In the past Simon{#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#} {#blank#}3{#/blank#}talk about his problems．

    Once there was a very rich man. He had a lot of money, but he wasn't happy at all. He didn't know the purpose (目标) of his life. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(连词) the rich man asked a clever old man for help.

    The old man {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (take) him to a window and asked him, " What can you see {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (介词) the glass (玻璃)?"

    The man said, "I can see people coming and going along the street And there is a poor man {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (ask) for food."

    Then the old man took him to a large mirror (镜子) and said, "Now look in {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(冠词) mirror and tell me what you see."

After {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (look) at the mirror for some time, the man said, "I can only see myself."

    The old man looked at the rich man {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (smile) and said, "Did you find that both the glass of the window and the mirror are made of the same thing? The only difference (差别) {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) that there is a silver coating (银色涂层) on the mirror. So all you can See is {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (you) in the mirror. It is the same with people. You will be able to see the others when you take away that silver coating. It covers (遮住) your {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (eye). When you can see the others and feel compassion (同情) and 10ve for them, you'll find the purpose of your life and feel happy."

    Mary always wanted to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} a singer. Music was the most important thing in her life. She kept {#blank#}2{#/blank#} again and again in her daily life. But to tell the {#blank#}3{#/blank#}, she had a bad vice. She took lessons for many years. But her voice didn't become {#blank#}4{#/blank#}, it just got louder.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} her teacher wanted to give up and stopped, the lesson，but Mary refused(拒绝) to stop. One day she decided to give a concert and invited her teacher to come. The teacher was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. What to say after the concert because she knew it {#blank#}7{#/blank#} be bad.

    At last she got an idea and after the concert, she went to see her pupil.

    "Well," said Mary. "What do you think of my concert?"

    What was the {#blank#}8{#/blank#} answer, do you know?