Long long ago there was a poor farmer called Fred. Fred and his wife, Doris, lived 1 together in their small old house. One winter night, the Luck Fairy(仙女) visited them.

    “Fred, you're a 2farmer. I'd like to give you a wish,” said the Luck Fairy.

    “A wish? ” said Fred.

    Fred and Doris smiled at each other. Then Fred said, “Thank you, Luck Fairy. We are very   3and happy. ”

    “4we are old, we still work in the fields everyday, ” said Doris.

    “You work very hard but you 5very little money. Would you like some gold coins? ” asked the Luck Fairy.

    “Oh no, my dear Luck Fairy. We are poor. But we have 6food to eat, ” replied Fred.

    “You can use the gold coins to buy some clothes. The winter here is very cold, ” said the Luck Fairy.

    “Though we haven't got 7clothes, we've got enough, ” said Doris.

    “Well, what about a nice new house? ” asked the Luck Fairy.

“Thank you, but I  8 my small old house very much. I've lived here since I was born. I don't 9 a new house, ” said Fred.

    “You're quite different from other people. I like you very much, ” said the Luck Fairy. “I wish you happiness and healthy forever. ” Then the Luck Fairy 10 and never came back.

    Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger Victor. They1each other very much, and always took care of one another. Every day they worked from morning 2night, getting as much grain(谷物) as possible from their fields.

    One late autumn evening, after their work in the3was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills(账单) to pay. I think I will put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓). “Oh, that's a good idea,” said his wife. “But please don't tell him,” said Simon, “If he knows I put the rice there, he will4take it.”

    So, late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found5strange. “I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night,6 I still have the same number of bags in my barn.7 did that happen?”

    Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the8number of bags in his barn again! “This is very strange,” he thought. That night he9again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder(肩膀); and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another10coming down the road. He was carrying something on his11 too. “Younger Brother!” Simon cried, “What are you doing?” “I was12you, Older Brother,” said Victor, “Your family is13 than mine. I thought you needed more rice.” The two brothers quickly14that they had been taking rice to each other. They15what had happened. “It is good to have a brother like you,” they both said. And they lived happily ever after.

    Chinese people have been celebrating Mid-autumn Festival and enjoying mooncakes 1 centuries, Mooncakes carry people's2to the families they love and miss.

    There are many traditional folk stories about the 3Festival .Among them, the story of the Chang'e is the 4touching.

    Chang'e was Hou Yi's beautiful 5. Hou Yi shot down the nine suns. He got magic medicine 6a goddess. She gave him medicine 7she wanted to thank him for 8he did. The medicine could make people 9forever.

    However, a bad man, Pang Meng, tried to 10the medicine. Chang'e refused 11give it to him and took it all. After taking the 12, she became very light and 13to the moon.

    Hou Yi was so 14that he called out her name to the moon every night, He wished that Chang'e could come back.

    After this, people started the tradition of 15the moon and sharing mooncakes with their families.

    Shirley Temple, the greatest American child star, died on February 10^th, 2014 at the age of 86. She was a lovely little girl 1 blonde curly hair. And also she was a good 2.

    When she was three, Shirley began to make movies and soon became a great movie star. When she was six years old, she 3 some popular movies. In 1936, she made $500,000 that year. People called 4—Little Miss Miracle. From 1930 to 1939, life was 5 in the USA. Many people didn't have jobs, 6 lots of poor people paid money to go to the cinema to 7 Shirley Temple. People felt happy 8 she sang and danced. Mothers wanted their 9 to have curly hair like Shirley Temple. Little girls played with Shirley Temple dolls (玩偶).

    Everybody loved little Shirley. People sent her presents. On her eighth birthday, she got 1000 cakes. She got 5000 letters from her fans a week. Even now, people are 10 watching her movies.

    It was the golden season. I could see the 1 leaves falling with the cool wind. For others, it is a season to achieve something, but for me, it is a(n) 2 season. I was 3 for the mid-term exam, and so many unhappy things made me so tired. So I decided to have a walk along the road in the park.

    "Autumn is a lonely season and life is uninteresting. The days in this season always get me4 ", I thought when the sound of a guitar came into my ears, like a bird singing beautifully. A young girl, sitting on the grass, was lost in playing her guitar. She was a beautiful girl, 5 when the wind blew her long hair. I had never seen her before. The music was so wonderful that I listened quietly.

    Lost in the music, I did not 6 that I had listened to it for so long. But I did not seem to trouble her. Leaves were still falling. Every day when I passed by the grassland, I would see her playing her guitar. She was the only 7 and I was the only listener. During the rest of the days in the season, life became 8 and I could go over the lessons carefully.

    Autumn was 9 over. One day, when I was listening, the sound suddenly stopped. To my surprise, the girl came over to me.

    "You 10 like the music," she said.

    "Yes, you play very well. Why did you stop?" I asked.

    Suddenly, a 11 expression appeared on her face.

    "I came here just to have a rest because I 12 in an important exam. I felt very disappointed. And it was your listening every day that 13me," she said, "and I have to go tomorrow."

    "In fact, it was your playing that gave me a 14 autumn and helped me believe that I have the ability to pass my exams." I answered, "I think it was God who gave us the 15 to know each other and we should be good friends."

    She smiled and I smiled in that beautiful autumn.

    Tony and Robert are neighbors, so their families sometimes 1 together. One day, Robert asked Tony for some 2, saying that he needed it for a business (生意).

    At first, Tony 3. But after Robert begged him several times, he lent the money to Robert. However, Tony 4 to ask for a receipt (收据) for the money.

Robert said he would 5 in six months, but he didn't do it on time. When Tony went to ask him about the money, he said that he had 6 borrowed any money from Tony.

    This made Tony very 7. He went to his lawyer (律师) and said, "My neighbor owes (欠) me much money and he won't pay back. What should I do?"

    "Do you have any proof (证据) that he owes you money?" the lawyer asked.

    "Nope." Tony said.

    "Okay, then write him a letter asking him for the 8 dollars he owes you," the lawyer said.

    " 9 I only lent him 5000 dollars," Tony said.

    "That's what he will say 10 he replies (答复) and then you'll have your proof!"