Blake threw the toy across the room. It broke into pieces. “Blake!” his mom shouted. ”  (1)   did you do that?” She took him to the corner of the room and made him face the wall. “You have to stay here for fifteen minutes and think about what you did. The broken pieces can   (2)  someone.”

When fifteen minutes had passed, he turned around and said sorry to his mom, and then he was  (3)   to go out to play. His mom walked over to the corner where Blake had faced and   (4)   her hands on the wall. “A frog,” she said in surprise. She smiled and   (5)   to do something surprising.

While he was gone, his mum got busy with her  (6)  . The hours passed quickly and soon Blake was home again. It was supper time. His mom put the plates of food on the table. Blake just   (7)   his. “I don’t like salad. I hate it.” He wasn’t   (8)  .

“Just try it. I didn’t give you much.”

“No, I don’t want salad.”

Mom was   (9)  . “You go and stand in the corner for five minutes and think about how lucky you are to have  (10)  .”

When Blake got to the corner, he started to smile. “Frogs!” He looked at the wall. His mom had   (11)  the green frogs on the wall, each sitting on a lily pad, their long tongues sticking out, trying to   (12)   flies. Blake laughed. When it was time for his coming back, he still stayed at the corner.

“Why hasn’t Blake come back to eat his supper?” Dad wondered.

“He must be  (13)   the frogs.” Mum laughed. “Go and look.”

They both got up and went into the other room. “He   (14)   to spend so much time these days facing the wall. I thought it might make it a little less   (15)   for him.”

“That’s a gift of love,” Dad said, smiling.

   It was Sunday afternoon. My younger brother and I were alone at home. My parents went out. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-dong! My younger brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the ____（1）____ quickly.

   A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely if our parents were at home.

   Without thinking, my younger brother said, “No.” Then the man asked if we would like to ____  (1)  ____ some storybooks. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very hard and came into our house. He took out a ____  (2)  ____ and ordered me to tie up my younger brother's hands with a rope (绳子). I tied up his hands in a special way so that my younger brother could untie (解开) ____  (3)  ____ easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked ____  (4)  ____ of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to ____  (5)  ____ money. I taught my younger brother to untie the rope on his hands. He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police, ____  (6)  ____ the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man forgot to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the ____  (7)  ____ payphone to call the police.

   Soon ____  (8)  ____ came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were ____  (9)  ____ that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my younger brother from opening the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.

Denny Crook was a famous photographer. He travelled all over the world, taking pictures for magazines and newspapers, and won many prizes.

   “I'll do anything to get a good photo,” he often said. “I'll go anywhere at any time, ____  (1)  ____ it is dangerous.” And he told the truth. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires, floods and even wars. If something interesting happened, Denny went to photo it.

   He was a married man and his wife often asked him to take her with him, but he always ____  (2)  ____. “I travel for my work, not for pleasure,” he told her. “You won't enjoy yourself, and I won't have ____  (3)  ____ to look after you. Sometimes there's not even anywhere to stay, and I have to sleep outside. I often don't have a good ____  (4)  ____ or a bath for days. You won't like it.”

   “Denny, I'm not a child,” his wife didn't ____  (5)  ____. “I can look after myself. Please take me with you the next time you go overseas.”

   David did not say anything, but he thought about it, and when he was asked to go to Africa, he said to his wife, “You can come to Africa with me if you want to. I've got to take photos of wild ____  (6)  ____ there. It should be interesting and not too uncomfortable.”

   His wife was very ____  (7)  ____, and at first she had a very enjoyable time. Then Denny went off to find some lions for photos. His wife went with him, but before long they became separated. She walked down one path while he walked down the other.

   Suddenly, Denny heard her ____  (8)  ____. He ran back and saw her running toward him. A huge lion was chasing her.

   Quickly Denny ____  (9)  ____ his camera out of its case and pointed it at his wife and the lion. Then he shouted, “____  (10)  ____, woman! I can't get you both in the picture!”

A giant panda ran away from the zoo in London. He walked and walked and became  (1)  .  He walked into a restaurant, where he found a  (2)  at an empty table. The waiter took the panda’s order.

