As Mrs. Thompson stood in front of her 5^th grade class on the first day of school, she told the children a ___  (1)  ____. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front, sitting sadly in his seat was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard. She found that the boy didn’t play__  (2)  ___ with the other children and his clothes were always dirty.

At the school, Mrs. Thompson had to review each child’s past records but she left Teddy’s for last. However, when she reviewed his file(档案), she was very ____  (3)  ____.

Teddy’s first grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is a bright and happy child. He does his work neatly and has good ___  (4)  ___. He is a joy to be around.”

   His second grade teacher wrote, “Teddy is an excellent student, liked by his classmates, ___  (5)  ___ he is troubled because his mother has a bad illness and life at home is a hard.”

   His third grade teacher wrote, “His mother’s death has been hard on him. He tries to___  (6)  ___but his father doesn’t show much interest in him. His home life will soon affect him if nothing is done to help him.”

Teddy’s fourth grade teacher wrote, “Teddy doesn’t talk to anyone and doesn’t show much interest in school. He doesn’t have many friends and sometimes sleeps in class.”

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself.

Mark lived in a village far away. One day he became very ill and everyone thought he would die soon. They sent for a doctor. Two days   (1)  the doctor came and looked over the sick man. The doctor asked for a pen and some paper to write down the name of the medicine. But there was no pen   (2)  paper in the village, because no one could write.

   The doctor   (3)  up a piece of burnt wood from the fire and wrote the name of the medicine on the   (4)  of the house. “Get the medicine for him,” he said, “and he will soon get well.” Mark’s family and friends did not know  (5)  to do. They could not read the strange words. Then a young man   (6)  an idea. He took off the door of the house, put it on his carriage(马车) and drove to the nearest hospital. He bought the medicine there, and Mark was soon well again.

Two reporters(记者), Rick and Peter, visited Brad’s new school. “We need some of you to be in the   (1)  .” they told the kids in Room 5. The kids started    (2)  “I’m beautiful, I should be in the photos!”and doing their hair. But Brad kept quiet. He   (3)    hecouldn’t be in the photos.

Brad was  (4)    . Kids always made jokes about how short he was. On the outside Brad always tried to smile at them, but inside he felt sad. “Time to take photos,” Peter said. “   (5)     do you want, Rick?” “I want three girls.” He picked(挑选) Angela,Bella,and Cathy.“And three boys.” He picked Henry, Fred and Brad. Brad could      (6)   believe it. Rick asked the  (7)     kids to stand in front of the library’s big picture. “I want all of you to kneel(跪在) in front of   (8)     , so it looks bigger.” Some kids    (9)    . Brad still gave a smile as he usually did. But Rick said, “I pick him    (10)     he has a big smile.”

He looked at Brad and said to him,”I know you’re big inside”.

My phone rang this morning. When I picked it up, I heard the sweet voice of a young lady.

“Are your dogs missing?” she asked.

I realized that it was my neighbor. So I went to find my dogs quickly. After I   (1)  that they were all there, I was very happy. Then I answered to my neighbor, “Thank you.  (2)   of them are missing.”

My neighbor is a nice lady. She often makes cookies and shares them with neighbors. She is willing to help anyone   (3)  . Today she found two small dogs walking down the street. She took them in.

“They are good and get along well with my dogs,” she continued.

“You did the right thing. Most people wouldn’t get involved in (卷入) the kind of thing.” I said. “ I wonder how many cars passed them by this morning and didn’t   (4)  stopping.”

Then I walked out of the house to see if someone had come to look for those dogs. But I found nothing.

Then an idea came to me. If I were   (5)   I would hope that someone would look for me. If I were crying, I would hope that someone would stop and speak to me. So, ask yourself today. Would you take in the dog? Would you look for a lost friend? Would you offer a kind word to   (6)   a stranger?

Some people believe that dreams can tell them what will happen in the future. Nobody knows ____  (1)  ___, but there are many stories about people’s dreams that came true. One of these people was a man called John Chapman, who lived in the small town ofSwaffhamin England. He dreamed that he was standing on London Bridge and that a man told him how to become___  (2)  ___. John Chapman was a poor man and he needed money, so the next day he set out for London. He walked for three days and three nights and at last arrived at London Bridge. There were plenty of ___  (3)  ___ on the bridge, but they were not interested in him. They all ignored(不理睬) him. After three days, he decided to go home, but before he could do this, a shopkeeper came towards him.

“I’ve been watching you,” the shopkeeper said. “Are you ___  (4)  ___ someone?’

