Tolstoy, the great Russian writer, liked to walk about in a railway station near his home. One day when he was walking up and down as usual, looking at people getting on and off the 1, he heard a lady 2 after him, “Hey, you old fellow, go and fetch my handbag in the 3  room which I left there.”

    Tolstoy 4 there. He 5 the bag up and walked quickly along the platform (站台）. At the same time the lady was waiting beside the carriage, looking  6. When at last the old man gave the bag back to her, she opened it to 7 sure nothing was missing. “Good, old man,” said the woman. “You are just as 8 as I hope. Here you are.” Tolstoy 9 the coin and put it into his pocket with a smile.

    But the woman was very 10 when she heard that he was Tolstoy, the author (作者）of the great novel WAR AND PEACE. How interesting it was!

    Mr. Brown, a teacher in a primary school, often fell asleep in class, but he didn't want his1 to know and do that. One day he again fell asleep2 .When he woke up, one of the3 , Tom, asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class just now, dear sir?”

    Mr. Brown's face turned4 . “I…I…The Sungod (太阳神) asked me to visit him in my dream.” he said.

    Tom wanted to say something,5 he said nothing. The next day, Tom also6 in class. When the teacher saw him, he7 Tom up and asked him, “Why did you fall asleep in class and not8 me, Tom?”

    Tom answered with a smile on his9 ,“The Sungod asked me to visit him, too. ” The teacher became10 when he heard this and asked, “What did he say to you, then?” “He told me he didn't see you yesterday.” Tom said.

    James Dyson is a famous British inventor. One of his well­known inventions is the bagless vacuum cleaner (真空吸尘器).He 1 it in 1978. Today Dyson still2that day. “...I was the only man in the world with a bagless vacuum cleaner！” he said.

    Dyson, 65, wasn't a(n) 3at first.When he studied art at the Royal College of Art in London, he began to show an interest in design. There he invented his first product, the Sea Truck. It was a boat for4anything between islands.

    Then he started his first company to make and sell5invention. The Ballbarrow is a kind of vehicle (交通工具).But later Dyson left his6He didn't agree with his partners.

    After that Dyson began to improve on the vacuum cleaner. In 1985, Dyson took his product to Japan and7the Japanese to sell it. However, he didn't make much money. Several years later Dyson decided to8and sell the machine himself. By 2005, Dyson controlled both the European and American 9.

    Along the way, Dyson discovered the secret of10 “People will buy products if they're better”.

    Tom and Linda were working in a big factory together. One day they were asked to go on a business trip. So they had to find a babysitter to take care of their two lovely babies.

    A week later, as they drove into their home town they noticed some 1 and went to see what it was. A house was on fire! Linda said, “Well, the house isn't ours. Let's go.”

    But Tom kept driving closer and said, “The house belongs to Fred. It has nothing to do with us, so let's go,” said Linda. Tom drove up and said nothing. A woman was 2 in the street. “My children! Help! Help!”

    Tom asked her to show him 3 her children were. “In the bathroom.” cried the woman. 4Linda didn't agree. Tom hurried to the bathroom which is full of smoke. He soon found two children. As he left, he could 5 some other sound like crying. He quickly sent the two children to a 6place. But he was told two more children were 7 inside. Linda shouted 8, “Don't go back! That house will fall down at any moment.”

    Tom went back by feeling his way down into the room. It seemed a century had passed before he find both the children and the way back. When they 9, Tom was so excited to find that he just saved his own children!

    The babysitter 10 them at this house while she did some shopping.

    Last summer, I went to Yunnan on vacation with my family. We1four days there.

    Our first stop was Lugu Lake. I wondered why there was so beautiful a lake in the world. I enjoyed2there. We went boating and took quite a few photos, Then we went up to a hill. On the top of the3 , we got to see something beautiful. I felt like l was in a painting. I thought l would4forget the beautiful scenery there

    The next morning we went to Lijiang by bus. It was a long5from Lugu Lake to Lijiang. We6in the afternoon. After a short break, we went to walk around the town and bought some gifts. Then we decided to try the famous Guoqiao Rice Noodles for dinner. They were very7and delicious. After dinner we took a walk and enjoyed the old streets and buildings8the moon. The summer evening was cool.

    Our9stop was the” spring city” Kunming, We visited Dianchi. watched the birds and went to the flower market. We had a really wonderful day.

    The four-day trip came to a(n) 10soon. We had to go home. Everything in Yunnan was great It is a very beautiful and interesting place. I'm sure you'll never regret going on a trip there.

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    Once upon a time, there was a very old man called Yu Gong. He lived with his family in a village and there were two big and 1 mountains near his house. They spent a long time 2 to the other side.

    One day, Yu Gong told his family that they must move the mountains to other places.3 this, everyone in his family was laughing at him. One of his sons said, "Are you kidding? ""No, I'm serious and all of you must do it with me. "Everyone was 4 at that time. They really didn't want to do it, but they had to do because the oldest man in the family was 5 important person at that time.

    The next day everyone in Yu Gong's family started to dig the mountains. They put the stones and the earth 6 the sea. One day a man saw Yu Gong and his children 7 the mountains. He told Yu Gong he would never do it. But Yu Gong said though he was 8 and would die, his family could continue to move the mountains. Then they kept on digging day after day and year after year.

    Finally a god was so moved by Yu Gong 9 he sent two gods to help Yu Gong move the mountains away.

    The 10 reminds us that you can never know what's possible unless you try to make it happen.