About five hundred years ago, an earthquake happened in a small village. Luckily for them, nothing was destroyed and no one was hurt. But a huge stone fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

    When the earthquake stopped, many people came to the road and saw the stone. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the stone out of the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to pull it with ropes but nothing worked.

    "Well," they said sadly, "there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the way."

    At this time a boy about 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the stone away."

    "You?" they shouted. "What are you talking about?" The men all laughed at the boy.

    The next morning, some people came into the road. One of them shouted, "The stone is gone." More people ran out to see what had happened. It was true. The stone wasn't on the road any longer. It wasn't even near the road.

    The boy walked over to where the stone had been and said, "I buried it."

    The people looked rather surprised. "You see," he said, "I dug a deep hole next to the stone and I dug a small incline (斜坡) up to the stone and the stone rolled (滚) down into the hole itself. Then I covered it with earth."

    The villagers shouted, "Clever boy! Clever boy!" And some of them said, "Why didn't we think out this good idea?"

    Miss Grey lived in a small house. She was old and did not like noise at all, so she was very pleased when her noisy neighbor moved out. A young man moved in and Miss Grey thought the man seemed to be quiet.

    But at three o'clock the next morning, the noise of a dog woke her up. She thought she had never heard a dog there before. It must be the young man's dog. So she telephoned the young man, said something bad about the dog and then hung up the telephone before he could answer. Nothing more happened until three o'clock the next morning. Then Miss Grey's telephone rang, and when she answered, a voice said, "You telephoned me twenty-four hours ago, now I ring you up to say that I don't have a dog."

Jason turned off the TV after watching the X Games. Sportsmen from all over the world were competing in the most amazing sports. 

Just then his grandmother walked into the room1 some cookies. Jason took one and said"I want to be extreme(极限). "

"You are!"she2 .

"I mean I want to be an extreme sportsman. "said Jason.

"Well, "she saId, "surfing is out. We are hundreds of miles from the3 . I guess it will have to be skateboarding. "

"Would you really let me? You always worry about my4 !"said Jason.

"You will have to follow some rules, "said his grandmother. "You can only ride in the park but5 on the streets. You have to promise to wear a helmet. If you hurt6 too much, I have the right to take your board away. Is it a deal?"

"You bet!"Jason was so excited that he jumped up. Cookie crumbs(饼干屑) flew7 .

On Saturday, his grandmother8 him off near the park. "I'll be up the street at the library. "she said. "Meet me there when you've had enough. "

"OK. Thanks, " Jason said9 he got out of the car. He was happy that his grandmother let him try new things.

However, while watching kids in the park moving up and down the ramp freely, Jason felt a bit 10 . He knew that none of it was going to be easy. 

Very 11 he carried his board to the ramp. Taking a deep breath, he put his right foot on the board. He kicked off with his left foot. For a few seconds he glided(滑) along, just waiting to fall. Finally he came to a stop. Then he tried again, 12 the worst to happen. Again, he stayed up safely. The 13 time he glided, lost his balance, and fell hard on his left knee. 

It hurt, but it was okay! 14 was he so afraid? Now he felt calm. 

Next time he kicked off harder and went faster and farther. 

"Excellent!"shouted a girl as she passed him.

"Excellent!"laughed Jason to himself. "Not quite. But I believe I will15 it one day!"

Respecting teachers has always been a tradition in China. Once there was a man who wanted to learn from a famous

philosopher(哲学家),.One day, he and his schoolmates had different opinions on a question. To get a1 answer, he went to visit the philosopher. In front of the door of the philosopher's house,2 the guarding kid told him that the philosopher was meditating(冥想)in his room and asked the man to go back. He 3 to leave, so the little boy left him alone and went in.

After a while, it began to snow4 . The little boy came out again and reminded the man that the philosopher might spend the whole afternoon meditating. He invited the man to,5 himself in the house to avoid the wind and snow. But the man kept standing in the snow and waiting outside in order that he could ask the philosopher's 6 on the question.

As soon as the philosopher finished meditating, the boy reported that the man was waiting outside. When 7 this. the philosopher came out to see the man. When the door was opened, everyone was 8 . The snow was more than a foot deep, but the man stood still9 moving his feet, "* Young man, why are you so silly? You could have come again someday! " The philosopher took the man to the room at once.

"As a student… if l want to learn from the teacher… l should ... of course…respectfully wait outside.." said the man, shaking with cold.

The philosopher was very happy and accepted the man as his student because of his politeness and effort to learn. He taught the man all his philosophical thoughts, That made a big,10 to the man's life. Later, the man really learned a lot and made great contributions (贡献)to his country.

Li Qiang is a twelve- year- old boy. He had a headache yesterday. His father took him to the nearest hospital to see a doctor. The doctor thought it was not serious and gave him some pills. The following are the instructions of the headache pills.