One day an ant was drinking at a small stream and fell in. She made all efforts {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (reach) the side, but made no progress at all. The poor {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (tire) ant was still bravely doing her best when a dove saw her. Moved by her {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (determine) and perseverance, the bird threw her a blade of grass, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}supported her like a raft, and thus the ant reached the bank again. While she was resting and drying {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (she) in the grass, she {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hear) a man come near. He was walking along barefooted {#blank#}7{#/blank#} a gun in his hand. As soon as he saw the dove, he wished to kill it. He would certainly have done so, but the ant bit him in the foot just as he raised his gun to fire. He stopped to see {#blank#}8{#/blank#} had bitten him, and  the  dove {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(immediate) flew away.  It  was  an  animal  much {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(weak) that had saved her life.

    Panl Frederic Simon is a famous {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (music), singer and songwriter. He was born on October 13, 1941 in the USA. It's been more than half a century since he{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (write) his famous song The Sound of silence with his partner Art GarfunkeL They also adapted {#blank#}3{#/blank#}old English folk song Scarborough Fair,which is still popular all over the world now.

    Recently Paul Simon released{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (the) latest album Stranger to Stranger and received excellent reviews. And Wristband，which is one of the songs from the album, is often played on college radio.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, Simon is ready to hang up his   guitar and stop {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (make)music. “Show busing dewsn't  hold any interest for me,” said the 74-year-old man.

    Simon is planning{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (begin) a month-long Lour of Europe on October 17,  shortly after his 75th birthday. After that, he's going  to travel  for a year, perhaps{#blank#}8{#/blank#} his wife, It's an act of courage to let go, ” said Simon. “I am going to see{#blank#}9{#/blank#} will happen if I let go. Then I'm going to see who I am.”

    If he does quit music. Simon will bring a great career to s close, which has spanned sixty years lie has won more than a dozen Grammys and produced a lot of{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (came)songs.Paul Fredric  Simon has been named by Time Magazine one of the “100  Peaple Who Shaped the World”,

    Last summer, as soon as school was over, I thought maybe I could spend the summer {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a way different from previous ones. But how? Perhaps I could take{#blank#}2{#/blank#}part-time job and make some money. I {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (offer) an interview soon after I filed my application to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The interview was three days ahead. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (prepare) for it, I went through Interview Skills, a book {#blank#}5{#/blank#} prepares readers for job interviews. My mom and dad tried to help by {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (give) me simulated (模拟的) interviews one after {#blank#}7{#/blank#}I was all ready the day before the interview.

    I answered all of the manager's questions {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(perfect). After all, my mom and dad had expected all of them and I just needed to repeat the answers I had prepared. Besides, I had carried myself well through the interview. My facial {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(express), my voice, my…… all were excellent. I felt the job was already mine. That night I calculated how {#blank#}10{#/blank#} money I would make, and I planned the ways I would like to spend it.

    One day a rich man took his sons on a trip to the countryside. He wanted to show them how the poor lived so that they could be thankful {#blank#}1{#/blank#} his wealth through hard work.

    They spent a couple of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (day) on the farm of what would be considered a poor family.

    On their return, the father asked the elderly boy{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (explain) what he had learnt. To his surprise, the boy, who had kept {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (silence) and deep in thought on the journey home, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (reply) in a way that shocked his father.

    “I want to become a farmer,{#blank#}6{#/blank#} the farmers can enjoy the beautiful night stars while we have only expensive lanterns.” Finally, he asked his father, "What makes us safer, large walls around our house or some friends {#blank#}7{#/blank#} will protect us?"

    After a while, the boy finished by saying, "Before the trip I thought we {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) rich but today I learnt who is {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(true) rich." With this, the boy got up and walked away,{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (leave) his father sitting on their comfortable sofa, totally speechless.

    Positive thinking does not mean you have to find every idea absolutely wonderful.

    It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (do) mean you have to be ready to explore an idea and to try and bring out whatever good features it has .The next step might be to find the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (weak) in the idea and to try and strengthen them, rather than use them {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (simple) as an excuse for rejecting the whole idea. Finally, the idea, after it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (explore), may not be used because there is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (good) one or because, good {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it is, it is not suitable. There is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (something) wrong with being positive about an idea at first and then {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (reject) it later, when you see that it won't work.

    It is easy to be negative and critical and too much talent is wasted in negative thinking. It is time we {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (show) less respect for this kind of destructive thinking and focused {#blank#}10{#/blank#} positive thinking more. So remember to think positively.