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    The book I read is A Picture to Remember by Sarah Scott-Malden. It's1 a girl called Christina. One day, when she was waiting at the traffic lights, she 2 two men with a gun in a car next to her. They were bank robbers（抢劫者）and she saw 3 faces. They didn't want her to tell the police, so they planned to kill her.

    At first, one of the robbers attacked（攻击）Christina near the park, but 4 she only got her arm hurt slightly. After she called in her friend, Philippe for help, they were5 in the street when the robbers drove their car into them. Philippe was6seriously and had to go to hospital. When Cristina visited Philippe and left the7, the robbers followed her. Christina saw that they had a gun and understood 8 they want to do. She was scared, but she kept calm. The robbers were close behind her, but they were driving 9 fast that they couldn't stop the car and it turned over, so the police caught 10 the robbers. That's the end of the story.

    I will never forget an accident that happened in my own childhood. When I was a boy of twelve, something happened to me that made me never1any birds in a cage.

    We lived on the edge of a2in South Carolina, and every evening many mockingbirds would come and rest in the trees and sing. There isn't any sound that can be3 than the song of the mockingbird.

    I decided to catch a young bird and keep it in a cage, 4in that way, I could have my own musician. I finally caught one and put it in a cage. The bird was5and fluttered about the cage, but finally it became quiet in its new home. I felt pleased with6 and looked after my little musician carefully.

    On the second day, the bird's mother flew to the cage7food in her mouth. The baby bird ate up8she brought. I was pleased to see this. Certainly his mother knew better than I how to feed her baby.

    The following morning when I went to see9my little bird was, I found it on the floor of the cage, dead. I was very surprised! What had happened! I had taken great10of the little bird, or so I thought.

    Arthur Wayne, a famous scientist, happened to be in the forest where we lived at the time. Hearing me crying over the11of my bird, he told me what12. "A mother mockingbird, finding her young in a cage, will sometimes bring it poison(毒药) food. She thinks13better for her young to die than to live in a cage."14I have never caught any birds or put them in a cage. All the birds have the right to15in the sky .

    A famous symbol in American culture 1 a cartoon animal-- Mickey Mouse. Mickey first 2  in a cartoon in New York in 1928. Walt Disney was the father3 Mickey. He made lots of cartoons 4 Mickey. Many people around the world love the mouse with two 5 ears. He was like a common man, but he always tried to face any danger and solve the problems all by 6 In Disney's early films, Mickey was7, he lost his house and girlfriend, Minnie. 8, he never gave up his efforts and always won at last. Most people want to be 9him. Now Mickey Mouse is still one of the most popular10 characters in the world.

    I know a Catherine who is smart, educated and interesting. But I avoid her because she never 1 complaining(抱怨)! For years, I fought against my feelings, because I really like and admire(赞赏) her, but I've found I just can't be her friend. Her world is 2“but.”. The trip would have been nice, but the drive was too long.  The food was good, but the light of the restaurant was too  3.  The hotel was too hot, the bed hurt her back and the room service was too slow. Her complaints were 4 changing me.  Months ago, my best friend Daisy was listening to me complaining about Catherine 5 she just became really angry. “Either break up with her, or leave me alone.” She shouted at me, “I'm tired of listening to your complaining. ” Her honesty surprised me, and I began to keep myself away from Catherine. Later, I did 6 her.

    Now I try to remain happy and positive (积极的) about life, and find friends of the same. There's been scientific research lately. It shows that people who find 7 to be thankful for their lives are actually happier, and I believe that is true. Endless complaining seems to control your life if you let it come into your brain. And too much complaining will actually make your life 8.

    Some people take “gratitude ( 感激之情) walks” every day, where they 9their lives in a positive way. By developing a grateful attitude, you can be turned away from what's troubling you, and 10 what makes you happy. Then you will have a beautiful life. 

    Ashley Smith is a 26-year-old single mother with a daughter. She was moving into her house in Atlanta, Georgia early on the morning of March 12, when a man 1 her to her door, and put a gun(枪) to her side." I started walking to my door, and I felt really, really 2," she said in a TV interview(采访) last week. The man was Brian Nichols, 33 years old. He 3 at an Atlanta courthouse on March 11. The police were 4him. Nichols tied Smith up with tape, but set her free after she begged him not to take her 5 again and again." I told him 6he hurt me, my little girl wouldn't have a mum my," she said with tears.

   "I just talked to him and tried to 7believe me," Smith said.

    She asked Nichols 8 he chose her. He said he thought I was an angel 9 from God, and God asked him to do so."

    Smith even 10for the man before he allowed her to leave. Nichols was 11 when she made him breakfast and that the two of them watched TV, seeing 12looking for him." I cannot 13that's me on the TV!" Nichols told the woman.

    Then, Nichols asked Smith what she thought he 14 do. She said," I think you should turn yourself in.  If you don't, lots more people are going to get 15."

    Finally, he let her go. Then she called the police.