I was in the most beautiful city in the world, yet I only wanted home.

    It was an amazing week for my husband and me ——the trip of a lifetime. Months ago, when my husband told me that he would have a meeting in London. I expressed my1  to go to Europe together with him. Then we asked his mother to look after our two children and started off.

    During the week's time, we visited London and Paris ——as much as we could, Big Ben, the Louvre and so on. All these were beautiful 2we expected to see before. We really enjoyed ourselves.

    On our last night in Paris, after we enjoyed the night view of the Eiffel Tower, my husband called home. His mother3the phone. In a second, my husband's face fell and he looked so worried. I could feel something4 happened.

    “What's wrong?” I asked.

    He didn't answer and continued to listen. A few minutes later, he said5to me that Tony, our seven-year-old son, had fallen off his bike and 6 his leg. He must be sent to hospital at once.

    At that moment, Paris 7lost its charm(魅力).

    “I don't want to be here! I shouldn't be here! I should be home with my kids!”

    We hurried back to our hotel and then to the airport …

Finally, we got home. We rushed into our children's bedroom. Seeing our two children, I suddenly realized the truth: there is no 8 sight in the world than your children's faces that greet you at home.

    I moved to a new neighborhood two months ago. A taxi driver lived in a house with a large1across the road. He's a single parent with two school-age children. At the end of the day, he would2his taxi on the road. "Why not in the garage？"I asked myself.

    Then one day I learned that he had another3. In the afternoon he would come home from work, leave his taxi and go out4his personal business in his other car, not in his taxi. I felt it was5.

    I really want to see his personal car but did not make it. Two weeks later, I6 to be outside one evening, when the garage door was7and he drove out in his "own" car: a Rolls-Royce(劳斯莱斯)! It8 me completely when I realized what that meant. You see, he was a taxi driver. 9deep inside, he saw himself as something else：a Rolls-Royce owner and a(n)10. He drove others in his taxi but himself and his children in his Rolls-Royce. The world looked at his taxi and called him a taxi driver. But for him, a taxi was11something he drove for a living. Rolls-Royce was something he drove for a(n)12.

    We go to bed every night and13every morning as parents or children, not as bankers, CEOs or professors. We go for a party as close friends or go for a vacation as a family. We love life as it is. Yet often, we base our happiness and14on how high we climb the social ladder(阶梯)—how much bigger and better a taxi we have. And we fail to notice Rolls-Royce, keeping it dusty in our garage. We should pay more attention to 15we are than what we do！Isn't it the true meaning of life？

    I try to be a good father. Give my kids love. Work nights to pay for their schooling. But1with Michael Hoyt, I am nothing.

    This love2began in Winchester, 43 years ago, when Rick was strangled (勒住) by the umbilical cord (脐带) during birth, leaving him brain-damaged and unable to3his limbs (四肢).

    "He'll be a vegetable the4of his life," Doctors told Michael and his wife, Judy, when Rick was nine months old.

    But the Hoyts weren't5it. Because they noticed that Rick's

6followed them around the room. When Rick was 11 they took him to the engineering department and asked if there was anything to help the boy communicate. But doctors told the parents that there was7going on in their son's brain.

    "Tell him a joke," Michael said to the doctors. They did and Rick8. Actually a lot was going on in his brain.

    Equipped(装备) with a computer that allowed him to control the cursor (光标)9the side of his head, Rick was10able to communicate. What is his first word? "Run!" And after a high school classmate was paralyzed (瘫痪) in a(n)11and the school organized a charity run (慈善跑) for him, Rick typed, "Dad, I want to do that."

    Yeah, right. How was Michael, a man who never ran more than a mile12going to push his son five miles?13he tried. Surprisingly, that day changed Rick's life. "Dad," he typed, "when we were running, it felt like I wasn't14anymore!"

    And that sentence also changed Michael 's life. He wanted to give Rick that feeling as15as he could. Eighty-five times he's pushed his disabled son, Rick, 26.2 miles in marathons. Eight times in triathlon (铁人三项).

    "No question about it," Rick types. "My dad is the Strongest Dad in the World."

A man was on a flying plane. Suddenly he heard a warning from the pilot (飞行员). The pilot 1people on the plane to fasten their seatbelts (系紧安全带).

The man 2around the plane and found that many of the people became worried. Later, the pilot said, "We are so 3that we are not able to serve the meal at this time. There are currents (气流) in front of us." And then the storm came. The plane shook a lot.

The man saw that nearly 4the people on the plane were afraid except a little girl. The storm meant 5to her. She just sat on her seat and read a book. Sometimes she closed her 6to have a rest, and then she would read again. When the terrible 7came, the child was very calm.

The man couldn't believe his eyes. So as soon as the plane finally 8its destination (目的地), the man went to the girl and asked her 9she wasn't afraid at all. The sweet child answered, "That's 10my dad is the pilot and he is taking me home."

Just a few days after his 18th birthday, Beijing 2022 gold medal winner Su Yiming received a surprise gift—a letter from Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China.

In the letter, Xi expressed his congratulations(祝贺) to Su and other sportsmen in ice and snow sports for their great achievements(成就) at the Beijing Winter Olympics, hoping what they had achieved would encourage young Chinese to aim(立目标) high.

When Su first stepped onto a snowboard at the age of four, a future as a world-class sportsman seemed to be" a dream too big" for him. Little did he know that he would not only compete for his country but also take home the gold medal. With the great excitement of winning an Olympic gold medal still fresh in his mind, Su wrote a letter to the president, telling him how lucky he felt to have made his dream come true.

Su still remembers what Xi wrote in the reply," The new era is the time for young people to realize their dreams."

"I have always kept those words in my mind," Su said.

"When I made up my mind to be a professional (职业的) snowboarder, I know there is a big difference between my performance and that of the top sportsmen in the world. But I have been working hard to realize my dream. Now my story shows the fact that hard work will pay off." Su said.

Su believes the sky is the limit." Find the thing you love, believe in yourself and do your best. Finally, your dream will come true."

Now Su has his strong wish to win all the competitions in his sporting field.

It is a nice day. Kate is at home with her family. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} She likes to read books very much. 

Her friend Mary calls her, "{#blank#}2{#/blank#} I have something for you. "

Kate goes to Mary's house, Kate sees a red note(便条) on the door. It reads, " Come in, Kate. And go to the sofa. " On the sofa, Kate finds a book. {#blank#}3{#/blank#} It reads, " Go to my table. "

{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Next to it, there is a yellow note. It reads, " Go to my bedroom. "

Kate goes to Mary's bedroom. And what does she see? {#blank#}5{#/blank#}

" Happy birthday, Kate. " They say.