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Some time ago, a fire broke out(爆发) in a building late at night. Nearly all the families were s    1     inside the house. After the firemen came, they rushed into the burning building and saved the people to the safe p    2    .
The crowds thought all the people were s    3    . But it was not so. Two little orphan(孤儿)girls were still asleep alone at the very top of the building in a small room. N    4    thought of them. Luckily, they lived with a dog.
The dog tried to wake them up, but they couldn’t hear him. He ran to the window and barked l    5    for help. B    6    no one noticed him. Then he climbed down the ladder (梯子) and tried to pull a fireman to the ladder. The fireman kicked him away, thinking he was mad. Then the dog ran to a    7    fireman, jumped on him, ran to the ladder, barking all the time and looking back as if he was asking the fireman to follow him. This fireman r    8     there must be someone in the little room, as the dog was acting so strangely. So he followed the dog up the ladder, there he saw the two girls and saved them.
Where was the d    9    ? A brave fireman rushed into the room to look for him and found him lying near the window, choked (窒息) with smoke. He brought him down with care, but he was d    10    . He gave up his life to save his friends. What a faithful friend!

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The Cinderella story is famous. Cinderella was living happily with her family when her mother died. Her father remarried. Cinderella’s stepmother(继母) and two stepsisters treated(对待)     1     poorly. She had to wear old clothes and work hard     2     the sisters wore beautiful clothes and had fun.

You know the rest of the story. A good fairy turned Cinderella’s old clothes     3     a beautiful dress. Cinderella went to a party and a prince     4     in love with her. Cinderella left the party so hurriedly(匆忙地)     5     she left a glass slipper and the prince used that to find her. Finally Cinderella and the prince     6     and lived happily ever after.

That’s one telling of the story,     7     the Cinderella fairy tale is found in many different countries. And Cinderella is not always a young lady. In an Irish story, a young gentleman, Becan, marries a princess and lives happily ever since.

Why is the Cinderella story so     8     and found in so many cultures? There are several     9    . First of all, it’s a romantic story. Also, Cinderella is a kind girl with a hard life. And maybe the     10     important is that in the story, Cinderella faces many difficulties but overcomes(克服) them in the end.

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At the beginning of time, the earth was warm, and people did not need fire (火). But slowly, the world became colder. People had to stay in their cold homes.

One day, a beautiful bird     1     orange tail (尾巴) came to speak with them. “You are very     2    ,” said the bird. “You need to have fire so you can warm your houses and cook your food. I have fire and will give     3     to you.” But the bird did not give it easily. It wanted the people to know     4     important the fire was! It said, “Only kind people can get my fire. Bring some dry wood (木头) and touch my tail with it, and you will have fire.” Everyone ran quickly to the bird. They all wanted to get the fire     5     than other people. But     6     bird flew (飞) away. The bird thought those people were not kind,     7     it didn’t want to give fire to them.

As the fire bird was flying away, it noticed a young woman sitting alone with a very old man in an old house. It knocked     8     the door and asked, “Why are you not running after fire like all the other people?” The woman said, “My grandfather is badly ill, and I must     9     after him.”

The bird came close to the woman, “Touch my     10    ,” It said, “and you can get this great gift.” And finally, fire came to the people.