One day a poor man was cutting a big piece of wood (木头) near a river. Suddenly his old axe (斧子) fell into the water. He felt very sad because he lost his only axe. Then all at once a beautiful fairy (仙女) came out and asked the man what was the matter.

    "I have lost my axe." he said, "It fell into the water when I was cutting the wood."

    The fairy showed him a gold axe and asked, "Is that yours?"

    "No." said the man.

    The fairy then showed him a silver (银) axe and asked again, "Is this yours?"

    "No." again answered the man.

    Then she showed  him the old axe.

    "Yes, that is mine." called out the happy man.

    "I know it well enough." said the fairy, "I only wanted to see if you would tell me the truth, and now I'll give you the gold axe and the silver axe besides (包括)  your own one."

    Mr Turner teaches in a middle school. He's friendly to his students. And he is always strict with himself. He often tells his students to be polite and to do their best to help the persons who are in trouble.

    One Monday morning, Mr Turner didn't go to work and went to see Mr White who was ill in hospital. As something was wrong with his car, he had to take a bus. At first he easily found a seat, but soon plenty of people got on the bus and it was very crowded. Some of them had to stand. Mr Turner looked around and saw a woman standing behind. He stood up and made room for her. The woman said nothing and sat down. Her behaviour made Mr Turner unhappy.

    "It's necessary for her to be taught how to be polite," he said to himself. Then he asked, "What did you say, madam?"

    "I didn't say anything, "answered the woman.

    "I thought you said 'Thank you!"'

    When the woman heard this, her face turned red.

I lost my smart watch on a school trip. My parents were mad {#blank#}1{#/blank#}me and told me they wouldn't buy me a new one. I thought I could get one by {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(I). I started thinking of ways to make and save money. 

My parents usually gave me 25 yuan every week, so the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(one) thing I did was to keep the money in a small box. My uncle was often away on business. I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(walk) his dog at that time. After some time, my uncle's neighbors asked me {#blank#}5{#/blank#}I could help with their cats, dogs and rabbits, too. So, I started working for three {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (family). 

In about three months I had enough money to buy {#blank#}7{#/blank#}new smart watch. It was the same as the one I had lost, but to me it was much {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(nice). I paid for it with my own money and it felt very different. 

Through the experience I have learned not only what it {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(mean) to work hard, but also I must be {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(care) with the things I have, because they take a lot of hard work.

You want to know about my stay in the UK, right? Well, to tell you the truth, it is really 1 fantastic experience to study here. I came to Woodpark School in London two months ago. Since then, I 2 in this school. I find that school life in the UK is very different from that in China.

In China, the first lesson begins at about eight o' clock and there are 3 lessons a day. The first lesson in the UK begins an hour 4 than that in China. Before the first lesson, students all wait in a special classroom. Then a teacher calls the roll(点名) to check if 5 has arrived on time. After that, students change classrooms. Everybody has his or her own course schedule. They go to different classrooms for different lessons instead of 6 in the same classroom. For example, if one's first lesson is Maths, he or she should go to the classroom for Maths.

Besides languages, Science, art, British students learn many 7 courses such as cooking and gardening at school. The boy in my host family once cooked Chinese soup for me. It really surprised me because it tasted as 8 as what my mum cooked.

How time flies! I have been in the UK 9 two months. I will study here fo another month. I am sure I 10 find out more differences in the future. Believe me!

Every child has a dream of what he or she wants to be, right? When Alice Butts was little, her dream was to become a firewoman because her father was a fireman. Sadly, when she was 14, her father passed away. But Alice didn't end there. She had a strong will and never gave up. At last, she became a good firewoman.

I think she's great. She's always glad to do anything for anyone in need. With 140 people in her station, Alice is one of the only three women. What's more, she's always glad to help others.

What Alice did helps me believe that I can do anything. I hope just to be like her some day: To wake up and help people every day.