Last year I was very lucky to have a week's holiday. So I wanted to spend 1 in the best hotel I could find. That was 2 I chose The Haven in a country park. I thought I would be able to escape problems and pressures of daily life. But, just 24 hours after arriving there, my wife and I 3 problems with the restaurant and security.

    We were ready to return to our room when we saw two policemen 4  closely at the building outside. One of them showed us how 5 in through the windows into our room. It seems that the hotel has no locks on the windows. 6 we were a little worried, our concerns were forgotten 7 when we saw a good-sized bed, a flat-screen TV, a spa bath which more suggested a comfortable stay.

    Things started to go from bad to worse the following morning when I found the restaurant only served low-fat meals: six days of rabbit food and only 8 meat and fruit. What had I let myself in for? Nobody had told us what the food 9 like before we booked. I ordered my breakfast 10 my will anyway, but I had waited forty-five minutes for it to arrive. This was not the service 11 I had expected.

    That afternoon, when we returned from a tour around 12 university nearby, we found that nearly £200 13 from our room. The Haven refused to pay back the money. They claimed that they 14 not be responsible for any loss if our window was not locked.

    My holiday was then a total failure. I thought a "haven" was sure to be a quiet and peaceful place. But in fact, I have experienced 15 stress and worry in that one day than I usually do working in the office for a week.

Mary is a three-year-old girl. One day, her parents can't find her in the house. 

"Where is Mary? Is she in the garden(花园)?" Asks Mrs Brown. 

"Maybe(可能) you are right. Let's go to the garden, " says Mr Brown. 

When they come to the garden, they see Mary sitting under a tree. 

"Hello, My name is Mary. Good morning. Glad to meet you here. I like green, and I like eating bananas. What do you like?"

"Who are you talking to, Mary?" asks Mr and Mrs Brown. 

"I'm talking to my new friends, " Mary says. 

Who is Mary talking to? Do you know? She is talking to some ants(蚂蚁) under the tree. What a lovely(可爱的) girl she is!

In the town of Calan Five, everyone had wings (翅膀). Flynn 1 being the best flyer in town. However, he had to wait for the day he turned nine years old because his wings would be big enough to fly that day. 

When the day 2 came, Flynn ran to the open field, moved his wings, and flew off the ground. But soon he noticed something strange. He was slowly going down until his feet hit the grass. 

Flynn 3 what was wrong. He was at the right age and should have had the4 to fly. But somehow, he failed. 

From that day on, Flynn felt a sense of 5 because he was the only one who couldn't fly apart from (除了) the little ones. He 6 to get out of his room. 

One day, his mom came in and told him a story. 

"When I was about your age, there was a kid who couldn't fly. He was like you, but he didn't 7 himself in his room. He knew that if he wanted to fly, he must keep trying. Years later, the boy8 to become the best flyer in our town. And he's your father. "

Flynn was 9 . He had no idea that his dad had experienced the same thing. The next day, Flynn went to the field and tried to fly again and again. He didn't know how long the 10 would take, but he would never give up. 

Zheng Qinwen, a 21-year-old Chinese girl who is talented in playing tennis, won the first gold medal in the women's singles tennis in Paris Olympic on August 3^rd.This is the first time that Chinese team has won the Olympic gold medal in women's singles tennis.

"Nothing can describe my feeling right now, it is unreal. I have always been hoping to get a gold medal for China. Finally, I made it." Zheng said excitedly after the last competition. She thinks national honor is the most important. She loves her country so much, playing for China has given her energy（精力）as well as power（力量）. Although she was very tired after 3 hours' competition, she always said proudly "What I can be sure is that I'm going to fight until the last moment, because I am not only playing for myself but also for my country. I'm so tired but I'd like to fight for another three hours for my country."

Zheng's journey to victory was filled with challenges but she faced these difficulties bravely and tried to do it better. In the end, she made the history. The whole world remembered her name.

She also encouraged young people to dream bravely because only by dreaming can they have a goal to achieve（实现）. "Be sure to enjoy the process（过程）and you will find that everything you did in the past are worth（值得的）it."

 Jack is a 14-year-old boy. He has a big family, but he doesn't think his family life is happy.

 Jack and his brother and sister often fight( 争吵 ) with each other for many reasons. Those fights really influence his daily life. However, he doesn't know what to do.

 Tom is Jack's classmate. He also has a big family. Tom never fights with his two brothers. They always have big smiles on their faces. Jack thinks that is strange.

 One day, Jack asked Tom why he and his brothers could get on well with each other. Tom smiled and asked Jack to go home with him. As they entered the house, Tom's elder brother saw them. "Hi, Jack and Tom," he said, "why not come here and share some ice cream with me?" At that time, Tom's younger brother came out of his room. When he saw Tom , he looked very excited and said, Oh, Tom! I have a story to tell you. It's very interesting!"

 Tom's happy life was quite impressive ( 令人印象深刻的 ) for Jack. After thinking for a while, he understood that Tom's secret of having a good relationship with his brothers was to share. Sharing all their food and stories with each other made their life happy.