One day before my final exam, my dad gave me a gift. It completely changed my life.

    On that day I had a {#blank#}1{#/blank#} with my friends and it was a difficult time with my studies. I was unhappy. Then I noticed the gift. I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} it and saw a DVD inside. Its name was “THE SECRET”. However, I was in no mood (心情) to watch it. I sat down to study, but the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} in my life—the fight, the sleepless nights and my poor health … Everything came to my mind. I wanted an answer but I wondered {#blank#}4{#/blank#} there was any. Just then, I saw the DVD again. Maybe it would be helpful. I {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my DVD player. I had no words to describe the feelings I experienced while watching it. The moving stories of human beings made me so moved that I wouldn't {#blank#}6{#/blank#}any of them.

    Thanks to my father's gift “THE SECRET”, I discovered {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Everybody has difficulties in their lives. The important thing is that you should be {#blank#}8{#/blank#} enough to face them. Now I have started {#blank#}9{#/blank#}my studies and my friends. And I'm in good health, too. I often hear people say, “Wow! {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a perfect life you have!”

    Mr. Smith {#blank#}1{#/blank#} in a police station for 42 years and he will retire this autumn. He tried to work hard in his life but he wasn't lucky enough {#blank#}2{#/blank#}even a thief.

    Last weekend, Mr. Smith {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to buy some sugar in a shop. When he got into the shop, he suddenly saw a young man get some money from a woman's bag and walk away. He ran to the thief and at the end of a blind alley(死胡同), the young thief {#blank#}4{#/blank#}by Mr. Smith.

    “Please give me a chance, sir,” said the thief. “I'll never do that again!”

    “But who can give me a chance?” said Mr. Smith. “I{#blank#}5{#/blank#} next month and this is the first time I've caught a thief!”

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