He put on his new shoes.

    Mr. King was the owner of a large company. One day, he went into his office early in themorning to get ready to go to the airport and set out for a city.

    He was leaving his office when Bill, a night watchman, came in Bill just came off work(下班).

    After saying “Good morning” to Mr. King, Bill told the owner about his bad dream. Last night he dreamed Mr. King's plane crashed after it took off. Mr. King was surprised to hear this. He decided to go by land.

    Bill's dream came true. That morning the plane really crashed just after it had taken off. Later Mr. King returned to his office and heard the accident. To express his thanks, Mr. King gave Bill 5,000 dollars with a letter. Mr. King told Bill that a man like him should be sent away. Bill was surprised and asked, ”Why?” Mr. King said,” Go home and read the letter, and you will know why.”

    Bill went home and opened the letter in a hurry. After he read it, he became sad. In the letter there is only one sentence. But it was enough to tell the reason.

根据短文回答问题

Dear Han Mei,

      Thank you for your letter. I    China very much. And I    to go to China with my parents. We want  Beijing. I know something  China from your letters. . I don't know much about Chinese food. Could you tell     something about it?
I like    and fish very much. You tell me you  eat rice, vegetables and chicken.   And your   food is jioazi. What kind of food     drink can I have in China? Please tell me.

—My mother made it________.

Nowadays there are different ideas about competition. Some value it highly, believing that it is good for social development. However, others say that competition is bad and that it leads to unfriendly relationship between people.

I have taught many children. For them, playing well and winning are often life-and-death events. In their mind what they really want is going for success, the development of many others qualities is sadly forgotten.

However, while some seem to be lost on the way to success, others take an opposite opinion. Many people are strongly against competition. Among them, most are young people who have suffered from such pressure from their parents. They seem to look for failure by not trying to win or achieve success. _______________, they always have an excuse: "I may have lost, but it doesn't matter because I really didn't try." They don't want to admit(承认) that if they have really tried and lost, they would mean more.

Clearly, this belief(信念) is the same as that of those who try to prove(证明) them salves. Both coms from the wrong belief that self-confidence depends on how wall one does by comparing with others. Both are afraid of not being valued. If such fear begins to be unimportant, we can have a better knowledge of competition.

They often outside.

—Maybe he ________ about something else while you were asking.

    Amy is a biologist working at a marine （海洋的） park. These kinds of parks provide fun and education for tens of thousands of people each year.

    Amy takes care of many animals in the park, but she also does important research. As she observes the animals that she looks after, she learns more about their needs and behavior. This information helps the animals in the park, but it can also be used to protect other members of the species（物种） in the wild.

    It's hard work to look after these animals. Their needs often change according to different hours of the day. So Amy must depend on her science knowledge and good number sense to help her make the right decisions all day long.

    Even though dolphins spend much of their time underwater, they are mammals. This means that they must come to the surface to take in air. Dolphins give birth to their young. They're not hatched from eggs. Just like all other mammals, mother dolphins must nurse, or feed milk to their babies.

    Amy and her team know this first﹣hand. One of their dolphins recently gave birth. A baby dolphin is not small, either. It was almost 1 meter long the day it was born. A big dolphin usually eats about 4% of its body weight in food every day. Amy knows that a mother dolphin that is nursing needs twice the food. So when the baby dolphin was born, Amy immediately doubled the mother's food every day.

What  do if you  any money?

    From Monday to Friday people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and 1 they are free and enjoy themselves. Some watch television or go to the movies, others 2sports. This is decided by their own.

    There are many different ways to spend times. It may be something from collecting stamps 3 making model planes. Some hobbies are very 4, but others don't cost anything at all. Some collections are worth 5 of money, others are valuable only to their owners.

    I know a man who has a coin collection worth several 6 dollars. A short time ago he bought a rare fifty-cent piece which 7 him $250! He was very happy about this collection and thought the price was all right. On 8 hand, my youngest brother collects match boxes. He has almost 600 kinds of them, but I wonder 9 they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are quite valuable. Nothing makes him happier than to find a new match box for his collection. That's what a hobby means, I think. It is something we 10 to do in our free time just for the fun of it. The value in dollars is not important, but the pleasure it gives us is.

    One evening, David ran to the house and said to his mother, "Mom, what do you 1 Jack? Bob tells me that Jack…"

    "My boy, does your 2 go through (经过) the three sieves (滤网) ?" his mother asked.

    "Sieves? What are 3 asked David.

    "Well, the first sieve is 4 true. Is your story true?" his mother asked.

    "I don't know, 5 Bob says…", David answered.

    "Well, 6 the second sieve — being good? Is your story good? "

    "No," David said.

    "Now the 7 sieve—being necessary (必要的) . Do you have to tell the story to 8 people?" his mother asked.

    "No, Mom. It's just a 9 thing, "said David.

    "Well, my boy," the mother said, " 10 it is not necessary, not good, and not true, let it go."