The greatest saleswoman in the world today doesn't mind if you call her a girl. This is because Markita Andrews made more than $ 80,000 by selling cookies when she was 13 years old. Andrews and her mother shared a dream of travelling around the world. Once, while reading magazines, Andrews found that the person who sold the most cookies would win a free trip for two around the world. She decided to have a try.

    To make her dream come true, Andrews went door to door every day after school and repeated, "Hi, I have a dream. I'm earning a trip around the world for my mum and me by selling cookies. "Then she asked, "Would you like to buy one or two dozen boxes of cookies?"

    Andrews kept asking for a whole year, no matter how heavily it was raining or snowing outside. Her hard work paid off. She sold 42,000 boxes of cookies that year and she won her trip around the world.

    Andrews is no smarter than thousands of other people. The key to her success is that she has found the secret of selling: Ask. Ask. Ask! Many people fail before they even begin because they fail to ask for what they want.

    It takes courage to ask for what you want. And, as Andrews has discovered, the more you ask, the easier it gets.

    It was one o'clock in the morning when I at last succeeded in creating life.

    As I looked at the lifeless human being, I saw one eye slowly open. Then he began to breathe and move his arms. At first, I thought he would be a fine-looking man. He had yellow skin, black hair and very white teeth. Unluckily, his eyes were watery, and his lips were thin and colorless. I soon realized that there was nothing beautiful about him. I ran out of the room, disgusted (恶心) by the creature I had created. I tried to sleep, but for hours I could not. Then, when I did get to sleep, I had bad dreams. When I awoke the next morning, I did not want to return to my laboratory and the monster I had created. I went for a long walk until I came to an inn. There, to my pleasure and surprise, I found my friend, Henry Clerval. "Tell me about my family," I asked him. "And Elizabeth, How is she?"

    "They are all well, Frankenstein," he said. "But you do not look well, my friend. Your eyes look as if you have not slept for many weeks."

    I knew this was true. "I have been so busy," I explained, "that I have been working without rest." Henry walked back with me to my department. I did not want him to, but I could not stop him. I was afraid that the creature i had left there might be alive and walking about. When we reached my apartment, I asked Henry to wait outside for a few minutes. I did not explain why. I slowly opened the door and entered the room. To my surprise, it was empty. The creature had gone. I was so overcome by the feeling that I fainted. I was ill for many months.

    During my illness, Henry was my only nurse. He heard me talking in my sleep about a monster. At first, he thought I was just having a bad dream, but then he realized that something very bad happened in my life. At last, I began to get better.

"Life is a long, long journey" so we are told. Most of us would set off on a journey with some ideas of where we wanted to go. Yet some people travel on a lifelong journey with no sense of direction at all. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}

Goal setting is often used by top sports players, successful business people and achievers in all fields. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}If you are a writer, your goal is to write a book. If you are a businessman, your goal is to build a million dollar business. But as a middle school student, before you set personal goals, think about what you want to achieve with your life. Try to set goals in some of the following categories(类别):

Economy(经济) — How much money do you want to make? 

Education —{#blank#}3{#/blank#}Are you still growing and learning?

Family — What kind of relationship do you want with your parents and family members?

Pleasure — How do you want to enjoy yourself?

Physical — Do you want good health at old age?

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}For example, if you want to reach a main goal in five years, set a three-year goal, a one-year goal, a three-month goal and a one-month goal. Then create a daily To-Do List of things that you should do today. When a goal is achieved, take the time to enjoy your success. This helps you build the self-confidence(自信).

Remember, your goals can be changed as time goes on. But be sure your goals are the things you hope to achieve, not what your parents, family or teachers want.

注意：(1)可在思维导图提示的基础上适当拓展信息。(2)不能照抄原文，不得在作文中出现真实校名，地名和考生的真实姓名。(3)语句连贯，词数80左右。作文标题和开头已经给出，不计入总词数，也不必抄写在答题卡上。

A great teacher in my life

Good morning, everyone. I would like to introduce a great teacher in my life to you. 

This summer I took a trip.I travelled from Beijing to Wuzhen 1 is a nice village in Zhejiang Province.It was a unique and beautiful water country with stone bridges and flowing water, all like fairy tales to 2 .

However, 3 impressed me most was not the natural scenery 4 the scene of a grandma bathing a little baby in a wooden basin with the door open.My friends couldn't help 5 pictures of it.

6 my surprise, the grandma smiled and waved at us.All of a sudden, my heart was filled with 7 .

I shared the photo and my 8 experience with my friends.They were 9 moved as I was,but at the same time they reminded me 10 the unpleasant experiences in big cities.We feel embarrassed to see people 11 in public because they are stepped on accidentally by strangers.

According to a survey which 12 last year, 45 per cent of the residents don't know 13 names of their neighbours; 63 per cent have never devoted themselves to talking to their neighbours; 67 per cent think that the relationship between them and their neighbours 14 just so-so, or even bad.

Isn't it beautiful to say hello to our neighbours who just come back from work and 15 them a smile?