Sammy milton 1) not.. (not/be) very clever. he 2) (walk) along the beach one day when he 3) (trip) over something and 4) (fall) on the sand. he 5) (not/look) where he was going. "what 6) (be) this? " he said, picking up the object he 7) (trip) over. "i 8) (never/see) anything like it before." it was, in fact, a very old oil lamp, and as he 9) (rub) it, a genie suddenly 10) (fly) out of it. "you 11) (just/release) me from the lamp! " said the genie. "now you may have three wishes." "great" said sammy who 12) (feel) very thirsty. "113) (want) a bottle of lemonade that never 14) (run out" "no problem." said the genie, and 15) (produce) one instantly. sammy picked up the bottle and 16) (drink) all the lemonade in one go. magically, the bottle 17) (fill) itself up again. sammy drank all that, and exactly the same thing 18) (happen) again. 'that's amazing! " he said. "thanks very much! " "you still 19) (have) two more wishes young man." 'that's easy." said sammy. "i 20) (have) two more of these bottles of lemonade! "

Books are wonderful! They accompany us during all our life. When you read you enrich your mind and broaden your knowledge. People who read books are intelligent. Books are also an entertainment. You and the characters of the book you are reading can find yourselves in different countries and have a lot of adventures. Just imagine — new characters, scenes, lives, events! It's like real life in miniature!

A book can be a faithful friend and a teacher. Reading a book you open new horizons for yourself. A book can form our values and characters. It gives us an opportunity to imagine the future and to look into the past. One can learn a lot by reading books. And I am sure that the time spent on a good book is never wasted. Too bad people started to read less. But it, of course, depends on the author greatly as well, on his or her talent.

Never forget that books are worth reading.

1. I asked, I begged (to implore), but he never gave me money. 2. I do not

I was able to go out of town last Sunday, because my parents would never

allowed to take their car. 3. He said he would have to leave through

a few days, but we didn’t want to listen. 4. Sometimes, on the way home, they

came (to call at) in a cafe. 5. Usually in the evenings he sat on the veranda

(verandah) smoked a cigar. 6. My sister never wanted to take me on

picnic. 7. On Sundays, she usually sat down at the piano and sang to us. 8.

My friends tried to persuade me, but I didn’t want to listen to them.