The students of seventh grade walked into the hall with laughter and voices. We were told to listen to a speech by Mrs. Marks about bullying(欺负) and peer pressure (同伴压力). During the whole year, our grade had listened to speeches on these topics over and over again. My friends and I sat back, preparing to sit through another  1 speech.

    But as soon as Mrs. Marks started talking, she caught my attention. She talked in the way as if she knew how to reach into our minds and make us  2. And for once, I actually began to think about what she was talking about.

    One boy, especially, came to my mind. Every day, this boy came to school late. The students in the class would always make fun of him. They said, "Hey, man! Where have you been?" And then another added a more unfriendly joke. Their jokes would continue until the teacher 3 them to stop. But it was always too late. The boy would put his head down on his desk in 4.

    I felt really sorry for this  5 boy. Then I turned my attention back to the speaker and listened carefully till the end.

    "Now, before I leave today, I would like to give everyone here an opportunity to say something on the subjects of bullying or peer pressure. You may apologize(道歉) to or thank someone. And I can promise that no one will 6 at you this time.

    The silence in the room made me believe her. Slowly I saw a few hands rise. One girl wanted to apologize to a friend, and another thanked a boy for his kindness. It was then that my moment of 7 happened. The speaker called on me, and I began to talk.

    "What you said today 8 makes sense. I know that it's true, because I see it every day in class. There is one person who is always made fun of." My voice shook, I think that everyone here has made fun of him. I know I have. And now I really 9 it. To us, it may just be a game, but to him, it must hurt. And I think well, I think we need to stop."

    There was a silence for several seconds, but then, clapping quickly spread through the crowd.

    Later that day, the boy thanked me . And from then on, the other students began to 10 him better. They stopped playing jokes on him and greeted him with a friendly "Hi". I was pleased I had voiced something that everyone was feeling.

One morning, when I was leaving for my business, a middle-aged man came up and asked me for help. He said he had no money to get food for his large family. "You look1 . Why don't you work?" I asked. "Simply because I cannot get work, sir." "If I give you work, what pay do you want?" "As long as I can get bread for my family, sir." he answered.

I decided to find out if he really meant what he said. "OK. I'll give you one pound an hour, if you 2 a brick（砖块）under your arm and walk around the square for five hours without stopping." "Thank you, sir. I will."

I found a brick and started him on his walk before I went to my 3 . I never thought he would do what he had said.

When I came back five hours later, I saw him still 4 , with the brick under his arm. I stopped him and gave him five pounds. He thanked me and told me that some people had5 to help him when they knew why he was doing all this. He said they would give him work directly, but he6 . Before leaving, he asked if I would give him the 7 , I did.

Several years later, a well-dressed man greeted me on a train. Seeing I was not sure who he was, he 8 that he was the brick man and had his own business now. "You know, I still keep that brick and always consider it as the most9 thing I have because it has brought me luck and success."

In fact, it was not the brick that made the man successful, but his faithfulness（坚定）in doing 10 a very little thing.

Yu Chuanya is a ballet（芭蕾舞）dancer from Shenyang. She began learning ballet at the age of 4. With a strong interest in it, she took dance classes three times a week. "In fact, my physical condition was not good. But I loved ballet, and I never thought of giving up. My mother always supports（支持）me. She encourages me to face challenges and have confidence in myself. My father is also supportive of me," Yu says.

In 2005, Yu went to study at Beijing Dance Academy. She put a lot of hard work into learning and practicing ballet. After she graduated（毕业）, she returned to Shenyang and joined Liaoning Ballet Troupe.

Since then, ballet dancing has become an important part of Yu's life. She has performed the lead roles in many ballets. She has also been invited to perform in Russia, Canada and South Africa.

Eight Heroines is one of Yu's favorite ballets. It is a story of eight women soldiers（士兵）who gave up their lives to protect our country. Yu performed the lead role, Leng Yun. To do her best to show the feelings of the character, Yu read lots of information to learn about the story of Leng. Eight Heroines has been staged（上演）many times since 2014. In 2017, it was staged in Russia and people there said it was great.

"Performers are the communicators of culture. I believe we Chinese ballet dancers will perform more ballets in the future to better tell the stories of China on the world stage," Yu says hopefully.

1）须包含提示中的所有信息，可适当发挥，条理清晰；

2）词数：不少于80词（开头已给出，不计入总词数）

参考词汇：

中国跳水运动员 Chinese diver 奥运会 Olympic Games

冠军 champion 金牌 gold medal 世界纪录 world record

A role model around me

Today, I'm glad to introduce my role model to you. 

Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then how? Here is 1 example. 

Once 2 a farmer in the village.  He grew corn (玉米) all his life.  Each year, he took his corn to the market.  Then each time, his corn was the 3 .  So he often won the 4 prize. 

One year, a newspaper reporter interviewed him 5 how he grew it.  His answer made all very 6 ; he said, "I gave my corn seed (种子) to my neighbours. "

"How can you share your corn seed with your neighbours?" the reporter asked.  "You know they 7 take part in the competition (比赛) with you each year. "

"Why not, Sir?" said the farmer.  "Don't you know the wind 8 pollen (花粉) from corn? Then it moves the pollen 9 from field to field.  If my neighbours grow bad corn, then cross-pollination (异花传粉) will make my corn 10 worse.  11 I must help my neighbours if I want to grow good corn. "

The farmer knew 12 about the life.  His corn 13 well if his neighbours' corn doesn't grow well. 

A meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, but by how much we can give to 14 .  Giving, instead of 15 , makes us different from other people. 

My cousin Sam is a middle school student. He is twelve years old. He loves1 a lot. Every morning, he runs around the playground for half an hour. Now he looks 2 and tall.

Sam likes reading. He also likes writing a lot. He wants to be a writer. He often borrows books and reads them in the school 3 . In his free time, he often 4 some stories for his school newspaper, School Times. Many students like reading this newspaper very much. They all think his stories are very 5 . They want Sam to tell them more stories.

Sam doesn't do well in 6 . He thinks English is a little  7 and difficult, so he doesn't like it. One day, he finds his sister sitting in the study after he comes back home from school. She is 8  the computer. She is watching a video（视频）9 . It's about how to learn English well. He 10 it with his sister. He finds the teacher is cool in the video and his classes are so interesting. Then he makes a decision (决定) to learn English well.