Tony and Robert are neighbors, so their families sometimes 1 together. One day, Robert asked Tony for some 2, saying that he needed it for a business (生意).

    At first, Tony 3. But after Robert begged him several times, he lent the money to Robert. However, Tony 4 to ask for a receipt (收据) for the money.

Robert said he would 5 in six months, but he didn't do it on time. When Tony went to ask him about the money, he said that he had 6 borrowed any money from Tony.

    This made Tony very 7. He went to his lawyer (律师) and said, "My neighbor owes (欠) me much money and he won't pay back. What should I do?"

    "Do you have any proof (证据) that he owes you money?" the lawyer asked.

    "Nope." Tony said.

    "Okay, then write him a letter asking him for the 8 dollars he owes you," the lawyer said.

    " 9 I only lent him 5000 dollars," Tony said.

    "That's what he will say 10 he replies (答复) and then you'll have your proof!"

Can you imagine going to university at age 14? This year, Jia Zijun, from Henan, did that. He became the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (young) freshman at Beihang University. 

"I didn't know that until I got here, and it feels q{#blank#}2{#/blank#} cool! "Jia told The Paper. Jia took the college entrance exam in June and got a total score of 642. People often think students like him must be smart. But Jia believes his s{#blank#}3{#/blank#} is from curiosity and good study methods. 

"When I was in Grade 1, I was curious about what we were going to learn next. So I borrowed Grade 2 textbooks and {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(learn) the lessons during my summer holiday. I was hungry {#blank#}5{#/blank#} new information," he said. Because of this, Jia skipped Grade 2. 

As he went to high school, he found things were getting harder to learn. So he started to make p{#blank#}6{#/blank#} every day to get prepared ahead. Jia would also review what he learned each day before going to bed. If there was s{#blank#}7{#/blank#} he couldn't remember well, he'd take a look at it the next morning

"I was not good at English in high school, so I printed the vocabulary list and stuck it onto my bed Every morning when I w{#blank#}8{#/blank#} up, I looked through the list, and it's a good way. 

When Jia felt stressed, he had a special way to r{#blank#}9{#/blank#} working on math problems. "I'd find difficult problems to challenge myself, and when I worked it out, I felt really happy. "As he told The Paper, he hopes he can keep his curiosity and study habits in university, which makes a big {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(different) to his life

My Favourite Story

My favourite story is about Sima Guang. 

Once upon a time, there was a wise man {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(call) Sima Guang. One day, some{#blank#}2{#/blank#}(child) played hide- and- seek (捉迷藏) in the garden. While they{#blank#}3{#/blank#} (have) fun, one of them suddenly fell {#blank#}4{#/blank#} a big jar (缸). The big jar was full of water. The child was {#blank#}5{#/blank#} danger. The other children didn't know what {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(do). They shouted for help,{#blank#}7{#/blank#} there were no adults (成年人) around. Sima Guang was very smart. He used a stone (石头){#blank#}8{#/blank#}(break) the big jar while the child was shaking in the jar. The water ran out of it and the child was safe in the end. {#blank#}9{#/blank#} the adults knew that, they felt happy for his intelligence (才智). 

I learnt a lot from it. When we face difficulties, we should never give up(放弃). We can use our heads {#blank#}10{#/blank#}(work) them out. Do you like the story?