Mr. White lost his job last week. It was difficult for him to find another 1. Somebody told Mr. White that he 2 get a job in a town two hundred kilometers 3, so he decided to get there 4. He went to the railway station and got 5 a train. He was the only one in the train. The train started. Suddenly, a man came in 6 a gun (枪) and said to him. “Your money 7 your life?” Mr. White was afraid and sat there without 8 up.

    “I 9 any money,” Mr. White answered.

    “Then why are you so afraid of me?” The man asked angrily.

    “Because I  10 you were the conductor (售票员). I didn't buy a ticket,” answered Mr. White.

    A little girl was born in America. She was1ill when she was 4. The illness left the girl a useless(无用的)2. She couldn't walk like other children, 3she had to wear a leg brace(支架). 4 , she had a good mother. Her mother5her to the doctor every week. So at 9, she could walk 6 the leg brace, like other children.

    At 13, the girl 7 running She took part in every race at school, but every time she was the 8 to reach the finishing line. Everyone knew that it was really9for her to run a common person. The girl kept practicing. One day, she started to win. Then she had a10. She wanted to be the world's greatest woman11.

    Later the girl went to university and met Ed Temple, a coach(教练). She asked Temple to be her coach and he12. Ed Temple trained the girl so13that she went to the Olympic Games in 1960. Guess14? She won two gold medals in the 400-meter and 200-meter races. With a good term, she also wen the 400-meter relay race(接力赛).

    The girl was Wilma Rudolph—one of the15woman in the world.

    Once upon a time, there was a little girl 1Nuwa. Her father was Emperor Yan and he2his daughter very much. They often played3together. One day Nuwa rowed(划)a 4 in a river. The boat over turned and Nuwa5. So her father was6over her death. Later, Nuwa changed7a bird. The bird often came8Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan cried when he watched the river, 9he missed(想念)his daughter. The bird decided to fill the river10stones. Finally the river was full of stones and it disappeared(消失).

    At a dark night, a man came to a lonely village. When he walked slowly, a yellow light suddenly 1 at the end of the road. It came from a 2 which was carried by a man. A villager near him said," Here Blind Sun comes."

   "Blind?" the man said," That's too 3. A blind man has no idea of day and night, can't 4 the beauty of nature, or even doesn't know what the light is. Wasn't he funny to carry a lantern?"

    As the lantern was coming near, the yellow light moved gradually to the man. The man asked, "5, may I ask you whether you're really blind?"

    The blind man answered," Yes, the moment I stepped into the world, I can't see 6."

    The man asked," In that case, 7 do you carry a lantern?" The blind man smiled," At night all the people without light are just as blind 8 me, so I light a lantern."

    The man said," I see, you light for others."

    But the man said," No, I do it for 9."

    "For yourself? But there is no 10 to do that." the man felt surprised again.

    The blind man explained," Were you ever knocked by others 11 the dark?"

    The man nodded," yes, sometimes."

    The man said proudly," Believe it or not. I 12 knocked anyone. Although I'm blind, I carry the lantern, not only light for others, but let others see me, 13 they won't knock me."

    After hearing that, the man was lost in thought…

    In fact, everyone has a lamp in himself, light it actively not only for others, but also for yourself! – Never put yourself in a dark 14 when you feel left out and find it hard to 15 well with others, are you ready to light your lamp?

    Abing, one of 1 Chinese musicians of the 20th century, was born on August 17, 1893 in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi. His official name was Hua Yanjun.

    Abing's father was good at a number of musical 2. He trained Abing in drums from the age of 10. Abing began learning the dizi at age 12, then the erhu. When he was 17, Abing first 3in religious ceremonies, and won acclaim for his musical talent and voice.

    After his father's4 in 1914, Abing along with his cousin took charge of the temple (庙)which supported the family. However, Abing didn't have the5 to run it well. This drove Abing into poverty(贫穷). However, bad luck never came6. At the age of 34, he developed a serious illness and became blind. He became 7and made a living as a street performer.

    In 1939, he married Dong Caidi, a country woman in Jiangyin. After his8Abing performed every afternoon in a public square in Wuxi. He became famous for adding news into his music and songs, 9the war with Japan. After the performance, he would walk through the city streets, playing the erhu. This was a period of many works for Abing, and his most famous composition, Erquan Yingyue, was performed in this period. Till today, it 10as a classic of Chinese erhu and pipa music.