One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and1 .

As Kate was coming out of a shop. A young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green-a good friend of Kate's  sister's.  Kate 2her. Then she called a taxi 3Kate home. She told the driver where he should go. Kate was 4 that it was not in the direction of her home.

      "5?" Kate asked. The lady smiled.

    When they came to a quiet road, a big rude man 6on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him, and threw him out of the7 . At the same time, Miss Green took out of a knife and8it at Kate. She asked Kate to keep9. The man then started the taxi. "

    “Oh, God! I'm being kidnapped," Kate said to herself.

     She tried to escape, but she didn't10 . Suddenly an 11 came to her. She took out a lipstick (口红) from her pocket, wrote 'SOS' on the window, and covered the word12her back.

    A few minutes later, a police car 13 and the policemen saw the sign. When the kidnappers saw the policemen they stopped the taxi, jumped into the grass, and14.

    The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were 15because their daughter had finally come back safely.

    Washington was the first president of the United States. He was very1even when he was still a 12-year-old boy.

    Once a thief 2 some money from Uncle Post, Washington's neighbor. The door of the house was not broken, and things in the room were in good order. Washington 3 that the thief must have been one of the villagers.

    That evening at the villagers' meeting he said, “We don't know who stole the money 4.

    God does. God sends his wasp（黄蜂）to tell good from 5 Every night the wasp flies 6 us but few people notice it.” Then, all of a sudden Washington waved his band and cried out, “Look! The wasp has landed on the thief's7 It is going to sting（叮咬）!”

    Everybody turned to 8 the thief. But soon the noise died down. All eyes were 9 on a man who was trying hard to drive the “Wasp” off his hat.

    “Now we know10 stole the money,” Washington said with a smile.

    Once upon a time, there was a little girl 1Nuwa. Her father was Emperor Yan and he2his daughter very much. They often played3together. One day Nuwa rowed(划)a 4 in a river. The boat over turned and Nuwa5. So her father was6over her death. Later, Nuwa changed7a bird. The bird often came8Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan cried when he watched the river, 9he missed(想念)his daughter. The bird decided to fill the river10stones. Finally the river was full of stones and it disappeared(消失).

    It was 3:43. Thunder was crashing and the rain was pouring. Suddenly my father rushed into my room." Adam! Adam! Get up! We're flooding!" he shouted and shook me by the shoulders. That woke 1  up! I ran downstairs to the basement. It was like a swimming pool. My mother and I immediately started to pick up things and take them upstairs. I had no 2  on, so my feet were quite freezing.

    Things got worse every minute. Within the next hour, we had moved everything that we could to the first floor. The computer, big-screen television and heavy boxes 3  with our most valuable things were taken to safety. 4  , our piano, sofa, washing machine and water heater were all still down there—being 5 .There was nothing we could do.

    That was the hardest part. Knowing that your home is being destroyed is bad enough, but 6 that you can't do anything to stop it feels even worse.

    Water had come in our front door. Rescue 8  were floating in our streets. Mother told me to pack an overnight bag of clothes and valuables and get ready to leave.

    When it was 9  safe to walk outside, all the people in the neighborhood 10  at the street corner. People became friends, and friends became like family. People 11  each other. We learned later that the National Weather Service had declared the storm a flash flood.

I really have 12  something from this flood. I've learned what destruction is. I have learned what 13  means. I know in the future, when I watch people's lives affected by natural disasters, I can understand them. I will show great pity on them and I will do what I can to help them.

    In an interview with media, Stephen Hawking's three children 1 their father as follows: He was curious. He encouraged questions because they are the start of exploration (探索). He was aggressive (进取的). He 2 stopped searching for subjects that he liked. He was 3. From his mouth, difficult physics turned easy and interesting.

From the school reports in Hawking's childhood, we know that he was just a(n) 4 boy, or even worse. Once, his mother asked him, "Are you really weak in your studies?" He answered, "Em… the others are the same." He was not from a rich family. However, his parents, who graduated from Oxford, 5 books a great teacher to their children. For the reason, 6 was common in Hawking's family.

    In his early days in Oxford, Hawking wasn't so excellent. It is said that he liked to bet (打赌) with others on strange topics and ended up losing every time. When he was going to graduate soon, his body went wrong. 7 his mind and spirit were free. He 8 became more interested in scientific research than before.

    There are many great scientists in the world. However, few of 9 are like Hawking, who never got tired of playing roles in films and TV plays and travelling around the world to 10 lectures. Now, the great man has gone, but we will remember him forever.

    Tom was walking through the forest with his axe (斧子) when a sapling (树苗) called to him and stopped him on his way.

    "Could you please 1 me clear away these trees, kind friend? They are stealing (窃取) all of my sunshine. There is no room 2 the trees, so my roots cannot grow freely. I cannot 3 the wind with the trees above me."

    Tom decided he could help the sapling. He swung his axe and cleared the 4 around the sapling. But 5 Tom made space for the sapling, the hot sunlight dried his leaves. Then there was a heavy rainstorm. The 6 sapling couldn't stand (忍受) the weather.

    "Oh foolish one," said a farmer who was passing by. "The taller trees may seem like they're taking your sunshine, space and wind from you, 7 they're actually helping you. They 8 you from sunburns, heavy rain and other bad weather. You 9 see them taking your space, but you don't see how they help you. One day when you 10, you might be the one to protect other saplings."