One day, a farmer waswalking along a road with his son Thomas when they saw a horseshoe (马蹄铁) on the ground. The father said to his son, "Look at thehorseshoe on the ground. Go and1the horseshoe and put it in your bag, myson. "But Thomas said, "If I do so, it will waste my time. "His fathersaid nothing but picked 2 up himself. When they got to a nearby town, theyhad a rest. There the farmer sold the horseshoe and 3somestrawberries with the money.

The father and the sonwent on 4. The sun was high up in the5.They soon drank up all their 6and there was not a house or even atree for them to have a rest. Thomas felt 7thirstyto walk on. At that time, his father gave him a strawberry and he 8ateit. After a while, his father gave him 9strawberryand once again, his son got it quickly and put it in his 10.

And so they11walking. The old farmer gave strawberries and the son12them. When Thomas had eaten up all the strawberries, his father saidto him, "My dear son, if you picked up that 13, you would have your own strawberries to eat. Always remember the 14: if you don't worry about the little things, you will find itdifficult to do the 15 things."

We're still in Ireland. We 1 in Dublin four days ago. My sister and I liked it a lot— it was great —we weren't bored at all. Then yesterday, after lunch, Dad hired (租) a car and we travelled to the west of Ireland—it didn't 2 very long, just about two and a half hours, but that was a bit 3 .

However, after two hours, Dad 4 to us and said, "We've got a surprise for you. Tonight, our hotel is a castle (城堡). How exciting!" "A joke, right?" " 5 !" We didn't think he was serious, but he 6 !

At the 7  of the journey, we stopped outside a real castle. A nice lady 8  us and started to show us around. What an amazing place! Can you believe that we 9  fifty stone steps to get to the living room? 

The castle is over 600 years old, but. it had 10 we needed. There was a 11 for our parents and we each had a bedroom. too. But I didn't sleep very well last night-I was so excited to be in a real castle!

This morning we had breakfast and then we climbed up to the 12  of the castle. We were amazed at the beautiful countryside around us. Then it started to rain and there was a 13  rainbow-I love rainbows! 

The place was so great and we didn't want to 14 . This afternoon we want to go to Limerick, so we're packing our bags again! 15 it be as good as a castle? Let's see.

Jamie was tired. She had been on her feet for hours. Her mom {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(拥有) a small but busy restaurant in town. Three of the workers were {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(生 病的 ) that morning. There was a big food festival in the city park that day. and Jamie was a big {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (迷) of it. Jamie {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (仅) wanted to sit down for a while. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (代替), she walked around the restaurant with no break. As soon as she {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(清理) one table,a new set of customers(顾客) walked in. That meant more orders and more coffee.

"Order up!"called the cook from the kitchen. Jamie was very sleepy. She didn't move, and just thought about {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(令人惊叹的) foods in the festival from all over the world.Jami {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(想象) the delicious smells(气味) of new and special foods.

"{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(赶快) up, Jamie!"said the cook.

"I'm coming," Jamie answered in a{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (焦虑的) voice.

Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England on 8th January, 1942. He went to school in St Albans. Although he did well, he was never top of his class. After1 school, Hawking went first to Oxford University2 he studied physics，and then he went to Cambridge University to study cosmology(宇宙学). As he himself admitted（入学）, he did very 3 work. However, he still got better marks than 4 . 

It was at the age of 20 that Hawking first noticed there 5 something wrong with him. He started to bump into (碰撞) things. When he visited his family at Christmas time，his mother was 6 worried that she made him see a doctor. Hawking 7 to hospital for tests. Finally, the result came back. Hawking had motor neuron disease（运动神经元疾病）, an incurable illness which would make him 8 to speak, breathe or move without the help of a machine. Doctors said they had no way to help him. He 9 before he was 23. At first, Hawking became very low. 

After a while, he began to see his life in 10 different way. As he later wrote, "Before my illness was diagnosed(诊断), I had been very tired of life. It seemed that nothing was worth doing. But shortly after I came out of hospital, I suddenly 11 that there were a lot of worthwhile things I could do." Hawking married, found a job at Cambridge University,12 had three children. He also went to do some of the most important scientific researches. 

Hawking worked 13 a professor at Cambridge University 14 his death on March 14, 2018. He 15 believed that no matter how hard life was, nobody should lose hope. 

Claire got a clothes store from her sister a few days ago. As she was busy on weekdays, she had {#blank#}1{#/blank#} how she ran the store. One day, an old woman came in with an empty {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, She looked at things here and there. But she didn't buy anything. When Claire went up and asked if she could help, the old woman said, "Well,I like these things, but I don't have much money." "The old woman looks poor , Maybe I should help her," thought Claire. So she {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to let the old woman have the clothes for free. News spread quickly about the"free clothes store". More and more people started coming in. They all said they were poor and asked to have things for free. Claire simply believed them and sent them what they wanted. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} . there was nothing left in the store.

 It's a good thing to help others when they are really poor or in great need. But we must also be {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . Use your mind to decide who really needs help.

"How dare your!" My anger finally burst out when my son refused to go to the piano classes for the third time that day. He rolled his eyes at me, which made me even 1 . I completely lost my temper and screamed at the top of my lungs. "Enough! You are not my 2 anymore!" He didn't cry or 3 to me. He responded in silence with a look of helplessness that I had never seen before. He used to cry violently and beg me to 4 him. The innocence shining in his big eyes would 5 that hot-tempered beast in me away in the end.6 , this time...

 Did what he had done really make me angry? No. Did such 7 come totally from his improper(不合适的) behavior? No. Had I ever given it a chance to listen to and 8 him? No. My demanding job, my9 housework, my kid's cry for company..., all formed a minefield(布雷区) and all that was needed to blow it up was a fuse(导火索). My son was the victim(受害者).

 The rest of the day, he 10 an outdoor walk, a ride in the park and even his favorite games and just wanted to be alone. I could11 the greatest sorrow and the truest innocence in his eyes. After admitting(承认) my own fault,I held this tiny trembling(发抖的) creature 12 in my arms, tears swelling in my eyes.

 For those who believe"Sticks and stones may break the bone, but words can never hurt anyone",I have a piece of heartfelt13 . Do not try this most powerful weapon(武器)14 the people you love. It is15 enough to cut the deepest into a soul.