It is Sunday morning. Sam wants to visit his friend. On his way to his friend's home. He is very tired. So he stops his car and wants to take a nap(打盹).

    A man walks to Sam´s car and knocks(敲)on the window. "Excuse me. sir. "He asks." What time is it now?"

    Sam doesn't have a watch. He looks at the clock of his car and says. ”8:15”.  The man says," Thanks."

    After a short time, another man knocks on his window. "Sorry, sir. But do you have the time?""8:25". Sam say says and he is a little angry(生气的).  The man thanks him, too.

    "I really want to take a nap." Sam thinks. Then he takes out a pen and writes" I don't know the time." on the paper. And he posts(张贴)it on the window.  But soon another man sees it and knocks on the window. "Sir. sir? It's 8:45 now. "

The Flame Mountain（火焰山）is about 200 km away from Urumqi in Xinjiang. It is in a place with many high mountains around it. It is much hotter than nearby places. If you want to enjoy the feeling of a hot shower in summer, it's the right place to go!

On hot summer days, it can get hotter than 80℃. Try to cook eggs or cakes in the sand and they will be ready in a few minutes!

Does rain help make it cooler? People hardly see rain in 10 out of the 12 months in a year. Why? For most of the time, the raindrops dry in the hot air before they reach the ground.

The mountain came into being millions of years ago when the earth was changing a lot. We can't see any plants on the top of the mountain, only red rocks. They make the whole mountain look red. In hot air and strong sunshine, the mountain looks like a burning flame. That's where its name comes from.

Do you know that almost each Chinese dish has its own story behind it? Now read the following {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (story) about jiaozi — Chinese dumplings.

The first story of jiaozi is from the Eastern Han Dynasty(东汉). It is about Zhang Zhongjing, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} famous doctor in Chinese history. Zhang made jiaozi by {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (he) for the first time to help homeless people. Thanks to him, a lot of people became much {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (health) in cold winter.

The {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (two) story about jiaozi has to do with Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher(书法家) in ancient(古代的) China. When Wang Xizhi was young, his calligraphy was {#blank#}6{#/blank#} wonderful that many people liked it. Wang {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (think) his calligraphy was good enough and he began to spend little time practicing it. One day Wang saw an old woman making jiaozi. Her jiaozi was in good shape and tasted delicious. Wang Xizhi asked her how long it took her {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (make) such great jiaozi. She said, "Almost my life. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} someone wants to be really good at something, he needs to spend his life doing that." Hearing that, Wang Xizhi knew that he should keep studying calligraphy. He spent all his time {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it and became a great calligrapher.

In front of Aunt Rabbit's house, there are five apple trees, She always asks her friends to eat her 1 .

One day, a little monkey Jim goes there. "Little Monkey, come and 2 an apple!" Aunt Rabbit says to him. Jim is so 3 because he likes apples very much. He goes up the trees and 4 many apples. He eats very fast. He thinks they're 5 .

The next day, Jim comes again. "Aunt Rabbit, my grandma is ill. She 6 some apples. Could you give me some?"

"7 . There is a bag of apples. Here you are." she says. "Thank you so much!" Jim says happily. 8 after he goes out of Aunt Rabbit's home, he finishes eating all the apples.

After two days, Aunt Rabbit goes to ask for her 9 . On the way, she opens it and finds some apple pits (核), "Jim cheats(欺骗) me! " she thinks. Then, she takes them to Jim's home. After seeing them, Jim's face turns red and he says, "I'm 10 . I won't do that again."

"That's OK. You are still welcome to my home." says Aunt Rabbit softly.

A student asked his teacher, "Sir, I have a question. How many friends should a man have, one or many?"

"It is very easy, " the teacher answered. "Get me that red apple from the highest(最高的) branch(树枝) of the tree. " The student looked up and said, "It's too high! I can't get it."

"Ask a friend to help. " the teacher said.

 The student called a friend and stood on his shoulders(肩膀) for the branch. "I still can't get it, Sir, " said the student sadly after the first try.

"Don't you have more friends? " the teacher smiled. The student asked more friends to come over. They stood on each other's shoulders, trying to make a pyramid(金字塔) to get higher. But the student still couldn't get the apple. Then one of the friends went home, brought a ladder(梯子) and the student finally got the apple.

 After getting the apple, the teacher asked, "So, do you know how many friends a man needs?"

"I do," the student said. "Many, so together we can work out any problem."

"Sounds good, " the teacher said. "You need as many friends as you can. Among( 在······之中) them, there will be at least(至少) one clever man. He can think of a good idea, like getting a ladder!"

She Zhongqi is a student of Grade 8 in a middle school in Hubei Province. He was highly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (赞扬)for his brave act to save an old man, a local newspaper reported.

On April 13th, 2023, when She Zhongqi was riding to school, he saw an old man lying on one side of the street without any {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (意识). At the beginning, Zhongqi had no idea what to do. He just crouched(蹲下)worriedly {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (在旁边) the man and tried to wake him up. But it didn't work. All of a sudden, he remembered what he had learned at school--CPR(心肺复苏)! Immediately, he did it on the old man at a controlled{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(速度) for about 5 minutes. Luckily, the man started to breathe again before doctors arrived.

Several days later, She's story quickly {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (传播) around the town and a reporter came to interview him. "Zhongqi, you' re so {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (乐于助人的)! But what inspired you to do CPR to save others?" With a smile, Norm answered, "Actually, I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (不常) use the skill, but my teacher always {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (教导) us that in a crash situation, time is as {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (珍贵的) as life." Then the reporter put what Norm said in the newspaper and he soon became one of the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (英雄) in his hometown.