Mr. White with his wife was now living at a small Italian hotel. Last year they had stayed in Italy for months on holiday. One night he went out for a walk1. It was late. The small street was dark and 2. Suddenly he heard steps behind him. He 3 his head and saw a middle-aged woman with wild hair， who quickly walked past him. The woman was 4 out of sight when Mr. White suddenly found that his watch was 5. He thought it was the passing woman who had taken his watch， 6 he ran quickly after her and soon caught up with her. As he knew 7 Italian， Mr. White had to ask the woman to8 the watch in another way. He showed the woman his strong arms and pointed to her watch pocket. The woman thought a while and gave the watch to Mr. White.

    Mr. White returned home and told his wife 9had happened. He was greatly 10 when Mrs. White pointed to the watch on the table. Now he found it was he himself that had taken the Italian's watch.

    A little girl thought she was not beautiful and nobody liked her. So she was always 1 and didn't like to talk to others. However, one day, her mother 2  her a beautiful hair clip (发夹). When she wore it, she looked much more beautiful than before. She decided 3 it to school.

    On her way to school she found that 4 who saw her smiled at her. Most of her classmates said “hello” 5 her, but this never happened before. She thought that the beautiful hair clip had brought them all to her. She was so happy about all of the wonderful things.6 she didn't tell her classmates about her beautiful hair clip, they all wanted to know what had happened to her.

    When she went 7 home after school, her mother 8 her, “Did you know you dropped your hair clip? I found it by the door this morning.” At this time, the girl understood that she hadn't worn the hair clip to school at all.

    It is not important 9 we wear or how we look. The most important is how we think about 10.

    Something frightening happened to me the other day. I was on my way home 1 school. I got off the bus and started to walk towards my 2 . Then I thought: “Funny! There's a car outside.”

    It was one of those big American cars. I looked inside 3 I wanted to see what it was like. At first I thought there was nobody in it. Then I saw an old man 4 on the floor of the car. He had blood（鲜血）all over his face and his eyes were closed. I was too frightened, so I went indoors to 5 the police.

    Mum wasn't at home and I was 6 . I dialed（拨打）999 and asked for the police. A policeman wrote down my name and address. But I don't think he believed my words. Then I 7 a car start. I looked out of the window and the American car wasn't there 8 more.

    The police never came and I still don't know what happened to the man. But it gave me a terrible fright（吓了一跳）. My dad said it was a good 9 and he enjoyed it very much! But I am sure that it was all 10 .

    Jennifer was sitting on the bench. "It's getting1," she thought. "I should go home." She wanted to know her parents reactions(反应)when she2home after the three days she was missing. It was really dark when she finally got to home's front door. It was3as usual. 4looked after the outside garden for5days. It was so strange because her father usually worked hard to keep everything6and tidy. She couldn't understand what was going on. She walked into the7. First, she went into the kitchen8she saw a note written by her father. He said, "Dear Ellen, here is some coffee I am looking for her out." Ellen was her mother, but9was she? She went to her parents' room She saw her there. Her10 was lying on the bed and was sleeping. Her face looked so11as if she wasn't asleep for days. Jennifer wanted to wake her up. However, she looked too tired, 12Jennifer just fell asleep beside her.

    When Jennifer 13, something was different：She wasn't in her mother's room and she wasn't14the old clothes she rail away in. She was oil her own bed. It felt so good being back home Suddenly she15a voice, "Are you feeling better now, deal? You know you made us all very, very afraid. "

    The dogsled（狗拉雪橇）race was about to begin. Julie's team of dogs was lined up at the 1 gate. Julie stood behind them. The air was so cold that she could see her 2. Other teams were lined up too, and the dogs were 3. Julie kept her eyes on the clock. At ten o'clock, she and the other racers shouted, "4!" The race began! All the dogs tried their best to run after each other.

    Now, they ran over snowy hills and down into frozen valleys. They 5only to rest and eat. They wanted to stay ahead of the other teams. The racers had to go a thousand 6across Alaska. Alaska is in the north of US, bordering Canada. It is one of the 7places on Earth. The dogs' thick fur coats helped 8 them warm in the cold wind and weather. In many places along the way, the snow was deep. Pieces of 9 were as sharp as a knife. The ice could cut the dogs' feet. To keep that from happening, Julie put special booties on their feet.

    10, the dogs seemed to pull the sled very slowly. They were still getting used to the race.11 on the third day out, they began to pull more quickly. They worked as a team and 12 many of the other racers. During the period, they met many 13. Once, one of the sleds slid into a hole and broke. Julie wanted to 14 then, but she didn't. She fixed it and they kept going.

    When they finally 15the finishing line, they found out that they had come in first place! It was a great day for Julie and her dogs.