Cinderella’s mother died when she was young. Later her father 【小题1】 (marry) a woman who had two daughters. But her stepmother and stepsisters weren’t kind to 【小题2】 (she). They made her work as a servant.

One day, the prince had a party and 【小题3】 (invite) all the girls. Cinderella’s stepsisters went to the party, but her stepmother didn’t allow her 【小题4】 (go).

Cinderella felt sad and began to cry. 【小题5】 (sudden), a fairy (仙子) appeared. She 【小题6】 (turn) Cinderella’s old clothes into a beautiful new dress. She also gave Cinderella beautiful glass slippers (水晶鞋). The fairy said, “Cinderella, the magic will only last until midnight! You must reach home as 【小题7】 (quick) as possible by then!”

The prince saw Cinderella 【小题8】 (walk) into the palace and fell in love with the girl. The prince danced with her all night, but nobody knew the beautiful 【小题9】 (dance). Cinderella was so happy that she forgot 【小题10】 (leave) soon.

What would happen? Read the story “Cinderella” to find out.

Paul is often seen walking around San Francisco. Sometimes people are 【小题1】 (surprise) to see him walking without any shoes, b 【小题2】 he doesn’t mind at all. He really【小题3】 (like) to walk barefoot (赤脚), and so do 640 other members of Dirty Sole Society. It is a club Paul 【小题4】 (begin) years ago. His idea for this is to encourage others to live 【小题5】 (free) —— free of shoes.

According to Paul, the barefoot life has lots of advantages. The most important is that it makes people feel g【小题6】. He also says walking barefoot allows you to directly experience 【小题7】 world we live in. In addition (此外), the feet do not smell so much because they stay dry, making it hard for bacteria (细菌) to grow. O【小题8】 course, walking barefoot keeps your 【小题9】 (foot) in good shape, so it’s 【小题10】 (healthy) than wearing shoes.

An elephant and a monkey were arguing.

“Look, how big and strong I am!” the elephant said.

The monkey disagreed, “Look, how fast I can run and climb! Can you?”

At last they asked a 【小题1】 (英明的) tiger, “Which is better—to be strong or to be quick?”

The tiger said, “Go 【小题2】 (通过) the river and pick the fruit on that tree for me, then I can tell.” So they went to the river, but the 【小题3】 (水) ran fast and the monkey was afraid. “Get on my back,” said the elephant proudly. “I shall 【小题4】 (搬运) you.”

Soon they crossed the river. There stood the tree. But the fruit was too high for the elephant to reach. He also tried to pull the tree down, but failed.

“Don’t worry.” The monkey climbed quickly up the tree, and picked the fruit.

Then they 【小题5】 (返回) and gave the tiger the fruit. “Which is better—to be strong or to be quick?” The tiger smiled. “Neither of you could get the fruit alone. It took both the elephant’s strength and the monkey’s quickness to get it.”