Home Alone
It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the 1quickly.
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely 2our parents were at home.
Without thinking, my brother said, "No." Then the man asked if we would like to3some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very 4 and came into our house. He took out a 5 and ordered me to tie up my brother's hands with a rope. I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie
6easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked 7 of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to 8money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 9.He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,10 the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man 11 to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the12pay phone to call the police.
Soon 13 came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were14that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from 15the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.

    Mr White is a millionaire(百万富翁).He 1 delicious food. He has a 2 cook, Mr Black. The man can cook all kinds of food. Mrs White asked him to3her last month. Now she thinks she's good at cooking and doesn't want Mr Black to 4 for them any longer.

    Now Mrs White begins to cook for her 5. But Mr White does not like her food at all. He says he won't 6 any food at home if she doesn't stop cooking. The woman says shell 7 another cook.

    This morning Mr White broke a window in a shop. They took him to the 8. The policeman said, "I'm sorry to tell you, Mr White. Or I'll fine(罚款) you ten dollars, or you'll stay in prison(监狱).9 do you want?

    "I'll stay in prison." answered the millionaire.

    "10?" asked the policeman.

    "Because my wife will find a new cook in ten days!"

A man was walking in a forest. He was holding an axe (斧子) in his hand. A little tree stopped him and said, "Please use your axe to 1 those tall trees, my friend. Because of them, the sunlight cannot fall on me, and I have no room at all to spread myself. Without them, I'll be the tallest tree in the forest."

The man 2 to help the little tree. He used his 3 to cut down the trees. Then the little tree had 4 room. The little tree felt happy and said 5 to the man. When the Sun came out, the little tree lost water and it became very 6 . Later when a storm came, the little tree 7 all its leaves and branches. "Oh, poor little tree!" a bird said 8 "You shouldn't ask the man to cut down the trees. The tall trees protected you so that you didn't worry about heat or wind or rain. Time went by and you would 9 . When you get tall and 10 , you can have enough strength to fight against the Sun and the storms. So I don't think you should do that." After hearing the words of the bird, the little tree felt regretful (后悔的).

Years ago, my father and I were on a summer road trip from Dallas to Austin. On our way back, the battery meter (电池电量计) seemed to act funny, jumping up then dropping down. 

We stopped to buy a new battery and replaced (替换) the 1 one in the parking lot. And we went on our trip. We got about 20 miles outside the city when our car died. Then we 2 it was not the problem of the battery. We had to 3 on the side of the road. My father 4 the car and repaired it on his own, but it still didn't work. 

We were about to call for help when a 5 stopped in front of our car. A man got out and started walking towards us. He asked us what the problem was. My father 6 that our car was dead. The man said he had a tow chain (拖链) and would be able to tow us to Dallas, which was about 200 miles away. We agreed and thanked him. 

Then my father stayed in our car, and I got on the truck. Later I learned the 7 of the truck driver. About a year ago, he was told by the doctor that he had lung cancer (肺癌), and his days were 8 . Instead of doing treatment (治疗), he decided to accept the fact and spend the rest of his life driving all over Texas, and 9 people who were in need. 

I can't remember his name anymore, but I'll never 10 him helping us that night.

My classmate Thomas is 13. He is a basketball1 in our school.He can play basketball well.Thomas thinks basketball is2 interesting game.So he plays3 with his friends after school.He4 basketball games onTV.too.He plays basketball really5 .We like to play basketball6 Thomas.

Thomas eats well.He has good7 habits.He8 an apple and two eggs for breakfast.He9 eggs are healthy.For lunch.he eats rice,chicken10 vegetables.Thomas likes fruit and he always eats some strawberries11 lunch.In the afteroon,he likes12 and salad.But his teacher doesn't13 Thomas to eat hamburgers.He doesn't wantThomas to get 14 .In the evenimg.Thomas eats some vegetables for dinner.

So Thomas is15 .

We should learn from Thomas.

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