Look it up! May's father bought her an encyclopaedia.Here are three articles she found in it.
Dinosaurs
Dinosaurs lived on the Earth over sixty million years ago.This was a long time before people existed.Dinosaurs lived everywhere.Some were as small as chickens.Others were as big as ten elephants.Some dinosaurs had wings and could fly.
Many dinosaurs were harmless.They were as（1）gentlegentle as sheep and ate plants.Others were harmful.They were fiercer than tigers and ate meat.Dinosaurs all（2）dieddied out suddenly.Nobody knows why.We know about the lives of dinosaurs from the skeleton，eggs and footprints they left behind. （See Earth History）
Diogenes
Diogenes was a famous（3）thinkerthinker .He lived in Greece about two thousand years ago.He taught that the way to be happy was to own as（4）fewfew things as possible.All he owned was a big jar that he lived in，a coat，a purse and a cup.He was very happy.One day，Diogenes saw a boy drinking water from his hands by a fountain，so he threw away his cup and became even happier.
DISNEY，WALT
Disneyland is a famous（5）amusementamusement park in the USA.Disneyland was created by Walt Disney （1901-1966），who is famous for his cartoon characters：Mickey Mouse，Donald Duck，Goofy，Snow White and many others.
Disney was born in the USA. （6）AfterAfter leaving school，he sold newspapers and delivered mail.At the same time，he studied art at night.Finally he got a job that he really liked - drawing cartoons for films.
Disney's most famous cartoon character，Mickey Mouse，was a real mouse.It（7）sometimessometimes sat on Disney's desk while he was working.Disney drew the mouse and put it in a cartoon.Soon Mickey became a star and Disney became rich and famous. （See Cartoons）
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