There was a man named Ben. He made caps to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} money. One day he went to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his caps. It was very hot. When he went {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a forest, he wanted to have a {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . He came up to a large tree, put his caps on the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} , took one of them and put it on his head. Then he lay down and soon fell asleep.
    “Where are my caps?” Ben {#blank#}6{#/blank#} when he woke up. He looked up and saw many monkeys in the trees. Each monkey had a cap on its {#blank#}7{#/blank#} .
    “Give back my caps!” Ben {#blank#}8{#/blank#} at the monkeys. But the monkeys couldn't understand him. Ben got very angry. He took off his own cap, threw it on the ground and cried, “If you want all my caps, you may take this one, too!”
    What {#blank#}9{#/blank#} then? The monkeys did the same. Each monkey took off its cap and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it on the ground. Ben was very glad. He quickly collected all his caps and went on his way.

    Today is October 4th．It's World Animal Day．Gina  and her sister Sally go to the{#blank#}1{#/blank#}early．They want to do some things for the{#blank#}2{#/blank#}there．In the south of the zoo，Gina finds an elephant．Its{#blank#}3{#/blank#} are kind of dirty．Gina and Sally get some{#blank#}4{#/blank#}and clean them．After that they get some food for this elephant．After the elephant eats the food，the two girls take a photo with it．Then they play with it．

    This elephant is{#blank#}5{#/blank#}．It can draw．It can play soccer,too．Gina and Sally like it very much．Gina and Sally play with it for a long time．They have a great time in the zoo．

    Once an old man who had four lazy sons fell sick and was counting his last days in bed. He was very worried about his sons' future because they always believed in luck {#blank#}1{#/blank#}of hard work.

    The old man decided to play a trick{#blank#}2{#/blank#} he died to make his sons realize the importance of work. He told them that he would leave them a treasure box {#blank#}3{#/blank#} gold coins and wanted them to share the treasure.

    The young men asked where his father had placed the treasure. The old man replied," I can't exactly remember{#blank#}4{#/blank#}place. However, the treasure is buried in our land."

    After a few days, the old man died. The sons decided to{#blank#}5{#/blank#}the land to find the treasure box. They worked very hard, but they couldn't find the box. They dug even{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, but they still got nothing.

    Later, one of their neighbors {#blank#}7{#/blank#} by and saw the loose (松的) soil. He suggested that the sons should turn it into a farm. Soon, good fruit and vegetables grew out of the land. The four sons sold them at a good{#blank#}8{#/blank#} and made lots of money.

    Then they realized that the {#blank#}9{#/blank#} box their father mentioned was hard work in fact. The father successfully played a trick to {#blank#}10{#/blank#} his sons how important it was to work hard. What a clever father!

As the spring comes, the world comes back to life. Chinese people call this time Jingzhe, or the Awakening of Insects. It's one of the 24 solar terms (节气) in the Chinese lunar calendar. When Jingzhe comes, it begins to thunder(打雷) and everything in the nature begins to 1 . As the temperature rises and more rain starts to fall, insects appear. Not just insects, 2 also show changes—grass breaks ground and out, flowers 3 .

Chinese farmers put a high value on Jingzhe, 4 it means the start of spring plowing (春耕). Farmers gets even 5 than before. They are busy plowing fields.

Here are some fun 6 about Jingzhe. In some old Chinese stories, a white tiger, always bites (咬) people during Jingzhe. People draw the white tiger on paper, and then put some meat in its mouth. The purpose of 7 the white tiger is to prevent the tiger from biting people. Peope in some areas eat pears on Jingzhe. Pears are sweet and juicy. They think 8 eating pears can stop us coughing. What's more, it is said that the god of thunder beats his 9 to make spring thunder during Jingzhe. To 10 him, people on the earth also beat the drums.

Amy wanted a mobile phone as her birthday gift, because most of her classmates had one, but she knew her parents couldn't afford it.

One day, when she woke up, she found a new mobile phone on her desk. How excited she was!This was the phone that had appeared in fashion magazines.

She played with the phone on the way to school. And the teacher was already there when she arrived at school. Amy was very embarrassed （尴尬的）. She looked at her new mobile phone and whispered （低语）, "I didn't want to be late …"

Everything changed with her thought. She went to school on time with her new mobile phone.

She was surprised at that. She turned on the phone and found there was a sentence on the screen, "Every dream will come true. " Since then, she always asks the phone for help. As a result, she has become lazier and lazier. Her teachers and parents were very disappointed with her and her classmates didn't like her any more.

When the term exams came, Amy asked the mobile phone for help again, but things turned bad. She got the lowest mark in the class. She wanted to throw it away, but when she did, the phone would come back into her hand. Amy was so scared （恐惧的）that she cried out, "I don't want the mobile phone any more. "

She woke up to find that the terrible experience had been just a dream.

Today is Grandma's 85th birthday.

"I'm giving her a photo," says Brian."I took it with my new camera (照相机). {#blank#}1{#/blank#}" he asks his brother Joey.

"I don't know." says Joey."I don't have a camera. So I can't take a picture."

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}His mom is busy making something." Mom, what are you going to give Grandma?"

"{#blank#}3{#/blank#}" says Joey's mom.

"I can't make cakes. I don't know how." says Joey.

Joey goes to the living room. His dad is sewing (缝) a blanket(毯子)."{#blank#}4{#/blank#}" Dad said.

Joey then goes and sits next to Grandma on the sofa." Everyone has a gift for you, but not me. I can't take a photo, make a cake or sew. I don't have anything to give you." says Joey.

Grandma put her arm around Joey." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} That's what you can give me," says Grandma.

Joey smiles." Happy Birthday," he says.