Millie is a little girl who is at the age of nine. She is a pupil in a primary school. She works hard at her subjects. In class, she takes an active part in all kinds of activities. She looks smarter than her classmates.

    One day, she was doing her homework after supper as usual. Her father was not in. Her mother was taking a shower in the bathroom. After she finished her homework, Millie asked her mother to check it for her, but her mother didn't answer her. A few minutes later, her mother was still in the bathroom. Millie felt strange. She knocked at the door. But her mother had no answer. She pushed the door open and found her mother lying on the floor. At the same time, she smelled something terrible. It was the gas. She quickly opened the window, turned off the gas and called 120 and 110 for help. Soon some doctors and policemen came and sent her mother to the nearest hospital. Her mother was saved at last.

    Why did the little girl know how to do that? That was because she had learned how to save herself and others in danger in school.

    Four years ago when I was a boy of 11，I got into the biggest trouble as a kid．It was a Saturday morning．Both my parents were out，leaving me and my 10—month—old sister alone．Anyway，my sister was still asleep in her room．In fact I had the house to myself．I decided to do some drawing．Soon I gave up．Nothing was on TV，so I felt bored and touched the candles on the shelf．I had an idea! What would happen if I set fire to some kitchen paper? Well，of course it went on fire，but it wasn't the tiny flame (火苗)．I'd expected，and I couldn't blow it out．I threw it on the floor, and then luckily got my dad's boots (靴子) and．Stamped it out ．

    I thought I was safe until there was a hole in my room．When my mum came home later, she smelt the smoke immediately．She dropped the shopping bag，luckily for me，over the hole．I thought this meant she would never see it．However，after running round the house checking for a fire，she of course picked up the bag and saw the hole．Next I was grounded (关禁闭) and in trouble for months．Even though，the hole was still there，reminding me of what I did．

    He was a poet (诗人) known for the nostalgia(思乡之情) he expressed in his poems. Now, it's time for us to express our nostalgia for this great writer. On December 14, famous Chinese poet Yu Guangzhong passed away in Taiwan, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

    Born in 1928 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Yu and his family moved to Taiwan in the 1950s.He lived and worked there until his death.

    Nostalgia(《乡愁》) is Yu's famous poem in which he expressed his homesickness for the Chinese mainland when he was in Taiwan. Published in 1971, the poem was popular among Chinese all around the world. Even those who little about literature(文学) are familiar with lines from the poem. The poem is chosen in Chinese high school textbooks.

    Besides his achievement in poetry, Yu was also a successful essay writer, and translator. He once translated English poet Siegfried Sassoon's poem In Me, Past, Present, Future Meet into Chinese. It is regard as an accurate and powerful translation, in which the most famous line is "心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇" for "In me the tiger sniffs the roses". Yu spent his whole life writing.

A long time ago, there lived a king. Every year, he would spend a lot of money building his palace. One day, the king had a new 1 and he said to his men, "This year, I will build the best2 in the world. It should be praised(称赞)within my kingdom, and by the people of neighboring states. "

After 3 his palace, the king invited noblemen(贵族)from his country, as well as from neighboring states to come. And he asked them to give their 4 about the palace. 

"Unbelievable!It is the most beautiful palace. "the noblemen said. But one man who looked young stood in the corner. He 5 said anything. 

The king wanted to know why the man was6 when someone else was praising his palace. He walked up to the man and asked, "Hello, young man. You keep silent. Is there anything wrong with my palace?" The man smiled and replied in a calm voice, "Your Majesty! Your palace is strong and will last hundreds of years or even7 , It is beautiful but not perfect. Many of your people are still living a 8 life, though your palace looks wonderful.    9 that, I choose to keep silent. "

The king listened to the young man's opinion quietly. Then he10 the wise man for his honest words and said he would never try to rebuild his palace again. Instead, he used the money to help the people in need.