When you were out, a man called himself John came to see you.

As is known, that is interesting to teach children to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    1. ________

swim while they are still babies. Most the large towns in　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2. ________

Florida and California have already run particularly lessons for　　　　　　　　　　    3. ________

babies. The idea has quickly spread to Europe from where,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4. ________

in several countries, special courses are now offered to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5. ________

the children who are from seven to twenty-four month old　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 6. ________

The first step is to have child get rid of fear of　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  7. ________

water. Next, he is teaching to float on water. Once he　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    8. ________

can do this naturally and can swim without fear, the child can　　　　　　　　　　　　 9. ________

master the technique and push him forward through the water.　　　　　　　　　　   10. ________

An ant was drinking by a small river and feel　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   1._______

in. She tried her best to reach to the bank, but　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    2.________

she couldn’t. The little ant gets too tired, and　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    3.________

she was still doing her best while a big bird　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4.________

saw her. The big bird threw a piece of wood out　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5.________

of pity. With it the ant got the bank again. When　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 6.________

she was having rest and drying herself in the　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    7.________

grass, she listened a man coming up. He was carrying　　　　　　    8.__ ____

a gun in his hand. As sooner as he saw the　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 9.________

bird, he wished to kill her in his gun. He was　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   10.________

raising his gun when the ant bit him in the foot.

At that moment, the bird flew away.

Dear Peter,

I’m writing to ask you so me advice. Babara　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 1.________

and me are getting very worried about Tom. He　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  2.________

has been staying out very late at night or is　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　  3.________

always so tired to do well in school. He wouldn’t　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4.________

listen anything we say. We have tried not to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 5.________

give him pocket money, and it doesn’t do any good.　　　　 　　　　　　　　  6.________

I’m afraid he is sure of that we are just trying　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    7.________

to make him to do what we want to prove (证明)　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8.________

we are strong, but the fact is that we were worried　　　　　　　　　　　　    9.________

about his future. I know you and Kate can help me.　　　　　　　　　　　　   10.________

Any advice would be very welcome.

Yours,

Mike

Abraham Lincoln liked joke. He liked to　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    1.________

laugh. And he liked to make people to think. He　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 2.________

can make them think with a joke. Once Lincoln　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   3.________

was talking about some people. He asked，“How　　　　　　　　　　　　    4.________

many legs did a sheep have?” “Four,” they　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    5.________

answered. “Right,” Lincoln spoke. “Now how　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 6.________

many legs did a sheep have if we call the tail　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 7.________

leg？”  “Five，” they answered. “Wrong.” Lincoln　　　　　　　　　　  8.________

said， “It also has four legs， because calling a tail　　　　　　　　　　　　   9.________

a leg don’t make it one.”　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  10.________

In 1962,a Russian woman told to her doctor that she　　　　　　 　　 　　 　　 1.________

could “see” with her fingers. The doctor didn’t believe it

after he saw with his own eyes. The doctor covered her eyes　　　　    　　 　　 2.________

by a large handkerchief and then put colored　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 　　 3.________

paper and newspapers under her hands. She was able to　　　　　　   　　 　　 　　 4.________

speak one color from another and read the newspapers by　　　　   　　 　　 　　 5.________

touch and feeling them. Because the doctor examined her　　　　　　 　　 　　 　　 6.________

for many times and was satisfied with the examination, he　　　　   　　 　　 　　 7.________

send the woman to Moscow, where she was further　　　　　　　　  　　 　　 　　 8.________

examined by many scientists. Her usual powers,　　　　　　 　　　　　　 　　 　　 9.________

at the end, were believed.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    　　 　　 10.________

What surprised me was not what he said but the way which he said it.

When I have free time I go a long walk. Some　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 56. ________________

people read the books or watch television while　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   57. ________________

others have sports. Charles and Linda Mason do all　　　　　　　　　　　　  58. ________________

of these things as well as climbed buildings. In　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    59. ________________

the last five years that they have climbed churches, 　　　　　　　　　　    60. ________________

high buildings and television towers. They have climbed　　　　　　　　   61. ________________

all over the world. Charles said, “As soon I　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  62. ________________

see a realy tall building, I want to climb it. We　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 63. ________________

climb everywhere, not only in America. They have been to　　　　　　   64. ________________

Europe many time. ”Two months ago they were back in America. 65. ________________

Many students are on the sports field taking part all　　　　　　　　　　　　  1. ________________

kinds of sports. A ball game is going on among Class One　　　　　　　　 2. ________________

and Class Two. Do you see the students over there? Some　　　　　　   3. ________________

young men are practicing the tall jump. One of them　　　　　　　　　　    4. ________________

is a best sportsman in our school. He practices very hard　　　　　　　　 5. ________________

every day. He want to break the school record at the　　　　　　　　　　    6. ________________

sports meeting in next spring. On this corner of the field, 　　　　 　　7. ________________

you can see other group of students. Their teacher　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________________

is telling them how throw discus(铁饼). Our students　　　　　　　　　　  9. ________________

love sports. They want to keep fit so that to serve　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  10. ________________

One day, I was cooking in the kitchen as the　　　　　　  　　　　　　　　　　　　    1. ________________

telephone rings. I went to answer it immediately. It　　 　　　　　　　　　　 2. ________________

was one of my closest friend, Lisa. When we were talking 　　　　　　  3. ________________

on a phone, the fire alarm sounded. I ran back to the   　　　　　　　　　　 4. ________________

kitchen. The room full of smoke and the beef was badly   　　　　　　  5. ________________

burnt. I quickly turned off the gas, opening all the　　   　　　　　　　　　　　　    6. ________________

windows, and then went out of the house. In my　　    　　　　　　　　　　 7. ________________

surprise, two fire engines were outside my house. I    　　　　　　　　　　 8. ________________

was rather worried. I told about the firemen that it　　  　　　　　　　　　　　　    9. ________________

was my careless cooking which caused the heavy smoke. 　　　　　　　　　　 10. ________________