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?

    My name is Lisa and I am 12. Now I am in the 1 club. This is because my best friend Anna. She is the same age as me. She is from Canada (加拿大). 2 is thin (瘦的) but not very tall.

    I 3 Ann on our first day at our new school. No one says to me and I am not 4. I find a seat on the school bus and sit there. Then, I see a 5 and she sits next to me. She is Anna!

    She asks me, “6 are you not happy?”

    I 7 her, “No one likes me here.”

 “I see. No one likes me, too. I am new,” she says to me.

    Anna is the only one who says to 8 on the school bus. That's why we become friends.

    Now, Anna is my best friend. She is very kind, 9 she can sing and draw very well. I 10 the art club with her. We go to the club on the weekend. I am very happy to know Anna.

    One morning Mr. Green is driving 1the country and2a small bookshop. When he sees an old man3the side of the road, he stops his car and says to the old man, "I want 4to the Sun Bookshop. Do you know it?" "Yes, "the old man answers, "I 5 you the way. "He6Mr. Green's car, and they drive about twelve miles.7they come to a small house, the old man says, "Stop here. "Mr. Green stops and 8the house. "But this isn't a bookshop, "he says to the old man. "Right, "the old man answers, "This is my house. And I'll show you the way 9the bookshop. Turn around and go back nine miles10you'll see the bookshop. "

    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.

    Vincent Williams went to a boarding school. Here is one of the letters he wrote to his 1 from the school.

Dearest Mom and Dad,

    I'm afraid I have something terrible to tell you. I have been very naughty and the school principal(校长) is very 2 with me. She is going to write to you. I have to be3   from here by you. She does not want me in the school any longer.

    The trouble started last night when I was 4 in bed. This is against the rules, of course. We are not 5 to smoke at all.

    As I was smoking, I heard 6 coming towards the room. I did not want to be caught by a teacher, so I threw the cigarette away.

    7, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket, which caught fire.

    There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket which caught fire, too.

    The principal 8 the fire station. By the time the firemen arrived, the whole room was on fire. One of my roommates got hurt and he was sent to the 9.

    The principal said that the fire was all my fault and she will send you a bill for the damage(损坏). The damage will 10 you two thousand dollars.

    I'm very sorry about this. I won't break any rules. I promise.

Much love,

Vincent

    When I was about 12 years old, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to tell me about my weak points. Week by week her list became1I was very short, I wasn't a good student, I talked too much, and so on. I tried to stand all of these as possible as I could. Finally, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.

    He listened to me2, and then asked, "Are the things that she said true or not? Jane, have you ever3what you're really like? Now you have that girl's ideas. Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things that she said. "

    I did as he told me. To my great4, I found that about half of the things were true. Some of them I couldn't change, like being very short, but a great number of them I could. I wanted to change the bad things, and for the first time I knew something about myself in a very clear way.

    I brought the list back to my father. He refused to take it. "That's just for you," he said," you know better than5else the truth about yourself, but sometimes others' opinions are also important, so you have to learn how to6, and not just close your ears in anger and feel hurt. When something that is said about you is true, you'll find that it will be of help to you. Our world is full of people who think that they know you. Don't shut your ears. Listen to all of them, but hear the truth and do what you think is the right thing to do." I have remembered my father's advice at many important moments. I have never had a better piece of advice in my whole life.