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    As two women walked into a New Jersey hospital, they laughed. It showed the love that had held them together1 forty years as best friends. Although they were laughing, one of these ladies would soon put her life in danger2her best friend.

    Patty Hurley and Eileen Riley met at high school and have been close friends ever since. But when Eileen,3nurse, became ill with kidney (肾) disease, she didn't go running to her friend—Patty came to help her, after4Eileen was sick. "My kidneys are failing," Eileen explained.

    "Can I give you one of mine?"5the immediate reply.

    The offer was so simple6Eileen thought she had heard wrong. But Patty repeated she was willing to help, and their journey to the operating table began.

    Eileen always knew that her friend would help. She said7, "When Patty makes a promise, she keeps8."

    The operation went ahead in May, and both women are now very healthy and9than ever.

    "There are no words to describe10amazing this woman is," Eileen said afterwards. "She gave me my life."

Two men were travelling together through the forest on a lonely path. Before the travelling, they said they would help each other when there was danger. They had not gone far when a bear rushed towards them from some bushes.

One man was a good climber, and quickly climbed up a nearby tree. The other man tried to climb the tree but failed. Looking at his friend in the tree, he shouted loudly for help. The man in the tree was afraid that his friend under the tree would pull him down, so he didn't give his friend a hand.

The man under the tree, seeing that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell to the ground and pretended to be dead. The bear came nearer and nearer. It made his blood run cold.

The bear came to him, lowered its great head, smelled him all over and touched him with its nose. The bear thought the man was dead, so it went off into the forest again without hurting him. After the bear left, the other man came down from the tree, and smilingly asked his friend what the bear had said to him. "For I could see," he said, "that he put his mouth close to your ear."

"He told me to tell you," replied the other, "that you were a great coward(懦夫), and that it is dangerous to travel with a friend who leaves you behind when there is danger."

    In 1901, Karl Landsteiner, an Austrian scientist, discovered that there are four types of blood. These four blood types were named A, B, AB and O. People have one of these four types. Blood type O is the most common around the world. Blood type A is the second most common, and type AB is the least common. If people with type A blood are given type B blood, or people with type B blood are given type A blood, they will probably die.

    In 1927, a Japanese doctor, Furukawa Takeji, carried out research and came up with the idea that people with different blood types also had different personalities(性格). He said that people with type A blood are usually calm and serious; people with type B blood are curious, cheerful and outgoing; people with type O blood are generous and trustworthy; while those with type AB blood are often caring, original and careful.

    More recently, a doctor in the United States wrote a book that links blood types and what people eat. For example, his book suggests people with type O blood should eat more meat and less bread. A diet for people with type A blood includes more vegetables. His book, Eat Right for Your Type, has been a hit with people who want to lose weight. However, Dr. Peter D' Adamo believes that eating food that matches a person's blood type can help them lose weight. He thinks it will make the person healthier in other ways, too.

Have you heard of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory? Do you know who wrote it?

Roald Dahl (1916-1990) was a(n) 1 English writer, seen as another Shakespeare in Children's Books and the one who was best at telling stories in the until he died world. He had written 19 children's books 2 he died at the age of 74. Over 200 million copies of his books have been sold so far. 

At the age of 13, he was sent to a boarding school. There, the boys at the school. There, the boys at the school were sometimes asked to be chocolate testers for a famous chocolate company and this experience later3 him to create the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. He also put his 4 experiences into the book. Once he was terribly5 by the headmaster for putting a dead mouse into a teacher's bottle of gobstoppers(大块圆硬糖). This story tells of the importance of being honest and selfless. It also reminds us to 6 our dreams in the face of difficulty and failure. 

Roald Dahl had a great talent for seeing the world through 7 eyes. He liked encouraging children to read. He believed that children should be8 with a book, not bored. Books shouldn't be boring. 9 , they should be funny, exciting and wonderful. And learning to be a10 gives children a wonderful advantage.