I like reading. I love many different kinds of books, because they not only open my mind but also give me {#blank#}1{#/blank#}.

    Up to now I have read a lot of books, such as magazines, novels and storybooks. But one of the books that I like best is The Story of My Life. Itwas {#blank#}2{#/blank#} by American writer Helen Keller in 1902. She was a blind, deaf and dumb person. In the book, she wrote that she had not been able to see, hear or speak {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she was one year and seven months old. This unusual thing made her very {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. Luckily, she met her good teacher, Miss Sullivan {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the age of seven. Helen was getting happier every day. Then, Miss Sullivan helped her learn how to write English words. Atfirst, Miss Sullivan wrote some words on Helen's hands with her own fingers again and again. Helen was a very {#blank#}6{#/blank#} girl. She tried as much as possible to remember words. After that, she wrote many famous works. The Story of My Life is one of {#blank#}7{#/blank#}.

The Story of My Life describes her hard struggle(奋斗) to {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a good writer and educationist of the world.

    It {#blank#}9{#/blank#} us an important truth: Nothing is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} ifyou put your heart into it! This is why I like it best. What about you? 

    When a man was walking by some elephants, he suddenly stopped. He was wondering why these huge animals{#blank#}1{#/blank#}by a small rope tied to their front legs. It was {#blank#}2{#/blank#}doubt that the elephants could break the rope at any time, but for some{#blank#}3{#/blank#} they did not.

    He saw a trainer nearby and asked why the animals just{#blank#}4{#/blank#} there and made no effort to get away. “Well，” the trainer said, “when they were very young and much smaller, we used the same rope{#blank#}5{#/blank#} them from running away. At that age, it's enough to hold them.{#blank#}6{#/blank#} they grow up, they all believe that they cannot break the rope. They believe it can still hold{#blank#}7{#/blank#} so they never try to break free.”

    The man was{#blank#}8{#/blank#}.These animals could break free whenever they wanted, but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck right by the same rope {#blank#}9{#/blank#} caught them at young ages.

    How many of us go through life like the elephants—holding onto the belief that we cannot do something{#blank#}10{#/blank#}because we failed at it once before?

    Failure is a part of learning. If we failed once, it doesn't mean we can never succeed. We should never give up trying when we encounter failures in life.