When young F.W. Woolworth was a store clerk, he tried to convince his boss to have a ten－cent sale to reduce inventory(存货). The boss agreed, and the idea was {#blank#}1{#/blank#} great success. This inspired Woolworth {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (open) his own store and price the items at a nickel and a dime (角). He needed capital for such a venture ，{#blank#}3{#/blank#} he asked his boss to supply the capital for part interest in the store. His boss turned him {#blank#}4{#/blank#} directly."The idea is too risky，" he told Woolworth." {#blank#}5{#/blank#} are not enough items to sell for five and ten cents."

Woolworth went ahead {#blank#}6{#/blank#} his boss' support. But he not only was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (success) in his first store, but {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (eventual) owned a chain of F.W. Woolworth stores across the nation. Later, his former boss {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (hear) to remark，"As far as I can figure out, every word I used to turn Woolworth down {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (cost) me about a million dollars."

    Mohandas Gandhi is called the national father of India.That's because he fought for India to get freedom in a{#blank#}1{#/blank#}(peace) way.

    He {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(educated) in law at University College London in 1891. After graduation, he became a {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(law). Two years later,he went to South Africa{#blank#}4{#/blank#}he worked for an Indian company and offered some guidance to the company for its legal problems.While in South Africa, he found himself treated{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(fair).

    During the twenty years in South Africa, Gandhi was sentenced{#blank#}6{#/blank#}prison for many times. In 1896, after he was attacked by white South Africans, Gandhi began to teach the Indians a way of non-cooperation with the South African government.

    In the following years Gandhi became a leader in many fights. He played{#blank#}7{#/blank#}active part in starting his movement of non-violence against Great Britain.In order to get economic independence, all of the Indians refused{#blank#}8{#/blank#}(buy) British goods.It was Gandhi{#blank#}9{#/blank#}helped the Indians to develop native Indian industries. He devoted himself to{#blank#}10{#/blank#}(fight ) for equal rights for Indians.

    It was a dreadfully cold and cloudy afternoon. I was on the bus with my children, aged four and two, {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(head) home when it started to rain. I realized this would mean a wet walk home {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the bus stop.

    {#blank#}3{#/blank#} my house was only two blocks away, it was not a pleasant walk with one small boy asleep in the pram (手推婴儿车), the other one in a raincoat and no umbrella for myself. A pick-up truck passed us on the road. I tried to thumb a ride but failed. My little boy woke up with a start and began to cry. I {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(convince) that things might become worse and nobody would bother to help on such a terrible day. A few minutes later, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}truck drove by, but to my surprise, I saw it pulling back and the driver looking directly at us. A young man put the window down. “Hey, here's an umbrella for you, please take {#blank#}6{#/blank#}.” He called out. I stood there{#blank#}7{#/blank#}(astonish), barely believing that the man {#blank#}8{#/blank#}existence was unknown to me only moments ago, could be so{#blank#}9{#/blank#}(consider). “Come on, give this to your mummy,” he said to my older son. I accepted the offer and expressed my gratitude to him.

    This man might have needed the umbrella for himself later during the day but preferred to give it to me. It was a lesson to me {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it's possible to give without expecting anything in return.