ContentsĿ � Passage 1 Our English Village.........................................1 Passage 2 Two Goats........................................................2 Passage 3 Mark’s Bedroom..............................................3 Passage 4 At the Train Station..........................................4 Passage 5 A Note for Sick Leave.....................................5 Passage 6 Our Trip...........................................................6 Passage 7 A Kind Driver..................................................8 Passage 8 Dick’s Family...................................................9 Passage 9 You Can’t Beat Me Anyway..........................10 Passage 10 An Old Cat..................................................... 11 Passage 11 Happy Birthday..............................................12 Passage 12 Dirty Hands....................................................13 Passage 13 How Old Is She?............................................14 Passage 14 I Want to Be the Best.....................................15 Passage 15 A Diary...........................................................16 Passage 16 A Barber’s Joke..............................................18 Passage 17 A Bridge.........................................................19 Passage 18 Our House......................................................20 Passage 19 The Greedy Dog.............................................21 Passage 20 A Gentle Giant...............................................23 Passage 21 Animal’s Homes............................................24 Passage 22 A Playbill.......................................................25 Passage 23 Happy New Year............................................27 Passage 24 Amy’s View of Shopping..............................28 Passage 25 Mousy Has a Stomach Ache..........................29 Passage 26 Juliet’s Birthday.............................................30 Passage 27 The Nutty Narrows Bridge.............................32 Passage 28 My Favourite Animal.....................................33 Passage 29 Bad News and Good News............................34 Passage 30 Brown’s Family.............................................36 Passage 31 Not My Work.................................................37 Passage 32 A Telephone Call...........................................39 Passage 33 Three Boys’ Hobbies.....................................40 Passage 34 Lynn’s Weekends...........................................42 Passage 35 Snow White’s Story.......................................43 Passage 36 A Foolish Cat.................................................44 Passage 37 A Polite Boy...................................................45 Passage 38 My Favourite Sport........................................47 Passage 39 Two Good Friends.........................................48 Passage 40 My School Life..............................................49 Passage 41 Danny’s Hobby..............................................51 Passage 42 The Sports Festival........................................52 Passage 43 My Family Photo...........................................54 Passage 44 Hangzhou.......................................................55 Passage 45 Fast-food Restaurants.....................................57 Passage 46 Hiding in the Letter Box................................58 Passage 47 My Son’s Wife Worries about It, Too...........60 Passage 48 Why Do the Flowers Die?..............................61 Passage 49 I Want to Get Off...........................................62 Passage 50 A Naughty Boy..............................................63 Passage 51 Mark Twain and His Train Ticket.................65 Passage 52 At the Circus..................................................66 Passage 53 Neighbors.......................................................68 Passage 54 Christmas Day................................................69 Passage 55 The Goose with the Golden Eggs..................70 Passage 56 The Paper Is in My Pocket.............................72 Passage 57 Watching TV..................................................73 Passage 58 Where Am I?..................................................74 Passage 59 Dolphins and Crocodiles................................76 Passage 60 Boys Like Cars...............................................77 Passage 61 Lulu’s Letter...................................................79 Passage 62 What Do They Like?......................................80 Passage 63 Big Ben..........................................................81 Passage 64 How to Learn English Well?..........................83 Passage 65 I Think I’m in the Office................................84 Passage 66 Where Is the Snow?.......................................85 Passage 67 Don’t Stop Me................................................87 Passage 68 Two Families.................................................88 Passage 69 That’s Not Enough.........................................90 Passage 70 His Father Eats a Fly......................................91 Passage 71 A Whole Cake................................................92 Passage 72 Protect Our Eyes............................................94 Passage 73 Preparing for a Trip........................................95 Passage 74 I Am Waiting for the Clock to Ring..............97 Passage 75 Two Mice.......................................................98 Passage 76 The Story about a Bear................................100 Passage 77 Concert Information.....................................101 Passage 78 The Different Answers.................................102 Passage 79 Five Fingers.................................................104 Passage 80 The Weather in Britain.................................106 Passage 81 Owls.............................................................107 Passage 82 Only One Left..............................................108 Passage 83 A Broken Mirror and Bad Luck...................110 Passage 84 Do You Want Me to Tell a Lie?.................. 111 Passage 85 Looking for the Office.................................113 Passage 86 You Can’t Say “No”....................................114 Passage 87 A Funny Man...............................................116 Passage 88 Looking for Excuses....................................117 Passage 89 Tony.............................................................119 Passage 90 A Clever Boy...............................................121 Passage 91 A Girl or a Boy, a Woman or a Man?..........122 Passage 92 A Long Life..................................................124 Passage 93 A Smart Tortoise..........................................125 Passage 94 An Honest Boy.............................................127 Passage 95 In the Future.................................................128 Passage 96 The Doorkeeper...........................................130 Passage 97 Mr. Going-to-do...........................................131 Passage 98 Henry’s Day.................................................133 Passage 99 Joy Is Busy...................................................135 Passage 100 The Lift........................................................136 ������...............................................................................138