Once a gentleman was traveling on a train. He felt 1and got off at a station in search of water. When he reached the water tap (水龙头), the2started. He ran back but3it.

    It was getting4and he decided to spend the night at the station. The next morning he asked the ticket office about the next train and was told it would be on the next5. So he decided to find a place for a day's6 . He went to the nearby hotel to ask for a room but found 7.

    At last he8a small house. He asked the9 whether he could stay in his house for a day. The owner immediately10 then served him food and gave him a room to stay.11he did not ask anything in return.

    At seven, the gentleman heard a 12at the door. The owner opened the door. The gentleman saw a man dressed in 13 clothes enter the house and14the owner to pay his debts (债务).

    The gentleman came to know that the owner was in need of15. The next morning he left a pack in the drawer of the room and16. When the owner found the pack, he saw that there was a17written to him, which read: “You 18 me but did not expect anything from me. Yesterday evening I heard the19 between you and the stranger and20that you were in need of money. This is what you need.”

    Can you love someone too much？1 you can express the wrong kind of love, but I'm sure you can't 2 too much.

    One of my favorite stories tells of a woman who finally 3 to ask her boss for a raise in salary. All day she felt4. Late in the afternoon she worked up the 5 to speak to her employer. To her delight, he 6 a raise.

    The woman arrived home that evening to a beautiful 7 set with their best dishes. Her husband had come home early and8 a festival meal. She wondered if he 9 knew that she would not get turned down.

    She found him in the kitchen and told him the good 10. They kissed and then sat down to the wonderful meal. Next to her plate the woman found a beautifully lettered 11. It read, "Congratulations, darling! I knew you'd get the raise! These things will 12 you how much I love you."

    After supper, her husband went to do some 13. As he left the room, she 14 a second card that had fallen from his pocket. Picking it off the floor, she read, "Don't worry about not getting the raise. You 15 it anyway! These things will tell you how much I love you."

    The measure of love is when you love without measure. What this man tried to show his wife was 16 acceptance and love. Whether she17 or not, he loved her regardless. Sometimes his love might celebrate her victories and other times it was there to give 18.

    Upon receiving the Nobel Peace Prize, Mother Teresa said, "What can you do to promote world 19? Go home and love your20." Yes, love your family, and also love your friends. Love them without pressure. And don't worry about spoilage（变质）. So remember, "Potatoes spoil, people don't spoil."

    I grew up on a 40-acre farm in the small rural community of Illinois, as the fifth of six children.

    My parents, Robert and Patti, often noted during meals how everything on the table except sugar and wine came from the land.1 running the farm, Dad was also a carpenter. In the fall of 1980, he was working on a house when all of a sudden the ladder broke. His back was broken.

    He stayed in hospital for almost a month with his head and feet down, 2his back to align (成直线) correctly so the bones would heal.

    On Thanksgiving, Dad was still in hospital recovering from his back injury. Normally he would take us to butcher pigs the day after the holiday, and that year my uncle 3 up with my four cousins to help my two elder brothers 4 our year's supply of pork.

    When Dad came back home from the hospital, he was still in a back brace (支架) and 5 to work. I was too young to realize our family had no money coming in as Christmas 6 . Another day we saw a car coming up the long driveway. Always longing for company, we kids were7 about who was visiting. Rose Anderson, our neighbor, was at the door, holding an envelope stuffed with money. She told my dad she had8 money in the community and came to deliver it.

    Dad tried to refuse,9 Rose insisted. I can still hear her saying, "Robert, whenever someone's baler (压捆机) breaks down, you bale their hay. Whenever someone passes away, Patti cooks. It's our 10."

    I learned later that we also 11 gift baskets from more than one organization. That Christmas, I, a 6-year-old kid, understood what being a good neighbor was, and that as my parents were good neighbors, their12 would be returned. These tales of Christmas kindness will 13 our heart, too.

