There was a kingdom long, long ago. It was ruled by king who loved riddles. Once a year the king made a new riddle. He gave a prize to the person who could solve the riddle.

    There was a baker who also lived in this kingdom. Everyone agreed that he baked the finest breads. The baker had almost everything he needed except for a horse. If the baker had a horse, he could sell his fine breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

    One year the king made a new riddle that puzzled everyone. "I will give a prize to the person who can solve my riddle," the king said. Whoever wins will have the pick of one of my strongest horses." He then drew a line down the middle of the courtyard "Make this line shorter without erasing(清除) any part of it," the king challenged.

    People came from far and wide. They looked at the line and squinted at it. They even put their noses to the ground and scratched their heads.

    How can you make a line shorter without erasing any part of it?” the people in the crowd asked each other. Some of them tried. The dressmaker kicked dirt(泥土)over the line to hide it. The farmer poured water over the line to make it disappear. None of these efforts worked, and the people went home disappointed. Everyone was puzzled about how to solve this new riddle.

    A week passed, and nobody had any new ideas. Then one day the baker came into the courtyard with a bag of flour(面粉).

    Your Majesty, "the baker said to the king, I can make your line shorter without erasing any part of it." Then the baker opened his bag of flour. He poured out a line of flour right next to the king's line. The line the baker made was longer than the king's line.

    Now, good king, "the baker smiled, "your line is shorter.

    The people were amazed. The king laughed and clapped his hands. "You have won the prize. I will give you a horse of your choice.

    The baker was excited. Now he could sell his breads from one end of the kingdom to the other.

    Some people have a very poor sense of direction. Unlucky, I am one of them. I have visited a place many times but I may still get lost there the next time.

    When I was a little girl, I never dared ask strangers the way. And so I used to walk round in circle and hope that by chance I would get to the place I was going to.

    Now, I am no longer too shy to ask people for directions, but I often receive helpless or even wrong information. So I try to avoid(避免) giving people wrong directions. If anyone asks me the way somewhere, I would say, "Sorry, I am a stranger here."

    Once on my way to work I was stopped by a man. He asked me if I could tell him the way to the Friendship Building. I gave him my usual reply. But just as I walked on only a few steps, I realized that he had asked the way to my office building. However, I had no time to turn back and look for him. I was rushing to meet with someone at my office and I didn't want to keep him waiting.

    When I just got to my office, the secretary showed in the man who had asked me for directions. Imagine how embarrassed I was and how surprised he was when we saw each other at the first sight！

Lang Zheng touched (感动) people's hearts after the Wenchuan earthquake (地震) in 2008. He saluted (敬礼) the soldiers who saved him. He would go to Peking University {#blank#}1{#/blank#} he has done well in the gaokao.

On May 12, 2008, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} earthquake hit Wenchuan. The soldiers saved him from his fallen house. When the soldiers carried him on a stretcher (担架), he gave them a salute. A man took the picture of the {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (move) moment and it touched the hearts of people across the country.

On Saturday, Lang knew he got 637 points. He was in the top 30 of hundreds of thousands of liberal arts exam participants (文科考生) in Sichuan. Lang has {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (receive) the admission notice (录取通知书) of Peking University.

Since 2008, Lang has been famous {#blank#}5{#/blank#} the salute. And then he was {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(call）the "Salute Boy". The name has given him much encouragement, rather than placing him under {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (press). "The special name encourages me {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (keep) studying and not to slow down," he said, "Going to university is just a new {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (begin). I should study {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (hard), and get more skills to give back to our country."

We were silently waiting on the platform（站台） in the late afternoon.There he was，my1 grandfather with his grey hair and there I was，a teenage girl in my jeans and T﹣shirt.I was wondering how I was going to get through the next two days.Why did I agree to be with my strange grandpa on the two days' train ride from our city to2 ？

No one else wanted to be his partner along3 way since my grandfather refused to take a plane.Unlike him，I loved to fly because I wanted to get to the destinations（目的地） as4 as possible.No matter how much he 5 about the quickness of flying，my grandfather refused to book a flight，saying， "It is not just about time.It's the experience of getting there. "

With my first step onto the train，the journey was already different from 6 .The train was modern and filled with friendly travelers.We seated 7 in the dining car，where we could enjoy food and drinks while we were watching the beauty of nature passing by.Instead of listening to my own music，I listened to my grandfather talking 8 my family history that I had never had the time or patience to learn about before.For the first time I felt I 9 him.I was thankful for our time together on the train.

In this rapidly changing world，we often miss important moments.It is necessary to slow down10 listen to elders who offer a piece of their history or experience and share their feelings.Life isn't just about the destination.It's about the journey.

Sam usually gets out of bed at seven o'clock. But this morning, when Mrs Miller asks him to get up, he {#blank#}1{#/blank#}（say）, "Mum, please let me sleep for fifteen {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（many）minutes. "

"But it's seven o'clock now, " says Mrs Miller. 

"I know, Mum. I won't be late {#blank#}3{#/blank#} school. " So Sam gets out of bed at a quarter past seven. After having, {#blank#}4{#/blank#} quick breakfast, he gets his schoolbag from the sofa and runs to school quickly. When he gets to school, itis {#blank#}5{#/blank#}（fifth）to eight. "Great! It's OK for{#blank#}6{#/blank#}（my）to get up fifteen minutes late, " Sam thinks. 

{#blank#}7{#/blank#} when Sam looks at his schoolbag, he finds that his maths homework isn't in it "Where is it? Oh, no! It's on my desk. I always look at my schoolbag {#blank#}8{#/blank#} going to school, but today I don't have time to do that, " Sam thinks. Now, he knows that it's good to {#blank#}9{#/blank#}（having）good habits（习惯）. 

Sam calls his mum and says, "Mum, I need your {#blank#}10{#/blank#}（helpful）. My maths homework is on my desk. Please bring it to me quickly. "