Two girls are {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (lie) by the lake and talking about their childhood.

Dona: You know what? I used to have short straight hair. When my mum's friends saw me, they said, "Hey, what a lovely son you have!" Isn't that funny?

Cathy: Haha! Did you use to be as wild {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a boy?

Dona: Kind of. I used to play with boys a lot. You know, we used to live in the forest. I always went {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (hunt) with my dad. It was fun. Once I hunted for a whole day by {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (I). How brave I was! I also climbed up a very big tree. And my parents were so worried. But I thought I had so wonderful {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (experience).

Cathy: Cool. Well, you don't look like a boy now, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.

Dona: No, I don't. I'm {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (much) like a girl now, with long curly hair, and I'm a little bit shy.

Cathy: So you are. Well, believe it or not, I used to be a very fat girl with a round face.

Dona: How come! You're so thin.

Cathy: Well, my mum said that I used to sleep a lot and eat {#blank#}8{#/blank#} lot. She said that I didn't like exercise.

Dona: No wonder you were so fat. Did you use to be very shy?

Cathy: Not really. But I used to be very quiet and I would spend the whole day reading in the room.

Dona: I could {#blank#}9{#/blank#} believe it. Now you even can't stay in the room for a whole morning. You like outdoor activities so much.

Cathy: That's for sure. I need exercise. I don't want to be fat as I used to be.

Dona: Me, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. Shall we do some sports now?

Cathy: Sound like a good idea.

B

A Spring Morning

This spring morning in bed I'm lying,

Not to awake till the birds are crying.

After one night of wind and showers,

How many are the fallen flowers!

                                 (Translated by Xu Yuanchong)

    This poem{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (write) by Meng Haoran (689-740), who lived during the Tang Dynasty. It might be one of the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (famous) Poems about spring in China. People like to read it {#blank#}3{#/blank#}they wake up on a spring morning.

    Meng didn't directly say how much he loved spring. Instead, he wrote about the details(细节） of the season：the birds，wind， rain showers and fallen flowers． His descriptions（描述）of these things showed{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (we) the joy he felt during springtime.

    Meng chose to write about the sounds of spring. These sounds allow readers{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (picture) spring using their own imagination.

    Michael worked in a factory near a forest. One day, his boss ordered him {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (cut) down some trees in the forest. When Michael wanted to cut down a tree, a bird flew down and said that the tree was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(it) home and it asked Michael not to do that. Michael didn't know what to do, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} he finally agreed. The bird was happy and 49. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(tell) Michael a secret.

    The next morning, Michael got up earlier {#blank#}5{#/blank#} usual. He went to find the bird and followed it to a mountain. Michael saw much gold there. The bird said, "You can pick as {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (many) gold as you can. {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, there is one thing you should keep {#blank#}8{#/blank#} mind—remember to leave before the sun comes up. "Then Michael picked some gold and left {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(quick).

    His life became {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(good) than before. Michael told Daniel the secret. Daniel went to the mountain too. But he was too greedy(贪婪的). He wanted more gold and didn't leave. At last, after the sun came up, the gold turned into stones. What happened to Daniel? He became a bird.