"I agree," said the writer, " you've done a great favour(恩惠) for me and if I'm not ungrateful for your kindness, I'll damage(损坏) my life to you."
    With these words he handed the doctor two copies of The Life of Richard Savage.
    The doctor took the books home and began to8 them carefully.
    "I see I've  9 the life of a great writer," the doctor said to himself with a sense of pride,  Maybe this is the only thing I could be really   10of in my life."
    Five years later Savage called on the doctor to pay his bill, only to find that the doctor had already passed away .

The doctor told me that a gentleman waiting for the 4 saw me fall down．He got to my side 5 ，and told others to call 911．He stayed with me 6 the ambulance(救护车)arrived．Then he went with me to the hospital，which made him 7 his train．The doctor told me the gentleman didn't want to leave his name.

I don't know who this gentleman is． 8 if he reads this article and remembers a young lady fainting(晕倒)at the train station，I'd like 9 to know that I want to say” Thank you” to him．Whenever I meet with such a thing，I will do the same as he 10 to me．And I'll pass on the kindness to others．

    Henry Bond was about seven years old when his father died．His mother found it 1to support the large family．However，she tried her best to do so．Also，she 2Henry，the eldest son，to school．

    At one time，Henry needed a grammar book for his study．His family was so 3that his mother could not afford one．

    One morning，Henry found that a deep snow had fallen，and the 4wind was blowing．"Ah，"he said，"it is an ill wind that blows nobody good．"With these words，he ran to the house of a neighbor，and offered his 5to move away the snow around it．The offer was accepted．When he finished the work，he received his 6 ． Then he went to another place for the

7purpose，and then to anther，8he had earned （挣得） enough to buy a grammar book．

    From that time，Henry was 9the first in all his classes．He knew no such word as"10"，and he succeeded in all he tried to do．Having the will，he always found the way．

    Mr. Young has a big shop in the center of the city. He tells all his employees（雇员） to be1 to the buyers and he gets a lot of2. One day an old woman went to the shop to3a silk blouse. When she came out of the shop with the blouse, she 4her wallet in it. A girl picked it up and5there were nearly five hundred dollars in it. She looked around and 6 saw it. She put it into her pocket 7. Soon the old woman came back to look for it, of course she failed. That evening Mr. Young  8about it. He was very 9 and sent the girl away. Then he decided to employ an honest man to take her10. Several young men came, but 11 of them could satisfy him.

    This morning a young man came to his 12. He asked, "Do you smoke, sir?" "No, sir," answered the young man.

    "Do you 13?" "No, sir."

    Mr. Young asked him the other questions, and the young man's 14 satisfied him. Before he employed him, he asked him 15 question, "You have no shortcoming(缺点), do you?" "No, I don't, sir. " said the young man. "I only like telling lies.”

    Playing a musical instrument is a great hobby. I started playing the piano when I was five years old and I still 1 it now: it is a perfect way to relax and can cheer me up when I'm feeling 2. When 1 lived at home with my parents, we had a brown piano in the 3 and I had piano lessons every week. However, when I went to university, I had to 4 my family and my piano behind.

    I enjoyed playing the piano so much that I 5 all the money I got for my birthday on a new electric piano. It was quite 6 to get it from the music shop: I had to ask a friend to help 7 get the piano into a taxi and then move it to the door. I was able to play 8 I wanted, using earphones so that I wouldn't disturb (打扰) my roommates. When I got tired of studying or writing an essay, I would take a 9  by playing something energetic. It really helped me feel relaxed and happy! 10 I was feeling a bit homesick (想家的) , playing music that I learned on my old piano made me feel 11.

    Now I am studying abroad and I don't have a 12 with me. When I'm listening to a tune that I can 13 , I feel nostalgic (怀旧的) about the piano keyboard. I wish that pianos were as portable (轻便的) as guitars 14 I really want to spend time on my hobby. Luckily, there are other activities that I 15 do to relax, like drawing or writing stories.