“Yes,” said John. “I had a dream about a man on London Bridge. He was going to ___  (5)  ___me a lot of money.”

“Oh,” said the shopkeeper. You shouldn’t believe in dreams. If I believed in dreams, I’d be in Swaffham right now. I had a dream a few days ago about a man from Swaffham. His name was John Chapman and he had gold in his garden near an old apple tree.”

It was really amazing! John immediately ____  (6)  ____ for his house. As soon he arrived, he dug in his garden near the old apple tree. He soon found many pieces of gold. He was so delighted that he gave some of the gold to his local church. He was a rich man for the rest of his life.

It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still ____  (1)  ______on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time. Suddenly the ice _____  (2)  _____. One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help! They didn’t know what to do. The two Canadian friends heard them and skated over to get the boy out of the water.

The ice was ____  (3)  ______. The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their best to save the little boy. They knew they must be____  (4)  ______. If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.

Many people ran over to help. Some of them had ropes and poles. A young man jumped into the water to save the_____  (5)  _____people. The boy and two Canadian women were out of water at last. Everyone felt very _____  (6)  _______because the boy was safe.

John is a famous writer now. But he said he was not a good student when he was young. He was often late for _____  (1)  ____ and didn’t like doing his homework. Sometimes, he slept in class while the teacher was teaching. He didn’t understand much, __  (2)  _____ he always thought he understood everything. One day the teacher asked the students a question. “When Jack was ten years old, _____  (3)  _____ brother Bob was twenty. Jack is fifteen now and how old is Bob?” John said, “That’s easy. Bob is ____  (4)  _____ as old as Jack, so he is now thirty.

  Another time, the teacher in a science class asked, “When it thunders(雷电), ____  (5)  ____ do we always see the light before we hear the sound?”

  “But, Miss,” said John____  (6)  ___, “Don’t you know our eyes are in front of our ears?”

  Two brothers worked together on a farm. One was married and had a large family. The other had no wife yet. ___  (1)  __ they lived in different houses, they shared everything they got from their farm.

  One day, the single（单身的）brother said to himself, “It’s not right that we share all the rice. I’m __  (2)  ____ and I need less than my brother.” So, every night he took a bag of rice from his store-room and went across the field____  (3)  ___ their houses, putting it into his brother’s store-room.

  At the same time, the married brother thought, “It’s not fair to share all the rice. I’m married and I have my wife and children to ___  (4)  _____ me when I am old. However, my brother has no one to take care of his future.” So, each night he also took a bag of rice and put it into his brother’s store-room.

  Several months passed by. They found it strange that their rice ___  (5)  _____ became less. Then, one dark night the two brothers ran into each other. Slowly they began to understand ___  (6)  ____was happening. Their bags fell onto the ground and tears filled their eyes at once.

One day a man took the train from Paris to Frankfurt.When he got on,he said to the ticket man,“Sir,I really need your_ (1)_.I have to get off the train in Mannheim,but I’m so tired and I’ll fall asleep.I hope you will wake me up in Mannheim.I have to attend a very important meeting there.Here 100 francs(法郎)are for you.But I must tell you when people wake me up,I usually get  (1)  _.But no matter(无论)what I do or say,you must get me off the train in Mannheim.”

This ticket man agreed and took the 100 francs.After two hours,when the man woke up,he found that he was in Frankfurt.He was mad(狂怒的，疯的)at the ticket man and  (2)  him.

“Are you stupid(愚蠢)?I paid you 100 francs and asked you to wake me up in Mannheim,but you didn’t.I want my money_  (3)  __.”While the man was talking to the ticket man,two other men were looking at them.One said,“Look at this man!He is mad!”The other said,“Yeah!He’s_(５)as mad as the man that they got off the train in Mannheim.”

It was a sunny Sunday afternoon. John’s parents were not in. John decided to go to the Happy Theater to watch a talent show, so he   (1)   home. Only Barky, John’s pet   (2)   stayed at home. Just after John left, a bad person  (3)  the window,and then he came into the house   (4)  it. He began looking for expensive things in the rooms. He found some  (5)   in a box. He took out the money,but as he was leaving, he  (6)   a dog’s barking(叫声).He looked around and found Barky looking at him angrily.He was very scared.

Barky was going to bite(咬) him when John came home. John let Barky sit down and told the bad person,“Come with me to the   (7)   , or Barky will bite you!”So the bad person had to  (8)  John to the police station with Barky close behind. A   (9)   cuffed(拷) the bad person after John him the thing.

Barky had a(n)  (10)  for watching the house. But the bad person didn’t know.