The volunteers who brought the nine-year-old girl to the orphanage(孤儿院) knew little about her. They found her in the street which had been her home for many years. Her parents were unknown. They had left her long ago.

    At the orphanage, the girl was taught to read and write. There she also learned to be independent(独立). At twenty-one, she left the orphanage and began work as a secretary.

    And then, in 1975, she entered the Miss Hong Kong competition -- and won it. This was the turning point in her life. Now Mary Cheung was very popular in Hong Kong.

    Mary entered the competition because she was full of ambitions（抱负） and she wanted to show that orphanage girls could be something. Winning the competition gave her the chance to start a new life. This led her first into television and then to a business manager. When she was working as a manager, she had trouble with her reports. “My English just wasn't good enough.” she said. Fortunately, her husband helped her.

    Mary studied management at Hong Kong Polytechnic and graduated in 1980. She started her own company in 1995. But she was still working hard to develop herself. She then studied for a Fine Arts degree at the University of Hong Kong. Her ambition was to teach arts in Hong Kong. Since 1987, she has spent a lot of her time on photography. She has held several exhibitions of her work in many places, including China, New Zealand and Paris. She still found time, however, to work on TV and for charity, to write for newspapers and bring up her family.

    The girl from street has come a long way, but her journey is not finished yet.

    A farmer loses his watch in the barn (谷仓). He is worried because the watch has many stories for him.

    After looking carefully everywhere for a long time, he can't find it Then he asks for help of a few children playing outside the barn. He says, "If you find my watch, I can give you a lot of money."

    Hearing this, the children run into the barn to look for the watch, but they can't find it. Then, a little boy says he wants to look for it again.

    The farmer looks at him and asks him to look for it again. After a few minutes, the little boy comes out with the watch in his hand! The farmer is happy and surprised. He asks the boy about it.

    "I do nothing," answers the boy, "I just sit on the ground and listen. In the silence, I hear the ticking (滴答声) of the watch and then find it."

I am Jenny. I'm {#blank#}1{#/blank#} girl from Szezecin. l like making friends. Nice to see you.

Szezecin is a city in Poland. In this city, there {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (be) a cat. He is welcome here. Many people come to see the cat. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (he) name is Gacek. Let me {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (spell) it for you. G-A-C-E-K. Do you know {#blank#}5{#/blank#} colour he is? He is black{#blank#}6{#/blank#}white. He always {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (stand) on Kaszubska Street. People there are nice to him. They give food to him. Now he is fat and he is {#blank#}8{#/blank#} a ball. Kaszubska Street becomes a tourist attraction because of Gacek. I love playing with{#blank#}9{#/blank#} (cat) , so I often go to see Gacek with my{#blank#}10{#/blank#} (friend). Do you want to come and see the cat here?

Genevieve Moss has serious hearing loss. Her world has always been silent. Alone in a town in England, she often felt lonely.

Then one day in April in 2021, something stopped Moss as she read the local newspaper. It was a photo of a tiny black-and-white cat. A family was looking for a home for their last newborn cat. Moss fell in love with it at first sight and contacted the family. Soon, the cat came to Moss's house. Moss called the cat Zebby because his colors looked like those of a zebra.

Moss once heard of studies showing that pets can help people deal with loneliness. However, she had no idea that Zebby would become her helper and her ears. From their first night together, Zebby has slept next to her. When he hears noises in the dark, he jumps up. "He became my night watch cat," Moss said. "Sometimes he would run around the room until I woke up."

After several weeks, Moss noticed that whenever her phone rang or someone knocked at the door, Zebby would touch her lightly. It wasn't long before the cat took on another task: collecting Moss's mail. Now whenever he hears the mailbox being opened, he runs towards it, carries the mail in his mouth and drops it at Moss's feet.

This past May Zebby was named Britain's National Cat of the Year by Cats Protection. According to the largest cat charity, Zebby beat out about 3,000 other cats because of the many ways he makes Moss's life easier. He has had no training at all, but his natural abilities seem to have told him that his owner needs his help.

"Zebby has made my house a home," Moss said. "I can hardly imagine not having Zebby in my life now."

My dad didn't love me. My mom washed my clothes and cooked dishes. He just went to work every day and came home. He'd make a list of the 1 things I did and felt angry with me.

When I was 7, I stole a pen. He made me take it back to school and tell the boy "2 ". But my Mom understood that I was just a 3 .

I still remember 4 he taught me to ride a bicycle. I told him not to let go, 5 he said it was time. I fell and Mom ran to pick me up, but he waved(挥手) 6 off. I was so 7 that I got back on that bike and rode it myself. He didn't even feel sorry and just smiled.

When I went to college, Mom called me a lot. He 8 sent me money on WeChat without a word. But he posted(发布) a photo of his goldfish on WeChat moments(朋友圈) and said, "My goldfish look better now because my daughter can't play with them anymore."

When I called home, he acted like he didn't want to talk and he always said, "I'll get your 9 ."

When I got married(结婚), my mom cried. He just blew his nose loudly and left the room.

Did my dad love me? My mom said Dad didn't know how to 10 his love. Is it possible that he showed it but I didn't know?

 Once upon a time, there was a family with 8 children living in a village. Two of the children, both boys. loved painting very much.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} the family was so poor that it was impossible to send both of them to study at art school.

 After many discussions, the two boys finally came up {#blank#}2{#/blank#} an idea. They would toss(抛)a coin. The loser would go down into the mines(矿井) and support his brother with his pay. Then, when the brother {#blank#}3{#/blank#} won the toss finished his studies, he would pay the school fee for the other brother {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (study) at the college in four years.

 One of the brothers, Albrecht Duren won the toss {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(lucky) while his brother Jack went down the dangerous mines. Durer worked really hard and his paintings were much {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(good) than those of most of his teachers. He made a lot of money from his paintings.

 Finally, Durer {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(return). When he told Jack he could go to art college. Jack wasn't very excited and said"The four years in the mines has done too much to my hands. It is too late. Now I can't even hold a glass."

 To show his love to his brother, Durer drew his {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(brother) hands with palms (手掌) together and thin fingers towards the sky. He called his drawing simply Hands, but {#blank#}9{#/blank#} whole world almost quickly opened their {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(heart) to the great work and renamed it The Praying Hands.

 The next time you see a copy of that touching creation, take a second look. Let it be your reminder: No one can ever succeed alone!