Mr. Smith is a good teacher. He teaches English very well. He is1to his students， so they like him a lot. There are fifty students in 2 class. Mr. Smith always 3 English in class. He and his students are 4 friends， too.

    Now some of the students 5 on the playground. Bill and Mike 6. Tom and John are jumping. Mary and Lucy are 7 a kite. Are Lily and Maria flying a kite， 8? No， they are playing 9. What's Mr. Smith doing? Look! He is also playing 10them. How happy they are!

    We may have many difficulties in life, and sometimes it's even unfair for someone, but it depends on how you face them. Sally is a student from a university, she made a1last August. She decided to take her grandmother2their hometown and live with her in a rented room(出租房) near her school.

    Sally's family have met a lot in the past few years. Her grandmother3her legs and she could walk only with a stick, Her father died because of illness, Sally's mother plagued (受折磨) by these events, she lost the4to take care of others, "This was the only choice. No one else could5my grandma, Sally explained. Her grandmother has also had a6life. The old woman's three sons have all died, and Sally couldn't leave her alone where7could look after her. A room with two beds, a desk and a table is their new home. The room8her several hundred yuan every month. In order to make money, Sally works in a supermarket after class and spends the money9the family. "I was brought up by my grandma, and now it's my10to take care of her," said Sally. When she was young, her grandmother "magically" prepared every meal11for her every day, even though she could not12a clock.

    In the eyes of Sally's teacher, the girl is a(an)13student. "Though taking care of her grandmother takes her lots of14, Sally has tried to stay on top of all her courses. She is even preparing for an English singing contest," Her teacher said. Sally even15help from others. "It's kind of like only getting without giving, she explained. At present, the girl is able to support the home with her weak shoulder.

    Tommy was a poor man, so he tried to grow as many 1 as he could in his own garden, 2 he would not have to buy so many in the market.

    One evening he heard a noise in his garden and 3 the window. A white ox had got into the garden and 4 his vegetables. Tommy at once took his stick, 5 and chased the ox, but he was too old to catch it. When he got back to his garden, he found that the ox had ruined(毁坏）most of his precious vegetables.

    6 while he was walking in the street near his house, he saw a cart(马本)7two white oxen which looked very much like the one that 8 his vegetables. He was carrying his stick with him, 9 he at once began to beat the two oxen with it. As neither of them looked more like the ox that had eaten his vegetables than 10 , he beat both of them equally hard.

    The owner of the ox and cart was drinking coffee in a 11 coffee-house. When he saw what Tommy was doing 12 his animals, he ran out and shouted," What are you doing? What have those poor animals done to you 13 you beat them like that? "

    "You keep out this!" Tommy shouted back, "This is a matter 14 me and one of these two oxen. He knows very well 15 I am beating him!"

    This morning I got an email from Roy. It seems that my boy really enjoys his new life at the University of Harvard.

    The1made me think of the first day when we moved into this house.

    Little Roy ran around the new house with great excitement and tried to move his own things into the house such as his toys, books and clothes.2, his little hand knocked over(打翻)a bottle of paint on the shelf. The paint made the tidy floor and white wall a terrible mess. "Oh, my God！"My wife rushed in angrily. I looked at my son, and his small face was filled with3.

    I4and held his hand, "Take it easy, Roy. Now let's do something to make it look5."I took out a6 ."You see, Dad is a magician(魔术师).I can change it into a big tree."

    His mother soon helped paint some butterflies and flowers on the wall.

    We spent the whole afternoon7and laughing. The wall became a beautiful forest with plants, birds and small animals. Blue sky and white clouds were also painted by Roy. On that day, everybody in the house knew something8happened.

    The night before Roy left for the University of Harvard, he asked me if I still remembered the day when he knocked over the paint." Since then I've9worried about making mistakes, "he continued, "I believe I can always10ways to solve all the problems."