It was Mary's birthday. She received a letter from her uncle1  was a farmer.

“Dear Mary,” the letter said. “Happy birthday . I am sending you some2 as your birthday present.They will arrive tomorrow. I hope you will like them. Best wishes, Uncle Toby. ”

  Mary liked eating eggs and 3 .When the chickens arrived the day, they were in a box. Mary was very 4 .She took the box off the truck and began to carry it into her garden. 5 , the box was heavy and she dropped it . The chickens all ran out .They ran everywhere, into the road , into the shops , even into the next street. It6Mary many hours to find them and take them back to her garden.

  A few days later uncle came.”Did the chickens arrive 7?” he asked Mary.”Yes,Uncle Toby.”Mary said.” 8 I had lots if trouble with them. I dropped the box. It broke and the chickens ran everywhere.I spent the whole afternoon9them.”“Did you find them all?” her uncle asked.”I hope so,”Mary replied.”I caught eleven of them.””That's very interesting,”her uncle said 10 a smile,”because I only sent you six.”

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These days, a lot of photos about how a three-year-old girl looked after her disabled father are 1 spread over the Internet. Many people were 2 by her. And people gave her a 3 nickname (绰号) “little strong girl”.
The little girl is Dong Xinyi. She was born in a small 4 in Dezhou, Shangdong Province. When she was several months 5, her father Dong Jianshe had an accident 6 riding his motorcycle and lost his 7. Two years later her mother left her father 8 the poor life. As an old saying goes, “ The children of 9 people manage household affairs early.” Little Xinyi had to do lots of housework. She 10 her father in her power. She cooked noodles, carried water, cleaned rooms and washed clothes. The little girl brings happiness and 11 to her poor family. And 12 , the local government has 13 medical treatment to her father and promised to cover all medical expenses(费用).14 the same time, the government is also planning to raise money for the girl's 15 . Now Dong Xinyi has got a chance to go to nursery school(幼儿园) like other children,

    There was once a lonely girl 1 wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the forests, she found two 2 birds. She took them home and put them in a small 3. She was happy to have two "friends". She 4 them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl 5 to leave the door of the cage open. The larger and the 6 of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it 7away. She caught it quickly. She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn't 8 a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her 9 killed the bird! Then she noticed 10 bird jumping up and down 11 the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear, blue 12.So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away highly. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl 13 as the bird flew. She didn't care about 14 the bird any more, She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the 15 song she had ever heard.

    The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

    How would you use a radio or a telephone if you had no electricity or batteries? This 1bothered（使烦恼）British inventor Trevor Baylis. Then he made a wind-up（装有发条的）radio. It doesn't need2or batteries. You wind it up3 hand. It plays for about an hour. Then, you wind it up again. Today it's 4 in South Africa.

    Then in 1999, Baylis invented a mobile phone that is powered by5. The shoes contain（含有）a small battery that is powered when you 6. This battery is7 to a mobile phone. These two simple inventions can bring modern communication to all parts of the world.

    Baylis didn't have a university degree in engineering. In 8he left high school before graduating（毕业）. He just loved9 things to help people. He never knew10 ideas would come to him. The idea for the telephone came to him in a dream.

    Paul is from America. He is a 13-year-old boy. He likes1on weekends. There are many TV shows every day. What2TV shows does Paul like and what does he3them? Well, Paul's favorite TV shows are sports news and Animal World. He often watches them 4he goes to bed. Paul's favorite5is P.E. at school. He likes playing basketball very much. Paul loves sports news. He thinks it is very6because he can see a lot of famous players. Paul also likes Animal World. He thinks the show is very interesting, and he can7a lot about animals from it. Pandas and koalas are Paula's favorite animals. Paul hopes 8to Australia to see koalas one day.