Monty was the son of a horse trainer. When he was in his ninth grade, he was asked to write a  1  about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.

That night he wrote a seven-page paper saying that someday he'd 2 a horse ranch (牧场). He wrote about his dream and he 3 drew a picture of a 200-acre(英里) ranch with all the buildings.

    He put his  4  into the project and the next day he handed it in 5  his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a  6  that read, “See me after class. ”

    The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked, “ 7  did I receive an F? ”

    The teacher said, “That is an  8  dream for a young boy like you. You come from a poor family. Owning a horse ranch needs a lot of  9  . You have to buy the land. You have to pay for other things. There is no  10  you could ever do it. ” Then the teacher added, “  11  you rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal(更现实的目标), I will make your grade better. ”

    The boy went home and thought about  12  long and hard. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important  13  for you. ”

Finally, after sitting with it for a week, the boy turned in the 14paper, making no changes at all. He said to the teacher, “You can keep the F and I'll keep my 15 . ”

    Mr．and Mrs．Black want to go to Beijing．But their dog Bobby1go there with them.So they2him in a pet shop．

    Mr．and Mrs．Black get back home3Beijing very late at night on Sunday,4they leave Bobby at shop.On Monday morning，Mr.Black5dog back in his car．When he gets home，he says to his wife，“Bobby is barking(吠叫)all the time．I think he wants to6me something．Doesn't he like the7or doesn't he feel well?”

    Mrs．Black8 the dog carefully(仔细地)and then says.“You're9 ． He wants to tell you something．He wants to tell10that he isn't Bobby．”

    The word "sandwich" is an English word. Sandwich was an English 1.He lived in England about two hundred years ago. Sandwich had much 2.He was very rich(富有的).But he liked 3cards very much. He often played 4day and night.5day he played for twenty-four hours without stopping. He did not 6the card table to eat. He asked his servant(仆人) to7him some meat and 8.So he put some meat between two pieces of bread. He did not want to stop playing cards 9he ate. From the name of this man, Sandwich, we have the word “sandwich” 10.

    When I visit the Science Museum, I go to the Launchpad. This is my favourite room 1 you can do physics experiments. For example, if you want to fill a bag with 2 sand, you have to move a kind of truck on wheels into the correct position. I also go to the Rocket Show. You can learn how we travel 3 space and back again.

    Then I go upstairs to the Hmnan and Nature Room. You can 4 your speed with animals there. You hear a noise and push a button. If you aren't fast 5 , the lion catches you! I'm faster 6 all my friends, but the lion still catches me.

    There are also rooms on transport, the environment and space technology,7maths, physics and chemistry.

    You can do a lot of things in this museum, but you have to obey some rules as well. For example, you mustn't take photos of the 8in the museum. But you can buy postcards of them in the museum shops.   9, the Science Museum is free. That means you can drop in for a few minutes or you can stay as long as you like--it's open every day, from 10 am to 6 pm. So if you ever go to London, 10you visit the Science Museum. It's my favourite museum in the whole world.

    A poor young man named Liang lived in a small Chinese town. One night, an old man visited Liang in a dream. He gave Liang a brush.

    "Use this magic brush to help the 1." he said," but don't use it to help people who are rich and greedy (贪婪地), or the skill will leave your 2 and you will never paint again."

    When Liang3, he found the brush lying on the table by his bed. He painted a butterfly and was 4 to see it fly off the paper.

    Liang went out of his house and started to paint for the people in need. He painted food for 5 people and clothes for the people who were cold.

    However, a rich man heard about the brush and asked Liang to paint some gold for him but Liang didn't 6.

    "If you don't paint for me, I'll cut your fingers off," the rich man said, "Then you will never 7again."

    So Liang painted an island of 8 in the middle of a blue sea.

    "How will I 9the island?" asked the rich man. Liang painted a boat for the rich man, who got in it and went on his way toward the island.

    But when the rich man was halfway there, Liang painted a 10 in one side of the boat. The boat sank into the water and nobody ever saw him again.