Once there was an apple tree which a little boy always played around. When the little boy grew up, he no longer played around the tree.

    One day the tree said, “Come and play with me.” The boy answered, “I need money.” “Sorry, you can sell the apples for some money.” The boy did that and left happily.

    After a few years, the boy came back. The tree said, “Come and play with me.” The boy said, “I don't have time. I need a house.” “You can cut off my branches (树枝) and trunk (树干) for a house,” answered the tree. The boy did so.

    Twenty years later, the boy came back again. “My boy, the only thing left is my dying roots (根),” said the tree. “I don't need much now, just a place to rest. I am too tired,” answered the boy. The tree then smiled with tears.

    This is a story of everyone. The tree is our parent. No matter what we need, parents will always be there and give everything they have to make us happy.

There are some famous buildings in the world.Every one can recognize (认出）them with their imaginations. For example, when you see a picture of a1stadium like a bird's nest, you probably know it is the Olympic Stadium 2Beijing.

 In fact, you can recognize other buildings more 3The shaped of the building shows the things people can see inside. In Guizhou, China, people can visit the Meitan Tea Museum, built in the shaped of a big teapot. From far away, the teapot-shaped museum 4like some kind of huge work of art. But 5you get closer, the windows make it clear that this is a building.

 If you 6interested in guitars, you might want to visit the Guitar Museum in Tennessee, the USA. The building is shaped like a guitar. Inside, visitors can see all kinds of guitars and learn about famous guitar players.

 One of the 7funny-shaped museums is a pottery(陶器) museum on the ROK. This museum built in 2011, is shaped just like 8traditional pot of the ROK. Along with seeing examples of pots and tools used for making pots in the museum, visitors can try to make 9own pots there.

10 interesting！Don't you think so?

Judy is from the US. She is twelve years old. She  {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(study) at No. 14Middle School. She likes China. She  {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(learn) Chinese now. She says Chinese is interesting but very difficult. 

Yesterday  {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(be) Sunday. She got up very early. She  {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(run) for a long time. Then she cleaned her room and  {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (stay) at home. She studied maths in the morning and played sports in the afternoon. 

It was about two o'clock in the early morning {#blank#}1{#/blank#} 21 September, 1999. Tommy was sleeping when the earthquake started. He felt a slight shake, then he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a loud noise like thunder. Soon the real noise came, like bombs under the ground. The earth started to {#blank#}3{#/blank#} . People screamed in fear. Some ran out of the building. He tried his {#blank#}4{#/blank#} to run out too, but he couldn't.

Outside, people were running in all directions while pieces of glass and bricks were falling down. Then the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} began to come down too!

Finally, the noise and shaking ended. It was dark and silent around him. He could not see anything at all, and he did not know if anyone else was near him. He felt {#blank#}6{#/blank#} and his heart was beating fast. A moment of fear went through his mind, but he told {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to calm down since he was still alive. He shouted for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} , but no one came. He started to move slowly in the darkness. Luckily, there was just enough space for him to move.

Hours later, Tommy heard {#blank#}9{#/blank#} noise above him. He screamed, "Help! Please help! I'm here!" Then he heard shouts from excited people. They {#blank#}10{#/blank#} moved away the bricks. At last, Tommy was safe.

Once a traveler wanted to go across desert. He had walked in the desert for three days without any water. He was exhausted (筋疲力尽的) from walking. When he felt hopeless, he suddenly found a small house. He pulled his tired body inside. This was a small airless house and in the corner he discovered a water pump (抽水机) . 

He was so excited and went forward to draw (抽取) water, but no water came out no matter how hard he tried. Too tired to do anything more, he fell to the ground. Then he saw a small bottle. On the bottle was a note, which read. "You must pour the water from the bottle into the pump before you draw water! Don't forget, before you leave, refill the bottle with water!" He opened the bottle and found it was filled with water! He was so happy. 

At that moment he thought, "It might be a little selfish (自私的) , but as long as I drink the water in the bottle, I can be sure to leave this room alive! However, if I do as the note says and pour the only water into the pump and no water comes out, I will die of thirst. Should I take the risk or not?" It was five minutes later that he chose to pour the only water into the pump and began to draw water. After a minute, water started to come out He made the right choice. 

After he had drunk enough water, he refilled the bottle. He added the following words after the note: Before you get something, you should first learn to pay.