Maxim Gorky(高尔基)was born in a carpenter's (木匠) family. When he was five, he1  his father.

    He 2 his childhood in his grandfather's home.3the age of ten, his mother 4of illness. His grandfather5 him look for a job by himself.  For ten years, young Gorky 6 about in the street. He did whatever kinds of jobs he 7 , and he lived such 8 life. The dog's life in the ten years made him deeply understand the hardship of the 9people and deeply hate the old system (制度).

    During that time he read all kinds of books which  10_him a lot of materials for works later on.

    A poor woodcutter and his wife lived in the forest in a small hut. It was 1small that it was only large enough for him and his wife2 in.3a cold night, somebody knocked at the door.4woodcutter opened the door and wanted to let the stranger in. His wife said, “I'm afraid we don't have that much space.” The man laughed5 said, “Two can sleep well, three can sit.” And then the stranger6 to come in and they all sat telling stories to each other.

    Then came7 knock. The woodcutter told the stranger, “Friend, open the door.” And the man said, “But there is no space.” The woodcutter said, “8 three people can sit 9 four people can sit a little10”.

    The stranger opened the door, and a man entered. Suddenly, a strange knock11did not seem to be human's was heard! The woodcutter said, “Open the door. I know who12. It is my donkey.” Everyone said, “13is the donkey going to stand?” The man said 14 all stand when the donkey15 in.

    One hot afternoon, a poor farmer was digging his field. Suddenly, his spade (铲) hit something. It was a big metal1which was big enough to boil rice for more than one hundred people. "It does not seem to be of any use to me. I will dig2. Maybe I will find something else," thought the farmer. He3to dig.

    Feeling tired, he threw the spade into the pot and sat under a tree to4. When he got up to leave, he could not5his eyes. There were one hundred spades in the pot. What a6pot!

    After that, he put a7into the pot. Then he found one hundred mangoes in the pot.8 that pot, he became a rich man. The King came to know of the pot,9he was very greedy (贪婪的). “I want to find out the10of the magical pot. If it is valuable, it should be11, " the King thought. So, at once, he ordered his men to bring the farmer and his pot.

    The King12the pot and did not know what to do. He thought, "Let me see what is inside this pot that makes this pot so magical?" He slipped (滑) and13inside the pot. After climbing up out of the magical pot, he was14to find that there were one hundred Kings.

    All the Kings then15among themselves and died. This magical pot has killed the King himself!

    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.