The other day， I was getting into my car when I saw an old man walking up the hill. He looked tired， so I waited to see 1he was OK. He was fine， so I 2 him where he came from. He said that he just 3a train. He was almost blind， but I said he was4.

    We spent the next thirty minutes 5 about his life. He told me he invited 6 the army during the Second World War. And I even found 7 had a connection through a family member! We laughed so much that we almost cried.

    It cost me nothing other than thirty minutes of my 8. I learnt so much， and Albert enjoyed the talking and left smiling.

    I also had a(n) opportunity 9 to thank this great man for all he did to keep the country 10 during the war.

    Thanks， amazing Albert. You are an inspiration!

    Last year I went to Australia to study and travel. I stayed in Sydney for three months. I visited places of1in the morning and took English lessons in the afternoon. A friend and I stayed in a host family in Sydney. The family were very2to us. We talked about a lot of things with each other in English.

    My spoken English improved 3in Australia. I used to speak little English in China, 4 in Australia I had to use it very often. I was soon able to5with my teachers and host family in English freely. To me, the best place in Australia is the Sydney Opera House（歌剧院）. You can look at it from different sides. It is beautiful to look at. I cannot sing very well, but6I was inside, I really wanted to sing.

    Time7 while I was in Sydney. Soon Christmas came, then the New Year. I had to spend the New Year8my parents. I felt a little lonely. I missed them so much. In the evening, I9my family. When I heard 10voices, I began to cry. My host mother held me in her arms and comforted（安慰）me.

    Annie always loved the state of Hawaii. She read many books about Hawaii l and studied Hawaii at school. She asked her mom 1 they could ever go to Hawaii for their family holiday. "I don't know," said Mom, "Hawaii is far away, and the trip would 2 lots of money." Annie wanted to start 3 her Christmas, New Year, and Children's Day money4 the trip. "That will take a long time," she thought to5

    One day Annie bought a travel magazine. It had a form to fill out to 6 a prize. "Oh my God!" she said to her friend Mandy. "Look at7the prize is —a trip to Hawaii !" Annie was so excited about the8 to win a trip to Hawaii. The trip was for one week.

    A few weeks went by, and Annie's mom got a(n) 9 from the travel company, Leisure Time. They 10 Annie, but she was still at school. Annie's mom talked to them and couldn't 11 it, Annie won the trip to Hawaii. When Annie got 12 ， Annie's mom shared the 13 news with her, "Well, you are finally going to make your 14 of going to Hawaii come true," said Annie's mom. "I will start to pack," laughed Annie, How 15 Annie is! If you want to achieve your dream, try your best to make it, no matter how tiny the chance is.

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Do you know iced tea？Here is a story of it.In 1904，the World's Fair was held in St.Louis，USA，from April 30th to December 1st.Businessmen from around the world brought their 1 to the fair.

Richard was a tea farm owner.He came to the fair to sell his tea.Unluckily，it was too hot that summer so nobody 2 his hot tea.Although Richard tried hard to tell the 3 of tea，no one asked for even a cup.He 4 this problem so much that he was nearly crazy.

One day an 5 came to his mind.Why not make the tea into an iced drink？Then he put lots of ice into the tea and mixed them with sugar.He was 6 to find that the tea had a special flavour.It7 sweet and cool.Many people came and wanted to buy his drinks.Richard was so happy and 8 all his iced tea at a low price.How smart he was!From then on，Richard's business became better and better，and iced tea became more and more 9 in America.

Richard's success shows us a great truth.Whenever you meet some difficulties，don't give up.Try to deal with it 10 .Maybe you will see a totally different result.

A man walked into a store with a gun (枪) and asked for all of the money from the cashier (收银员).{#blank#}1{#/blank#} Suddenly, the robber (强盗) saw a bottle of wine (酒) on the shelf. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} But the man said, "No, because I don't believe you are over 21." The robber said he was, but the young man still didn't give it to him because he didn't believe him.

At that moment, the robber took his driver's license (驾照) out of his wallet and gave it to the cashier. The man looked it over and agreed that the guy was in fact over 21.{#blank#}3{#/blank#} The robber then ran from the store with the bag. 

The man called the police and gave the name and the address of the robber that he got from the license. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}

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