Once there was a lovely vegetable field with a very big tree in it. Both of the vegetables and the tree made the garden look wonderful.

    One day, the vegetables and the tree couldn't get on well with 1. The vegetables disliked the tree because they thought the tree didn't leave them enough 2 by covering them with its thick leaves while the tree thought that the vegetables drank nearly all the water before it could reach him.

    The situation became worse and worse. One day the vegetables decided to 3 all the water in the ground so that the tree would dry up. The tree fought back by refusing to offer the vegetables shade(树荫). Soon they both began to dry up under the hot sun.

    Neither of them expected that the gardener would stop 4 his vegetable field because he thought it was 5 to save the vegetables. When the gardener did that, the tree and the vegetables really felt how 6 they were. There seemed to be no way to solve the problem. Then a small pumpkin decided to do something to change the situation. The small pumpkin did all he could to grow 7 there was little water and it was too hot.

    Finally, the gardener 8 the growing pumpkin among the dying vegetables. 9, he started to water the field again because he still wanted to make a(n) 10 to win the beautiful pumpkin. At the same time, the tree and the vegetables were saved. Since then, they realized that it was better to help each other than to fight, and they lived in harmony with other plants.

    John comes from England. When he comes to China, his friends 1 him something about the traffic(交通) rules in China. People drive on the left 2 England, but people should drive on the right here. Before you cross a street, you must look 3 ways—look left, look right and look left again. 4 remember the traffic moves on the right, or some cars and buses 5 hurt (伤害)you. In the morning and the evening, when people go to work and 6 back from work, the streets are very 7. That's to say, there are many people and cars on the road. 8 it is the most dangerous time. When you want to go across the 9, you must wait for the green “walk” sign(指示牌). In China, you can always ask the policeman for help when you 10 your way.

There was a bridge crossing a big river from west to east. It1a man five minutes 2 it. There was a pavilion(凉亭)3the middle of the bridge with a soldier4. He came out5three minutes.6he saw somebody crossing the bridge, he would tell him to go7, not permitting(限制)him to cross. A clever man thought of a8idea, and crossed the9at last. What10did the clever man think of to cross the bridge?

    One day, when Confucius(孔子) and his students were walking through a large forest, they 1 an old man standing under a tree, catching cicadas(蝉) with a bamboo stick. Confucius was 2and asked. "How could you catch the cicadas so easily? Do you have any special3 ？"

    "Yes." the old man answered. "There are many cicadas in this forest. But it is difficult to catch them. The cicada is a4little insect. If they hear the noise of the leaves in the wind, they will fly away5Therefore, people who want to catch cicadas must 6their hands to hold a bamboo stick without shaking. If you can7three pellets (弹珠) on the top of the bamboo stick without falling off, catching cicadas is as8as picking a ball up from the ground. At the same time, I have to say one can 9make it without practicing again and again. "

    He then added, "But that is not enough.  People must be good at 10 themselves. Right now, I am standing under a tree like half of a tree stump(树桩), with my 11reaching out like part of a withered twig（枯萎的树枝). Last, one must be attentive(专注).12 I am catching cicadas, I only see the cicada's wings. No matter what happens, 13 will distract(使…分心) me."

    Hearing this, Confucius 14 his students and said, "No matter what you do, you can only succeed if you love what you're doing and 15 it. This is what this old man has taught us. "

    One morning，Sue was riding her bike to school. She was late，so she decided to take a short cut（捷径）. But she made a mistake and1into a one-way street. The street was not very2. A car was coming from the other direction. The driver quickly drove to one side and drove into a shop window. The shop assistant was greatly3! There was4everywhere. Sue rode into the other side of the street and5a man, then an apple cart. The apple cart turned over and the apples went in all directions.

    A group of students were having6in a small restaurant. Quickly they ran7the street. With their help, all the apples were8and put back on the cart. Luckily,9Sue nor the driver of the cart was hurt. A policeman came by and saw what happened. He10Sue from riding to school and asked her some questions, so Sue was even later for school.

It was so close to noon on December, 21 1943, in the Tanana River Valley of Alaska, not far from the Arctic Circle, when Crane on the Iceberg Inez was preparing to jump out of 1 plane. Wind cried and he was in the fall. Before Crane realized 2 was happening, he found himself 3 on a frozen stream. The plane that he had to 4 was burning, two miles away, which would be good 5 a rescue. However, the fire also meant the supplies—-food, sleeping bags, signal flames, a gun-were lost. Still he shouted out for any sign of life. 6 there was nobody else. Crane tried to take 7steps, but the thick snow made his walking hard. And to make things 8 a broken foot made 9 nearly impossible to reach the crash site before nightfall. He knew he mustn't lose his 10 and began to think of the things he could do.

    It was minus-60degrees Fahrenheit. Crane knew he needed to start a fire and get it going,11 he might not last the night. His fingers were dead, but he managed to light a match. The little flame wasn't enough to catch. He tried another three matches but they did nothing except burn his fingertips. At that moment, he remembered hearing from his father days ago. So with the help of the 12, a fire rose up. The 13 match worked. The journey back was unexpectedly difficult. One of his feet became so large that he could 14 put on his shoe. He walked at the best speed that he could manage although he was in great pain. Luckily, the 23-year-old 15 who had a strong will succeeded in keeping himself away from varied kinds of danger until help arrived 81 days later.