—Yes. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the way, he is a Japanese, not a Chinese.

    From an early age, Parker always said that he would be an astronaut. But no matter {#blank#}1{#/blank#}much he studied, worked, and took tests, he never passed. Finally, he {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (grow) over the maximum(最高的) age for taking the test. He would never be able to realize his dream.

    People {#blank#}3{#/blank#} ( feel )sorry for his dream. Although he{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (tell) about having to give up his dream, Parker continued training and studying, as though he was going to sit the tests next month.

    He carried this on as he got {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (old), and when he was a very old man he heard that they were doing some very important medical experiments. For those experiments they needed {#blank#}6{#/blank#} very old astronaut. Parker, who now walked with a stick, was the only old man in the whole world who was trained to fly in a rocket.

    So Parker found {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(he) flying in space at last. The experiments were very {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (succeed). The knowledge from the experiments helped doctors to cure one of the {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(bad)sicknesses for old people, and Parker was celebrated as a hero. Photos of the astronaut with a walking stick and no{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (tooth) spread all over the world. It showed  that persistent effort always brings reward, even though that reward may not be in the form we had first expected.

    A family far from home finds kindness in a bag of fruit. Two years ago we were at {#blank#}1{#/blank#} turning point in our lives in New Zealand. So we left our jobs, said goodbye to friends, and went to live in Switzerland.

    Our daughters {#blank#}2{#/blank#} were 11 and 15 at that time, joined the local school. As they couldn't speak the local language, we knew their school life would be hard. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} after only a few months, the girls were doing really well, and trying their best {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (join) in the Swiss (瑞士的) way of life. The local newspaper then wrote a story about them.

    When the article, together {#blank#}5{#/blank#} photos, appeared in the newspaper, the girls were {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (happy) than I could imagine. But what happened next still makes us shake our heads in surprise. The article {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (show) by a teacher from the school to a friend. The friend then sent the article to friends of {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (he), a Swiss family. They were near the end of their 12-month stay in New Zealand. When they read how we missed feijoas (费约果), a fruit unknown in Switzerland, they quickly looked out of the window at the huge feijoa tree. They picked two kilograms of feijoas and brought them back to Switzerland. They gave the fruit to their friend, who then spent two hours sending these special gifts to us {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (secret).

    Later that day, we found a big bag of feijoas outside the door. We could finally taste the delicious feijoas. A note in the bag helped us find out how it {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (get) there. It was from the family, wishing us all the best and happy eating.