A Swedish couple on holiday were traveling around Italy, and wanted to go to Capri. Capri is an island in the south of the country,_______ for its beautiful coastline and a popular tourist destination (目的地). The couple put their destination into their car’s GPS (全球定位系统), _______ they made a spelling mistake. They _______typed CARPI instead of CAPRI. There is a real place called Carpi in Italy, but it is a small town in the_______of the country.

The couple followed the GPS directions. Although they were traveling to an island, it didn’t_______them that they didn’t even cross a bridge or see the sea. When they arrived in Carpi, they went to the tourist office. They asked _______ they could go to the Blue Grotto, a well-known sea cave in Capri. Of course, the office worker there couldn’t _______ them. He thought they wanted to go to a _______ called the Blue Grotto for dinner.

When the man realized that the couple thought they were in Capri, he _______ their mistake. The couple got back into their car and started driving south. The office worker said, “They were________, but not angry.”

It was a spelling mistake that took the couple 600 kilometres from their destination.

Fraser Island is in Queensland, Australia, about 200 kilometers north of Brisbane. It is about 120 kilometers long and 240 kilometers wide. It is a very important island because it is completely made of sand. In fact, it is the largest sandy island in the world. There is no airport on the island, but there is a long beach along the east coast. Planes arrive and leave from here.

The sand makes unusual shapes. There are hills made of sand called sand dunes. Nothing grows on them. They move one or two meters a year from the northwest towards the southeast of the island, getting bigger and bigger. At other places on the island, such as Rainbow Gorge, The Cathedrals and Red Canyon, the sandy rocks have different colors. Sometimes the rocks are so brown that they turn the sea brown, like coffee.

Surprisingly, the sandy island has a lot of different plants and animals. There are dark forests—eucalyptus woods, beautiful flowers and over a hundred lakes. There are many kinds of birds, like owls and curlews. There are many animals there, too, such as crocodiles, flying foxes and wild dogs called dingoes.

About 500,000 people visit the island every year to see the island’s beauty and nature. People enjoy camping and hiking there. Unluckily, the visitors create problems. They break plants and frighten animals. Their suncream (防晒霜) makes the water dirty. So it is necessary to manage the visitors. For example, people may not use motorboats or go fishing in the lakes.

On Saturday morning, every boy in town was happy, except Tom sawyer. Tom’s aunt said he had to paint the fence. It was thirty yards long and three yards high! Tom painted a small corner, and then he sat down under a tree to have a rest.

Soon the boys who were free would come along and make fun of him. Just then, he had a wonderful idea. He picked up his brush and went back to work.

Ben Rogers came along the road. He sang happily, with an apple in one hand.

“I’m going swimming,” said Ben. “Do you want to come? Oh, but you have to work, don’t you?” “Work?” he said, “I don’t think that this is work. It’s fun. Does a boy get a chance like this every day?”

Ben thought about this. Tom went on painting. Ben was watching Tom’s every move. He was getting more and more interested.

After a while, he said, “Tom, will you let me do some painting?”

Tom said, “No, Ben, I can’t. You see, Aunt Polly wants it to be done properly. I’m the only one that can do it right.”

“Oh, please, Tom,” begged Ben. “I’ll be really careful. I’ll give you half of my apple. I’ll give you all of it!”

“Well, all right, Ben,” said Tom, “But you must be careful.”

He gave Ben his brush with worry on his face but joy in his heart. He sat down again under the tree and started to eat Ben’s apple.

All day, boys passed by and wanted to paint. When Ben got tired, Billy Fisher began to paint. He gave Tom a kite which he liked. Then Johnny Miller gave him twelve marbles, and so on.

That afternoon, Tom got many toys, and the fence gained three coats of paint. Aunt Polly was so pleased when she saw the painted fence that she gave him a large cake!