One day he jogged into the park and another jogger knocked into him. A few minutes {#blank#}2{#/blank#} , he found his five-dollar bill {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in
his pocket. “The man might be a thief! He thought, “It must be him that took my money. I must fight against the crime(犯罪) ! ”
The man was only 30 meters ahead. Brian ran{#blank#}4{#/blank#} him, hit him on the shoulder, and said “Give me the{#blank#}5{#/blank#} !” The man was surprised, but at last he gave Brian a five-dollar bill. Then he ran away as fast as he {#blank#}6{#/blank#} !
Brian felt really good and ran to the shop. He had got his money{#blank#}7{#/blank#} . He bought himself a coffee and two hamburgers.
Then he ran back{#blank#}8{#/blank#} . His wife was waiting for him. She was shaking her head. “Oh, dear!” she said, “You' ve had a {#blank#}9{#/blank#} morning, haven't you ?”
“No! Why? I've had a very good morning!” he said. “Really?” she said. “{#blank#}10{#/blank#} you left your five-dollar bill on the table!”

    Are you looking forward to going abroad? These years, thousands of Chinese middle school students go to study in foreign {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (country) such as the US, the UK and Australia.

     “Chinese children hope to go abroad {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (get) a wider view (视野) of the world,” said Li Mingshan, a Chinese writer who has {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (live) in America for many years. In a talk Li told more than 300 parents and their children that life abroad can be surely {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (hard) for young people than that in China. “They have to meet a culture shock and language problems.”

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, these are not the most difficult things. To most children, looking after {#blank#}6{#/blank#} 

while they are studying alone in a foreign country is a big challenge (挑战).

    Zhao Baohua, {#blank#}7{#/blank#}18-year-old student began to study in a high school in Australia last October. To his surprise, he was hardly given {#blank#}8{#/blank#} homework! “So we have more free time and more space for thinking.”said Zhao. “But {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you don't know how to plan your time and money, you will not have an easy time.”

     “Learning abroad at a young age {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help) students learn foreign languages quickly, but students and parents should know about the challenges. Make sure that you are ready for it.” Li said at last.

    When Helen was in the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} grade, she joined the city {#blank#}2{#/blank#} competition. She practiced dancing {#blank#}3{#/blank#} five hours every day and her dancing teacher came four times a week to help her. Then the big day finally {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .She was so nervous when they called her name. She went up and started to dance. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} she was dancing, everyone sat quietly and watched carefully. She danced {#blank#}6{#/blank#} making any mistakes. Then she waited for them to called out the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of the competition. When she heard her name, her heart was beating so {#blank#}8{#/blank#} that she thought she would stop breathing. She {#blank#}9{#/blank#} believe it. She {#blank#}10{#/blank#} the first place in the city dancing competition. It was the happiest day of her life.

    A magician (魔术师) was working on a ship. The audience (观众) would be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (difference) every week, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the magician did the same tricks over and over again. There was only one problem: {#blank#}3{#/blank#} parrot saw the shows each week and began to {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (understand) how the magician did every trick. Once he understood, he started shouting, "Look, it's not the same hat", "Look, he is {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (put) the flowers under the table." The magician was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (anger) but couldn't do anything. It was, after all, the captain's parrot. One day the ship had {#blank#}7{#/blank#} accident and sank. The magician found {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (he) on a piece of wood in the ocean {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the parrot. They stared at each other with hate, but did not say a word. This went on for some {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (day). After a week the parrot said, "OK, I give up. Where's the boat?"

    What kind of music do you like? How do you feel when you listen{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (介词) your favourite music? Do you think music can make people feel better or help {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(they) learn?

    Jen Morgan is a music therapist (治疗专家). She works with children with disabilities (缺陷). Jen {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (use) music to help them learn new things She can also help them with their {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (speak) and memory (记忆力).

    There are different {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (thing) to do when doing music therapy. Jen gets the children to listen to music and sing or play along. The children also enjoy{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (move) to the music. Jen asks them to try to remember songs they like too.

    Jen writes songs and uses them in her therapy work. "I've written more than 200 {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (song)," she says. "I write songs about everything: about getting dressed, about flowers, about my favourite food — you name  it! Sometimes {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(冠词) children help me write songs."

    Jen loves her job as a music therapist. "I'm very {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (luck) to have this job," she says. "It's wonderful to see how music can help children  with disabilities. Often children are shy when I first meet them.{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (连词) they soon start having fun and enjoying the music. Music makes people feel good!"