Itzhak Perlman, a famous violinist, came on stage to give a concert. He was stricken with polio（小儿麻痹症）as a child, so getting on stage is no small {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (achieve).

    The audience sat quietly while he made his way across the stage {#blank#}2{#/blank#} his chair and began his play. But this time,{#blank#}3{#/blank#} went wrong. Just as he finished the first part, one of the strings on his violin {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(break). We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didn't.{#blank#}5{#/blank#}, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then signaled the conductor to begin again.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(power) and pure, his performance attracted all the attention.

    Of course, anyone believes {#blank#}7{#/blank#}impossible to play a harmonious work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman refused {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (know) that.

    When he finished, people rose and cheered.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (smile), he wiped the sweat and said, “You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to find out how much music you can still make with {#blank#}10{#/blank#}you have left.”

    Long before Barack Obama became president of the United States, he wrote a book {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Dream from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, which has since become {#blank#}2{#/blank#} bestseller. It is an {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(appeal) book that includes what he went through during {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(he) childhood. Obama has little contact with his father {#blank#}5{#/blank#}roots were in Kenya because he left home when Obama was very young. His mother got married {#blank#}6{#/blank#}a student from Indonesia shortly after the family moved to Jakarta. A few years later, Obama came back with his grandparents to Hawaii, where he{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(attend) a private high school. {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(study) at Columbia in New York City, he then entered Harvard Law School. This autobiography also touches {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(heavy) on Obama's exposure to racism. Readers will find his reflections of childhood {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(experience) which involved racial discrimination to be especially moving.

    Marty Fielding began to suffer from a muscle disease when he was 10, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} sometimes made him clumsy and drop things or bump into furniture. The doctors don't know {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(exact) what is wrong with him, so they don't know how to make him better. But he has to learn to adapt    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} his disability. When some people cannot accept him for who he is, he doesn't get{#blank#}4{#/blank#}(annoy). He just ignores them.

    All in all, he has a good life. His ambition is to work in a computer software firm when he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (grow) up. He has a very busy life and doesn't have time to sit around {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(feel) sorry for himself. In many ways his disability has helped him grow stronger psychologically and become {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(independent). He has to work hard to live{#blank#}8{#/blank#}normal life. From him, we know we shouldn't feel sorry for the disabled or make fun of{#blank#}9{#/blank#}and that we shouldn't ignore them either. Just accept them for who they are and give them {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(encourage) to live as rich and full a life as you do.

    No one knows exactly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} the earth began. However, according to a widely accepted theory, the universe began {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a "Big Bang". Then the dust {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(settle) into a solid globe. As the earth cooled down, water began to appear on its surface. Many {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(science) believe that it was the presence of water that allowed the earth to dissolve {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(harm) gases and acids into oceans and seas, which made it possible for life to develop.

    Millions of years later, the first small plants appeared on the surface of the water. Their development {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(follow) by early shellfish, all sorts of fish, green plants and land animals. Reptiles {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(produce) young generally by laying eggs while mammals gave birth to young baby animals. Dinosaurs existed on the earth for over 140 million years before they suddenly disappeared. The reason {#blank#}8{#/blank#} they disappeared still remains a mystery.

    Finally, humans appeared and spread all over the earth. But they are putting too much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, which prevents heat from {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(escape) from the earth into space. As a result of this, people believe the earth may become too hot to live on. So {#blank#}10{#/blank#} life will continue on the earth will depend on how this problem can be solved.

    Once a young man was passing by a street where he saw an old man sitting by the roadside {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (beg) for money. That old man was sitting there with {#blank#}2{#/blank#} empty bowl in front of him, and a cardboard sign was put up beside the bowl. There was a sentence {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (write) on the cardboard: "Blind-Please help!"

    The young man felt very bad that no one planned {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (give) him any money. So he went to the old man and took his cardboard in his hand. He then took a thick marker pen out of his pocket and re-wrote the sign without hesitation and then left. The old man noticed that someone was writing something {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (differ) on the board but didn't say anything.

    Just in a few minutes, that empty bowl {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (fill) with money. The old man noticed that and stopped a stranger and asked him {#blank#}7{#/blank#} was on that cardboard. The stranger replied, "It says, "It's a beautiful day. You can see it. I cannot." Our {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (choose) of words and language can create positive or negative effects {#blank#}9{#/blank#} others. If we choose the right words, then we can {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (true) connect with people and change their views.

    Schools in the UK are trying the use of classroom robots in {#blank#}1{#/blank#} attempt to ease the growing teacher shortage. So far, two primary schools in Plymouth {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (start)to use the machines as possible replacements for teaching assistants. Britain's lack of teaching staff has been worsening over the last decade and shows no sign of improving. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (graduate) are unwilling to enter the primary   education department and many teachers are giving up the teaching jobs for careers in other fields. {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (face) with this alarming shortage, some schools believe that robots might soon be able to fill the gap. Tests have shown that teachers can train the robots within just three hours by showing {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (vary) classroom techniques. These methods are then copied by the robots and used in a real classroom setting {#blank#}6{#/blank#} real students are doing tasks. In one example, the robot teacher {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (success) guided the   students through {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (challenge) tasks, giving them praise and encouragement when necessary. The project has been met with mixed reactions from teachers. Some are concerned that the robots are here to take their jobs, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} others optimistically regard the machines {#blank#}10{#/blank#} a way to reduce their heavy workloads.