Once upon a time, there was a lazy poor living in a small house with spider webs(蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People 1 coming into such a dirty place and the poor man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poverty(贫困) that2his unhappy life.  One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 3about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase(花瓶) and said, “This is a magic vase that will bring you 4.”  The poor man looked at the vase 5 . Why would he need a vase in his poor house? However , he didn't want to 6 such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home on the table.  “It.s not right for something so beautiful to be7.”the poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he picked some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful.  8he was still not satisfied ."It is not good for such a beautiful thing to stand next to a spider web.”At this, he started to do some cleaning in the house and paint the walls.  His house turned into 9place immediately. The poor man 10 . He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. From then on, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

    My name is Zhang Jing. I have a happy1 . We are from China. Now my parents and I 2 in America. In the morning, we have 3 at home. We have bread, milk and eggs. 4 lunch, we don't eat at home. In the evening, we 5 a big dinner at home. We 6 dumplings, chicken, rice and vegetables.

    My favourite 7 is dumplings. I like apples too. I eat 8 apple(s) a day, one in the morning and the other(另一个) in 9 afternoon. My father's favourite food is carrots and chicken. What about 10 mother? Oh, her favourite food is rice. We all eat healthy food.

Reggie had been born deaf. He was well-known to everyone in town, and they all loved him. Unluckily, he always seemed to end up treated 1 from everyone else. People acted like he was unable to 2 them, as if he was a baby.

His friend Michael didn't like this. He decided that things had to be 3 . Michael's father was the town's mayor (市长) and Michael 4 to persuade him that this year they should offer one day as the festival to deaf people. During that whole day everyone would have to wear earplugs (耳塞).

People liked the 5 . The day became known as The Day of Silence, and when it arrived, everyone stuck plugs in their ears. That morning was filled with jokes and laughter. However, as the hours passed, people knew more and more clearly how 6 the life was when they couldn't hear anything.

On that day, nobody was thinking of Reggie as just a deaf person. This meant he could be treated just like any other boy, and people saw Reggie had a bright mind. On that day, using his usual 7 , Reggie was the one who could communicate best with everyone. This meant that people paid more attention to what he was expressing, and they were 8 by his intelligence and his ability to find ways to deal with almost any problem. They 9 that he had always been like that, and that in normal life all Reggie needed was a little more time than others to communicate. That was the only 10 .

When I was in seventh grade，I was shy，quiet and so was easily bullied（受欺负）

In an art lesson，just while the teacher was out，a big boy took away my pencil case，he took my schoolbag and pulled it towards him. I pulled back the schoolbag from his hand and for the first time，I pushed him away and hit him on the back. In the rest of the lesson，"Peter，are you OK? "

"Yes，"I answered. 

"No，you are not. Come to my office after class. "he said. 

There we had a long talk. He made me smile and I became confident again. He taught me some life lessons，and said，"Get up，but remember you are stronger inside，and if the bullies see this

I remembered these words. From then on，every time as I walked to school，I put my head high in the way