Michael Jordon is the greatest basketball player so far. Once he was making a television advertisement. All Michael needed to do in the advertisement was to miss a shot. For Michael, this was difficult. He always succeeded whenever he was throwing the ball. Every time he threw a basketball, it went in. Every time he tried to miss a shot, he failed. In total, it took him over 20 times before he missed a shot.

For Michael, success is a strong habit. He had formed a habit which was so strong that it took him a lot of time to break it and “fail”. Just like drinking, smoking and collecting things, success is also a habit. Like all habits, once it is established, it is difficult to break. Many people think that success is difficult to maintain（维持）. They feel that it will be hard work and will need too much action and focus. The truth is that it is simply a habit, and as easy to keep as any other habit.

Spend some time making success a habit in your life. Once you have developed it, it is not something you will want to change again. Then, the only thing you will fail is failing.

    In ancient times, there was a king who loved flowers, His palace was always decorated with beautiful orchids (兰花) and other flowers. As the king grew older, he knew that one day he would have to give up his throne (王位). So he had to find someone to rule the country.

    The other day, the king had an idea. He asked his servants to travel to every part of the country and give every citizen a single orchid seed (种子), He then announced that the person who grew the most beautiful orchid would take his throne.

    Everyone in the country then got their own seed. One young man named David was especially excited about the news, because he had experience in growing flowers himself.

    David planted his seed in a pot and put it in a place where it would get lots of sunlight. He watched it carefully every day. But as hard as he tried, his flower simply would not grow.

    Finally, it was time for everyone to give their flowers to the king. David took his empty pot to the palace. "Your Majesty (尊敬的陛下), I am sorry to say that I could not grow an orchid, But I hope you can see that I tried my best," he said.

    The king was moved by David's honesty. Although he did not choose David as the new king, he gave David a job as a royal court judge (法官).He believed that David's honesty would make him the right person to make sure the justice (公正) in the country.

    Steven Jobs, the designer of Apple Computer, was not clever when he was in school. At that time, he was not a good student and he always made troubles with his schoolmates. When he went into college, he didn't change a lot. Then he dropped out. But he was full of new ideas.

    After he left college, Steven Jobs worked as a video game designer. He worked there for only several months and then he went to India. He hoped that the trip would give him some new ideas and give him a change in life.

    Steven Jobs lived on a farm in California for a year after he returned from India.

    In 1975, he began to make a new type of computer. He designed the Apple Computer with his friend in his garage. He chose the name "Apple" just because it could help him to remember a happy summer he once spent in an apple tree garden.

    His Apple Computer was such a great success that Steven Jobs soon became famous all over the world.

Life in space is different from life on Earth. 1 do astronauts live, work and exercise there?

Space food is 2 the food we eat on Earth. In the past, astronauts could 3 only small pieces of dried food. Now the space station 4 water and iceboxes. They can eat much everyday food such as fruit, vegetables and ice-cream. 

They have 5 own rooms in space. Sleeping is really too difficult. There is no gravity(重力). They have to tie themselves to the beds in their own rooms, or they will 6 !

7 is important in space. They don't stand up, sit down or walk. They only exercise on bikes and 8 machines for two hours every day. 

What do astronauts do when they aren't working?They can 9 for a while. For example, they can read books, play cards, listen to music or send e-mails to their friends and 10 . On a planet, there must be someone waiting the astronaut to come back home to enjoy a good meal. 

How do people say hello in English-speaking countries? People usually say "Hi" or "Hello"

They can also say "How are you?" The answer is "I'm fine. " "Very good. Thank you. " or "Not bad, thanks. "

In different countries, between friends, there are some popular ways to say hello. What are the popular ways?

★In America, between friends, they say, "What's up?" Boys often say "Hey, man. " Girls often say, "Hey, girl. "

★In the UK, between friends, they ask, "Are you all right?" You can answer, "I'm good. " People also say, "How's it going?" But it's not a question. It just means hello.