Sally is eighty-six years old. She has no sons   1 daughters. Her husband died ten years ago. But she didn't move into a nursing home. She would like to 2  herself every day.

    Every night she spends two hours  3   kids with math for twenty years. All kids living on her street can get her help without payment(报酬). She was a famous math    4  before she retired(退休) from a middle school.

    She gets up early in the morning, then does sports, goes shopping or helps cleaners   5   the street. And she does these happily.

When the kids come for help, she is always 6   and tries her best. People asked her   7  . She said, “I love it. It makes me happy to help them.”

    She is always happy every day and always says hello to people around her   8 a smile.

    “ I've decided to love everything around me. So I'm happy to do    9. I'm thankful for those kids who come to me for help. Each kid is my   10. I love each day to help them.”she said.

    Really, a good decision decided on what one does in life.

     As the train was moving across a wilderness(荒野), the passengers looked out of the windows quietly. When the train reached a bend(转弯处),it1    and a simple house appeared. It was so easy to notice that everybody on the train turned to "enjoy" with eyes wide open. Some passengers began a discussion about it. The young man was also   2   by the scenery. On his return he 3   the train at the nearest station and found his way to the house. Its owner said that he was troubled by the  4  of the train. He wanted to sell the house,but nobody would buy it.

    Soon the young man spent 30,000 dollars on the  5  . He thought it was a good place for  6   because it was facing the railway bend. When the train moved slowly past, the  7   passengers would be very interested in the house.

    He tried to connect with some big companies and told them that could be used for advertisements.   8  the Coca-Cola Company took it to put up their signs. To everyone's surprise, the young man was   9  180,000dollars for a three-year rent.

    This is a true story. It tells us that discovery is very important to  10

    At a gas station, I noticed a woman sitting alone at a picnic table. Though it was1, she was dressed in a winter jacket.

    When I got home, I quickly filled a bag with some2, drinks, a new T-shirt and some new socks. Several minutes later, I returned with the bag. The woman was still sitting there. I asked if I could3 near her. She agreed. I offered her the bag and she accepted it. She then asked me to share a snack from the bag with her as she had4 nothing that that day. Then the woman began to share her sad story.

    She once had a happy family, but a(n)5changed everything five years ago. She was6 and lost her family in that crash（撞车）. She wore this jacket7 it was the last thing she bought with her children. She 8 them and often came here because her children loved this picnic table.

    For an hour, I sat there with her. We shared 9 and tears. I listened to her and comforted her. She also helped me10 that in the blink（眨眼）of an eye, everything might change.

    Once upon a time, there was a little girl 1Nuwa. Her father was Emperor Yan and he2his daughter very much. They often played3together. One day Nuwa rowed(划)a 4 in a river. The boat over turned and Nuwa5. So her father was6over her death. Later, Nuwa changed7a bird. The bird often came8Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan cried when he watched the river, 9he missed(想念)his daughter. The bird decided to fill the river10stones. Finally the river was full of stones and it disappeared(消失).

    Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I1to take a bus. Not knowing the routes(线路), I thought I should just go east.

    A bus stopped. I got 2and asked the driver how far she was going. "Ten more miles, "she said. There was3bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night. I got off at the end of the route and she told me which bus to look4.After waiting for 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi5home. Then a bus came up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃).It was out of service, but the door opened. It was the same driver." I just can't leave you here, "she said." This isn't the nicest place. I will take you home." "You will drive me home on the bus? "I asked in 6. "No, I will take you in my car," she said. "It's a long way, "I insisted." Come on, "she said." I have nothing 7to do." She began telling me a story 8we drove from the station in the car. A few days9, her brother had run out of gasoline(汽油).A kind man picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car." I'm just passing the kindness along," she said. When I offered her money as a thank-you, she refused." Just do 10nice for somebody. Pass it along, "she said.