This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and 1 was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

　　When the earthquake2, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock 3 the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to 4 it with ropes but nothing worked.

　　"Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the 5." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."

　　"You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all 6at the boy.

　　The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is7!" More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't8 near the road.

　　"This is9," they said, "Where did it go?"

　　The boy stood in the street, 10 ， "I told you I could move it last night."

　　The boy walked over to where the11  had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.

　　The people looked 12. "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline （斜坡）up to the rock and the rock 13 down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."

The crowds shouted, "What a 14 boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good

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  One day a little mouse was thirsty(口渴的)．She looked everywhere for water to drink．She climbed up on a table．And she saw a bottle on the table．The mouth of the bottle was 1  ．The little mouse looked inside the bottle．“Aha，there is 2  milk in it．That's great．''She went into it and drank．

    She drank and drank．After a moment she had drunk enough．Her stomach was too big and she couldn't come   3the bottle．She cried for help．Just then a cat came up to the table．  4 he heard the cry the cat jumped onto the table so 5 ，“You'll be my nice lunch．''The little mouse was very clever and she6 for a moment and said，“Brother Cat，you mustn't roll(滚)the bottle．”“ 7  ?”asked the cat．“l would get dizzy(头晕目眩的)，”said the mouse．The cat said that he would let her  8quickly．So he began to roll the bottle．Suddenly the bottle fell down onto the floor and broke into  9 ． The little mouse ran  10 as fast as she could．When the cat jumped off the table and ran after her，the mouse had already gone into her home．

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    Smiling is the best way of making friends.

    When I was thirteen 1 old, my father found a job in the city. So my family moved there. I also came to a 2 school near where we live. My old school was far away. At first, I did not know anyone in my class. I was very lonely 3 I was afraid to make friends with my classmates. I 4 talk to anyone about my problem, and I didn't want my parents to 5 me.

    Then one day, something good happened. I was sitting at my desk 6 as usual while my classmates were talking happily with each other. At that moment, 7 came into the classroom. I didn't know who he was. He passed me and then turned back. He looked 8 me and, without a word, smiled. Suddenly, I felt happy, lively and warm. That smile changed my life. I started to talk with the other classmates and made friends. Day by day, I became 9 to everyone in my class.

    10 the smile, I have moved on to a new life. Now, I believe that the world is what you think it is. So smile at the world and it will smile back.

    A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country.

    Dean Bluey from Dallas, Texas, was a school boy who has much1in computer. One day, he2an email to a friend on the Internet. Suddenly he received a message saying "Help! Pain! Help!" The message was from Finland, 3kilometres away from America.

    "I didn't know 4 I should do, "Dean said to a reporter afterwards. "It was really difficult to tell if the message was real. "So Dean did nothing at first. 5the message kept coming.

    "By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble, "Dean explained. He 6and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was7, there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch 8the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library. 9," she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.

    I'm glad she's OK, "Dean said, "It's hard to believe, but10 saved her life,"

    Mrs. King is a 26-year old woman. She comes from Australia. She has long blonde 1, a straight nose and blue eyes. She is thin and of medium 2. Mrs. King looks much 3 than other women of the same age. Some people think she is only about 20 years old.

    Mrs. King is our English teacher. 4 she only teaches us twice a week, she is a very responsible(负责的) teacher. She is very 5 with us in class. But after class she is friendly and kind 6 us. She always works very hard. I remember one winter morning, she didn't feel 7, but she went on giving us a lesson. We were moved(感动的) and all listened to her 8more carefully than before.

    Mrs. King teaches us very well. Her classes are 9 funny and interesting. She often tells us to be10. So we can learn English well. All of us love her.