School started again, and soon the ink(墨水)in Tom's spelling book was found. Tom said he hadn't split the ink, but that made it look as if he were lying. Becky almost said Alfred Temple had done it, but she kept quiet. She thought that Tom would tell the teacher about her tearing(撕)his book, so she didn't save him. Mr Dobbins beat him and then Tom went back to his seat。

After an hour Mr Dobbins unlocked his desk and took out his book, Tom looked over at Becky. She looked like a hunted and helpless rabbit. The next moment the master faced the children. There was a long silence, then he spoke, "Who tore this book?"

There wasn't a sound. The teacher searched their faces.

"Benjamin Rogers, did you do it?"

Benjamin said no.

"Joseph Harper, did you?"

Joseph also said no. Dobbins looked at the rows of boys, thought for a moment, then turned to the girls.

"Amy Lawrence?"

A shake of the head.

"Gracie Miller?"

The same sign.

Becky was next. Tom was shaking from head to foot.

"Rebecca Thatcher?"—(Tom looked at her face; it was white with terror)— "did you tear?—no, look at my face—did you tear this book?"

Tom jumped to his feet and shouted, "I did it!"

The children stared(盯着) in surprise at his foolish act.

And when he stepped forward for his punishment, he saw the surprise, the thanks, and the love that came from Becky's eyes.This was enough for one hundred beatings. And he didn't even mind staying for two hours after school, because he knew that Becky was waiting for him outside.

Tom went to bed that night planning some actions on Alfred Temple, for Becky had told him everything. And he fell asleep with Becky's last words to him in his ear, "Tom, you are so great!"

A young man named Mark lived with his father, a wise old man. One day, Mark told his father {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (sad) that he made little progress in learning the guitar, although he had tried hard. Mark asked his father {#blank#}2{#/blank#}some help.

"Follow me, and I {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lead) you to the high hills around our village tomorrow,"said his father. Then, they set out. The road was long and difficult, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Mark still followed his father. As they got higher, the father said that he wanted to go to the top of the highest hill where he had never been. Mark was surprised but decided {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(help) his father. With great difficulty, Mark helped his father climb the hill. Finally, they got to the top.

"When you were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} little boy,sometimes the elder children laughed at you. Do you remember why?" said his father.

Mark nodded. He remembered that as a child, he and all his {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(friend) called this hill Mount Impossible, because small children couldn't reach its top.

"And today,"said his father,"you not only climbed here, but also helped {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(I) to get here."

"I became bigger and stronger than before,"said Mark.

"Instead of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (climb) Mount Impossible every day, you played on the smaller hills and became {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (good) at climbing,"said his father. "It became possible for you to climb Mount Impossible while you weren't even thinking about it."

To Borrow Arrows with Thatched Boats

One day, Zhou Yu ordered Zhuge Liang to make 100,000 arrows（箭）in ten days. Zhou Yu thought it was impossible, but Zhuge Liang said, "Give me three days." Then he asked Lu Su to lend him 20 boats, and the soldiers put some scarecrows（稻草人）in line on the boats. He reminded Lu Su not to tell Zhou Yu what was happening. 

When Lu Su came again to see Zhuge Liang, he found nothing unusual. Nothing happened on the second day, either. In the small hours（凌晨）of the third day, Zhuge Liang invited Lu Su for a boat ride. The 20 boats were tied together with strong ropes. Zhuge's fleet went towards the camp of Cao Cao. The surface of the river was covered with thick mist（雾）all over. People could hardly see each other on the river. When Zhuge's fleet got close to the Cao camp before dawn（黎明）, Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to shout and beat drums heavily to pretend an attack. But Zhuge and Lu Su only sat inside one boat drinking wine to enjoy themselves. 

As soon as the Cao camp heard the shouting and drum beating, they mistook it for a surprise attack by the Zhou Yu camp. Since they could see nobody on the river, they had to order 3,000 soldiers to shoot arrows to stop the unexpected attack. The front of the scarecrows was quickly full of arrows. After a while, Zhuge Liang had his fleet turned around to get the other side of the scarecrows to face the Cao camp. When both sides were full of arrows, the day broke. Zhuge Liang ordered his soldiers to return. The soldiers shouted in excitement, "Thank you, Cao Cao, for your arrows." After they got back to their camp, they collected more than 100,000 arrows in total from the scarecrows.

Near the end of this summer vacation, I was very1 to get chickenpox (水痘). I wasn't well2 the new school year started.

I didn't want to3 behind(后面) in my studies, so I decided to go to school. But every day I had to go back home to take medicine and to have an herbal (药草的) bath. During those days, my mother4 me to school at 6:30 in the morning, and picked me up to go home at 9:25 in the evening.

Every time she met me, her first5 were, "Are you feeling better now?" Every time I left for school, her last words were, "Do not eat spicy (辣的) food at school." She6 the medicine well before I went back home and she cooked delicious dishes for me, even though(尽管) she had a lot of other work to do at the same time.

I will never7 one thing she did for me. The doctor thought I should use traditional(传统的) Chinese medicine, but one of the herbs could not be bought in drugstores (药房). So my mother decided to8 it in the mountains. However, my hometown, Dongguan, is a city without any mountains! But she didn't give up, and went to the far mountains in the neighboring city every few days! Once, the herb hurt her hand when she was picking it.

9 my mother's care, I became well quickly. It was my mother's love that helped me become well. Yes, mother's love is the best10 .

Last Friday, after doing all the family shopping in the town, I felt really 1 . So I wanted to have a rest 2 catching the rain. I3 a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station4 shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to sit at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, put the newspaper and the chocolate on the 5 and then went to get a cup of coffee. 

When I came back with the coffee, there was 6 sitting in the next seat. It was a boy, with dark glasses and old clothes, and colored bright red at the front. To my surprise, he had started to eat my chocolate!

I was quite uneasy(不爽的) about him, but I didn't want to have any trouble. I just read the newspaper, 7 my coffee and took a piece of chocolate. The boy looked at me in 8 . Then he took a second piece of my chocolate. I could hardly believe it. But I still didn't say 9 to him. When he took a 10 piece, I felt more angry than uneasy. I thought, "Well, I shall have the last piece. " And I got it. 

The boy gave me a strange look, then stood up. As he left, he shouted out aloud, "There's something wrong with that woman!" 11 looked at me, but I didn't want to quarrel with the boy, so I kept 12 . I did not realize(意识到) that I had made a mistake until I finished my coffee and planned to 13 . My face turned 14 when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was15 !

19- year- old George is armless. But he doesn't let that stop him from {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(share) his interests with the world. 

Born without arms, the young boy's birth parents left him. Luckily, a couple {#blank#}2{#/blank#} is warm-hearted took him home. They took good care {#blank#}3{#/blank#} him. However, his new parents never allowed him to use his disability as{#blank#}4{#/blank#} excuse to be lazy. When George turned eight, they asked him {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(have) cello(大提琴) lessons. 

The musical instrument is hard even for people {#blank#}6{#/blank#} use both their hands. So it was even {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (difficult) for George. He had to learn to play it with his {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (foot). 

Thanks to his music teacher, the young boy not only learnt the cello, but also realised that he had a talent for music. During middle school, he also learnt to play the piano {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the guitar. 

His music talent {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (catch) the eye of an American rock band and they invited him to play with them at a ten- day- long music festival.