One day a man and his donkey（驴）were walking down the road. They 1a traveler on the road and the traveler wanted to hire（租用）the donkey. The owner 2, but he said to the traveler," This animal is very 3. I always have to use a stick（枝条）to make it move. I 4 that I go with you. You can ride on the donkey's back while I 5 behind."

    Then they started out. At noon, the weather was so hot that they decided to stop and have a 6. The only shade（阴凉处）they could find was 7 the donkey.

    Both men tried to sit there but there wasn't enough8. The owner said," I should be the one to sit under the donkey 9 this is my donkey."

   "But I 10 for the ride," said the traveler.

   "No," said the owner." You paid to ride on the donkey, 11 not to sit under the donkey. So the shade belongs to 12."

    They argued on and on. When they 13 stopped arguing, they found that the donkey and the shade were both gone. The traveler had to 14 to his town while the owner had to spend hours 15 his lost donkey in the sun.

    Mingming has a computer. He likes 1 very much. He often uses the Internet. He likes movies, so he downloads a lot of movies from the Internet. He also 2 music from the Internet. He often visits(访问) websites to get 3 for his homework. He also 4 emails to his good friends. He 5 many good friends from all 6 the world with the help of his computer. He likes travelling very much, so he often makes travel 7 on the computer, but he 8 downloads games 9 the Internet, because he doesn't like computer games at all. He thinks that it's 10 for him to use the computer in his studies.

Mike is a twelve-year-old boy. He lives with his 1 in a small town. One day, Mike has a fight* with one of his classmates. After school, he tells his story to his grandfather angrily."The boy is bad,"Mike says,"I don't 2 him."

The grandfather says,"Don't be angry. Let me tell you a story. When I am a boy, I also hate* others for what they do. I often fight with my classmates 3 lessons. That's why many classmates don't like me at all. It makes me so sad."

As the boy 4 carefully, the grandfather looks at him and goes on,"Later on, I think about this problem for a very long time. I find that there are always 5 tigers in my body. One is good and kind. He gets on well with everything around him. 6 the other is bad and unfriendly. He fights with everything all the time, and for no reason. He can't think carefully because he always hates others. It is 7 to live with these two tigers inside my body. They both try to control* me."

The little boy looks into his grandfather's eyes and asks,"8 tiger always controls you, grandfather?"The old man says slowly,"The one that I feed*. I always feed the good and kind tiger, so I 9 get angry or hate others now."

Mike says,"I'd like to feed the good tiger like 10 and someday I hope I can become the class monitor and other classmates will like me!"

A young man went for a job interview in a big company. The boss found that the young man's college grades were excellent. Then he asked the young man who paid for his education. The young man told the boss that his parents did and they worked as laundry (洗衣店) workers. 

The boss noticed that the young man's hands were smooth and perfect. He asked, "Have you ever helped your parents wash clothes?" "No. My parents always make me study. Besides, they wash clothes faster than I do."

The boss asked the young man to go back home and wash his parents' hands. When he got home, he told his parents that he wanted to wash their hands. His parents felt surprised but happy. Then the young man began to wash their hands slowly. 

He was in tears. He found his parents' hands were so rough (粗糙的) and pale because of washing a lot of clothes in the cold water. There were also many injuries (伤口) in their hands. After washing their parents' hands, the young man quietly washed the rest of the clothes. 

The next morning, the young man went to the company again. The boss noticed the young man's pale hands. He said to the young man, "Welcome to join us!"

My grandparents lived in a small village near a hill. Before the summer vacation started, I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(decide) to spend it with them. I never lived in the countryside before, so I knew nothing about{#blank#}2{#/blank#} life there.

When I lived with my grandparents, I was interested in {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(learn) what life was like when my father was little. Then my grandmother told me about it and she also told me some funny stories about my father. My grandmother kept many chickens and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(duck). In the morning, they went out. I worried they wouldn't come back home, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}I finally knew that I didn't need to worry. They all came back home after some time.

One day, my grandmother took me to a market in the village. When we just got there, it started to rain. {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(lucky), we took an umbrella. At the market, a woman sold hand- made clothes. They were not expensive, so I bought a skirt for {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(I) with my pocket money. The next day, we went to my {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(grandfather) farm. I saw my grandfather feed the pigs and cows. He told me a lot of things about farming and I learned much {#blank#}9{#/blank#} him.

I lived in the countryside for over {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(first) month. It was an interesting trip for me.