My father was born in a poor village in the north of Jiangsu, China. When he was a young boy, he went to school in the morning, and then 1 in the fields till sunset. And then he did his homework until midnight. Life was hard, because they had no 2!

    At the age of 14, my father heard of the United States of America. It was the 3 of gold, the land where poor people can become rich.

   “Why don't I go to America?” he thought to himself, full of 4.

    So, my father came to America. “I had thought it was easy to 5 money in America.” he told me. “But when I arrived there, I realized it's not 6. They didn't like to hire(雇佣) me because I spoke little English. Later, I worked in a small restaurant, cleaning up tables, 7 dishes and sweeping the floor. Life was hard for the first few years. I worked from 10 a. m. to 11 p. m. I wanted to go to school to learn English, but it's impossible. I couldn't 8 the schooling(学费).”

    My father 9 working hard，and reached his goal.

  “Alan,” he often told me. “If you want something, you have to work for it and never give up. Things do not come  10 in life.” That's what I learned from my father.

    Have you heard of Zhou Yang? She is now well known 1 an excellent short track speed skater (短道速滑运动员).

    Zhou Yang is not an overnight 2. She was born in a poor family in Changchun on June 9th, 1991 and started 3at the age of 8.She fell in love with the 4at once when she put on her skates to train for the first time. Soon her talent (天赋) for short track speed skating was 5. Zhou Yang trained hard and made her way into the national team 6^.

    In the world championships (锦标赛) in 2008, Zhou Yang set a world record in the 1, 500m event. Zhou Yang 7herself again in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Her performance gave China the 8gold medal in the women's 1, 500 meters in the Winter Olympics — China had never won the event before.

    "Winning the event is my dream, 9I still have one more dream, winning the relay (接力赛)," Zhou Yang said.

    Her "one more dream" 10when she and her teammates won the women's 3, 000m short track relay with a new world record. 

An interview with Andy Griffiths

Andy Griffiths is well known as a writer of children's books. Here are some interesting things you might not know about him !

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I go for long runs and bike rides beside the beach. An hour of exercise after a long day of writing gives me energy. Then I'm ready to write some more. 

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At first I write the stories by hand, and then I transfer (转录）them onto a computer. I like to write by hand when I travel. I find it very easy to lose myself in my diary when I am away from my usual activities. 

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I'm never happier than I'm thinking banana milk shakes. And I love fish. But I don't like drinking fish milk shakes. They are just terrible !

What is your favorite book ?

Alice in Wonderland. It has so many surprises and such silliness in it.

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Only if I really have to. I much prefer the freedom and fun of writing for children.

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As Dr. Seuss says, "The more you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go."

Have you ever rushed to some very important places only to find you're on the wrong bus and you'll never make it in time？One woman in New Zealand 1 this last year，but the bus driver went 2 his duty to help her out.

One Sunday，Mason was on her way to see her 70﹣year﹣old mom who lives in a nursing home.Because of its recent rules，3 are limited （限制） to an half﹣hour period scheduled ahead （提前预约安排）.When Mason 4 she hadn't got on the right bus and her 30﹣minute window was fast closing，Mason started crying，tearfully5 to the bus driver，57﹣year﹣old Alex Bailey，what had happened.

Rather than keep to his schedule，Bailey decided to6 .With nods from the other7 ，Bailey took another longer route （路线） and8 Mason to the nursing home，dropped her off，and then calmly went back to his regular route.

By 9 ，as Mason arrived at the nursing house，a news reporter was there.Mason told the reporter her10 ，expressing praise for the bus driver.The story11 the evening news，and it hit social media.Bailey was "Internet12 ".

Actually，Bailey is only one of the serving members during the pandemic （流行病），who has been13 around the clock to make sure that key workers，education and communities stay connected and keep the city running 14 .Later，he said that it was just a nice，magical moment15 thing to do.

There was a man who had four sons.  He hoped that his sons could learn not to judge (评判) things too 1 .  So he sent them to a very far place, asking them to go and look at a pear tree during different seasons. 

The eldest son went out in winter, the second in spring, the third in summer, and the 2 in autumn.  When all of them returned home, the father called them together, and let them 3 what they saw. 

The first son said the tree was ugly and there was 4 there.  The second son said the tree was covered with 5 buds (芽) and was full of hope.  The third son didn't have the same idea 6 his two brothers, saying that it was filled with 7 .  He told them they smelt sweet and looked beautiful.  The last son didn't agree with all of them, saying that there was lots of fruit 8 the tree and the tree was full of life. 

The man told his four sons that they were all right, 9 each of them only saw the tree during one season.  He added, "You cannot judge a tree by one season or a person in one time.  If you give up during the coldness of winter, you will miss the hope of spring, the beauty of summer and the 10 of autumn in your life. "

The Whites lived in a white house with big windows. They were two young{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(农民). Their friend, Tommy, often visited them and {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(带来) some fruit and vegetables as well. He was always warm- hearted and {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(受欢迎的). 

One day, when Mr White was working on the farm, he {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(看见) a bird. It was a nice bird with white feather (羽毛). Mr White wanted to {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(抓住) it for his {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(妻子). So he followed the bird quietly. However, the bird {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(飞) away when he was about to get close to it. Suddenly, it began to rain, and he {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(跌落) into a big {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(洞). Thus, he went home {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(快地) and went to bed early to take a good rest.