When I was a child in 1970s, my family was very poor, just{#blank#}1{#/blank#} other average families in the countryside. The second-hand clothes and rain leaking roof of old house became part of my memory. However, the worst{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (impress) is that I was feeling hungry all the time. Sometimes hunger bit me so severely {#blank#}3{#/blank#} I regarded dried sweet potato slices as delicious snack. At that time, my dream was getting enough to fill my empty stomach.

    In the early years of 1980s, with the reform and opening-up policy {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (carry) out, the children's dream came true. And then{#blank#}5{#/blank#}dream became clear and clear in my mind, I must try my best to escape out of my poor and backward hometown. I worked{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (hard) at my study than most of my classmates, and, after lucky{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (succeed) in the national college entrance examination, I realized my dream again: after graduation, I became a citizen working in a city. As the first college graduate out of a remote village, I set an example for my folks.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} came to realize that schooling is a good way to change one's fate. In the{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (follow) years, there were fewer dropouts and more college graduates in my village, of{#blank#}10{#/blank#} I am proud even today.

    There once were a goat and a donkey {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (live) on a farm. The donkey worked the hardest so the farmer {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (feed) it the most food. Sometimes the donkey was given more food {#blank#}3{#/blank#} it could eat. This made the goat so jealous{#blank#}4{#/blank#} it began plotting against（谋划对付）the donkey. "Hey, donkey," the goat said one day. "I think you do too much work on this farm. You carry such heavy things from morning to night. Why don't you pretend {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（get）sick so you can take a day {#blank#}6{#/blank#}?'' The donkey thought the goat had a great idea. So the next morning, the donkey lay in the stable（畜栏）on its side with its eyes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}（close）.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} ( immediate ), the farmer called the doctor. After looking at the donkey, the doctor said it needed a special {#blank#}9{#/blank#} ( medical ) made from the heart of a goat. So the farmer killed {#blank#}10{#/blank#}goat and gave the donkey medicine made from its heart.

    Positive thinking does not mean you have to find every idea absolutely wonderful.

    It {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (do) mean you have to be ready to explore an idea and to try and bring out whatever good features it has .The next step might be to find the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (weak) in the idea and to try and strengthen them, rather than use them {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (simple) as an excuse for rejecting the whole idea. Finally, the idea, after it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (explore), may not be used because there is a {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (good) one or because, good {#blank#}6{#/blank#} it is, it is not suitable. There is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (something) wrong with being positive about an idea at first and then {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (reject) it later, when you see that it won't work.

    It is easy to be negative and critical and too much talent is wasted in negative thinking. It is time we {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (show) less respect for this kind of destructive thinking and focused {#blank#}10{#/blank#} positive thinking more. So remember to think positively.