    After he  (3)  his dinner, the panda stood up, calmly pulled out a gun which he had hidden, and fired into the air.  (4)  he turned around and walked toward the door.

    Naturally, the waiter was horrified（恐惧的）, but he tried hard to pull himself together and stopped him for a(n)  (5)  

    The panda said to him, “What do I look like to  (6)  ?”

    The waiter answered, “Well, a giant panda, of course.”

    “That’s right,” said the panda. “Look it up.” And he walked out.

    The waiter called the  (7)  . When they arrived, the waiter told them the whole story,   (8)  he panda’s words “looking it up”. So the police officer  (9)  a young man out to get an encyclopedia（百科全书）.

    The young man returned with the encyclopedia. The officer   (10)  “panda” and there was the answer, “Giant panda, lives in China, eats shoots（竹笋）and leaves.”

 There have been many great inventions ____  (1)  ____ change the way we live. The first great ____  (2)  ____ was the one that is still very important today—the wheel. This made it easy for man ____  (3)  ____ heavy things and to travel long distances. For ____  (4)  ____ years after that, there were ____  (5)  ____ inventions that had as much effect as the wheel. Then in the early 1800s the world started to change ____  (6)  ____. There was little unknown land left in the world. People did not have to explore much any more. They began to work instead to make life better. In the second half of the 19th century many great inventions were made. ____  (7)  ____ them were the camera, the electric light bulb and the radio. These have all become a big part of our life today.

   The first part of ____  (8)  ____ century saw more great inventions—the helicopter in 1909, movies ____  (9)  ____ sound in 1926, the computer in 1928, and jet planes in 1930. This was also a time when a new ____  (10)  ____ was first made. Nylon came out in 1935. It changed the kind of clothes people wear. Of course new inventions continued to be made. Man began looking ____  (11)  ____ ways to go into space. Russia made the first step. Then the United States took ____  (12)  ____. Since then other countries, including China and Japan, ____  (13)  ____ their steps into space. In 1969 man took his biggest step away from the earth. ____  (14)  ____ first walked on the moon. This was certainly just a beginning. New inventions will someday allow us ____  (15)  ____ things we have never yet dreamed of.

 Do you get stressed out sometimes? Are you confused about what's really important in ____  (1)  ____ life? Don't worry. You are not alone! Many teens say they have a lot of stress in their lives. Homework, friends, and busy schedules can make anyone feel down. The good ____  (2)  ____ is there are lots of ways to reduce stress. Here are just ____  (3)  ____ suggestions.

   First of all, what shouldn't you do? Well, you shouldn't stay out ____  (4)  ___. Going to parties and ____  (5)  ____ out with friends are fine when you're feeling well, but you shouldn't do these things too often when you're stressed out. ____  (6)  ____, you shouldn't get too nervous about school stuff. School and school activities are an important part of your life, but you shouldn't worry about homework ____  (7)  ____. You have to enjoy other things in life too!

   What should you do? Most importantly, you should be good to your body. Take it easy sometimes. Listen to some music and maybe ____  (8)  ____ your friends. Another good piece of advice is to get outside and exercise! Go hiking or camping, play a sport for ____  (9)  ____! Do something active and you'll soon forget the ____  (10)  ____. And remember—when you're really stressed out, go to bed and get some sleep. Most problems usually seem better in the morning!

Let me tell you about the best day of my life! I got up early and ran to the kitchen in my pyjamas（睡衣）. It was my thirteenth birthday and I was really   (1)  . In fact, I wasn't sleeping all night because I kept  (2)   all the presents I would get.

I walked into the kitchen with a big smile on my face,  (3)   nobody looked up. Mum and Dad were reading their newspapers while my two elder brothers were eating breakfast.  (4)   said a word! "They have forgotten about my birthday!" I said to myself. I turned around and walked out of the  (5)  . Suddenly, I heard a noise, so I went back to  (6)  what it was. I couldn't believe my eyes! There were lots of  (7)  on the kitchen table. "Surprise!" I heard  (8)  me. When I turned around, I saw Mum, Dad and my brothers! Mum was holding a huge  (9)  with candles and they were singing "Happy birthday" to me. We shared the cake and opened all the presents.

They didn't  (10)   my birthday after all. It really was the best day of my life!