Mr. White with his wife was now living at a small Italian hotel. Last year they had stayed in Italy for months on holiday. One night he went out for a walk1. It was late. The small street was dark and 2. Suddenly he heard steps behind him. He 3 his head and saw a middle-aged woman with wild hair， who quickly walked past him. The woman was 4 out of sight when Mr. White suddenly found that his watch was 5. He thought it was the passing woman who had taken his watch， 6 he ran quickly after her and soon caught up with her. As he knew 7 Italian， Mr. White had to ask the woman to8 the watch in another way. He showed the woman his strong arms and pointed to her watch pocket. The woman thought a while and gave the watch to Mr. White.

    Mr. White returned home and told his wife 9had happened. He was greatly 10 when Mrs. White pointed to the watch on the table. Now he found it was he himself that had taken the Italian's watch.

    The film Forever Enthralled was directed by the director Chen Kaige, and famous stars acted in it, such as Li Ming and Zhang Ziyi and Chen Hong. This film shows Mei Lanfang's life as a master of Beijing opera.

Mei grew up in a family of Beijing opera performers. He began to perform on the stage in 1904 when he was 10 years old. He learnt his acting skills and played female roles. Singing, dancing, and acting are the three main parts of the traditional Chinese opera. Mei Lanfang became highly good at all of them. He turned himself into a performer of almost all types of the “Dan” female roles. After many years of effort he enabled(使得) the Dan to have an important place in Beijing opera, with a clear-cut form for new comers to follow and develop. In his 50-year stage life, he used new acting skills and made lots of good operas.

    In July 1937, the Japanese army occupied(占领) Beijing. The officer of the army told Mei to perform for them and promised to give him a reward. Mei refused at the risk(风险) of his life and from then on he did not appear on stage during the war. His decision to give up made him poor until the war ended in 1945.

    Mei Lanfang was the first artist to introduce Beijing opera to foreign countries. He had his opera tours abroad, and people in other countries started to understand this kind of play. After 1949, he became the symbol of Beijing opera through making a great contribution to the development of Beijing opera.

    Brian was a funny student. He loved watching comedies best and hoped to become a comedy actor one day.

    When he heard about the talent show to be held at this school, Brian decided to take part in. He had never acted on stage before, and he was very1. But some students2 him. "You are not funny but silly," Ken, one of his classmates, said to his face. "No one will like what you do," another boy also said to him,3.

    Brian couldn't understand4they were so unkind to him. But he decided to prepare for the show. Brian did a great job at the talent show. 5loved his performance, and he won the first prize! Even so, Ken told Brian that he was not funny. Brian didn't understand why Ken said that, 6he realized that it had nothing to do with him. He tried to make his dream come true.

    As the years went on, Brian met more people7Ken. "You'll do a terrible job," they said to him. Luckily, most people encouraged(鼓励) him and some helped him to become even funnier. He got lots of opportunities(机会) to perform in8. He was even asked to be on television. His fans9him because his comedies made them feel good when they were unhappy.

    Now Brian is a big10! He is doing what he loves best. He never feels stressed(紧张的), and he laughs all day long!

    Billy's favorite color was orange. But he couldn't see what orange looked like.

    A month after he was born, his mother noticed that his1weren't as big as a normal baby's. "Billy would2be able to see. He is blind. "The doctor said. Even so, with the hope to help Billy learn about the world around him, his mother kept 3everything she saw for him.

    Not just through his mother's4, Billy saw with his ears and hands, too. He had perfect hearing. In fact, he could5many things that normal people didn't notice.

    6Billy lived in the dark, he always believed a dream would light up his life. He found that he was7in computer science. So he began to learn it at seven years old. As a young boy, he8going to Sanford University some day. And for years of efforts, he finally achieved his dream.

    Many people wanted to find out the secret of his9. Billy explained, "Just move forward! Don't let any difficulty 10 your dream from coming true."

    You cannot choose what you are given, but you can choose how you make use of it.

    My name is Zhang Jing. I have a happy1 . We are from China. Now my parents and I 2 in America. In the morning, we have 3 at home. We have bread, milk and eggs. 4 lunch, we don't eat at home. In the evening, we 5 a big dinner at home. We 6 dumplings, chicken, rice and vegetables.

    My favourite 7 is dumplings. I like apples too. I eat 8 apple(s) a day, one in the morning and the other(另一个) in 9 afternoon. My father's favourite food is carrots and chicken. What about 10 mother? Oh, her favourite food is rice. We all eat healthy food.