Many years ago, my dad worked in a children's hospital.

    A girl in the hospital had a 1 illness. She couldn't move her hands or feet. She could only move her head. She 2 on bed every day and she was very sad. Even the 3 couldn't help her.

    My dad 4 to try his best to help her. He brought paints, brushes and paper to her room. He hung (挂) the paper on the wall, put the brush in his 5 and began to paint. He didn't use his hands at all. Only his head moved. My dad 6 the girl, “See, you can do anything you want to do.”

    Soon the girl began to paint using her own mouth. She and my dad became good friends. But my dad fell ill 7 that time and he had to stay at home.

    Two months later, my dad went back to the children's hospital. 8 he went into the hospital, the girl ran to him and hugged him tightly (紧紧地). She gave my dad a picture and said, “I 9 this picture with my hands. Thank you for helping me.”

    My dad would cry every time he told us this 10. He would say, “Sometimes love is more powerful (有力量的) than doctors.”

    Whitney didn't have many friends. She was shy and1. She never wanted to be popular, but she did want to have someone to share2and laugh with.

    Then it was time for her to go to college in another town. And she had to3with someone she didn't know. She had no idea whether she could make friends in that new environment.

    But something happened during the first class. And it 4 Whitney's life. The teacher asked everyone to5a little about themselves. Whitney told everyone where she came from and some simple information. The last6for each student was-"What is your goal for this term?"7of the students said it was to get good grades, pass the tests or something similar. But Whitney said something8. She said that her goal was to make just one good friend.

    When most of the students sat quietly, one student came to Whitney. She reached out her hand and introduced herself. She asked9she could be Whitney's friend. Whitney was surprised and happy. She10and reached her hand out, too.

    Their friendship lasted all through the college.

Today is Saturday and eight-year-old Mona is at the city 1 with her mom. Mona looks at her favorite animal, the giraffe, and says, "Look, Mom!How cute she is!"

"Yeah!I like her, too. She's so 2 ,"says Mom.

"Mom, can I feed(喂) my apple to 3 ?"asks Mona. She takes out an apple from her bag. But Mom 4 her and says,"Dear, I know the giraffe is your favorite animal, 5 you can't feed her."

Mona doesn't know 6 . She says,"Mom, the apple is my favorite fruit and I want my favorite animal to 7 it. Is there anything wrong(错误的)?"

"Dear, it's not 8 to feed our food to the animal,"Mom says."She might (可能) be in 9 ."

"Oh, I am sorry,"Mona says.

"Well, look there! Let's buy some leaves from the zookeepers(饲养员) and 10 her. It's good for her."

"OK,"Mona says happily.

Last weekend my father, my mother, my sister and I went to summer camp. We went to Mountain Ermei. It was a very sunny but windy day. We got to the foot of the mountain by bus. In the middle of the mountain there was a clean river. I washed my face with the water. It was a little warm. There were some fishes in the river, too. In the mountain there were many beautiful flowers. At noon, lots of people got together, and they were very friendly. We had lunch in the mountain. The food was very nice, and we liked it very much. After lunch, we went on our trip. Finally we got to the top of the mountain. From there we could see everything below because of the fine weather. I felt like I was flying in the sky. We had a wonderful time. 

Li Hong is a 14- year- old middle school student in Maoming. She loves English, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} she often gets bad marks in her English exams(考试). She is too {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to ask questions. In order to improve her English, she works very hard.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#} of all, Li Hong gets up early and practices her pronunciation as much as possible. When she meets some problems, she often asks her English teacher and friends{#blank#}4{#/blank#} help. Second, she often spends her free time watching English films and listening to English {#blank#}5{#/blank#} . Maybe she doesn't really understand all the words and sentences, but it doesn't matter. She {#blank#}6{#/blank#} that the more English she hears, the more she' ll understand. Third, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} is very important. She tries her best to read short stories {#blank#}8{#/blank#} she sleeps every night. At last, it's also a good idea to write in English, so she keeps writing about her life in English.

As the saying(谚语) goes, {#blank#}9{#/blank#} makes perfect. Now, Li Hong can talk with her teachers and classmates {#blank#}10{#/blank#} in English. She hopes to get a good mark in the final exam.

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the1 then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at 2 .

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact,I think I 3 very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see— the 4 and magical places that I had never been to.

 The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism(乐观),5 the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost— having to study in three schools as a result of 6 moves. I 7 knew what I should be. Mother 8 , and I had got a stepfather(继父), so things became even more difficult for me. I was often in 9 , and saw no end to"the hard times".

 My responsibilities(责任心) in the family 10 a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with immigration(移民) officers, took my grandparents to the doctor, and even 11 telephone bills with the telephone company.

 From my 12 I have learned one important rule: almost all troubles finally13 ! Something good is certain to happen 14 the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that 15 .