Joe was a poor old man.He had very little food to eat.One day Joe1into the forest to collect firewood(木柴).In the afternoon，he was tired2hungry.He wanted to rest so he sat under a tree.He took a small potato out of his bag for lunch.Just then he saw a girl looking at him.She was holding(拿)a bottle of water.

    Joe said to the girl，"Are you3?Come and have my potato." "Thank you.That's very kind of you."said the girl."You4have my water."They sat down and shared (分享)the food and water together happily.

    After the meal，the girl left.Joe went on collecting firewood.He felt his body becoming stronger.He finished(完成)his work and got home early that day.When he looked in the mirror, he was surprised(惊讶的)to see a strong young man.

    Kate 1 a happy family. She lives in London 2 her parents. She 3a school girl. Today is Kate's birthday and she's fifteen years old. Her father is4teacher. He works in a school. Students think he is a good teacher.5mother is a nurse. She is a very good nurse. Kate has a brother6a sister, and they study7China. Her brother speaks Chinese very well and has many friends there. Her sister 8Chinese very hard and she wants9a teacher 10Chinese in their country.

    Hainan is a scenic1in south of China. It is famous2the blue sea and the beautiful beach. Last summer, my parents and3went there on holiday .We4in the hotel by the coast of Sanya .We 5for two weeks.6our holiday, we had lots of fun. My mum swam in the sea, my dad7the motorboat with me .We also drank the 8juice, and had different kinds of delicious seafood. The island was wonderful9the people there were really friendly .We enjoyed the holiday very much .I10the island again in the future.

    Robert is eleven years old. He is a 1 of class 1, Grade 5. At school, he likes English, Chinese, music and some other 2, but he doesn't like 3. He thinks it's 4, and he often 5 in history classes. It is Friday today. Robert 6 a history class. His history teacher Mrs Wang is giving a lesson. But Robert is drawing a picture and isn't 7 his teacher. Mrs Wang finds and asks him, “Robert, please tell me something about Lincoln." Robert stands up and says, "I'm sorry. I don't know 8 and he isn't in our school." The other students laugh.

    It happened in a very cold 1. One day a farmer was on his way 2. Suddenly, he saw a snake lying on the 3 almost frozen to death. "Poor snake! Let me 4 your life!”said the farmer. Then he put the snake under his coat, next to his warm body.

    A few minutes 5 , the snake came back to life. The farmer did not get any signs of thanks for saving the snake's life. 6 the snake bit the farmer and left. "Poor me! Why did I save the life of a cold-blooded snake?" 7 the dying farmer.