One evening a young woman walked on the beach. She 1 to see the footsteps（足迹） she had left in the sand, but they had already been washed away by the water. When she turned to continue her walk, She was surprised to see an old woman 2 by a fire.

    She walked up to the old woman and asked,”Where did you come from? I didn't see you here a minute ago.

    3answering her question, the old woman said, ”Sit with me, my child. I have something to show you.”

    As the young woman sat down beside the fire, the old woman handed her a book. She turned the pages of the book one by one and was 4 to discover they told the story of her whole life, from the early days of 5to the present. But when she turned to the next page, she found it empty. And the rest of the pages in the book were all empty.

    “Does this mean my life ends tonight?” she asked.

    “No, my child. It means tonight your life 6 .”

    At that time the old woman took the book into her hands and began to tear(撕掉)each of the pages that had words out of the book. She then threw 7 into the fire until all left were empty pages. She handed the book of empty pages to the young woman.

    “You see,” she said, “just as the water washed away your footsteps in the sand, your past is forever gone. What you 8 have is here and now. Each moment is the beginning of the rest of your life and you should live it to the fullest, because you won't live that moment a(an) 9 time. For your future, you are free to shape it as you wish, 10 it has not yet been written.”

    When I was a junior high school student in 1980, God gave me a gift. I t was happiness.

    One weekend, I went to visit my grandparents in the countryside. On my way home, a car ran over me and cut off my arms because of its high speed.

    Several days later when I woke up at the hospital, I realized I had to spend the rest of my life1 arms. How sad I felt at that time! Even I was full of fears, but slowly I knew I had to face the fact and got over it. I couldn't get my arms back even though I 2 every day.

    However, it's easier 3 than done. It took me nearly half a year to get out of the sadness 4. I got so much from my past story. From then on, I could treat my life with a usual mind. But in our daily life, I often see my classmates 5about little things They get a bad grade on a test; their bus comes 6 ; they don't have a mobile phone but 7have, and so on. But I only 8life. I was lucky to realize from an accident. It is a waste of our life to pay attention to what you have

    9 We should always think of what we have. So why are so many people unhappy? Someone may say, "My whole life would improve if I have a new car." But when you get the car and what 10 ? For a whole week you are walking on air. Then you go right back to being unhappy.

    Happiness depends on what we have! It's in our heart. Happiness comes from knowing the art of appreciating(感激)and taking pleasure in what you really have.

    There was once a boy. He liked watching TV so much that wherever (不论哪里) he went, he 1 arrived late. He couldn't wait to go back to the front of TV, so he never 2 his breakfast or homework.

    One day, the boy got a box, but he didn't know 3 sent it. In the box, there was a pair of glasses and a piece of paper, it said," With these you'll be 4 to see time."

    The boy didn't understand. He 5 the glasses, looked at his brother and saw many flowers on the top of his head. 6 it wasn't just his brother. When he looked at anyone through those glasses, the same thing happened. The only difference was that the older (越老) the person was, the fewer (越少) 7 were on their heads.

    The next morning, when he wore the glasses, he found the flowers on his head go 8 the TV.

    The TV had a big mouth and it ate all his flowers! He was  9 to see that.

    So the boy knew that it was not 10 to watch TV for a long time. He decided not to watch TV like before.

    In an interview with media, Stephen Hawking's three children 1 their father as follows: He was curious. He encouraged questions because they are the start of exploration (探索). He was aggressive (进取的). He 2 stopped searching for subjects that he liked. He was 3. From his mouth, difficult physics turned easy and interesting.

From the school reports in Hawking's childhood, we know that he was just a(n) 4 boy, or even worse. Once, his mother asked him, "Are you really weak in your studies?" He answered, "Em… the others are the same." He was not from a rich family. However, his parents, who graduated from Oxford, 5 books a great teacher to their children. For the reason, 6 was common in Hawking's family.

    In his early days in Oxford, Hawking wasn't so excellent. It is said that he liked to bet (打赌) with others on strange topics and ended up losing every time. When he was going to graduate soon, his body went wrong. 7 his mind and spirit were free. He 8 became more interested in scientific research than before.

    There are many great scientists in the world. However, few of 9 are like Hawking, who never got tired of playing roles in films and TV plays and travelling around the world to 10 lectures. Now, the great man has gone, but we will remember him forever.

    Mr and Mrs Harris had always spent their summer holidays in a small hotel at the seaside near their home town. One year, however, Mr Harris made a lot of1 in his business, 2 they decided to go to a foreign country and stay at a really good3 .

    They flew to Rome, and4 at a 5-star hotel late in the evening. They thought they would have to go to bed hungry, because in that5 hotel where they used to stay, no meals were served(供应) 6 seven in the evening. They were7  to hear that the hotel served dinner until ten.

    "Then what are the times8 meals?" asked Mrs Harris.

    "Well, madam, we serve breakfast from seven to eleven, lunch from twelve to three,9 from four to five, and dinner from six to ten."

    "But that hardly10 any time for us to see the city!" said Mrs Harris.