Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏). Our legs were so heavy and cold that 1 felt like big pieces of ice. Have you 2 seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we looked like! Along the way children who were 3 long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late4 we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰).However, the lakes   5 like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful.

    Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirit and I knew I didn't need to

    6 her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we7 us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After a while, we began going 8 the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much 9. At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green grass. Then we had to 10 our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.

    In the early evening we stopped to make camps. We 11 our tent（帐篷）and then we ate. After supper Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed 12.  13 midnight the sky became clearer and the stars grew brighter. As I 14 below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.

    We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We 15 hardly wait to see them!

    Good morning, everyone. I want to 1 you about my neighbor(邻居)，Mr. White. There are 2 people in Mr. White's family. Mr. White is a manager of a big shop. Mrs. White teaches English in a university(大学).Her students like her very much 3 she is interesting. The Whites have two 4 . The son is Tim. He is thirteen. The daughter is Nell. She is twelve. There is also a brown 5 in their family. 6 name is Stella.

    Mr. White loves sports and he is good at playing tennis. Mrs. White likes 7 . She draws many beautiful pictures. Tim 8 listening to music. He has many CDs. Justin Bieber is his favorite singer. 9 is Nell's hobby? She likes doing some 10 . She has a lot of books in her room now. On Sunday, then take their cat to the nark and they often have a .good time there.

    Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. He was one of the most successful 1 book writers in the world. His books are very popular2 young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of funny animals and plants. In 1954, Life magazine published(刊登) a report 3 school children. The report said many children's books were boring. Doctor Seuss 4hoped to help children. So he 5 to write books that were interesting and 6 to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like "7" and "wish". He did not receive training in art. However, he 8 the pictures for most of his books. He died at the age of 87, but his influence(影响) remains. 9 his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all 10. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people."

    One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Kate was coming out of a 1^, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Kate's sister's. Kate 2 her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She told the driver where he should go. Kate was 3 that it was not in the direction of her home.

    “Why？”Kate asked. The lady smiled.

    When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man 4 on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and 5 Kate. She asked Kate to keep 6^. The man then started the taxi.

    “Oh, God! I'm being kidnapped, ”Kate said to herself.

    She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an 7 came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红)from her pocket, wrote “SOS”on the window, and covered the word with her8 A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the 9^. When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the bushes, and ran away.

    The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also 10 because their daughter had finally come back safely.

    The story of how the teddy bear was invented is an interesting one.  In 1902, American president(总统), Theodore(Teddy) Roosevelt was hunting (打猎) in the forest 1 several of his friends. Almost everyone had successfully shot an animal, but the president2not. Nobody wanted to make the president look 3, so they tied an American black bear to a 4They wanted the president to shoot 5.

    The president was very surprised to see the bear tied to a tree. He felt it was 6to shoot the bear, because it couldn't run away. He 7to shoot it, and the story of his decision went all over the country.    8 was moved by the president's beliefs(信念). There was9 a cartoon showing the president refusing to shoot a cute bear.

    It was this cartoon and the story behind the president's hunting trip that gave Morris an idea to make a new 10. He made a small, soft bear and11 it in his shop window. Next to the bear he made a sign that read, "Teddy's Bear". The new toy was a big success and it 12 Morris with the money to create a toy company.

    Teddy bears have been13since they were first made. A teddy bear would be the first choice14 people think about children's toys. Theodore Roosevelt's famous 15 on a hunting trip in 1902 brought millions of soft, stuffed bears. They are being loved by people across the world.