People usually hate mice, but one mouse has won the hearts of the people all over the world—the famous Mickey Mouse.

    Fifty years ago most movies were silent. A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse that could talk his movies. He named his mouse Mickey Mouse. People, both young and old, were very excited at the talking mouse. Children loved to see their friend, because he brought joy and laughter to them.

    Mickey was a clean mouse right from the beginning. Perhaps this is one reason why people hate real mice and love Mickey Mouse. In his early life Mickey made some mistakes. People were angry. They wrote to Disney and said that they did not want Mickey to do silly things. So Disney made a new animal named Donald Duck. He also made a dog called Pluto. This dog does stupid things and makes mistakes wherever he goes. Now our Mickey Mouse is not only clean but also important. He appears as a beautiful and clever star. He has his friends in almost every country.

Betty collected a basket of seashells. She showed them to Amy." Look! They are all1 . These are big, and those are small. Some look like beautiful animals… Well, I can use them to make a birthday present for my Dad! How wonderful!"

Suddenly, Amy saw the sea water rising along the beach. She was 2 and cried," The waves! They will take your toys!"

" Put my seashells onto the bus, Amy!" Betty ra n 3 to get her toys.

Just when Amy was about to get the basket onto the bus, she fell down and the shells4 into pieces.

When Betty 5 , she saw the pieces and cried. Amy tried to tell her what happened, but Betty still looked 6 and didn't talk to Amy. Amy didn't know what to do, so she took them home.

The next morning at school, Amy found Betty on her 7 . She walked over to her desk and took out a frame(框) and a bag of seashells." Betty, I 8 some nice seashell pieces from the broken ones last night. Shall we glue(粘) them to the frame together? We can put a( an) 9 of your family in it. It will be a wonderful present." Amy said. Betty agreed. Together they made a beautiful frame.

" Sorry, I wasn't careful yesterday, Betty." Amy said."I know the shells are 10 to you."

"I should also say‘ sorry' to you. I like them, but you' re my best friend." Betty smiled.

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At 8:00, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} start and my favorite subject is Chinese. We can learn many interesting things in Chinese lessons. I also like some other subjects, like science, English and so on{#blank#}4{#/blank#} teachers are very nice.

After school, I sometimes play soccer {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my classmates. It's great fun. Then I do my homework. In the evening, after dinner, my parents watch TV. I really {#blank#}6{#/blank#} reading some stories. I go to bed at about 9 o'clock at night.

A man was walking in the countryside. When he saw some elephants, he stopped. He wondered how the trainer(训练员) could hold these 1 animals only by a small rope(绳子). The elephants could 2 the rope anytime they wanted, but they did not.

He 3 the trainer why the animals didn't try to run away. The trainer said," When they were very 4 and smaller, we used the same rope to 5 them from running away. At that age, it can keep the elephants staying in the same place. When they grow 6 , they slowly believe that they can't break the rope, so they7 try to run away again."

The man was 8 . These animals could break the rope anytime they wanted,9 because they thought they couldn't , they just stayed quietly.

How many of us are like these elephants— thinking we can't do 10 just because we met failures(失败) once before?

Failure is a part of 11 . If we failed once, it doesn't 12 we can never be successful(成功的). We should never 13 trying when we meet failures in life. We should always tell14 : just like the elephants can break free if they 15 , we can also reach our goals one day.

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