I was flying to New York at night. Suddenly, a storm broke and the plane began to be tossed(颠簸)around.

 When I looked1  the plane, I could see that nearly all the passengers were worried and afraid. The future seemed terrible and many were   2   if they would make it through the storm.

 Then , I  3 saw a little girl. It seemed that the storm meant  4 to her. She sat on her seat reading a book. Sometimes she closed her eyes, then she would read again, with no  5 or fear in her eyes. When the other passengers were scared(惊恐的) half to death, that child was completely calm and  6  . I couldn't believe my eyes.

 When the plane finally reached New York, I was not surprised to  7  that all the passengers were hurrying to come out. I stopped and spoke to the girl whom I had  8  for such a long time. I asked 9 she had not been afraid.

 The child replied, “My daddy is the  10   , and he is taking me home.”

    Kevin and his friend Mike loved to play soccer and they often met at the old bench after school. They couldn't 1 a real soccer ball, but Mike had made a ball out of old socks and plastic tape. It was not beautiful, but it worked well. Mike was not a good player, yet the two friends kicked and ran until the sun turned the sky pale 2.

    One afternoon, the home-made ball was spinning across the grass when it was 3stopped by someone. It was Steven, a strong soccer player.

    "Look at you two with your 4 ball and old trainers," Steven laughed and said.

    The next day was Kevin's birthday, and his uncle bought him a pair of new trainers and a new soccer ball.

    That afternoon, Steven 5 Kevin to play soccer. Kevin did not want Mike to go with them. Mike's trainers were old and he had little 6 for soccer. When the game was over, Kevin walked past the old bench where Mike was sitting. He walked on and did not look 7.

    One afternoon as Kevin walked past the old bench, he saw something 8 under it. He looked closer and found that it was the home-made ball. Kevin felt sad. As his sadness turned to 9 , he kicked his new soccer ball into the air. Up it flew, higher and higher, until it was a small dot(点)in the sky. Kevin walked to the bench and picked up the home-made ball.

    Holding it in his hands, he sat down on the old bench and 10.

    You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know about its writer? It was written by an 1 girl. And now she 2 very rich woman already.

    When she was a child, she was poor. Once her friend Joan 3 her to a birthday party. She was very 4 but sad because she had not enough money 5 presents for her.

    "The party is coming soon. Now I have 6 money." tears ran down her face.

    Late that night, she was in bed, thinking about the presents when the door opened and came in her grandma. "What happened?" her grandma asked. Hearing the girl's story, she said, "Don't 7. I think I can help you. How about 8 song together? Happy birthday to …" 9 beautiful song! They sang and sang. Suddenly, she woke up. 10 it was a dream, she decided to write it down at once and sang it to 11 friend at the party.

    When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friends 12attended the party were very happy. "How 13 she sings! We have never heard such a song before. Thank you 14 giving me the special present," said Joan. And they learnt to sing 15 song together. Later, the girl became well known in America.

    When Mary Smith was a1, she wanted to be a teacher, 2 she liked children. When she was twenty, she began teaching in a small school. She was a good teacher, and she3 a lot with the children in her class. They4 her teaching.

One day5of the girls in her class said to her, "Miss Smith, 6does a man's hair become grey before his beard（胡子）does？"

Mary laughed and answered, "I don't know. Helen, do you know？"

    "I don't know7, Miss Smith, "said Helen, "but it happened to my father." The8children in the class laughed when they heard this.

    Then a boy said, "I9, Miss Smith! A man's hair becomes grey10because it's sixteen years older than his beard."

Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know where she's been during her great worldwide vacation in a(n) 1way.

    The traveler, who was 2 with a bone disease, had her right leg 3 at the age of four. 4 the amputation (截肢) caused hardships for Gallagher early on, she, at the age of 22 now, 5 it as an inspiration for making the 6 of her life.

To spread that 7, Gallagher has 8 to social media, 9 she shares photos of her travels across the world, but instead of 10 using a geotag (地理标签), she draws her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.

    Now she has been taking pictures 11 Europe. "I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden 12 that my new leg could be used as a blackboard," Gallagher said. "My mum and grandmother weren't too 13 the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did."

Gallagher said people often stare when she's 14 on her leg, but once she shares the photos, she 15 only praise and encouragement. "My leg hasn't 16 me from doing anything I've wanted to do," she said. "I don't know 17 it is my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, but anyhow, I've been able to 18 up with my peers and lead a pretty great life."

Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the 19 of your dream. And if you meet with an obstacle (障碍), get 20 with it— if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.

    A young man was interested in jade (玉) stones. So he went to Mr Smith, a gemologist (玉石家), to learn from him. Mr Smith refused because he feared that the young man would not have the1to learn. The young man asked for a chance again and again. 2Mr Smith agreed and told him, "Be there tomorrow."

    The next morning the young man came. Mr Smith put a jade stone in the young man's hand and told him to 3 it. He then went about his work. The young man sat quietly and waited.

    The following morning, Mr Smith again 4 a jade stone in the young man's hand and told him to hold it. On the third, fourth and 5 day, Mr Smith did the same thing and repeated his 6. On the sixty day, the young man held the jade stone, 7 he could no longer stand the silence. "When am I going to learn something?" asked the young man.

    "You will learn," said Mr Smith and went about his work.

    Several more days went by and the young man felt very 8. One morning he was asked to do it once more. As soon as he held it, the young man shouted 9 looking at his hand, "This is not the same jade stone!"

    "You have begun to 10," said Mr Smith.