Whitney didn't have many friends. She was shy and 1. She never wanted to be popular, but she did want to have someone to share 2 and laugh with.

    Then it was time for her to go to college in another town. And she had to 3 with someone she didn't know. She had no idea whether she could make friends in that new environment.

    But something happened during the first class. And it 4Whitney's life. The teacher asked everyone to 5 a little about themselves. Whitney told everyone where she came from and some simple information. The last 6 for each student was "What is your goal for this term?" 7 of the students said it was to get good grades, pass the tests or something similar. But Whitney said something 8 . She said that her goal was to make just one good friend.

    When most of the students sat quietly, one student came to Whitney. She reached out her hand and introduced herself. She asked 9 she could be Whitney's friend. Whitney was surprised and happy. She 10 and reached her hand out, too.

    Their friendship lasted all through the college.

    Helen's favorite food is chocolate. Her parents and teacher often say that it's1for her teeth to eat too much chocolate. But she doesn't believe it. She often puts some chocolate in the milk for breakfast, the juice2lunch, even the soup for supper. Her mother has to3some chocolate in her bag before she goes to school. Sometimes when her mother goes shopping with her, Helen won't leave the shop4her mother buys some chocolate for her.

    The little girl5back from school with a painful(痛苦的) look yesterday afternoon. A tooth hurt and she had nothing. Her mother made some soup for her. But she put some chocolate in it. Her father bought some6for her, but she put some chocolate in it, too. Of course it was useless.7the next morning her mother took her to see the8.The dentist saw there was a cavity(洞) in her bad tooth .So he had to fill（填充）it with something.

    “Now, young girl,” said the dentist , “What kind of filling（填充物） would you like for that tooth ?”

    “9, please,” answered Helen. The dentist and Helen's mother both laughed. The dentist asked Helen to eat fresh fruit and vegetables10chocolate. And it's necessary for Helen to have healthy eating habits.

    American President Roosevelt's house was once broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and 1 him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt 2 back at once, saying, “Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I'm all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three 3: firstly, the thief (小偷) only stole things from me 4 did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things 5 all my things; thirdly, most 6 for me, it was the man 7 me who became a thief.”

    It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt was so 8.

    It is 9 for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time as long as he lives on the earth. We should learn how to 10 failure or misfortune bravely and to try to deal with it. Being thankful can bring us a better life.

    While at the beach this afternoon. I met a 1 called Bob We talked a lot. He said that it was fun playing on the cliffs (悬崖). I told him 2 I was not allowed to go near that place (Mum and Dad had always told me it was dangerous to play there). He called me a coward (胆小鬼). I wanted to prove to him that I was just as 3 as he was, so I agreed to go with him.

    We wanted to make our way down to explore (探索) the area. so Bob started to climb down 4 I followed him. 5, some rocks came down after us. One of them nearly hit my head. We could not get back up. We shouted and shouted for help, but for a long time 6 help came. I was really scared (害怕的). I wanted to cry. Then, we heard some 7. Someone had heard us. A woman tied a rope around 8 while a man at the cliff top held the rope. She 9 her way down to save us.

    My parents were relieved (宽慰的) that I was unhurt, but they were angry that I had done 10 a risky thing. I apologized and promised that I would not do anything like that again.

    An old woman had two large pots(罐) — one on each end of a pole(扁担). She carried the pole with the pots on her shoulder. One of the pots had a crack(裂缝) in it, while the other pot was 1 and was always full of water. At the 2 of the long walk from the local well(井) to the woman's house, the cracked pot arrived only half-full.

    This 3 daily for two years, with the woman bringing home only 4 pot(s) of water. Of course, the perfect pot was 5. But the poor cracked pot was 6 of its own imperfection.

    One day, the cracked pot spoke to the 7 while they were on the way back. "I am ashamed of myself 8 this crack in my side causes water to leak out all the way back to your house," it said. The old woman smiled and said, "Did you 9 that there are flowers on your side of the path, but not on the other pot's side? That's because I 10 know you were cracked. I planted flower seeds on 11 side of the path. And every day while we walk back, you 12them."

    "For two years, I have been able to 13 these beautiful flowers to decorate(装饰) my dining table. 14 you being just the way you are, I would not have this beauty." Hearing these words, the cracked pot 15.

    Each of us has our own cracks. But it's these cracks that make our lives so interesting and meaningful.