Sam is a very busy man. He is 60 and he has a lot of 1 . He is a postman (邮递员), a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, a cook and a milkman. Also he and his wife, Margaret, 2 a shop and a small hotel.

    Sam lives and works on an island (岛) 3 London. Only 120 people are on the island, 4 in summer 150 tourists (旅游者) come on Sam's boat every day. So Sam gets up at six and makes breakfast for the people in the hotel. At eight, he drives the island's 5 to school. At nine, he sends (送) 6 to all the houses on the island. He also sends milk to 7. Then he helps in the shop. He says, "Margaret likes to be 8, too. We are busy and we don't like watching TV in the shop." He says, "I cook the dinner and Margaret 9. At ten, we have some milk and then we go to bed. Perhaps (可能) our life 10 very interesting, but we like it."

    I was born with a heart disease. As I grew up, parts of my heart started to1and I was often out of breath. So when I was eight, the doctors opened up my chest to2it. When they saw the state of my heart, they told my parents, "We don't expect him to3 the night. "I was in and out of a coma (昏迷)for three months. Every day the fact that I wasn't4 was a good thing.

    Finally, the doctors5I'd be better off at home—saying that I wasn't going to live long. But I carried on and had something close to a   6childhood. As a teenager, I began to7 heart failure again. But I was 8to go to college, become a manager and get married to Jo.

    I started my own9so I could work flexible(灵活的)hours, 10. Jo and I had two children: Josh and Liam. I11to keep a good standard of life for everyone, 12when I was waking up feeling sick every morning. By January last year, my heart failure was so13that I often couldn't walk more than a few yards.

    I was worried about not being around for my 14I had to explain to Josh that the call telling me an organ(器官)had been found could come any time and I'd be 15to hospital, perhaps before I could say goodbye. A few days later, the phone rang and Josh said, "Is that the doctor with your new16?"However, it was  17a salesman.

    May 4 was the day a transplant(移植)18was found. I was out of hospital within five weeks and within a few19, feeling much better. By October, I was taking part in a 30 mile bike ride.

    These days I spend a lot of time talking to kids with heart20. I want to support others who have had a hard time.

    Mr Smith is old. He has taught Maths in a middle school 1 thirty years ago. He works hard and always comes to his office on time. He hopes his students will be honest and he is 2 with them. Some of his students have become famous people, but they still 3 him and often write to him.

    This term he began to teach Grade 1. Some of the new students were told about him, but 4 didn't know about him. On the first day of school he told the students how to be an honest person. He gave them some 5 and said, "I don't like telling lies(谎言)." Before class was6, he told his students to finish Exercise 6 in Lesson 1 after class

    The next morning Mr. Smith came into the classroom and asked" 7 has finished Exercise 6?"A few students 8 their hands. He shook his head and said, "Open you workbooks and see 9 there's Exercise 6 in Lesson 1."

    The students had a look at their workbooks and their 10 turned red at once.

    Stuart and Steve were twin brothers. Stuart loved to play basketball. But Steve loved to read books.

    One day Stuart was playing basketball 1 he fell and broke his leg. When they took him to the hospital, the doctor said he wouldn't be able to play for six months. Steve went 2 him and brought him books on basketball. At first Stuart wasn't going to read them. Then he began to read them and 3 that there were ways he could play basketball better. He began to think that books weren't 4.

    When Stuart's leg started getting better, Steve would help him by going for walks with him. 5 Stuart's doctor said he could start playing basketball again. Then Stuart showed Steve how to toss(投) for baskets. Steve found that he enjoyed it.

    Then Stuart was ready to 6 the basketball games. Steve went to watch the games and enjoyed himself. They then 7 practiced basketball and read books together.

    So you can see, when 8 happens, something good may also happen. Steve showed Stuart about books and Stuart showed Steve about basketball. So you can also 9 showing others something that you like to do and they can show you something that they like to do. 10 you can find new things to do.

    A rich father took his son on a trip to a village. He wanted to show his son what are the differences1 their life and the villagers', so that his son could cherish (珍爱) what he had. They spent 2 a few days with a family there.

    On their way back home, the father 3 about his son's ideas about the trip. So he asked, "4 was the trip?"

"It was great, Dad!"

    "What did you learn from the trip?" the father couldn't 5 to ask.

    The son answered, "We have one dog but they have four. We have a swimming pool, but they have a big river with many 6 swimming in it. We have very expensive lights, but they have 7 stars at night. We buy food in the supermarket, but they 8 food in their garden for themselves. We have walls around the house to protect us, 9 they have friends to protect them. Dad, thank you for 10 me how poor we are."

    The father couldn't say anything, and he just stood there quietly.