About five years ago, Jack’s father, a ship’s captain, brought back a strange egg from Africa. Nobody knew what kind of egg it was and whether it was alive. They stored it in a basket，covered it with     46     and laid it beside the warm radiator (暖气片)

It    47    there for a very long while. One day, Jack discovered an empty shell in the basket and in the     48    corner under the radiator，a small ugly creature stayed there Quietly. It was a baby crocodile!

Jack’s classmates     49     newspaper reporters came to have a look at his pet crocodile. His mother kept a copy of the newspaper in her handbag and showed the article to her friends.

But as the crocodile grew larger and larger，Mother     50     it less and less and things became more and more unpleasant for Jack. For example，the crocodile ate half of Mother’s stocking. When the crocodile saw the young woman who came to read the water meter，it attacked her hysterically (歇斯底里地).There were also lots of such    51    

But the very worst disaster of all began when Jack’s father gave him an encyclopaedia of animals. Naturally the first thing he did was to read     52     everything it had to say on crocodiles. Suddenly he rushed to her mother and told her that their pet was very    53    a giant Madagascar crocodile in Limpopo. “Limpopo” left Mother unworried but at the word "giant" she grew pale.

Emily was a teenager and lived with her parents. She and her best friend, Kim, found out that their favorite band would give a concert in their town on Friday night. They really wanted to go, but they didn’t think their parents would agree.

Emily explained to her parents that she wanted to go to the concert with Kim，but they thought that she was too young to go without ______.

Emily told Kim that she could not go to the concert, but her friend’s answer was a real______to Emily. Kim told her mum she would study with friends on Friday.

“I really do not want to be dishonest with my parents，” Emily told her friend.

“Oh，____acting like a little kid! Everyone lies,” Kim replied.

But Emily was not so sure. She thought that honesty was very important. Emily never felt comfortable lying, and her parents always told her that it was wrong.

On Thursday, Kim invited Emily over to her house to watch a movie after school. When they got there, Kim and her mother got into a fight. Emily realized that Kim lied to her mother______and her mother did not trust her. Emily had to go back home.

As she walked home, she remembered that Kim always told her how terrible her relationship with her mother was. Kim thought her mother did not understand her, but Emily thought maybe Kim’s mother was just _____Kim being dishonest with her. Emily decided she would not lie to her parents about the concert. There would be lots of concerts in the future, but they were the only Parents she would ever have. She knew it was better to honor them and help them because her parents trusted her, let her do ______of the things that she wanted to do, and she really preferred it that way.

At a busy bus station, there is a little girl sitting all alone. She stares at the floor as all the busy travelers rush around her. She does not move.

Some people are in such a hurry that they do not n    81    her. Other people look at her，but they think, “She is not my daughter. She is someone else’s responsibility. I am sure her parents must be somewhere a    82    here.” They continue running to where they need to go.

After some time, a man stops next to the girl. He is very tired and just wants to get to his home as quickly as possible. But he cannot just leave this little girl alone because she is no older than his o    83    little daughter!

“Hello，” he says gently. “Are you all right? Are your parents here with you?”

The little girl does not even look up at him. He sits down next to her and touches her shoulder. Now she r    84    her head, and he can see that she is crying.

He gives her a very warm smile and holds out his hand. She looks frightened, but she takes his hand and lets him lead her to the i    85     desk. The security guard there makes an announcement over the speakers to help find the girl’s parents.

A couple of minutes later, a woman comes running towards the desk. As soon as she sees the little girl, she shouts and runs up to her. She lifts the girl into her arms and holds her very tight.

Then she turns and greets the man. “Thank you so much, sir，” she says. “We got separated （分开）in the crowd earlier. My daughter is d    86    so I could not make an announcement over the speakers for her. I was looking for her everywhere. I was so worried!”

Now the man understands why the little girl did not look at him until he touched her shoulder. He feels happy and thinks of h    87     he will tell his family about this. He is a father, too. He knows how important it is to love and help all children.

Archery is a sport that makes use of a bow（弓）and arrow（箭）Archers（弓箭手）hit a target （耙子）with the arrows. The target is round and has a series of rings around a center. The center is known as the bull’s eye. The closer an archer can get to the bull’s eye with his arrow，the more skillful he is.

Archery didn’t begin as a sport. It was used for fighting and hunting. The ancient Egyptians were the first people who recorded the use of bows and arrows. Other races such as Hebrews and the Chinese were also famous for archery.

The Romans were very good archers. This is how they were able to conquer many countries. Soon，the bow and arrow became one of the most common weapons （武 器）in Europe.

AJI this changed with the invention of gunpowder（火药）. In the 16th century, theSpanish navy （西班牙海军）was beaten by the English. The Spanish depended a lot on bows and arrows while the English had a powerful new weapon—guns. This is a turning point in history. Soon, countries began using guns instead of narrows.       But not all countries have given up the bow and arrow. They are still being used as weapons in certain parts of the world such as Africa and South America.

The earliest record of archery as a sport came from China. In ancient China, the rich enjoyed archery contests. Skillful archers competed to see who the best was. Archery has also been a popular sport in England since the Middle Ages.

Today，archery is a popular sport in some parts of the world. One needs to train a lot to become a good archer. It takes practice as well as skills. An archer needs to have a s arm and good eyesight. Good posture is also necessary.