Nancy is a funny girl. Her 1  is full of fantastic ideas. Like any other child, she has 2  in her life, but she always solves it in funny ways.

    Nancy's classmate Lionel lost a tooth at school last month. The teacher 3  him a cute tooth necklace (项链). Nancy found it was nice and she wanted one too.

    One morning Nancy found one of her teeth was loose (松动的). "I will get a nice tooth necklace 4  the tooth falls out at school," she thought. Nancy did everything that she could

    5to make sure she lost her tooth at school. However, things didn't always happen as she 6 . The tooth finally 7 out on her way to school. Nancy told her teacher what had happened. She was 8 . She didn't think she could get the special necklace.

    To 9 surprise, the teacher decided to give Nancy the necklace. "Your tooth dropped out close to the school, didn't it?" the teacher said. "And you're really an honest (诚实的) girl." Finally, Nancy's dream came 10  .

    I'm not much of a crier most of the time. But {#blank#}1{#/blank#} when I was reading a book on a plane, I started crying. Of course, it came as a big surprise when tears came up, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't {#blank#}2{#/blank#} myself.

    Oh no, not this now. I thought to myself. But even as the thought entered my brain. I felt the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hot drop of salty water coming down my face. I put my head down, hoping that I could go on reading.

    In fact, the harder I tried, the more tears pushed their way out of my eyes. You could guess how surprised the man next to me looked.

    My head {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in shame. He must think I was crazy. Maybe I could turn towards him, hold up the cover of the book and say in my crying voice. "I'm sorry, sir. It's just a really good book!" But I didn't, say anything. Instead, I just put my head back against the {#blank#}5{#/blank#} and let the tears run. Do you know what decision I made while I was crying? My decision was that it was OK if he thought I was crazy. I preferred to be crazy instead of being the kind of person who wouldn't cry when the situation called for it, or who wouldn't let {#blank#}6{#/blank#} feel anything at all.

    I've been that girl who has spent so much time trying to make sure people didn't think f was crazy. But now I don't want to be that girl any more —that bored and {#blank#}7{#/blank#} girl. I'd rather {#blank#}8{#/blank#} this girl who is able to forgive (原谅), love and act, even if it means being disappointed or being hurt again and again.

Before she had drunk half the bottle, she found her head pressing against the ceiling (天花板), and had to stop to save her neck from being broken. She hastily put down the bottle, saying to herself, "That's quite enough. I can't get out at the door. I hope I will not grow any more."

However, it was too late to wish that! She went on growing, and growing, and very soon she had to kneel down on the floor. In another minute, she tried to lie down with one elbow against the door, and the other arm curling round her head. Still she went on growing. She put one arm out of the window and one foot up the chimney, and said to herself, "Now I can do no more, whatever happens. What will become of me?"

Luckily for Alice, the little magic bottle had now had its full effect, and she grew no larger. Still it was very uncomfortable, and there seemed to be no chance for her to get out of the room. She felt unhappy. 

"It was much pleasanter at home," thought poor Alice, "when one wasn't always growing larger and smaller, or being ordered by mice and rabbits. I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit hole!"

"But it was rather curious (不寻常的). I wondered what would happen to me! When I used to read fairy tales, imagined that kind of thing never happened! There should be a book written about me! And when I grow up, I'll write one…but I'm grown-up now," she added, "at least there's no room to grow up any more in here."

"But then," thought Alice, "will I never get any older than I am now? That'll be a comfort, but I will always have lessons to learn! Oh, I shouldn't do like that!"

Zhu Yangzhu is the spaceflight engineer for the Shenzhou XVI mission (使命). He 1 in love with the blue sky and flying at an early age. 

When he was 2 middle school student, Zhu often did exercise. Because he worked very hard and got good scores, he 3  enter the National University of Defense Technology in Changsha in the summer of 2005 and remained there for the following years. In 2015, Zhu graduated from the university and took 4 first engineering job. 

In 2018, Zhu heard about the selection (进选) of China's third﹣generation astronauts. He decided 5 a try. In September 2020, Zhu 6 joined the group of eighteen astronauts, including six 7 flight engineers. 

However, for an engineer who had no air flight experience, the training tasks were really difficult. For example, and they had to do many tests on a computer. That needed great perseverance (毅力). Zhu completed the hard training himself 8 he also played a role in 9 the team relaxed and helping others in his team stay clear﹣headed by singing and telling jokes. 

Last year, all his hard work paid off (得到回报) 10 he was chosen to carry out the Shenzhou XVI mission. 

Now pets play an important part in our life. More and more people keep pets in their families.

I have a dog called Huanhuan. She is really cute and friendly. She always brings happiness to my family. We all love her very much and we take her as our family member. When we have breakfast, she likes to jump to my mother's legs to ask for the food she likes. When we watch TV at night, she likes to sit on the sofa with us. When I am sad, she can do some funny things to make me laugh. When I make fun of her, she plays with me happily. Every morning, she always goes to do morning exercises with us. Now we can't be without her.

 We get lots of happiness from Huanhuan, but keeping pets needs time and money. So if you want to have a pet, you must spend time looking after it and you should be patient with it!

A little stream ran down from a high mountain far, far away through many villages and forests, until she reached a desert (沙漠). The stream then thought, "I've been through thousands of millions of difficulties. I should have no problems crossing this desert!" But as she started her journey, she found herself slowly disappearing into the sand. After many tries, she still failed and was very unhappy. "Maybe I can't reach the ocean in the end." she said sadly to herself.

At this time, a deep voice came, "If a breeze (微风) can cross the desert, so can a stream." It was the voice of the desert. But the little stream replied, "That's because a breeze can fly, but I cannot." "That's because you can't give up what you are. If you like to do it, let yourself evaporate (蒸发) into the breeze. It can take you across, and you can reach the ocean." said the desert.

"Give up what I am now and disappear into the breeze? No! No!" The little stream could not accept this idea. After all, she had never experienced anything like it before.

"The breeze can carry the vapor (蒸气) across the desert and let it leave as rain. The rain will form a stream again to continue its course." explained the desert very patiently.

"And whether you're a stream or vapor, your nature never changes." continued the desert. Hearing this, the little stream rushed into the open arms of the breeze, which carried her to the next stage of her life.

The course of our lives is like the experience of the little stream. If you want to overcome the difficulties in your life to get success, you should also change the way you used to be.