. It's easy for8 . He has two ping-pong bats and three ping-pong 9 .

I think Philip has 10 happy family. Do you think so?

Florence Nightingale was born on May 12th, 1820. In 1851, she trained as a nurse. Two years later she went to a British military (军事的) hospital so that she could help British soldiers. Before she arrived, many soldiers died in the hospital because it was dirty. Nightingale worked hard to make the hospital clean and stop soldiers dying. When she returned to England in 1856, she was a national heroine. Nightingale wrote two books about nursing and she also started a school to train nurses. She died in London on August 13th, 1910, when she was 90 years old.