In a small town lives an old man. He has a nice house with a large 1. The old man takes care of his flowers every day. The garden is 2 beautiful that every passer-by will stop to have a good look.

    One day a young painter went by the old man's garden. He looked at the garden, thinking how 3 he would be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. The painter was 4 and went to the old man. He asked, “You can't see the flowers. 5 are you making them so beautiful?”

    The blind gardener smiled, “I can tell you four 6 .First, I was a gardener when I was young. Although I become blind now, I am still good at gardening. Second, although I can't see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can 7 the sweetness of them. At last, that's you. It's true that I don't know you. But I know many people will stop by the garden and the beauty of my garden will make 8 happy. It also gives me a chance to 9 with you here and enjoy these flowers together.”

    Every flower has eyes. 10 the eyes they can see the kindness of the old man. The blind man also grows in his heart. Failing to see the beautiful flowers come out, he surely can hear the sound of them.

    Lila has trouble(麻烦) seeing. She loves to ride her bike, but she can't see well and tell which way to turn. She loves to play basketball, but she can't 1 the ball when it comes to her. Most of all, Lila loves to go to school, but it's 2 for her to see what is on the blackboard.

    One day Lila's mother takes her to an eye doctor. The doctor 3 Lila's eyes and tells her she is going to wear glasses. At first, Lila feels   4 to wear a pair of glasses. The doctor says, "Glasses can help 5 see well. If(如果) you have a pair of glasses, you can do all of the things you 6 !"Lila begins to think that is not so bad.

    After Lila has her glasses, she can do 7 things! She can ride her bike with her 8 on school trips. She can play basketball with her friends. And Lila can finally 9 the lesson on the blackboard at school! Lila is very happy, 10 she wears her glasses every day.

    A young man was walking in the desert. He felt very 1. Just then he suddenly found a spring of delicious and clear water. The water was cool and sweet for a man who had 2it for such a long time. He drank a lot, and then he 3 his bottle so that he could bring some back to his village and gave it to his teacher who had taught him in middle school.

    After a four-day 4, he gave the water to the old man and he took a deep drink, smiled warmly and 5his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his home with a happy heart.

    Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out at once, saying it was6. The student said the water had become bad because the bottle was too old.

    The student asked his teacher, "Master, the water was bad and it was bitter. Why did you 7 to him that you liked it?" The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water 8 I tasted the gift. The water which has been put in loving and kindness is not 9water." Nothing could be 10 than love.

    My name is Tony. I'm from 1. Now I'm a student of NO.5 Middle School in Beijing. It's easy for me to make friends in China 2Chinese people are friendly. They usually ask me to join（加入） 3for dinner. There are 4people in my family. They are my grandparents, my parents, my sister and I. My father is a 5. He teaches English in my school. My mother is a doctor. It's 20 km from our home to 6. So she goes to work 7bus every morning. My sister is a six-year-old girl. She doesn't come to China. She stays in America with my grandparents. So I 8her very much. She has two dogs. They are smart. They can dance 9. They can play games 10her, too.

    For this little boy, it is a really cold winter. His father was in a car accident(车祸) and he 1 a leg. After that, his father became so sad. When the boy didn't do something well, the father would be2and beat him.

    One night, the boy passed a small shop on the street. He saw some beautiful boxes of3An idea came into his mind. He knew his father4coffee. Although he knew stealing(偷) was not good, all he could think of was his father's5He soon put a box of coffee into his jacket and ran back home.

    He gave the coffee to his father, and his father gave6a kiss. The boy was very happy7he wanted the kiss from his father for a long time.8, the shopkeeper came and told his father the truth. His father beat him again.

    Many years later, the boy's mother called and said his father wanted to see him. He9because he was too busy. After a few weeks, he heard the10news that his father died. He found an old box of coffee in his father's room. On it was a piece of paper, saying, "The gift11my son". There was the letter:

Dear son,

    I'm not a good father. But I have a dream—to have a coffee shop, then I can make.12for you. I'm sorry I didn't keep my dream.

    The boy was very sad. He didn't meet his father for the13time. He decided to go on his father's14. He started a coffee business. His coffee business is15now. The name of the boy's coffee shop is Starbucks(星巴克). He is Howard Schultz.