Justin, my brother, has been missing for two weeks. Now I 1 him very much. I'm worried that something2 has happened to him. I'm sure he3 that night at about 11 o'clock, because I heard him playing his favorite CD in his bedroom. But where has he gone?

    Yesterday a girl named Marvies told me that 4was once taken away by aliens (外星人) from outer space. They did some research on her. Marvies said that the whole experience was really terrible5luckily they returned her home. If Justin has been taken away by aliens too, I hope they will 6him soon.

    My parents have been worrying about Justin. Soon after he was found missing, they called7. However, the police are not making 8 in the case (案子). They are very puzzled, saying Justin might have been murdered. Dad is very9 with them. He doesn't think they are doing their job well. Mum is so worried that she 10 sleep well. I hope Justin will come home soon and tell us what happened to him. I want all of us to be together again.

    One day all the employees of a very famous company reached their office and all saw a big sign on the main door which said this:

    "Yesterday, the 1 who has been stopping your progress in this company 2. We invite you to join the funeral（葬礼）in the room that has been 3 in the gym."

    In the beginning, they all got 4for the death of one of their colleagues（同事）, but after a while they started to 5who was that person that stopped the 6 of their colleagues and the company itself?

    The7 in the gym was such that security agents were ordered to control the crowd 8the room. The more people 9the coffin（棺材），the more the excitement heated up. Everyone thought,"10is it that was holding me back?"

    One by one the intrigued（引起好奇心的）employees（雇员）got closer to the coffin, and when they looked inside it, they 11 became speechless.

    They all got to stand near the coffin, and felt shocked and 12, as if someone had touched the deepest part of their 13.There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone who looked 14 it could see themselves! There was also a sign next to the mirror that15

    "There is only one person who is able to set 16 to your growth and IT IS YOU!" Your life does not 17when your boss changes, when your friends change, when your parents change, when your husband or wife changes…

    No, your life changes when YOU change, when you go 18 your limiting beliefs inside.

Examine yourself; watch yourself. Don't be afraid of 19, impossibilities and losses. Be a winner, build yourself and your reality.20, it's the way you face life itself that makes a difference.

    I believe in my mother very much, and my belief began when I was just a kid. I dreamed of becoming a 1 then.

    My mother was a servant. Through her work, she 2 that reliable people spent a lot of time 3 than they did watching TV. So she 4 my brother and I could only watch two TV programs every week. We had to read two books each week and 5 our book reports to her, 6 she would mark them. Years later we realized her marks were a 7 --she was illiterate (不认识字的).

    When I entered high school I was an A-student. But I wanted the fancy 8 and to hang out with other guys. I went from being an A-student to a B-student then a C-student. One night my mother came home from work and I 9 about not having an Italian shirt. She said, "I'll give you all the money I 10 this week, and you can buy the family food and pay the bills.11 there is some money left, you can have all you want."

    I was very 12 with that arrangement but once I allocated (分配)the money, there was 13 left. I realized my mother was a financial genius and was able to have a(n)14 over our heads. I also realized that 15satisfaction wasn't going to get me anywhere.

    I went back to my 16 and became an A-student again, and eventually I17 my dream and became a doctor.

    My mother is a woman with 18education who can only take her position as a parent to 19 the lives of us. There is no job more 20 than parenting(养育) and it's just what I believe.

I was working as a lifeguard at Tower 15 on Newport and two blocks to my right was another guard named Mike, working at Tower 17. He called me over the phone and said, “Hey, I have 1 two kids who are swimming in the dangerous zone. I have to give them a warning. Keep an eye on us.” I said “Sure.” In case of 2, anytime we got out of our tower, we were supposed to 3 somebody else.

Mike hung up the phone and 4 the lifebuoy(救生圈). Then he realized that these two kids had been 5and that there was a great tendency for them to be 6 by the wave. 7, Mike rushed toward the ocean. I 8 the water and all I found was two small heads. The mother of the two kids knelt(跪) down on the beach with 9 .

