Mrs. Brown lives in London.She has two sons.One is James and the other is Bill. They were born on the same day and they look the same. Mrs.Brown likes them very much and always dresses them in the same clothes，hats，shoes and even socks.

    One day James lost(丢失)his hat when he played football on the playground after school.His mother didn't blame(责备)him because she loved him so much.The next day after lunch she went to a shop with Bill's hat.She hoped to buy the same hat for James as Bill's.She wanted them to have the same kind.She asked the shopkeeper to bring out most of the hats.It took her more than an hour to find the same one.At last she chose(选择)one and said happily，"Excuse me，sir.Could you take it to my car，please？”

    "I'm afraid I can't，madam，" said the shopkeeper in a polite(有礼貌的)voice.

    "Why？"the woman asked in surprise.

    "It's your hat，madam，"the man said with a smile."You don't have a new one here."

    As far back as he could remember, Larry had wanted to go to Hollywood and become a film star. The young man's hopes for success were broken again and again. However, Hollywood was just everything to him. When he first came to California? Larry had decided never to give up and return home without success. Therefore, he kept on trying. "Some day," he told himself, "my big chance would come."

    Larry found a job—parking cars at one of Hollywood's big restaurants. His pay was low, but since the guests were kind enough to give him more money, he managed to make a living. One day he recognized an important film director driving into the parking lot and getting out of his car. Larry had recently heard that the man was ready to make a new picture.

    Larry got into the car and prepared to drive it on into the lot and park it. Then he stopped, jumped out, and ran over to the director. "Excuse me, sir, but I think it's only fair to tell you that it's now or never if you want me in your next picture. A lot of big companies are after me."

Instead of pushing away the boy, the director laughed, then wrote something on a card and handed it to the young man. "Come and see me tomorrow."

    Larry got a small part in the director's next film. He was on his way!

Lingling's dream trip will come true. And she is {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(准备) for her trip to America. She needs Betty to help make a {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(清单) of things to take. Betty advises her to take {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(笔记本), pens and a dictionary. Lingling is {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(离开)in July, so Betty suggests taking shorts or light  {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(裤子). And buying a pair of {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (太阳镜；墨镜) is a good idea. Because many things are more {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(昂贵的) in America than in China. Betty says the bag mustn't {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(重……) too much on the plane, so it's necessary to ask the travel company about the total weight. Besides, Betty asks Lingling to take her {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(护照).Finally, Betty tells Lingling not to {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(忘记) to write to her. She hopes Lingling can have a great time there.

Living Like Franklin（像本杰明 · 富兰克林那样安排作息帮助我成为了一个更高效的人）

Benjamin Franklin, a writer, printer, politician, scientist and inventor, certainly knew how to get things done quickly. I recently learned about his daily schedule. And in an effort to be more productive, I have tried to follow it.

I started by getting up at 5 every morning. However, I always found myself tired during the day. After six days, I decided to rise at 6 a.m. and spend two hours — one hour less than Franklin — planning my day. Franklin's day didn't seem to include any exercise. I'm used to exercising in the morning, so I added "workout" to those two hours. At 8 a.m., I sit down to work.

Working continuously for four hours was a challenge. I realized that I was less able to fully focus on my work after 10 a.m. Slowly, I found a fix by dealing with harder tasks, like writing, in the first half of these four hours. I use the remaining two hours for easier tasks like researching.

Taking a two-hour break at noon to eat and read seemed wasteful to me. I rarely spent more than 30 minutes eating lunch. During the first week, I kept watching the clock to find out when I could return to work. Finally, I decided not to eat and read at my desk. Now, I'm used to taking a longer lunch break, and I've seen the benefits.

At 2 p.m., I start working non-stop for another four hours. Again, the order in which I complete my tasks is based on my energy level. At 6 p.m., I force myself to call it a day. I spend the rest of the day having supper and relaxing. I go to bed at 10 p.m.

Every morning, Franklin would ask himself, "What good shall I do today?" And he would end the day by asking himself, "____?" At first, I thought this was silly. But answering those two questions daily has helped me to make the most of my day.

I've learned a lot by following Franklin's schedule. I think I'm using my time more wisely now.

Zhu Yangzhu is the spaceflight engineer for the Shenzhou XVI mission (使命). He 1 in love with the blue sky and flying at an early age. 

When he was 2 middle school student, Zhu often did exercise. Because he worked very hard and got good scores, he 3  enter the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha in the summer of 2005 and remained there for the following years. In 2015, Zhu graduated from the university and took 4 first engineering job. 

In 2018, Zhu heard about the selection (进选) of China's third﹣generation astronauts. He decided 5 a try. In September 2020, Zhu 6 joined the group of eighteen astronauts, including six 7 flight engineers. 

However, for an engineer who had no air flight experience, the training tasks were really difficult. For example, and they had to do many tests on a computer. That needed great perseverance (毅力). Zhu completed the hard training himself 8 he also played a role in 9 the team relaxed and helping others in his team stay clear﹣headed by singing and telling jokes. 

Last year, all his hard work paid off (得到回报) 10 he was chosen to carry out the Shenzhou XVI mission. 

Aron Ralston is an American man who is interested in mountain climbing. As a mountain climber, Aron is used to taking risks. This is one of the exciting things about doing dangerous sports. There were many times when Aron almost lost his life because of accidents. On April 26, 2003, he found himself in a very dangerous situation when climbing in Utah.

On that day, Aron's arm was caught under a 360-kilo rock that fell on him when he was climbing by himself in the mountains. Because he could not free his arm, he stayed there for five days and hoped that someone would find him. 59.但当他的水喝光之后，他知道他必须做点什么来挽救自己的生命。 He was not ready to die that day. So he used his knife to cut off half his right arm. Then, with his left arm, he bandaged himself so that he would not lose too much blood. After that, he climbed down the mountain to find help.

After losing his arm, he wrote a book called Between a Rock and a Hard Place.This means being in a difficult situation that you cannot seem to get out of. 60.In this book, Aron tells of the importance of making good decisions, and of being in control of one's life. His love for mountain climbing is so great that he kept on climbing mountains even after this experience.

Do we have the same spirit as Aron? Let's think about it before we find ourselves "between a rock and a hard place", and before we have to make a decision that could mean life or death.