Lisa is an English girl. She is 1. She is twenty-two years old now. She is 2 actor. She is very nice. 3 hair is long and blond. She 4 blue and big eyes. Her 5 like her very much.

    Lisa looks 6 Huang Yongmei, a good actor. The actor 7 Hong Kong. Lisa's favorite 8 is red. She is often(经常) 9. Lisa likes apples, oranges and bananas. 10 is her good friend? Oh, she is Sally.

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    Johnnie  Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good1and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

    One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went2school psychologist's  office to ask for help.

    "Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a 3study of them," said the psychologist.

    "I've been trying hard." Johnnie was about to4.

    The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who were5 able to learn maths, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find6you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very7you."

    Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon 8amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnnie had what they called "green thumb". The plants he9grew, and the roses blossomed. People started to accept his 10for gardening, because he had an eye for colour and light.

    One day while he was downtown, he happened to11an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That very afternoon as soon as he got the permission , he started the work, 12he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that were13for it. People gave him young trees. rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little14.

    Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go, they 15beauty before the eyes of people.

    Jeff is fifteen now, but he's still in Grade One. He likes playing1, he often plays it with his friends, but he does not like to use his head. He does not listen to his2in class, so he can not do his homework. His teachers don't like him. They tell his parents3it, and they do not know what to do.

    It's Sunday today. Jeff gets up4in the morning. After breakfast, his mother tells him to do his homework. He goes to his bedroom.5his mother is busy with her housework, Jeff goes out with a ball. Now it's time for lunch, but she can't 6Jeff.

    Later he comes back. His parents look very angry, but say7. After lunch, Jeff wants to go out again. His father stops him and8, “Is your homework over?''

    “No,” answers the boy, “I can't do it.” His father pulls(拉、拽)him by the9and says, “Where is your ear?” “Oh，dear!" Jeff calls out, “It's in your10.”

    Stephen Hawking is a scientific giant after Albert Einstein. On 14 March, 2018, the world-famous British scientist died at 76 in Cambridge, UK.

    Stephen Hawking was born on 8 January, 1942 in England. When he was a boy, he 1 to study how things worked. His father wanted him to 2 a doctor, but he didn't want to. He had great 3 in science.

    Hawking got a very serious 4 called ALS at the age of 21. He couldn't walk or speak. Only three of his fingers could move. He could only communicate with others by computer. At first, Hawking was very sad. Later he 5 to see his life in a different way. He worked 6 and went on with his studies. Then he made some great achievements in science. He wrote many great 7. The most 8 one is A Brief History of Time. In the book, he explains the 9 and end of the universe. He also wrote books for 10, like George and the Big Bang (《乔治的宇宙大爆炸》). They help kids learn about space. And he gave speeches at universities. His unusual life encourages many young people.

    Hawking has left us. But his works will live on for many years.

    David was a middle school student. His father, Mr. Hill, was a rich farmer and he had a very big 1. They lived in a small village for fifteen years. Later on Mr. Hill opened a shop in our town and 2 a house here last month. Then his family moved to the new house and David began to study in our class. But David was shy, so it was not easy for him to 3 friends.

    His neighbor Cathy was a 4 girl. She had many friends. When she found the boy 5 talked with others, she decided to help him. She talked a lot with him and sometimes played with him. So very soon 6 became good friends.

    One afternoon, Cathy said to David, "It′ll be my 7 birthday tomorrow. I′ll have a birthday party. Will you please come?"

    "Certainly. I′m glad to," the boy said 8.

    David got home and thought about 9 he could give to Cathy. He was sorry that he forgot to ask the girl what she liked. Then he asked his mother, "What would you like 10 it were your sixteenth birthday, Mommy?" "Nothing," the woman said, "I just wish I were 16."

When she was 14 years old, Remya Jose's life was turned upside down by a family crisis( 危机). 

Remya, who lived in a small village in India, learned that her mother was ill and her father would have to spend his time caring for her. As a result, she and her twin sister had to do most of the housework

— including washing clothes. To make things even more difficult, the Jose family couldn't afford an electric washing machine. Instead, the two girls would have to do the washing all by hand in the local river, and then carefully carry everything back to their home—a task that took several hours. 

Being a good student interested in engineering, Remya wanted to make a washing machine which could be used without electricity. She started studying electric washers to learn how they worked. Remya then designed(设计) a machine that used bicycle pedals(踏板) and chain. To find those items, she and her father went to a local auto shop. Workers there not only gave her the parts, they helped her make the machine!

Here's how the machine works: Remya used a cylinder(圆筒) to hold the clothes and put it in a cube( 立方体). Next, she connected the bicycle pedals and the chain to the cylinder. As Remya pushed the pedals with her legs, the cylinder cleaned the clothes just like a regular washing machine. 

Remya's invention worked! She had created her own human-powered washing machine—and now a task that used to take several hours took only 30 minutes. Remya's washing machine was chosen from among 25, 000 entries as India's best innovation! She was given India's National Award and honored by the nation's former president. 

The story of this young woman's creative invention was known around the world. 

"Remya Jose made a difference, " said Jeanine Thomas of The Borden Project, "Her invention saves time and money for the world's poor. Her story shows that with creativity, one individual can improve the lives of many. "