When we plant a rose seed in the earth,we notice it is small,but we do not criticize it as "rootlees and stemless".We treat it as a seed, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} （give）it the water and nourishment required {#blank#}2{#/blank#} a seed.

    When it first {#blank#}3{#/blank#} （shoot up）out of the earth, we don't condemn（指责）it as {#blank#}4{#/blank#} （mature） and underdeveloped, {#blank#}5{#/blank#} do we criticize the buds for not being open when they appear. We stand in wonder at the process {#blank#}6{#/blank#} （take） place, and give the plant the care it needs at each stage of its development.

    The rose is a rose from the time it is a seed to the time it dies.Within it,at all times,it contains its whole potential. It seems to be {#blank#}7{#/blank#} （constant） in the process of change: Yet at each state， at each moment, it is perfectly all right as {#blank#}8{#/blank#} it is.

A flower is not {#blank#}9{#/blank#} （good）when it blooms than when it is merely a bud; at each stage it is {#blank#}10{#/blank#} same thing—a flower in the process of expressing its potential.

    Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged{#blank#}2{#/blank#}their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (serious) hurt and a number of other people were slightly injured. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.

    A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early in the morning and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (last) for over an hour.

    “I was eating with my wife and children,” he said, “{#blank#}5{#/blank#} we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down{#blank#}6{#/blank#} top of us. We tried our best to climb out but then I saw that one of my children was{#blank#}7{#/blank#} (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe{#blank#}8{#/blank#} very frightened.”

    Mrs. Woo Mei Fong {#blank#}9{#/blank#} husband had just left for work said that she felt her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.

    Soldiers helped to take people out of{#blank#}10{#/blank#} flooded area and the welfare department brought them food, clothes and shelter.

His parents won't {#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#} him {#blank#}3{#/blank#} to study in the USA alone.

    Daisy had always longed to help endangered species of wildlife. One day she made a dream that she {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take) to a distant land in Tibet by a flying carpet .There, the antelope told her they were killed for the wool beneath their {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(stomach). Then the carpet flew her to Zimbabwe {#blank#}3{#/blank#} she met an elephant. The elephant said they used to be {#blank#}4{#/blank#} endangered species because local farmers hunted them without mercy. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fortunate), their number was now increasing {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the help of the government. So when learning that more attention was paid to {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(protect) wildlife, Daisy felt happy. Her final stop was a thick rainforest. A monkey was seen rubbing a millipede insect over {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(it) body. Out of {#blank#}9{#/blank#}(curious), Daisy asked the monkey what the millipede contained. Knowing it contained a powerful drug, Daisy could hardly wait {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(share) the good news with WWF.

    In 1914, Thomas Edison, at the age of 67, lost his factory, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}was worth a few million dollars, to a fire. It had very little insurance. No longer a young man, Edison watched his lifetime effort {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(go) up in smoke and said, “There is great value in disasters. All our mistakes are burnt up. Thank God we can start anew.” In spite of disasters, three weeks later, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} invented the phonograph(留声机). What {#blank#}4{#/blank#} attitude!

    Below are more examples of successful people {#blank#}5{#/blank#} had failed before succeeding.

    Thomas Edison failed {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(approximate) 10,000 times while he worked on the light bulb. Henry Ford fired Lee Iacocca {#blank#}7{#/blank#} the age of 54. Young Beethoven {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(tell) that he had no talent for music, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} he gave some of the best music to the world.

    Setbacks(挫折) are inevitable in life. A setback can act as a driving force and also teach us humility. In grief you will find the courage and faith {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(overcome) the setback.

    When digging outside the city walls, researchers {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (discover) thirty to forty bodies lying one on top of another. They had been murdered.

    The men dug with great care, trying not to disturb the {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(evident) of what had happened. Everyone was curious {#blank#}3{#/blank#}why all these people had been killed at the same time. Was it just {#blank#}4{#/blank#} coincidence?

    Deep in the ground below the bodies, they found a tomb {#blank#}5{#/blank#} was made of stone. It contained many valuable things, {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (include) much gold and many jewels. Inside it lay the body of a man that was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (good) preserved. It was clear that the man had been a king, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} explained why the other bodies were there. The workers who had built the tomb were killed shortly after the king {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (die). That was because they wanted to keep the tomb a secret, and to make {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (they) companions for him in death.