A poor young man named Liang lived in a small Chinese town. One night, an old man visited Liang in a dream. He gave Liang a brush.

    "Use this magic brush to help the 1." he said," but don't use it to help people who are rich and greedy (贪婪地), or the skill will leave your 2 and you will never paint again."

    When Liang3, he found the brush lying on the table by his bed. He painted a butterfly and was 4 to see it fly off the paper.

    Liang went out of his house and started to paint for the people in need. He painted food for 5 people and clothes for the people who were cold.

    However, a rich man heard about the brush and asked Liang to paint some gold for him but Liang didn't 6.

    "If you don't paint for me, I'll cut your fingers off," the rich man said, "Then you will never 7again."

    So Liang painted an island of 8 in the middle of a blue sea.

    "How will I 9the island?" asked the rich man. Liang painted a boat for the rich man, who got in it and went on his way toward the island.

    But when the rich man was halfway there, Liang painted a 10 in one side of the boat. The boat sank into the water and nobody ever saw him again.

    Susan is a Chinese girl. She lives in Beijing with her parents. It's eight o'clock in the morning. The1is sunny. But it's still very cold. Susan is2English in her room. She learns English for an hour every day. She wants to learn it well so she studies very3. Susan's father is reading a newspaper.4father usually reads newspapers in the morning. Where is Susan's mother? She is5breakfast for them in the kitchen. She prepares (准备) some hot milk. She thinks hot milk can make them6in winter.

    What is Susan's friend Tony doing now? Tony is not Chinese, He comes from another (另一个)7. America. It's in the evening in America now. The weather is8. It rains a lot this week. Tony is9at the table with his family. They are having dinner. Tony eats much chicken and some carrots. He also drinks some orange10

    Do you have friends from other countries? Do you know what they are doing now?

Teresa is a 25-year-old girl who works at a bank. She sometimes  {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （想念） her happy time at school. 

My First Day 

I'll never forget my first day at primary school. I got to school early but I still felt really  {#blank#}2{#/blank#} （紧张的）. Luckily，a girl was kind enough to  {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （邀请） me to sit next to her. We were all together and the head teacher with thick  {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （眼镜） welcomed us. He looked so kind that {#blank#}5{#/blank#} （没有一人） of us felt afraid of him. 

My First Teacher 

I remember her name is Mrs Simpson. Her voice sounded really sweet. Moreover，she was more  {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （幽默的） than any other teacher in our school.  {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （也许） she was my dream teacher at that time. 

Sports Day 

Sports Day was the best day of the year!I used. to take exercise with my friends after school. My {#blank#}8{#/blank#} （业余爱好） is running，so I took an  {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （积极的） part in the running race and I won he third prize!But I haven't won a better prize {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （还、尚）. 

I still remember the terrible storm which came at 4:00 p. m. on February 15th. My parents and I were watching TV at that time when suddenly the lights {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(go) on and off for a few times. It was clear that there was something wrong {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the circuit (电路). Before my father went to have {#blank#}3{#/blank#} look, the room became completely dark. So we had to use the flashlight (手电筒) to find out what happened. 

There {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(be) strong winds and heavy rain outside. We could even feel the coldness through the windows. After several {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(hour), we realized the power (电力) wouldn't come back in a short time. When we were ready to go to bed, my sister cried out, "Look! It began to snow. " We all looked out in surprise. The snow was falling harder {#blank#}6{#/blank#} harder. It seemed that the snow would last for a long time. Since there was still no power, we went to bed earlier than usual. 

When I {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(wake) up the next morning, I found the trees were {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(cover) with snow and the road became icy. Many people went out{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(buy) some necessary (必要的) things while kids were playing {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(happy) in the snow. 

Reading an English newspaper is a good way to improve a student's language ability. As there are many useful words in an English newspaper, it may help students increase their vocabulary as well as improve their reading skills. They can learn new knowledge from the newspaper. But what is the right way to read an English newspaper? Do students need to look over all the words of the newspaper?

The first step is to choose a right newspaper with good language. Then turn to the front page and read the headlines to know what has happened. As the most important things are on the front page, it's easy to find out the article you're interested in and then turn to the page to read the whole of it. There is no need to go through all the articles. 

Secondly, read newspapers every day. Remember words through context(上下文). Once they appear several times, you will remember them easily. Don't look up every new word in your dictionary. You can try to guess the meaning between sentences. If you are wrong, don't give up. Keep reading and you will know the words better after reading them several times in different texts. 

Reading English newspapers makes us learn more. It can not only help us know what is happening in the world but also improve our language. 

Last night, when I was preparing for my English exam in my bedroom, I suddenly heard a loud noise. The glass on the edge (边缘) of the desk {#blank#}1{#/blank#} onto the floor. The glass was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. The light in the room was shaking. I looked out of the window and found the whole building was shaking too. I realized (意识到) that a(n) {#blank#}3{#/blank#} had happened. I{#blank#}4{#/blank#} myself that I must be brave and stay calm and try not to cry. I crawled (爬) and hid myself under the bed. Several minutes later, the building didn't shake any more. So I crawled out and ran out of the building as quickly as I could. Or I couldn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#} what would happen. What a terrible experience!