I was flying to New York at night. Suddenly, a storm broke and the plane began to be tossed(颠簸)around.

 When I looked1  the plane, I could see that nearly all the passengers were worried and afraid. The future seemed terrible and many were   2   if they would make it through the storm.

 Then , I  3 saw a little girl. It seemed that the storm meant  4 to her. She sat on her seat reading a book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would read again, with no  5 or fear in her eyes. When the other passengers were scared(惊恐的) half to death, that child was completely calm and  6  . I couldn't believe my eyes.

 When the plane finally reached New York, I was not surprised to  7  that all the passengers were hurrying to come out. I stopped and spoke to the girl whom I had  8  for such a long time. I asked 9 she had not been afraid.

 The child replied, “My daddy is the  10   , and he is taking me home.”

    Once upon a time there lived a wise king who wanted to marry off his favorite daughter. He 1 how he could find the right person. Finally, the king had an 2. He decided to hold a contest(比赛) to decided which gentleman would achieve this great honor. The king ordered that anyone 3 wanted to marry the princess must report to the palace. To win his daughter, a man must fill up a whole room with a(an) 4 thing very quickly.

    The first brave man anived at the palace. He brought bags full of feathers. With great 5, he started to fill the large room with feathers, but time ran out and he failed.

    The next day, 6 young man tried to quickly fill the room, this time with beautiful silk. Time ran out again, and he left the palace 7.

    The contest went on day afterday, 8 contestants hoped to pass the test but no one 9. The king began to lose heart. Wasn't anyone in the kingdom qualified(有资格的)to many the beautiful princess?

    One day, a young man arrived at the palace empty-handed. The king wondered how this man planned to win the contest. Entering the room, the young man 10 the lights. He reached into his pocket, got a small 11 and lit it. In no time, the light filled the whole room.

    The king was very happy because he had found the perfect match for his lovely daughter.

    To get through a problem, sometimes we must 12 the way we're thinking about it. We need to re-educate ourselves by looking at the problem in a different way.

    Helen is a student. She usually gets up at 6:00 in the morning. Then she has 1 at 7:00. She goes to school2about 7:30. She is never late for(从不迟到) school. Helen is a clever girl,3 she doesn't have any friends.

    One morning, on her way to school, she 4 a yellow cat. She thinks,“The cat can't find 5way home.” So she 6 it to the zoo.

    Then she hurries(急忙) to 7 but she is late. All the students and her8 look at her. Her face looks red.

    After(在……之后)class, her teacher says to the students.“ Helen is a 9 girl. She finds a cat and takes it to the10”Now all her classmates like her.

    One morning Mr. Green is driving 1the country and2a small bookshop. When he sees an old man3the side of the road, he stops his car and says to the old man, "I want 4to the Sun Bookshop. Do you know it?" "Yes, "the old man answers, "I 5 you the way. "He6Mr. Green's car, and they drive about twelve miles.7they come to a small house, the old man says, "Stop here. "Mr. Green stops and 8the house. "But this isn't a bookshop, "he says to the old man. "Right, "the old man answers, "This is my house. And I'll show you the way 9the bookshop. Turn around and go back nine miles10you'll see the bookshop. "

    There was once a rich and kind store owner. He1to leave all his money to an honest young mall when he was old.

    A good friend of his bad an idea and2him. "The next time you are giving the customers their change, make sure you give them too much. He who returns the3 money to you is honest. "The rich man thought it was a good idea, so he decided to try it.

    However, a neighbor happened to hear the 4. He paid a witch(女巫)to cast spell(咒语)on the rich old man's coins. Anyone who saw the coins5by the old man wouldn't see them as coins, but as something that they wanted most in the world. The neighbor believed that6customer would return the old man's money.

    Indeed, everything went according to the neighbor's7. When the old man had almost8trying, the greedy neighbor sent his nephew to the old man's store. He had told the boy to return the old man's money. 9when the boy received the coins, he saw in them all the money of his uncle. He didn't want to return the money and10with the coins.

    Finally, the rich old man was dying. He decided to give his servants some money so that they could live freely when he was 11with them. Among these servants was a young man, who12and respected the old man. He saw in the money a powerful medicine, which was13what he most wanted in the world. On seeing this, the young man14the money back, saying. "Take this, sir. It's15you. It will make you feel better. "

    The old man felt happy that he finally found an honest person. He gave all his money to him.

    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.