I got out of the train station with my father. A woman came to him and said that her money had been stolen(偷). She asked if he could1her some money to go back home. My father gave her what she asked for and told her not to worry about paying it back. I was2. How could my father be so silly? Anyone could see that she was telling a lie(谎言), staying at the station all day long3for money.

    "She was lying!" I said."4did you give her the money?"

    My father looked at me. He was a bit angry. "And what would you like me to do?" he said.

    "Should I tell her that I am a college professor and I can see through her scam(骗局）？" I did not5his meaning at all, and then he told me something that I have6forgotten. "First, she would not do this7she didn't need the money. Second, I made her day, because now she thinks that she's8than me. It is more important to9than the money. but I don't mind this."

    A week later, we were at the same station, and the same woman came to my father with the same story. "Not this time," my father told her. "In your business, you should learn to recognize(认出) people. Try another10on me next week."

    Nancy is a funny girl. Her 1  is full of fantastic ideas. Like any other child, she has 2  in her life, but she always solves it in funny ways.

    Nancy's classmate Lionel lost a tooth at school last month. The teacher 3  him a cute tooth necklace (项链). Nancy found it was nice and she wanted one too.

    One morning Nancy found one of her teeth was loose (松动的). "I will get a nice tooth necklace 4  the tooth falls out at school," she thought. Nancy did everything that she could

    5to make sure she lost her tooth at school. However, things didn't always happen as she 6 . The tooth finally 7 out on her way to school. Nancy told her teacher what had happened. She was 8 . She didn't think she could get the special necklace.

    To 9 surprise, the teacher decided to give Nancy the necklace. "Your tooth dropped out close to the school, didn't it?" the teacher said. "And you're really an honest (诚实的) girl." Finally, Nancy's dream came 10  .

Do you know Roma people? They were called Gypsies (吉普赛人) by Europeans because they thought they came from Egypt (a country in Africa). About a thousand years ago, the Roma people left their homeland. They are known as nomads because for hundreds of years many of them have lived in large groups that travel from place to place. They have no real homeland.

Today, the Roma are now living all over the world. They have kept their language and many customs. For example, it's important for Roma to marry other Roma. It's also a custom for parents to choose the person their children will marry. Roma people get married when they are young, sometimes even as young as 14.

Romany is the language of the Roma people, which was written down only recently. Because the Roma are nomadic and have moved all over the world, their language has developed in many different ways. It is sometimes hard for Roma in one part of the world to communicate with Roma from another part.

Roma music is famous all over the world because many Roma throughout history have been musicians. Their music has influenced many other kinds of music, like classical and jazz.

Roma don't usually assimilate (同化) into host countries. Over many centuries, governments have forbidden them to marry each other, travel or wear their traditional bright clothes. They have their gold taken away from them—treasures from their parents and grandparents. They have been taken as slaves (奴隶), and have been forced to change their names.

 But today, the Roma are finding ways to live in peace with others while keeping the treasures of their culture. "There's a will within us to continue to live as a people." says George Kaslov, whose family arrived in New York from Russia a hundred years ago. "All the other ethnic (种族) groups who came to America assimilate gradually with time going; they lose their customs and language. But not the Roma. We hold out."

Do you want to be a businessman(商人)? What should a good businessman be 1 ?

Once in a 2 , there is a businessman. He sells 3 at very high prices to make lots of money, but he still wants more.

So, he starts doing some"4 " things.

When people come to 5 fruit in his shop, he' ll 6 away 

0.15k g from every basket of fruit. It's 7 for people to know this when they buy a lot of fruit. This way, he 8 make more money.

One day, his friend comes to buy two kilos( kg) of oranges. The 9 does the same to him. When the friend comes out of the shop, he starts to 10 the oranges." Do I get enough of them?"11 he goes to another shop to weigh(称重) them. He 12 that the oranges only weigh 1.85kg. Angry with 13 friend, he goes back to the shop and tells everyone about it.

Soon, all villagers know it and they don't want to buy fruit from the businessman. He makes14 more money ever after.

Being honest(诚实的) is the right way to do things. To be a good businessman, one should follow the 15 . Never do things like the businessman.

Martin had a lot of friends at school. He 1 told his family how many friends he had. 

One day, his father called him for a bet (打赌). "Martin, I bet you for the bike you wanted."

"Really?! What's the bet? " Martin couldn't believe his 2 .

"You do not have as many friends as you think. Not everyone is 3 friend."

Martin asked, " 4 can I test whether they are my friends?"

"I have something special. 5 me."

A few minutes later, Martin saw his father walking back, looking like he was carrying something heavy. But Martin could not see anything.

"This is a magic chair. Take this to the club, and sit on it 6 . Then you can tell who are your real friends," his father said. 

The next day when Martin was in the club with the "chair", he asked everyone together and said, "Friends, you are about to see my magic here. 7 closely."

Then Martin tried sitting on the chair. But he fell. Everyone laughed. 

He made another try and fell again. The laughs 8 .

Martin kept trying and fell.

He tried again but did not fall this time. He saw John, Abram, Julie, and Terry carrying him up 9 he would not fall. The others still laughed. 

Now he 10 his real friends.

Sam usually gets out of bed at seven o'clock. But this morning, when Mrs Miller asks him to get up, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（say）, "Mum, please let me sleep for fifteen {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（many）minutes. "

"But it's seven o'clock now, " says Mrs Miller. 

"I know, Mum. I won't be late {#blank#}3{#/blank#} school. " So Sam gets out of bed at a quarter past seven. After having, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} quick breakfast, he gets his schoolbag from the sofa and runs to school quickly. When he gets to school, itis {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（fifth）to eight. "Great! It's OK for{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（my）to get up fifteen minutes late, " Sam thinks. 

{#blank#}7{#/blank#} when Sam looks at his schoolbag, he finds that his maths homework isn't in it "Where is it? Oh, no! It's on my desk. I always look at my schoolbag {#blank#}8{#/blank#} going to school, but today I don't have time to do that, " Sam thinks. Now, he knows that it's good to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（having）good habits（习惯）. 

Sam calls his mum and says, "Mum, I need your {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（helpful）. My maths homework is on my desk. Please bring it to me quickly. "