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   Two months ago there was a serious earthquake in my country. Many people were hurt and1their homes. In my school, we decided to organize a 5-kilometer run to collect money for the people.2 signed up for the run and asked their relatives and neighbors to support them. These people agreed to 3 some money—50 cents or a dollar, for example, for every kilometer that the students completed.

    Joe was my classmate. He was the 4student in my class because he seldom did any exercise and he ate plenty of junk food. He never walked to school. He always took a bus. When he was asked5he was going to take part in the run, he said he would think about it. A few students laughed and I think Joe felt embarrassed. I felt a bit sorry for 6.

    The next day, as I was riding to school, I saw Joe walking in the street. I stopped and asked him why he was7.He said he was training to take part in the run. “Good for you, Joe!” I said.8, I told my friends about Joe. Most of them just laughed and said that they didn't think he would 9 the run. I wasn't sure, but I decided that I would10 Joe. So, for the two weeks before the run, I was his trainer. He walked to school for a few11. Then he started to run slowly.

    On the day of the run, Joe lined up with the other students. The 12 began and soon Joe was left behind. Well, it took him hours to finish and he didn't expect to13 the other students, but he tried to do his best. And 14 he completed the 5-kilometer run. Everyone was very15and said, “Well done, Joe!” What is more, Joe collected more money than any other student!

    On a snowy evening, a rich lady was standing by the road. She was very worried. Her1 had broken down. Just then a poor man named Robert came. He was on his way back home from work as usual. 

    The lady wondered, “Is the man going to rob(抢劫) me? He looks very cold and hungry.” But to her surprise, he 2 and said with a smile, “Can I help you, madam?”

    After a 3, the car was at last fixed by Robert. The lady wanted to pay him.“No, that's nothing, madam,” he said. “ I was just helping someone in4. If you really want to pay me back, I hope whenever you see someone in need, you should give him a hand.”

    A few minutes later, the lady 5 a shabby(破旧的) house by the road. She remembered Robert's words, so she stopped.

    The hostess warmly asked her in. The lady could see that was a 6 family and that they need help. When the hostess was making tea in the kitchen, the lady 7 500 dollars on a table and went away quietly.

    Robert came home later than before, thinking how 8 their life was. His wife was pregnant（怀孕）and the baby was to be born the next month but there was not 9 money. His wife went up to him, gave him a kiss and said softly, “Don't worry, dear! Everything is going to be all right. A stranger has helped us out.”

    Let's always be ready to help others because helping others is helping 10.

    A bird went to look for its happiness in a faraway place．

    It flew and flew when it suddenly saw a little dying flower，whose face was full of smile．Not knowing why，the bird asked the little flower，"You're going to die．Why are you still so1？"

    "Because I will achieve my dream，"said the little flower．

    "2 is your dream？"

    "To produce sweet fruit．"

    Then the little bird saw it：happiness is a3in the heart．

    The bird continued flying and saw a lame duck help a little duck find the way back home．Although it was disabled，it had a smiling face．

    "I'm happy because I can help4 ， "said the lame duck．

    So the bird saw it：happiness is a love in the heart．

    The bird kept flying and suddenly saw a spider climbing up a wall．The spider fell off the wall halfway，5it kept climbing again and fell off again．Even so，the spider didn't 6 ． The little bird asked the spider in surprise，"you 7again and again，why don't you have pain but happiness on your face？"

    "As long as I keep making my 8 ， I'm able to climb up it．9this，I'm so happy，"said the spider．

    The little bird saw it：happiness is a faith（信念） in the heart．

    So the little bird10 looked for happiness because it had seen the truth：happiness is not in the faraway place but in your own heart．

    When I was in primary school, I had a big argument with a boy in my class. I can't remember what it was about, but I have never forgotten the 1 I learned that day.

    I was sure that I was right and he was wrong. 2, he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. The teacher decided to teach us a lesson. She 3 with a good idea. She brought both of us to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her grey desk and me on the other. In the middle of the desk was a large, round object. It was 4 for me to see that it was black.  She asked the boy what color the object was. "5," he answered in a loud voice.

    I couldn't 6 that the object was white, considering that it was certainly black! One more argument started between the boy and me, this time 7 the color of the object.

    The teacher told us to change our 8, and then she asked me what the color of the object was. I had to answer, "White." It was then that I knew what was wrong. It was an object with two 9 colored sides, and from his side it was white. Only from my side was it black.

    My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must 10 in other person's position（位置） and look at the situation through their eyes in order to truly understand their ideas.

    Bruce's favorite food is chocolate(巧克力). His parents and teachers often say that it's bad for his 1to eat too much chocolate. But he doesn't 2 it. He often puts some chocolate in the milk 3 breakfast, the juice for lunch, even the soup for supper. His mother has to put4chocolate in his bag before he goes to school. Sometimes when she goes5with him. 6doesn't leave the shop until his mother buys some chocolate for him.

    The little boy7back from school with a painful(令人疼痛的)look yesterday afternoon. One of his teeth hurt and he couldn't eat anything for supper. His mother8 some soup for him. He wanted to put some chocolate in it, or he refused(拒绝)to drink it. His father bought some9for him, but it was no use. So this morning his mother took him to see a10. The dentist found that there was a cavity(洞)in his bad tooth. So he had to fill(填充)it with something.

    "Now, kid," said the dentist, "What kind of filling(填充物)would you like for that tooth?"

    "Chocolate, please." answered Bruce.

    When you want the answer to a question, but your teachers aren't around or your teachers are too busy to answer your question. Then do you feel1? When you come across hard math2, are you too shy to ask teachers for help?

    Hu Xincheng, a 16-year-old3 , comes from Yongkang Second High School, Zhejiang She used to ask the teachers for help when she had to do4math problems. But now, she turns to a5 for help. She puts her test paper in the machine and it can read the problem. Within seconds, the machine's screen will show the6, as well as an analysis (分析) of the problem. She can also watch a video of a teacher explaining the problem. Moreover, she can find the answers to questions in many different subjects 7.

    How did the machines8? One of the school's information technology teachers9 the idea. The school worked with an education company to10 the machines. The machines finally came out last month. Now there is at least one such machine in 11 classroom building. Soon, the machines will be12 in over 20 primary, middle and high schools in Yongkang.

    Some people may think students will just13the machines, answers. But Hu said few students will take much14to do so. She added that the answers and analyses cannot be downloaded from the machine. Students can only15them on the screen. "Also, you have to line up to use the machines in the hallways. It's (尴尬的) to copy the answers." she said.