One day, the old man came up with a plan. He called his sons and said to them, "Look, my dear sons: in the land we have at the farmyard, there is lots of hidden gold. If you should work together, you may find it”

  In a wish to find out the gold, his sons worked hard from the morning to the evening digging and digging all through the land. The days had passed, but they didn't find what were they were looking for. They got frustrated and angry. They decided to give up and returned to ask their father.

   “There is no gold in the land. We are cheated.”

“Since the land has been dup soft. Why don't you pant some crops there?”was the reply of the father to the sons.

  Off went the sons. Soon the whole once-useless land was rich crops.

  “This if the real gold, my sons.”Said the now proud father.

     One morning, Mr Black was driving in the country and looking for a small hotel. When he saw an old woman on the side of the road, he stopped his car and said to the old woman, “I want to go to the Sun Hotel. Do you know it?”　

“Yes,” the old woman said,“I will show you the way.” She got into Mr Black's car and they drove about twelve miles. When they came to a small house, the old woman said, “stop here!” Mr, Black stopped and looked at the house.“But this isn't a hotel.” He said to the old woman.

 “No”the old woman answered, “This is my house. And I'll show you the way to the hotel. Turn round and go back nine miles. Then you'll see the hotel.”

    Curly is my big dog. He is so strong that he can carry everything on his back. He likes to run and play with me. He likes to follow my father around in the fields, too.

    One day my father took off his coat and put it on the ground under a big tree. Curly stood watching him. My father said, "Watch my coat, Curly." Curly sat down on the coat. My father forgot all about his coat and went home without it. Late in the evening I missed my dog. I looked everywhere for him, calling, "Curly, Curly" but Curly did not come. Soon my father wanted something that was in his coat pocket. Then he remembered what he had done. He went back to the big tree. What do you think he saw? Curly was sitting on the coat so that nobody could carry it away.

Liu Yibing has been interested in planes since he was young. And he 1 his first plane in when he was years old. Over the next five years, Liu spent about , yuan on his 2 and made four more planes. But none of them was 3 .

However, Liu never stopped trying."Making a plane was far more 4 than I had thought," said Liu, who today makes a living 5 flying and training pilots(飞行员). Liu's father was a doctor and expected Liu to be someone like him. 6 his mother, a farmer, understood Liu better. She knew her son's dream and 7 he could do what he really liked. So she sold one of their houses and gave all the 8 to him to make a plane.

No one in the village 9 he could make a plane. Liu wanted to prove(证明) they were all 10 .

Finally in , Liu made it. 11 plane left the ground for the first time. It travelled at a height(高度) of about metres. Though it didn't fly high, Liu felt very 12 . After that, he kept studying and tried to make it better. In , Liu 13 his own club and started to teach others about planes. Now there are over  14 in the club and most of them are young children."Many children are interested in planes and would like to fly or 15 make planes by themselves," he said."I will build a museum of planes and let more people know about the skies."

Spider-Man is often thought of as one of the best superheroes of all time. But did you know that he almost wasn't created?

Stan Lee came up with the idea for Spider-Man in 1962. He was a different kind of superhero from what had come before. He was a teenager who had everyday problems. Back then, superheroes were strong grown men who saved people. Teenagers were helpers. The heroes didn't have to worry about real-life problems like paying bills (账单) and caring for an old relative. They flew in the sky and fought aliens. Stan Lee was about to change that.

When Stan told his boss about Spider-Man, his boss said it was "the worst idea" he'd ever heard, reported the Vintage News. For a time, it seemed like that was the end for Stan's friendly neighborhood hero. But then, Stan had an idea. One of Marvel Comics' books was getting canceled. According to Stan Lee. "Nobody cared what you put inside a book that was going to be killed." So, Stan Lee teamed up with artist Steve Diiko, who made Spider-Man's iconic (标志性的) look. Together, they put Spider-Man onto the 15th and last issue (期) of the comic book Amazing Fantasy. Spider-Man was a huge hit. The issue, showing the superhero on its cover, was a bestseller. And so, Spider-Man was given his own comic book, The Amazing Spider-Man. He has become one of the most beloved fictional (虚构的) characters of all time.

So, if you have an idea that you think is great, don't give up!

Last Saturday, I borrowed a camera from my friend Lisa. However, I was so excited that I dropped it on the floor by mistake and it was broken. Oh no! It was the birthday gift from her grandmother. I was worried that she would be a{#blank#}1{#/blank#} with me, so I didn't tell her the t{#blank#}2{#/blank#} at last. But one day, she told me she had already known that, and she said it would be all right. I felt so a{#blank#}3{#/blank#} that I could hardly say a word. At that moment, I really r{#blank#}4{#/blank#} not saying sorry to her in time. I treated her with dishonesty, but she wasn't mad at me. I{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, she smiled and gave me a hug. Since then, I have learned an important lesson: Honesty is valued. So I just keep it in my mind and it's surprising that I have a closer relationship with Lisa than before.