Billy Dengler, a 14-year-old boy, is in the eighth grade. When he was born a month later, Billy's mother, Terri, noticed that his eyes weren't quite as big as a normal baby's. She took Billy to the hospital, and the doctor said Billy would never be able to see.

    Although Billy can't see, he has never let that hold him back or make him different. Billy began teaching himself computer programming by using a screen reader when he was just seven years old. He is a certified Google developer (谷歌认证开发者) now. Google even tried to offer him a job last year when he discovered a problem in one of its systems, but Billy wasn't old enough.

    Billy's dream school would be Stanford University or MIT, where he could get a very good education in computer science. After he leaves school, whether he will go to work at a company like Google or design a software company of his own is still to be decided. However, he says he will definitely (绝对地) do something great.

    "It's a sighted world," Billy said. "You can't let anything get in the way of your dreams, and if you do that, you can't move forward and make your dreams come true."

    In ancient China, a woman told the best stories. She married an emperor(皇帝).Sadly, one day, this woman became ill and died. Everyone thought the emperor would soon find another favourite among his wives, but the emperor was very sad. He spent more and more time in his garden, and less and less time caring for the needs of his people. Everyone in the kingdom was worried.

    One day, a priest(牧师)passed when some children were playing with their dolls. The dolls made dancing shadows on the wall. This gave the priest an idea. He knew the stories the emperor's wife used to tell. What if he could bring those stories to life？

    The priest made a puppet(木偶)out of bits of clay(黏土).He painted the puppet to look somewhat like the emperor's wife. When the puppet was finished, the priest silently walked into the emperor's garden, carrying his puppet, a candle and a curtain. He placed the curtain near the emperor's chair. He placed his candle, his puppet and himself behind the curtain. He waited for the emperor to appear.

    The emperor did not even notice the curtain at first. The dancing shadow drew his eyes. As the priest moved the puppet behind the curtain, he told wonderful stories as the emperor's wife. It seemed as if his wife had been spending time with him. The emperor was no longer sad. At the end of each busy day, the emperor went into his garden to visit his shadow wife and hear her stories once again. That is how shadow puppets first began.

Helen Has Changed

Little Helen lived with her parents and lived a happy life. However, little. Helen got {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(使分开) from her parents this term. Her parents {#blank#}2{#/blank#}(离开) for a big city to make money. Little Helen had to live with her grandparents. She went to a new school in her home town. At first, she felt {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(孤独的;寂寞的). She thought others didn't like her, so when others wanted to make friends with her, she always {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(拒绝). And she never 

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(解释;说明) the reasons to her classmates. She always kept quiet in the classroom and never {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(提及;谈到)her parents at school.

Miss White, her teacher, noticed that. She {#blank#}7{#/blank#}(介绍) Helen to the classmates. Miss White also encouraged her to {#blank#}8{#/blank#}(参加;加入) in all kinds of after-school activities with them. Miss White gave Helen {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (建议) on how to make friends with others. Day by day, Helen's new classmates make friends with her.

Helen has her {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(最好的) friend Tina and they often help each other. She has completely changed. Now, Helen is a happy girl with a bright smile.

Once a young man was travelling by train. It was a long and boring journey. As the train was moving quickly through a wilderness(荒野), many of the1 looked out of the windows quietly. When the train reached a bend(弯道), it slowed down and then a simple 2 appeared. It was so easy to notice that everybody on the train would enjoy the house carefully. Some passengers were even3 by it. The young man was one of them. 

On his return, the young man got off the train at the nearest 4 and found his way to the house. Its owner said that he was troubled by the 5 of the train, which made it hard for him to fall asleep He wanted to 6 the house, but nobody would buy it.

Finally, the young man spent 30, 000 dollars on the house. He thought it was an 7 place for advertisement because it was facing the railway bend. When the train moved slowly past, the house would draw the attention of the8 passengers easily. 

He came up with an idea and 9 some big companies. At last, the Coca-Cola Company took it for advertisement and the young man was afforded 180, 000 dollars for a three-year rent. 

This is a true story. It tells us that it is very important to think 10 . Many people have got creative ideas in this way. 

Uncle Wang {#blank#}1{#/blank#} {#blank#}2{#/blank#} {#blank#}3{#/blank#} many places, like Italy and Britain. He sent a message to me just now. Here is the part of it:"I {#blank#}4{#/blank#} {#blank#}5{#/blank#} {#blank#}6{#/blank#}Canada for eight days. I will choose gifts for you. " Now, I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} {#blank#}8{#/blank#} {#blank#}9{#/blank#}my room to think about what I want.