My mother only had one eye. And because of this, I n ever wished her to show up in my school, being afraid that my classmates would   1 I had an ugly mother.

    One day during elementary school, I was terribly ill. My mother came.

  “Your mom only has one eye?!” asked some of my classmates. I was so 2.

    I wished my mother would just 3 from this world. “If you make me teased(嘲笑), why don't you just die?” I shouted at her, taking no notice of the sad look on her face. My mother just handed me some medicine and left without saying 4.

    At that time, I felt 5 to say what I always wanted to say, and I didn't think I had hurt her feelings very much. That nigh t I saw my mom 6 in her room, so quietly, as if she was afraid that she might 7 me. Even so, I hated her tears from one eye. I made a   8: I must study hard and leave my mother.

    Years later my dream came true. I was quite successful and lived 9. I never thought of going back to see my “ugly” mother   10 one day I got a letter, which said, “My son… I'm sorry I only have one eye. When you were little, you got into a(n) 11 and lost your eye. As a mom, I couldn't 12 watching you live with only one eye. 13 I gave you mine. I was never  14 with you and I never regretted(后悔) what I did be cause I 15 you……”

    I cried out aloud. Only then did I realize how beautiful my mother was!

    Stephen Hawking is a scientific giant after Albert Einstein. On 14 March, 2018, the world-famous British scientist died at 76 in Cambridge, UK.

    Stephen Hawking was born on 8 January, 1942 in England. When he was a boy, he 1 to study how things worked. His father wanted him to 2 a doctor, but he didn't want to. He had great 3 in science.

    Hawking got a very serious 4 called ALS at the age of 21. He couldn't walk or speak. Only three of his fingers could move. He could only communicate with others by computer. At first, Hawking was very sad. Later he 5 to see his life in a different way. He worked 6 and went on with his studies. Then he made some great achievements in science. He wrote many great 7. The most 8 one is A Brief History of Time. In the book, he explains the 9 and end of the universe. He also wrote books for 10, like George and the Big Bang (《乔治的宇宙大爆炸》). They help kids learn about space. And he gave speeches at universities. His unusual life encourages many young people.

    Hawking has left us. But his works will live on for many years.

    No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own 1.

    I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head 2 job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program.

    It was a tradition for the school's old team to play against the 3 team at the end of the spring practice. The old team had no coach, and they didn't even practice to 4 the game. Being the coach of the new team, I was excited because I knew we were going to win.5 to my disappointment, we were beaten. I couldn't believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I came to know that my team 6 not be the number one team in Georgia, but they were depending on me. I knew I had to change my 7 about the ability and potential(潜力).

    I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. Most important, I began to treat them as winners. Instead of feeling discouraged, the members were in high spirits. That summer, when the other teams enjoyed their 8, we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football on the school football field.

    Six months 9 suffering our defeat on the spring practice field, we won our first game and our second, and continued to improve. Finally, we faced the number 10 team in the state. I felt that it would be a victory for us 11 we lost the game. But that wasn't what happened. My boys 12 the best team in Georgia, giving me one of the most exciting events of my life. All of us jumped up and down with excitement, most of them even cried.

    From the experience I learn a lot about 13 the attitude of the leader can affect the members of a team. Instead of seeing my boys as losers, I pushed and encouraged them. I helped them to see themselves 14, and they built themselves into winners.

    Winners are made, not 15.

    One day a little mouse was thirsty. She looked everywhere for water to drink. She climbed up onto a table. And she saw a bottle on the table. The mouth of the bottle was1. The little mouse looked inside the bottle. "Aha, there is2milk in it. That's great!" She went into it and began to drink.

    She drank and drank. After a moment she had drunk enough. Her stomach was too big and she couldn't come 3 the bottle. She cried for help. Just then a cat camp up to the table. When the cat4 the cry he jumped onto the table so5, and said, "You'll be my nice lunch!" The little mouse was very clever and she6 for a moment and said. "Brother Cat, you mustn't roll the bottle."7?" asked the cat. "I would get dizzy (头晕目眩的)", said the mouse. The cat said that he would let her8 soon. So he began to roll the bottle. Suddenly the bottle fell down onto the floor and broke into9. The little mouse ran10  as fast as she could. When the cat jumped off the table and ran after her, the mouse had already gone into her home.

    Rachel lived in a small town in America. She always wanted to help others when she was young. At the age of 5, she learned about an organization named Locks of Love. It uses hair donations to make wigs(假发) for children who have 1 their hair because of cancer or other illnesses. Rachel then asked her mother to cut her long hair and send 2 to the organization.

    At 8, she learned that other children had no clean 3 in Africa, and she was shocked. When her school began 4 money to build wells(井) there, she asked her parents to stop holding her birthday party. Also, she asked her friends each to donate $9 to the project in Africa 5 giving her birthday presents.

    One year later, it was her 6 birthday on June 12. She made a birthday page on the Internet with a goal of $ 300.However, Rachel was able to raise only $ 200.This made her a little sad.

    Unluckily, Rachel was badly hurt in an accident 7 eight days. That was a terrible shock to her friends. They wanted to find some ways of showing 8 to her. They began donating on Rachel's birthday page. Donations 9 her $ 300 goal quickly and kept rising.

    When it was clear that she would 10 come back to herself(苏醒), her parents donated her organs(器官) to other children. They also donated her hair a final time to Locks of Love.

    More money was being raised. The total donations soon reached $ 100, 000, and then $ 300, 000. So far, more than $ 850, 000 has been raised from all over the world, including donations from the Africans who are moved(感动) by the little American girl.