A young soldier was looking for someone in a hospital. Then in front of a room, a nurse saw him and said, "Oh, your father is right here.”And before the young man could say nothing, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} “Your son is here,” she said. She had to repeat many times before the old man's eyes opened.

 The old man was too sick to see the young man clearly. He reached out his hand. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} He wanted to let the old man feel his love.

The nurse brought a chair so that the young man could sit beside the bed. All through the night, the young man sat there and held the old man's hand. The nurse found him very tired,{#blank#}3{#/blank#}  Sometimes, the nurse heard the young man say a few words. The old man said nothing. He only held the young man's hand the whole night.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} The nurse said,  ”I'm sorry about that.”"But who was that man?" "He was your father,”she answered in surprise, "No, he wasn't,” the young man said. “I never saw him before in my life.”"Then why didn't you say anything when I took you to him?”"I knew at once that there must be something wrong. But I also knew he needed his son ,  and his son just wasn't here. When I found he was too sick to tell whether I was his son or not, I knew how much he needed me. So I stayed.”

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    We are living in a time when the world is becoming a “village”. People travel around the world {#blank#}1{#/blank#} sightseeing, studying, working or volunteering. Perhaps in the near future, you will also become one of those people.

    Spending time in a foreign country is an{#blank#}2{#/blank#} (excite) and life-changing experience. You see different sceneries, taste nice food and meet people with all kinds of backgrounds. And {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (important) thing of all, you explore and even become a part of the local culture.

    Your stereotypes(成见) are broken down. You may find French people are not always “romantic”. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (America) don't eat McDonald's all the time. And you won't get malaria(疟疾) from a mosquito bite(蚊子叮咬) in Africa.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, culture shock may hit you. Things you take for granted(认为理所当然) at home may no longer be that way in a foreign country. Not everyone thinks like you or does things the way you've always{#blank#}6{#/blank#} (do). Their tea tastes different. They don't talk{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (loud) in restaurants. Some might not care much about your life, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you may even feel they are a bit cold. It is not better or worse. It is just different. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} you can do is to take in the differences, while trying to be respectful and humble(谦虚的). Each time you open up{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (you) mind a little more, you become a better person.

    There are a number of ways to help improve your memory, so you shouldn't{#blank#}1{#/blank#}sad.

    My first way is that if you want to remember something, you have to review it{#blank#}2{#/blank#}.You may want to go over the material two days after you have{#blank#}3{#/blank#}it, then a week later, then two weeks later, and then a month later. After a month you will find that you can remember the material.

    My second{#blank#}4{#/blank#}is to use a colored pen to highlight(用颜色标出) the important parts on your book. This will help you in two ways. First, it will help you focus on the{#blank#}5{#/blank#}parts when you learn the knowledge. It is always{#blank#}6{#/blank#}than remembering everything.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}this will make reviewing better. When you open your book, the color parts will show you the most important things immediately.

    Another good time for remembering information is in the morning because you have just {#blank#}8{#/blank#}the whole night and your brain is fresh and clear. So it's easy to remember the important information in the morning.

Being outgoing is good for your life. Those who are more outgoing like to meet lots of people and have more fun in life. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Even shy people can be outgoing. 

You can start becoming outgoing with your best friend or a group of friends. But the real challenge （挑战） comes when you meet strange （陌生的） people or new friends. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} In this way, you may have some talks. 

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} Just a simple "Hello!" or "How is it going?" is a good start. If you want to have interesting talks, you should read the news in newspapers, or surf the Internet for new information and then keep that in mind. 

The easiest way to become more outgoing is to go out. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} Go to a park, beach, club, party or any other place that you think can be fun, and you may make new friends there. 

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} And you will find being outgoing is so easy. 

①Many great scientists are left-handed, like Isaac Newton. So, some people say left-handed people are cleverer than the right-handed. Is this true?

②Scientifĩc studies show that left-handed people have no higher IQ than the right-handed. They are just good at different things.

③Left-handed and right-handed people usually use different sides of their brains(大脑). The right-handed use the left side more often, but the left-handed use both sides more evenly(均衡地).

④The left-handed are good at thinking creatively(创造性地) in anything from art to science. But it's not all good news for them. They may easily forget names and places.