Last year, two days before Christmas, my friends called, telling me their kitchen caught fire, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (destroy) everything in it. I drove to their house, taking all the food I had. They were so happy to see me, but felt {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (embarrass) having nothing to give me in return.

    I went home, very upset. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (actual), I was also in a hard place financially and unable to do {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (much) for them. I called a friend of {#blank#}5{#/blank#} ( I ) about this, who responded, “These people mean a lot to you and I want to help them.” Since he had never met them, he requested me {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (go) to the grocery store, all on him. At the check-out, I noticed him lacking money, so that I had to have some items taken back.

    We were walking away {#blank#}7{#/blank#} I heard a voice behind me asking the clerk, “How much are those things? I decide to pay for them.” I turned around {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (thank) the kind man and told him everything. He explained that he understood that as he had lost his job the year before but now was working again. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} tears in our eyes, all of us went away. It was such {#blank#}10{#/blank#} wonderful feeling to see folks step up when someone needed help, even a total stranger.

    The Internet is an amazing information resource. Students, teachers, and researchers use it as {#blank#}1{#/blank#}searching tool. Journalists use it {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(find) information for stories. Doctors use it to learn more about unfamiliar diseases and the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(late) medical development. When we are talking about it , it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (use) by ordinary people for shopping, banking, bill-paying, and communicating with family and friends. It has the magical power to connect one with people from {#blank#}5{#/blank#} countries and cultures. However, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the Internet has many advantages , there are also certain fears and concerns connected with it. One concern relates to a lack of control over {#blank#}7{#/blank#}appears on the Internet. On television and radio there are restrictions (限制）on what kinds of programs can  be broadcast, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} on the Internet it is not the case. Parents cannot determine what is suitable {#blank#}9{#/blank#} their children to see because the {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (appear) of any information is not under their control.

    I've been a volunteer at Radio Lollipop since May. It is one of the best experiences that I {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(have) in the last few years.

    Radio Lollipop is an international charity organization {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(found) in 1979 to provide care, comfort, games and entertainment for children in hospital. The service is provided{#blank#}3{#/blank#}(entire) by volunteers who have been specially selected and trained to make a child's stay in hospital more interesting and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (little) frightened

    I help out regularly {#blank#}5{#/blank#} Monday evenings after work at the Royal Hospital. My task is to deliver a smile to the children at the wards (病房){#blank#}6{#/blank#}might be there for a few days or even a couple of months.{#blank#}7{#/blank#}is hard to find children on Monday, as the cinema at the hospital is open on that day. Most of them tend {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(be) there.

    I am thankful for this opportunity to help children at the hospital and make their stays more pleasant. The experience also helps me deal with the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(difficulty) and challenges that I've been faced with in my own life. I am now more positive in helping others and realize {#blank#}10{#/blank#} everyone goes through some pain and suffers from time to time.

    In 1914, Thomas Edison, at the age of 67, lost his factory, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was worth a few million dollars, to a fire. It had very little insurance. No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(go) up in smoke and said, “There is great value in disasters. All our mistakes are burnt up. Thank God we can start anew.” In spite of disasters, three weeks later, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} invented the phonograph(留声机). What {#blank#}4{#/blank#} attitude!

    Below are more examples of successful people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} had failed before succeeding.

    Thomas Edison failed {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(approximate) 10,000 times while he worked on the light bulb. Henry Ford fired Lee Iacocca {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the age of 54. Young Beethoven {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tell) that he had no talent for music, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he gave some of the best music to the world.

    Setbacks(挫折) are inevitable in life. A setback can act as a driving force and also teach us humility. In grief you will find the courage and faith {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(overcome) the setback.

Coffee is probably world's least expensive success power tool to increase focus, drive and even the life span. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(fortunate) we may not be enjoying its benefits or pleasure too much longer. According to ecologists，there is a good chance {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the varieties of coffee that we drink today {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(be) extinct in 20 or 30 years. The problem, of course, is the pace of climate change.

Coffee is a crop that is only grown in a thin band {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(call) the "coffee belt" close to equator(赤道), which is extremely vulnerable(易受...伤害的) to climate change. If the air is too hot {#blank#}5{#/blank#} too cold, it prevents the growth of coffee plant. Climate change also creates {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(environment) stress, which spreads pests and plant diseases. Almost all the coffee grown in the world today is one of two species, arabica or robuasta, both of {#blank#}7{#/blank#} might be wiped out in this way. There are other species existing only in Ethiopia, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}country that climate change is happening. In other words, climate change is eating away the root source that we might turn to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}replacement species.

What to do? Well, take the time {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(enjoy) each cup of coffee you drink.