One day, Akbar decided to test how wise Birbal was. He took his ring off his finger and handed it to one of his courtiers (侍臣). Akbar said to him, "You must hide this ring safely with you. Make sure that no one can find it."

    As soon as Birbal came to the palace, Akbar said. "Birbal, I lost my ring this morning. It was given to me by my father. Do whatever you want, but you have to find my ring soon."

    Birbal asked Akbar to give him more information, but Akbar didn't say much. He kepp on repeating, "I don't remember anything at all. You must find my ring." Finally, Birbal said, "All right, Your Majesty (陛下)! I will find your ring soon."

    Birbal closed his eyes and pretended (假装) to think for a while. And then he said, "Your Majesty, your ring is somewhere here in this palace. It is with one of the courtiers. The courtier has a grain of rice in his beard."

    The courtier was worried. Hearing Birbal's words, he quickly moved his hand over his beard. Birbal's eyes fixed on the behaviour of the courtier. Pointing towards him, Birbal said, "Your Majesty, this courtier stole your ring."

    Akbar was surprised. He didn't understand how Birbal had succeeded in finding his ring. But once again, Akbar accepted the fact that Birbal was very wise.

    Li Ming is staying with the Wang's family for the weekend.

    Today it is warm and fine. The family are having dinner in the garden. They often have dinner in the garden on a warm and fine spring day. Now Mr. and Mrs. Wang are sitting at table with Li Ming under a tree.

    "It's great to have dinner out here on such a lovely day," Mrs. Wang says. "What's the weather like in your home town, Li Ming?" Mr. Wang asks. "It's not very warm in spring. But I like the spring there best." "Help yourself to some cakes, Li Ming," Mrs. Wang says. "Thanks," says Li Ming. "The cakes are very nice. I enjoy the dinner very much. "

Helen Keller was both blind and deaf. 1 she had these disabilities, she became a skilled writer and speaker.

Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama. When she was 19 months old, she became very 2 and the illness left her unable to see or hear.

When Keller was 6, she got a teacher named Anne Sullivan. Sullivan used Keller's sense of 3 to teach her. She handed Keller a doll. Then she traced(摹写) the letters of the word "doll" on Keller's hand. Keller 4 the connection between the letters and the object she was holding. Then she learned that things had names.

With Sullivan's help, Helen made progress 5 . Soon she could 6 sentences by feeling raised words. A few years later she learned Braille(盲文), a special system of writing for the blind that uses raised dots(凸起的原点). People read Braille with their fingers.

Even though learning to speak was a bigger challenge, Keller decided to face it bravely 7 giving up. Keller 8 to do it by touching the lips and throat of a person who was speaking. Then she could feel the way the lips and throat moved. At the same time, someone spelled out the words that were being spoken.

Keller was very 9 and learned quickly. She graduated(毕业) from Radcliffe College in 1904. Then she wrote magazine articles and books that told people about blindness. In 1913, Keller began giving speeches, mainly for the American Foundation for the Blind. Her efforts have a great 10 on the whole world with more and more disabled people being treated nicely and fairly.

Once a young man was travelling by train. It was a long and boring journey. As the train was moving quickly through a wilderness(荒野), many of the1 looked out of the windows quietly. When the train reached a bend(弯道), it slowed down and then a simple 2 appeared. It was so easy to notice that everybody on the train would enjoy the house carefully. Some passengers were even3 by it. The young man was one of them. 

On his return, the young man got off the train at the nearest 4 and found his way to the house. Its owner said that he was troubled by the 5 of the train, which made it hard for him to fall asleep He wanted to 6 the house, but nobody would buy it.

Finally, the young man spent 30, 000 dollars on the house. He thought it was an 7 place for advertisement because it was facing the railway bend. When the train moved slowly past, the house would draw the attention of the8 passengers easily. 

He came up with an idea and 9 some big companies. At last, the Coca-Cola Company took it for advertisement and the young man was afforded 180, 000 dollars for a three-year rent. 

This is a true story. It tells us that it is very important to think 10 . Many people have got creative ideas in this way. 

One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no1   to get food for his large family.

"You look strong.  2 don't you work?" I asked. "Just because I can't get work, sir." If I give you work, what pay do you want?"" 3 I can get bread for my family, sir," he answered.

I decided to find out if he 4 meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour  5  you can carry a brick(砖) under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without  6  ,"I said. "Thank you, sir. I will," he said.

I found a brick and started him walking before I went to my business. I  7  thought he would do what he had promised (承诺).

When I came back five hours later, I saw him  8  walking, with the brick under his arm. I stopped him and gave him9 pounds. He  10  me and told me that some people offered to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He would go and ask  11 for work. Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the 12  . I did.

Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. He said that he was the brick man and had his own business now. "You know, I still keep that brick and always value (重视) it as the most 13  thing I have. Because it has brought me 14 and success."

In fact, it was not the brick that made the man 15 , but his faithfulness (忠诚) in doing even a very little thing.