    When I dropped my binoculars(望远镜) and reached the mother, Mike was in waist-deep water, 10 the two kids. I turned to the mum and said, “Hey, it's OK. They are safe.” I saw the terror started to 11. Then she glanced back and got her first good look at Mike. A new kind of 12 washed over her face as though there was another threat to her kids' lives. She snatch(抢) her kids without 13 .

    Mike had some seemingly 14behavior, and his shaved head showed a scar(伤疤). Maybe he had no 15 manners, but his lifesaving ability 16 his unsatisfactory skills in PR(public relation). In the mother's 17 , Mike was a really terrible guy. However, that couldn't change the fact that he had just18her kids.

    Mike just glanced at me and smiled. As I jogged back to my tower, I promised myself I'd never let my own 19 prevent me from 20 a hero when I meet one.

    Frederick the Great, King of Prussia, was seated in his room when a petition (请愿书)was brought to him. The King had just returned from hunting, and the glare of the sun, or some other1, had so dazzled (使...目眩)his eyes that he found it difficult to 2 a single word of the writing.

    So he called the servant boy. The poor boy 3 a poor reader, huddling (挤在一起) several words together 4 they were syllables of one long word, which he must get through with as speedily as possible. "Stop! Send me that little girl sitting there by the fountain." The girl 5 pointed out by the King was the daughter of a royal 6, who had come to help her father weed the flower beds. She was somewhat 7 but took courage when the King told her that he only wanted her to 8 for him, as his eyes were weak.

    Ernestine, the little girl, was 9 of reading, and often many of the neighbors would10 at her father's house to hear her. Those who could not read themselves would come with their letters from friends or children, so she formed the 11 of reading various sorts of handwriting promptly and well.

The King gave her the petition, and she rapidly 12 the opening lines to get some13 of what it was about. It was from a poor widow, whose only son had been14into the army, although his health was delicate. His father had been killed in battle.

    Ernestine read the petition with so much 15, and in tones so pure and distinct, that when she had finished, the King, into whose eyes 16 had started, cried excitedly, "Oh, now I understand what it is all about; but I might never have known its 17 had I trusted to that young gentleman. As for you, my young lady," continued the King, "I know you will ask no better 18 than the pleasure of carrying to this poor widow my order for her son's immediate discharge."

    How happy Ernestine was! Because of her good reading the poor widow 19 her son. Ernestine also 20 did the servant boy good for, sorry for his bad reading, he began studying in earnest and finally became a lawyer.

When going through a serious illness, you learn to know what love and beauty really are. I know this 1 too well, because I've experienced a terrible illness myself.

I was diagnosed with both breast and colon (结肠) cancer at the same time, and my entire 2 on life completely changed. I thought I had it rough after having to 3 my daughter alone, but going 4 cancer made my previous years seem like times of delight. When you 5 from a serious illness like cancer, it makes you wonder what you did to 6 such a thing.

The love of my family helped me to forget my 7, however. Their love was the greatest reason why I had to fight the cancer and live. At times, I didn't think I would 8 it, but because of the unconditional love of my family, I found out who's there at this most critical time of my life. Through it all, not only did I find what love truly means, but I found what true 9 really is. Through all the 10 I endured, I still felt beautiful.

Whether we're dealing with an illness or any other 11 feeling about ourselves, we still need to feel beautiful-on both the outside and the inside.

Each passing day I'm allowed to open my eyes, the days are 12, because I'm able to see and appreciate it much more. True beauty is 13 and when you feel beautiful on the inside, it shows so clearly on the outside.

14, I could not have done or felt the way I did and still do without my family. I feel within my heart that I 15 cancer just so I could continue to share my life with them, while sharing my story with others.

I share my story with others as I hope to make a positive impact on those who are ill or just feeling 16. We as people should never allow anything to 17 our joy or self-esteem. We can turn something terrible like cancer into something positive 18 we focus on the great things that come out of it.

19 all, it's at the worst times of our lives that the best things can 20, and when we survive a tragedy, it is for a reason.