It was a Sunday afternoon, a girl was unhappy. She complained to her father about her hard life. There were so many problems! One problem wasn't solved but1came. She wanted to give up.

    Her father smiled and took his daughter into the2.He filled three 3with water. And he put some carrots in the first one. In the second one, he put some eggs. Coffee was put in the third one. Then he boiled them. The girl watched her father. Her father just waited4saying a word.

    The girl wondered5her father was doing that for. About 20 minutes later, her father 6the carrots and put them into a bowl. The eggs were put on a plate and the coffee was poured into a cup. Turning back to his daughter7, Dad asked, "What do you see? ""Carrots, and coffee.” she answered

    Her father told her to close her eyes and let her touch the carrots. She did and felt the carrots were soft. After that he asked his daughter to take the eggs and feel them. The eggs were hard. At last, her father asked her to taste the coffee. “What's the meaning, Dad?” He explained that8of the things had met with the same unlucky experience—the boiling water, but the three things had 9results.

    The strong and hard carrots became soft and weak after they were put into the boiling water. The eggs became hard after being cooked. The coffee was very special and it 10 the water. "Which one will you choose to be, a carrot, an egg or coffee? That's up to you to decide. "said her father.

    Some years ago, Danny gave up his job as a doctor to become a freelance(特约的) model maker, but now hehas money trouble. He says that he wishes he'd never1 to set up his own business.

    "I am now in such abad situation," says Danny. "I hope I'm2 working as a doctor. You see, I was3 with my job, and I didn't have any fun. I said to a few friends that I wanted to go into4 and they said that theycould give me work, so I left the hospital.

    At first, everything was5: I had too much work to do. I got too many orders every day. And soon I6a large number of money. I had a really greatlifestyle, and when the work was finished, I used to take good7 in places like the beautiful blue Aegean Sea, Maldives, Hawaii and so on, just to get relaxed.

    Likethis, I was busy having fun all around the world, and charged (支付) everythingto my credit (信用) cards, but then I began to8 how much in debt (负债) I was.At last, I had to sell all my office equipment (设备). Now I could doalmost9 even if people asked me. I've had to10 my business nowand I don't know what I'mgoing to do for money.It just goes to show if you set up your own business, you shouldn't spend money youdon't have."

Ray was thought to be a strange boy. One day when he was flying his kite, he said to himself," Did anybody ever try to fly a kite at night? I think it must be very fun. But the kite can't be seen in the dark. What if I tie a light to it? That would be really good. I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(try) it tonight."

As soon as it was dark, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(take) his kite and lantern, and went to a large field about a mile from his home. He tied the lantern to the tail of his kite. The lantern {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(make) of paper. The kite flew higher and higher. He tied the string (线)to a tree, and then he stood there, staring at his kite. It floated (飘) high up into the air. How wonderful! While Ray {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(enjoy) his special kite, some people in the village also saw it.

"Look! A light{#blank#}5{#/blank#} (fly) in the sky," one person said. "It can't be a light," said a man.

"Perhaps it's a big firefly (萤火虫) ,"said another,

"Maybe it's a comet (彗星),"said another man.

"How strange!" said a boy.

"Let's find out what this strange light{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (be)," the last one said. Then they went to the field.

Ray, who had gotten tired of standing, was sitting behind a tree. He{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (see) the men as they came, but they didn't see him. When they reached under the light, and saw what it was, they looked at each other and said, "There is nothing unusual {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(happen)! This is just a trick of some naughty boys, but it {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (fool) us all.

Let's keep the secret. "Then they laughed and went back to the village. When the men had gone, Ray thought it was time for him {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(go), so he went home, too. When his mother heard what he had done, she hardly knew whether to laugh or scold (责备), but just told him to go to bed.

Today is Sunday. Bob{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (be) free, so he goes to the zoo. There he sees many{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (animal) like monkeys, tigers and elephants. He likes monkeys and he{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (think) they are clever.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} his way home in the afternoon, he meets{#blank#}5{#/blank#} little girl. She can't find her mother. Bob wants{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (help) her. The girl is about three years old and{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (she) name is Betty. She doesn't know her{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (mother) telephone number. She tells Bob her mother has long yellow hair. Bob sees a woman with long yellow hair,{#blank#}9{#/blank#} she isn't the girl's mother. At about 4 o'clock, Bob finds the girl's mother. The mother says thanks to Bob. "It's very kind{#blank#}10{#/blank#} you. Thank you very much." Bob is happy to help Betty.

In China, the Spring Festival is a big event. I spent it in a special way last year. So I had{#blank#}1{#/blank#} very nice winter holiday last year. 

{#blank#}2{#/blank#} Chinese New Year's Eve, I made a wish. I hoped that I could do everything well in the new year. 

On the Spring Festival, I went to Mount Tai with my parents for the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(one) time. Mount Tai isn't very high,{#blank#}4{#/blank#} it's very beautiful. We could still see many different kinds of green trees there. Of course, a lot of trees had few {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(leaf). We climbed up the mountain. When we {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(arrive) at the top of it, we saw some snow there and the wind blew {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(strong). . It was very cold. At that time, we {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(hear) beautiful music from a restaurant. When we went in, we saw a lot of people there. Then we had some rice and chicken there. 

Happy time always went fast. When we got back home, it was 9:00 p. m. We enjoyed{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(our) that day. We were {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(tire) but happy. 

Before the Shenzhou XV crew（全体工作人员） came back to the earth，they {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a letter to a 16-year-old student named Tsering Dargye. He is from Tibet and studying at Beijing No. 80 High School now. Over 10，000 people sent {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to the crew，but Tsering was the{#blank#}3{#/blank#} one to get an answer back. "I was very{#blank#}4{#/blank#} and was lucky enough to get the letter，"he said. 

In his letter，Tsering showed his strong interest in the sky. The astronaut Fei Junlong wrote the letter to Tsering and encouraged（鼓励） him a lot. "As you wrote in your letter，the road to success is never smooth（平坦的）.{#blank#}5{#/blank#} long as you work hard，you can {#blank#}6{#/blank#} your dreams come true，" Fei wrote. He ended the letter by wishing Tsering and his classmates to be{#blank#}7{#/blank#} in their studies. 

Tsering is now studying hard and plans to spend more time{#blank#}8{#/blank#} his studies for the coming summer vacation. "My dream is to learn computer science at Tsinghua University. No matter {#blank#}9{#/blank#} happens in my life，I will believe in {#blank#}10{#/blank#} and keep on following my dreams，" he said.