Do you want to be successful in everything you do? If so, then 1? Here is an example.

    There was a farmer who 2 corn（玉米) all his life. Each year he took his corn to the market. Then each time his corn was chosen as the 3 and won the first prize.

    One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something 4 about how he grew it. The farmer  5 his seed (做种子的) corn to his neighbours.

    "How can you share your best seed corn with your neighbours?" the reporter asked. "You know they are taking part in the 6 with you each year. "

    "Why, sir," said the farmer, "didn't you know? The 7 picks up pollen (花粉) from the corn and moves it quickly from field to field. If my neighbours grow 8 corn, cross-pollination (异花传粉) will affect the quality of my corn. So if I want to grow good corn, I must   9 my neighbours to grow good corn. "

    The farmer knows much about the connection of life.  His corn cannot improve 10 his neighbours' corn improves.

    As a great man says, "We make a living by what we 11; we make a life by what we give." We can't  12 without food, clothes, and many other things. However, a meaningful life is not decided by how much we can get, 13  by how much we can give others. Giving, instead of taking, makes us 14 from other animals.  So those who choose to live well must help others to live well and those who choose to be happy must help others to find 15 in their life.

    Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees（雇员） to be1 to the buyers and he gets a lot of2. One day an old woman went to the shop to3a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she 4her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and5there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and 6 saw it. She put it into her pocket 7. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she failed. That evening Mr. Young  8about it. He was very 9 and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her10. Several young men came, but 11 of them could satisfy him.

    This morning a young man came to his 12. He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.

    "Do you 13?" "No, sir."

    Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's 14 satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him 15 question, "You have no shortcoming(缺点), do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”

    Denny was a photographer. He travelled around and always did anything he could to take a good photo even if it was 1. He had photos of earthquakes, forest fires and even wars.

    His wife wanted to go with him, 2 he refused. "I travel for my work, not for 3 . I won't have time to look after you. Sometimes there's even nowhere to 4, and I don't often have a good meal or a bath for days. You won't enjoy yourself."

    "I can look after myself. Please take me with you." His wife begged.

    Denny finally 5. When he was asked to go to Africa, he said to his wife, "You can go to Africa with me if you like. I'll take photos of wild 6 there. It should be interesting and not too 7."

    His wife had an enjoyable time at first. Then Denny went to 8 some lions to photo. His wife went with him, but soon she got lost. Suddenly, Denny heard her crying. He ran back and saw a 9 running after her. Quickly Denny took his camera out and pointed it at his wife and the lion. Then he shouted, "10, woman! I can't get you both in the picture!"

    A few years ago, my husband and I were on an island for a long vacation with our two daughters. As we wondered about what to do 1, our girls jumped in and told us what they wanted to do. "2 want to go to the butterfly（蝴蝶）museum." said Ariela and Eliana.

    As soon as we3into the main area of the museum, we saw a lot of 4butterflies, all flapping（拍打）their colorful wings. My girls were 5up and down, and I knew we had made the right6to come to the museum. They were having so much fun. I7to our museum tour guide because I was curious （好奇的）, and asked, "8do butterflies live?"

    She said, "About ten days." "What can butterflies do9ten days?" I asked. The guide stopped, looked at me and said, "They make the world a more beautiful place." "Wow," I said, "I10 thought about butterflies like that. Thank you."

    After we said goodbye, I couldn't11thinking about what the guide had said. She was right. We all have12offer the world with the time we have.13we focus our gifts on taking care of each other every day, we can make a14.

    How thankful it is that you can have the influence on your family, friends and neighbors! Like a butterfly, you have your own way of making the world a little15for everyone.

    It's the first day of school. Lily can't1 her yellow eraser. She sees one on Anna's desk.

"Excuse me. 2 is my eraser," Lily says to Anna. "No, it is 3. Look! My 4 is on it—Anna Brown," Anna says.

    "I'm sorry. I have a 5 eraser, too," Lily says, "but I lost it." "Let me 6 you find it."

    They start（开始）to look for（寻找）the eraser in the 7. At last, Anna finds the eraser. "Here you are," says Anna.

    "Thanks8 helping me, Anna."

    "You're 9," Anna says. And the two 10 become good friends.

    Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions.

    In 1987, Kierman was competing in an around-the world race when he began to 1 the huge amount of rubbish in the world's oceans.  When he returned to Australia, he 2 to do something about it.

    He organized a community 3 called "Clean Up Sydney Harbour". On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out to 4away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the clean-up a national event. It was a huge 5 Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local 6.

    Since then, "Clean Up Australia" has got 7every year. In 2002, for example, 800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia's beaches, parks and streets.

    Kierman was 8 with the success of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the9 of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced "Clean Up the World", an international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. "Clean Up the World" has grown 10 and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.