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　　Last Sunday I saw the worst storm in yeats．It came suddenly and went on for more than three houre．After lunch I went into my room to have a rest．The air was hot and all was quiet．

　　The strong wind started blowing into my room．Pieces of paper on my desk flew high into the air and some flew out of the open window．As I ran out to catch them, big drops of rain began to fell．

　　When I came back into the house, it was raining harder and harder．I tried very hard to close the window．Then I heard a loud crashing(碰撞的)sound from the back of the house．I ran out of my room to find out what it was－a big tree had fallen down and broke the top of the back room．

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　　Many animals do strange things before an earthquake(地震)．This news may be important．Earthquakes can kill people and knock down homes．The animals may help to save lives．

　　Some animals make a lot of noises before an earthquake．Farmers have told about this．Dogs that are usually quiet have started to howl(吠)．Horses on farms have run around in circles．Mice have left their holes and run away．Cows have given less milk．

　　In a town in Italy, cats raced down the street in a group．That happened only a few hours before an earthquake．In San Francisco, a man kept tiny pet frogs．One Sunday, the frogs jumped around more than ever．They made loud noises, like bigger frogs．That night, an earthquake struck the city．

　　People want to know when an earthquake is coming．Then they could get away safely．Right now, there is no sure way to know ahead of time．Maybe the best way is to watch the animals．

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　　There are seabirds as well as land-birds．The most ordinary seabird is the seagull．It has a white body, a white head, and a yellow beak(喙)．There is a very, very spot of red at the very end of the beak, underneath．All gulls have very strong wings so that they can fly far out to sea．If a gull flies out too far, so that it is too tired to fly back to the shore, it does not get frightened, for it can sit and rest upon the waves．A seagull’s wings do not get wet because all its feathers(羽毛)have a kind of oil over them, so that when the water gets on to the feathers it just runs off again．Gulls can even sleep on the waves．

　　Sailors(水手)know a lot about seagulls and they never kill them．When the gulls fly a long way out to sea, sailors say that it means fine weather is coming．When the gulls stay near the shore, sailors say that there will be much wind and rain, and perhaps a storm, for the gulls know more about the weather than sailors do．

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　　Our day a tiger caught a fox in the forest．Before the tiger could eat him up, the fox cried out, “You can’t eat me．Don’t you know that I’m king of the forest．If you eat me up, all the other animals in the forest will be angry with you．”The tiger didn’t believe him．“How can such a small animal be king of the forest?” He asked himself．“If you don’t believe me, ”the fox said, “then, take a walk with me in the forest．You can see for yourself whether they are afraid of me．”The tiger thought it was a good idea, so they set off together．The fox walked in front and the tiger went behind．When the other animals saw the tiger coming, they ran away as fast as they could．

　　“See for yourself, Mr Tiger, ”he called out quickly．“All the animals are afraid of me．”“Yes, yes, ”the tiger said, “you are quite right．”He then let the fox go．

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　　1970 was the World Conservation(保护)Year．The United Nations wanted everyone to know that the world is in danger．They hoped that governments(政府)would act quickly in order to conserve nature．Here is one example of the problems．At one time there were 1, 300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 860 remain(留下)．The others have been destroyed(毁灭)by modern man and his technology(技术)．We are changing the earth, the air, the water, and everything that grows and lives．We can’t live without these things．If we go on like this, we shall destroy ourselves．

　　What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask, “What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young people today．A lot of them know that conservation is necessary．Many are helping to save our world．They plant trees, protect wild animals, and so on．In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the 11-kilometer-long banks of the river．Young people may hear about conservation through a record called “NO ONE’S GOING TO CHANGE OUR WORLD”．It was made by the Scatles, Cliff Richard and other singers．The money from it will help to conserve wild animals．

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　　People usually hate mice, but people almost all over the world like one mouse：the famous Mickey Mouse．

　　Fifty years ago, most films had no sounds．A man called Walt Disney made a cartoon mouse．The cartoon mouse could talk in these films．He named his mouse Mickey Mouse．Soon Mickey Mouse became a good friend of both young and old people．Children liked to see their lovely friend, because he brought happiness to them．

　　Mickey is a clever mouse right from the beginning．Maybe this is why people love Mickey Mouse very much．In his early life, Mickey did some wrong things．People were very angry．They wrote to Disney and said they did not want Mickey to do wrong things．Because there were some things that Mickey could not do, Disney made a new animal called Donald Duck．He also made a dog, Pluto．This dog does some foolish and wrong things whenever he goes．Now our Mickey Mouse is more interesting as well．He is known as a star of beauty and wisdom(智慧)．He has friends in almost every country．

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　　Mr Wu was a proud man．“I am sure my family is one of the oldest families in the country, ”he often told people．“It has a long history．”One day he went to see an expert(专家)in family history, Mrs Li．

　　“I want you to find out everything about my family, ”he said．“Where do we come from? Who was the first Wu? Were there any famous people in my family? Do I have any rich relations?”

　　“OK!” Mrs Li said．“But it will cost you ＄2, 000．”

　　Mr Wu thought about this．Two thousand dollars was a lot of money．

　　At last he said, “All right．But for ＄2, 000 I want a full history．”

　　The expert agreed．“Come back in three months, ”she said．

　　Three months later, Mr Wu visited Mrs Li again．

　　“Well,” he said, “have you found out everything about my family?”

　　“Yes,” she said．“It’s a very interesting family．And then my price(价格)is now ＄2, 000．”

　　“But I already paid you ＄2,000,” Mr Wu said．

　　“I know．It was ＄2, 000 to find out about your family, ”she said．“It is another ＄2, 000 to keep secret what I found out!”

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　　When Jimmy was a boy, he liked watches and clocks very much．When he was eighteen years old, he joined the army．One year later, he began to teach himself how to mend(修理)watches．A lot of his friends brought him broken watches, and he mended them all．

　　Then his captain heard about this．One day be brought Jimmy a watch too．and said．“My watch doesn’t work．Can you mend it for me, please?”

　　Jimmy said, “Yes, sir．I can．”After a few days，he brought the watch back to the captain．

　　“How much should I pay you?” the captain asked．

　　“One pound, sir．” Jimmy answered．Then he took a small box out of his pocket and gave it to the captain．

　　He said, “Here are three wheels from your watch．I didn’t find a place for them when I put everything back．”

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　　Once upon a time there was a man in a small town．He had two children, a boy and a girl．The boy was good-looking but the girl was not．

　　One day they found a mirror(镜子)for the first time and they saw what they looked like．The boy was very happy and he said to his sister，“How handsome I am! I look much nicer than you!”

　　The girl did not like what her brother said and gave him a hard push(推)．“Go away!” she said．

　　Their father saw what was happening．He went up to them and said to the boy, “You must always be good as well as look good．”

　　Then to the girl he said, “My dear, If you help everyone and do your best to make him happy, everyone will love you．It does not matter that you are not as good-looking as your brother．”

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