White clouds filled the sky. The sun's rays 1 through them, spreading cheer and 2. After the meal, Olivia lay back on the blanket, 3 the amazing sky and Dad was 4 the picnic food.

    “Dad, that 5 over there looks like a rhinoceros（犀牛）! There's a horn（角）, two ears and a long tail.” Olivia said.

    “Is there? I can't see it.” Dad sighed and 6 his head.

    “Oh, look, Dad. That cloud looks like a penguin.” Olivia turned to her father.

    “Do you see any 7 in the clouds, Dad?”

    “I see a turkey.” He rubbed his cheeks and 8 her closer with his warm hands.

    “Dad, I see a fighting lion, a running giraffe and a 9 parrot.”

    “I'm sorry to stop our fun, 10 it looks like rain” said Dad, 11 the picnic basket “Clouds don't get big 12 they're going to drop rain on us.”

    A raindrop 13 on Olivia's forehead.” You're right, Dad. I'll 14 the blanket.” The two rushed for the 15. On their way home Olivia 16 out of the window. “Is the sky always that 17 before a storm, Dad?”

    “Beauty is in the eye of the 18, my little angel.” It is 19 that there are some people who would never have seen a rhinoceros or a turkey in clouds. 20 the eyes of the child, the world is fresh and appealing each day.

    Mariah Smith, a seventh-grader at Southern Alamance Middle School, is February's Student of the Month.

    Mariah said she was “greatly shocked” to receive this 1.

    Mariah has a 2 relationship with her grandmother, Wendy Jordan, 3 nominated（推荐）her. Mariah is the daughter of Cameron and Cierra Smith of Burlington and has a younger sister 4 Chloe.

    “She's a good student. She doesn't have to be told to keep her 5 up,” Wendy said.

Of Southern Alamance Middle School, Mariah said, “6 there is really nice, it's a really good school.”

    She manages her time 7 and sticks to a 8. Her favorite classes are social studies and language arts.

    “I like learning about the world 9 me and what has happened in the past,” Mariah said.

    She10a lot of work with her community. She was selected to be part of the Alamance Youth Leadership Academy.

    “We learn a lot of valuable things from every field trip we 11, Mariah said. “We learn what kind of leader we are, and what we 12 do to help out around our community, and how to13 our schools.”

    Mariah isn't quite sure what she wants to do in the 14 yet.

    She claims that “15 it is, I want it to be something I really16 doing.” Mariah is a quiet and analytical（分析的）person who is also “very thoughtful to 17” and “very humble,” Wendy said. She is an A-honor roll student and is 18 trying to give back to her community and make it 19.

    “She's got a big 20,” Wendy added.

In 1882 a baby girl caught a fierce fever. She 1 but the fever left its mark—she could no longer 2 or hear. So how did this child grow up to become a world-famous 3 and public speaker?

    The fever cut her off from the outside world. It was as if she had been 4 into a dark prison cell from which there could be no release. 5 she was not someone who gave up easily. Soon she began to 6 the world by using her other 7. She followed her mother wherever she went, hanging on to her skirts. She touched and smelled everything she came 8. She learnt to 9 people by feeling their faces or their 10. She could also tell where she was in the 11 by smell of the different plants and the feel of the ground under her feet.

    By the age of seven she had 12 over 60 different signs by which she could talk to her family. If she wanted bread, for example, she would 13 to cut a loaf and butter the slices. But even so she had 14.

    At five she began to realize she was different from other people, which made her so 15 that she used to kick and scream in the room. As she got older, her frustration 16 and her anger became stronger and stronger. Fortunately, with the help of her teacher Anne Sullivan, she 17 to be a remarkable scholar. While she was still at college she wrote The Story of My Life, which enjoyed immediate popularity and 18 enough money to buy her own house. She 19 the country, giving lecture after lecture and she also received many 20 from foreign universities and kings. The girl was Helen Keller.

    A group of homeless children in the Indian capital — New Delhi publish a newspaper. It tells about their own 1.

    It is called Balaknama, which means "children's voice". It is written and 2 by children. About 10,000 people 3 it.

    The children write about poverty, child labor, underage marriages and drugs. When 4 arrive and the team sits down to select stories, lots of fights 5. They argue, "This story will have more impact than that story.” So there are a lot of 6 before the final 7 goes to print.

    The newspaper has 70 8 in several states and 14 in the capital. All of the reporters, editors and managers are 9 children.

    Many of their parents are 10 and cannot read or write. The children now earn money, and many of them 11 classes online that may help them find a job.

    The newspaper is published every month. It has eight pages. In 2002, when it began 12, the newspaper was published four times a year. It has 13 the lives of many of the children who publish it, and hopes to 14 the lives of thousands of others. Non-governmental organizations and charity groups 15 the newspaper.

    Sanjay Gupta leads a group that helps the children and 16 money to the newspaper.

    “They feel very encouraged when people 17 them. I think this is a really 18 tool to empower (使自主) them." said he.

    The newspaper costs about three cents. That is less than the 19 of a small cup of tea in India. 20, the small cost gives the children hope that they will someday have a home and a job.

    While my friends went away to their universities in great delight, I restarted my senior high school life. My spirits1at the prospect of starting all over again.

    2by strange classmates, I felt as though I was in a maze(迷宫)and felt3for my-self. There were some complex feelings in my mind. I was frightened, nervous and lonely.

    To make4worse, I recalled my failure again and again,5put more pressure on me than I could bear. As a result, I was always feeling6during class.

    One of my teachers noticed my depression and one day he asked me to come to his office, where he told me about his7towards life. He said we might8from making mistakes, but it's important to model ourselves into people we9. All the growing10and the embarrassing things we11are parts of the process. We never stop12, so learn from it and keep up your spirits up! If you are optimistic, things you want may13to you!14feelings rushed through me. I15saw the sun shining again when I stepped out of his office.

    With the teacher's help, I finally16my depression. From then on, I no longer17my head but began smiling at my classmates. I put up my hand18in class and tried to answer the teacher's questions correctly.

    I19have a thirst to go to my dream university,20I'm not afraid of failure because I can benefit from it.

    When most of us get a text message on our cell phone from an unknown person we usually say "sorry,1number! "and move on. But when Dennis Williams2a text that clearly wasn't intended for him, he did something3.

    On March 19, Dennis got a group text4him that a couple he didn't know were at the hospital, waiting for the5of a baby.

    "Congratulations! But I think someone was mistaken," Dennis6. The baby was born and update texts were7quickly from the overjoyed grandmother, Teresa. In her8, she didn't seem to realize that she was 9the baby's photos with a complete stranger. Well, I don't10you all but I will get there to take pictures with the baby, replied Dennis before asking which room the new11were in.

    Much to the family's surprise, Dennis stuck to his12! He turned up at the hospital13gifts for the new mother Lindsey and her baby boy. Lindsey's husband was totally14by the unexpected visit I don 't think we would have randomly( 随便地) invited him over but we15it and the gifts.

    Teresa16a photo of the chance meeting on a social network website accompanied by the17words: What a18this young man was to our family! He was so19and kind to do this. The post has since gained the20of social media users all over the world receiving more than 184 000 shares and 61 500 likes in just three days.