July 20th, 1969 was an important day. Two Americans 1 on the moon. Their 2 were Armstrong and Aldrin. They went there in a 3. Its name was ApolloⅡ.

    ApolloⅡ left the earth 4 July 16th and went three hundred and eighty-five thousand kilometers. It 5 the two Americans three days to get there. On July 20^th, the spaceship landed in the Sea of Tranquility (安静的世界). Armstrong 6 stepped onto (踏上) the moon. The two men walked on the surface of it. They 7 up some rocks and put them in the spaceship. They jumped up and down. They were 8 after their walk. So they had a rest.

    On July 21th, ApolloⅡleft the moon and 9 to the earth. Three days 10 it came down in the Pacific Ocean (太平洋). A ship took the men to America.

    Who designed the first helicopter （直升飞机）？Who1 the most famous pictures in the world？Who knew more about the human body than most2？There is a（n）3 to all these questions﹣Leonardo de Vinci.

    Leonardo may have been the greatest genius4 have ever known.He lived in Italy around the year 1500，but many of his inventions seem 5 to us today.For example，one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter.Of course，he couldn't 6 a helicopter with the things he had at that time.But scientists say his idea would have worked.

    But Leonardo was not just an inventor.He was one of the 7 artists of his day.By the time he was twenty years old，he was called a master （大师） painter，and as he got older he became 8 more famous.

    Many of Leonardo's wonderful 9 are still with us today.You may know one of his most famous works，the10 woman-Mona Lisa.

    Once a little boy found a caterpillar（蝴蝶幼虫）.One day the caterpillar climbed up a stick and started to create a cocoon（茧）. His mother told him the caterpillar was going to go through a(n) 1 and become a butterfly.

    The little boy watched every day, waiting for the coming out of the butterfly. One day it happened, a small hole 2 in the cocoon and the butterfly started to struggle（挣扎）to come out. At first the boy was 3, but soon he became worried. The butterfly was struggling so hard. But it looked like it was making no 4. Hoping to see it out, the boy decided to help. He cut the cocoon with scissors to make the hole 5 and the butterfly quickly flew out!

    To his surprise, the butterfly had an unexpectedly large body and small wings. He 6 to watch the butterfly, hoping that the wings would be dry and large to support the huge body. But nothing happened! It never was able to 7.

    The boy tried to 8 what had gone wrong. To help him, his mother took him to talk to a scientist. He 9 that the butterfly was supposed to struggle. Without the struggle, the butterfly would never fly. The boy's good wish 10 the butterfly.

    As you go through school life, keep in mind that struggling is an important part of any experience for growth. It is the struggle that cause us to develop our ability to fly.

    Mr. Smith 1from London. Now he is in China. He is 2. He teaches 3a middle school. He works very hard. His students like 4very much. He can 5a little Chinese .His students often teach him Chinese. 6Sundays. Mr. Smith likes playing football. He often plays football 7 his students.

    Mr. Smith 8  a son. His name is Jack. He is a student. He studies in a middle school. He goes to school 9 bike every day. He gets back home at four in the afternoon. He likes 10 TV in the evening.

    Paul is the owner(所有者)of the bookstore called Bookends. He 1 the bookstore four years ago. This year, because of his illness, Paul thought it was time for him to 2running the bookstore. If Paul sold the 3 to someone, he would get $39,000. 4Paul was not going to do that. He wanted to 5 it to someone.

    "I think it's better to see someone make their dream of 6 a bookstore come true," Paul said.

    Paul had a raffle(抽奖 )in his store. Over the last three months. If people 7more than $26 at the bookstore, they were able to take part in the raffle to win the bookstore.

    8Van from the Netherlands won the bookstore.

    "Van often visits my bookshop. I'm9 to know it was him —he wants to have it." Paul said.

Van now lives in Lammas, Wales. He plans to run the shop with a friend from Iceland.

    "It is such an amazing thing for10. We are sure to bring the store a bright future," Van said.

    Ellen is a famous hostess(女主持人)of a talk show. She looks much 1 than people of her age. Some people ask her why she looks so young. She says it is because of her healthy 2.

    She practices yoga every day.

    Yoga gives her a fresh and peaceful feeling. Ellen is busy 3 her work every day, but she still practices yoga. She usually 4 an hour practicing it every day.

    She dances before shows when she is nervous.

    Before every show. Ellen always 5 she is relaxed. 6 she feels nervous, she will dance. Dancing is not only good for her body, but also good for her mind.

    She is always laughing. Ellen is always laughing and she also makes people around 7laugh. She thinks laughter is certainly the best 8. She says it feels good to laugh her worries away and keep in good health.

    She almost never eats sugar.

She 9 eats sugar. She also 10 her friends to stay away from too much sugar. She often says sugar is bad for health.