A lot of teenagers are good at art at school, but how would you feel if people called you “the new Picasso(毕加索)” or if presidents and other famous people collected your paintings?

    Alexandra Nechita was ten when her paintings became famous all over the world. She visited Britain, France, Italy, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and her family's native place (祖籍) Romania where 5,000 fans came to see her at the airport. Alexandra said, “When it all started, I was moved. It was very exciting and I loved the traveling, but I got very tired. And I missed home.”

    Alexandra is a good student. Her studies always come first. She only starts painting after she's done her homework. She works on two or three paintings at a time. The paintings sell for thousands and Alexandra's parents have given up their jobs to work for their daughter. Life for the Nechita family is very different from what it was like a few years ago. Alexandra's father Nike left Romania for political (政治的)reasons in 1985. At first he tried his best to learn English and had different kinds of low-paid jobs. In 1987, he brought his wife and Alexandra, who was then 18 months old, to America. The family was very poor. Alexandra began to draw at the age of three.

    She was drawing for four or five hours a day. Soon people offered(提出) to buy her paintings and she had her first art show at the age of eight. Stories about this child appeared(出现) in the newspapers and television. They now live in a large house with a swimming pool. Her mother said, “We started without anything, but thanks to Alexandra, we have everything we ever dreamed of.”

B

    It's 14:00. The house is quiet(安静的). "Tom?" Mom says. No one answers.

    Mom comes to Tom's house. He is not in the bed. But his model plane is on the desk. "He is not in his room, and he is not in the yard(院子)," Mom thinks. Then Mom comes to his grandparents' room. Tom likes to play with Grandpa's tape player. But he is not there.

    Mom looks for(寻找) him everywhere. But where is Tom? Mom is worried. She wants to call Dad. She comes to the living room to get the phone.

    "What's that?" Mom sees something(某物) black under the sofa. Oh, it's Paul, Tom's dog. It loves sleeping(睡觉) there. But what is next to Paul? It's Tom!

    It was Tom's birthday, and he was five years old. He got quite a lot of presents from his family. His grandpa gave him a beautiful big drum(鼓). Of all the presents, Tom liked his drum best. He made terrible noise with it, but his mother didn't mind. His father was working in the daytime and Tom was in bed when he got home in the evening. So he didn't hear the noise. But one of his neighbors didn't like the noise. So one morning she took a knife and went to Tom's house when he was hitting his drum. She said to him, “Hello, Tom, do you know there is something very nice inside your drum? Here is a knife. Open the drum and let's find it.”

My neighbour, Mr Brown, is a very old man. His children live in a different city, so he lives{#blank#}1{#/blank#} most of the time. Mr Brown has a small dog, but for him it is {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to take the dog for walks because he is too old. The dog needs to go outside twice every day.

I want to help Mr Brown. Now, every morning {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I go to my school, I go to Mr Brown's house. I take his dog for a short {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. The dog is always happy and {#blank#}5{#/blank#} jo go out. After that, I bring the dog back home and then I get ready {#blank#}6{#/blank#} school.

 In the afternoon, when I come back from school. I have more time. I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the dog to the park. We play ball games for a long time, and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} never gets tired.

 Mr Brown often thanks me for my {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. He is always kind and gives me some sweets when I see him. The small dog also {#blank#}10{#/blank#} happy. It's good to help Mr Brown and his dog. I like making them happy.

Sometimes a common job can make a difference. A man has been working hard at Peking University for 17 years，repairing（修理）almost 500 bikes. 

Lin Qinggang，from Xingtai，Hebei Province，he worked as a builder and sold bikes in Beijing. Then in 2017，Peking University built a small repair shop for Lin. 

In the past years，Lin's great services have won the hearts of teachers and students at Peking University. He always gets to his repair shop as early as he can. "If people come to take away their bikes and I'm not there，they will have to wait"

Students usually come over to Lin's shop to have their bikes repaired before and after lunch，so he is often busy during these hours and he has to finish his meals quickly. "I can____ have lunch on time，and usually have dinner at about 8 or 9 pm，and sometimes even at 10 pm"

"Some of my services were free，but the students still gave me money or paid more. They encouraged me to work harder，Lin said. 

Not everyone is born to be a great person. However，each of us might live a meaningful life like Lin.