I was doing some last-minute Christmas shopping in a toy store. A nicely dressed little girl was 1 the teddy bears beside her father 2 she saw a little boy walk in and stop in front of the Pokemon toys. His jacket was obviously too small. He had money in his hand. However, it looked no more than five dollars at most. He was with his father, and kept picking up the Pokemon video games. Each time he showed 3 to his father, his father shook his head, "No".

    Rather disappointed, the boy gave up the video games and chose a book of stickers 4. After they walked away, the little girl ran over to the Pokemon video games. She excitedly picked up one 5 on top of the others, and ran toward the check-out. I picked up my purchases（购买物）and 6 the girl and her father.

    Then, much to the little girl's satisfactory（满意）, the little boy and his father got in line 7 her and me. After the video was paid for and bagged, the little girl handed it back to the cashier（收银员）and said something to her in a low voice. The cashier smiled and put the 8 under the counter（柜台）. I was putting things in my bag when the little boy came up to the cashier. The cashier said, "Congratulations, you're my hundredth customer today, and you win a prize!" and she handed the boy the Pokemon game. The boy could hardly believe his ears. It was, he said, 9 what he had wanted! The little girl and her father had been standing at the doorway, and I saw the biggest and prettiest smile on that little girl I have seen in my life.

    I suddenly understood that the world is not 10 into the strong who care and the weak who are cared for. We must each in turn care and be cared.

    Bill andCathy wanted to go on a holiday. They chose a place called Maldives (马尔代夫). And they decided to1therefor two weeks in spring, because they heard that the weather there would beperfect at that time. They worked very hard for several2.Finally, they made enough money for their dream3.But their trip was more like a nightmare (噩梦)!

    Theproblem4when the flight was put off because ofbad weather. They couldn't leave5night. They finally goton the plane twelve hours later! But they6fly to Maldives becausethere was a storm. They had to fly to the capital city7.There they stayed in a small hotel8the airport.

    The hotelwas next to the sea, but the sea was9dirty that they couldn'tswim in it. And the hotel swimming pool was full of leaves! The food was awful10.For breakfast there was11bread and milk! The worst part was whenthe storm came, they felt really12. Because of the bad weather,they had to stay for13night in the small hotel. And they had14todo. It was so boring. Finally, they15in Maldives three dayslater. And someone told them the weather there had been wonderful all the time!

When I was a student in the middle school, I was a shy girl. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(尤其) when the teacher asked me to speak in front of the class, I was so afraid of making {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (错误). That's why I lost lots of {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(机会) to show myself and I was not very happy. What a {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(遗憾)! But in fact, I was not a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(粗心的) girl and I always try to do everything right. But now, I'm a student in the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(大学), so I'm {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(改善) myself. I meet a good teacher Ms. Huang. She always {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (建议） us to tell stories or show our ideas in class. It is very great, so I decide to speak more often than {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(通常的). I believe that I will be more {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（自信的）in the future. 

Old wives' tales are pieces of advice that are supposed to solve common problems such as the medical ones or some problems at home. They are usually passed down through talking，and there are only a few having been written down. Some of them sound ridiculous and have no scientific meaning at all，just like jokes，while others are more reasonable，which are realized to be true. 

Often，old wives' tales take the form of warnings and are a way to prevent poor behavior in children. For example， "Eating candy before bedtime brings you bad dreams" is a common old wives' tale that was probably thought up to stop children from eating too many unhealthy snacks. Similarly， "If you've been lying，your nose will be longer" is a trick trying to get naughty children to tell the truth. 

Other old wives' tales want to give advice about how to keep away from illnesses. "If you go outside with wet hair，you'll catch a cold" is an old wives' tale that's still commonly heard today. However，colds are not caused by cold weather or wet hair. Instead，they are caused by viruses （病毒）. 

"Feed a cold，starve a fever" means that you should eat plenty of food when you have a cold，but not eat when you have a fever. This piece probably comes from the fact that people with a fever usually lose their appetite （胃口） anyway. Medical science has found that the body stops eating much when you have a fever because little food makes your immune system （免疫系统） fight bacterial infections （细菌感染），while eating a little more makes your immune system fight against viruses，like colds. 

There are hundreds of old wives' tales. Although there may be truth in a few of them，if you bear one，it's best not to take it too seriously. 

Frank is my good friend. He is kind and loves animals. One day, he sees a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} cat sitting at his door. The cat {#blank#}2{#/blank#} sad (伤心的) and hungry. Frank thinks it must be lost. He decides (决定) to help the cat find {#blank#}3{#/blank#} home. 

He calls the Lost and Found office. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} they say no one loses a cat. Then he asks his friends next door. And they say they don't {#blank#}5{#/blank#} their cats, either. He wants to ask his parents for help so he brings it home. However, they're not {#blank#}6{#/blank#} home. He has to put it in a box and gives it some {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to eat. That night, Frank can't sleep {#blank#}8{#/blank#} because he keeps thinking about the cat. 

The next morning, he has an idea! He puts up Lost and Found notices (启事) in his neighborhood. In {#blank#}9{#/blank#} afternoon, a girl named Anna calls Frank and tells him that it is her cat. She also says {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to him. Frank is very glad that the cat can go back home.