The worst tourist in the world is perhaps Mr. Scott in San Francisco.

Once he 1 from the US to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one-hour stop to get something at Kennedy Airport of New York. 2 he thought he had arrived home, Mr. Scott 3 the plane. He thought he was in 4.

     When nobody was there to5 him, Mr. Scott thought maybe they were held up by the heavy traffic. While looking for their addresses, Mr. Scott found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. Many 6 buildings were replaced by high modern ones. He also found that many people spoke English instead of Italian and that many street signs were written in English.

     Mr. Scott knew very little English, so he asked a policeman the 7 to the bus station in Italian. Luckily, the policeman was also born in Italy and answer him in 8 language.

     After twelve hours' traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a second policeman. He asked the policeman why the Rome police employed(雇佣) so many people as policemen speaking English instead of Italian.

     Mr. Scott didn't believe he was in New York when he was 9 so.

To get him on a plane back to San Francisco, he was sent to the airport in a police car 10 sirens(报警器) on. “Look,” said Scott to himself, “I know I'm in Italy. That's how they drive.”

    Jadav Payeng is a forestry worker from Jorhat, India. Over the past 38 years, he has planted trees on a sandbar (沙洲) of the Brahmaputra River and has1 it into a forest. One day in 1979, 16-year-old Payeng was walking

    2 the bank of the Brahmaputra River. He saw many snakes on the sandbars. These snakes died in a few days' time

    3the heat and the absence (缺失) of trees. Payeng felt very4when he saw this. He decided to plant some trees. Single-handedly, he started planting bamboo trees, as only bamboo trees could survive (存活) in the sandbars.

    To water the trees was a difficult5for one man. With his hard work and great effort, day by day the6 bamboo trees grew into a forest. His tree planting has changed the soil (土壤). Now the sandbar is a thick forest and7 to thousands of plants and animals. A large group of around 100 elephants visit the forest every year and8 there for a few months.

    Payeng is now in9ifties. He has planted close to 1,400 acres (英亩) of forests and is 10 as the Forest Man of India. In 2015, he was honored with Padma Shri, one of the top awards (奖) in India.

    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.

    It does not always come easy to discover oneself. From a young age, I had already got a strong sense of who I would like to become. 1 an accident made me redefine(重审) myself.

    To me, skating was the most important. There was 2 in this world that filled my heart with such joy. I spent twenty-four hours a week practising my 3 . Having no social life or interests but skating, my devotion(挚爱) brought me first place medals in nearly every  4 .

    Unfortunately, in one show, I fell down and hurt myself 5 . After several X-rays and MRI(磁共振) scans, the 6 told me that I couldn't return to my sport any more. The pain in my back was so hard to stand that even the 7 daily tasks became difficult.

    As my passion(激情) was 8 , I had little sense of who I was to become. However, after eight months of suffering, something had to 9. Instead of wasting my days sitting around painfully, I began to put my 10 into local public service projects. By volunteering  11 a swimming teacher and summer reading teacher for kids, I got an idea of who I 12 to become. After a few months, I put all my heart into developing my interest in the arts. Little by little, I 13 out of the shadow(阴影) and rebuilt my confidence.

    Sometimes, some 14 rocks get in our way. We can choose to stay behind or try to climb over. My accident was a rock that 15 to stop me from reaching success. Today I'm a very confident and positive person.

    Henry works in a factory. He comes from a poor1and was in school for only four years. He has to work hard to support（供养）the family. He likes to watch2matches very much and spends3time on it.

    One evening there was a big football match on a playground. He borrowed some money4his friend and hurried there. There were already a lot of people there. And all the5were sold out. He was6for it. He saw a pole（电线杆）outside the playground and climbed it up7, A policeman came and said. "It's 8to stay on it! Come down!"

    "Wait a minute, please!" Henry said. Just at that moment the9heard cheers in the playground and asked in a hurry, "Which team has scored a goal?"

    "10team!"

    "Wonderful! You can11there. But take care!" the policeman said happily and left. Just12 the match was over, he came back again and asked, "Who's won?"

    "Theirs, 3 to 2."

    "Come down, "the policeman said angrily." Such a13isn't worth（值得）watching!"

    Henry had to come14. But soon they heard cheers again. "Climb up quickly and15who's scored a goal again!" said the policeman in a hurry.