Once upon a time there was a little cook. Her name was Caroline and she lived in a town. She was very cute and beautiful. Her eyes were as _____ as the stars. Her lips were _____ pink that even the roses were interested by them. In the town, there _____ a king who was always sad and easy to get angry. He did not have any cook in his palace _____ his strange character. So he could only eat junk food while Caroline cooked nice meals for the poor kids in town.

One day, Caroline had _____ great idea. She decided to go to the palace _____ with the king. When she rang the doorbell, the king opened the door _____. Caroline took a deep breath and asked the king with a nervous smile, “Can…Can I use your huge kitchen to cook meals for kids?” The king thought for a second. Then he agreed to let Caroline _____ his kitchen for two hours. Caroline jumped for joy at once. She picked _____ vegetables from her garden. Then she _____ all of them to the palace.

After a while, the king smelt the smell of cooking coming _____ the kitchen. So he wanted to go in to see _____ Caroline cooked. When Caroline saw him, she asked him to taste the food that she was cooking. _____ delicious food it was!

From that day on, the people in that town had a happy king. They _____ to the parties in the palace. And the king shared _____ delicious food with them.

An old farmer, Jim, and a beautiful white swan have been together for almost forty years _____ millions of people.

In 1984 Jim drove home with a group of friends, he saw a swan in an empty field. Its wings were _____. Jim quickly realized that leaving the bird there would make it die soon, so he stopped the _____ and took the bird home. Then he tried his best to _____ it.

Days passed, but the swan didn’t try to fly away, even after its wings got well. Instead, and decided to _____. Jim named her Grace. During the day, Grace is _____ following her human friend around, either during his daily _____ work, or on his evening walks. “I have plenty of work to do every day. But wherever I go, she comes after me. She comes when I call. We have got used to each other. Since 1984 _____ separated. ” Jim said. “She used to be _____, but now she is too old to follow me anywhere. ” he added. “But I hope we live more together. ”

After his wife died a few years ago, Jim started spending more time with his _____ since he has no children.

Humans and animals can get on so well with each other. Amazing, isn’t it?

Spending two or three hours playing outdoors each day can reduce a child’s chance of becoming short-sighted (近视), a research shows. It challenges the belief that short, sightedness is caused by computer use.

The Australian government researchers believe that sunlight is good for people’s eyes. They compared the vision (视力) and habits of 100 seven-year old children in Singapore and Australia. In all, 30% of the Singaporean children were short-sighted (比率) was ten times higher than Australian children.

Both groups spent a similar amount of time reading, watching television and playing computer games. However, the Australian children spent an average (平均数) of two hours a day outdoors, 90 minutes more than the Singaporean children.

Professor Ian Morgan, from the Australian Research Council’s Vision Centre, said, “Humans are naturally long-sighted, but when people begin to go to school and spend little or no time outdoors, the number of short-sighted people gets larger. We’re also seeing more and more short-sighted children in cities all around the world and the main reason may be that city children spend less time outdoors.”

Daylight can be hundreds of times brighter than indoor light. But why does playing outside prevent us from becoming short-sighted? Scientists believe that natural light has a special chemical which stops the eyeball from growing out of shape and prevents people becoming short-sighted.

So be outdoors. It doesn’t matter if that time is spent having a picnic or playing sports.

Almost every day, we discuss the topic of health, especially for kids. But what is health? “Health” means eating well, getting enough exercise, and having a healthy weight. Let’s read the following rules. They can help you stay healthy.

①Eat a variety of food, especially fruit and vegetables. We all know that eating fruit and vegetables can help us stay healthy, but many of us only eat our favorite food. Remember that we can only get the nutrition (营养) we need by eating different kinds of food, especially fruit and vegetables.

②Drink water and milk most often. Everyone knows that water is important. Besides that, kids need plenty of calcium (钙) to grow strong bones, you should drink at least three cups of milk, when you are 9 years old or older. You should also try to have less sugary drinks (含糖饮料), like soda and coca. They include a lot of sugar. Sugar only includes calories (热量), not important nutrition.

③Listen to your body. When you are eating, notice how your body feels. When your stomach feels comfortably full, stop eating. Eating too much makes you feel uncomfortable. If you do it too often, it can make you unhealthy and fat.

④Limit screen time. What’s screen time? It’s the amount of time you spend watching TV, movies and playing computer games. The more time you spend on these siting-down activities, the less time you spend playing sports, like basketball and doing other activities like riding and swimming. Try to spend no more than 2 hours a day on screen time.

Time to dance

Are you the kind of person who likes to move with music? It’s a natural thing to do. Even little children start jumping up and down when they hear music.

Scientists say that animals dance, too.     51    . The “dances” of animals send messages to other animals. But when people dance, they express feelings about life and love, or about these very human experiences.

    52    . For one thing, dancing is good for you physically. It makes your heart work and makes you breathe fast.     53    . If you go dancing often, you can keep physical fit. You may feel very tired after dancing, but you’ll probably also feel relaxed and happy. This is another important point about dancing. It gives you a chance to express your feelings and feel better about yourself.     54    , dancing helps those feelings go away.

    55    . Some dances are for couples and some are for groups. But all kinds of dances give you a chance to meet new people or do something enjoyable with friends.

It was a cold and snowy morning, and it was my first day to a new school. I was walking slowly. A girl who was riding a bike passed me quickly. Suddenly, she fell off her bike and her knee (膝盖) h    56    .

She tried hard to stand up but fell again. I went over and o    57     to help her. She said “Thank you.” with a smile and then rode away.

When I r    58     school, my class teacher led me to the classroom. At first, everybody kept quiet. It made me feel nervous. Then, “Welcome to our class.” It came from the girl. She was the one that I helped on my way to school. What a surprise! Since I didn’t have the new textbooks, she shared hers with me. A    59     it was my first day at school, I felt happy and relaxed. This experience always r    60     me that helping others is sometimes helping myself.