Joe Azougar was walking his dog when a bear appeared suddenly.

   "When it came up, the first thing my dog did was1  me and attack the bear, " Azougar said from his 2 in Lady Minto Hospital.

    Then Azougar ran into his house and began to3  his neighbors, warning them what was going on."As I looked around I saw the bear pull my dog into the 4. And to my great sadness, the dog waskilled," he said.

    Then suddenly, the bear 5 and it broke through the house's back window. Azougar began throwing things at the bear and making loud noises. Then he stoodon a chair to make himself look much 6.

    "It seemed as if the bear was very 7 ,  said Azougar.“I thought my best chance was to run outside  8 someone could find me."

    Azougar began running，but the bear  9  him.

    "It had four paws on top of me," he said.“Then, it  10  my body and tried to bite my stomach. That gave me just a few 11  to turn into and protect my head."

    The bear began to pull Azougar's body. “By that time I could feel my body becoming  12," Azougar said.

    Luckily, two women, who were13 , saved him. Their car was such a（n） 14  thing in the bear's eyes, that it ran quickly into the woods.

    "I am just thankful to those two angels that saved me in time," he said.

    People, who have lived here for 20 or 30 years, said they had  15 seenanything like this," said Azougar. He is the first one, and he hopes that he will be also the last one. "Now I'm planning to move somewhere else once I come out of hospital."

    Do you like music?Do you know about Beethoven,a famous1in the world?

    He was born in Germany．His father was a singer and2Beethoven．When Beethoven was only four,his3asked him to learn different musical instruments(乐器).Beethoven loved music and he4very fast.He got high praise(赞扬）from Mozart ,the great musician at that time,5the age of seventeen.

    At that time ,it was difficult to have6happy life.Beethoven was hard-working，but it wasn't easy to make much money．One day,he found he couldn't7clearly．But he still went on working and writing music pieces．Some of his best pieces came out8he lost his heating．In 1827，9more than 300 pieces，the great musician died．But people remember his name and10today．

    It was a cold snowy morning after the winter vacation. And it was my first 1 at my new school. I was walking alone slowly and 2 about lots of things. It was early and there weren't many people on the road. Suddenly a girl who was 3 a bike on ice fell down. She was trying hard to get up but fell again. 4 thinking, I went over and helped her. She said “5” with a smile and then rode away. Her words warmed me a lot.

    Finally, I got to school. The teacher led me to the 6 and introduced me to the class. Then he asked me to sit down beside a girl. I felt so 7 that I didn't dare to look at her. Soon the first class, 8, started. Their textbooks were different from those in my old school. As I was wondering 9 to do, an English book appeared in front of me. “Let's share,” the girl beside me said, “Hi, I'm Carrie.” I 10. It was the girl I helped this morning. Later on, we became good friends.

    From that I learned: to help others is actually to help ourselves!

    Each of us makes mistakes from time to time. In fact, we can1 a lot from our mistakes.

    Donnie was a 2 student and never answered questions in class. He was afraid to make mistakes. He never finished his homework 3 he didn't want to make any mistakes. Nothing changed until Marry Anne, a teacher, came to our4 

    One morning, Marry Anne asked Donnie to 5 some questions. After a while Donnie was in tears because he made a mistake. Suddenly Marry Anne got a box full of erasers from the desk.

    "Look, Donnie," she said standing 6 him. "I've got something to show you." She took out the erasers, one at a time, and put them on the desk.

    "See these erasers, Donnie?" she continued (继续). "Do you know 7 the erasers become smaller and smaller? That's because we make mistakes. But we erase the mistakes and try again. That's what you must learn."

    "Here," she said, "I'll 8 one eraser on your desk, so you will remember that 9 may make mistakes."

    Donnie looked at Marry Anne and smiled.

    Donnie 10a lot from then on. He knew that everyone had the permission (许可) to make mistakes as long as you learned them and tried again.

    Alan is fourteen years old. He 1 in Canyon Middle School in America. He goes to school 2 weekdays. Today is Monday. He is really busy. He gets up at half past six. He has some bread and milk for 3. In the morning, he has 4 classes. They are math, science, geography, and art. He thinks Geography and science are difficult. He doesn't like

    5. After lunch, he goes to the library to find some 6 information(信息) for his English speech contest (演讲比赛) in the 7. The speech finishes at 4∶30 p. m. After that, he comes back home. It is his 8 birthday. The family has 9 big birthday dinner for him. Alan 10 a gift(礼物) for his grandpa and he really likes it. They are all very happy. At half past nine, Alan goes to bed. What a busy day he has!

    That day was like any other day in his life. After school Michael walked past the shop in the street corner. He stopped to1the front row of shoes, and he felt sorry for himself. He2wanted to have a pair of shoes for his birthday.

    He walked away sadly and thought of what to tell his mother. He knew she would give him 3if she could. But he also knew very well she had 4money. He decided not to go home 5, as he looked worried and his mother would notice it. So he went to the park and sat down on the grass. Then he saw a boy in a wheel chair. He noticed that the boy moved the wheels with his hands. Michael looked at him carefully and was 6to see that the boy had no feet. He looked 7at his own feet. "It is 8better to be without shoes than 9feet." he thought. There was no reason for him to 10so sorry and sad. He went away and smiled, thinking he was more lucky in his life.