Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet (西藏). Our legs were so
heavy and cold that   1   felt like big pieces of ice. Have you   2   seen snowmen ride bicylces? That's
what we looked like! Along the way children who were   3   long wool coats stopped to look at us.
In the late   4   we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze (结冰). However, the lakes   5  
 like glass in the setting sun and loooked wonderful.
    Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual. She was in high spirt and I knew I didn't need to   6   her.
To climb the mountains was hard work but as we   7   us, we were surprised by the view. We seemed
to be able to see for miles, and we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds. After
a while, we began going   8   the mountains. It was great fun especially as it slowly became much   9  .
At the foot of the mountains, colourful butterflies flew around us and we saw many sheep eating green
grass. Then we had to  10 . Our caps, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.
    In the early evening we stopped to  11 . We put up our tent and then we ate. Afte supper Wang Wei
went to sleep but I stayed  12 . At midnight the sky became clearer and  13  and the stars grew brighter.
As I  14  below the stars I thought about how far we had already travelled.
    We will reach Dali in Yunan Province soon, where our cousins will join us. We  15  hardly wait to see
them!

      When I was in the third grade,I was chosen to be the princess in the
school play. For weeks my mother had helped me practise my lines. But
once on the stage , every word   1   from ruy head. Then my teacher asked
me to change my role to be a narrator(解说者) for the play    2   I didn't tell
 my mother what had happened that day,she noticed my  3  and asked if I
 wanted to take a walk in the garden.      It was a lovely spring day. We
could see dandelions (浦公英) popping (乍开)   4   the grass in bunches
 (束). I watched my mother bend down by one of thebunches. "I  think  
I'll dig  up (挖光 ) all  these  weeds (野草) , "  she said. " From now  
on , we'll   5   have  roses in this garden. "
         " But  I  like  dandelions , "   I  protested (抗议 ) .  " All flowers
are   6  even dandelions !" My mother looked at me seriously. "Yes,
every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it?"  she asked
thoughtfully. I nodded. "And that is  7   of people , too, "  she added.
       When I   8  that she had guessed my pain,l started to cry and told
her the truth. " But you will be a wonderful narrator," she said,   9   me
of how much Iloved to read stories' aloud.
       Thanks to my mother's encouragement ,I got to know everybody had
his or her own   1   in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.

B. left       
B. Because    
B. mistake    
B. past       
B. only       
B. healthy    
B. kind       
B. realized   
B. complaining
B. progress

C. failed      
C. Though       
C. danger        
C. beyond        
C. still         
C. beautiful     
C. same          
C. explained     
C. recommending  
C. value