My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn't it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is  7  of people, too,” she added.When I   8  that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said,    9  me of how much I loved to read stories'aloud. Thanks to my mother's  encouragement,  I got to know everybody had his or her own    10  in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.

    Vincent got up at half past six in the morning. He hurriedly put on his clothes and finished the 1  prepared by Grandma. His grandparents were the only two people 2 with him. As soon as he waved goodbye to them, Vincent 3out to the small car park (停车场). Dad's car was already there.

    "Good morning, Dad. You are earlier than I expected," said Vincent. And he got into the car happily.

    "I 4  you," Dad smiled and drove off.

    "Me too. 5  can I live with Mum and you again?" asked Vincent.

    "I've told you hundreds of times. Mum will be back in two months. We will live together again then. Mum always loves her6 and she wants to take the chance to meet more clients (客户)," Dad explained, "And her boss told her that she might become the manager. Are you7  ?"

    "Not at all. Is work more important than me?" asked Vincent.

    "No, of course not. You are the most important to Mum and Dad, 8 we have to work. You will understand us when you grow up," said Dad as he 9 at the school gate.

    Vincent got out of the 10 . Dad drove off, going back to his office.

    Mr. White works in a factory. He liked1in bed when he was at school. It was bad for his eyes and now he is nearsighted(近视的). But he wouldn't want anybody else to2about it, so he never wears a pair of glasses. It often3him some trouble.

    One winter morning he went to a village school on business(出差) . He4a bus at a stop in a small town. Then he had to walk there. The road to the village wasn't smooth(平坦的) . There were stones(石头) here and there. He fell over(摔倒) several times and it made his clothes very5. At last he arrived at the village. Suddenly(突然) it began to blow strongly and it got much6. His hat was blown off while he was looking7the school. He had to run after it but he couldn't catch it. He was wondering why his hat ran into a house as if(好像) it had8. And then he ran into the house, too.

    A woman appeared and9 him. She shouted10him, "What are you following my hen for?”

One day when Picasso was walking along a road, a woman passed by and saw him. She ran to Picasso for a painting as a gift. Picasso smiled and said {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(polite), "I'm sorry, Madam. I have nothing to paint. I am {#blank#}2{#/blank#}/ˈempti/ handed here. I may make you a painting some other time."

However, the woman didn't give up. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(keep) on, "Please, I am a big fan of you and I want to meet you for years." Hearing this, Picasso was moved and then took out a small {#blank#}4{#/blank#} of paper and a pen, and began to draw something. Within 10 seconds, Picasso finished {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(draw) and handed it to the woman, "Take this! It's a million-dollar painting."

But the woman thought Picasso was just playing a joke on her. How could it be {#blank#}6{#/blank#}/wɜːθ/ a million dollars just in 10 seconds? So she went to the market and was {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(surprise) to learn that it was true.

When meeting Picasso again, she wished she could be his student. She said, "Please teach me so that I can do the same thing {#blank#}8{#/blank#} such a short time."

Picasso smiled and said, "Dear, the drawing I made was not in 10 seconds {#blank#}9{#/blank#} my thirty-year efforts towards the arts!" The woman was speechless.

We fix our eyes on others' {#blank#}10{#/blank#}/səkˈses/ more often than the hard work and patience behind it. If we want to reach it, we need experience and struggle(奋斗).

Every girl dreams and Lisa is no exception. She has read dozens of books on how to be a ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员). "Swan Lake" is her favorite. She hopes one day her dream will come true. She has taken ballet lessons and all her teachers are sure she is a good student.

One day she saw a poster that a famous ballerina group will be performing in her hometown. Confidence filled her heart and she was so excited. Her thoughts soon ran wild. "I must meet up with the leader of the group and show him my skills," she whispered to herself. When the troupe(舞团) arrived, Lisa put on her ballet outfit(芭蕾舞装) and hid in the dressing room. To her luck, the leader entered and she timidly(胆怯地) knocked at the door. She bravely approached him and handed him a bunch of red roses. The thorns(刺) hurt her hand but she did not care about the pain. The leader watched her action as she told him her dream. "Alright, you dance and then I will give you my conclusion." But half way through the dance he stopped her and said, "I'm sorry you're not good enough!" On hearing this Lisa ran as fast as her legs could carry her and was upset. She decided to give up her dream.

Many years later, she heard that the same ballet troupe was performing in her town again. Bitter memories of the leader's unfriendly words came flooding back to her. This time she decided to find out why the leader had told her she was not good enough. This was his reply, "I tell this to every student." Then she got a further shock from the leader, "I remember your gift of roses and how the thorns had hurt your fingers but you carried on bravery. If you had treated ballet like that and did not give up so easily, therefore, you still deserve my conclusion!"

Sam usually gets out of bed at seven o'clock. But this morning, when Mrs Miller asks him to get up, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（say）, "Mum, please let me sleep for fifteen {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（many）minutes. "

"But it's seven o'clock now, " says Mrs Miller. 

"I know, Mum. I won't be late {#blank#}3{#/blank#} school. " So Sam gets out of bed at a quarter past seven. After having, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} quick breakfast, he gets his schoolbag from the sofa and runs to school quickly. When he gets to school, itis {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（fifth）to eight. "Great! It's OK for{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（my）to get up fifteen minutes late, " Sam thinks. 

{#blank#}7{#/blank#} when Sam looks at his schoolbag, he finds that his maths homework isn't in it "Where is it? Oh, no! It's on my desk. I always look at my schoolbag {#blank#}8{#/blank#} going to school, but today I don't have time to do that, " Sam thinks. Now, he knows that it's good to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（having）good habits（习惯）. 

Sam calls his mum and says, "Mum, I need your {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（helpful）. My maths homework is on my desk. Please bring it to me quickly. "