One day, Mary went home late after work. It was raining hard, so she took a bus. The rain stopped just before she ________ the bus. It was very ________ and there was no one in the street. Mary felt afraid. Suddenly she heard something strange ________ her.

It was a ________ ! Mary began to run. The man ran after her and shouted, “You’ve forgotten your umbrella!” Mary stopped. She ________ and felt relieved（放心的） . She thanked the man for his help.

   Many years ago, in a small town lived a young man. At that time people in that town had never seen a mirror in their life. That was why nobody in that town knew what their ________ faces looked like.

The young man had a wife whom he ________ very much, and they lived a happy life together. One day the young man saw a small ________ in the street. He ________ it up and looked into it. He saw a picture of a man! He thought it was a picture of his father when he was ________. He regarded it as a holy（神圣的）picture, and hid it in an old lamp（灯）in his room. He didn’t ________ tell his young wife anything about it.

________ very often the young man came to look at that holy picture. Soon his wife ________ it. One day when her husband was ________, she looked into the lamp and saw the mirror. But she also didn’t know ________ it was. She saw a picture of a beautiful ________ in it. She thought that her husband didn’t love her any more. The young man’s wife began to ________.

When the young man came home in the evening, he was very hungry. But his ________ was not ready, and his wife didn’t talk to him. At last she told him why she was angry. The young man was ________. Then they both went to look at the picture. Now you can ________ what they saw and how they reacted（反应）to it.

   A poor boy named Tom once went to a ragged（破旧的）school, where his face was well washed. When his mother saw that his face was so clean, she thought that her own face was dirty, and immediately（立即）she washed it.

The father soon came home from his work, and, seeing his wife and his son so clean, he thought that his face was dirty, and so he followed their example.

Father, mother, and son being clean, the mother began to think that the room looked dirty, so she cleaned the room.

A woman lived next door. Seeing so great a change in her neighbors, she thought that her face and her room were very dirty, so she quickly started cleaning them, too.

This story shows how two houses and their owners were made tidy and comfortable, simply by the example of the clean face of one ragged school boy.

Children, as well as adults, should always set a good example.

People are often seen wearing hanfu to take photos at scenic spots （景点）in China.

With rapid economic growth and social development, and growing calls for reviving（复兴）traditional Chinese culture in recent years, an increasing number of Chinese people are re-discovering the charms（魅力）of traditional culture and many of them have shown an interest in hanfu.

Especially, during some traditional festivals or special occasions such as the graduation ceremony, a growing number of people are choosing to dress in traditional clothes such as hanfu rather than putting on western-style suits.

It’s good to see people experiencing traditional Chinese clothes, because it not only adds value to culture but also helps connect traditional culture with modern lifestyle. What’s more, it helps people re-build their cultural confidence（自信）.

Moreover, by encouraging more people to wear hanfu, we can also encourage other traditional dresses such as Tangzhuang or qipao, and put more energy into society.

   Uluru is the world’s second largest sandstone rock. It is 348 meters high, 3.6 kilometers long and nearly 2 kilometers wide. It is believed that the rock has been there for 600 million years. The Aborigines（澳大利亚土著居民）began living in the area 10,000 years ago.

Many tourists can’t help climbing Uluru when they see it. But climbing it is not a good idea because it’s very dangerous, especially after rainfall. Over 30 climbers have died since the 1950s. For many years, the Aborigines have wanted to stop anyone from climbing Uluru. For them it is a very important place, not a playground. The rock is believed to show Aboriginal spirits. The Aborigines are very happy to see people from all over the world come to look at Uluru. But they do not want them to climb it. Visitors are supposed to learn more about the Aborigines and their culture.

After the UNESCO（联合国教科文组织）handed the land to the Aborigines, they have discussed whether to close Uluru to visitors for many years. Now it is decided that from October 2019, visitors can’t climb Uluru, but only look at it.

But what about the effect（效果）of the new rule? Only time will tell.

Have you ever started to read a book in English, then stopped because it was too hard?
47． Here are my top suggestions for using books to learn English.

1. Read dual-language（双语）books.

48． They have your mother language on one page and the English language on the other, so you can quickly check what a word means.

2. Read new children’s books.

Learning a language is the perfect chance to get into the magic land of stories or the exciting imaginary world.
49． Look for books with pictures, as they help you to follow the story.

3.
50．

If you are using a book to learn English, don’t be afraid to write ideas and thoughts in the margins（空白处）, as your notes can help you to remember.

With the advice above, you will be reading in English in no time at all!

One day the fairy（精灵）queen, who lived above the sky, left
51． fairies to go down to earth. She went to visit a sick child. While she was away, the fairies
52． and played. When night drew near and she had not come back, they began to
53．.

One little fairy made a tiny
54． in the sky floor to peep（窥视）down to earth. She hoped to see the queen. Soon, many other fairies did the same. They did not know that the lights of Fairyland would
55． through these holes.

56． the queen was on her way back, she saw the holes in the sky floor. She found all the fairies peeping
57． them.

“Oh Queen,” they said, “you were such a long time away, we feared you were
58．.”

The queen smiled and said, “Those holes make the dark
59． look so pretty; I shall leave them just as they are.”

We
60． them stars, but fairies know that they are the lights of Fairyland.

On October 15, 2003, Shenzhou V spaceship was sent into space successfully. Yang Liwei became the first Chinese astronaut to go into space.

It was said that the only object on the earth that could be seen from space was the Great Wall. Yang Liwei also wanted to prove（证实）whether this was true or not. To his disappointment, he couldn’t see it. From space, he tried several times to look for the Great Wall, but he failed. In fact, from space, astronauts can’t see any specific（具体的）object on the earth.

He also saw something cotton-like flying outside of the window. He didn’t know what it was. Maybe it was space rubbish.

There was another strange thing. That was the knock on the spaceship. It appeared once in a while. It sounded like someone outside was knocking on the spaceship, but nothing dangerous happened. So he told the following astronauts not to be afraid. Later when Shenzhou VI and Shouzhou VII were flying in space, this knock came again. But the astronauts on them were not nervous.

Could the knock come from the aliens? Do you want to know the answers?

   假如你叫李华，你的英国好友Tony在某孔子学院学习，想给他的中文老师过生日。他发来微信征求你的意见，请根据以下提示回复他。

Hi, Tony. I’m glad to know you are planning to do something for your Chinese teacher’s birthday.