Mike is a factory worker. He works long hours every day. He is often very 1 after a day's work. His wife, Jenny, has no 2, so she stays at home to cook the meals. Every day he can have his dinner when he 3 home from his factory.

    One day, Mike came home very 4 because he was very busy in the factory. He was very 5 when he got home.

    He was not 6 when he found his dinner was not ready. He was very angry with his wife. He 7 at her, “I'm going out to eat in a 8.”

    “9 for five minutes," said his wife.

    "Why? Do you think that dinner will be ready in five minutes?" asked Mike.

    "Of course not," she answered. "But I 10 be ready to go with you in five minutes."

    I like fishing. Every Sunday I get up early and 1 a bike to a river.

    This morning my 2 wants to go with me after breakfast. We go by car first and then walk to the3. After we get there, we sit down and I start to 4. In two hours, I catch nothing.

    “All right, let 5 have a try.” she says. She 6six big fish in half an hour.“I'll go home and I'm going to cook them for 7You8take the bus home,” she says.

    I stay by the river but catch only an old shoe. I feel a little 9 with myself.10is the fisherman in the family? My wife or I?

    As a police artist, Joe Brown draws pictures of suspects (嫌疑犯) when people tell him about the 1 of each suspect. Then, the police put the pictures in newspapers and on television to help 2 the suspects.

    His job is interesting but not 3, because different people describe the same person differently and sometimes many people don't have good 4, especially the old. "The suspect is of medium height and young. He has long straight brown hair and big eye," an old woman says. Another woman says, "He's tall and thin with blonde hair. He's about thirty years old." In the end, the real 5 is a short heavy man and he has short brown hair.

    My name is Liu Na. I'm unhappy because I'm getting heavy. I'm sorry to say that I exercise 1 than once a week. I know it is not a2way of living for a 14-year old girl. But I really don't have much time to3. In fact, unlike other girls, I love4. I used to be a member of the swimming team and the5 team at school. I went 6 on Saturdays and played basketball after school on weekdays. 7 the sports teams last year, because I had to spend much more 8on my study. Now I have little time to play sports. I9 watch TV or play computer games, either.

    These days, my mother asks me to play sports with her. She 10 health is very important. I hope I can have time to exercise with her and lose weight(减肥).

    A man got a new car and he was very proud of it. One day, when he came back home, he saw his three-year-old son happily hitting the new car with a toy 1. He broke off the paint on the car. The man was so 2 that he ran to his son, took away his hammer (锤子) from him, and used the hammer to hit the boy's 3 as hard as he could for punishment. The poor boy cried 4 but his father didn't care at all.

    When the father calmed down, he took his son to the 5 as soon as he could. Although the doctor tried to save the broken bones, he had to 6 the fingers from both of the boy's hands in the end.

    When the boy 7 in the hospital and saw his hands, he innocently (天真地) said, "Daddy, I'm sorry about your car." Then he asked, "But when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father felt very sad and regretted this very much.

    Think about this story when someone steps (踩) 8 your feet and you want to argue (争吵) with him. Think first before you 9 your patience with someone. Cars can be broken, 10 bones and hurt feelings often can't. So always remember: excusing is greater than argument and think before you act!