Once a man and his wife worked for an old man.  There was a big box in the man's living room. The old man pointed to the box and said, "There's only one thing you 1 do. Don't open the box. " 2 saying this, he left his home.

    The woman said to her husband, "There must be 3 expensive in the box.  Let's open it, shall we?" Her husband said 4 to her, but the woman didn't give 5 her idea.  One day, she decided to find out 6 was in it.  Her husband didn't stop her.  She opened the box and looked inside. 7 her surprise, she found nothing in the box. She tried hard to close it, but she 8.

    That evening the old man came home and found the box was 9. He was very angry and asked them to leave his home.

    "But there was nothing in the box." the woman said.  “We haven't taken anything at all." The old man 10 them, “The box is not important, but I cannot believe you. That's important! "

    My mom lives alone (独自) and works at a hotel. One day, on her way home from work, she saw a 1 It was very small and had white and black hair. At first, she just walked by quickly – it was a really windy afternoon. But the cat 2 my mom a long way. It seemed very hungry and 3  . At last it walked into my mom's heart and life.

    A week later, I went to visit my mom. She told me excitedly 4 her little cat. I saw it for the first time. The cat wasn't afraid of 5 at all. When I called its name, it looked at me with its big eyes and said "meow" to me, and then walked over slowly. It was so cute that I 6 it right away.

    This cat makes my mom laugh. She is always happy with the cat around. The cat will stay in the room 7 it feels cold or just doesn't want to be outside. My mom loves it and always tries to make it feel 8 The cat loves my mom, too. It must think of my mom as its mom. It is really attached to (依恋) her. It makes her 9 full of love and happiness. It makes me happy, too, because I love to 10 the smile in my mom's eyes.

    Three soldiers were on their way home from the war. They arrived at a small village, they were very tired and 1 but they had no food or money. The only thing they did have was a cooking pot(锅).

    The soldiers built a small cooking fire, 2 their pot on it, and poured in some water. When a few villagers asked what they were doing, one of the soldiers answered that he was making stone soup. A few more villagers walking by stopped to 3 what was going on when they heard about it.

    "Any soup needs salt and pepper," the first soldier said, 4 some children ran to fetch salt and pepper. "Stones can be used to prepare good soup, but tomatoes would 5 it so much better," the second soldier added. One woman said, "Why, I think I have a tomato or two! "She ran to get the tomatoes.

    "Some cabbage would be a proper choice for a good stone soup! "said the third soldier. Another woman said, "I think I can probably find some cabbage," and she ran 6.

    "If only we had a bit of beef and some potatoes, this soup would be fit for a rich man's 7." The villagers thought it over, then ran to fetch what they had in their homes. A rich man's soup, and all from a few stones! It seemed like 8!

    The soldiers said, "If only we had a little milk, this soup would be fit for a king!" And so other villagers 9 to get some milk.

    "The soup is ready," said the cooks, "and all will 10 it, but first we need to set the tables." Some of the villagers said, "Such a great soup would be better 11 some bread and cakes," so they brought the 12 two things and the meal was 13 by all. Never had there been such a 14 meal. Never had the villagers had such delicious soup, and all made from stones! They ate and drank and danced well into the night.

    In the morning, the villagers gathered to say goodbye. "Many thanks to you," they said, "for we shall 15 go hungry now that we have learned how to make soup from stones."

   "Jane, please let me borrow a dollar," Jenny asked as they stood in the school lunch line." I have one in my jacket, but I don't want to1and lose my place."

   "OK," agreed Jane.

    Jane waited all day for Jenny to2back the dollar she borrowed, but Jenny always seemed to be3."She just forgets about it," thought Jane." I don't want to make her angry." Still, her money didn't go4. Some classmates, like Jenny, were5five dollars a week.

    Weeks went by. At last Jane got enough courage to ask her about the money.

   "Oh Jane, I6!" Jenny said." I'll bring the dollar tomorrow." The next day Jenny seemed to have forgotten again. During the noon hour, Jane saw her buying sweets for Mary and Ann. Jenny saw Jane looking at her.7she said something in a low voice to the other two girls. Jane felt8and asked her teacher if she could go back to the classroom.

    In the classroom, Jane saw two new pencils on Jenny's desk. An9came to her," Jenny's not10recently, and anyway, she really owes (欠)me. Besides, she has money to buy more. A dollar doesn't mean anything to her, but it means a lot to me."

    It was a fine summer day. The Chinese girl Dan and her mother were on the1. They wanted to go to the2. There were many children on it. Their parents were with3, too. After a short time, a4got on the bus and he was an old man. He had no seat (座位)to sit in. Dan asked him to sit in her seat and he5her. There were two American people on the bus. They went to the Great Wall, too.6they couldn't speak Chinese. Dan talked to them in English. She told them Beijing was a big city. It had a7history. She told them some stories8Beijing. The two American thought the stories were very9and they also wanted to go to other cities of China. Could their dream10? Of course.

    Once there lived two brothers. The elder was called Simon and the younger was Victor. They1each other very much, and always took care of each other. Every day they worked from morning until night, getting as much grain as possible from their fields.

    One late autumn evening, after their work in the fields was done, Simon said to his wife, "Victor got married last month. He has many bills to pay. I think I should put a bag of rice in his barn(谷仓)." "Oh, that's a good idea!" said his wife." But please don't tell him, "said Simon." If he knows I put the rice there, he will2take it."

    So late that night Simon took a bag of rice to Victor's barn. The next day, while looking at his own barn, he found3 strange." I took a bag of rice to Victor's house last night, 4I still have the same number of bags in my barn.5 did that happen?"

    Simon decided to take another bag of rice to his brother's barn that night. But the next morning, he found the6number of bags in his barn again! "This is very strange," he thought.

    That night he 7 again. He carried a large bag of rice on his shoulder, and walked down the road to his younger brother's house. In the bright moonlight, he could see another person coming down the road. He was carrying something on his shoulder, too.

    "Younger brother!" Simon cried. "What are you doing?"

    "I was 8you," said Victor. "Your family is larger than mine. I thought you need more rice." The two brothers quickly 9 that they had been taking rice to each other. They 10what had happened. "It is good to have a brother like you," they both said.