Bob was only seven years old. One night Bob was at home {#blank#}1{#/blank#} while his parents were out for a party. He had often stayed alone before, so he wasn't afraid. As he waited for his parents to {#blank#}2{#/blank#} home, he watched a film on TV. His eyes became heavier and heavier as time {#blank#}3{#/blank#} by.

      Suddenly Bob's eyes opened wide-what was the {#blank#}4{#/blank#} in the next room? Bob heard the window being opened slowly. For a minute, Bob was so {#blank#}5{#/blank#} that he could not move, and his body felt like ice. He knew that he couldn't lose his head (惊慌失措) and began to think of the things he could do. Again he heard the sound of someone trying to climb into his home {#blank#}6{#/blank#} the window.

      Bob's drums were standing in the corner near the TV. "Wait, {#blank#}7{#/blank#} there is something I can do," thought Bob. He {#blank#}8{#/blank#} on his drums as hard as he could. The sound was so terrible that Bob {#blank#}9{#/blank#} even himself. He also surprised the man in the window, who {#blank#}10{#/blank#} away as fast as possible. How clever he was!

I love eating persimmons (柿子). But people can't get them in summer. If people try them before the right time, they probably taste bad.

Mom was worried because {#blank#}1{#/blank#} my poor grades. She {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (wonder) whether I could go to high school or not. Summer came and {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hot sun shone all day. It made me feel {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (sleep). When I wanted to stop studying, Mom would shout, "If you give up now, you will regret it!" I sat well to study again.

Mom always said to me with a serious look on {#blank#}5{#/blank#}(she) face, "You won't get any fruit in autumn unless the persimmon tree {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (grow) in summer!" Although I didn't like it at that time, I {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (slow) understood mom's words. I took {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (act) and worked hard.

Several {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (month) later, I got into the key high school. It was autumn. I could see a few persimmon trees in the school yard. I realized that working hard might be bitter (苦的), {#blank#}10{#/blank#} its fruit was sweet.

The New Year is coming. That's to say some things will come to {#blank#}1{#/blank#} end, and some things will start. People always make New Year's resolutions (决心) at the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (begin) of the year. Here {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (be) some students' resolutions.

Grace wants to keep healthy. First, she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (decide) to take exercise more. Then, she is going to eat {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (little) fast food than before. Jerry's resolution is about his {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (person) improvement. He wants to be a famous {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (act), so he will take acting lessons. Next year is quite full for him, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} he still wants to develop a new hobby like singing. Tom is going to get a part-time job {#blank#}9{#/blank#} a magazine writer. He wants to be a great writer when he grows up.

In a word, we should try {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (we) best to make the New Year's resolutions come true.

Maddie Clybum used to be self﹣abased（自卑的）because she was born with an ear that never developed. Other kids used to laugh at this lovely six﹣year﹣old girl. What was worse， {#blank#}1{#/blank#}hearing was getting weaker and weaker because of these situations. But now everything has{#blank#}2{#/blank#}. 

Dr. Chery Lewin，a famous doctor in a hospital in Los Angeles，the US{#blank#}3{#/blank#}，which is in fact a 3 D product. 

Nothing was easy for the doctor. The first {#blank#}4{#/blank#}was to scan（扫描） Maddie's good ear. 

Then，she developed a man﹣made ear using 3 D technology that looked quite{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. 

It was the first time that Maddie saw her new ear. "I have something really helpful {#blank#}6{#/blank#}you. This is your new big ear. "The doctor explained to her how she had got her new ear，surprising the girl a lot. 

Her mom Erin could hardly wait. "People used to ask uncomfortable {#blank#}7{#/blank#}and my daughter has been silent for years. They used to make fun of her {#blank#}8{#/blank#}. "

Now everything has changed and she has never been so {#blank#}9{#/blank#}. 

On the day of her operation（手术）. Maddie was excited and worried. After a nine﹣hour her amazing 3 D ear came out. Her mom cried with tears （眼泪） {#blank#}10{#/blank#}she saw a photo of her daughter's new ear. 

Whoever Maddie meets now，she is used to saying "I {#blank#}11{#/blank#}my new ear. "

One day a little boy asked his father, "What does the word 'great' mean? Who are great people and how do they become great ?" The father asked his son to bring two1 and then told him to plant one of them inside the house and the other outside the house. The boy2 as his father said. 

The father asked his son, "Which of the two plants do you think will be bigger and 3 ?"

The boy replied, "The plant inside the house will be safer, so it will grow bigger, while the plant outside the house faces4 . No one will be there to 5 it. It may be eaten by animals. "

The father smiled and said, "Let's wait. We will know the answer. " Then the boy left home for study. 

After four years he returned to his house. He said to his father, " Look! Nothing happens to this plant inside the house and it grows well. " When the boy went outside, he was very6 to see a big tree. The boy couldn't believe his eyes. He couldn't7 how the plant outside was able to grow much bigger than the plant inside the house. 

"The plant outside the house faced every season and many difficulties!"the father smiled and explained to his son8 why the plant outside was bigger, "The plant inside was safe, it didn't face weather changes, and it didn't9 enough sunlight, so it didn't become big. "

Here is the10 to the question about being great:To become a great person, one must have failed many times, experienced many difficulties and got over them.