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    There was a man who played the piano in a bar. He played 1 well that many people came just to hear him play. But one night，the boss told him, "Some customers are 2 listening to the piano. They live on(靠……为生) 3 you to sing. So sing a song or you will not get paid!"

    Then he had to sing a song. He had never sung in  4 before. But everyone was moved by the song "Mona Lisa" he sang this time. 5 had ever heard such a beautiful song before!

    He might have 6 the rest of his life as a common piano player in a bar, 7for this time, he went on to become one of the best-known  8.

    You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not realize that your talent is great, but it may be 9 than you think! Also, if you keep trying, most skills can be improved. The question is not, "What talent do I have?" It is rather, " 10 will I use whatever talent I have?"

    Tom was a college student. He often made excuses not to attend classes. Also, he spent much of his free time 1 computer games. He never went to the library 2.

    How time flew! At the end of the term, there was 3important event that he was afraid of—the final exam. "What should I do？" Tom walked up and down in the room the day before the exam .He was 4. Suddenly he thought of 5 idea.

    The next morning, Tom went into the exam room very early. He found a young man 6 looked so confident and took a seat next to him. "Hey you！" Tom greeted ."What？" the young man asked.

    " Can you do me a favor？" Tom begged(恳求)."Please let me 7your paper during the exam. I have to depend on you！" When hearing his words, the young man just smiled but said 8.

    When the bell rang, the young man 9 immediately and came to the front, saying, "It is time for the final exam! Now I will hand out the papers to all of you and collect them 10 an hour."

    Tom sat there with his mouth wide open.

Every morning, Toad gets up and knows he has a lot to do. He writes down all the 1 and makes a list（清单）:

●get up;     ●eat breakfast;     ●go to Frog's house;

●walk with Frog;     ●eat lunch;     ●play a game 2 Frog;

●go home;     ●eat dinner;     ●go to sleep

Toad 3 think he can do everything well without the list.

He starts his day with breakfast 4 happily gets it off the list. Then he puts the list in 5 bag and goes to Frog's house. When he 6 there, he shows Frog his list. A strong wind（风） comes. It takes 7 list away from Toad. Frog runs fast to help but it is 8 to catch the list. Toad feels sad, because he knows there 9 still many things to do.

Frog says to Toad, "10 to sleep". Toad writes Frog's words on the ground. They lie down and quickly fall asleep, feeling happy.

Once, Einstein gave a lecture in a university. After his speech, the audience started asking questions.

A girl asked, "Do you think you're1 giant of science?" Einstein said 2 a smile. "A giant is a person who is tall in height. You see I'm so small, How can I be a giant? Maybe I see a bit farther, only 3 I stand higher!" Then a boy asked. "You mentioned you stand higher than 4 . It reminded me that you had a talk with a lady on the top of the Alps. I don't want to ask 5 you talked about, but I want to know whether you realized you had been a top in the history of science when you stood on the top."

Looking at the boy6 , Einstein replied, "Well,7 height cannot become a top. And there is no top that no one can get to, so we don't want to be a top, but we want to be a person to climb to the top!" Then he took up a piece of chalk and 8 on the blackboard, "Standing on the top, you are not tall, but even smaller!" Then he said, "Though I stand high, in the eyes of the world I'm still small! Finally, I can tell you a sentence, which was the last one I 9 the lady on the top of the Alps, ‘Any top can be reached, for there is no giant in the world but the one 10 stands higher!'"

A storm of applause sounded. The lady who listened to Einstein's instruction on the Alps that year was no other than Madam Curie!

I arrived home from work, but my mind was still busy. I was going to perform a very important experiment, but I had spent the whole day worrying about it. And I wanted to shake off my worries very much. So after dinner, I made a cup of hot chocolate, sat on my sofa, and opened a page. Almost at once, my mind left behind the experiment and went into a wonderful world different from my daily life. It was exactly what I needed.

 Growing up, I was actually never a big fan of novels. My classmates would be crazy about the latest novel, while my copy sat collecting dust on a bookcase. Instead, I would choose to read through the books about school lessons. After I started graduate school, extra reading didn't interest me at all, but I spent most of my time at school working on research papers and my mind couldn't process nonfiction(非小说类纪实作品) books at home. So I knew that I needed to find a way to enjoy reading again.

 To help me stick to it. I made a New Year's resolution: I would read two fiction books per month. The result was that I loved fiction almost at once, along with many unexpected results including ones that are good for my schoolwork.

★some of the best books I read were historical fiction books. I learned life in different countries, as well as challenges which people there faced during difficult periods in their histories. The books have helped me build sympathy and understanding, with an unexpected advantage: I' ve started to think more deeply about the different types of the scientific problems in my study and could se rve them with all my heart.

Billy Ray Harris is a very happy man. Just a few months ago he was a homeless beggar (乞丐) on the streets of Kansas City in the USA. Now he can afford a1 of his own. Even better, he has found his long lost 2 .

This surprising story wouldn't happen3 Sarah Darling didn't stop in the street to give Billy some money. She only4 later that as well as the coins, she had also5 a large diamond ring into his cup! She had put her ring in her wallet because it was a little loose (松脱的).

When Billy saw the ring, he thought about6 it to a local jeweler (珠宝商). However, he decided to 7 it to the owner if possible. When Sarah came back the next day, he 8 the ring with a smile. Sarah and her husband wanted to reward (奖励) him for his9 , so they set up an online page to raise money. As the story 10 , the public gave more and more money.

After a few months they had 11 more than $190,000. Meanwhile, Billy was becoming a national 12 . 490 miles away, in Texas, his sister, who hadn't seen him for sixteen years, 13 his face while she was reading the 14 online. Not long afterwards they were reunited live on a TV show.

This wonderful story 15 proves the old saying "Honesty is the best policy"!