Many years ago，there lived the son of a Titan(巨人), Prometheus. Prometheus was a caring man, and he was always thinking of the future     1     (care). He found out that men at that time were not     2     (please) with their lives, as they lived in caves, cold and hungry.

“They need fire,” Prometheus said to     3     (he).”Then they can warm themselves and cook their food.” But Zeus said no, because he doubted that men would obey him any more as they would be much stronger with fire and gods would have     4     (little) power.

For the good of all men, Prometheus decided to steal the fire without Zeus’     5     (agree). He found a plant that could burn for a long time, and lit it with a spark(火花) from heaven. Then he brought it to men and taught them     6     (use) fire to warm themselves and cook their food.

Zeus was very angry with Prometheus, so Prometheus     7     (send) to prison. But men will forever love this brave hero for giving fire to them.

Sitting at the bedroom window, Melissa was watching her new neighbor Lily Green.

There, in the garden, Lily     1     (play) freely and wildly, in jeans and a T-shirt.

“How I want to be like her!” Melissa sighed (叹息), “But I _______ always     2     (ask) to be a little lady in dresses.”

One day, the doorbell rang. Melissa and her mother opened the door .They were Mrs Green and Lily. Lily stared at Melissa, who was wearing a princess dress with crown （皇冠), as if she came from another planet.

“Do you want     3    (come) and have tea? ”, said Mrs Green.

“How kind of you. . . , but. . . maybe tomorrow,” said Melissa’s mother.

All next day Melissa worried about the tea. What would she wear to the party? How would Lily laugh! Suddenly, she threw all her smart dresses onto the floor and jumped on them.

Finally, she put on her only trousers and a school T-shirt.

Just then her mother came in. “What _______ you     4    ( do) there?”

“Getting dressed for tea!” said Melissa.

“But you’ve spoiled (损坏) all your lovely clothes!” shouted her mother.

“They are not my clothes, they are yours.” Melissa shouted back, “You only want me to look like YOUR DOLL(玩偶)! But I won’t—not ever again!”

With these words, she     5     (run) next door.

Lily stared down at her from the tree house. “You     6     (look) different today! Would you like to be in? I bet (敢说) you     7     (not get) up here!”

“Huh, that s easy.” said Melissa—and swung herself quickly to the top.

Melissa’s mother was watching from the Greens’ kitchen, worried and upset.

“Melissa was so naughty (顽皮的),” sighed Melissa’s mother, “She has spoiled all her pretty clothes.”

“Oh? And why do you think she did that?” asked Mrs Green.

“I... don’t know,” said Melissa’s mother.

“Maybe she just doesn’t like     8    (look) like that,” Mrs Green said, “Maybe she just wants to be herself. Don’t you think we have to let our kids just be kids?”

Just then Lily and Melissa ran into the kitchen, laughing loudly.

“I _______ never     9     (see) Melissa look so happy.” thought Melissa’s mother. She felt sorry for what she had done to her daughter. “I ______ never     10    (do) it like before.”

“Oh, Mum—You’re here,” Melissa said, looking worried, “I …I’m sorry about the clothes. Fm sorry I was so naughty.”

“Oh, but I’m not.” Melissa’s mother reached out the arms and hugged her.

【推荐3】One day a man went to the market and bought some peaches(桃子). He said to his     1     sons, “I bought a peach for each of you, and one for your mother.” They took the fruit and thanked their father. They seldom had such fine peaches.

In the evening the father said, “Well, boys, what did you do     2     those peaches?”

The eldest son said, “I     3     mine and found it very sweet and juicy. I have put the stone(果核) away, and in the spring I will plant it. If it grows, I will have a peach     4     of my own.”

“You have done right,” said his father. “It is     5     good thing to think of having something for yourself tomorrow.”

The youngest son then said, “I ate my peach and threw away the stone, and Mom gave me half     6     hers. They tasted so good.”

“Well,” said his father, “You are a little boy,       7     you should not have been so quick to eat your peach and     8     away the stone.”

The second son said, “I did not eat my peach. I gave it to the little sick boy     9     lives next door. The doctor said peaches would do him good, but his mother is     10     poor to buy any for him.”

The other two boys felt that this boy had made the best use of his peach.