One day, a rich father took his young son on a trip to the countryside. He wanted to show him how poor the villagers were and wished him to cherish(珍惜) what he had. They 1 two days in a poor family in the village.

    On their 2 home from the trip, the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"

    "It was great, Dad."

    "Did you see how poor people could be?" the father asked.

    "Oh, yeah!" said the son.

    "So what did you learn 3 the trip?" asked the father.

    After 4 for a while, the son answered, "I saw that we have a dog, 5, they have four. We have a pool in the garden. And they have a small river without 6 end. At night, we have small lights in the garden, but they have the 7 in the sky. We buy our food, but they grow 8. We have walls around to 9 us safe but they have friends."

    You could imagine the look on the father's face!

    Then the son went on, "Thanks, Dad. Now I know how 10 we are!"

    It's Sunday afternoon. It's my son's eighth birthday today. I go into a 1shop to buy a big birthday cake for him.

    There are lots of people in the shop. When I am 2 a cake, I find a little boy watching the cakes for a long time. He is 3old clothes. At last he chooses a cake. Then he gives money to the shopkeeper and says to her, “I want the 4 cake.”

    “Sorry, the cake is 20 yuan, but you only have 10 yuan,” says the shopkeeper.

    “I ...I have no more money,” says the little boy and he begins to cry.

    “Oh, my boy. Who would you like to 5 the birthday cake for?” I ask.

    “My mum, madam.”

    “6 doesn't she come and buy one?”

    “My father left us three years ago,” the boy says. “We don't have much7. My mother has to 8 from morning to night every day. She celebrates my birthday every year, but she 9 celebrates hers. It's her birthday tomorrow. I want to buy a small cake for her. But I don't have enough money...”

    “Oh, my boy! I'm your 10 friend,” I say. “I will buy her a nice birthday cake.” I give the money to the shopkeeper and leave the shop.

    I lived in a poor family with my wonderful mother. She often told me that no matter how poor a person was, he could still afford a dream.

    My dream was athletics. When I was sixteen, I started playing baseball. I could throw a ninety-mile-per-hour fastball and1anything that moved on the field.I was also2: my high school coach was John, who believed in me and taught me how to believe in myself. He taught me the difference 3having a dream and remaining true to that dream. One unusual4with Coach John changed my life forever.

    A friend helped me to find a summer job. This meant a chance for money in my pocket for a new bike, new clothes and the5of saving for a house for my mother. Then I realized I would have to6up summer baseball and that meant I would have to tell John I wouldn't be playing.

    When I told John, he was7as I expected him to be. "You have your whole life to work," he said. "You don't have too many playing days in your life. You can't afford to waste them." I stood before him with my head8, trying to think of the9that would explain to him why my dream of buying my mom a house and having money in my pocket was worth facing his disappointment in me.

    "How much are you going to make at this job, son?" he asked. "3.5 dollars an hour," I replied.

    "Well," he asked, "Is $ 3.5 an hour the price of a dream?"

    That simple question made me understand the difference between wanting something right now and having a goal. I decided myself to play sports that summer and within the year I was taken on by the Pittsburgh Pirates to play baseball, and was10 a $ 20 000 agreement. Two years later, I bought my mother the house of my dream!

Betty is the new monitor of Class 4, Grade 7. How can she be {#blank#}1{#/blank#} good monitor? {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (Betty) teacher Mrs. Brown tells her like this: 

Study hard and get high scores. Show everyone you are a good student, and you can {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) their monitor. 

Be nice to other students. You are their monitor, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} you are also their classmates. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} be friends with everyone. Then they'd like {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (listen) to you. 

{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (not talk) at the class. When the teachers are out, your classmates like to talk to each other. Want them to keep quiet? Don't shout. Use {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (word) like "Please" or "Thank you".

Talk with your classmates. Ask {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (they) "Do you think I am a good monitor? " or"What can I do {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help) you?", so they would like to talk with you about these things.

Hello, friends! My name is Susan. I'm twelve years old and I live in Alton. I would like to talk about my future ideas. When I grow up, I want to be a vet(兽医). Because I like animals. I have two cats, one dog and some fish at home. They are very cute. My favorite TV show is about nature. I often go to the zoo with my parents. There's a museum of nature near my home. I go there every weekend. 

When I leave school, I think I'll go to university and I'll learn how to look after animals. Later I think I'll work at a zoo. I don't want to get married(结婚) too soon, so I think I'll wait until I'm thirty. I don't want to be rich or famous, but I want to be happy. I hope my husband will be a friendly and handsome man. I hope I'll have two lovely girls, too. 

I think that the world will be hardly the same. Most of us will probably drive electric(电动的) cars and there will be very smart robots in our life. I think I'll live in a big city. 

I think life will be easier and people will live longer. We'll care more about nature and animals. 

What about you? What are your plans and predictions for the future?

No one was sitting on the park bench. I went over and sat down, sighing. I felt my life was hopeless because my whole world was 1 . Just then, a young boy walked up to me, out of breath. He stood right before me and said with great 2 , "Look what I found! "He had a flower in his hand. 3 the petals were all dry. I told 4 to go away politely, and faked (假装) a small smile. But he shook his 5 . He sat down next to me and put the flower to his 6 . He said, "It smells pretty and it's beautiful, too. That's why I 7 it. It's for you. "The flower before me was dying. I knew I must 8 it, or he might never leave. So I reached for the flower, and replied, "Just what I need." Just then, for the 9 time I noticed that boy could see 10 . He was blind. 

Tears came down my face as I 11 him for picking the best one. "You're welcome," he smiled, and then 12 . I sat there and wondered how he was able to know I was 13 . Through the eyes of a blind boy, I found it was me who can't see the beautiful world, 14 I was blind in my heart. Then I decided to see the beauty in life, and 15 every second of my life.