David Beckham, a well--known football player, was born in London on May 2nd, 1975. He is about 1.80 metres tall. He is very strong and big. He is quite a good football player. He scored a lot of goals for his old team — the National Football Team of England(英格兰围家足球队). He joined the Real Madrid(皇家马德里对) after he left his old team. He wants to play football in Paris in the next World Cup.

    A farmer had a faithful（忠诚的） horse who was old and couldn't do much work. So the farmer no longer wanted to give him anything to eat and said, “If you can bring me a lion here, I will keep you.”

    The horse was sad, and went to the forest. There he met a fox. After the fox heard the story, he said. “I will help you. Just lie down, as if you were dead, and do not move."

    The horse did what the fox asked, and then the fox went to the lion and said, “A dead horse is lying out there. Just come with me, and you have a rich meal.”

    The lion went with him, and they were both standing by the horse, the fox said, “Now let me tie the horse to your tail and you can take it home and eat it.”

    The fox's words made the lion very happy. But the fox tied the lion's legs together with the horse's tail. When the fox finished his work, he said to the horse, “Pull the lion to the farmer.”

    Then the horse pulled the lion away with him at once. The lion was very angry but he couldn't do anything. When the farmer saw the lion, he was in a good mood（心情）, and said to the horse, “ You can stay with me." And he give him enough food to eat until the horse died. 

    A woman bought a parrot from a pet store. However, the woman decided to return the parrot to the shop the next day.

    "This bird doesn't talk," she told the pet shop owner.

    "Does he have a mirror in his cage(笼子)?" the owner asked. "Parrots love mirrors."

    The woman bought a mirror and left. The next day she came back, saying that the bird still wasn't talking.

    "How about a ladder? Parrots love ladders," the owner said. The woman bought a ladder and left. But the next day, she was back.

    "Does your parrot have a swing? No? Well, once he starts swinging, he'll talk," the owner said.

    The woman then bought a swing and left.

    When she walked into the store the next day, she began to cry. "The parrot died," she said.

    The pet store owner was shocked. "I'm sorry. Tell me, did he ever say anything?" he asked.

    "Yes, right before he died," the woman answered, "in a low voice, he asked me, 'Don't they sell any food at that pet store?'"

    Sometimes we forget what's really necessary in life. We sometimes have lots of things to do at once, but we forget to deal with the most important things first. We have to remember to "feed the parrots" in our lives.

A lot of students are playing all kinds of sports on the sports field. A football game is{#blank#}1{#/blank#} on right now between Class 3 and Class 4. We don't know which team will {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Look at those people over there! Some students of Class 1 are practising the high jump. One of them is the best high jumper in the school. He {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hard every day. Many people think he will break the school record in the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} meeting next spring. Not far away from {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, some girls are preparing for a race. They will have an 800-metr e race in ten {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Now on the corner of the field, you can see another group of students. Their teacher is telling them how to{#blank#}7{#/blank#} the discus(铁饼). 

In schools, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} and more students love sports now. Sports help people to keep {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. They also help people to live {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. And while doing sports on the sports field, many people will become good friends too. Do you think so?

What are you going to be when you grow up? Maybe a teacher, a doctor or a scientist? How about an ice- cream taster? There is really a job where you can get paid by tasting ice- cream. And this is what Feng Yuanyuan now does.

Feng Yuanyuan, born in 1995, has worked at an ice- cream company for two years. Her main role is to taste and test ice cream products(产品). Usually she tastes more than ten ice- creams a day, but sometimes she has to taste over twenty ice- creams. After eating one, she needs to wash her mouth with lots of warm water so as to comfort her tongue. Through this taste- testing, Feng makes more than 10,000 yuan a month, more than most of her college classmates. However, a by- product of eating so much ice- cream is that she is getting fat." I need to take exercise every day to keep in shape," said Feng.

" To be an ice- cream taster, a person needs to have a sensitive(敏感的) tongue and he must really like ice- cream. Many people may become tired of ice- cream easily if they have to eat it every day, so a good ice- cream taster isn't easy to find," said Feng.

This cool job keeps Feng Yuanyuan busy but happy. She's also very happy that the company's products sell well." After more than a year's hard work, I can tell if an ice- cream has additives(添加剂) just by tasting it.I hope that in the future I can find out what a product is made from with only one bite," Feng said.