On September 19, Alibaba went public (上市) on the New York Shock Exchange. It shows that Ma Yun does his business successfully. A short Chinese man seems(似乎) to be the tallest man in the world right now. Ma was an English teacher in the past. Now he becomes the richest man on the Chinese mainland.

    Ma was born in Hangzhou and grew up as a happy kid. At the age of twelve, he found that English was very interesting. Every morning he got up at 5 a.m., and then ran to a hotel near the West Lake. There he could communicate with foreign tourists in English. He did it for nine years.The experience(经验) made him become a fantastic English speaker and also opened his eyes to the wide world. In a 1995 trip to the US, he knew the Internet for the first time. Seeing the chance, Ma returned to China and set up a website without knowing much about computers. Four years later, Ma set up Alibaba in Hangzhou. People called him “Crazy Jack Ma”. But fifteen years later, Alibaba has developed into the world's largest e-commerce (电子商务) company.

    In North America, people are always in a hurry. Children have special lessons or sports activities after school. Parents often work late and don't get home until 7 or 8 o'clock at night. More than 50% of women work at full—time jobs, and many people do part—time work.

    When a family wants to eat a meal together, often(A) there isn't enough time to prepare the food.  That is why fast food is so popular in North America.(B) People spend about 40% of their money buying fast food.

    Fast food is the food ____(C)___ pizza, sandwiches or fried chicken. People can buy the food from a restaurant chain(连锁) like Pizza Hut, McDonald's or KFC. (D) Fast food saves work and time, but it is usually junk food.

    Fast food is popular in many countries. American fast food companies(公司) now have restaurants all over the world. But not everyone is happy about the spread(扩张)of North American fast food. Some people in Italy want to fight against(抵制) it . (E)They don't want any more fast food chains to open in their country. They also want to fight against the spread of fast food everywhere in the world.

A long time ago, there lived an old man. He raised the finest horses in all the land. His family was happy and he was rich in friends, too. 

One night, the man's prized horse, a big black horse, was lost. The old man was sad. Friends came to say how sorry they were. The old man said only, "Why wouldn't this be good luck?"

Months later, the villagers saw the black horse coming back, leading two white horses. The villagers were happy for the return of the old man's horse and the addition (增加) of two more. The old farmer thanked them for their happiness and said quietly for all to hear, "Could this be a disaster (灾祸)?"

The old man's only son loved horses, so it was natural for the old man to give his son the black horse. The old man began to teach his son to ride. Unluckily, the boy fell off the horse and broke his legs. No one knew if he could ever walk again. Everyone was sad, and came to tell the old man how sad they were. The old man just looked at them and said. "Why wouldn't this be a blessing (福气)?"

In a few weeks, the enemies invaded (侵略) the land. The king sent his soldiers to enlist (征募) one young man from each family to fight against the enemies. When they reached the old man's village, they took one son from each home. At the home of the old man, they found the disabled (残疾的) boy, and they did not take him. As a result, the son stayed away from the war and saved his life. 

When Zhu Yun bought her dogs five years ago, she spent nearly half of her money raising dogs each month. Every month, she spends nearly 7,000 yuan on pet food and snacks, pet clothing and taking her seven-year-old poodle (鬟毛狗) and five-year-old Yorkshire terrier (约克郡犬) on holidays. "I take them to go on a trip twice a month, and during each Spring Festival, I take them to Shanghai," said Zhu. She also pays some photographers to take photos of her pets. This costs her 3,000 yuan each time.

People like Zhu are making the pet market grow. Pet shops now sell things like food and water bowls. They also sell lifestyle things such as pet wine, pet milk tea and pet clothes. There are even some smart robots for dogs and cats. That's because people's ideas about pets change. Most people from the post-90s generation (90后) are from one-child families, so people feel lonely sometimes. For this reason, their pets are like their family members. This is why people like to spend more money on their pets today.

Hu Min had a dog when she studied in Australia. She said, "Years ago, my parents kept dogs to watch and protect their homes. But today, dogs don't play such a role (角色). They are like our family. Some even sleep in the same bed with their owners. I want to buy different kinds of things for my dog. I think my pet Taffee's life should be as colorful as mine."

Yesterday my parents were going to a coastal city for holiday so I drove them to the train station. On the way back home，the 1 was falling down from the dark﹣clouded sky. 

Suddenly，I saw an elderly man of a similar age to my father 2 toward the bus station. He walked with difficulty and he had no umbrella. I drove my car to his side and asked him 3 he was going. After knowing that he was going to the same town as I was，I offered him a 4 . He happily accepted and went into my car. 

We had a chat on the way and I learned he was 74 and going to the 5 to have an operation. Even worse，he 6 his driving license last month so he had to take a bus. Tears fell down his face 7 he told me he was afraid of the operation. As I dropped him off at the entrance to the hospital，I gave a new tie to express my 8 and encouragement to him. He was quite 9 and thanked me again and again. 

The rain 10 and the sun sh one brightly for some reason. I was happy that I was able to help him in some way. 

Going to the theater is not just about watching movies.It's also a good way to 1 and learn.When my friends and I sit in the dark theater，we are always lost in the movies.After watching them，we like to have a（n）2 about them.

Movies make us happy，and they also 3 us something important.Ten years ago，I went to the theater with my friends for the first time.We4 The Lion King（《狮子王》）.Simba is my favorite 5 .In the movie，Simba goes through many hard times and 6 king in the end.From the movie，I learned to face difficulties（困难） in my life.It is really a（n）7 movie.

After many years，I8 remember my first time watching a movie in the theater.Now，I often go to the theater with my friends or family.We watch 9 movies such as action movies，cartoons and comedies.For me，10 are wonderful places to have fun and learn something.