Tom woke up on Monday morning, he felt 1. He always felt sick on Monday morning. He had to go to school for five 2 every week! He almost wished there were no weekends. 3 was even more difficult for him to go back to school!

    He 4 in bed and wondered what excuse he could make this time. He looked at his body, but could find 5 wrong. A little headache? 6. He had used that excuse many times. Then he realized that one of his teeth was loose(松动). Good! He was just going to start groaning（呻吟）7 he thought that Aunt Polly would pull the tooth out. That would 8! He looked for something else. Suddenly he remembered what the doctor had said about a certain problem with his toes（脚趾）. He pulled his right foot out and looked at it. 9 of the toes was really hurting. Tom began to groan.

    "What is 10 with you?" Aunt Polly asked.

    "My toe hurts."

    The old lady fell into the chair, 11 a little, "Tom, you frighten me. Now shut up at once and get out of 12."

    Tom felt like a thief being caught. "Well, it seems all right. It hurts so much 13 I forgot my teeth. One of them loses and it hurts 14."

    "No problem," answered Aunt Polly. "I can pull it out."

    "Please, Auntie! Don't pull it out. It has15 hurting. Please!"

    "No way! Well, you will have your tooth out or you will go to school."

    People can hardly believe that Fred Carey is one of the best students in his class. He1a trouble maker and often drove his teachers mad.

    Fred's father died when he was just a 2 boy. Life became 3for him. His mother had to work to pay for his education. As a result, she was seldom at home. She tried to look4him well, but Fred caused a lot of problems for himself and his family. He had no 5 in studying and often got into trouble with the police. Luckily, his mother was very patient and didn't give up 6him. 7 the end, she made a difficult decision 8 him to a boy's boarding school. Fred hated it at first and caused even9 trouble. He told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. Even the teacher agreed that Fred was wasting his time.

    The headmaster suggested that Fred should have a talk with his mother. "It was exactly10 I needed." he said. "My mother helped me understand how much she had given to me." She also told me that 11 my father was no longer with us, he was watching me and would always be proud of everything 12I had done. That's the time when I decided to change. I realized that since my father died, I had been afraid of being alone, and had tried to make my mother 13 more about me.

    Now Fred has really changed. He has been working hard. How was he able to change? His mother's love helped him to feel 14about himself, and as Fred himself says, "15 very important for parents to be there for their children."

For thousands of years，people have lived with dogs. Ancient paintings on the walls of caves（岩洞）show people living with dogs. More than one third of the homes in the United States，Canada，and Australia have dogs. Almost one fourth of the homes in England have dogs. In each country，these dogs come in all shapes and sizes. 

The largest dog in the world was Zorba，a huge mastiff（大驯犬）that died in . When Zorba was seven years old in ，he was centimeters tall. In other words，Zorba was more than half as tall as an adult man. At his largest，Zorba weighed more than kilograms. 

While the smallest dog ever was a Yorkshire Terrier dog named Sylvia from England. This dog was only centimeters tall and just under centimeters from nose to tail. The dog weighed half as much as your English book，and even a young child could easily pick it up with one hand. It died in when it was only two years old. 

Some dogs are unusual，not for their size，but for their brain. One unbelievable dog is Endal，the "family member" of a man named Allen Parton，who has used a wheelchair（轮椅）since a car accident in . 

In 2001 ，Parton was hit by a car while crossing a road with Endal，and thrown out of his chair. Endal quickly moved Parton into the safe position，covered him with a coat，and pushed his mobile phone close enough for him to reach. Then，once he saw that Parton was all right，Endal ran back and forthbetween a nearby hotel and Parton，barking until people came out to help. 

Endal won a prize for his courage and cleverness，and he has been the subject of a number of TV documentaries. 

Xie Fei grew up in America and now he lives in Hainan, China. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Xie loves collecting (收集) sports things. He started collecting things from NBA stars in high' school in California. And in his college (大学) years in Beijing, he started collecting Chinese sports things. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}"At that time, I had many sports collections, and I wanted to show them at the hotel, " said Xie. To his surprise, visitors liked seeing them, so he decided to build a museum. 

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} He then had things like sports shirts from China's women's volleyball team and the torch (火炬) of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. "These collections are important in teaching people about the history of sports in China," said Xie. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}But he still kept them in his museum for everyone to see for free. 

These years, Xie often takes his collections to schools to teach children about the history of sports in China. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

"Museums are a good place for people to learn," said Xie. "I hope young students will learn from these sports collections and the stories behind them in my museum."

This winter holiday, my family and I went to Beijing for a trip. We went to many places of interest. My favourite one was Peking University. 

Peking University is one of the best universities in China. We walked into the school from the east gate. There are many traditional buildings in the university. The most famous is the Boya Pagoda (博雅塔) built in 1924, it is a great example of the traditional Chinese building style. 

We then walked to the Weiming Lake with a long history. The lake is another popular place in the university. The word "weiming" means"without being named" in Chinese. Many students like to walk around the lake. During the winter, the lake is frozen. Students can walk or skate on the lake. 

As we walked around the school, we saw some modern teaching buildings, classrooms, libraries and labs. There are also museums in the university. We really enjoyed the beautiful campus (校园) and the rich history of Peking University. 

I hope I will study in Peking University when I grow up.