Benjamin is the unluckiest boy in the world. He 1 falls ill(生病), but if he falls ill, it is on the weekend. He is a good student, but when he takes a test, his pen 2 . His bird sings very well, but when he asks 3 to listen to it, the bird becomes silent(沉默的).

    But Benjamin thinks he is 4 boy in the world. He has wonderful parents and a lovely sister. He has a singing bird. His classmates are friendly to 5 . Benjamin is always happy and he is kind.

    One day his mother 6 him some money to buy an ice-cream. When he 7 the ice-cream shop, he saw an old man outside it. He had old clothes, terrible glasses, and he looked 8 . Benjamin thought he was poor. He decided 9 the ice-cream and gave the money to the man.

    "Thank you. You are a kind boy. But I' m not poor. Keep your money, I'm the richest man in town and sometimes I wear old clothes to see 10 people do," the man said and gave the money 11 to him.

    The man took Benjamin to the biggest 12 in town and said, "Choose 13 you like. I can buy you the most expensive one." Benjamin asked, "Can I choose 14 ? "Of course," answered the man.

    Benjamin chose the newest radio because when his bird keeps silent, he can at least listen to it with his friends. He then bought a new pair of glasses 15 the man.

    Children love their parents, but I didn't get on well with my parents before. I hardly talked to my parents, because they liked to 1 me with my sister. And that made me unhappy. I sometimes argued 2 them for that.

    However, I wanted to show them that I could do things as well as my sister. Then I began to spend most of my free time painting in my bedroom. Luckily, my art teacher, Miss Green, 3 to help me a lot. She taught me some drawing 4 to improve my painting. She was the only person I would like to talk with.

    One day, I told Miss Green about my problem. She encouraged me to enter a painting competition. In her mind，the best way to communicate with my parents was to prove（证明）5. I took her advice.

    Several days later, Miss Green told me the result. I was very happy and excited 6 I won the first prize! My parents were very 7 and I could see that they were very happy. And they began to care more about me. Now 8 between my parents and me have become very good. And I think it's very important to have someone to talk with.

Tani moved away from his home town with his family years ago. When they got to the United States, a churchman {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(warm) helped place them in a homeless shelter(收容所) in New York. Tani's dad worked as a driver {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his mum studied hard to become a nurse. Tani started going to the primary school. There, he learnt {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(play) the game that would change his life: chess. 

At the age of eight, Tani {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(win)a state champion(冠军) for his age. He beat other 73 players. Some had practised with private chess teachers, but Tani had practised on {#blank#}5{#/blank#} floor of the homeless shelter alone. 

A reporter wrote an article about Tani. In three weeks, thousands {#blank#}6{#/blank#} people gave away over $250, 000 to Tani and his family on GoFundMe. Some also left {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(message). One person wrote, "Tani,{#blank#}8{#/blank#} as uperstar you are!"

Recently, Tani and his family {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(decide) to give away all the money. "Thanks to others' help, we live a much {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(happy) life than before, "Tani's father said. "Now we want to help poor people. "

The Sahara Desert in Northern Africa is the largest hot desert in the world. It is about 1，800km from the north to the south and about 4，800 km from the east to the west. Temperatures can reach 58℃ in the daytime and can fall to ﹣6℃ at night. More than 8，000 years ago，the Sahara was a rich land where farmers grew food and plants grew well. As the rainfall in the area gradually went down every year，it became a huge desert. Most areas of this desert have less than 13 cm of rain every year. 

Gary Smith and a few of his brave friends decided to hike across the Sahara. Supporters in cars，who carried food and water for the group，stayed with them together. 

One day，Smith walked alone and then he couldn't find the rest of the group. Even worse，he could not find out which direction to go. Then a sandstorm covered the area. When the storm was over，Smith was even more worried. In the heat that he couldn't stand，he quickly finished his water. He had to spend that night out in the open，and he almost felt he couldn't survive （生存）. 

The next day，he walked on. After the second night，he started to worry about dying. He realized that his friends might not find him in time. It was late on the third day that Smith lost his sense and fell over. 

When Smith awoke，he was in the car with his friends. He had been found by a group of Bedouin who were traveling in a truck. In such a large desert with the weather conditions， this made it possible for him to survive. Then Bedouin returned to his group of friends. Smith was so lucky.