One cold morning, an old woman had to 1 her doctor. When he came, she 2 him that her right leg hurt, and that sometimes she could  3 walk. She asked him what was  4  , as she had  5got such feeling.

    The doctor looked her over carefully, and then he said, "You are in a good 6  for a woman of your age. I think the trouble in your right leg is just a matter of old age catching up with you. We get all kinds of illness  7  we get older. The trouble will almost certainly 8  in spring." "I don't think so, doctor," she said. "My left leg is  9 , and it is 10  age as my right leg."

    As darkness fell, hundreds of people in the Swiss village left their houses. They were staring（凝视）1at the mountain top in the distance. It was covered with 2 beautiful and dangerous.

    The huge mountain is called Matterhorn. Mountain climbers had 3the top, using the southern route. But no one had ever dared（敢）to try a winter climbing up the 4 side. But now one man was daring to try the 5route. He was Walter Bonatti, a great mountain climber from Italy.

    For two days he had climbed. The village people had watched him anxiously(焦急地). Now they were waiting to see his signal（信号）. If he planned to 6 the next day, he would light a green signal. A red light would mean that he was turning back.

    A tiny green light7 high on the mountain side. Bonatti was not giving up! The people8.

    The next day he continued his way upward. He was so lonely and so 9! But he would not give up. Again that night he lit the10 light.

    In the morning, Bonatti 11. He couldn't see the top, but he knew he was 12 there. Though the climb was painful, he moved up.

    Bonatti had spent months13 for the climb. Was the training enough? Did he have the strength and skill to climb to the top?

     He was finally at the top! News about his 14 was radioed to the world.

    The trip down the southern route was easy. He was warmly welcomed in the village. He had done the"15", and would be well remembered as a climber of all time.

    American President Roosevelt's house was once broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and 1 him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt 2 back at once, saying, “Dear friend, thank you for your letter to comfort me. I'm all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three 3: firstly, the thief (小偷) only stole things from me 4 did not hurt me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things 5 all my things; thirdly, most 6 for me, it was the man 7 me who became a thief.”

    It was quite unlucky for anyone to be stolen from. However, President Roosevelt was so 8.

    It is 9 for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time as long as he lives on the earth. We should learn how to 10 failure or misfortune bravely and to try to deal with it. Being thankful can bring us a better life.

Jack Brown, an office worker, lives in Washington. He inherited(继承)a million dollars when he was 23, but he wasn't happy at all. When his college friends were looking for their jobs, he didn't have to. Jack decided to keep living a simple(朴素的)life like everyone else. He gave $10,000 of his money to a charity to help poor children live a happy life. Today he is 36．He still wears cheap shoes and clothes and drives a small car only, but he is very happy.

Up to now Jack has helped some children from poor countries all over the world, by sending them each $200 a month. The money is used for the children's study, food, medicine and clothing.

Jack receives a report each year on the children's progress. They can write to each other, but usually the children do not speak English.

When Jack first heard about these children, he wanted to help them."It was nothing special,"he said."Until I went to these countries and met the children I was helping, I didn't know anything about their life."Once Jack went to meet a little girl in Africa, he said that the meeting(相识)was very exciting."When I met her, I felt very, very happy,"he said."And I saw that the money was used for a good cause. It brought me happiness. I want to do everything I can to go on helping these children."

Bruce has a great family. There are five people in his family. He 1 with his parents and grandparents in a big house in Guangzhou.

On weekdays, his parents go to work. They need to get up 2 in the morning, at about 6：15 a. m. 

They get to their 3 at about 8 o'clock. On weekends, his parents don't need to work. They get up at about 9 o'clock. His father brushes teeth first and his mother cooks 4 . She makes tea, milk, eggs and bread.

Bruce's father likes 5 newspapers at home. He thinks he can learn a lot from them. Bruce's mother enjoys going shopping with Bruce's grandparents. She has a 6 . 

She usually drives them to supermarkets. They often 7 some cakes, fruit and vegetables there.

Bruce is one of the best students in his class. He usually does some reading in the morning. 

He thinks it is 8 for his study. What's more, he is 9 . He often helps his classmates with their study. On the weekend, he plays ping­pong with his friends 10 . That's his favourite sport.