My parents used to tell me how important school was for me, but I didn't think so. I paid little attention to it. But one thing let me finally 1 what my parents meant.

    One day, when I walked 2a mobile phone store, I saw an advertisement on its door. It was hiring (雇用) new workers!

    "Sir, are you hiring people?" I went into the shop and asked. "Yes, but you should be the man 3 we need. " the manager answered. He looked at me for a few4 from head to foot. "Do you have a high school diploma(文凭)" 5 he, "Or you have any work experience.

    I felt so ashamed (羞愧)and uncomfortable that I didn't know what to 6 , so I just turned around and left.

    I could not fall asleep that night, and I thought a lot about my 7. "I must go to school or I can't do anything without a good 8 ." I said to myself silently. I never went back to the store again 9I finished my study and got a diploma.

    Everything looked the same when I returned to the10 , the same people and the same design. However, compared with last time, I had more 11. The manager told me they needed new 12so it was a great chance for me.

    I 13 my diploma to the manager. He looked at it and said, "Great, you are in."

    Now I am still working in the same store. With this experience, I always 14 people to attend school. Education helps you have a bright future. Now I am not 15 my future because I'm still learning in my spare time.

    A young man was walking in the desert. He felt very 1. Just then he suddenly found a spring of delicious and clear water. The water was cool and sweet for a man who had 2it for such a long time. He drank a lot, and then he 3 his bottle so that he could bring some back to his village and gave it to his teacher who had taught him in middle school.

    After a four-day 4, he gave the water to the old man and he took a deep drink, smiled warmly and 5his student for the sweet water. The young man returned to his home with a happy heart.

    Later, the teacher let another student taste the water. He spat it out at once, saying it was6. The student said the water had become bad because the bottle was too old.

    The student asked his teacher, "Master, the water was bad and it was bitter. Why did you 7 to him that you liked it?" The teacher replied, "You only tasted the water 8 I tasted the gift. The water which has been put in loving and kindness is not 9water." Nothing could be 10 than love.

A: Hey, did you hear the news? The Zhengzhou—Xuchang subway has opened!

B: No, I didn't. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}?

A: It started at 6 a. m. on December 26th.

B: Good news! I plan to take it. {#blank#}2{#/blank#}?

A: There are 27 stations in total on this line, covering both Zhengzhou and Xuchang.

B: It's a really convenient way to travel between the two cities.

A: {#blank#}3{#/blank#}. It not only improves transportation, but also is good for the trade.

B: I'm just going to visit Henan Museum in Zhengzhou this weekend. {#blank#}4{#/blank#}?

A: Of course. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}?

B: How about 9 a. m. at the gate of the station? This is going to be such an exciting experience.

Look at the boy. His name is Simon Smith. He is from France (法国). He is twelve years old. He is in Class 2 Grade 6. He likes football very much. He plays football with his classmates after school every day. He lives in Haikou with his parents. His parents are doctors. His father has two sisters and a brother, but his mother only has a brother. His name is Henry.

Uncle Henry is a teacher. He has a daughter. Her name is Lucy. Lucy is only four years old, but she can sing and read books. Simon's mother likes this little girl very much. She always says, "Lucy is very cute, so I love my niece very much."

A long time ago, there lived a very wise king. He was so wise that he knew the ways of almost everything. 

One day, a tiny bee lost her way, and flew into the king's beautiful palace. The little bee begged the king, "Please, let me live, and I will offer you help some other day. "

The king was amused(被逗乐的)to think a tiny bee could one day help a powerful king like him. He let the bee go and said, "Go, be on your way, for I need nothing more from you today. "

Many days later, a queen was coming to visit from a faraway land. 

"I hear you are wise, " the queen said to the king. "Would you be willing to put your intelligence(才智) to a test?" The king agreed and the queen did her best, with puzzles, quizzes and difficult questions. But the king solved all the problems perfectly. 

On the last day of her visit, the queen came up with another plan. She ordered the workers to produce ninety-nine fake flowers, but looking so real and natural. When finished, even the queen could not tell they were fake. She was sure the king would make the same mistake. And from the king's garden, she took just one real flower and cleverly hid it among all the others. 

The queen then challenged the king. "My workers created many beautiful flowers. Ninety-nine are fake, but one is real somewhere. Can you find that one?"

The king accepted the challenge again. He smelled the flowers, but they were all so sweet, and all so beautiful. Now which one could the real flower be? The king became a bit nervous. Suddenly, he heard a buzzing sound. Something was there flying around. It was the tiny little bee he saved many days before. "I am here to repay the kindness you gave me, sir. "

The little bee quickly flew over the flowers and stopped on the real one. The king picked the flower and handed it to the queen

Finally, the queen had to give up and told everyone the king was truly the wisest man in the world.