Ever since I was a child，my mouth has caused me trouble. I'm not a bad person；I have a 1 time learning when to stop saying bad things to others.

My mom has told me again and again，"Robert，your constant（不断的）bad words are hurting me. If you 2 to be this rude，you will get into big trouble."

 It's been a problem at school several times too when teachers have told me something I didn't want to hear. I used to feel it was my 3  to stand up for myself.

 One day in English class I was working on my homework when I heard a classmate  4 behind me. It was Nathaniel，who liked doing that as usual.

I said ever so 5 ， "Nathaniel，would you be quiet？"

Nathaniel kept saying something to himself. I quickly 6 ， "Nathaniel，shut up！"

 For the next five minutes，we threw hurtful words back and forth at each other.

"At least I don't have an ugly lazy eye like you!"I cried out.

 I knew this would make him  7  and it would hurt his feelings and shut him up.

What I said filled him with anger. He tried to 8 over my seat and catch me as he screamed，"That's it！That's it！"

9 at his reaction（反应），I sat back in my seat. I had never seen Nathaniel act like this before. Later on，we were taken to the teachers' office. There，Mr. Black，our English teacher，told us to 10 the matter. It wasn't until then that I finally found that 11 I hurt someone physically，the woulds finally heal（愈合）.But when I hurt someone with my 12 ， sometimes the pain never goes away.

 At the end of the discussion，I said  13 to Nathaniel.

 When I went back to my room，I spent some time praying（祈祷）.I began to 14 how often what I said hurt others. But I believe that as I keep asking God to help me，he'll tell me when to keep my 15 closed.

    My name is Bill. I am a student in No. 10 Middle School. I am very busy this 1. On June 3rd, we 2 a school trip. I need to buy some food 3 the trip. On June 6th, we have a P.E. test. I am a fat boy, so it is really 4 for me. June 15th is my twelfth 5. I ask my friends to 6 to my party. I need to buy some things for my party in the 7. June 26th is my friend Alan's birthday. I know 8 like(s) ping-pong. I want to buy a ping-pong bat for him. On the last day of June, June 9, my school has a book sale in the school library. I can buy some books at good 10. I hope (希望) I can have a good time this month.

    Alan and Jack are friends. They wanted to make sure that the birds outside on the ice were ducks or geese(鹅). So 1 a cold January evening last year, the two boys walked onto the frozen(结冰的)river near their homes to get a better look. They2 a rock onto the ice to test it. They thought the ice could hold their 3. Then they stepped(踩；踏)on it. But when Jack took4 steps, he fell through the frozen surface suddenly.

    Alan ran to help his friend. He tried to 5 Jack out from the cold water and onto the frozen land. But the ice didn't hold, and he fell in, too.

    Jack's elder sister saw the boys falling through the ice and started shouting for help John, a neighbor 6  nearby on his way to the store, quickly stopped the car 7 he heard the shout. Seeing the boys, he caught a nearby life ring(救生圈), 8  his shoes and jumped into the water. John swam towards Alan and Jack, and took 9  back to land. They were taken to the hospital at once. 10 , they were saved. They were really thankful to their brave neighbor.

    My dad had a keen imagination, and would play a little good-night game every day. He would 1 my room to talk to me and listen to the joys and sorrows of my day. As he was leaving, Dad would blow out my light like the birthday candles one, 2.

    As he did his little routine, Dad would say, "The light will be dark. As far as you're concerned, it will be dark all over the world because your world is the one you control totally by yourself. The world is yours to see that way. So, keep your light 3.

    When I was very young, I used to -4 there in bed after Dad left and try to understand what he meant, It was 5 as I was so young. What Dad was trying to tell me was that when I went to 6 at night, the world came to a stop, When I woke up in the morning I could 7 to see a fresh new world through my own eyes. In other words, if I woke up happy, the world was happy. If I woke up not feeling well, the world felt 8.

My father's guidance about self-aware and about the power of the eye of others was invaluable: "Everything depends on how you9 what happens in life. And what matters greatly is how you take it."

That good-night game with my father taught me that people's 10 of me aren't important. It's the way I handle them that makes the difference.

    Tom was walking through the forest with his axe (斧子) when a sapling (树苗) called to him and stopped him on his way.

    "Could you please 1 me clear away these trees, kind friend? They are stealing (窃取) all of my sunshine. There is no room 2 the trees, so my roots cannot grow freely. I cannot 3 the wind with the trees above me."

    Tom decided he could help the sapling. He swung his axe and cleared the 4 around the sapling. But 5 Tom made space for the sapling, the hot sunlight dried his leaves. Then there was a heavy rainstorm. The 6 sapling couldn't stand (忍受) the weather.

    "Oh foolish one," said a farmer who was passing by. "The taller trees may seem like they're taking your sunshine, space and wind from you, 7 they're actually helping you. They 8 you from sunburns, heavy rain and other bad weather. You 9 see them taking your space, but you don't see how they help you. One day when you 10, you might be the one to protect other saplings."