Mark Twain was a famous American writer. One day he went to a city by train. He was a busy man. He usually 1 something. When he was in the train, the conductor asked him for his 2. Mark Twain looked for it here and there, but he could not find it. The conductor knew Mark Twain. She said, “If you can't find it, it doesn't matter.” “Oh, but it does,” said Mark Twain. “I must find it. If I can't find it, how can I 3 where I'm going?” Another day, he went to Dijon by train. He was very 4 and wanted to sleep. He asked the conductor to wake him up before the train 5 Dijon. But first he explained that he was a heavy sleeper. “I would probably protest (抗议）6 when you try to wake me up. But do not 7. Just put me off the train anyway.” Then Mark Twain went to sleep. By the time he woke up, the train had already been in Paris. He 8 that the conductor had forgotten his words. He was very 9. He ran up to the conductor and began 10 him, “I never was so angry in all my life.” The conductor looked hard at him and said “I just put a man off the train at Dijon. You were not half as angry as him!”

    Hello, my name is Zhang Dan. I live in 1 small village in Yunnan. The 2 here is great. It isn't too hot in summer. And it isn't too cold in winter , 3. It's always sunny. I 4 living here . The village is a 5  place, so many people come to 6 it every year. There is a 7 in my village and the water in it is very 8. And I often drink it.

    I'm walking in the village now. Look! A woman is taking a photo 9 a little girl. Two boys are reading books. Who is 10 in the square (广场)? Oh, it's Wang Fang. She dances well. The life here is very relaxing, isn't it?

    Susan had long blonde hair and big blue eyes.So did most of the other1in her school class，which troubled her a lot.“I look like everyone else！I'm not special！I'm bored！”Susan2to her mother.

    She decided to try to make herself look3She painted big pink spots on her neck and when she didn't get attention，she stuck a long plastic nose on top of her real nose.Nobody noticed that，4.She took ink(墨水)and poured it all over her5.She wore clown(小丑)clothes to school and stuck leaves in her ears.6no matter what she did，she still didn't get any7and nobody thought she was special.

    One morning her8went to wake her up and told her to get ready for school.She made Susan9the ink out of her hair and clean her neck.“I'm not going to school10！I'm bored！”She buried(埋葬)her head11the quilt and cried.

    “Susan，”her mother said，“you are different.You are unique(独一无二)and special.12in the world looks just like you.Some people have blonde hair like you and some have blue eyes like you，but none of them has your smile or the twinkle in your eyes or your pink face.Nobody laughs like you，either.Now13and get ready for school.”

    Susan went to school that day and looked at all the other kids in her class.“Mom was14.Nobody looks just like me.”Susan said.“I am special.I am unique and I am not15！”

    In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the filmmaker Walt Disney. He had a(n) 1 voice and he wanted to work in Disney s cartoon film for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said, "Stop! That's our 2!"

    The duck was the famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film The Wise Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and 3 his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he became a star after an eight-minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him because he was 4 and greedy (贪婪的) and he lost his temper (发脾气) very quickly. And they loved his 5 when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews. Soon Donald was more 6 than Mickey himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody like Mickey.

    In the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto 7 hundreds of Disney cartoons. He also made educational films about the place of the USA, and 8 in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice 9 —there were no more new cartoons.

    Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today's children can still see the old cartoons on 10 and hear that famous voice.

    You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an 1 girl. And now she 2 very rich woman already.

    When she was a child, she was poor. Once her friend Joan 3 her to a birthday party. She was very 4 but sad because she had not enough money 5 presents for her.

    "The party is coming soon. Now I have 6 money." tears ran down her face.

    Late that night, she was in bed, thinking about the presents when the door opened and came in her grandma. "What happened?" her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, "Don't 7. I think I can help you. How about 8 song together? Happy birthday to …" 9 beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly, she woke up. 10 it was a dream, she decided to write it down at once and sang it to 11 friend at the party.

    When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends 12attended the party were very happy. "How 13 she sings! We have never heard such a song before. Thank you 14 giving me the special present," said Joan. And they learnt to sing 15 song together. Later, the girl became well known in America.

    It's 8:00. My 1 are in the room. My parents are on the sofa. My 2 is on the chair. His name is 3. He is my father's brother. His jacket is 4 and he looks cool. Bill is drawing on the floor. He is my 5, Uncle John's son. The man in black in his picture is his father. Lucy and I 6on the bed. Lucy is Uncle John's daughter. She is my cousin, too. Alice is 7 the table. She is my aunt. She is 8 mother. Look! A white 9 is under the bed. Oh, it's not a hat. It's a cat and 10 name is Mimi.