This story happened in a small mountain village. One day there was an earthquake. Nothing was destroyed and 1 was hurt. But a huge rock fell from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

　　When the earthquake2, many people came to the road and saw the huge rock. Some of the strongest men tried to lift the rock 3 the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it but failed. They tried to 4 it with ropes but nothing worked.

　　"Well," they all agreed, "There's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the 5." At this time a boy of 12 years old said, "I think I can help you to move the rock."

　　"You?" they shouted, "What are you talking about?" The men all 6at the boy.

　　The next morning some people came into the street. One of them shouted, "The rock is7!" More people ran out to see. It was right. The rock wasn't in the road any more. It wasn't8 near the road.

　　"This is9," they said, "Where did it go?"

　　The boy stood in the street, 10 ， "I told you I could move it last night."

　　The boy walked over to where the11  had been and uncovered some earth. "I buried it," he said.

　　The people looked 12. "You see," he said, " I dug a deep hole next to the rock and I dug a small incline （斜坡）up to the rock and the rock 13 down into the hole by itself. I covered it with earth."

The crowds shouted, "What a 14 boy!" And some of them said, "Why haven't we thought of this good

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    A GREAT basketball player will retire (退役) this week. His name is Kobe Bryant.

    Bryant, 1for the Los Angeles Lakers, a team in the NBA. He has been playing with the Lakers for 20 years. But now he is leaving because of2and injuries (伤).

    “My heart can take it, my mind can handle (处理) it,3 my body knows it's time to say goodbye,” he4in his poem (诗) Dear Basketball.

    Bryant is one of the greatest5in NBA. He has won five NBA championships (冠军) and two Olympic gold medals. He also has scored the third largest number of points in NBA history, even6than Michael Jordan.

    Bryant has a real love7basketball. He often starts to practice as8 as 5 am. Everybody knows how hard he works.

    Soon Bryant9 have some time to rest. But no matter (不管如何) what he does next, he said his love for basketball will10change.

    Mr. Black takes his daughter 1 a restaurant. They sit down, and there are a lot of  2 in the restaurant. They 3 for a long time, but no waiters come to their table.

    Mr. Black says, "I'm 4, I can't wait." He waits for a minute and says, "Now I am going to 5 something to get a waiter soon."

    He goes out of the restaurant and 6 the restaurant, "My 7is at a table in your restaurant, she 8 a red hat."

    The waiter finds the girl and he says to Mr. Black, "Yes, she's here. Do you want to 9 her?"

    "No," says Mr. Black, "But please give her something to eat quickly. She is very 10". Then he goes back to the restaurant. He is glad to see that a waiter is now at this table.

    A young man went to visit a wise man living deep in the mountain for the wisdom of life.

    “Excuse me! Could you please tell me what the most 1 day in our lives is? Is it the day when we were born or the day we 2 ? Is it the day when fall in love or the day we succeed?” The man asked.

    “Neither. The most important day in our lives is 3.” The wise man replied calmly.

    “Why?” The young man felt more than 4, “Is it because there is a moving event taking place today?”

    “No. Nothing has happened today.”

    “Is it because of my visit?”

    “Even if nobody visited me today, today is 5 very important because today is the only wealth we have . No matter how memorable yesterday is, it has gone by like a ship going down into the sea; no matter how bright tomorrow may be, it is yet to come, but no matter how common today is, it is under our 6.”

    The young man still wanted to ask something, while the wise man 7 him and said, “When we are talking about the meaning of today, we have 8 a lot of it.”

    The young man nodded and then went down the mountain.

    Actually, today is the only 9 we have. So, what we should do now is to 10yesterday and tomorrow and catch fast today!

    Thirty engineers were working as a team in a company. They were young and eager to learn. The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems

    One day, the team was called for a 1in a hall. They were quite surprised and all reached the hall holding various2. As they entered, they found a box placed in the center, full of flat balloons

    The manager asked everyone to pick a balloon and blow it up. Then they were asked to write their names on their respective(各自的)balloons 3so that the balloons wouldn't blow out. All tried, but not everyone was 4. Five balloons blew out due to pressure（压力）.

    Those who failed to mark their names on the balloons were 5 out of the game. As a result, 25 engineers came to the next level. All the balloons carrying their names were 6 and then put into a room, here and there.

    The engineers were told to pick the balloon with his or her name on. All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush. It was almost 15 minutes but no one was able to 7 the right one. The second level of the game was over.

    Then came the final level, the engineers were asked to pick any balloon and give it to person named on the balloon. Within a couple of minutes, all balloons 8 the hands of the respective engineers.

    The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem. Many times in our life, sharing and helping others give us real solutions to problems.