Anne is a newspaper reporter. She chose this 1 so she could travel around the world. The work has taught her many unforgettable lessons. She has seen wars, earthquakes and death. But she has 2 seen courage, hope and happiness.

    Last year, she won an award for her reporting in Africa. She was very proud 3 it. At first, she thought she got the award because of her good work. But then she realized that she should thank many other people for 4 help.

    Anne was born in Jamaica. Her family was not poor, but it was not 5, either. Her parents had to 6 hard so that she could go to school. At school, Anne was not a good student, 7 she enjoyed writing because her English teacher said, "Anne, you are a wonderful 8." The teacher encouraged her all the time.

    Later, Anne went to university in Canada and then 9 for a job. It was very difficult. Then, one day, she went to see the editor of a newspaper in Ottawa. The editor gave her a job. "Everyone needs a 10 at first." He said.

    A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she would play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. 1 she loved her parents and her family, she desired(渴望) to live in such a house and 2 all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

    At the age when she gained some 3 skill and sensibility(识别力), she begged her mother for a bike ride 4 the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting on(坚持) her keeping close to the house and not 5 too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew exactly where she was heading! 6 the hill and across the valley, she rode to the gate of the golden house. As she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path 7 to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she found that all the windows were plain（朴素的） and rather dirty. So sad and heart- broken, she didn't go any further. 

    She 8, and all of a sudden she saw an amazing 9. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she 10 that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

What are some of the difficulties of being blind? Two hundred years ago, a little boy was born in France. He was Louis Braille, a happy and lovely baby.

Sadly, when he was three, something bad happened. While playing in his father's shop, Louis hurt his eyes on a sharp thing. Although he got the best care at that time, he was still completely blind and could not see all the lovely colours and beautiful things around him.

Louis was a kind boy. As he grew older, he wanted to help other blind people read. However, it was really hard for him. The first way he tried was to poke (戳) holes in paper and read by touching raised (凸起的) letters with his fingers. But it was too slow to read the letters and few blind people could do it well. After that, he tried many other ways.

One day, Louis heard about someone using dots to represent (代表) sounds. He immediately found its advantages and he spent three years improving upon this idea. Finally, he made a special alphabet and blind people could feel it with their fingers. Each letter was made with a number of dots and people could feel them by their fingers.

The alphabet that Louis made is called 'Braille'. Today many blind people use 'Braille' to help them to read. This is how the Braille Alphabet looks:

Gina is a new teacher in a middle school in the US. She lives in San Diego, just fifteen minutes' walk from the beach. So she always 1 along the beach after work.

Last week was busy but happy for Gina. She had a lot of work from Monday to Friday. When the weekend came, she hoped 2 a good rest. Her weekend began when she met her friends at Sam's Chinese Restaurant on Friday night." My friends and I all like Chinese food, so we often eat together at that restaurant." said Gina 3 .

On Saturday morning, Gina helped a friend move to a new house. In the afternoon, she went to her tennis class. She was new to the sport, 4 she played well. After dinner, Gina went to the Red Onion and danced there until 10:00 p. m. She really enjoyed 5 .

On Sunday, Gina got up at 8:00 a. m. and she went to 6 expensive restaurant near her home for breakfast. She 7 the food there was delicious. Then she spent the whole morning reading books. In the afternoon, she went swimming 8 her cousin. For lunch, they had9 special— seafood noodles. In the evening, she went to the San Diego Folk Festival. She thought it was 10 of all the festivals. And Gina had great fun there.

What a busy but wonderful weekend Gina had!

In a village,there lived a young man named James. He always felt pain because of his hard life. One day, he visited a wise old man and told1 about his troubles. 

The old man2 James patiently and then gave him a handful of salt. James was confused(困 惑的). He wanted to know whether the salt was magical and could wash away all the3 in his life. 

Then the man4 James to put some salt in a glass of water and drink it. James followed the man's instructions(指示). 

"How does it5 ?'asked the man. 

"That is awful,"said James as he spat(吐)out the salty water. 

The old man laughed and then led James to the nearby6 . "Put the same amount of salt in the lake and drink the water from it,"said the man. 

"It is perfect. I can7 taste any salt,"James said. "I am so8 . I can drink a lot!" This time,James enjoyed the cool water of the lake very much. 

The old man then sat next to James,took his hands and said,"The pain in life is just like salt. How it tastes depends on the container we put it into. So,when you are in pain,you can make your heart9 . Stop being like a glass and10 being like a lake. Then the troubles in your life will cause you less pain and you can enjoy your life better.