A little girl called Fan Yi has caught many people's attention recently. The little writer's {#blank#}1{#/blank#} English story, Swordbird, was on the New York Times' bestseller list for children's fiction.
Fan Yi was born in Beijing in 1997. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#} her second grade of primary school in Beijing. She {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to the US with her parents at the age of 7. She has shown {#blank#}4{#/blank#} interests in birds since she was a little girl.
When Fan {#blank#}5{#/blank#} studying American history at school, she read many articles(文章) about the September 11 Attacks(9.11事件). She wanted all people to {#blank#}6{#/blank#} in peace with each other. Around that time, she had a(n) {#blank#}7{#/blank#} one night. In the dream, some birds fought with each other. Fan got an idea {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the dream and turned it into a story. In it, she showed her idea of peace in the world.
In the future, Fan will write more {#blank#}9{#/blank#} for the Swordbird series. Will she become another J.K Rowling? We {#blank#}10{#/blank#} have to wait and see.

    Years ago, I lived in a house in a large city.  The house next door was only a few meters away from {#blank#}1{#/blank#} .  Through the window, I could often see a woman who I {#blank#}2{#/blank#} never met doing some reading in the house every afternoon.
    Several months went by, I began to notice that her window was dirty.  Everything was not very clear {#blank#}3{#/blank#}  the dirty window.  I wondered {#blank#}4{#/blank#}  the woman didn't wash her window, it really looked terrible.
    One bright morning, I decided to clean my house, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}  washing the window inside.   Late in the afternoon when 1 finished all the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest.  How surprising! I found that the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}  window was actually so clean that she could be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} clearly sitting by the window. That was quite an important lesson for me.  How often had I looked at  {#blank#}8{#/blank#}    through my own shortcomings  (缺点) !
    Since then, I have been used to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}  myself whether I am looking through my own dirty window.  Before I want to judge someone, I always think more than before and try to clean the dirty window so that I may see the world around me more {#blank#}10{#/blank#}  .

    After a quick breakfast, I went into the lecture hall in a hurry．A famous teacher was{#blank#}1{#/blank#}to the students．He was holding up a $100 bill．Then he said to the three hundred students，"Who would like this $1 00 bill?" The students put up{#blank#}2{#/blank#}hands at once．Then he said，"I am going to give this $100 bill to one of you，but{#blank#}3{#/blank#}，let me do this．"He made the bill into a ball．Then he said. "Who{#blank#}4{#/blank#}it now?" The hands went back into the air．"Well," he said，"what if I do this?" and he{#blank#}5{#/blank#}it on the floor and stepped on it．He picked up the{#blank#}6{#/blank#}bill and said．"Who still wants it?" Hands went back again into the air．

    "My friends,"? he said，"you have learned a valuable(有价值的){#blank#}7{#/blank#}today．No matter what I did to the $100 bill! Many{#blank#}8{#/blank#}in our life，we are dropped and stepped on．We feel as if we are worth nothing．But remember, no matter what{#blank#}9{#/blank#}happened to you，you will never lose your value：You are{#blank#}10{#/blank#}valuable to those people who love you．Your value doesn't come from what you do or whom you know, but who you are．"

    In the United States, headmasters and teachers discipline(惩戒) students in several ways. The teacher often writes or {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the student's parents. Sometimes students have to stay at {#blank#}2{#/blank#}for an extra hour. If a student behaves {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, the headmaster can suspend (勒令…休学) the student. The student cannot come to school for one, two, or three days, Sometimes, when the headmaster suspends some students, they are {#blank#}4{#/blank#}. "A three-day vacation!" they thought.

    Mr Lazares, a headmaster, didn't like to suspend students. When the boy who was not behaving well in class was sent to his {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, Mr Lazares telephoned the boy's parents. "If you come to school with your son, I won't {#blank#}6{#/blank#} him having classes," he said. The boy's father came to school and went with his son to every {#blank#}7{#/blank#}. Other students stared at the boy and his father. The boy was embarrassed. After that, he behaved better.  He didn't want his father to come to school {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. Other students behaved better, too. They thought, "I don't want my {#blank#}9{#/blank#}to come to school!"

    That year, about 60 parents came to school with children who didn't behave well. The next year, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}parents had to come to school. The students were behaving better.

    We do not know when people invented wheels. But once it was invented, knowledge of the wheel{#blank#}1{#/blank#}quickly across the world. It is easy to move things with wheels. The first example of wheels dated from about 3. 500 to 3. 000 BC. The cart or wagon was the first vehicle which had wheels. At that time, they were pulled by humans or animals. Today, there are still carts drawn by animals in many countries. These carts are mainly used to move things or{#blank#}2{#/blank#}people. Around 2, 000 BC, the chariot(双轮敝篷马车)appeared. It moved even faster than the cart, so it soon became an important{#blank#}3{#/blank#}in the war and later was introduced to other ancient countries, such as Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome.

    The invention of wheels is very important to the{#blank#}4{#/blank#}of new transportations. Without wheels, the invention of bicycles, motorcycles, cars, trains, and planes may not be possible.