One day, Jim was driving a taxi through a busy street. 1, a young man stopped his car and 2 his taxi. "To the station, hurry up!" he said. Jim did his 3, but at every crossing there was a red light. The young man shouted, "Be 4! I don't want to miss the train." Jim shouted back, "I don't want to die here!"

    At that time he turned back and noticed the young man's face. "Oh, he is 5 thief," He thought, "I saw his face in the newspaper."  6, Jim had an idea. He drove 7 the red light, and found a police car running 8 him. "Stop!" The young man said and jumped 9. Jim caught hold of him and cried, "Give me the money!" Just then, two policemen came on. "He is the 10," Jim said. They caught the young man at once.

    "You did a good job. Thank you!" the policemen said to Jim.

    Once there was a man named Chulong in Thailand. One day he saw a beautiful 1 when he was walking in the park. He went near it quietly and caught (抓住) it.

     " 2 do you catch me?" asked the bird.

    "I want to make money," said Chulong.

    "Nobody will 3 me because I'll lose my beauty when I'm not free." Then the beautiful bird turned into a common one.

    Chulong was unhappy.

    The bird said,“ 4 you set me free, I will tell you three simple but useful rules. I'm sure they will 5 you."

    "But how can I trust (相信) 6 ? You may fly away," said Chulong.

    "I won't," said the bird.

    Chulong set the bird free, and it sat in a tree.

    Now tell me the 7 ，said Chulong.

     “OK,” said the bird. "The first rule is never trust everything others say. The second rule is never be unhappy about 8 you don't have. The third rule is never throw away (扔掉） what you have in your hand'

    You silly bird "shouted Chulong ". Everyone knows these three rules. You cheated (欺骗）me.”

    But the bird said,"Chulong， 9 all your actions today. You had me in your hand but you threw me away. You trusted all I said. And you are unhappy about not having me. Although the rules are simple you never 10 them ". After saying this the bird flew away.

    My uncle John used to live in a beautiful little house by the sea in Atlantic City. I say he "used to" live there 1 he doesn't live there any more. He was killed two years ago. He2living there before he died. He had $60 million in the bank.

    After Uncle John's death, I came to stay in his house for a while. I had been there for two days when I3a message on the screen of the old computer. I was very surprised, because I thought the computer had been4.he message said, "You have new5!" When I read it, I thought it looked like the6of a novel. "This looks interesting." I thought, "It must be7one of Uncle John's friends." I decided I should make an answer to the e-mail to tell him or her that Uncle John was8. However, the computer would not let me9.

    Every day for the next three weeks, more e-mails kept arriving. I printed10of all of them. The story was about Jane Winterbourne, a young writer working on her first novel. She sent her novel to Jack Tanner, an old writer and asked him to11her to publish it. However, he cheated her, and published the novel himself-pretending that he had12it. The novel was very13. Tanner made a lot of money, and bought himself a house by the sea in Atlantic City. It was then that I realized that "Jack Tanner" and "Jane Winterbourne" were14names. "Jack" was15 to be Uncle John.

    Whenever the sun dropped and the blue sky came up, my father and I used to climb the mountain near my house. 1 together, my father and I used to have a lot of conversations through which I 2 lessons from his experiences. He always told me, "You should have goals like climbing the mountain." Without the mountains-climbing 3 we both enjoyed, we couldn't have enough time 4 together because my father was very busy. I 5 got a lot from mountain-climbing.

    Once we climbed a very 6 mountain. It was so challenging for me 7 I was only ten years old. During 8 first few hours of climbing, I enjoyed the flowers and trees, and the birds' singing, but as time 9, I got a pain in both of my legs, I wanted to give up 10. In fact, I hated it at the moment, but my father said to me, "You can always see a beautiful sky at the top of the 11, but you can't see it 12 you reach the top. Only there at the top, can you see all of the nice things, just like 13 life."

    At that time, I was too young to understand his words. But 14 after that, I get new hope and confidence. I found 15 standing at the top of the sky, which was as clear as crystal(水晶)

    Imagine being born without arms. No arms to hug(拥抱) someone, and no hands to 1touch. Or what about being born without legs? Having no 2to dance, walk, run, or even stand on two feet. Now put both of those scenes together: no arms and no legs. How would that3one's everyday life?

    Nick Vujicic came into the world with neither arms nor legs. Imagine how sad his parents felt when they saw their baby being what the world would consider not4. Little did they know that this beautiful disabled baby would one day be someone who would encourage people from all walks of life.

    In his childhood Nick dealt with the challenge of self-respect, and felt very 5. As Nick grew up he learned to deal with his disability and started to be able to do more and more things on his own. He managed to find ways to achieve tasks that most people could only do by using their limbs(四肢), such as 6 teeth, typing on a computer, etc. As time went by, Nick began to accept his7and achieve greater things.

    Nick graduated from university through his hard work. By the age of 19, Nick had started to8his dream of encouraging others by telling his story. He found the purpose of his life. Now at 27 years old, he has achieved more than most people. He has travelled around, 9 his story with millions of people. He is a true successful 10.

    A young man was interested in jade (玉) stones. So he went to Mr Smith, a gemologist (玉石家), to learn from him. Mr Smith refused because he feared that the young man would not have the1to learn. The young man asked for a chance again and again. 2Mr Smith agreed and told him, "Be there tomorrow."

    The next morning the young man came. Mr Smith put a jade stone in the young man's hand and told him to 3 it. He then went about his work. The young man sat quietly and waited.

    The following morning, Mr Smith again 4 a jade stone in the young man's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and 5 day, Mr Smith did the same thing and repeated his 6. On the sixty day, the young man held the jade stone, 7 he could no longer stand the silence. "When am I going to learn something?" asked the young man.

    "You will learn," said Mr Smith and went about his work.

    Several more days went by and the young man felt very 8. One morning he was asked to do it once more. As soon as he held it, the young man shouted 9 looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade stone!"

    "You have begun to 10," said Mr Smith.