O. Henry was an American writer. He wrote lots of short stories. His real name was William Sydney Porter. He was born in North Carolina in 1862. As a young boy, he lived an exciting life. He did not go to school for a long time, but he learned everything he wanted to know. When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he did different jobs. He first worked in a newspaper, and then he has a job in a bank. When some money went missing from the bank, O. Henry was suspected (被怀疑）. Because of that he was sent into prison（监狱）. During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and continued writing. He wrote mostly about New York and the poor life there. People liked his stories, because although simple(简单), to the reader's surprise, the stories would finish with a sudden change at the end.

    Hello，I'm Peter. I come from Japan．I can speak a little English and French. But I can't speak Chinese. I get up at 6: 00 and go to school at 7: 30 in the morning. I like P.E. best at school. It is exciting. I don't like math. I think it is difficult and boring. I want to visit China. I want to learn kung fu.

    My name is Jill. I come from the USA. I'm 13 years old. I go to school at 7: 40 and I go home at 5: 00 in the afternoon. I have lunch at school. I like music best. It is relaxing. I want to join the music club.

    I'm Mark. I'm from England. I can speak English and a little French, but I can't speak Japanese. I like art and I want to join the art club. I also like math, because it is interesting and fun. I have a pen friend in China. His English name is Jack. I want to see him one day.

When she was just 10 years old, Angela joined in her first piano competition. She never expected she could get something {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (important) than a prize. 

On that day, each {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (perform) had to play a piece of music in front of a large group of people. At first, Angela was {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (excite). But when she was about to play, she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (feel) afraid. "What should I do if I forget the notes (音符)? What should I do if I play the wrong notes?" Angela thought. 

As these worries ran through {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (she) mind, a girl finished her performance and walked past her. She did something unexpected. She smiled (微笑) at Angela {#blank#}6{#/blank#} gave her a thumbs-up sign. That made Angela feel encouraged. Then she walked over to the piano and played a piece of music {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (beautiful). 

After the competition, Angela planned {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (thank) the girl, but she couldn't find her. She wanted to say, "Your kind smile played an important role {#blank#}9{#/blank#} my life. I'll take that smile as {#blank#}10{#/blank#} great gift. "

When we see a stranger in trouble, we have two choices. Some people are willing to give a hand, while others may 1 to take no notice. If I were in this situation, I would help the stranger without 2 .

 Some people may think it isn't wise to do this. We have all heard stories about people who are blackmailed(敲诈) after 3 help to a stranger. But on the other hand, helping others is an action to share 4 . There is a saying: Give roses to others and the lasting fragrance will remain in your hand. Indeed, helping others can allow us to help 5 . Any of us could end up in a situation where we need help from our family, friends or even strangers.

A story might explain it 6 . Once, an old man and his wife were traveling and wanted to find a room to stay for the night. However, when they walked into the only hotel they could find, they were told that no rooms were available. The couple was 7 and said nothing. But before they left, the owner of the hotel advised the couple to sleep in his room so that they could sleep 8 for the night. After a good sleep, the next day, the husband offered money, but the owner refused. Many years later, the couple invited the owner of the hotel to go to a hotel in New York. When the owner got there, he 9 the couple had built the hotel named after him because of what he did to the couple years ago.

 We all have our own 10 for helping others. It doesn't matter what they are, as long as (只要) we give a helping hand.

There are many things in life that you will never forget. For me, there is one thing I still remember now.

One year, my family and I were on vacation in southern Mexico. When we were enjoying the beautiful sights near the sea, 1 that was bright silver. onught my eyes.

 It was a ping!" It looked 2 . It must be worth, thousands of dollars, and the owner must 3 a lot. Wheri I got back to the hotel, I took the ring to the manager and told him that I found it in the water off the 4 . He promised me that he would send out a message that a5 had been found.

 That evening, while having dinner, we heard a woman cheering in a loud voice. 6 had just got the ring back! I saw her standing with the hotel manager. He raised his hand and pointed at me, and then the woman 7 came over and introduced herself. She told me that she swam with the ring and 8 it that morning. When she went back to the beach to 9 it, she failed. We had a dinner together, celebrating our good luck that night. That day was so special for both of us, and it was 10 Christmas in July.

 The next day when I checked out of the hotel, the bill had been paid by the woman. I felt touched. I have to say that when I saw that ring for the first time, I had an idea to 11 it or sell it. However, it didn't take me long to realize that the only thing to do was to look for 12 the owner was. I was so glad that I had done the right thing when I saw the 13 look on that woman's face after she got her ring back.

 Sometimes, when something happens, you may hesitate(犹豫), 14 you know what the right thing to do is. When you do it, you will feel good about it, and perhaps you can also get an 15 surprise. This is the lesson I learnt that day.