It was a cold winter. An eight—year-old boy got a 1from his grandfather. It was a very lovely little turtle(海龟). The boy was so happy to2the little turtle. He wanted to play with it very much.  3the turtle retracted(缩回)its head and feet into its shell. The boy wanted the turtle to4 out of its shell, so he pocked(捅)the turtle with a stick. But it didn't5. The turtle just stayed inside its shell. They boy was very6.

    Grandfather saw that, and he said to the boy, "Don't do it in that way. I have a good idea. Let me help you. "Grandfather7the little turtle into his room and put it near a warm fireplace(壁炉). After a few minutes, the little turtle8warm and showed its head and feet.

    "Sometimes.  9 are like the little turtle, "Grandfather said, "So don't be so rude. Be kind and friendly10them."

       Charlotte's Web (《夏洛特的网》) is popular with readers of all ages. It is a story about two1: a little pig called Wilbur and a spider (蝴蛛) with the name of Charlotte.

       One day, the pig Wilbur is sold (卖) to a farmer. Wilbur has no 2 there, and other animals look down on (看不起) him. He is unhappy and sad. But his 3 turns around when he meets the spider Charlotte and Charlotte becomes a great friend to him.

       There is 4news for Wilbur. He is going to be killed. It seems that there is no 5 for him until Charlotte thinks of a clever plan to help him. She uses her web to write messages of praise (赞扬)about Wilbur. People in this town never 6 messages in a spider's web. So they think that the messages must come from God! Wilbur becomes 7 enough to go to a big game. He doesn't 8 the game, but the famous web makes sure that he will never be slaughtered. The sadness of the story is the spider Charlotte herself. Saving Wilbur makes her very 9. And after giving birth to her babies, she dies (死). When Wilbur thinks he will have no friends again, three young and small baby 10 come and become his new friends.

    Debbie is a very busy woman. She has ten children. Every morning she wakes up at 6: 00. The older children get up at 6: 30 and the younger children get up an hour later. After the older children leave for school at 8: 00, Debbie spends most of the day at home with her babies, cooking and cleaning. She doesn't have time to go out to work, but she doesn't mind. Debbie's husband Bob works in a bank. He doesn't enjoy it, but he makes lots of money. Debbie spends most of it on food and clothes for the children.

    Debbie likes the evening best. After dinner, she sits down in the living room and tells the children stories before they go to bed. She doesn't read from a book. She reads her own stories. Once the children are asleep, Debbie can relax. But she doesn't sit and watch TV with Bob. She writes stories in a notebook.

    Bob sent one of Debbies' stories to a competition and it won. The organizer of the competition said Debbie should become a writer, but Debbie wasn't sure. However, the children thought it was a great idea, so she decided to try. The children like elephants best, so Debbie wrote a story about them. One book company (公司) loved it and published (出版) it. People can now buy her book in shops.

Wu Yulu comes from a small village，and he loves inventing things. He is a common inventor. Since he was a child，he has been {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in making robots. He made his first minielectrical machine（小型电机） at the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} of 8. He worked on robots all day. Local villagers thought Wu Yulu was crazy. However，he never {#blank#}3{#/blank#}up his dream. He {#blank#}4{#/blank#} most of his time on robots with different skills and didn't care about other things. 

So far，he has created {#blank#}5{#/blank#} than sixty robots. Some do the dishes {#blank#}6{#/blank#}others pour water or serve food. "I will never stop making robots and I'm glad that I have kept on，" said Wu Yulu. "I was invited to an exhibition in Shijiazhuang with my robots {#blank#}7{#/blank#}2009. I am proud of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} I've invented，because my robots were on show with Shenzhou VIII. "

His son Wu Wangyang learnt from Wu Yulu，so he loves robots very much， {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. He is so crazy about robots that he always loses himself in {#blank#}10{#/blank#}inventions. In the future. he and his father Wu Yulu will surely invent more robots. 

 When we were little, my brother Gary and I were best friends. We did everything together and we had the same friends. When we 1 older, this changed so much. We did not talk and were different 2 each other. 

 When Gary was at school, he was a top student. He 3 had any problems in his classes. All of Gary's teachers liked 4 because he was so smart. However, school was 5 for me. I had lots of problems at school. 6 I had a hard time, the teachers were still strict7 me. They thought that I should do better because my brother was so smart. When I was in middle school, I played every sport I could. I really like sports——8 of them. I could not just sit and do9 . I had to be doing something at all times, but Gary never got into sports. He tried to 10 soccer at school, but he couldn't kick the ball well. My brother and I became so different. How could we be best friends again?

Susan is my cousin. She is my1 daughter. 

Susan's father and mother 2 doctors in a hospital. Her father is tall3 handsome. He works hard. He likes reading and he usually 4 different books at night before bed. Susan's mother spends much time 5 . She is kind to the patients(病人) in the hospital and they all like 6 . 

Susan's family has a big house. 7 a garden and six rooms. My grandparents live 8 them. They are old and they 9 work. They like gardening. On weekends, I often visit my grandparents and play 10 soccer with Susan. We have a great time.