Some years ago,on a hot summer day,a little boy decided to go swimming in the river near his house. He _____   into the river. He swam and swam._____ he didn't find he was swimming towards the middle of the river and there was an alligator(鳄鱼)in the river. His mother in the house _____ out of the window and saw the two getting closer and closer. She ran towards the river _____ and shouted at her son as loudly as she could. The little boy heard his _____ voice and swam back to his mother. But it was too _____,Just as he reached her,the alligator _____ him. The mother caught her little boy by the arms just as the alligator caught his legs. The alligator was much stronger than the mother,but the mother _____ her best to save her son. Later,a farmer with a gun happened to drive by,and shot the alligator to_____．

After several weeks in the ______,the little boy got well. There were scars(疤痕)on his ______ and arms. A newspaper reporter went to interview him and asked ______ he would show his scars.

The boy ______,and then ______ great pride(自豪),he said to the reporter while showing him his legs,“But look at my arms!I have great scars on my arms,too. They are scars of ______.”

We have arrived in the hot, wet city of Bangkok. This is our first trip to Thailand (泰国). All the different smells make us want to try the food. We are going to eat something special for dinner tonight. The hotel we are staying in is cheap, and very clean. We plan to stay here for a few days, visit some places in the city, and then travel to Chiang Mai in the North.

Bangkok is wonderful and surprising! The places are interesting. We visited the famous market which was on water, and saw a lot of fruits and vegetables. Everything is so colorful, and we have taken hundreds of photos already! Later today we will leave for Chiang Mai. We will take the train north, stay in Chiang Mai for two days, and then catch a bus to Chiang Rai.

Our trip to Chiang Rai was long and boring. We visited a small village in the mountains. The village people here love the quiet life—no computers or phones. They are the kindest people I have ever met. They always smile and say “hello”. Kathy and I can only speak a few words of Thai, so smiling is the best way to show our kindness. I feel good here and hope to be able to come back next year.

Once upon a time, there lived a rich man. He had a servant(仆人). He and the servant loved wine and good food very much. Each time the rich man left his home, the servant would drink the wine and eat up all the nice food in the house. The rich man knew what his servant did, but he had never caught his servant doing that.

One morning, when the rich man left home, he said to the servant, “There are two bottles of poison(毒药) and some nice food in the house. You must take care of them.” With these words, he went out.

But the servant knew what the rich man said was untrue. After the rich man was away from his home, he enjoyed a nice meal. Because he drank too much, he was drunk and fell to the ground. When the rich man came back, he couldn’t find his food and his wine. He became very angry. He woke the servant up. But the servant told his story very well. He said a cat had eaten up everything. He was afraid to be punished(惩罚), so he drank the poison to kill himself.

Hello, I’m Dave. My school is in the center of my town. I lived in the countryside before, because Mom thought it was quiet there. It took me about an hour to go to school by bike. It was difficult for me to get to school before eight o’clock in winter if it snowed. Sometimes I was late for class. My teacher was a little angry with me. I had to get up before five thirty in the morning. I was always tired in the evening. I told my parents about it. Last month Dad found a job in a supermarket in the town. We moved (搬家)to a house there. It’s not far from the bus station and I can take the bus to school. It takes me only fifteen minutes. Now I don’t worry about being late for school. And sometimes I can play soccer with my friends after dinner.

How to Realize Your Dream

As teenagers, you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small. You may just want to become one of the ten best students in your class.     31     Do you ever try to make your dream real? Follow Your Heart (《追随你心》) by Australian writer Andrew Matthews tells us that making our dreams true is life’s biggest challenge (挑战). You may think you’re not very good at some school subjects, or that it is impossible for you to become a writer.     32     the book says.

In fact, everyone can make his dream come true. The first thing you must do is to remember what your dream is.     33     Keep telling yourself what you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true faster because a big dream is, in fact, full of many small dreams. You must also never give up your dream.

    34     But the biggest difficulty comes from yourself. You need to decide what is the most important. Studying instead of watching TV will lead to (通往) better exam results, while saving five yuan instead of buying an ice cream means you can buy a new book.     35     This is good as you have the chance to learn more skills and find new interests.