This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and 1 was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

　　When the earthquake2, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock 3 the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to 4 it with ropes but nothing worked.

　　"Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the 5." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."

　　"You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all 6at the boy.

　　The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is7!" More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't8 near the road.

　　"This is9," they said, "Where did it go?"

　　The boy stood in the street, 10 ， "I told you I could move it last night."

　　The boy walked over to where the11  had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.

　　The people looked 12. "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline （斜坡）up to the rock and the rock 13 down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."

The crowds shouted, "What a 14 boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good

15?"

When I was born, my doctor told my mother that there was something wrong with my 2 . They were too soft to be able to walk. Although the news was bad, my mother didn't become 3. She didn't believe what the doctor said 4 started to look for other ways.

My mother kept looking for 5 doctors for me, and finally she succeeded. The doctor and his team in the hospital tried many times and did 6 they could to help me. They also asked my parents to teach me to do some 7 to help me walk. One day, when my mother came to pick me 8 , I crawled（爬） towards her. She was so surprised and happy that she couldn't believe 9 eyes. Crawling was not walking, but it was a good 10 . Day by day, I could walk by myself.

When I grew up, my mother 11 told me these stories. She said that if I thought of what she said whenever I met difficulties, I could do anything successfully. I have been working 12 and I have turned out to be a very excellent person. I always get best 13 in all my subjects at school. What's more, I become a good dancer and swimmer. Thanks to my mother's strong resolution, I can live a happy life now. What the story tells us, as my mother always 14 , is: Never 15 , and the miracles will surely appear some day.

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    It was a cold winter's night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I felt 1and had a slight headache.

    I worked in a 2 doctor's office. During those days, the office was often 3  people who had a cold, which made me even busier than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 4home and my husband would be ready to pronounce me late once again. But maybe 5  I hurried, I could still make it.

    I was heading inside to 6  for my gas when I noticed an old couple（夫妻）at the counter. I heard them asking the 7  to the nearest hospital. It was the hospital that I had just 8a few minutes ago.

    The young man at the counter was trying to be 9 by explaining how to get there. But the fact was that he was telling them a whole 10  route. So I walked over to the couple and said, “Would you like to 11  me to the hospital?” Then I saw a look of relief（轻松）over their faces. “I'm going there, too,” I said, which wasn't a lie since I had just 12 up my mind to do it perfectly.

    I got in my car and began to drive 13  . I looked back several times to be 14  they were right behind me. It took us only fifteen 15 to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to die down. I felt better than I did all day and my headache was nearly gone.

Dear Mike,

    Thanks for your family photo. This is a photo of my family. I have a happy family. There are five people（人） in my family. They are my grandmother, my parents, my sister and I. The old（年老的） woman（女人） is my grandmother. The man（男人） is my father. His name is David. He is a teacher. And what about the woman? She is my mother. Her name is Linda. She is very nice. Look at the girl. That's my sister. She is in a middle school. Her name is Lucy.Do you know the boy ? It's me.

Yours,

Tony

    Two boys were walking down a road. They noticed a man 1 in the field. The younger boy looked at his elder friend and said, "Let's hide his shoes 2 he won't be able to find them. It must be funny!"

    The elder boy thought for a moment and said, "The man looks3 . Have you seen his clothes? Let's do this instead: Let's hide a silver coin in each shoe and 4 how he deals with them."

    The younger boy 5. They put a silver coin in each shoe and hid nearby. Then the farmer finished his work and came out. He put on a shoe and immediately felt the money 6his foot. He held the coin in his hand, looked at it in 7 and wanted to know who had put it in his shoe. Then he 8 to see who had done it, but no one was there. He then put on the other 9and felt the second coin. The man was so 10 when he found another one in his shoe.

    He then dropped to his knees and said 11 . The boys could hear it as they were very  12 . He said that his sick wife and his boys were in need of food. He was thankful for the 13from an unknown person.

    After the farmer 14, the boys came out from their hiding place and slowly walked home. They felt happy and learned how wonderful it was to15 others.

    A very rich man Peter lost his sight(视力). The 1 told him that only by doing a cornea(角膜) transplant operation could he bring his sight back. Peter 2 a lot of money for the cornea, but time passed day after day, 3 came for that. It was all because he was too proud of his money, and had done many dishonest things.

    One day, he took a walk in the park. He raised his head to 4 the long-awaited sunshine. However, he saw nothing but darkness.

    Just as Peter started feeling 5, someone suddenly ran into him. "Don't you have eyes? Don't you see who you hit! I'm millionaire Peter!" Peter said 6.

    The answer was from a little boy, "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't 7. Please forgive(原谅) me!"

    Suddenly Peter changed his mind and said, "I can forgive you, but you must 8 me!"

    The boy said yes repeatedly and Peter nodded with satisfaction and asked, "Is the 9 big today?"

    The boy answered happily, "Yes, it is pretty fine today. The sun is shining 10!"

    Peter smiled. He thought he could feel the sun again. He asked, "Is the park beautiful?"

    "Yes, very! The grass is green and the flowers are pretty. The little 11 are so lovely when the birds sing in them."

    12 he was listening, Peter began to envy(嫉妒) that boy.

    Suddenly, he cried, "God! How I envy this boy! It's 13! Why not give me good sight?"

    "You are wrong!" a woman said to Peter. "My son is 14 just like you. He could only tell you so much because that's all I told him!" Tears suddenly 15 Peter's eyes.

    Since then, the city charity(慈善机构) has got a lot of money every year. It is from a man named Peter.