One day a young man put an ad (广告) in most of the newspapers in England. He said that his parents   1 him millions of pounds (英镑). He graduated from Oxford University. Everyone knows this university is one of  2   universities in the world. So he had got a great education there. He'd like a girl to be his3  . The girl must be like the one in the books written by Somerset Maugham,  4  Maugham was his favourite.

This ad was read and known   5 by parents and young girls all over the country. Parents went to shops to   6  the books. They bought those books for their daughters  7 presents. Girls tried to get those books   8 . They wanted to know what kind of person the writer liked so that they could marry the young man.

All the books written by Maugham 9  in a short time and the writer became famous.

Can you guess who the young man was? It was Somerset Maugham   10  ! What a clever man he was!

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    Three1ago, my family got our first computer. 2 the beginning of this summer, I found it was too old and I wanted to get a 3 one. After my father and I talked for a long time, he 4 . We went to many shops and read many ads 5 we bought an HP computer.

    During the first week, I noticed 6 our computer had some problems. I spent many hours 7 to fix it, but it 8 work. So I 9 to phone the HP company and ask them 10 to work out my problem. They told me to wait until the next morning because all their workers were 11 that day.

    The next morning two workers came. It took them many hours to mend it, but the computer 12 did not work. My dad had no other way but to return the whole thing. A few days later, we decided that I should go on the Internet and order some parts to build a new computer by 13 .

    It was not an easy job for me to build a new computer. I tried many times, and in the end I was successful. From these setbacks(挫折), I have learned a lot. Now I believe that if the HP computer hadn't had any problems, 14 I would not have learned how to build the new one. Even though I spent lots of time on it, I know it wasn't 15.

    I got very tired after doing all the family shopping in the town. I wanted to have a rest before catching the train. I 1 a newspaper and some chocolate and went into the station coffee shop. It was a cheap self-service place with long tables to 2 at. I put my heavy bag down on the floor, 3 the newspaper and the chocolate on the table and then went to get a cup of 4.

    When I came back with the coffee, a boy was sitting in the next seat and he had started to eat my chocolate!

    Naturally, I was rather uneasy about him, but I didn't want to have any 5. I just read the newspaper, tasted my coffee and took a bit of chocolate. The boy looked at me 6. Then he took a second piece. I could hardly believe it and then I ate the last piece.

    The boy gave me a strange look, then 7 up. As he left, he shouted out. "There's something 8 with that woman!" Everyone 9 me, but I didn't want to quarrel with him, I kept quiet. I didn't realize that I had made a mistake until I finished my coffee and was ready to 10. My face turned red when I saw my unopened chocolate under the newspaper. The chocolate that I had been eating was the boy's!

    Once an Arab was traveling in the desert. When the sun went down in the west, he stopped and1his tent, made a fire and had a simple meal. When night fell, he2down to sleep.

    He had already fallen asleep when he felt a soft3on his elbow. He woke up to find that his camel had put his head inside the tent. The camel said," Would you please let me4my head in the tent to get warm. It's so cold outside. I won't take up too much5."

    The Arab was a kind-hearted man. "All right, do as you6,"he said. Then he turned on his side and back to sleep.

    It wasn't long7he felt a push on his shoulder. It was the camel again. "Dear master," the camel said," my head is quite warm now, but my neck is still cold. Do you mind8I keep it inside the tent, too?"

    "No, not at all," the man said. But this time he felt a bit9, as the camel had such a long neck. No sooner had he closed his eyes10he got a harder push in his side. This time the camel said, "Will you please allow me to bring my front legs inside and warm them up a little?"

    The Arab11over to one side of the tent. He made himself as small as he could. It wasn't12comfortable, and sleep was now out of the question.

    Soon after that the camel gave him a rough push and said, "The tent is too small for the two of us.13, my two back legs are still left in the cold. It is only14that you should leave the whole tent to me."

    And with that，the camel15the poor man out.

    Three days had passed since the head teacher scolded (批评)her at the1but Cao Jing, 14, still felt unhappy.

    The head teacher scolded her for wearing tight (紧身的) clothes instead of the2.He said that Cao thought"3about being pretty". But actually the Hangzhou4 wore those clothes to run faster and was going to5the school uniform after the race.

    "I was wronged," Cao said. "I felt angry and sad."

    Many6come across similar things with Cao. Sometimes, as teachers don't fully know the situation. It easily leads to misunderstandings. Such things are not7bad for the relationship between students and teachers, but also the healthy development of students.

    Zhang Xiaoyu, 14, from Anhui thought the best way was to8teachers. "Refuting (反驳)  teachers at once is impolite and will make teachers9," she said.

    Lu Chunzi, a teacher from Heilongjiang,10Zhang. She said many teachers hurt students' feelings11meaning for it. "After all, teachers cannot know12,"she said. "So I hope students can come to teachers to clear up the misunderstandings."

    For those who13too shy to do that, Cao offered14choice. She wrote a letter to her teacher. "He15me later on and now we're good," she said happily.