"What's the matter, mum?" As soon as I enter(进入) the door, I find that my mother is  1. It's unusual--she usually opens the door and welcomes me with 2.

     "She's dying," mum says sadly. I 3 what she says. The tulip(郁金香), mother's favourite, is dying.

    A month ago, we  4 into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip. Mum liked it very much. 5 she was free, she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and 6 its beautiful colour and inviting (诱人的) smell.

    She 7 it as a baby and looked after it 8. She put the tulip by window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough 9. The first thing she did when she 10 every morning was to water the tulip. Mum also fertilized(施肥) it many times.

    She hoped that 11 great care, the tulip would become more and more beautiful and 12. But the tulip was dying because of  13  sunshine, water and fertilizer.

     It's 14 that mother loved the tulip. But this kind of love can be harmful. Love can sometimes 15 what you love.

    One day, a woman buys some food in the supermarket. Later, she comes back to the street, gets into her car and wants to 1 home after shopping. At that time, she sees a yellow car behind (在……后面) her. A man is driving the car. When she turns right (向右转), the yellow car turns right, 2. When she stops, the yellow car also 3.

    It is not 4 for the woman to make herself relaxed. The woman is 5, so she drives 6 to the police station. A young man is standing 7 the police station (警察局). The woman is happy to see him. She knows that he is a policeman 8 he is wearing a police uniform. She 9 to him and asks him to arrest (逮捕) the man in the yellow car, so the policeman walks to the man. The man doesn't want to run away when he sees the policeman. He just says to the woman, “I think the watch is 10 and I want to give it back to you, madam. I find it in the street.

    Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15, his father  1  him to work on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 2with his father's idea." That isn't my job. I have3school work to do." Hearing this, his father said, "I promise(许诺)to give you the best present if you 4  finish one year's work." Tom thought for a while and 5 .

    Starting one Saturday, the boy got up early and worked 6  till evening, just like any other farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom's crops grew well.  7   the last day of the year, the father said, "I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year. Now, tell me 8     you want."     The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat." I've already got the   9present. No pains, no gains. I think this is what you wanted   10  to know." His father was quite pleased to hear that.

A Move to Safety

    The Turners sat at the kitchen table. The sun was shining and filled the kitchen with a warm light. It was a perfect day for having a picnic or going surfing. But in the Turners' kitchen, no one seemed to be paying attention to the 1 .

    "Okay, girls," said Mrs. Turner. "I can tell by the expressions on your faces that you have a pretty good idea of why we need to have this family 2 ." Linda and Kala exchanged looks and slowly nodded.

    "Your mom and I have had many talks lately about the possibility of 3 ," said Mr. Turner. "We were hoping that it wouldn't come to this, 4 we don't have other choices."

    "But Dad," said Kala, "Kilauea has been an active volcano（火山）since 1983! Nothing has happened to us or to our house yet. I think we'll be 5 here."

    "But your dad and I care about all the recent warnings giving by the government. Even though we've been safe up to now, there is no way to guarantee（保证）that a larger eruption（喷发）isn't coming up," said Mrs. Turner.

    "Mom, this is our   6 . I can't even remember living anywhere else!" Linda said, fighting back tears.

    Mrs. Turner put an arm around her daughter's shoulder. "This won't go 7 for any of us," she said. "Dad and I love this house, too. We have so many happy memories here. But we're tired of living with such uncertainty. The most 8 thing in the world to us is that our family stays safe."

    Mr. Turner 9 . "Girls, there are other places in Hawaii where we'll feel safer. We'll have to 10 our house, but you know home is wherever we go as a family. We'll make new 11 , and we'll find things to love about our new home."

    The girls were quiet for a moment as they considered 12 it would mean to move. "There are so many things I'll 13 here," said Kala quietly.

    "We all will," said Mrs. Turner. "But one of the places that your dad and I have looked at is only a few minutes' walk to the beach."

    Kala and Linda couldn't help 14 when they heard that. They both spent every spare minute they had surfing. If their parents told them that they could actually live in the water, they would have been perfectly happy.

    Mr. Turner walked around to the other side of the table. He put one large hand on each of his daughter's shoulders. "I'm proud of you two," he said. "Thank you for trying to 15 why this is so important to your mom and me."

    Linda and Kala smiled. Dad was right: home was wherever the family was.

    Once there was a young lion named Leo who loved to play. He often played with his brothers and sisters. Sometimes his mother would play with him, too. But Leo wished for 1 more. He wanted to play with other 2.

    So one day Leo walked up to Millie the monkey. "Would you like to play with me?" he asked.

    "I cannot play with you," said Millie. "Lions are 3."

    Then Leo asked Fred the fox to play. But Fed's mother had told him to 4 lions. Pat the pig said that lions did not make good friends.

Leo had tears in his eyes as he went along.

    Leo heard a 5 sound as he was walking home. Someone seemed to be crying. Then Leo saw Zip the zebra. The poor little zebra was caught in a 6 net. And Zip cried even more 7 when he saw Leo coming.

    Leo told Zip that he wanted to 8 him. He used his sharp teeth to chew a hole in the net. Soon Zip was free. He jumped out of the net and licked Leo's face.

    The next morning Leo saw Zip's mother standing close to Zip.

    "Hi, Leo," called Zip.

    "Thank you for 9 my child," said Zip's mother.

    Then Leo saw the other animals. All the animals invited Leo to play with them. Leo 10 the day playing with his new friends. They played tag, hide-and-seek, and follow the leader. Leo's wish had come true finally.

    One day an angel (天使) came across three peas. She said she could help each of them 1 a dream.

    The first pea wanted to fly in the sky, and the second one's 2 was to swim in the sea. The third one said it had been 3 going to a place where it could bring happiness to others. The angel 4 them where they wanted to go. The first pea fell onto the5 after a long flight and was eaten by a hen. The second one sank into the sea and had to stay in the darkness alone all its life. The third one flew into a flower pot (花盆) whose 6 was a poor little girl. Having been ill for a long time, she was very 7 and couldn't go outside.

    One day, when the girl was walking as usual in the house, she 8 a small pea plant in the flower pot. 9 the plant only had two tiny leaves, it seemed to be cheerful. When a light 10 came, it danced and seemed to be encouraging the girl to cheer up. "I will grow up like this plant and I will be better soon," she said in a confident voice. From then on, the girl stayed beside the little pea plant, watched it and talked with it. Day by day the plant grew taller and taller, and 11 the little girl became better and better. Finally, the pea plant flowered and the girl returned to her 12.

    Then the angel came. The pea plant waved its leaves to her and said, "Look! My 13 has come true and I feel I'm the 14 pea in the world!" The angel smiled, "Only the dream that can 15 others will bring happiness in return!"