Whitney didn't have many friends. She was shy and 1. She never wanted to be popular, but she did want to have someone to share 2 and laugh with.

    Then it was time for her to go to college in another town. And she had to 3 with someone she didn't know. She had no idea whether she could make friends in that new environment.

    But something happened during the first class. And it 4Whitney's life. The teacher asked everyone to 5 a little about themselves. Whitney told everyone where she came from and some simple information. The last 6 for each student was "What is your goal for this term?" 7 of the students said it was to get good grades, pass the tests or something similar. But Whitney said something 8 . She said that her goal was to make just one good friend.

    When most of the students sat quietly, one student came to Whitney. She reached out her hand and introduced herself. She asked 9 she could be Whitney's friend. Whitney was surprised and happy. She 10 and reached her hand out, too.

    Their friendship lasted all through the college.

    Michael had taught us English for two years before he moved to New York. He worked very hard and was patient with his students, so we all 1 him very much since he left. It was not long before Michael came back to Los Angeles 2 a short visit. The teachers and students held a small party for 3.

    At the party, people walked 4 and talked with each other. I certainly would not give up the good 5 to learn English. I tried to think of all kinds of topics 6 with another English teacher, Mrs. Green.

    Just before I was going to run out of my 7, suddenly I heard Michael say to others loudly, “I dig New York!” I asked Mrs. Green at once, “Is it really 8 to find a job in New York? Why does Michael have to do 9 work since he is such a good teacher?”

    Mrs. Green didn't seem to understand 10 I said. “Why do you think of that?” she asked.

    “Haven't you heard him say that he is digging New York? Is he 11 an underground passage(地下通道)?” I asked.

    When Mrs. Green finally 12 what I meant, she laughed to tears. Then she asked us whether we knew the 13 of “I dig New York”. All of us shook heads and said “14“. Michael told us that “I dig New York” means “I love New York” in American slang(俚语). 15 few people say that now, we still hear it sometimes.

It was so close to noon on December, 21 1943, in the Tanana River Valley of Alaska, not far from the Arctic Circle, when Crane on the Iceberg Inez was preparing to jump out of 1 plane. Wind cried and he was in the fall. Before Crane realized 2 was happening, he found himself 3 on a frozen stream. The plane that he had to 4 was burning, two miles away, which would be good 5 a rescue. However, the fire also meant the supplies—-food, sleeping bags, signal flames, a gun-were lost. Still he shouted out for any sign of life. 6 there was nobody else. Crane tried to take 7steps, but the thick snow made his walking hard. And to make things 8 a broken foot made 9 nearly impossible to reach the crash site before nightfall. He knew he mustn't lose his 10 and began to think of the things he could do.

    It was minus-60degrees Fahrenheit. Crane knew he needed to start a fire and get it going,11 he might not last the night. His fingers were dead, but he managed to light a match. The little flame wasn't enough to catch. He tried another three matches but they did nothing except burn his fingertips. At that moment, he remembered hearing from his father days ago. So with the help of the 12, a fire rose up. The 13 match worked. The journey back was unexpectedly difficult. One of his feet became so large that he could 14 put on his shoe. He walked at the best speed that he could manage although he was in great pain. Luckily, the 23-year-old 15 who had a strong will succeeded in keeping himself away from varied kinds of danger until help arrived 81 days later.

    Several weeks ago, our headmaster, Mr. Brown, told us that our school had been chosen to compete on Smart Aleck-a game show. My best friend Nancy and I both 1 it. Nancy has a good imagination, and I know a lot of history. So we thought we'd be good 2 for the team.

    A few days later, Mr. Brown held a meeting with everyone interested in the 3 .He told us that Smart Aleck used a five-member team and three more people would be needed as backup (替补). Mr. Brown said we would have a 4 among all the students present and the top eight scorers would become the team and the backup. Everybody agreed that this was a 5 way to decide.

    Yesterday, all of the hopefuls got together. Mr. Brown acted as the host. After a couple of hours, all the places on the team were set 6 one. Nancy and I tied(打成平手)for that last position. We had to hold a one-on- one competition. The winner would be on the team and the loser would be the 7 .

    Midway through our two-person competition, I was starting to pull 8 . Then I saw the look on Nancy's face. I waited for a second and knew 9 I had to do. As much as I wanted to be on Smart Aleck, Nancy wanted it even more. So, starting with my next question, I held back and let Nancy 10 , just by a little bit. When she 11 she would be on the show, she felt sorry for my not being on the team. However, I will still have the 12 of seeing the show up close.

    Was I 13 by not trying as hard as I could? I don't think so. No one noticed, and Nancy and I didn't say it. It won't hurt the team 14Nancy will be a very good competitor on the real show. I think that making my best friend happy was the 15 thing to do.

    Once there was a young lion named Leo who loved to play. He often played with his brothers and sisters. Sometimes his mother would play with him, too. But Leo wished for 1 more. He wanted to play with other 2.

    So one day Leo walked up to Millie the monkey. "Would you like to play with me?" he asked.

    "I cannot play with you," said Millie. "Lions are 3."

    Then Leo asked Fred the fox to play. But Fed's mother had told him to 4 lions. Pat the pig said that lions did not make good friends.

Leo had tears in his eyes as he went along.

    Leo heard a 5 sound as he was walking home. Someone seemed to be crying. Then Leo saw Zip the zebra. The poor little zebra was caught in a 6 net. And Zip cried even more 7 when he saw Leo coming.

    Leo told Zip that he wanted to 8 him. He used his sharp teeth to chew a hole in the net. Soon Zip was free. He jumped out of the net and licked Leo's face.

    The next morning Leo saw Zip's mother standing close to Zip.

    "Hi, Leo," called Zip.

    "Thank you for 9 my child," said Zip's mother.

    Then Leo saw the other animals. All the animals invited Leo to play with them. Leo 10 the day playing with his new friends. They played tag, hide-and-seek, and follow the leader. Leo's wish had come true finally.

    Johnnie Martin was born in a worker's family. His parents lived a simple life, saving money for the day when they could send him to a good university. They had dreamed that their son could get a good1and live a better life. However, to Johnnie, school lessons seemed like a wall that was impossible to go through.

    One day when he was in Grade 11, Johnnie went2the school psychologist's(心 理学家的) office to ask for help.

    "Johnnie, I've been studying your marks of all the tests at school. I've made a3study of them," said the psychologist.

    "I've been trying hard," Johnnie was about to4.

    The psychologist put his hand on the boy's shoulder, "People have different kinds of talents, Johnnie. There are painters who are5able to learn math, and engineers who can't sing on key. Some day you will find6you are good at, and when you do, you will make your parents and all of us very7you."

    Johnnie didn't go to university. He found a job working in the gardens around the town. Soon8amazing happened. His customers began to notice that Johnie had what they called a" green thumb" The plants he9grew, and the roses blossomed(开花). People started to accept his10for gardening， because he had an eye for color and light.

    One day while he was downtown, he happened to11an unused dirty land behind the city hall. He volunteered to make it into a garden. That afternoon as soon as he got the permission(许可), he started the work,12he couldn't afford all the tools or the plants that were13. People gave him young trees, rose-bushes, benches and many other things. Before long, it had become a beautiful little14.

    Today Johnnie is the head of the business in gardening. Wherever he and his men go， they15beauty before the eyes of people.