Once upon a time, a wealthy villager hid a huge piece of gold in a nearby rice field to protect it from robbers（强盗）.

 Many years later, the wealthy man died and no one else knew about the gold. One day , a poor farmer began to plough（犁）the field. After ploughing for some time, his plough struck（碰、撞）the long forgotten treasure.

    At first, he thought it must be a very hard tree root. However, when he went closer to look, he saw that it was a large piece of beautiful shining gold.

    Waiting until midnight, the farmer started to take the gold home. He tried to lift the gold but it was too heavy. He tried to pull it out with ropes, but it was so huge that he could hardly move it. He became frustrated and thought how lucky he was to have found treasure, but unlucky too, as he could not move it. He even tried kicking the gold but it would not budge!

    He sat down and began to use his head. He decided to break the gold into smaller pieces. This would enable him to carry the gold easily.

He thought to himself, “ I will use one part for my daily needs, I will save the second part for a rainy day. I will invest（投资）the third part in my farming business. I will use the fourth part to help the poor and needy.”

    Follow this, he calmly divided the huge piece of gold into smaller pieces. Finally, he took all the gold home easily and lived happily ever after.

    Peter Owen has been making wigs (假发) since the 1980s. He has made wigs for the stars of more than seventy movies, including Tom Hanks in Philadelphia, Johnny Depp in Sleepy Hollow, and Nicole Kidman in The Others. One of his biggest jobs so far has been designing the hair and make-up(化妆) for the three Lord of the Rings movies. He had just six weeks to design and make more than a hundred wigs, each one a different style, colour, shape and length.

    The hair and make-up in a movie are just as important as the costumes(戏装) or the sets. Over the years, Peter has made actors look older, younger, healthy and sick. For one movie he even made a female actor look like a man!“What people don't realize about wigs is that we are not always making people more beautiful,” he says. “Often we are covering up beauty and making them look ordinary.”

    All Peter's wigs are hand-made using human hair, so they look as real as possible. This also makes them very expensive―between US$4,500 and US$12,500 each! He knows he's done a good job when people don't realize the star of the movie is wearing a wig. So he was pleased when one newspaper said that Nicole Kidman had dyed（染色） her hair dark brown for a movie. “It was a wig and no one knew that,” he says.

My name is Jim. I am a 13-year-old boy. I am a student in Class 9, Grade 7 from No.6 Middle School. I lost my schoolbag this morning. I think I lost it{#blank#}1{#/blank#}the bus. There are many important things in my bag, so I really {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (worry) about it.

Its {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (colour) are red and yellow. And it {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (look)a little old. There is a picture of a dog on the bag. In the bag, there is a pencil case, some books and an ID card {#blank#}5{#/blank#} my name on it. The pencil case is blue and there are two pencils and {#blank#}6{#/blank#} eraser in it.

I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (can) do many things without my ID card. And I need the books for my study. I really want to find my bag and I hope the finder could return my bag very soon. If you find my schoolbag, please call {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. My telephone number is 867-5331. I {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (pay) you 5 dollars. Thank you for {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (help)me.

Hello, everyone!

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This is a nice room. I like my room very much.

Confidence( 自 信 )is very important in daily life. It can help you to develop a healthy attitude(态度). A study shows that the people who are more confident are much happier. They can have more chances to make themselves successful. Here are some suggestions about how to be more confident. 

Speak loud When you are not confident, you can't do well what you want to do. You speak in a voice so low that other people can hardly hear you. Try to speak aloud enough so that people can hear you clearly. The high voice can help you become more confident. 

Play sports Physical exercise makes you tired but completely relaxed. A strong body helps you be full of confidence. 

Encourage yourself Write down a list of things you did during the day to see how many things you have done well. Did you finish your homework? Did you tell a joke that made everybody laugh? Give yourself praise for the good things you've done. 

Pick up a hobby If you like singing, sing as much as you can. In some ways, a hobby can make you outstanding and popular. And it will also make you confident. 

Get rid of（消除）fear Fear comes along with failure. But it's easy to overcome（战胜）if you know that failure is part of your life. Don't hide your head just because you said something stupid last time. Try to start again and believe you can do better.