When Ruby, a seven-month-old elephant from Thailand, came {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the Phoenix Zoo in 1974, she was the only elephant at the zoo. Her roommates were some chickens and a goat.

    Ruby was very bored. She had no elephants around her. She was given food and everything she needed, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she had nothing to do, When the workers at the zoo saw Ruby scratching(刮) the ground {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  A stick, they had an idea. They gave her a paint brush and some paint. With just a little bit of help from her trainer, Ruby became a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(paint) of her own style. She produced many paintings. Her {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(expensive) painting was sold for $25, 000.

    Elephants have the brains to learn how {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (paint). But just like people, not all of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} have the interest or talent(天赋) to turn it into a "career". Ruby was one of the few who did.

    Ruby {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(die) in 1998, at the age of 25—very young for an elephant.

    There are very few elephant {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (art) left in North America. In Asia, there are programs trying to develop elephant artists. Money got from the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(sell) of their art goes towards protecting wild(野生的) elephants.

    A farmer had a donkey and a dog. Both the donkey and the dog {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (help) their master in many ways. One night, two thieves broke in the farmer's {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. The dog heard them and started barking. The farmer got {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and so did the neighbors. So they caught the two thieves.

    The farmer said, "I'm glad I had this dog." The neighbors also thought so.

    From that day, the donkey decided to show his master that he could also be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) just like the dog.

    One night, the thieves again entered the farmer's house. As the thieves looked in, they saw the dog {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (sit) just outside the main door. "It seems the dog is quite watchful," said one thief.

    "We {#blank#}6{#/blank#} better go at once," the other thief said and then the two thieves went away. But unknown to the thieves, the donkey was watching all this. He thought, "It is a good chance for me to show {#blank#}7{#/blank#} master that I can be useful. The thieves have run away. If I start {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (shout), the master will thank me." So the donkey started braying(驴叫) {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (loud).

    When the farmer heard the donkey, he {#blank#}10{#/blank#} angry. He came out with a stick and hit the donkey hard. "This will teach you not to bray at night," he thought.

    Have you ever {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (hear) of the Stonehenge? Every year it {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (receive) more than 750, 000 visitors. People like to go to this place especially {#blank#}3{#/blank#}June as they want to see the sun {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (rise) on the longest day of the year.

    For many years, historians believed Stonehenge was a temple where ancient leaders {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (try) to communicate with the gods.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}, historian Paul Stoker thinks this can't {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (be) true because Stonehenge was built so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (much) centuries ago. Other people believe the stones have a medical purpose. They think the stones can prevent illness and keep people {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (health).

    No one is sure what Stonehenge was used for. Some think it might be a burial place or a place to honour ancestors. Others think {#blank#}10{#/blank#}was built to celebrate a victory over an enemy.