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    Shu-How Lin was born on August 23,1988 in California in the USA．He's the newest well-known NBA professional basketball player. His ancestors lived in Fujian Province in China．In 1977,his parents moved to America．Although they live in the USA, they know they are Chinese. And they love their motherland. They try their best to earn more honor（争光）for China.

    When Shu-How was at high school, he showed a great interest in playing basketball. He practiced basketball much harder than any other student in his school. Because of him, the school team became the champion of all the high schools in America, which had never got a champion before. Meanwhile（同时）,he studied particularly hard during high school. He always got "A" in most of his subjects.

    After high school, his dream was to join a university, which was famous for basketball, to major in basketball. But none of these universities in America accepted him. They thought that he was just a Chinese and a Chinese could hardly become an excellent professional basketball player. He felt so sad and he had to attend Harvard University by his good grades, where professional basketball players are not wanted. But before long, he became the first man in Harvard who entered NBA after 1954.

    Shu-How never gave up his basketball dream. He joined several NBA teams, but he was never given a chance to show himself in each game. One day, two players of his team were badly hurt. There were no more players who could play the game. The coach had to let Shu-How go for it. This was a great chance for him. He showed his talent in this game. He got 25 scores!

    After that, Shu-How became one of the most outstanding basketball players around the world. He set a great example to all of us. According to him, we know nothing is impossible if we try our best.

    I'm a Chinese student studying in Canada. I have been a boarder(寄宿生) with the Carsons for more than a year and a half.

    The Carsons live in their own house, which has four bedrooms including the one in the basement(底层) which I live in. Judy does all the work in the house and Andrew is responsible for the work in the garden. When they go out in the evening, they often ask me to look after their children.

    Judy's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Morris, lived in another city. Judy was their only child and naturally they doted on(溺爱) Judy's children. They often sent the children presents.

    Last April Mr. Morris died. Now that Mrs. Morris was quite alone, I expected that Judy would want her to come and live with them. One day, Margaret told me grandma was coming to live with them and her daddy and mummy would want my room back. The news didn't surprise me and the next day I went to Judy and asked her about it. I said I couldn't think of living in their basement room any longer if it was needed for Mrs. Morris. Judy seemed surprised at first. Then she told me there was no deed for me to move, for they hadn't yet come to any decision about her mother coming to live with them. "Naturally I'm worried about my mother. She has been in poor health." She smiled sadly and added. "To be honest, Andrew and my mother have never got on well. We'll wait a bit and see what happens. Perhaps Moter will be all right living herself, of perhaps they will both change their minds."

    That was six months ago. During this time I've heard that Mrs. Morris has had two illnesses and that her health has got worse. A nursing home was mentioned once but Mrs. Morris refused to go there. So up to now she's still living alone and I'm still living in the basement room.

In 1933, a man went to see the film-maker Walt Disney. The man was an unknown American 1 Clarence Nash. He had an unusual voice and he 2 to work in Disney's cartoon films for children. When Walt Disney heard Nash's voice, he said 3 , "Oh! That's our duck!" The duck was 4 now-famous Donald Duck. He first appeared in 1934 in the film, The Wise Little Hen.

Donald Duck who lived 5 in an old houseboat wore his sailor jacket and hat. That year, he became one of the most famous 6 after acting in an 7 Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audience liked him 8 he was lazy and greedy (贪婪的), and he lost 9 temper (脾气) very easily. And they even loved his voice when he became angry with Mickey's eight nephews. Soon Donald was 10 than Mickey Mouse himself, probably because he wasn't a goody-goody (假正经), like Mickey.

In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made 11 Disney cartoons. He 12 made educational films about the place of the USA in the world, and safety in the home. Donald Duck and his voice began 13 in 1966. From then on, there 14 no more new cartoons with Donald Duck in them.

Clarence Nash died 15 February, 1985, but the children today can still see the old cartoons on television and hear that famous funny voice.

It's 5:30 in the afternoon. It's time for us {#blank#}1{#/blank#} supper together.There is a lot of {#blank#}2{#/blank#} on the table. My dad likes all {#blank#}3{#/blank#}of vegetables and soup. My mom likes fish and noodles. My sister Anna's {#blank#}4{#/blank#} are chicken and bread. I like beef, mutton and {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. After dinner my sister and I eat some fruit. And my parents usually drink {#blank#}6{#/blank#}. Then my mom likes going for a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} with the pet dog and my dad likes reading newspapers. Sometimes he watches TV. My sister and I usually do {#blank#}8{#/blank#} homework.

 One morning, I was on the underground going to work. A voice came from the speaker(喇叭). It said, "This1 is Shady Grove Park." I heard a little voice repeat(重复) it and then I looked 2 . A young girl said it again, "This stop is…"3 and slowly, and with a little roll of her hand, she said it over and over again. It was like she was 4 a little child.

 Then I understood. She wasn't teaching a child. She was teaching her 5 ! I listened and heard the mother6 someone in English. She said that she was Japanese and that she was learning 7 from her daughter. The mother could talk in English, but she8 had a long way to go. Being Japanese, she said that she found it not easy for her to 9 "th" and" t" clearly. Luckily, her daughter was very patient(耐心的). When she 10 got them right, her daughter smiled and gave her a high 11 .

 At the next stop, the mother said the name of the stop with12 pronunciation, "This stop is the Railroad Station."

 It was a lovely start to 13 day. All day, I thought of that girl and her mother and felt14 . The girl could speak three languages — Japanese, English, and Spanish. And she could speak English as well as native speakers! With a(n)15 , she taught her mum English very patiently all the way. Most special, however, was the mother's willingness(意愿) to learn from her daughter.

Do you remember the story about Tian Ji's Horse Racing？Tian Ji was a general（将军） in the State of Qi，and his friend Sun Bin was 1 . At that time，horse racing was one of the most popular2 for the rich. And Tian Ji often had horse races with others. However，he was very unlucky and 3 won the races. 

One day，Tian Ji lost the race again. He went home feeling 4 . When Sun Bin saw this，he said，"Take me with you next time. I can5 you to win. "A few days later，Sun Bin went to the horse race with Tian Ji. He6 learned how the races worked. Sun Bin said to Tian Ji，"You will be the winner7 you win two of the three races，so I will make a plan to help you. I can8 the winning prize belongs（属于） to us this time. "

For the first race，he decided to use the worst horse against their best. Of course，Tian Ji didn't win. For the9 race，Sun Bin told Tian Ji to send out the best horse against their medium—speed horse. And sure enough，Tian Ji won. For the third race，Tian Ji used his medium— speed horse against their10 . Once again，he won. At last，thanks to Sun Bin's strategic （策略性的） planning，Tian Ji had two wins and succeeded in the race.