An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. He took care of his flowers all the time, watering and fertilizing them.

    One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imagining how happy he could be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he found the old gardener was 1. He was very surprised about this and asked, “You can't see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?”

    The old man smiled and said, “I can tell you four 2. First, I was a gardener when I was young, and I really like this job. Second,   3 I can't see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can 4 the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that's 5.”

    “Me? But you don't know me,” said the young man.

    “Yeah, it's true that I don't know you. But I know that flowers are angels(天使) that everybody 6. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.”

    The blind man's work opened our eyes and 7 our hearts, which also made his life 8. It was just like Beethoven, who became deaf in his later life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven himself couldn't 9 his wonderful music, but his music has 10 millions of people to face their difficulties bravely. Isn't it one kind of happiness?

    Do you often communicate with your parents?

    Some parents are always comparing their 1 with themselves when they were young, or with other people when they were children.

    “When I was your age,” a father said to 2sixteen-year-old son one day, “I was at the top of my class every year. And I 3 what I wanted to do when I left school. I had goals. You have no goals, 4your are always at the bottom of your class .”

    The man's son said nothing. He had already heard this from his father 5 times.

    “And when your mother was your age,” the young man's father, 6 , “She had a good job and she was earning money. You don't even have a part-time job. You earn nothing.”

    The man's son still said 7. He had heard this before, 8.

    “And 9 your elder brother was your age,” the young man's father went on, “he studied hard. But your just 10your time.”

    And the man's son still said nothing.

    Finally, the young man's 11 said, “And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, he worked all day and studied at night.”

    This time the son 12 stay silent(沉默).

    “And when Abraham Lincoln was your age, father,” he said, “He was the president of13United States. 14 are you?”

    His father had no answer to this.

    Are your parents always comparing you 15 others? And what's your reply? Do you have a better way to communicate with each other?

Once upon a time, there were two high mountains, Taihang Mountain and Wangwu Mountain.Because the two mountains blocked (阻碍) the way, the villagers had to walk a long way around the mountain s whenever they had something to do on the other s{#blank#}1{#/blank#} of the mountains.

Just to the n{#blank#}2{#/blank#} part of the mountains lived an old man called Yu Gong. He has lived theres{#blank#}3{#/blank#} he was a little child. One day, he called all his family together and said:"The two mountains are too much in the way. Let's move them away."Everyone agreed to have a try, e{#blank#}4{#/blank#} his wife. She said:"Are you crazy? An old man like you cannot even move a small hill, not to mention the two high mountains. You should give up."

However, Yu Gong wouldn't accept his wife's a{#blank#}5{#/blank#} and started to lead his children to dig the mountains. A man named Zhi Sou laughed at them and said:"You are so silly!You're so old and weak. How can you move the high mountains?"

"How do you know it is i{#blank#}6{#/blank#}?"Yu Gong said."My sons can c{#blank#}7{#/blank#}my work after my death. When my sons die, my grandchildren will keep doing it. So generations after generations, there's no end. But the mountains can't grow higher. Do you still think I am u{#blank#}8{#/blank#} to move them away?"

Several days later, the Heaven God h{#blank#}9{#/blank#} of Yu Gong's story. It greatly t{#blank#}10{#/blank#} the Heaven God, so he asked another god to take the two high mountains away.

The story tells us that as long as one is determined (有决心的) and sticks (坚持) to it long enough, anything can be done, no matter how difficult it is.

It was a Saturday afternoon. Mr Green was reading a newspaper when he heard his wife 1 in the next room. He hurried to her and asked, "What happened to you, my dear?"

"Oh, dear!" his wife called out. "My head hurts! 2 a doctor. Hurry up!" Their two children were both out at that moment and something was wrong with the telephone. Mr. Green had to go to a hospital himself. Bad luck! That day all the hospitals in the town were 3 . Mr. Green didn't know where to go. Just then a friend of his saw him and asked, "What is the matter?"

Mr. Green told everything. The man said, "Why not go to Mr Black? He can help you. "

Mr. Green remembered his friend 4 was a good doctor. He hurried to Mr. Black's. When he got there, Mr and Mrs Black were having their 5 meal. The doctor asked Mr. Green to drink with him. He was happy and sat 6 . After that they began to chat(聊天). And when Mrs Black asked," How is your wife?" "She is fine, thanks..."Mr. Green stopped at once-he remembered his wife was waiting for a doctor at home.

Tom's family was poor. His father did a {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(专职的) job with a little money. They couldn't afford electric {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (电灯) because they were so expensive. So they used some {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (蜡烛) instead. In Tom's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (空余) time, he cleaned shoes for others in the street. 

One day, a {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(富有的) man called Miser appeared in front of Tom. He watched his shoes for a while, and then looked at Tom. Tom knew this kind of people well. They love money but hate to spend even a{#blank#}6{#/blank#}(极小的) amount of it. 

 Tom said, "Let me clean your shoes, sir. Only two pence, sir. " Mr Miser 1 {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(摇晃) his head and walked away. Tom thought for a second and then called out, "I'd like to clean it for nothing. " This time Mr Miser agreed. And soon one of his shoes was{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(照耀) brightly. 

 When Mr Miser put the other shoe on the stool, Tom said he wouldn't clean it unless (除非) he was {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(支付) two pence for his work. Mr Miser was very unhappy. He{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(拒绝) and went away. But the well- cleaned shoe was so bright that it made the other one look even dirtier. Mr Miser looked round. Finally he returned and gave Tom two pence. 

Long long ago, John and Tom lived in the same village. One day, John sold his well ( 井 ) to Tom. The next day, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Tom went to get water from the well, John didn' t{#blank#}2{#/blank#} him to do so. He said, "I sold you the well, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} the water, so you cannot get water from the well."

 Tom went to the king {#blank#}4{#/blank#} help. The king asked Paul, a clever man, to solve the problem." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} don't you let Tom use the water in the well ? " Paul asked John. John answered, "Paul, I {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the well to him, but I didn't sell the water in the well."

 Paul said, "Look, because you sold the well to Tom, now you have no right( 权利 ) to {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the water in the well. {#blank#}8{#/blank#} you pay him to keep your water in his well, or take your water out of his well right now."

 Hearing Paul's words, John {#blank#}9{#/blank#} that he couldn't cheat(欺骗) Tom {#blank#}10{#/blank#} longer.