My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn't think so. I paid little attention to it. But one thing let me finally 1 what my parents meant.

    One day, when I walked 2a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring (雇用) new workers!

    "Sir, are you hiring people?" I went into the shop and asked. "Yes, but you should be the man 3 we need. " the manager answered. He looked at me for a few4 from head to foot. "Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)" 5 he, "Or you have any work experience.

    I felt so ashamed (羞愧)and uncomfortable that I didn't know what to 6 , so I just turned around and left.

    I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my 7. "I must go to school or I can't do anything without a good 8 ." I said to myself silently. I never went back to the store again 9I finished my study and got a diploma.

    Everything looked the same when I returned to the10 , the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, I had more 11. The manager told me they needed new 12so it was a great chance for me.

    I 13 my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, "Great, you are in."

    Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always 14 people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not 15 my future because I'm still learning in my spare time.

    George Mallory was an English school teacher who loved 1 . In 1924, Mallory and a team of British climbers tried 2 the top of Mount Qomolangma, the highest mountain in the world. No one had ever done it before.

    Mallory had already tried to 3 the top of Mount Qomolangma in 1921 and 1922, 4 he didn't succeed both times. In 1924, he started to climb again. On June 8th, 1924, he and 5 climber, Andrew Irvine, were only a few hundred meters 6 the top of the mountain. The other members of their climbing team watched 7 Mallory and Irvine climbed slowly up towards the top. However, the weather 8 was terrible, and soon the two men disappeared(消失). They never returned.

    In 1953, Edmund Hillary from New Zealand, and Tenzing Norgay from Nepal, 9 reached the top of Mount Qomolangma. Most people thought that they were the 10 men to do this, but some people 11 whether Mallory and Irvine had got there first.

    Many years 12, in 1999, Mallory's body was found on Mount Qomolangma, about 13 from the top of it. However, it is still unknown if he and Irvine 14 reached the top of the mountain.

    Someone had once asked Mallory why he wanted to climb the most 15 mountain in the world. "Because it's there, "he answered.

A long time ago, there was a very silly thief(小偷). Do you know what he did one day? 

When he wanted to steal the bell(铃铛)on his neighbour's door, he walked up to the door, took hold of(抓住) the bell and pulled hard. The bell made a very loud noise. The thief was afraid and went home. 

Then he sat down to think, "I must do something about the noise. "He thought and thought. At last he had an idea. "Ah, I'll put some cotton(棉花) in my ears. Then I won't be able to hear the noise. " The next day, he went to the door of his neighbour, and took hold of the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear anything. With another hard pull, he got the bell out. Just then the neighbour came out.

"Steal my bell? I'll teach you a lesson, "the angry man shouted. And he hit the thief on the nose.

The silly thief did not know how the neighbour found out he was stealing the bell. "Why did he come out just then?" he wondered. Isn't he stupid?

"Everybody， it' s time for our group project. Let's get to work!" says Ms. White. 

Amy is the leader of one group. She is not 1 forward to working with her group because a boy named Ray is always absent from the group meetings. He doesn^' t follow the rules ，and he2 to do any work. This slows the whole group down. 

Amy considers telling Ms. White about these problems， but she doesn't want to get Ray in trouble. 3 ， she decides to talk to him and find out what the4 is. She says，"Everyone is working hard on our project. But so far， you haven't done anything. Is there something wrong？"

Ray thinks5 for a few seconds， and finally says， "It' s not that I don't want to be in the 6 . Sometimes， I don' t really understand the things we' re learning. I know it' s not fair， but I don't want to say something stupid， so I do7 . 

Now Amy understands. Ray isn't 8 he just needs help!"From now on， she says，"I will do my best to help you feel more confident （自信的）. Then you can do your share， and it will be 9 for everyone. "Thank you! I'll try hard to do my part. " says Ray. 

Amy feels happy. She realizes that10 about problems is better than keeping them as secrets. 

A young boy had many bad habits. His father was so 1 . He asked an old teacher for help. The teacher took the boy for a walk in the woods. While walking, he suddenly stopped and told the boy to pull out a small plant. 

The boy held the plant and pulled it out 2 . The old man then asked him to pull out a little bigger one. The boy 3 hard and the plant came out, roots (根) and all. "Now pull that one out. said the old man, looking at a small tree. The boy had to use all his strength to pull the 4 out. "Now pull this one out." said the old man, 5 a big tree. The boy held the trunk (树干) and tried to pull it out. But it didn't move at all. "It's 6 " said the boy, out of breath. 

"So they 7 bad habits," said the teacher, "When they are small, it is easy 8 them out, but when they grow bigger, they cannot be pulled out." The old man's words made a great difference to the boy's life. 

What we can learn from the story is: Don't wait 9 bad habits to grow in you. 10 when you have control over them, or they will control you

Some people might ask how this cartoon animal became so popular. One of the 1 reasons is that Mickey was like a common man, but he always tried to 2 any danger. In his early films, Mickey was3 and had many problems such as losing his house or girlfriend, Minnie. However, he was always ready to try his 4 . People went to the cinema to see the "little man" win. Most of them wanted to 5 Mickey.