In a small village，there lived a poor man．He was smart but1,and he never worked. The villagers were so2that they often gave him some useful things. So the man could3with those things.

    One day morning，the man begged(乞讨) from door4door again．He wanted some food．5 ， he got a large bag of flour(面粉)from an old woman．After he went home，he put the flour into a large pot(罐子)and6it near his bed．Then he went to7 ． In his dream，he sold the flour at a very good8 ． With the money，he bought a cow ,and its milk9him more money．He was so happy in his dream that he danced in his sleep．His10hit(碰撞)the pot of flour, and the flour spilt (洒出)all over the floor．The man woke and he felt so sad．

    This thing taught him a lesson：no one can live a good life without working．From then on he worked every day and had a better life．

    In our country we think being modest(谦虚的) is a virtue(美德) and being proud is a bad thing. One day, I heard an American boy say to a Chinese student, “You speak very good English.” But the girl answered, “No, no. My English is very poor.” The foreigner was quite 1 at the answer. Thinking he had not made himself understood or the girl had not heard him 2. He said, “Yes, indeed, you speak very well.” 3 the girl still kept saying, “No.” In the end the American boy could not understand and didn't know 4 to say.

    What's wrong with the girl's answer? She didn't 5 a compliment(恭维) in the same way as the American people do. She should answer “Thank you” instead of “No”. She 6 understood what the American boy had said, but she thought she should be modest. In the 7, people will feel 8 and confident when they are praised. So if someone says the 9 you have cooked are very delicious, you should say, “Thank you”.

    If you are modest and say, “No, I'm 10 I can't do it well”, while working in a western country, people may think that you really can not do it. If you often say, “No”, you'll certainly be looked down upon by 11. When asking 12 a job, if one says something like, “Yes, I can certainly do it” instead of “Let me have a try”, he or she will 13 get it. So in the west, you should be brave to show your self-confidence. In my opinion, being confident does not 14 being proud, so sometimes you should be confident 15 being modest.

    Mary Miller is a1. Her 2 name is Mary. She 3 in London(伦敦).She is 4 No.1 Middle School. She is in Class3, Grade7. Her favorite 5 is red. Her pen is red. Her jacket is red. Her dog is 6, too. Her telephone 7 is 274-3410.Look! This is a photo 8 her family. There are four people in 9 family. She is my 10friend.

    As soon as he finished his homework, Eric jumped onto his 1 to go to the beach. He rode to watch the whales(鲸). After he got to the 2, Eric put his bicycle behind a bush so that 3 could see it from the road.

    It was only four in the afternoon, but the sky was already dark. It 4 to rain. If it rained, he couldn't 5 the whales because they would stay in deeper water. He 6 to go to the rock. It was the best 7 to see the whales from,

    Before Eric 8 the rock, it started to rain." Oh no!" he thought. "Now the whales must 9 in the deep water!"

    But just then he saw 10 large on the beach. It was a young whale! The whale got stuck (搁浅) on the beach! At first Eric 11 if it was dead. Then he saw its tail move 12 .The young whale was not dead, 13 the rain, most people went back. So there were 14 people on the beach. Eric ran as fast as he could back to 15bicycle. He had to go back to get help for the whale!

    Perhaps not many Chinese people know Wentworth Miller. But it must be1for them to name the character that he2in the TV series Prison Break (《越狱》) — Michael Scofield.

    Miller was born in England, and grew up in New York. He had always wanted to be an actor from a very young age. He said. "As a kid I3every play and musical that my parents would allow me to."

    As a graduate (毕业生) of Princeton University, Miller s stage time during school was4in singing, and he travelled around the world acting with the school's famous group.5Miller loved acting very much, after graduating from his school, he went to Los Angeles to work in a small company. The manager 6him a well-paid job. However, the dream of being an actor made him give up the job at last.

    Within the next few years, Miller worked for many people in the entertainment industry. He learned very fast and paid attention to TV shows. Soon he got the chance to play the character of Michael Scofield in the TV series Prison Break. The TV series was very7and Miller became world-famous.