Growing up is not always easy. When we face difficulties, a spirit of depending on 1 is more useful than crying for help. That's what Hong Zhanhui's story of growing from boy to man 2 family hardship tells us.

    Hong was born in 1982 in a poor family in Xihua County(县), Henan Province. When he was only 11, his father became badly ill and one day he came back with an unwanted baby 3. A year later, Hong's mother 4 home. She no longer wanted to live such a poor life and face her sick husband. So everything hard fell onto the young boy's 5: to take care of his father and the younger sister Chenchen, and to go on to study.

    Although his life was hard, Hong didn't go away from his father and sister. He took several part-time jobs to 6 his family. He climbed tall trees to get birds' eggs for his sister. He walked 2 hours at weekends to the market to 7 different things to sell around his school. A few years later, he studied at a college. To take care of Chenchen, he worked hard to 8 a room near his college for her, and sent her to school.

    After Hong's story went 9, he became a hero in people's eyes. But Hong 10 offers from others. He said he felt encouraged by kind offers, but he could depend on his own work.

    Through his hard life, he has grown up from boy to man.

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    Once upon a time, there was a lazy, 1 man living in a small house with spider webs (蜘蛛网) on the walls and mice running around. People 2 coming into such a dirty place and the man was lonely and sad every day. He thought it was poorness that 3his unhappy life.

    One day, the poor man dropped in on a wise old man and asked him for 4 about changing his life. The old man gave him a beautiful vase (花瓶) and said: "This is a magic vase that will bring you 5."

    The man looked at the vase with 6 . Why would he need 7 in his poor house? However, he didn't want to 8 such a beautiful vase, so he brought it home and put it on the table.

     "It's not right for something so beautiful to be 9 ." The poor man looked at the vase and thought. Then he 10 some wild flowers and put them into it, making it even more beautiful. 11 he was still not satisfied. "It is not good for such a beautiful thing 12 next to a spider web." Then he started to do some cleaning in the house and painted the walls. His house quickly turned into a  13 place. The poor man 14.    

    He suddenly realized that in the past it was his laziness that made him poor and unhappy. 15, he worked hard and his life got better and better.

    Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys 1 to watch.

    “What are you doing?” asked one of the 2.

    “We plan to dig a hole all the way through Earth!” one of the brothers answered 3.

    The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all through Earth was 4.

    After a long silence, one of the diggers 5 a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide types of insects. He removed the lid (盖子) and 6 the wonderful things to the visitors.

    Then he said quietly and 7 , “Even if we don't dig all the way through Earth, look at what we've found along the way!”

    Their goal was far too ambitious (有雄心的), but it did cause them 8. And that is what a goal is 9 — to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen.

    But not every goal will be fully 10 . Not every job will end 11. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every 12 will be realized.

    But 13 you fall short of aim(达不到目标), perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I've found along the way! Look at the 14 things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”

    It is in the digging that 15 is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, and in the end that truly matters.

    Devon Miller put the bag onto his back.

    "Did you take the water?" asked his dad.

    "Yes," said Devon.

    "How about the bread? And the map?"

    "Don't worry. I put 1 m my bag, Dad," Devon said. "Come on. Let's go!"

    Devon couldn't wait to start the hike (徒步旅行). It was 2 and Devon expected (期待) a good, long hike. Mr. Miller3a little, because it was his first hiking trip. Usually Devon's mom took him, 4 today she had to work. So Devon's dad decided to have a try.

    "Where do we start?" his dad asked.

    " 5 that tree with the yellow mark (记号)? That's the start of a small road. We just 6 the marks on the trees along the road. The small road goes in a big circle (圆圈). We'll 7 here in a few hours."

    Mr. Miller tried to smile. "Sounds like 8 !"

    Devon and his dad started their hike. It was a beautiful spring day. The weather was cool, but not very cold. They walked and walked. Then they stopped and ate their bread 9 lunch.

    Mr. Miller seemed a lot more relaxed. "This is fun. I'll go hiking with you 10 anytime," he said.

I used to hate scary films. I didn't understand 1 some people wanted to scare 2 on purpose. But now I love them. Sometimes I watch them by myself; sometimes I watch them with my sister. 3, I will have a cushion(靠垫) nearby to 4 my face especially for bad parts, but I still enjoy watching them. As a 5, I have to watch something "happy" afterwards to take my mind off them,

    Watching scary films is 6 going on a roller coaster(过山车). Many people ride it for the 7 that comes from being scared without actually being in 8. As I am truly scared of the roller coaster, watching scary films is my way of 9 this. And it is interesting, especially 10 it is a film you haven't seen before. You can try and 11 what's going to happen.

    12 I saw a film called The Strangers by myself. In the film, a group of people with scary masks(面具) attacked(攻击) a couple's house. 13 some reason I had to keep stopping the video and doing 14 else, like checking e mails or reading a bit of my book. It took me five hours to finish seeing the film. It's hard to believe, isn't it?

    Scary films make me 15 but excited, I know I will continue to scare myself.