Mandy Harvey is a 29-year-old singer from Florida. She lost most of her ability to hear when she was 18.

    Harvey became a singer in her teens. _________ But she decided to start singing after she learned how to feel a song's beat through the wooden floor of a stage or theater. She watches carefully to make sure her musical instruments are tuned correctly and she is singing in the correct pitch.

    Harvey is now a professional singer. But not many people in the United States had heard of her until Tuesday night. That changed when she appeared on the television show “America's Got Talent”The show has four judges who watch people perform and decide if they should continue in the competition.

    Harvey said, "I gave up singing after I lost my hearing. But I want to do more with my life than just give up." As she was singing, one camera cut away to capture images of people in the theater. Many were seen crying. At one point, everyone stood up and cheered. By Wednesday afternoon, a video of Harvey's performance had been played 46 million times.

    Why? Shortly after she finished singing, Simon Cowell, one of the judges, gave her a golden star into the air. That meant Harvey could move on to the final round of the talent competition. Cowell said," I've done this a long time, and that was one of the most amazing things I've ever seen and heard."

    Many people wrote online that Harvey's performance was encouraging, and they will not give up on anything they want to do, either.

Once upon a time, there was a man who kept several sheep. One morning, the man found that one of his sheep was missing. It turned out that, during the night, a wolf stole his sheep through a hole in the sheep pen (羊圈).

His neighbor suggested to him, "You should mend the hole right away." But the man said, "The sheep is already lost. So I don't need to mend it."

The next morning, he found that another sheep was missing, too. Once again, the wolf stole the sheep through the same hole. The man regretted not taking the neighbor's advice.

So he mended the hole at once.

From then on, no more sheep was stolen by the wolf. It is never too late to mend.

My husband and I bought a house when we were in our fifties. One of the1 we bought it was thatit was so amazing. It had a big Japanese red pine（松树）, which looked2 in our front yard. For 20years, it was a beauty to all who3 . Animals liked to climb it and play there. Beside it was my smallgarden of4 and bushes that I'd planted. 

Early last year, a heavy snowfall hit our city.5 we were enjoying a quiet Saturday morning, thehouse shook and we heard a loud sound. The tree had6 , destroying most of the bushes and roses in thegarden. We called some workers to take the tree away. After a week, the yard was7 a mess with woodshaving（刨花）and holes everywhere. 

In March, I bought a few bush and rose seedlings（幼苗）to8 those that I thought hadn't lived. But in May, plenty of new flowers were growing in the yard! My old bushes and roses grew back and werehealthier than ever before! Our yard turned9 a beautiful garden. And this summer, one year later, allof the plants are three times bigger than they were before. 

Life might be10 for you at the moment, but you never know what the future holds. It might just bemuch brighter. 

Hi, boys and girls! My name is Eric Brown. I'm 12 years old. I go to No. 10 Middle School. I like English and my English teacher's name is Tom Green. He is 28 years old. He likes dogs and he has a dog. His dog's name is Max. Max is 8 years old. It is a black dog and it is big.

 Every day, Max comes to our school with Mr Green. And Max likes it. Max doesn't go to our classroom(教室). When we are in class, Max is in Mr Green's office(办公室). Max knows that it's time for us to study. After class, all of us go to Mr Green's office and meet Max. We say"Hello" to it and play with it. We are happy to be with it. Max brings joy to our school. We love it.