Along time ago, there was an emperor. He had a beautiful_______In the garden, there was a little nightingale(夜莺）singing very beautifully.

One day, the emperor heard about this little bird’s beautiful_______He asked his guards to bring her to him. When the emperor heard the nightingale’s voice, he said, “Put her_______a golden cage, so she can stay and sing for me whenever I want to hear her.

The little bird was so unhappy about being kept in the cage that she stopped_______one day. The emperor was very angry. He ordered the scientists in his palace to make a robot bird for him. The bird could sing very beautifully,_______The emperor was pleased.

Soon the robot bird became old. It no longer sang beautiful songs. Just at that time, the emperor was ill and he became very weak. One morning, while_______in bed, the emperor wanted it to sing once_______But the robot bird_______sing any more. Suddenly, the nightingale landed on the window. She began to sing her most beautiful song. The emperor was very happy! He became_______each day.

After the emperor was well, he changed a lot and became kind________his people. From then on, all his people cherished(爱戴）him for his love and kindness.

As a boy, Tim Green had two dreams: becoming a football player and becoming a writer.     21     After studying at Syracuse University, Tim began to play football in the NFL (国家橄榄球联盟).     22     While Tim played in the NFL, he began writing. His first book came out before he stopped playing football.     23     Many stories in his books happened in a world of sports. Tim got the inspiration (灵感) for writing from his own experiences as a football player. At the same time, Tim visited over 700 schools and talked to more than 400,000 students across the United States about the importance of education and the joys of reading! Tim is also a TV broadcaster (节目主持人). His TV shows include FOX NFL. Sunday, Battlebots, Good Morning America, Court TV, and most recently, Find My Family. Do you like sports? Do you love reading?    24    

Once upon a time there were three little pigs. One day their mother said to them, “You are too big to live here. You need to build your own houses. But make sure that the wolf can’t catch you.”

The first little pig built a house with grass. It was the easiest thing to do. The second little pig built his house with sticks, which was a little bit stronger than the grass house. The third little pig built his house with bricks (砖) ,which was the strongest but took him a lot of time.

One day the wolf came and saw the first little pig in his grass house. The wolf pushed down the house and ate the first little pig.

Then the wolf came to the stick house and pushed down that house, too. Then he ate the second little pig.

The wolf then came to the house of bricks, but he could not push down that brick house. The wolf climbed up to the roof and tried to get through the chimney (烟囱) .The smart little pig fired and boiled water. When the wolf fell down, he fell into the hot water and died.