My son Joey was born with club feet. The doctors said that with treatment he would be able to walk, but would never run very well. He 1 the first three years of his life in hospital. By the time he was eight, you wouldn't know he has a problem when you saw him 2 .

    Children in our neighborhood always ran around  3  their play, and Joey would jump and ran and play,  4 . We never told him that he probably wouldn't be  5  to run like the other children. So he didn't know.

    In  6  grade he decided to join the school running team. Every day he trained. He ran more than any of the others,  7  only the top seven runners would be chosen to run for the  8 . We didn't tell him he probably would never make the team, so he didn't know.

    He ran four to five miles every day — even when he had a fever. I was  9 , so I went to  10  him after school. I found him running  11,  I asked him how he felt. “Okay,” he said. He had two more miles to go. Yet he looked straight ahead and kept  12 .
   Two weeks later, the names of the team  13  were caked. Joey was number six on the list. Joey had  14 the team. He was in seventh grade — the other six team members were all eighth graders. We never told him he couldn't do it … so he didn't know. He just  15  it.

    Sometimes it is very helpful for some animals to live with people. And let me tell you a story that happened to me.

    My neighborhood is very busy, and I 1 in a tall building. There are ten floors in the building and I am in 2 floor. I have a 3. She is grandma Li. Her 4 goes away so she lives alone. She likes 5 very much. She has a cute dog in her house. She loves it very much and the dog is very 6 to her.

    I often visit her when I am 7. Sometimes I play with the dog for a long time and take the dog out for a walk.

    Last night, when I was asleep, the dog barked a lot outside my door. So I quickly opened the door. Then I realized there was something 8 with grandma Li. I went to her house quickly. There was a big 9 in the house and grandma Li was insensible (无知觉的). I 10 quickly and then the firemen came. They put out the fire soon and grandma Li was saved.

    One Saturday afternoon, Kate went to buy something for her sister and herself. As Kate was coming out of a 1^, a young lady walked towards her. She said she was Miss Green—a good friend of Kate's sister's. Kate 2 her. Then she called a taxi to send Kate home. She told the driver where he should go. Kate was 3 that it was not in the direction of her home.

    “Why？”Kate asked. The lady smiled.

    When they came to a quiet road, a big rough man 4 on the road. He stopped the taxi driver, knocked him down, tied him and threw him out of the taxi. At the same time, Miss Green took out a knife and 5 Kate. She asked Kate to keep 6^. The man then started the taxi.

    “Oh, God! I'm being kidnapped, ”Kate said to herself.

    She tried to escape, but not succeeded. Suddenly an 7 came to her. She took out a lipstick(口红)from her pocket, wrote “SOS”on the window, and covered the word with her8 A few minutes later, a police car passed and the policemen saw the 9^. When the kidnappers saw the policemen, they stopped the taxi, jumped into the bushes, and ran away.

    The policemen then picked Kate up and sent her home. When her parents knew what had happened, they were greatly surprised. But they were also 10 because their daughter had finally come back safely.

    I have a good friend. 1name is Simon. We both like motorbikes (摩托车) and we are in the2motorbike club. Simon often 3 his motorbike very fast and he likes to 4 how fast he can ride.

    One day, a thief (小偷) rides a motorbike to his home, goes in and takes 5 of his things away. Then the thief runs out of Simon's home 6. Simon sees him and he rides7 him, and shouts (喊叫), "Hey! Don't you know you 8 ride faster than me?"

    The thief says nothing, 9 he rides much faster. Simon finds that. He10rides even faster. He is soon very 11 away from his home. Then h12 in front of a shop. I see him and ask him, "Why do you ride so fast, Simon?"

    "I 13 to get a thief," says Simon. "But14 is the thief?" I ask.

    "Kilometers behind," says Simon happily. "He15he can ride faster than me, but you see he can't."

    A small "shop" by the road in Japan has a dog "shopkeeper". It's selling roasted(烤的)Sweet 1there.

    The friendly dog is 2 Kenkun. Because the shop is a self—service one, what the dog should do is just to be cute for customers and he does well3that. The roasted sweet potatoes are kept in a heated "box" outside the shop. So customers can help4directly They need to5100 yen(日元)into the money box for each potato they take. It seems to be working fine now. 6, who would steal a dog? Actually, the three-year-old dog is a good "shopkeeper. It's 7cute and lovely that some of the customers come to see him and of course, they will leave with 8 one or two potatoes.

    People online have different opinions about this. Some of them think that's interesting and they say the dog is the 9 one they've ever seen. But others think it's crazy to keep a dog 10 near a "box" for several hours a day. In their opinion, dogs should run and play hers and there in the sun.

    A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill. Usually she would play in the small garden. She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill. 1 she loved her parents and her family, she desired(渴望) to live in such a house and 2 all day about how wonderful and exciting it must feel to live there.

    At the age when she gained some 3 skill and sensibility(识别力), she begged her mother for a bike ride 4 the garden. Her mother finally allowed her to go, insisting on(坚持) her keeping close to the house and not 5 too far. The day was beautiful. The little girl knew exactly where she was heading! 6 the hill and across the valley, she rode to the gate of the golden house. As she got off her bike and put it against the gate post, she focused on the path 7 to the house and then on the house itself. She was very disappointed when she found that all the windows were plain（朴素的） and rather dirty. So sad and heart- broken, she didn't go any further. 

    She 8, and all of a sudden she saw an amazing 9. There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden. Looking at her little home, she 10 that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care. Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!