Benjamin is the unluckiest boy in the world. He 1 falls ill(生病), but if he falls ill, it is on the weekend. He is a good student, but when he takes a test, his pen 2 . His bird sings very well, but when he asks 3 to listen to it, the bird becomes silent(沉默的).

    But Benjamin thinks he is 4 boy in the world. He has wonderful parents and a lovely sister. He has a singing bird. His classmates are friendly to 5 . Benjamin is always happy and he is kind.

    One day his mother 6 him some money to buy an ice-cream. When he 7 the ice-cream shop, he saw an old man outside it. He had old clothes, terrible glasses, and he looked 8 . Benjamin thought he was poor. He decided 9 the ice-cream and gave the money to the man.

    "Thank you. You are a kind boy. But I' m not poor. Keep your money, I'm the richest man in town and sometimes I wear old clothes to see 10 people do," the man said and gave the money 11 to him.

    The man took Benjamin to the biggest 12 in town and said, "Choose 13 you like. I can buy you the most expensive one." Benjamin asked, "Can I choose 14 ? "Of course," answered the man.

    Benjamin chose the newest radio because when his bird keeps silent, he can at least listen to it with his friends. He then bought a new pair of glasses 15 the man.

When I was in the middle school, I seldom raised my hands to answer questions in class. And I found lots of my classmates were just like me. When the teacher asked a question, I always lowered my head because I was afraid that the teacher saw me.

One day, in a foreign language class, Mr. Black gave us a lesson. He wanted us to be active in class, so he asked us some questions, but no one answered. "At the beginning of the class, let me tell you a story. " He said.

"When I came to the United States to study, the university often invited famous people to make speeches. Before the beginning of every speech, I found an interesting thing. The students around me always took a cardboard folded （折叠） in half, wrote their names in bold （粗体） with the most eye-catching color, and then placed the cardboard on the seat. So when the speaker needed the answers from the students, he could see and call a listener' s name directly. "

"I couldn't understand that. My classmates told me the speakers were all top people who meant chances. When your answer was to their surprise, it meant they might give you more chances. In fact, I really saw a few students got great chances because of that. "

After listening to the story, I understood that the chance will not find you itself. You must show yourself all the time so that you can find a chance and then catch it.

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Once Ben was told that it was a famous professor's birthday that day. He hurried there with his {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. He gave the professor (教授)some expensive presents and the old man {#blank#}5{#/blank#} him very much. After dinner they began to talk {#blank#}6{#/blank#} some famous books. He could hardly answer {#blank#}7{#/blank#} questions. The professor asked him the easiest one, "What was Shakespeare" "It was a {#blank#}8{#/blank#} of drink," answered Ben. "But people do not like it now. " The professor had a smile and soon he stopped talking with Ben. On {#blank#}9{#/blank#}way home, Ben's wife said, "You {#blank#}10{#/blank#}a mistake just now. Shakespeare is a kind of cake, like the Chinese mooncake." 

 Jack is a 14-year-old boy. He has a big family, but he doesn't think his family life is happy.

 Jack and his brother and sister often fight( 争吵 ) with each other for many reasons. Those fights really influence his daily life. However, he doesn't know what to do.

 Tom is Jack's classmate. He also has a big family. Tom never fights with his two brothers. They always have big smiles on their faces. Jack thinks that is strange.

 One day, Jack asked Tom why he and his brothers could get on well with each other. Tom smiled and asked Jack to go home with him. As they entered the house, Tom's elder brother saw them. "Hi, Jack and Tom," he said, "why not come here and share some ice cream with me?" At that time, Tom's younger brother came out of his room. When he saw Tom , he looked very excited and said, Oh, Tom! I have a story to tell you. It's very interesting!"

 Tom's happy life was quite impressive ( 令人印象深刻的 ) for Jack. After thinking for a while, he understood that Tom's secret of having a good relationship with his brothers was to share. Sharing all their food and stories with each other made their life happy.