It was a sunny winter day. I had gone down the tower when a blind man came toward me. He kept close to the wall, touching it lightly with his arm. I stood still and looked at him walking toward the tower.

    "What does a blind man want to climb up the tower for?" I wondered (疑惑), Thinking of some terrible reasons, I thought I should1him.

    He went up slowly and2from time to time. I followed him a few steps behind. When he got to the first corner of the bell tower, I came close to him. "Excuse me," I said as politely as I could, "but I wonder3you came up."

    He smiled, "Perhaps climbing up the tower. You have noticed—and yet, not being blind, perhaps you won't—how the sun shines into the tower4the windows here and there, so that one can5the cool steps suddenly become quite warm, even in winter. But behind the wall there is shade(阴影). There is no place so good as this for feeling the difference between light and darkness. Though I'm blind, I also want to feel the6brought by the sunlight. In fact, it isn't my first time to be here." He said and seemed as7as a child.

    I had never thought that even a blind man could have his way to8the beautiful life. But we often paid no attention to its value because we never9it.

    We went down the10together and I left him. From then on, I began to treasure what life has given me.

    There was once a lonely girl 1 wanted love very much. One day while she was walking in the forests, she found two 2 birds. She took them home and put them in a small 3. She was happy to have two "friends". She 4 them with love and the birds grew strong. One day the girl 5 to leave the door of the cage open. The larger and the 6 of the two flew out of the cage. The girl was afraid that it 7away. She caught it quickly. She felt glad that she caught the bird before it could fly away. Suddenly she couldn't 8 a sound from the bird. When she opened her hand, the bird was already dead. Her 9 killed the bird! Then she noticed 10 bird jumping up and down 11 the cage. She could feel its great need for freedom. It wanted to fly into the clear, blue 12.So she lifted it from the cage and let it fly away highly. The bird circled once, twice, and three times. The girl 13 as the bird flew. She didn't care about 14 the bird any more, She wanted it to be happy. Suddenly the bird flew closer and landed softly on her shoulder. It sang the 15 song she had ever heard.

    The fastest way to lose love is to hold on it too tightly, and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

    Alice had an argument with her best friend Judy last Sunday. She thought 1 was really difficult and wanted to copy Judy's homework. But Judy refused. They didn't talk to each other for a few days. Alice didn't know 2 to face her math problem and she wondered if she could get on well with her friend again.

    Yesterday afternoon, she saw a cool boy 3 the violin happily by the road when she was walking home from school. The violin sounded so nice. 4 Alice didn't know what music he was playing, it made her feel better. After he finished the music, Alice walked over to him and said, "Thank you 5 your beautiful music. It gets me out of the really bad mood(心情)." Then she took out some 6 and gave it to him. To her surprise, the boy asked her to take the money back. He explained that he wasn't making money by playing the violin. He just wanted to 7 others. He hoped that the wonderful music could make people relaxed and happy. What a 8 boy he was. Then Alice told him about her trouble.

    He said, "You should learn to smile even if you are in difficulty. Listening to music is helpful. So why not listen to music as 9 as possible? Never lose heart! Believe in your friend! She has her reason. Believe in 10! Everything will go well!

    Hearing these words, Alice went home with a smile. She believed she could make it.

    My name is Zhang Jing. I have a happy1 . We are from China. Now my parents and I 2 in America. In the morning, we have 3 at home. We have bread, milk and eggs. 4 lunch, we don't eat at home. In the evening, we 5 a big dinner at home. We 6 dumplings, chicken, rice and vegetables.

    My favourite 7 is dumplings. I like apples too. I eat 8 apple(s) a day, one in the morning and the other(另一个) in 9 afternoon. My father's favourite food is carrots and chicken. What about 10 mother? Oh, her favourite food is rice. We all eat healthy food.

    Tom is the son of a farm owner. One New Year's Day, when he was 15, his father asked him 1 on the farm for one year when he was free. Tom was 2 with his father's idea. "That isn't my job. I have 3 homework to do." Hearing this, his father said, "I promise to give you the best present if you 4 finish one year's work."

    Tom thought for a while and 5.

    Starting One Saturday, the boy 6 early and worked hard until evening, just like 7 farmer. Time passed quickly. Tom's crops(庄稼) grew well. 8 the last day of the year, the father called his son to him. "I'm happy to see that you have worked very hard the whole year, "said the father." Now, tell me 9 you want."

    The boy smiled and showed his father a big piece of bread made from his wheat(小麦). Then he said, "I've already got the best present: No pains, no gains(不劳无获). I think this is what you wanted me to know. "His father was 10 to hear that. Then he smiled, too.

    Life is not easy, but I'd like to say, "When anything happens, believe in yourself."

    When I was young, I was 1  shy that I couldn't talk to anyone. My classmates often 2 me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later, something happened. It changed my life. It was an English speech contest. It meant I had to 3 in front of all the teachers and students in my school!

    "Come on, Dear. Believe in yourself. You are sure to 4  ." Then, my mother helped me 5 the topic—Believe in yourself. I practiced very hard. 6 my mother's great love, I won the first prize in the contest. I could 7 believe my ears. I heard the 8 from the teachers and students. "Congratulations!", my mother said to me 9.

    Since then, everything has changed for  10 . When I do anything, I try to tell myself to have confidence(自信).