A Faithful Dog

    More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert.

    One day the Prince wanted to go hunting(打猎) with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle(摇篮), which was like a small bed.

    When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws(爪子) on the Prince's chest. Then the Prince saw the blood(血) on Gelert's jaws(下巴) and head.

    "What have you done?" the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them.

    "So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily. "You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword(剑) and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed ( 设法 ) to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog. The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt (没受伤). Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended(保卫) the baby and killed the wolf.

    The Prince ran back into the house but it was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed his faithful friend. The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried(埋葬) him there. After this, the Prince never smiled again. Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes.

    If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried. There is a sign by his grave. It reminds people of a brave and faithful dog.

It was Mother's Daylast year and I was doing my {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (shop) at the localsupermarket with my five-year-old son, Johnson. As we were leaving, we saw {#blank#}2{#/blank#} old woman fall downand hit her head on the ground. Her husband tried to look {#blank#}3{#/blank#} her, but there wasblood (血) everywhere.

Seeing this, Johnsonbecame very sad about what happened {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the old woman. At the front ofthe supermarket, a man was selling {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (flower) . Johnson suggestedthat we should buy the old woman a flower. "It will make her {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (feel) better,"he said. I was glad that he'd come up with such a sweet idea. So we walkedtowards the flower seller and bought one.

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The old man {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (cry) and said, "Thankyou very much. You have a wonderful son. Happy Mother's Day. "The man thengave his wife the flower, telling her who it was from. Although she was {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (bad) hurt, the oldwoman looked up at Johnson with love in her eyes.

A man lived happily in a village because everyone praised him.

One day, he happened to hear some people talking about him.1 what they said made him sad. They said he was too proud. From then on, whenever he heard others2 , he thought they were saying something bad about him. He was 3 all the time. His wife noticed this and took him to a wise old man.

The wise old man said, "Stay in my house tonight. "

The man 4 . When he went to sleep at night, the croaking(呱呱叫声) of frogs fell in his 5 . A pool was behind his room. The more he wanted to ignore(忽略) the sound, the6 the frogs seemed to croak.

The next morning, the man told the wise old man, "I couldn't sleep well last night. It felt like there were  7 of frogs in that pool. You must also have trouble because of them. Can I take them8 and put them far away?"

The wise old man agreed.

To the man's9 , only ten frogs were caught.

The wise old man said, "Even at night there were only ten frogs. Because you paid too much10 to the noise, you thought there were hundreds of them. It is the same in your life as well. There's no need to care too much about others' talks. Be true to yourself. "

I see a photograph in a magazine. A male lion is sitting on the 1 . Beside him is a baby lion, 2 the baby lion is giving him a painful bite on the back. But papa lion doesn't get angry, and he doesn't even try to 3 the baby away. He just sits there and allows 4 to be "attacked (攻击). "This is what dads do-they endure (承受) all the 5 .

A few years ago, at a baseball game in America, a/an 6 lost control of his bat. The 32-ouncewooden bat flew into the stands (看台). 7 hid (躲藏) under their seats to protect themselves except for one young boy--he hadn't been paying 8 . At the last moment, a 9 reached out and knocked the bat away 10 the boy's head. It was the boy's father. This is what dads do--they protect their children. 

I don't have 11 kids, but my brother has two daughters. They both have jobs and live away from home. One day, his elder daughter had a flat tyre while 12 on a busy highway. It was a/an 13 place for something like that to happen, but she didn't have to think twice about whom to call for help. My brother dropped what he was doing and drove 20 miles to 14 the tyre. This is what dads do--they help their children throughout their lives. 

Thanks to all the dads who endure, protect and help. They are the everyday 15 that their children need. 

Of all the months, I like April best. I love green grass and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (rain) days. The {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (nine) day of April is my birthday. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) very excited. In the morning, I go to a restaurant to have breakfast {#blank#}4{#/blank#} my parents. We eat some chicken and 50. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (sandwich). After breakfast, we have {#blank#}6{#/blank#} rest in a coffee shop on White Street. Then, we go to the zoo. There are many different kinds of animals in the zoo, such as elephants, tigers, lions and so on. I like pandas best because they are {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (friend). Look! Three of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (they) are eating bamboos. Look at the tiger. He {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (look) lonely. Maybe he is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (miss) the forest. We are really happy in the zoo.

I will never forget my first English class. It is very interesting. It's the first class in the morning. The teacher goes into the classroom with a smile on his face. At the beginning，he makes a self-introduction（自我介绍）. And he tells us that his English name is John. Then he asks all of us to think of English names for ourselves. We are very excited to find a good name. Then he asks us to write our names down on a piece of paper. I think about my English name for a long time. Then I come up with（想出）a beautiful name — Shirley.

All the students write their names down and give the paper to the teacher. When the teacher calls "Shirley" to answer his question, three girls stand up at the same time.