Nancy is a funny girl. Her 1  is full of fantastic ideas. Like any other child, she has 2  in her life, but she always solves it in funny ways.

    Nancy's classmate Lionel lost a tooth at school last month. The teacher 3  him a cute tooth necklace (项链). Nancy found it was nice and she wanted one too.

    One morning Nancy found one of her teeth was loose (松动的). "I will get a nice tooth necklace 4  the tooth falls out at school," she thought. Nancy did everything that she could

    5to make sure she lost her tooth at school. However, things didn't always happen as she 6 . The tooth finally 7 out on her way to school. Nancy told her teacher what had happened. She was 8 . She didn't think she could get the special necklace.

    To 9 surprise, the teacher decided to give Nancy the necklace. "Your tooth dropped out close to the school, didn't it?" the teacher said. "And you're really an honest (诚实的) girl." Finally, Nancy's dream came 10  .

    Where is Love? How can we find Love?

    Once a little boy wanted to find Love. He knew it was a long trip to where Love lived, so he got his things 1 with some pizzas and drinks and started off. When he passed three streets, he saw an old woman 2 in the park and watching some birds.

    She looked very 3. The boy gave her a 4 . She took it and smiled at him.

    The smile was so beautiful that he wanted to see it again, so he gave her a Coke. She smiled once again. The boy was very happy.

    They sat there all the afternoon, eating and smiling, but they said 5. When it got dark, the boy decided to leave. But after he walked a few meters, he 6, ran back to the old woman and gave her a hug. The woman gave him her biggest 7ever.

    When the boy opened the door of his house, his mother was surprised to see the8 on his face and asked what made him so glad. The boy answered, "I had lunch with Love. She has got the most beautiful smile in the world." At the same time, the old woman's son was also surprised at his mother's pleasure and asked why.

    "I ate a pizza in the park with 9," she said, "and he is much younger than I expected."

    If the world is 10 of love, we can enjoy a better life.

    Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One early morning, I1a call for a taxi. When I arrived at the building, it was 2:30 a.m. and I found the building was dark except for the only light in a first floor window.

    Many drivers would just shout once or twice and then drove away, but I thought this2 might need my help. So I walked to the door and knocked, "Just a minute," answered a3, elderly voice. After a long time, the door opened. A small old man showed up before me, 4a small bag. He kept thanking me for my5. "It's nothing," I told him.

    "Oh, you're such a good man." He said. When we got into the taxi, he gave me a (an) 6, and then asked, "Could you drive through the city center?"

    "But it wasn't the7 way." I answered quickly. "Oh, I'm in no hurry." He said. "I'm on my way to a hospital. I don't have any family left. The8says I don't have much time left.

    I 9 started the taxi and shut off the meter(计程器). For the next two hours, we drove through the city center. He showed me the building where he once worked. We drove 10 the church where he got married. He would never forget that happy moment. Sometimes he'd ask me to slow down in front of a building and would sit11the darkness for a long time, saying nothing. When the sun began to rise, we drove in silence to the address he had given me. When we arrived, 12without thinking, I gave him a big hug. "You gave an old man a little moment of13. Thank you!" He said with tears in his eyes.

    I was completely lost in thought for the rest of the day. What would happen if I had refused to do14I did? We always think that there are no15moments in our lives, but great moments are just in what others may think small and unimportant ones!

    It is hard to imagine how a person is to spend the whole life when only the head and hands are able to move.

    Xu Ruiyang, an 18-year-old student from Kunming, has suffered (遭受) from spina muscular atrophy (脊柱肌肉萎缩)1she was 2 years old. At that time, the doctor said that most children with spinal muscular atrophy will only live a few years.

    The family did not give up, or even just2. To help Xu Ruiyang live with dignity (尊严), her parents 3her living and learning skills strictly. Opening a book or raising hands, some very easy actions for common people,4, are big challenges for Xu. She had to use her head or5to work together with hands to finish these actions.

    When she started learning to write, she couldn't even6a pen. But she never gave up. Once she lost the pen, she picked it up and7writing. Xu finally could write 500 Chinese characters before becoming a primary school student, after8 thousands of times.

    Over the past few years, Xu has overcome (克服) many problems, including the 9 caused by the disease. Her parents worried about her health and 10her to drop out of school, but Xu's answer was no. "11I read a book and do my homework, the pain is gone," said Xu.

    When asked by reporters on how to deal with difficulties, Xu calmly said, “Patience. When you can't change anything, crying is useless, so just be12."

    In Xu's opinion, her sunny and self-confident13comes from the love of her parents.

    "If we are not able to make her live longer, we can make her life wider," said Xu's father. They travelled across China and more than 20 14 over the world, including Italy, Thailand and Singapore. During these trips, she developed an interest in learning a 15language. "I think it's cool to learn about other countries' culture and express your feelings to others," said Xu.

    Last June, she finished China's Gaokao and received an offer from Sichuan International Study University.

    Mr. Smith is from 1 , but he lived in London for ten years. So he can speak German and English. He also likes seeing the world. So far he has 2 to many big cities in the world, such as New York, Rome, Paris and so on.

    A few years ago, he came to China 3 the Great Wall. After that he fell in love with China and 4 to stay there.

    Now he works 5 a teacher in Beijing. He has taught English in a school 6 3 years. Mr. Smith is very humorous,7 he always makes his class interesting.8of his students feel bored in his class. He often encourages his students to speak English in class. The students also teach 9 Chinese. They are getting on 10 with each other.