There is a wonderful story about Jimmy Durante, one of great singers. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (ask) to be part of a show for some old World War II soldiers, he told them he was very busy and he could afford only a few minutes, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} he would come if they wouldn't mind his singing one short song and immediately leaving for his next appointment. Of course, the show's director agreed43．{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (happy).

    But when Jimmy got on stage, something surprising happened. He went through {#blank#}4{#/blank#} short song and then stayed. The applause grew louder and louder and he kept {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (stay). Pretty soon, he had been on stage {#blank#}6{#/blank#} fifteen, twenty, and then thirty minutes. One of his {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (assist) behind the stage stopped him and said, “I thought you had to go after a few minutes. What happened”

    Jimmy answered, “I did have to go, but I can show you the reason why I stayed. You can see for {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (you) if you look at the front row.” In the front row were two men, both of {#blank#}9{#/blank#} had lost an arm in the war. One had lost his right arm and the other had lost his left. Together, they were able to clap, and that was exactly what they{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (do) , loudly and cheerfully.

    In the distant past, friend relied on each other for their survival. They hunted together and defended each other against {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(danger) animals and enemies. In those days, if you didn't have a friend, you would either starve, be eaten {#blank#}2{#/blank#} killed. Nowadays, friendship isn't {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(exact) a matter of life and death. However, friendship is still of great importance and not having a friend is something to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(concern) about. Most people look upon friends as someone they can depend on when they are going {#blank#}5{#/blank#}times of trouble. In such times, friends provide them with emotional support and sometimes financial help. It is in these troubled times {#blank#}6{#/blank#} they find out who their true friends are. As an old saying {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(go), in times of prosperity, friends will be plenty; in times of {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(suffer), not one in twenty. And there is another saying {#blank#}9{#/blank#} says you can hardly make a friend in a year, but you can easily upset one in an hour. So do your best to get along with and be grateful to all those {#blank#}10{#/blank#} are willing to side with you even when you are in the wrong as they are true friends and they are not easily come by.

    Long before Barack Obama became president of the United States, he wrote a book{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Dream from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, which has since become{#blank#}2{#/blank#}bestseller. It is an{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(appeal) book that includes what he went through during{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(he) childhood. Obama has little contact with his father{#blank#}5{#/blank#}roots were in Kenya because he left home when Obama was very young. His mother got married{#blank#}6{#/blank#}a student from Indonesia shortly after the family moved to Jakarta. A few years later, Obama came back with his grandparents to Hawaii, where he{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(attend) a private high school.{#blank#}8{#/blank#} (study) at Columbia in New York City, he then entered Harvard Law School. This autobiography also touches{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(heavy) on Obama's exposure to racism. Readers will find his reflections of childhood {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(experience) which involved racial discrimination to be especially moving.

    Are you sometimes a little tired {#blank#}1{#/blank#} sleepy in the early afternoon? Many people feel this way after lunch. They may think that eating lunch is the cause of the sleepiness. Or, in summer, they may think it is the heat. However, the real reason lies inside their bodies. At that time——about eight hours after {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wake) up——your body temperature goes down. This is what makes you slow down and feel sleepy. Scientists have tested sleep habits in experiments in {#blank#}3{#/blank#} there was no night or day. The people in these experiments almost always {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (follow) a similar sleeping pattern. They slept for one long period and then for one short period about eight hours {#blank#}5{#/blank#}.

    In many parts of the world, people take naps {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the middle of the day. This is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (especial) true in warmer climates, where the heat makes it difficult {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (work) in the early afternoon. Researchers are now saying that naps are good for everyone in any climate. A {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (day) nap gives one a more rested body and mind and therefore is good for health in general. In countries where naps are traditional, people often suffer less from {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (problem) such as heart disease.