When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift, it was happiness.

 One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home a car ran over me and cut off my  1  because of its high speed.

 Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life ­ 2  arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears. 3  slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I 4every day.

However, it's easier 5 than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness 6 . I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a 7 mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates 8 about little things: They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes9; they don't have a mobile phone but 10 have, and so on. But I only 11 life. I was lucky to realize from an accident : It is a waste of our life to focus on what you have 12 . We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, “My whole life would improve 13 I have a new car.” But when you get the car and what 14 ? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

Happiness depends on what we have! It's in our heart. It's a state of mind, even though you own the whole world, you may still feel15 .Happiness comes from mastering the art of appreciating(感激) and taking pleasure in what you really have.

    Mabel is a beautiful girl. She likes all kinds of clothes, but she didn't1 her heart into her lessons when she was at school. With her friends' help, she finally finished middle school, 2 she learned little there. Of course, she can't do any important work and now she is a salesgirl in a 3 She has to work there and hopes to find a better one .

    One afternoon the girl argued with her mother angrily. So the following morning, . When she served an old man, she was very4 The old man chose a pair of shoes and bought them. Before he left, he asked, "How 5  will the shoes last?"

"It depends. If you don't use them .the shoes will  6  be broken. "

The old man  7 nothing and went away. That afternoon, while Mabel was  8  for supper, she cut her finger. She had to go to a hospital. That old man happened to be on duty. After Mabel got the medicine from him, she asked, "When will I get 9 ?"

    "It depends, "said the old man. "If you don't use 10 , you'll lose your finger. "

    Mr. Smith is a good teacher. He teaches English very well. He is1to his students， so they like him a lot. There are fifty students in 2 class. Mr. Smith always 3 English in class. He and his students are 4 friends， too.

    Now some of the students 5 on the playground. Bill and Mike 6. Tom and John are jumping. Mary and Lucy are 7 a kite. Are Lily and Maria flying a kite， 8? No， they are playing 9. What's Mr. Smith doing? Look! He is also playing 10them. How happy they are!

    I need1English dictionary. I go to the bookstore (书店). There are many books2it. I can't find the dictionaries. So I ask a girl, “Excuse3, where4the dictionaries?” “5 are in the last bookcase.” says the girl. “Thanks.” I say. With her help, I buy the dictionary. Then I go home happily.

    On my way home, I see something on the floor (地上).6 that? Is it a7? Yes, it is. it's a black wallet (钱包). Oh, There is a photo8a man9some money in it. I find a telephone number at the back of (在...的背面) the photo.10 758897. So I call it. Finally, the man comes and gets back (拿回) the wallet.

    The girl helps me and I help the man. It's good to help others.

    Last night I was driving from Harrisburg to Lewisburg, a 1of about eighty miles. It was late and I was in a hurry. However, if anyone asked me how fast I was driving, I'd say I was not over-speeding (超速). Several times I got2 behind a slow-moving truck on a narrow road, and I was holding my fists tightly with impatience.

    At one point along an open highway, I 3 a crossroad with a traffic light. I was alone on the road by now, but as I got near to the light, it turned red and I braked to a stop. I looked left, right and behind me. Nothing. Not a car, no suggestion of headlights, but there I sat, waiting for the light to4, the only human being for at least a mile in any5.

    I started6 why I refused to run the light. I was not afraid of being fined, because there was obviously no policeman around, and there certainly would have been no7 in going through it.

    Much later that night, after I8 a group of my friends in Lewisburg and climbed into bed near midnight, the question of why I'd stopped for that light came back to me. I think I stopped because it's part of a contract (合同) we all have with each other. It's not only the 9, but it's an arrangement we have, and we trust each other to10 it: we don't go through red lights. Like most of us, I'm more likely to be11 from doing something bad by the social conventions (社会习俗) that stand by it than by any law against it.

    It's amazing that we ever trust each other to do the right thing, isn't it? I was so12of myself for stopping for the red light that night.