An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw a lot of fruit for sale, but much of it was very 1. Only a big basket of red fruit was cheap.

    "How much per kilo?" the old man asked. "Two rupees(卢比，印度货币单位), "the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost2, so the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.

    However, as soon as he started eating, his3began to burn, his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as4 as the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe(呼吸), he5up and down, screaming(尖叫)："Ah！Ah！Ah！"

    And yet he6to eat the fruit！

    Some people saw him and said, "Those are chili peppers(红辣椒)！You can't just eat them by the handful！"

    The old man said, "I7for them, so I must eat them."

    This old man must seem pretty stupid. But are we much smarter？All of us have8money, time and effort(努力)into something maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job-and sometimes, 9we know there's no hope that things will change, we still continue with it. Why？Because we've put in all that money, time and effort.

    What we can learn from the old man is this：If you've lost a lot for something that doesn't work, let it go and10. It's better than continuing to lose.

    A father and his daughter were flying a kite in the park. The young daughter was a little bit tired, so they took a1 on the beach when the daughter saw an old man selling apples, she asked her father to buy her an apple. Her father didn't bring much money with him but it was enough to buy two apples. So he did, and gave2of them to his daughter, smiling. His daughter held one apple in her left hand and the other in the right hand. Then the father asked her if she could 3one of the apples with him. When the girl heard this, she quickly took a bite from one apple. And before her father could speak she also took a bite from the 4 apple. The father was5.He wondered what mistake he made so that his daughter acted in such a greedy way. He was lost in thought. Perhaps he was just thinking too much. His daughter was too6 to understand about sharing and giving. A smile disappeared from his face. Suddenly, his daughter with an apple in her left hand said, "Daddy have this one! It is much juicer and7. "Her father was speechless. He felt8 about making the judgment so quickly about a small child. But his smile9 knowing why his daughter quickly took a bite from each apple. Don't judge anything or draw a conclusion too quickly.10 spare some more time to understand things better.

    Ernest Hemingway, the son of a doctor and a music teacher, was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway's father{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(teach) him early on how to hunt and fish, two activities Hemingway loved throughout his life. Instead of {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(go) to college, Hemingway became a reporter for the Kansas City Star.

    Later, in Europe, he worked as a driver {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the Italian army until he was wounded and shipped home, where he again wrote for newspapers. Two years {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, he moved to Paris, where he hoped to improve his writing. There he became friends with other {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(America) writers, including

    Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald.

    Hemingway developed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} style of writing that was simple and direct. He chose words sparingly(俭省地), avoided using adjectives, and trusted the reader to understand {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(mean) of his writing. As he put it, "I always try {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(write) on the principle(原则) of the iceberg(冰山). There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shows. "This style continues to influence Writers today. In his career(生涯), which lasted some 40 years, Hemingway earned the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. He was one of the finest writers of the{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(twenty) century.

    For a while Emest Hemingway lived in Key West, Florida, where he had nearly 50 cats. One of them was a cat with six toes(脚趾), which a ship's captain had given him. Today his Key West home is a museum, and many cats still live there. Some of them are {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(child) of Hemingway's six-toed cat. Hemingway was married four times and had three sons. He died in 1961. 

    Philip is the bravest boy I know. His friends and family are all very1him.

    Ten-year-old Philip was born with an 2 which means that he is always breaking his bones(骨头).Although he has such a serious illness, Philip 3playing sports. In January last year he 4wheelchair racing. He came second in his first 5, and since then Philip has won every other race!

    In order to look for a new challenge(挑战), Philip6to take part in the London Wheelchair Marathon(马拉松).7, five days before the race Philip got sick. He didn't want to 8.He finally made up his mind to take part. Philip was given medicine by his doctor and guess what？He not only9it, but he also finished in first place！

    Philip is very10and never gives up. That's why he has been chosen to be the Bravest Child of the Month.

    I am Tom. I'm a student in a middle school. It's nice 1 you here. First let me say something about my family.

    There are five people in my 2: my mother, my father, my sister, my brother and I.

    My father is an 3 worker. My mother is a teacher 4 English. My sister is eighteen and my brother is sixteen. I'm fourteen. We 5 in the same middle school. We all study hard.

    My home is at West Hill. There is a big river near our 6. And behind it there is a pear tree and the small 7 are apple trees, 8 there aren't any pears or apples on them.

    9a photo of my house. In the photo, you can see three 10 in my bedroom. We like them very much.

    This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and 1 was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

    When the earthquake 2, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock 3 the road. But they couldn't move it.' They tried to push it but failed. They tried to 4 it with ropes but nothing worked.

    "Well," they all agreed, "there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the 5." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."

    "You?" they shouted." What are you talking about?" The men all 6at the boy.

    The next morning some people came to the road. One of them shouted," The rock is 7!" More people ran out to see it. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't 8 near the road.

    "This is 9 ， " they said." Where did it go?"

    The boy stood on the road, 10, "I told you I could move it. "

    The boy walked over to where the 11 had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.

    The people looked 12"You see," he said, "I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline(斜坡) up to the rock and the rock 13 down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth. "

    The crowds shouted," What a 14 boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good 15 ?"