One day a rich boy bought a magic mirror. When he got home, he looked in the mirror. His face looked {#blank#}1{#/blank#}. He tried to smile and make funny face. The face {#blank#}2{#/blank#} was in the mirror looked still sad. Then he did many happy things, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his face always looked sad.

    "Oh, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a terrible mirror! It doesn't work!" he said angrily.

    The next day {#blank#}5{#/blank#} his way to buy some chocolate, he saw a little girl crying sadly. The rich boy went up to her and asked what had {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. The little girl said she couldn't find her parents. "Don't worry. I'll help you," the rich boy said. So they went to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} for the girl's parents together. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}, they found them. They were so thankful for his {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. After the rich boy arrived home, he looked in the mirror {#blank#}10{#/blank#} usual. To his surprise, his face looked very happy. The boy understood the magic of the mirror. The mirror could show the true feelings of its owner. This was true—the rich boy had helped that little girl so he felt really happy.

    As we all know, the Moon is the moon of Earth, and it goes around the earth. Scientists have already {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a lot about it, but they've always wanted to know more about it. And they decided to send {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to the Moon. They think it's the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} way to learn more about the moon.

    But {#blank#}4{#/blank#} do the astronauts get to the moon? The moon is about 384,000 kilometres away from the earth. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} can't take a plane to the Moon. But something can fly even {#blank#}6{#/blank#} there is no air. That is a manned spacecraft (载人宇宙飞船). Several astronauts have been to the Moon in the manned spacecraft. It is said that so far more than ten astronauts have {#blank#}7{#/blank#} to the Moon in the manned spacecraft and returned successfully.

    Scientists have always asked the questions: {#blank#}8{#/blank#} so many stars in the universe, are we alone, or is there life out there in space: Have there been visitors to the earth from other planets? Why has no one {#blank#}9{#/blank#} with us? We do not know the {#blank#}10{#/blank#}yet. But some scientists believe that they will find out the fact someday.

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!"

Till now I can't forget that day. It was a cold snowy morning after the winter {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (假期). I got up early and went to a new school. It is the most famous one {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (在……之中) middle schools in New York. I was walking alone slowly and worried about lots of things because it was the first time for me to stay {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (在国外). It was early and there were no other people on the road, so it was {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (寂静) outside. 

Suddenly a girl on her bike got into trouble. She fell off the bike and tried hard to get up but she {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(未能达到) Without thinking, I went over and helped her. She said "thank you" with a smile and then rode away. Her words warmed me a lot. 

Finally, I got to school. The teacher introduced me to the {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(整个；全部) class Then he asked me to sit beside a girl. I felt so nervous that I didn't look at her. Soon the bell {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (响铃) for the firs class. Their textbooks were different from those at my old school. While I was {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(考虑;斟酌) asking the teacher for help, an English book appeared in front of me. "Let's share. " To my surprise, it was the girl I helped that morning. Later on, we became good friends. 

From that I learnt: To help others is actually to help {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(我们自己). Life teaches us not only {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (知识) but also experience. I hope I will always help others in my life.