Sammy Armstrong was driving to his office {#blank#}1{#/blank#}he noticed a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (hear)a train whistle. Sammy threw down his sunglasses and keys and ran toward the car. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the drivers seat, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (turn) the key and hitting the gas. His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (nervous) at him. Then Sammy walked to the back of the car and pushed it forward,but his boots slipped on the warm asphalt（沥青）.He could see the train approaching fast.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#} might be easier to push the car backward,Sammy thought.He ran around to the front of the vehicle and shouted at Jean{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (put) the car in neutral（空挡）.Sammy could feel the ground trembling under his feet.He put his boots against the tracks and pushed forcefully.Finally,the car rolled off the tracks.When Sammy looked up,the train was just a couple of{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (foot)away. Sammy, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (shock) and speechless, went back to work as crowd gathered at the scene.

    Weeks later,Marion called to thank Sammy. He responded, “I just did{#blank#}10{#/blank#} I believe is the right thing to do as an average citizen."

    When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “ A Real Test in My Life” before the whole class ! Just imagine how{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had only one{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (choose) , though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer – something to pride myself on. But the hard part {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(lie) in my oral presentation; to read from {#blank#}4{#/blank#} paper was not allowed ; I had to give the speech{#blank#}5{#/blank#}my memory and in front of such a big audience !

    A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by , I didn't know . My listeners were still waiting patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found{#blank#}7{#/blank#} back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After it seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made{#blank#}8{#/blank#} From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared . Actually with my confidence building{#blank#}9{#/blank#} I now turn out to be a great speaker . Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear. Overcome it,{#blank#}10{#/blank#}we will be able to achieve our goals .

    Youth is a kind of wealth. It will gradually disappear with time {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (go) by. What can we do to fulfill our youth? In my opinion, for one thing, it is our ideas {#blank#}2{#/blank#} matters a lot to realize our value.

    No matter what our ideas are, we must try hard to achieve them. When we are young, we are full of energy. We have the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (good) conditions in our lives. Good memories, good {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (understand) and so on. We should {#blank#}5{#/blank#} full use of these conditions to study more.

    For{#blank#}6{#/blank#}, we should do as many things as possible we want to do. Of course, they must {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (rich) our lives, which can make {#blank#}8{#/blank#} possible for us to gather many different experiences that are worth {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (remember) when we are old.

    Then when we are really old, when we cannot move any, we can be proud of our achievements that we {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (experience) in happiness and we can say we have no regret in our lives.

    It was a city in Hubei Province. On International Children's Day, some orphans(孤儿) from the Wuhan Welfare Institute for Children {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take) to the park. An elderly westerner was with them. The children love the man very much and call {#blank#}2{#/blank#} Grandpa without doubt. This man was Professor William Dorrity, from Florida, the USA. In 2003, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} Professor William Dorrity and his wife retired, they came to Wuhan and started to work as volunteers at the Welfare Institute.

    The Dorritys have been working hard {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(improve) the conditions at the Welfare Institute since they came. They often take children on day-trips, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(bring) them all kinds of food for the kids to enjoy. They recently bought audiphones(助听器) for four orphans {#blank#}6{#/blank#} hearing problems. They also bought {#blank#}7{#/blank#} wheelchair(轮椅) for ten-year-old Tan Jun, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} suffers from a brain problem. The Dorritys said “we love China and we love children, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} we are happy to do this.{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(Hope), there will be more people to give their love to those children.”

    Last week, I read an article about the terrible history of the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace, located in the western district of Beijing, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} of three parks, including the Ming, Changchun and Wanchun, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} covers an area of about 5,200 mu.

    To build the famous royal garden, the Qing government invested lots of manpower and physical resources in it. In order for it to become the European-style palaces built of stone, Emperor Qianlong {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (employ)western designers to design it and made many skillful craftsmen(工匠)work day after day on it. After 130 years of hard labor, their work finally {#blank#}4{#/blank#} off. The Summer Palace took {#blank#}5{#/blank#} its glorious beauty. In a word, its construction style is the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(combine)of landscape, painting and poetry.

    However, due to the Qing governments being {#blank#}7{#/blank#}, western invaders have begun to invade it since 1860, resulting in it {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(damage) badly, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} little remaining at that time. What's worse, the destruction didn't stop until the end of the war. After liberation, the Chinese government {#blank#}10{#/blank#} great importance to rebuilding the famous garden. Nowadays, everyone is likely to appreciate its beauty if he is free.