Two brothers decided to dig a deep hole behind their house. As they were working, a couple of older boys 1 to watch.

    “What are you doing?” asked one of the 2.

    “We plan to dig a hole all the way through Earth!” one of the brothers answered 3.

    The older boys began to laugh, telling the younger ones that digging a hole all through Earth was 4.

    After a long silence, one of the diggers 5 a jar full of spiders, worms and a wide types of insects. He removed the lid (盖子) and 6 the wonderful things to the visitors.

    Then he said quietly and 7 , “Even if we don't dig all the way through Earth, look at what we've found along the way!”

    Their goal was far too ambitious (有雄心的), but it did cause them 8. And that is what a goal is 9 — to cause us to move in the direction we have chosen.

    But not every goal will be fully 10 . Not every job will end 11. Not every hope will come to pass. Not every love will last. Not every 12 will be realized.

    But 13 you fall short of aim(达不到目标), perhaps you can say, “Yes, but look at what I've found along the way! Look at the 14 things which have come into my life because I tried to do something!”

    It is in the digging that 15 is lived. And I believe it is joy in the journey, and in the end that truly matters.

    A Little Horse Crossing the River

    There is an old horse and a little horse on a farm. One day the old horse asks the little horse to send the wheat to the mill(磨坊）。The little horse is very happy. He carries the wheat and runs toward the mill. But there is a river in front of the little horse. He stops and doesn't know {#blank#}1{#/blank#} to do next. Just then Aunt Cow is passing by.

    The little horse {#blank#}2{#/blank#},”Aunt Cow, please tell me. Can I cross the river?”

Aunt Cow answers.” It's not deep, you can cross it.”

    When the little horse begins to cross the river, a little squirrel(松鼠）shouts to him,” Little horse, don't cross it, you will be drowned. Yesterday {#blank#}3{#/blank#} of my friends was drowned in this river.”

    The little horse is very {#blank#}4{#/blank#} .Finally he {#blank#}5{#/blank#} to go home and asks his mother.

    The old horse asks,”{#blank#}6{#/blank#} do you take the wheat back? What's wrong with you, my child?”

    The little horse answers sadly,” There is a river in front of me. Aunt Cow said it was not deep, but the little squirrel said it was deep. What shall I do?”

    The old horse says,” My child, you should try to cross the river by   7    . If you don't try, how do you know the river is deep or not.

    The little horse carries the wheat and    8      to the riverside. At last,he succeeds in   9    the river. Now, he knows    10    deep the river is.

    One day, a poor young man went to Paris to visit one of his father's friends and 1 that his father's friend could help him find a simple job for living.

    "Are you good at math," his father's friend asked him.

    The young man shook his head.

    "How are your history and geography?"

    The young man shook his head again.

    "How about your law?"

    The young man 2 his head embarrassedly.

    His father's friend asked again and again,3 the young man could only shake his head and told him he himself couldn't find out any4.

    "Then write down your address first."

    The young man wrote down his address and turned to leave, but he was stopped by his father's friend. "Your name is written very 5 which is your advantage. You shouldn't satisfy yourself with finding a job only for 6"

    Years later, the young man wrote the classical works that won the world fame. He was Alexandre Dumas, a famous French writer of 18th century. One of his greatest works 7 The Three Musketeers was popular 8 a great number of readers.

    There are many ordinary persons in the world who all have many 9advantages, but they are neglected (忽视) because of their self-abasement (自卑). In fact, there is a gold mine (矿) in every ordinary life. If you're willing to dig, you will dig out treasures to 10 yourself.

    One day, while Mark was walking in Central Park, he saw a UFO. He became afraid of it, and ran to the back of a big tree. The UFO landed in Central Park with a loud noise and bright lights around it. A(n) 1 walked out of the UFO. Mark looked out from behind the tree. Just then, the alien saw him too. They 2 looking at each other. Mark was nervous enough to ask, "Where do you come from?"

    "I'm from another 3 I'm Mel," said the alien. "Let's be friends."

    Mark thought he should make the alien know humans 4and learn how to communicate with humans. So he said, "Follow me."

    Mark began to hang out around with the alien. He 5 that humans had changed Nature to make life easier on Planet Earth. He also said to the alien, "6 gives us more free time to do what we want." Finally, he invited the alien to visit the 7 where he worked. They had a great day.

    As the alien got ready to leave; Mark decided to remember their 8 on Planet Earth on computer in his library. And the alien told Mark, "I'll also 9 the day. When I get back to my planet, I will tell our people 10 humans are very friendly. I believe we will communicate more and get on better with each other in the future."

    Everyone has one or more friends. But not everyone has friends from other 1. I do! I have an e-friend from the US. 2 name is Susan. And she is twelve years old. She is the same age as me. She has a 3 family with six people in it: two elder brothers, one elder sister, her parents and her. But I'm the only 4 in my family. How lucky she is!

    Her favourite subject is Maths. 5 she doesn't like History. She thinks it's boring. After class, she often plays basketball 6 her friends. Many American students like playing basketball. But I like playing table tennis.

    She usually rides a bike to school because her house is not 7 school. She says it's good for her health. But I always go to school 8 bus. She likes to listen to music, but she never 9 in class. Her favourite song is My heart will go on. Do you think it's wonderful?

    Her dream is to visit China one day. She wants to learn about our country and learn how to 10 Chinese. I'm sure her dream will come true.

    Mr. Zhou is a Chinese teacher of Grade 1 in a school. One day while he1 into the classroom, he heard a low2, “Here is the teacher. I don't like him because he is a3 fellow (家伙). I'm sure the boring fellow is going to4 putting in commas (逗号) today." It was Bill's voice. He was talking with a boy next to him.

    The teacher didn't get angry. He said 5 about it, but began to talk about putting in commas, and then he6 down the sentence on the blackboard," Bill says his7 is a boring fellow."

    The class laughed and Bill's face8 red.

    “Now," said the teacher. "I'll show you9 important commas are."

    He put10 commas into the sentence and then read, "Bill, says his teacher, is a boring fellow."