I was small for my age. I was shy and sometimes it was hard for me to make friends with others. However, learning came fairly (相当地) easy for me. I was the best in most of my classes, but PE class was my nightmare (噩梦) and made me feel that I was not as good as the others. Miss Forsythe was our PE teacher. She was young and energetic. Everyone liked her. She said that we all had to come to her classes. No one could hide from Miss Forsythe!

    One day she told me that she wanted me to play a game with another girl in a PE show. I was rather worried that I wouldn't do a good job as she explained her idea, but she was excited. With her encouragement, I had no choice but to agree.

    It was a "boy meets girl" game. I played the boy and my classmate, Margaret Ann. played the girl. We were dressed in evening clothes and danced around the floor. According to Miss Forsythe. I had to pick up Margaret Ann when we finished the dance. Since I was not strong enough to pick the tallest girl up, it was she who picked me up. I suddenly felt ten feet tall! It was a huge success and everybody applauded (鼓掌) for our excellent performance. What a wonderful ending! Afterwards. I smiled confidently. Miss Forsythe's understanding and willingness to create a place for me in her show (which certainly did not need me) gave me some much needed confidence. She was and always will be my favorite teacher.

    As more information comes out about 10-year-old Cindy Smith's death(死亡), worries about amusement park safety(游乐场安全性) grow.

Cindy is not the first child who died on an amusement park ride. 25 years ago, the mother of a 14-year-old girl waited to pick up her daughter outside Worlds of Fun. Laura Barry never saw her daughter Rosie alive again.

"My heart goes out to the Smith family more than they can ever possibly know," said Barry. She is one of the few people who truly know the hurt that family is feeling.

In 1995, Rosie's mom said that something went wrong on the Timber Wolf the night Rosie died. Police found no evidence(证据). Two men told the police that they saw Rosie standing before she fell out of the car.

"I couldn't believe that such a thing could happen still and again," said Barry. She believes Rosie's death should have been a wakeup call for amusement park safety.

She finds that not much has changed in the past years. Amusement parks race to build bigger, taller, faster rides. In her opinion, amusement parks just try to bring in visitors and give them the idea that riding is good, safe and fun. She believes that parks should have put safety first.

There is no exact number of amusement park deaths each year. It is quite low according to some websites. But Barry doesn't accept that. "My daughter was the only person that had ever been killed at Worlds of Fun in all of the years, among all of the thousands and thousands of people that went there. The number doesn't mean anything, you know, because when your child is the one, that's one too many," she said.

A barking (吠)dog does not bite (咬)

Tom is a little boy of eight. His father is a doctor. He works in a hospital. He is often very busy (忙).{#blank#}1{#/blank#} After dinner, he says to Tom, "Tom, it's a nice evening. Put on your cap and coat.{#blank#}2{#/blank#}."

Tom is very glad.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} He puts on his cap and coat and says, "Dad, I am ready." Then Tom and his father go out to the park. Suddenly, they see a big, black dog.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Tom is very afraid (害怕) of the dog. He wants to run home. His father, says, "{#blank#}5{#/blank#} Don't you know the proverb (谚语), ‘A barking dog doesn't bite'?"

"Oh, yes! Dad," says Tom. "I know the proverb, you know the proverb, but does the dog know the proverb?"

One day, Zhou Yu ordered Zhuge Liang to make 100,000 arrows(箭) in ten days." Give me three days," said Zhuge. Zhou thought Zhuge was {#blank#}1{#/blank#}( trouble) himself. He told his soldiers not to provide things {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Zhuge. Zhuge asked Lu Su to lend {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( he) twenty boats full of scarecrows(稻草人) with thirty soldiers in each.

In the early morning of the {#blank#}4{#/blank#}( three) day, Zhuge ordered that the twenty boats should be tied together. He asked Lu for {#blank#}5{#/blank#} boat ride and then headed for Cao Cao's camp. When the boats got much {#blank#}6{#/blank#}( close) to the camp, Zhuge let his soldiers shout out {#blank#}7{#/blank#} they were beating the drums.

Cao Cao heard their sounds and ordered," Shoot arrows at them as quickly as possible." Soon, the scarecrows on both {#blank#}8{#/blank#}( side) of the boats were full of arrows. When the day broke, with {#blank#}9{#/blank#}( excite), Zhuge and his soldiers rowed back to their camp. They collected more than100,000 arrows.

This story teaches us about the importance of teamwork and encourages us {#blank#}10{#/blank#}( use) our heads to face challenges creatively.

A: Hello, Lingling. Long time no see. How was your winter holiday?

B: {#blank#}1{#/blank#} I had a goodtime in Harbin. 

A: How did you get there, by train or by plane? 

B: {#blank#}2{#/blank#} It's much faster than by train.

A: {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

B: I went there with my cousins.

A: {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

B: Yes, I did. My cousins took quite a few photos of me when I skating. 

A: Can I have a look at them? 

B: {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

I'm Mike. This is my room. A bed, a desk, a chair, a sofa and a TV are in my room. A green quilt(被子)is on the bed. I like the colour green. My desk is green, too. And my blue schoolbag is on it. My white jacket is on the chair. And a ball is under the chair. What's that on the sofa? It's an English-Chinese dictionary. It's my sister's. The TV is nice. It is from my grandfather. I like watching TV on the sofa.