One day Eric was traveling on horseback. At noon, he tied his horse to a 1. Afew minutes later, Paul came along and tied his horse to the same tree.

   “My horse is wild,” said Eric. “Please tie your horse to another tree, 2 my horse will kill yours.”

   “No way!” Paul said, “I shall tie my horse as I like!”He tied up his horse and had his 3 nearby. After a moment they heard a terrible noise. The two horses were 4. They ran up to them, but it was too 5. Paul's horse was killed. “See what your horse has done! You'll have to 6 it,”shouted Paul. And he brought Eric before Mr. Know.

    Mr. Know asked Eric some questions. But Eric said 7. At last Mr. Know said, “This man cannot speak.”

  “He can!” Paul said 8. “He talked to me when I met him.”

  “Are you 9?”asked Mr. Know. “What did he say?”

  “He told me not to tie my horse to the same tree because his horse was wild and would kill my horse.”

  “Oh,” said Mr. Know. “So he 10 you. Then can you expect to get money from him?” Paul had to leave silently.

    Before Father's Day.I found my father was unhappy because he was out of work.I decided to make him happy by buying him a special Father's Day gift.

    One day after school I 1to the Agins which was known for fashions and styles.I told Agins that I was looking for a Father's Day present.

    “Do you think he'd like a2？”she asked.“I think he may.”I told her.

    She3 a Swiss watch and I told her that I would like it.

    “How much money do you have?”she asked.

    “4dollars.”I replied.

    “You're so lucky!” she told me.“It's only $ 11.You still have $ 1 for the5.”She packed the watch and I thanked for my business.and I rode off home with the gift under my arm.

    When my father opened the gift，he was very6.“Where did you get it?”

    “I bought it at the Agins.It cost me $ 11.”I said.My father was shocked into silence.

    Many years later，the watch cost several hundred dollars，7I appreciated (赞赏) how wonderful Agins had been to me.I always felt regretful (后悔的) that I never had a8 to thank her.

    “What really surprises me to this day...my daughter.” My father said，“Letting you have the watch for 11 dollars was unbelievable (不可相信的).But the fact that she let you leave the9with a dollar for the card was a touch (触动) of kindness.I'll never10it.”

A Fun Way to Start the Day

    Mrs.Bames turned off the bright camera light on the news desk.Charlie，a fifth-grade news announeer（播音员），sat at the desk.“Our show seems to be missing something，”he said. “It seems like we should end our 1 on a cheerful note.We should give the students 2 to enjoy.Since the show is school wide，we could help everyone begin the day in a positive way.”

    “What do you mean，Charlie？Don't you think the students like watching our news show and 3about the important events of the day？”Mrs.Barnes said jokingly.“Sure，”Charlie answered. “I'm just looking for a little something more to add to our program，”he said.

    Charlie was what his mother called an “experimenter”.He was，4trying to find a new way of doing something，and today Charlie wanted to think of how to really 5 up the school with the morning news.

    As Charlie walked, he hummed（哼唱）the school song.His friend Jenny met him in the hallway and，without a word，she too began humming.By the time they reached the classroom door，another girl，Lily，had 6 them and started singing their happy song.

    At first， Mrs.Barnes watched the class with a confused expression，and then with a shine in her eyes，she smiled. Her class loved to sing，and she liked sharing this 7 with them.

    Just at that moment，Charlie realized that music was the8 he had been looking for.

    That's it！Charlie thought.We can end the morning news by singing our school song.

    “So what do you think？”Charlie asked heartedly.Mrs.Barnes was happy to see Charlie 9about his volunteer work as the school news announcer. “Let's give it a try！”Mrs.Barnes replied. “I have a feeling that it will be a 10 way to end our morning news show and a fun way to start the day！”

    Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees（雇员） to be1 to the buyers and he gets a lot of2. One day an old woman went to the shop to3a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she 4her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and5there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and 6 saw it. She put it into her pocket 7. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she failed. That evening Mr. Young  8about it. He was very 9 and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her10. Several young men came, but 11 of them could satisfy him.

    This morning a young man came to his 12. He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.

    "Do you 13?" "No, sir."

    Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's 14 satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him 15 question, "You have no shortcoming(缺点), do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”

    I'm Tony. I love weekends! I always get up late on weekends. For breakfast, I only have 1. It's usually an apple. I have a big lunch. After lunch, I like to eat ice-cream. It tastes 2. In the afternoon, I like to 3. I usually play basketball. 4 I swim. In the evening, I clean my room. I like 5 rooms. I always go to bed late.6 my sister doesn't like weekends. She has a job in a big store and she always 7 on weekends. She never goes out 8 her friends. She usually gets home from work at 22: 00. After taking a shower, she 9. Sometimes she reads in bed. But don't ask her 10 she reads. She always falls asleep(睡着) after reading one or two pages.