Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One early morning, I   1 a call for a taxi. When I arrived at the building, it was 2:30 a.m. and I found the building was dark except for the only light in a first floor window.

Many drivers would just shout once or twice and then drove away, but I thought this 2 might need my help. So I walked to the door and knocked, “Just a minute,” answered a 3 , elderly voice. After a long time, the door opened. A small old man showed up before me, 4 a small bag. He kept thanking me for my 5 . “It's nothing,” I told him.

“Oh, you're such a good man.” He said. When we got into the taxi, he gave me a (an) 6, and then asked, “Could you drive through the city center?”

“But it wasn't the 7 way.” I answered quickly. “Oh, I'm in no hurry.” He said. “I'm on my way to a hospital. I don't have any family left. The 8 says I don't have much time left.”

      I   9   started the taxi and shut off the meter(计程器). For the next two hours, we drove  10   the city center. He showed me the building where he once worked. We drove past the church where he got married. He would never forget that happy moment. Sometimes he'd ask me to slow down in front of a building and would sit   11  the darkness for a long time, saying nothing. When the sun began to rise, we drove in silence to the address he had given me. When we arrived,   12 without thinking, I gave him a big hug. “You gave an old man a little moment of  13  . Thank you!” He said with tears in his eyes.

      I was completely lost in thought for the rest of the day. What would happen if I had refused to do   14  I did? We always think that there are no   15  moments in our lives, but great moments are just in what others may think small and unimportant ones.

    A Little Horse Crossing the River

    There is an old horse and a little horse on a farm. One day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill(磨坊）。The little horse is very happy. He carries the wheat and runs toward the mill. But there is a river in front of the little horse. He stops and doesn't know {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to do next. Just then Aunt Cow is passing by.

    The little horse {#blank#}2{#/blank#},”Aunt Cow, please tell me. Can I cross the river?”

Aunt Cow answers.” It's not deep, you can cross it.”

    When the little horse begins to cross the river, a little squirrel(松鼠）shouts to him,” Little horse, don't cross it, you will be drowned. Yesterday {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of my friends was drowned in this river.”

    The little horse is very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .Finally he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to go home and asks his mother.

    The old horse asks,”{#blank#}6{#/blank#} do you take the wheat back? What's wrong with you, my child?”

    The little horse answers sadly,” There is a river in front of me. Aunt Cow said it was not deep, but the little squirrel said it was deep. What shall I do?”

    The old horse says,” My child, you should try to cross the river by   7    . If you don't try, how do you know the river is deep or not.

    The little horse carries the wheat and    8      to the riverside. At last,he succeeds in   9    the river. Now, he knows    10    deep the river is.

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    Known as “wolf (狼) girl” at her school, Alyssa Grayson has spent much of her young life teaching others to protect animals. After starting a wolf club in second grade, Alyssa learned a lot about her favorite 1. Today, she gives speeches about protecting wolves at libraries and schools. She's even spoken at a university. In fact, she's become a wolf 2.

    When she's not teaching others about wolves, Alyssa always 3 at her local animal shelter (收容所). She cleans the dogs and plays with the cats. Back at home, she makes food for the animals and collects things for the shelter. She has even 4 medical care for a shelter dog with her money. Dogs and cats aren't the only animals Alyssa works for. She's also trained as a scientist for FrogWatch USA. Alyssa shows that you're never too 5 to make a difference to animals.

    Cui Qingtao is a 17-year-old high school student in Yunnan Province. He was mixing mortar(灰浆)at a building site with his 1when he received his acceptance letter from Peking University which is widely2as a top university in China.

    In this year's college entrance examination, the3adult from a low-income family scored 669 points and applied as a4in the School of Journalism and Communication.

    Cui's home is in a small village. He is the eldest son, with a younger brother in high school5a sister in the fourth grade. To help his family earn more money, he spent his vacations with his brother. And he6at 3 o'clock in the morning to work in the greenhouses.

    7a Sunday, Cui's family was doing building work at the site of a new home when they were told to take the letter from a university. Cui and his family were excited as they8received the long-expected acceptance letter. When his mother9the acceptance letter to his father, who cannot read, a big smile appeared on his father's face.

    In an interview, Cui Qingtao said he worked about 11 to 12 hours a day at the building site in order to help his parents. When asked about his plan for the future, he said, "Now I'm going to leave my home village for college, but I'll 10 and someday change the poor conditions of the village." His words got many praises on the Internet.

    Thank you very much. Thank you!

    Thank you for Principal Xu, all the teachers and most importantly, the class of 2019. If I can't make my speech fantastic, I will at least try to make it short.

    It's been nearly 40 years since I became a member of the navy. You may be wondering how I have won so many honors as a commander-in-chief. In fact, it all began from the half a1basic training, which I will never forget, The training included midnight swims in the cold water, days without 2 and long painful runs in the soft sand, I always felt cold, wet, sleepy and painful.

    The training also needed to find those who could3in an environment of stress, mess, failure and hardships. To me, the basic training was a lifetime of challenges that lasted six months. And today, I'd like to talk about one little thing, which I think is one of the most important points leading to great4.

    Every morning in the training, my instructors(教官) would5in our rooms. The first thing they did was to6our beds. The corners would be square if we did it right. The covers would be pulled tight, and the pillow would be centered just under the headboard.

    It was a(n) 7task. But every morning we were required to make our beds8. It seemed a little funny, but the wisdom of this simple act has been proved to me many times over.

    If you make your bed every morning, you will have completed the9task of the day. It will bring you a small sense of success, and it will10you to do another task, and another and another. And by the end of the day, one task completed will have11into many tasks completed. Making your bed will prove the fact. If you can't do the little things right, you will12be able to do the big things right.

    13the world can happen anywhere and anyone can do it. I can make sure that it doesn't matter whether I ever14 a day in uniform. Even now, I still start my day with making the bed to perfection. So if you have an awful day by accident, you will come home to a bed that is made-that you made-and a made bed gives you encouragement that tomorrow will be better.

    In general, if you want to change the world, 15off by making your bed. I hope all of you will have a brighter future!