I like a lot of food, like rice, noodles, dumplings, porridge, hamburgers and so on. But my favorite 1is dumplings. Every Sunday, my mother2many dumplings for me. If she has3time to make dumplings, I'll go to the supermarket to 4some. Dumplings look5white boats. They taste delicious. 6my birthday every year, I usually make a lot of dumplings with my mother 7 I often ask some friends to eat them with me. There are different kinds of 8 in them. My friends9to eat them very much. Of all the food, l like dumplings10 .
More than 700 years ago, Scotland (苏格兰) was fighting with England. The King of England wanted to1Scotland. He had a strong army so it was2for the Scots to fight. They lost many times. King Robert of Scotland had to run from the English army.
One rainy day, King Robert lay in an old house. He thought that he was not good enough to be the king. He was so3that he didn't even see a spider (蜘蛛) near him. He4when he saw the spider climbing. It was trying to climb up to its web at the top of the house, but it fell down.
"How sad!" thought King Robert. "The spider is like me. It's not5enough." He watched while the spider climbed up again, It fell down a second time.
"Be careful, little spider, or you might die," he said. "Life is so hard. You'll never get back to your web. But the spider6again and again. King Robert watched while it7climbed back to its web. After an hour, the spider got to the web.
"You' re such a great8," he said. "If you can keep trying, I can too. I must keep on fighting. I won't let the English win." His9grew strong and they10the English army. Scotland was free.
Nobody knows if this is a true story. Many parents tell it to their children because they want them to keep trying.
Jimmy was five years old and lived with his parents, the Watsons, in Smithville, in the southern United States. He loved his big black1, Big Boy. Last week, in the early hours of the morning, a strong smell suddenly woke Big Boy up2 his sleep. The dog got up and walked into the kitchen. There the smell and the heat grew stronger. Big Boy could 3that something was wrong, very wrong. He barked(吠)and ran up to the second floor. He barked and barked at the door of Jimmy's room,4there was no answer. Then he ran to Mr and Mrs Watson's room. He barked again, more loudly, and tried to5 the door. Mr and Mrs Watson didn't wake up. Big Boy ran back to Jimmy's room. He made as much6as he could.
Finally, Jimmy came to the door and opened it. "Big Boy, what's wrong?" Jimmy said. Big Boy took Jimmy's 7 in his mouth and tried to pull him down to the first floor. "Big Boy, Big Boy, stop! Stop! What are you 8? Mum, Dad, come quickly! Help! Help!" Jimmy shouted loudly.
His parents ran out of their room. They understood that there was a fire. They 9picked Jimmy up and ran out of the house. Big Boy ran after them. Just then, the fire came all the way up to the top of the 10. Big Boy saved the family! He's a hero today in Smithville.
Dear Jenny,
How's it going? Are you busy with your study these days？
I've been back to school1nearly four weeks. I'm very glad to tell you that great2have taken place in our school this term. First of all, we're asked to" clear our plates" when having our meals and say3to wasting. Some of us used to order more than what we could eat. That was a big waste of food. Now we need to4the food we order. We should also stop wasting in some other ways. For example, we should turn off the lights when we5the classroom. And our school has opened up some fields for us to learn how to grow vegetables. Each class is given a small garden and our class has decided to grow some tomatoes and beans(豆类)in our6time. I think it is very interesting. Maybe I'll be able to7you some beans we've grown by ourselves next time! What's more, we have only two classes in the afternoon8we have more time for after-school activities. I'm one of the traffic safety volunteers in our school. After school, we take turns to go to the streets near our school and ask people to9the traffic rules.
I think we are having a different school life now! Please write back soon and tell10more about your school.
Yours,
Wang Wei
Once a king loved music so much that he searched the world for the best instrument.（One day. a magic man1the king a harp(竖琴).
The king took it to the palace, but2he played it, the harp sounded terrible. Many3people tried it. They agreed that the harp was4and the king had been fooled. The harp was thrown out as rubbish.
A poor little girl5found the harp, and even though she didn't know how6it, she decided to have a try. She played and played, the whole day through, for months and years. The music she produced was never perfect,7each time it sounded a little better.
Then one day, suddenly, the harp started to play the most beautiful music. It was in fact8magic harp, and could only be played well by someone who would put in the necessary effort.
The king heard the music from his window, and called the girl to the palace. When the king saw that she was playing the harp, he was filled9joy. At that moment he made the girl his own private10, giving her and her family lots of money.
