Do you know Mickey Mouse? You can see1 in many cartoons(动画片). He has two big black2. He always wears red shorts and white gloves. He was born 3November 18^th, 1928. His father is Walt Disney. His4is Lilian Disney. At first, they call the small mouse Mortimer Mouse.5 Walt Disney's wife, Lilian Disney, doesn't like it. So it's lucky for him to get a6name Mickey Mouse.

    Steamboat Willie is his first cartoon with 7and music. You may ask 8so many people like Mickey. There are9reasons(原因). The first one is that Mickey is10a man. He always faces some dangers(危险) by himself. The second one is that Mickey 11so much fun. People like to see the 12man win(赢). Most of them13to be like Mickey.

    Now Mickey lives in Disneyland with his14, Minnie. They think meeting a lot of people in the park is a(an)15 thing. They feel happy every day.

    Many people don't like to stay at home on holidays. They want to go out to see something 1 or do something exciting. People from the countryside go to the 2, and people from the city go to the countryside for holidays. During the holidays, trains, buses and planes are all very busy. It is very 3 to buy train tickets or air tickets. Many people 4 cars or buses for travelling.

    Last National Day, my family went to the countryside by car for our 5. There was too much traffic on the road. We had to move very 6. It took us about an hour to get out of the town. After some time, we 7 to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought that was a good place for a 8, so we stopped and 9 the food, fruits and drinks out of the car. We sat down and began to eat. Suddenly, a strong wind came and soon it started to 10. We all got wet. We had to run back to our car and had our picnic in the car. Then we drove home. What a bad trip we had!

    One hot afternoon, a poor farmer was digging his field. Suddenly, his spade (铲) hit something. It was a big metal1which was big enough to boil rice for more than one hundred people. "It does not seem to be of any use to me. I will dig2. Maybe I will find something else," thought the farmer. He3to dig.

    Feeling tired, he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to4. When he got up to leave, he could not5his eyes. There were one hundred spades in the pot. What a6pot!

    After that, he put a7into the pot. Then he found one hundred mangoes in the pot.8 that pot, he became a rich man. The King came to know of the pot,9he was very greedy (贪婪的). “I want to find out the10of the magical pot. If it is valuable, it should be11, " the King thought. So, at once, he ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot.

    The King12the pot and did not know what to do. He thought, "Let me see what is inside this pot that makes this pot so magical?" He slipped (滑) and13inside the pot. After climbing up out of the magical pot, he was14to find that there were one hundred Kings.

    All the Kings then15among themselves and died. This magical pot has killed the King himself!

    Tom was a college student. He often made excuses not to attend classes. Also, he spent much of his free time 1 computer games. He never went to the library 2.

    How time flew! At the end of the term, there was 3important event that he was afraid of—the final exam. "What should I do？" Tom walked up and down in the room the day before the exam .He was 4. Suddenly he thought of 5 idea.

    The next morning, Tom went into the exam room very early. He found a young man 6 looked so confident and took a seat next to him. "Hey you！" Tom greeted ."What？" the young man asked.

    " Can you do me a favor？" Tom begged(恳求)."Please let me 7your paper during the exam. I have to depend on you！" When hearing his words, the young man just smiled but said 8.

    When the bell rang, the young man 9 immediately and came to the front, saying, "It is time for the final exam! Now I will hand out the papers to all of you and collect them 10 an hour."

    Tom sat there with his mouth wide open.

    When I was 19 years old, I worked in a doctor's office as a medical assistant. I was shy and didn't 1  myself, so I  2 talked with others.  I was uncertain about my future.

    I met a doctor there and became good friends with him. He 3 me to believe in myself and asked me to learn to communicate with others. He helped me accept 4 , and then he encouraged me to5 one or two college classes. I did as what he told me and did very well.

    One day, he asked me where I wanted to go ten years later and 61 wanted my life to be like. I hadn't thought about this before that day. That night I 7 thought about the two questions. It was he that made me 8a different world.

    Later, I went to college and realized my9was to be accepted into a physician assistant training program. Unluckily, it was very 10and I couldn't afford it, I wanted to 11. When my dream was about to slip away, this wonderful man took me out one evening into a bar, bought me a bottle of beer, and offered to help me pay for my college education. He did it 12 asking for anything in return.

    A few years later, I asked him why he helped me. He said," 13 I knew you could be more than what you were, and because once, when I wasn't sure whether I could succeed and didn't have the money for school, 14 helped me."

    After hearing his words, I was shocked. I said, "Thank you, Joe! I will 15 the love to others!"