About five hundred years ago, an earthquake happened in a small village. 1 for them, nothing was destroyed（毁坏）and no one was hurt. But a huge stone 2 from a nearby mountain and stopped in the middle of the road.

     3 the earthquake stopped, many people came to the road and saw the stone. Some of the 4 men tried to lift the stone out of the road. But they couldn't move it. They tried to push it 5 failed. They tried to pull it with ropes but nothing 6.

    “Well," they said sadly, “there's nothing we can do about it. We'll have to change the way." At this time a boy about 12 years old said,  “I think I can help you to move the stone away." “You?" they shouted. “What are you talking about?" The men all 7 the boy.

    The next morning, some people came into the road. One of them shouted, “The stone is gone." More people ran out to see 8 had happened. It was true. The stone wasn't on the road any longer. It wasn't even near the road.

    The boy walked over to where the stone had been and said, “I buried it."

    The people looked very 9.“You see," he said, “I dug a deep hole next to the stone and I dug a small incline(斜坡)up to the stone and the stone rolled(滚)down into the hole 10. Then I covered it with earth."

    The villagers shouted, “Clever boy! Clever boy!" And some of them said, “Why didn't we think out this good idea?"

    I did very1 at school. My headmaster thought I was simple and when I was 14, he said, "You are never going to be 2 but a failure."

    3 five years of low jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle­class girl. It was the best 4 that could have happened to me. I decided I wanted 5 something positive with my life because I wanted to prove to 6 that what people said about me was 7, especially her mother, who had said to me, "You have 8 in everything you have ever done." So I 9 hard with my writing and went to college. My first novel came out while I was at college.

    After college I taught during the day in high schools and attended evening classes at London University. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of 10 that job to write full time at a university. I began to feel proud of myself.

    Now I am rich and famous. But what does it mean? I just wish all the people that have put me down had said, "I believe in you. You will succeed."

Last summer,Cathy's whole family went to New York City for their summer vacation. They stayed there for two weeks.

New York City has more than seven and a half million people.{#blank#}1{#/blank#} It is also the home of the United Nations.

First they visited the Statue of Liberty. The Statue of Liberty is one of New York's most well-known places.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} On the second day they went to the Empire State Building. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}From the top of the building, they saw most parts of New York. On the third day they visited the Metropolitan Museum.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} During the rest time of the week, Cathy went to Bronx Zoo with her younger brother and sister. There they were glad to see a lot of their favourite animals-tigers, lions, monkeys, and elephants.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#} On the island, they spent most of their time swimming sunbathing and playing on the beach. They all had a good time.

A little bear is called Herry. He doesn't like brushing1. Every day his mother2to him,

"Herry, it's time for you to brush your teeth and go to bed.""I know, Mom." says Herry unhappily. He goes to the3and turns on the tap(龙头). He keeps water running. His mother thinks he is brushing his teeth.

"Too many teeth! How can I brush all these teeth?" Herry feels sad. "Maybe I can do it tomorrow morning. It is too bad to brush teeth every day." He looks at his4teeth and thinks, "I don't want to brush my teeth today. I can brush them twice tomorrow. That will be OK."

But the next day, he doesn't brush his teeth. He always thinks he can do it tomorrow. One morning, when he gets up, he finds all of his teeth have gone5. He cries, "My teeth! My teeth! " His mother comes into his bedroom and says, "What's6?" "I don't have any teeth now, Mom! I7to brush my teeth every day. " He cries again and again. His mother takes him to see the8. The doctor says, "Oh, little bear! I am9to say you can't eat any food now. There aren't any teeth in your mouth."

The little bear cries and cries10. Suddenly he wakes up, "Oh, thank goodness! It is a dream. A terrible dream." He gets up at once and goes to brush his teeth. He tells himself to brush his teeth every day.

I remember the year when I was seven years old. I 1 a pretty hair clip from a girl in my dance class. My 2 found the shiny clip was not bought by them. So they sat me down on the floor of our study and explained 3 whatI had done was wrong. What a bad end I would come to if I became a thief—people would not trust me anymore.

More than thirty years on, the lesson has reminded me a lot. I' ve never taken anything that was not mine away. Once, I left a store wearing a pair of sunglasses I'd tried on and then I 4 gave it back. But that made me feel 5 for months.

Though my childhood memories are not 6 , such moments when my parents told me good values are always in my mind. They provided a standard of good7 : to put myself in others' shoes and to control my greed(贪欲).

The social environment in the coming age 8 each generation's value, but families have the deeper effect on children. The right values from our parents can finally lead us to 9 .

I believe in truth because my parents raise me to do so, even though sometimes my opinions are different from theirs. I believe in 10 because my parents set me good examples. They cure the sick and visit the lonely. I believe in working hard because my parents devote themselves to the society. Good values from my family have shaped me. And I will pass them on to my kids.