Billy's favorite color isorange. But he can't see what orange looks like.

A month after he was born, his mother noticedthat his eyes weren't quite as1asa normal baby's. "Billy would never be able to see, he is2."the doctor said. Even so, with the hope to help Billy learn all about the worldaround him, his mother kept talking to him and describing3shesaw.

Billy does not only depend on his mother's descriptionsto learn about the world around him. He sees4hisears and his hands, too. He has perfect hearing. When people make phone calls,he can5the numbers they dial (拨).

"He is very confident and his disabilitydoesn't stop him from being an important part of the class," his teachersaid, "The students love him, and he is just one of them."

Billy loves computer science. He began teaching6computerprogramming when he was just seven years old. As a young boy, he7goingto study in Stanford University. And for years of efforts (努力), he got the best grades in his classes, he finally8hisdream. Many people wanted to find out the9ofhis success. Billy explained, "Move forward! Don't let any difficultiesget in the way of your dreams."

You cannot choose what you are given10youcan choose how you make use of it.

    O. Henry, a famous American writer of short stories, was born in North Carolina in 1862. O. Henry was a pen name. His real name was William Sydney Porter. When he was a young boy, he did not go to school for long because of being born in a poor family, but he tried to teach himself everything he needed to know.

   When he was about 20 years old, O. Henry went to Texas. There he tried different jobs. He first worked on a newspaper, and then had a job in a bank. But he got himself into some trouble. Some money went missing from the bank. O. Henry was believed to have stolen it, so he was sent to prison(监狱). During the three years in prison, he learned to write short stories. After he got out of prison, he went to New York and went on writing.

   He wrote mostly about New York and the life of the poor there. People liked his stories, because almost all of them finished with a sudden change. This made the readers surprised.

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My name is Bill. I am thirty years old. Let me tell you more about myself.

I am a teacher and work in a 1 . I go to work for five days, from Monday to 2 every week. Usually at six o'clock, I get up in the morning and then I have breakfast. After breakfast, I go to work. Do you know 3 I go to work? I always take a bus 4 my home is not near the school. I teach 5 ，so I often play basketball, ping-pong and volleyball with my students when we have classes. I have 6 classes every day: two are in the morning and three are in the afternoon. I like my students and my students like 7 too. I often play sports and have healthy food, so I am very 8 . I usually eat dinner at home. After that, I watch TV for two 9 .At weekends, I often go to the movies.I like cartoons because I 10 they are interesting.

A boy and his family left their country because of war. They lived in a small room. They had no toys or books, and 1 food. One night, Father went to the market to buy 2 . When he came home, it was nearly dark. He carried a long roll of paper under his arm. 

"I bought a map. " He said happily. 

"3 is the bread?" Mother asked. "I bought a map. " He said again. 

 Mother and the boy said 4 . 

"I had enough money to buy only a small piece of bread, and we would still be 5 , "

Father said, feeling very sorry. 

" No dinner tonight, " Mother said 6 . " We' ll have the map instead. " The boy was very angry, but he had to go to bed hungrily. 

 The next day, Father 7 the large map. The map was so large that it took up the whole wall. Their dark room was full of 8 . 

" What a colorful map!" It surprised the boy and made him very 9 it. So he began to spend long hours looking at it and studying it carefully and drawing on any small piece of paper that he 10 find. He learned many different names of places on the map. He even traveled to faraway countries without 11 the room. 

 The boy landed in deserts. He ran on beaches. He climbed snowy mountains. He saw birds singing on the top of temples. He went 12 forests with lots of fruit trees, eating as many fruits as he liked. He drank fresh water and 13 under tall trees. He came to a city of tall buildings and counted thousands of windows, falling asleep 14 he could finish. 

 So he spent many hours far, far away from his hunger and 15 days. He understood that his father was right at last.