Yesterday evening, when I went to town with my 1, we met a strange old man. It was raining 2and we had no umbrella. We were trying to get into a taxi when he came up to us. He was carrying a nice 3 and he said he would give it to 4 for only one pound.  He said he had 5 his wallet and he needed taxi fare(费用) to go back home. My mother didn't believe 6 he said at first, and asked him a lot questions. but she finally believed the man and gave him a pound. She was 7 to buy a good umbrella for so little. but the old man didn't get into a taxi. We followed him and found he went into a pub(酒吧) and bought 8a glass of whiskey(威士忌) with a pound. 9he drank it, he put on his hat and took one of the many wet umbrellas there and went off with the new one. Soon after that, he 10 it again.

    Wang Yani was born in l 975. Even as a baby she loved to draw. Her father was an 1 Yani wanted to be like him. So she tried to stand like her father as she painted, which made him laugh.

    One day, Yani painted lines on her father's painting. He got 2. At the time she was only two and a half years old. She cried and said, “I want to 3 like you!” Her father looked at her without saying anything. He 4 remembered his childhood(童年). He also wanted to draw and paint, but his parents didn't understand. They just got angry. He didn't want to see the same thing happen to his daughter. So he decided to 5 her.

    With her father's help, Yani soon made 6. Her lines became flowers, trees and animals. Her father took her to parks and zoos to get 7 for her paintings. By the end of six, Yani had made over 4, 000 works. Her paintings were very special. People 8 her Works. When she was eight, one of her paintings was made into a Chinese postage stamp.

    Yani became 9 when she was young. Her works were 10 in different countries in Asia, Europe and North America, but her parents never sold her paintings. She is well-known in the world, and art is still a great joy in her life.

    If anyone can be called a scientific giant after Albert Einstein, that person must be Stephen Hawking. On March 14, 2018, the world-famous British scientist died at 76 in Cambridge, UK.

    Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 in England. When he was a boy, he 1 to study how things worked. His father wanted him to 2 a doctor, but he didn't want to. He had great 3 in science.

    Hawking got a very serious 4 called ALS at the age of 21. He couldn't walk or speak. Only three of his fingers could move. He could only communicate with others by computer. At first, Hawking was very sad. Later he 5 to see his life in a different way. He worked 6 and went on with his studies. Then he made some great 7 in science. He wrote many great books. The most 8 one is A Brief History of Time. In the book, he explains the 9 and end of the universe. He also wrote books for 10, like George and the Bing Bang(《乔治的宇宙大爆炸》). They help kids learn about space. And he gave speeches at universities. His unusual life encourages many young people.

    Hawking has left us. But just as his children said after his death, Hawking's works and spirits will live on for many years.

    A farmer had a donkey. One day it fell into a deep dry well. The poor animal cried for hours. The farmer tried hard to pull it out but1. Finally, he decided the animal was too old, so it just wasn't worth it to try to 2it. So he invited his neighbors to help him bury (埋葬) the old donkey in the well so that it would make him end its pain.

    They each took a shovel (铲子) and began to cover the3with dirt. Realizing what was happening, the donkey felt upset and cried sadly and loudly. But as more dirt fell into the well, slowly it became 4. The farmer looked down into the well, and was 5 by what he saw. When the dirt hit its6, the donkey shook it off and took a step up on the new layer of dirt. As the farmer's neighbors continued to put dirt on top of the animal, it would shake it off and7a step up. Soon, the donkey stepped up over the edge of the well and 8quickly. Everyone was amazed and shocked. It seemed that it would bury it at first, but it actually helped it9later.

    Life is going to shovel dirt on you, all kinds of dirt. The trick to get out of the well is to stop 10, and not to let the dirt cover you, but to shake it off and take a step up. Each one of our troubles in life is a stepping stone. We can deal with difficulties just by not stopping, never giving up!

    I'm a middle school student. In the past, I had some bad1. I hardly had breakfast2I usually got up late. I didn't like exercising. I3exercised one to two times a month. In the evening, I always watched TV4more than two hours. Then I5the Internet. I liked to play computer games. So I often stayed up late. My parents thought(认为) staying up late was bad for my health, so they were not6with that.

    One day, I fainted(昏倒)in a P.E. class. When I7, I was in the hospital. The doctor said that my classmates sent(送)8there. He said that I was in poor (差的)9Then he told me to eat breakfast every day and do more exercise.

    From then on, I10to give up (戒掉) my bad habits. Now I usually get up early and have a good breakfast. After school, I always play sports with my friends. It's fun and good for my health.