The Monkey King is the main character from the famous Chinese story Journey to the West．

    The Monkey King is not just any normal monkey．In{#blank#}1{#/blank#}，he sometimes does not even look like a monkey．This is{#blank#}2{#/blank#}he can make seventy﹣two changes to his shape and size．That is to say，he can turn {#blank#}3{#/blank#} into different animals and objects．But {#blank#}4{#/blank#}he can hide his tail，he can't become a man．

    To{#blank#}5{#/blank#}bad people，the Monkey King uses a magic stick．Sometimes he can make the stick so{#blank#}6{#/blank#}that he can keep it in his ear．At other times，he is able to make it big and long．

    Children all over the world love the Monkey King．

    A female swimming athlete once set a goal（目标）for herself. She decided to swim across the English Channel before she retired. If she could succeed, she would be the first person in the world {#blank#}1{#/blank#}  did it. On that day, she jumped into the sea without any hesitation（犹豫）and swam towards the opposite bank without any {#blank#}2{#/blank#}  . In the journey, she faced heavy fog, heavy rain and heavy waves. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she was tired, she still carried on swimming. But in the end, she gave up. And she didn't know that the opposite bank was only one mile away when she gave up.

    Later she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} about the reason. And she said, “The reason why I gave up is that I could not see the place which I was going to reach {#blank#}5{#/blank#}” It was a great pity that one mile broke her dream.

    Since we were young {#blank#}6{#/blank#} too many success stories have been telling us about courage and persistence（坚持）. But they never told us where {#blank#}7{#/blank#} courage and persistence. You can only have courage when you know where your goal is. You can only manage to persist when you know where your goal is.

    And that's because when you know where your goal is, you can only prepare {#blank#}8{#/blank#} well in the mind. Courage and persistence never{#blank#}9{#/blank#} from the sky. They come from weighing between input and output.

    A life without goal is {#blank#}10{#/blank#}a ship without a compass. It goes nowhere. There is no courage or persistence in a life without goals.

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    When I was young, I liked to play jokes on others, especially on my parents and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. One day my mother was cooking while I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said, "Tony fell off the open window!" She quickly rushed out of the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Then I said, "Don't worry, I'm just joking." My mother shouted at me{#blank#}3{#/blank#}, "I'll punish you{#blank#}4{#/blank#} you do it again."

    Another day, 1 went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. I swam{#blank#}6{#/blank#}in front of my friends. Suddenly, I called out "Help!" All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour{#blank#}7{#/blank#}, I wasn't joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn't swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time{#blank#}8{#/blank#}came to help me.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the end, they found I was telling the truth. They took me to the hospital and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}my life. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven't joked on anyone.

Our environment

    Nowadays, the air is full of dust (灰尘). The water is {#blank#}1{#/blank#} clean and clear. The land is much poorer. In {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to build more houses or other buildings, we cut down trees. As a result, the Earth is becoming {#blank#}3{#/blank#} and warmer.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, people have realized (认识到) how serious the problem is. The polluted water and air make us {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. We can't plant anything on poor land, so we will have {#blank#}6{#/blank#} to eat. The {#blank#}7{#/blank#} world will come to the end.

    Therefore, we have to protect (保护) our environment. It is hard for us {#blank#}8{#/blank#} using these kinds of things. Though we have {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a lot to protect the Earth, it is not enough. So it is time {#blank#}10{#/blank#} us to do something.

    Do animals have their culture? What do we mean by "culture"? Recent years social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans, or if some animals have their culture too. When we think of culture, we mean a way of life that a group of people have in common(共同的). Culture is the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} and beliefs(信仰) that a country or a group has. It is the way of behaviour that helps people live together. It is also the way of behaviour that makes a group of people {#blank#}2{#/blank#} other groups.

    Our culture makes us lose strength, claws(爪子), long teeth, and other defenses (防卫). Instead we use tools, cooperate(合作) with {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, and communicate with language. But this kind of "culture" can also be found in the lives of some animals. Animals can also make tools, for example. We {#blank#}4{#/blank#} think that the ability to use tools was the dividing line(分界线) between human beings and other animals. However, we have found that is not like this. Some animals can not only use tools but also make tools themselves. Animals can also share knowledge with each other and use their own language to communicate. So it may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear as we used to think.