Home Alone
It was Sunday afternoon. My brother and I were alone at home. My parents went for a party and asked me to look after my brother. I was doing my homework while my younger brother was watching TV. Suddenly the doorbell rang. Ding-Dong! My brother thought that it was our parents, so he opened the 1quickly.
A tall man wearing a black raincoat stood outside. He said that he came to sell books and asked politely 2our parents were at home.
Without thinking, my brother said, "No." Then the man asked if we would like to3some story books. I refused him. When I wanted to close the door, he suddenly pushed the door very 4 and came into our house. He took out a 5 and ordered me to tie up my brother's hands with a rope. I tied up his hands in a special way so my brother could untie
6easily. The man then tied my hands up and locked 7 of us in the kitchen. Soon, he went upstairs to 8money. I taught my brother to untie the rope on his 9.He then untied me. I rushed to the telephone to call the police,10 the line was dead. The doors were all locked from the outside. It was lucky that the man 11 to lock the kitchen window. We got out of the house through the kitchen window and went to the12pay phone to call the police.
Soon 13 came to our house and the man was caught. By that time, my parents had come home. We told them the whole story. My parents were14that we were not hurt. They told me that I should stop my brother from 15the door to strangers. I learnt a lesson on safety.

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    The book I read is A Picture to Remember by Sarah Scott-Malden. It's1 a girl called Christina. One day, when she was waiting at the traffic lights, she 2 two men with a gun in a car next to her. They were bank robbers（抢劫者）and she saw 3 faces. They didn't want her to tell the police, so they planned to kill her.

    At first, one of the robbers attacked（攻击）Christina near the park, but 4 she only got her arm hurt slightly. After she called in her friend, Philippe for help, they were5 in the street when the robbers drove their car into them. Philippe was6seriously and had to go to hospital. When Cristina visited Philippe and left the7, the robbers followed her. Christina saw that they had a gun and understood 8 they want to do. She was scared, but she kept calm. The robbers were close behind her, but they were driving 9 fast that they couldn't stop the car and it turned over, so the police caught 10 the robbers. That's the end of the story.

    Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?

One day, two 1 were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very 2. They went up to her and said, "Are you going to town? If you are, we will help carry your basket."

    "Thank you," 3 the woman, " you are very kind. You see I'm weak and ill." Then she told them that she was now going to market to 4 the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.

    "We are all going to the 5." said the boys. "Let us have the basket." And they took hold of it, one each side. They walked 6 with the heavy basket, but happily.

    The other day, I saw a little girl stop and 7 a piece of orange peel, which she threw into the dustbin（垃圾桶）, "I wish 8 would throw that on the sidewalk," said she. "Someone may step on it and fall."

    Perhaps some may say that these are not 9 things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart. We must not wait for the 10 to do great things. We must begin with little things of love.

    Robert De Vincenzo, the great golfer, once won a competition. After receiving the check(支票), he went to the club and prepared to leave. He walked alone to his car and met a young woman.

    The young woman stopped him and said congratulations on his1, then she told him that her child was badly ill and she was dying. But her family was poor. She did not know how she could pay the hospital bill.

    De Vincenzo was2by her story, and gave his winning check to the woman. "Make some good days for the baby." He said as he put the check into her hand.

    The next week, he was3in the country club when a policeman came to his able. "Last week, some of the boys told me that you met a young woman after you won that competition."

    De Vincenzo said, "Yes."

    "Well," said the policeman, "I have news for you. She does not have a sick baby. She's not even married. She cheated you, my friend. "

    "You4there is no baby who is dying?" said De Vincenzo.

    "Yes, that's right," said the policeman.

    "That's the best news I've heard all the week." De Vincenzo said happily, "Life is more important."

    Good news or bad news? It depends on how you5it. You can be sad after being cheated.6you can choose to go on with your life bravely.

    One day, in a heavily crowded place, a young man began shouting, "People, look at me. I have the most beautiful heart in the world." All the people praised(称赞) him when they saw his beautiful heart in a perfect shape. However, there came an old man, "No, I don't think so. Young man, I have got the most beautiful heart in the world!"

    The young man asked him, "Show me your heart, then!"

    The old man showed his heart to him. The heart had scars(伤痕) all over.

    The young man started laughing, and said, "My dear old man, are you mad? How can you say your heart is beautiful?"

    "Dear boy. Did you see the scars? Each scar represents(代表) the love I shared with a person. I share a piece of my heart with others when I share love, and in return I get a piece of heart. Since the pieces of heart I shared were neither equal(相等的) nor in the same shape or size, my heart is not in shape. "

    The young man stood quietly and did not speak a word. Tears rolled down his face.