A qualified doctor who rarely practicedbut instead devoted his life to writing．He once said: “Medicine is my lawfulwife, and literature is my lover．” Russian writer Anton PavlovichChekhov, was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern shortstory．

When Chekhov entered the MoscowUniversity Medical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comicshort stories to support his family．After he graduated, he wrote regularlyfor a local daily newspaper．

As a writer he was extremely fast, oftenproducing a short story in an hour or less．Chekhov's medical and science experiencecan be seen through the indifference (冷漠) many of his characters show to tragicevents．In1892, he became a full time writer and published some of his most memorablestories．

Chekhov often wrote about the sufferingsof life in small town Russia．Tragic events control his characters whoare filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair．

It is often said that nothing happens inChekhov's stories and plays．He made up for this with his excitingtechnique for developing drama within his characters．Chekhov'swork combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感) of anartist．

Some of Chekhov's works were translatedinto Chinese as early as the 1940s．One of his famous stories, The Man in aShell, about a school teacher's extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as atext for Chinese senior students．

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I am a writer．I spenda great deal of my time thinking about the power of language—the way it canevoke(唤起)an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth．Languageis the tool of my trade．And I use them all—all the Englishes Igrew up with．

Born into a Chinese family that hadrecently arrived in California, I've been giving more thought to the kind ofEnglish my mother speaks．Like others, I have described it topeople as "broken" English．But I feel embarrassed to say that．It hasalways bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than"broken", as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked acertain wholeness．I'veheard other terms used, "limited English," for example．Butthey seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people'sperceptions(认识)ofthe limited English speaker．

I know this for a fact, because when Iwas growing up, my mother's "limited" English limited my perception of her．I wasashamed of her English．Ibelieved that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say．Thatis, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect．And Ihad plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in departmentstores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not giveher good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they didnot hear her．

I started writing fiction in 1985．And forreasons I won't get into today, I began to write stories using all theEnglishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of abetter term might be described as "broken", and what I imagine to be hertranslation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的) language, and for that I sought topreserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure．Iwanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, herfeelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts．

Throughout the history of the arts, thenature of creativity has remained constant to artists．Nomatter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces andforms that cause change—to find poetry where no one has ever seen orexperienced it before．

Landscape (风景) isanother unchanging element of art．It can be found from ancient timesthrough the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists andimpressionists．Inthe 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, continued thispractice．Lesliesought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had producedpaintings of the same scene a century and a half before．UnlikeCole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace innature, Leslie paints what he actually sees．In his paintings, there is no particularchange in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in thebackground．Healso takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to helpboth the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom．

Besides, all art begs the age-oldquestion: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown theirunderstanding of reality in one form or another．The impressionists saw reality in briefemotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, andthe Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings of the animals in theancient forests．Tosum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of allperiods．

Over thousands of years the function ofthe arts has remained relatively constant．Past or present, Eastern or Western, thearts are a basic part of our immediate experience．Many and different are the faces ofart,and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings．

        The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community．As a result, all students must  1 sixty hours of service learning,  2   they will not receive a diploma．Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community．  3 of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student． 4   a service experience, students must keep a journal（日志）and then write a 5 about what they have learned．

        Supporters claim that there are many  6   of service learning．Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think  7  their own interests and become 8    of the needs of others．Students are also able to learn real-life skills that 9    shouldering responsibility, solving problems, and working as part of a team．10   , students can explore possible careers11   service learning．For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month．

12 there are many benefits, opponents 13 problems with the new requirement．First, they 14 that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills．Because service learning is time-consuming, students spend 15 time studying the core subjects．Second, they believe that forcing students to work without 16 goes against the law．By requiring service, the school takes away an individual's freedom to choose．

In my view, service learning is a great way to 17 to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers． 18 , I don't believe you should force people to help others the 19 to help must come from the heart．I think the best 20 is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service．Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility, and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely．

      I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台）in her general storeI quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying “thank you．”

      At first I was paid in candyI worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a．m．to 7 p．m．My father helped me set up a bank account． By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted meto selling cosmetics（化妆品）Ideveloped the ability to look customers directly in the eye．Eventhough I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as “What color do you think I should wear?” I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆）ideas．

The job taught me a valuable lesson: tobe a successful salesperson, you didn't need to be a rocket scientist—you needed to be a great listenerExpect they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kidswho tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed．

A．Watching my money grow was morerewarding than anything I could have bought．

B．Soon I found myself looking morebeautiful than ever before．

C．Today I still carry that lesson with me:I listen to customers．

D．My grandma's trust taught me how tohandle responsibility

E．I ended my selling a record amount ofcosmetics．．

F．Before long, she let me sit there bymyself．

G．Later I received 50 cents an hour．

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Have you ever had a headache during atest? Have you ever been too worried about something that you have a headacheor even can't sleep at night? If so, then you know that stress is．

          Not all stress is bad for you．Somekinds of stress can help you get things do better, like when you are runningtowards the finishing line or when you are being asked to give a speech to yourclass．Stresssometimes can help push you to make full preparation for a test．However,too much stress can result in anger, depression and other related problems,which we need to take serious．

There are many things in our life whatmight cause stress —— having too much homework, taking a difficult test,and having economic problems．

It's impossible to live in a lifecompletely free of stress, so you should learn to deal with stress．The best way reduce stress is to have a balance life．If you get enough sleep, eat properly,take more exercise and have enough fun time, you'll probably feel less stressed．

      American popular music is played all over the world．Peopleof all ages in all countries enjoy (listen) to it．The reasons for popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat．The music has many origins in the United States．Country music,  (come) from the rural areasin the southern United States, is one source．Many people appreciate this music because of the emotions (express) by country music songs．

        A second origin of American popularmusic si the blues．It described mostly sad feelings (reflect) the difficult lives of American blacks．Itis usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is popular with all Americans．

Rock music is a newer form of music．This music style was known rock and roll in the 1950's．Sincethen there (be) many forms of rock music, hard rock, softrock, punk rock, disco music and others．Many (perform) of popular rock music are youngmusicians．

People hear these songs (sing) in their original English or sometimestranslated to other languages．The words may differthe enjoyment of the music is universal．