    My parents were accustomed to being the 14, not the receivers of such generosity. They had a bit of pride to swallow, but continued all of their lives to show us kids the 15of kindness.

    Yuan Longping, a great Chinese agriculturalist, was born in a poor farmer's family in Qianyang, Hunan Province in 1930. He 1 from Southwest Agriculture College in 1953 and has since devoted himself to agricultural education and research. Since his graduation, 2 ways to grow more rice has been his life goal. As a young man, he saw the great need for 3 the rice output. At that time, hunger was a 4 problem in many parts of the countryside. Yuan Longping searched for a way to increase rice harvests without expanding the area of the fields. 5 his help, Chinese farmers now produce more rice and these increased harvests mean that 22% of the world's people 6 from just 7% of the farmland in the world. Yuan Longping, 7 considers himself a farmer, is now circulating his knowledge in some less developed countries to increase 8 rice harvests. Thanks to his research, the UN has more tools in the battle to rid the world of hunger. 9 his hybrid rice, farmers are producing harvests twice as large as before. Dr Yuan 10 5-million-yuan State Supreme Science and Technology Prize for his high hybrid rice species. This award is viewed as "Chinese Nobel Prize".

    About rice, he always has a dream…

    I hadn't even wanted the dog in the first place! My husband insisted I get him to 1 the dog that had died recently.

    Soon, he was "my dog", a friend and 2 companion, not asking for any more than I was willing to give a daily meal and a warm bed. But not my 3! No dogs are allowed on my bed.

    The night after my husband died, I lay there, staring into the darkness, my eyes full of4. The bed seemed so 5all by myself and I was wondering how long it takes for a good case of loneliness to 6. It was cold and moving slowly into my open hand outside the 7. It has prickly (刺痒的) hairs and just before I 8, a familiar call came from the creature that was forcing its cold, wet nose into my trembling (颤抖的) hand.

    "Oh, Shawn! What are you doing on my bed?" I put my arms around his hairy neck and 9 him.

    In the months to follow, I came to realize that this dog I hadn't 10 was a gift of love. He was a warm companion always 11 and available to go for a 12 when I needed to get out of the house. Twice, he snapped (咬) at me 13 I cried loudly and out of control, as if to tell me to be 14.

    Shawn taught me all about love, 15 and forgiveness. That crazy dog 16 me just as I am. And I've learned to help those around me who are 17 and to approach them 18, loving them just as they are. Like a dog curling up by the warm fire, I just want to be there in case I'm 19. I thank life for providing me with a(n) 20 when I felt alone, and for the comfort of a cold, wet nose.

21 June was Li Lan ' s first day back in San Francisco after camping in the Redwood Forest and visiting Napa Valley. She {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(admit) that it definitely felt good to come back to the city again. The fact that the city rebuilt itself after the earthquake that {#blank#}2{#/blank#}( occur ) in 1906 is amazing . Located on top of big hills, many beautiful old buildings offer great {#blank#}3{#/blank#}( view ) of the city , the ocean, and the Golden Gate Bridge.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}( walk ) around and looked at the street art for a few hours, then Li Lan ate some delicious Mexican-Chinese noodles for lunch. In the afternoon, Li Lan headed to a local museum, where Li learnt a lot about the history of California. In 1848, gold {#blank#}5{#/blank#}( discover ) near the city, {#blank#}6{#/blank#}made over 300,000 people from all over the world rush here to seek{#blank#}7{#/blank#}     ( they ) fortune. In fact, few achieved their dreams of becoming rich. Some died or returned home, but most remained to earn {#blank#}8{#/blank#}living despite great hardship. It was immigrants from different cultures that built up California very{#blank#}9{#/blank#} ( rapid ) and led to its becoming a state of the United States in 1850. In the evening, Li went to Chinatown, where there were many caf é s and restaurants to choose {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. After selecting a restaurant, she enjoyed Chinese food on china plates.