One day a red rose blossomed (开花) in a forest. A pine tree(松树) not far away said, “You're so beautiful! I wish I could be lovely like you. ”

    The rose said, “I am the most beautiful plant in the forest.” Then the rose looked at a cactus(仙人掌) and said, “Look at that ugly plant. It is full of thorns (刺)!”Sometimes, the red rose would look at the cactus and say, “This plant is useless. I'm sorry I am his neighbor. ”

    Summer came and the plants and animals needed water, but no rain fell. One day the rose saw some birds stick their beaks(鸟喙) into the cactus and then fly away. The red rose asked what the birds were doing. The pine tree explained that the birds got water from the cactus. The pine tree told the red rose, “You can also drink from it. The birds can bring water to you if you ask the cactus for help. ”

    The red rose felt ashamed, but she still asked the cactus for help. The cactus agreed kindly and the birds filled their beaks with water for the rose's roots. Later on, the rose never gave her opinion about anyone by look again.

    Once Mr. King had a cat, and he loved it very much. He called it "Sky", because he thought "Sky" was the strongest name in the world.

    One day he had a meal at a restaurant with his cat. He met his old friend. He told him about his lovely cat and its name. His friend said, "How foolish you are! Sky is not the strongest thing in the world. My cat is called „Cloud' because cloud is stronger than sky." After hearing this, Mr. King called his cat "Wind" because he thought wind was stronger than cloud.

    After a few days he suddenly thought that "Wall" was stronger than wind. And "Mouse" was stronger than wall. So he went to his friend to ask for an idea. His friend said, "Don't you think Cat is stronger than mouse？" "Yes, but..."

    The man thought and thought and then decided his cat's name had better be "Cat" because a mouse was always afraid of a cat. Don't you think Mr. King is very silly or funny？

A jobless man wanted to be a clerk in a shopping {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(商场) which was in the city {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(中心). The manager {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(面试) him and asked him to pass a(n) {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(考试): clean the floor. The man passed it as he cleaned the floor very well."You are wanted,"the manager told him."Give me your e-mail {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(地址), and I'll send you the form to fill in."The man replied,"But I don't have a computer, nor an e-mail!""I'm sorry,"said the manager."If you don't have an e-mail, that means you do not exist (存在). And we cannot {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (接受) anyone who does not exist."The man was so sad that he left in {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(安静). On the way back, he thought hard about how to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(对付) with the present situation. He only had 10 dollars. Once that was spent, he wouldn't have any money to buy even food. Then he rushed into a supermarket {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (在……旁边) him and bought a box of {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(葡萄) with his 10 dollars. He overcame his shyness, went to a {#blank#}11{#/blank#}(拥挤) place and found a {#blank#}12{#/blank#} (角落) to sell grapes in small bags {#blank#}13{#/blank#}(礼貌). To his surprise, he doubled his money. He repeated this three times, and returned home with 80 dollars. This turned out to be a {#blank#}14{#/blank#}(有帮助) and {#blank#}15{#/blank#}(正确) decision. He realized that he could continue the business. He worked even harder later. From then on, he dared to face any challenge in front of him. At last, he became a boss of a famous restaurant.

My name is Evelyn Glennie. I am a solo(独奏的) drum player. Here I'd like to talk 1 my story. When I was about 12, I 2 interested in percussion instruments(打击乐器) and began to play them. At that time I lost all of my hearing. I remember when I learned 3 the tympani (定音鼓), my teacher said," Well, you know, mu- sic is about listening. How are you going to hear the sound?"I asked," Well, how do you hear it?" He pointed to 4 ear and said,"I hear it through here." Then I told him,"I think I do, too, 5 I also hear it through my hands, my arms, my eyes, my legs and so on."I mean that I 6 feel the music, see it and touch it. That's why I can experience every kind of music, from classical to pop, even though I can't actually hear it.

Now I 7 ' invited to travel around the world for concerts. I like to go to other people's concerts in different countries. I also like to find new instruments. Now I have 8 instruments. They often remind (提醒) me of how excited I was when I first saw local musicians playing them. These experience was such 9 beautiful memory to me. And10 thing is that every time I play instruments, I really enjoy my time with music.

Vanilla is my best friend. She is a lovely girl with two big, beautiful 1 . But she always hides them 2 a pair of black glasses. 

One day, however, I 3 ended our friendship. I remember that day clearly. We were sitting in the 4 . The teacher was handing back our 5 exam papers. I had done very badly. I was never good at 6 maths problems. I felt so 7 that I wouldn't speak to anyone. At lunchtime, I stayed in the classroom alone. Suddenly, I heard a 8 . It was Vanilla. " You look very unhappy, " she said quietly. " What's wrong?"I looked at her for a while, but said 9 . I knew Vanilla had got a good grade in the exam. I thought she was 10 me. I stayed silent, but Vanilla didn't go away. She kept asking me questions, " Is it because of the exam? Do you want me to tell you the right 11 ?"I looked away from her. When I looked up again, Vanilla had gone. And so had my exam paper! I didn't know what to do. I looked for my paper everywhere, but couldn't find 12 . 

In the afternoon, Vanilla came up to my desk and gave my exam paper 13 to me. I looked at it and got a big surprise. Vanilla had written the correct answers next to every one of my mistakes. How 14 she was! My face turned red. I held her hands and said, "Thank you." That afternoon, 15 Vanilla and I were on the way home, I felt quite happy and thanked her again. We are still best friends. 

Angel and Pat are sisters. They were born on the same dry. Angel is twelve years old and Pat is eight years old. There {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a supermarket near their house. They often go shopping there. They like {#blank#}2{#/blank#}food. Pat likes salty (咸的). Angel likes sweet food.  Today is their birthday. Their parents want to give them a meal {#blank#}3{#/blank#}their birthday. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} here is the problem. The two {#blank#}5{#/blank#} like different food. Pat would like to eat salty fish. Angel {#blank#}6{#/blank#}to eat a cake. Pat asks her mother {#blank#}7{#/blank#}they can't get both things. "Because they are expensive and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}don't have enough money. "their mother says. After hearing this, Angel tells her mother to buy the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Their parents are happy about that. Pat thanks her sister {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. Then they take a bus to the shop.