Is there anything strange on the top of the world's highest mountains? If so, is it a bear? Is it a monkey? Or is it a kind of man?

    No one 1. The world has tried their best to know more about this mystery (神秘) for years. In 1887, 2 mountain climber found very big footprints of a very large man. 3 man doesn't walk barefoot（光脚）in the snow. In 1906, 4 climber saw more than footprints. To his surprise, he saw a great hairy animal 5 on two legs. As he watched, it ran out of sight（视线）.

    Fifteen years later, there were 6 about the thing in the newspapers. A mountain climber said that he had seen the “snowman”   7 slowly across the snow, far below him. He said it looked like a very large hairy man.

    From that time on, more and more people had stories to tell. But not until 1951 did a mountain climber bring back 8 of giant (巨大的) footprints. The picture showed 9 that the snowman walked on two legs. So it was not a bear or a monkey. Could it be an ape man? The mystery grew!

    And the mystery keeps on growing. 10 men still hunt the snowman in the high mountains. Some day we may find out just what it is that makes the giant footprints.

    The chicken and the duck are friends. They live on a 1They often walk around together and talk about many things. One morning, they play and 2near the pool together. The chicken and the duck 3talk about the cat. They think the cat is not 4 because he always looks at them with eyes wide open. “The cat is dangerous, so we must always keep our eyes 5when he is around.”

    Then they talk about the 6The dog is very friendly. The dog has lots of 7 It barks（狗吠） a lot and always runs 8What's more, the dog never runs after them. They both 9the dog.

    At last, they 10the farmer, a fifty-year-old old man. If they don't have the farmer, they have11to eat. He also feeds the cow, the pig, the sheep and many other12 on the farm. They like the farmer because he takes good care of everyone. “He is a 13 man and it's lucky of us to have such a farmer,” the chicken says to the duck 14 “We need the farmer and look forward to living with him forever 15 he can take good care of us all” says the duck. “I hope so” Answers the chicken.

    A young man was walking in the desert. He felt very 1. Just then he suddenly found a spring of delicious and clear water. The water was cool and sweet for a man who had 2it for such a long time. He drank a lot, and then he 3 his bottle so that he could bring some back to his village and gave it to his teacher who had taught him in middle school.

    After a four-day 4, he gave the water to the old man and he took a deep drink, smiled warmly and 5his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his home with a happy heart.

    Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out at once, saying it was6. The student said the water had become bad because the bottle was too old.

    The student asked his teacher, "Master, the water was bad and it was bitter. Why did you 7 to him that you liked it?" The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water 8 I tasted the gift. The water which has been put in loving and kindness is not 9water." Nothing could be 10 than love.

    My mother told me we would have a yard sale this weekend. Yesterday I cleared out lots of old things from my bedroom. I had to 1 five things I no longer use. At first, I was quite sad. Because I found 2 toys that I don't play anymore but still want to keep. I have owned the toy car since my sixth birthday, and I played with it almost every day 3 I was ten. I didn't want to lose my toy bear, either. It was one of my favorite toys. It came from my grandmother. I have had it 4 five years. I wanted to keep them because they brought back many sweet memories. "Maybe some kids need the toys more than you. They don't fit you anymore. But they can bring 5 to the kids," my mother said. In the end, I gave away the toys to kids in need happily.

    I stood in my grandmother's front yard with my son. He had a bottle of soapy water and a plastic loop (圈). You know the type. You dip (浸) the loop in the bottle, pull it 1 and blow it to make bubbles (气泡).

    My son dipped and dipped and blew and blew, but 2to blow bubbles. He handed me the bottle and loop and asked me, "Daddy, 3 you make bubbles?" I hadn't blown bubbles for years. I am a chemist by education. All my knowledge is 4 when it comes to trying to blow bubbles from a loop filled with soapy water. I had no more success than my son.

    After several tries 5the loop of soapy water, I gently (轻轻地)breathed on it. My son cried with joy as a big beautiful bubble 6 and moved slowly in the air. He grabbed (抓住)the loop, dipped and blew. No bubbles. I7 explained to him, "Son, you can't blow so hard; you must ever so gently breathe on the loop to make bubbles." He followed my8 and blew gently. This time he made a big beautiful bubble, then 9…

    There are some things that you can get with force, 10 there are other things that only come with the gentleness of a soft breath. The closer something is to higher spirit, the more it is like bubbles; it can't be forced.

    Mr. White is a blind man who likes traveling alone. However, as a blind man, he has met a lot of 1 during his trips.

    Once Mr. White traveled to Texas. It was his first time to go there. On the plane, he sat next to a woman who 2 Texas. The woman told him that everything was 3 and better in her city. When Mr. White arrived, he found a4and decided to spend the night there.

    After dinner, Mr. White went to a wine bar(酒吧) and ordered a glass of wine. When the waiter brought him one, he was 5." Wow！How big!" he said. Mr. White doesn't drink often, 6 he was a little drunk (喝醉) after drinking the wine. He wanted to go to the restroom, so he asked another waiter for 7. "Turn right at the information desk and it is the second door on the right," said the waiter.

    When Mr. White walked past the first door, he fell down. He missed(错过) the 8 and went towards the third door instead. Not realizing that he had entered the swimming area, he walked forward and then9into the swimming pool. At that time he10that everything there was bigger. "Don't flush(冲洗)! Don't flush!" he shouted as soon as he got his head above water.