—She isn't here. She ________ to England.

—For about two years.

    Once there lived a farmer called Henry. He had a brother, Mike, in town who was an excellent gardener. His skill and his beautiful trees were  1  everywhere.

    One day, Henry went to town to visit Mike. “Look, my brother,” said Mike. “Here is the best 2  tree from my garden. Take it home and 3 it so that you, and your children, and your children's children can enjoy it.” Henry was 4  with the apple tree and went back home. The next morning, he began to 5 where he should plant it.

    “If I plant it on the hill,” said he to himself, “the wind might catch it and 6 down the fruit. If I plant it close to the road, people who pass by will pick some of them. But if I plant it...”

     7 he planted the tree in the corner behind his house, where no one else could notice it. But the tree bore（结出） no fruit the first year, nor the second. Then Henry sent for his brother and said to him  8, “You have cheated me. This is the third year and it brings me 9 but leaves.” When Mike saw where the tree was planted, he laughed and said, “You have planted the tree in such a cold corner without  10 or warmth. How, then, could you expect flowers and fruit?”

A

One day Jack's wife was cleaning out a closet（壁橱）. “Look at all these umbrellas,”she said to Jack. “There are eight and they are all broken."“I'll take them to the umbrella shop and have them mended,”Jack said. Jack took the eight umbrellas to the shop and left them there. “They'll be ready tomorrow,” the shopkeeper said.

That evening Jack went home from the office by bus as usual. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor near her. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and stood up. “Hey!”the woman said. “That's my umbrella!”

   “I'm sorry,” Jack said, and at the same time he gave the umbrella to her. “I wasn't thinking. Please excuse me.” 

The next day he got back the umbrellas from the umbrella shop and got on the bus. As he sat down, a voice behind him said, “You certainly have a successful day!”He turned around and saw the woman whose umbrella had almost been taken by him the day before.

 B

    Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700, London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid. 

    About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger and more and more people began to live there. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There were so many thieves who stole money in the streets that people stayed in their homes as much as possible. 

    In 1750, Henry Fielding started to pay a group of people to stop thieves. They were like policemen and were called “Bow Street Runners” because they worked near Bow Street. 

    Fifty years later, there were 120 “Bow Street Runners”, but London had become very big and needed more policemen. So in 1829, the first Metropolitan (or London) Police Force was started with 3,000 officers. Most of the men worked on foot, but a few rode horses. Until 1920 all the police in London were men. 

    Today, London police are quite well paid and for the few police officers who still ride horses, the pay is even better than for the others. 

根据下面汉语提示写一篇关于书籍为我们带来的益处的短文。80词左右。

1.没有朋友在一起，你也可以享受到与朋友在一起的乐趣——阅读；

2.当你孤身一人在家时也能周游世界；

3.你可以与生活在几千年前的古人交流；

4.我们可以成为聪明人的朋友，这能给我们快乐。不读书的人是无法从中获得快乐的。