Tom and Mike had a very good time last Sunday.That morning，they1at six o'clock and dressed(穿衣)themselves.2having breakfast，they went to the park.It's in the centre of the city. In the park.there were a lot of nice flowers.Mike wanted to 3one，but Tom stopped(阻止)him.He told Mike it was not.4to pick flowers.Then they went to the lake.By the lake,they saw a small5.They jumped into it and started a tour on the lake.Two hours6,they left the lake and walked up the hill(小山)near the lake.They got to the top at half past eleven.There they had their lunch.7did they have for lunch?Eggs，bread and oranges.In the afternoon,they 8home.When their mother asked them about the morning，9answered，"It was great.We10ourselves(我们自己)all the morning."

    One night in November, Itzhak Perlman gave a concert in a theatre. If you have ever been to a Perlman concert, you know that becoming a violinist is not a small 1 for him. He had to walk 2 the help of two walking sticks as a result of the disease he caught as a child. People sat 3 while he made his way to his chair and began his play. But this time, something went 4 Just as he finished the first few parts of the music, one of the strings(弦) on his violin 5 . We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didn't. Instead , he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then 6 the conductor (指挥) to begin again. The orchestra(管弦乐队) began and he played with such strong feeling and purity as they had never heard before.

    Of course, everyone knows that it is 7 for a violinist to play a pleasant work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, but that night Itzhak Perlman didn't want to accept that.

    When he finished, there was a terrible 8 in the room. And then people rose and cheered from every corner of the theatre.

    Perlman was excited. He smiled and said, "You know, sometimes it is the artist's task to 9 how much music you can still make with what you have left."

    So, suppose our task in this fast-changing world is to make music. At first we should try our best with all that we have. And then, 10 it is no longer possible, try to play it with what we have left.

Ever since I was very young, I have looked to my parents and grandparents, friends and teachers for guidance. I ask them for answersto everything. Afraid to make a1 , I've asked countless times, "What should I do?" Maybe I was2 to take my first baby step on my own. I decided I only wanted to do things the "right" way, even if it meant not doing something.

Sometime during my highschool years, I3Maybe it was when I decided to try for the lead in "Beauty and the Beast". Never mind that I would have to memorizelines and movements, I would take the chance that I might fail. The day of tryouts my heart was beating wildly. My hands were4 badly when I got up to sing.

But something happened. When I opened my mouth to sing, the sound was loud, powerful and sweet. I reached for the high notes that sometimes were beyond my reach. With no breakin my voice, I was trying to do my best even though I might5But I didn't.I realized that if I wanted to live life to the fullest, I had to take chances.

Now, I do take these chances with baby steps every day,6 my opinions in class discussions or debates, performing in other school plays. I have finally learned to7myself. I'm taking a tough science course right now. Some of my friends are talking about auditing（旁听） the class so a low grade won't affect their opportunities for college. I'm taking the chance that if I try8enough, I'll get a good grade so that it won't lower my strong grades in other subjects.

I have come to realize that even though my parents and grandparents, friends and teachers don't always have the9to "What should I do?",they will be there to support me when I try.

 "Life is learning to deal with Plan B,"my mother told me. But I now know that the Plan A I make for my life will become easier with every 10 I take.

No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own effort. 

I learned this lesson from a（n）1 many years ago. I worked as a new football coach（教练） at a university in State of Georgia. 

It was a tradition for the school's old team in the club to play against a2 team at the end of the term. The old team had no coach，and they didn't even practice to prepare for the game. Being the coach of the new team，I helped them practice once a week and I thought we were sure to 3 ，but to my surprise，we lost the game. I could 4 believe that I had got into such a situation. After thinking hard about it，I came to realize that I might be too 5 about ourselves. I had to change my attitude （态度） and the way of training. 

Instead of seeing my boys as losers，I pushed and 6 them. I started doing anything I could to help them. That summer，when other teams 7 their holidays，we met every day and practiced passing and kicking the football. 

Six months later，we won our first game and our second，and continued to head in. Finally，we faced the number one team in the state. Before the game，I thought even if we lost the game，it would still be a8 for us. But that didn't happen. My boys beat the best team in the state，giving me one of the 9 memories of my life! 

From the experience，I learnt a lot about how the attitude of a leader could change a team. I helped them to see themselves 10 ，and they built themselves into winners. 

Winners are made，but not born. 

Ben is a new student in a middle school. He likes playing sports. So there is a1 , three tennis balls and two basketballs in his room. He has many2 friends. He often plays sports with them.

One afternoon3 school, Ben came out of the school gate and met his father. They walked home together. On4 way home, some boys were skating in a park. Ben wanted to skate with them,5 his father said, "You have no time to skate. You must do your homework. If（如果）you finish（完成）your homework, I will buy you an ice-cream."

Ben finished his homework and got his6 . He started to7 it. But a fly（苍蝇）came.

"Look! There is a fly on your ice-cream. Just get it away!" Ben's father said.

Ben smiled（微笑）8 said, "You don't9 me skate. But the fly doesn't have any10 . Can't you let him skate?"

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