My name is Sam. I joined a club called" passing help" last month: Now let me tell you why I joined it.

    One evening this May, on my way home my-old car broken down. It was 25 miles from my home.

    I wanted to get a ride, but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to bus stop nearby.

    After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman.

    She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.

    "When I reached the bus station, I got to know that the bus to your town couldn't come, so I returned here. I just can't leave you here," she said, "Get in my car and I will take you back to your home," "It is a long way." I said." Come on, sir," she said," Let's go."

    On the way she told me a story. A few days ago, there wasn't .gas(汽油) in her car. An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car.

    When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn't accept. "I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along. "She said.

Hansel and Gretel

Gretel heard their stepmother planning to kill her and her brother. But Hansel had a plan to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} himself and his sister. He went to get some white stones before he went to bed that night. The next day, the husband sent the children to the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}. Hansel {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the stones as they walked. Later that night, they could see the stones because of the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}moonlight/moon. The stones showed them the way home. After getting home, their{#blank#}5{#/blank#} told them to go to the forest again when they {#blank#}6{#/blank#} up. Hansel wanted to get more stones, but she did not let him go out. The next morning, the husband sent the children to the forest. Hansel had no stones, so he dropped {#blank#}7{#/blank#} of bread. But the birds ate them, so Hansel and Gretel were {#blank#}8{#/blank#} in the forest.  They walked {#blank#}9{#/blank#} they saw a house made of food. Hansel wanted to eat the house, but then they heard the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} of an old woman coming from the house.

This is a story about Goldilocks. One day, Goldilocks walked into the forest and {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (采; 摘) some flowers. There were so many flowers that she forgot the time.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (不久) Goldilocks found she was lost because it was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (黑暗的). She looked {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (围绕) her, and saw a little house. So she walked {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (朝……方向) it. After some time, she was in front of the door. Then she {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (敲) on the door, but there was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (没有人) in. She didn't think too much and {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(进入) the house. Then she {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(注意到) three bowls. She was very hungry and {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(吃完)all the food in a small bowl.

When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century, people had different ideas about their use. Some said that tea and coffee were harmful to humans and they could cause(引起) people to die.

In Sweden(瑞典), King Gustaf III decided to find out whether or not this was true. It happened that there were two brothers in prison at that time. They were twins and were almost alike in every way. They had both been sentenced to death(判处死刑). The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed to drink several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.

Both brothers lived many years without problems of any kind. At last, the brother who had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83, the other died a few years later.

Because of the experiment, tea and coffee got accepted(接受) and became popular as drink in Swe-den, and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.