A man got off the bus and Sam, the bus driver, drove on. Soon the bus1to the next stop.2old man got on it. “This boy 3you his seat." Sam said to the old man. But the boy in the front seat did not move4the old man went up to him, Sam looked at him. Then he said again to the old man in a 5voice,“This boy will be glad to give you his seat.” This time the boy6it. His face 7red. He got up at once. Then the old man sat down 8 said to the boy, “Thank you, my boy."“Most people want 9nice,” Sam told the old man. “They just forget that. Sometimes they need a little10. I am glad to give them such a push sometimes, too.”

    Mark Twain was a famous American writer. One day he went to a city by train. He was a busy man. He usually 1 something. When he was in the train, the conductor asked him for his 2. Mark Twain looked for it here and there, but he could not find it. The conductor knew Mark Twain. She said, “If you can't find it, it doesn't matter.” “Oh, but it does,” said Mark Twain. “I must find it. If I can't find it, how can I 3 where I'm going?” Another day, he went to Dijon by train. He was very 4 and wanted to sleep. He asked the conductor to wake him up before the train 5 Dijon. But first he explained that he was a heavy sleeper. “I would probably protest (抗议）6 when you try to wake me up. But do not 7. Just put me off the train anyway.” Then Mark Twain went to sleep. By the time he woke up, the train had already been in Paris. He 8 that the conductor had forgotten his words. He was very 9. He ran up to the conductor and began 10 him, “I never was so angry in all my life.” The conductor looked hard at him and said “I just put a man off the train at Dijon. You were not half as angry as him!”

    “The world is so big, and I want to see more of it.”21-year-old Liang Juan Shared in WeChat.

    Liang Juan lives in Huaizi, 1mountain village(山村). She had a bad disease(疾病) when she was 3 years old. She often shares her feelings 2 the Internet, 3no one knows she has never walked out of her home. She needs her mother's4to do almost everything because she can't stand up or5. But she can use her cell phone.

    Every day Liang's mother carries her from her bed 6 the living room, washes her face and combs her hair. Then Liang spends her day 7 in a chair when her mother is at work. Most of the time, she 8 TV. She learns to read and sing from TV. She is 9 good at cross stitch(十字绣). She doesn't tell her Internet friends about her disease because she doesn't want 10 to pity(同情) her.

    The film Forever Enthralled was directed by the director Chen Kaige, and famous stars acted in it, such as Li Ming and Zhang Ziyi and Chen Hong. This film shows Mei Lanfang's life as a master of Beijing opera.

Mei grew up in a family of Beijing opera performers. He began to perform on the stage in 1904 when he was 10 years old. He learnt his acting skills and played female roles. Singing, dancing, and acting are the three main parts of the traditional Chinese opera. Mei Lanfang became highly good at all of them. He turned himself into a performer of almost all types of the “Dan” female roles. After many years of effort he enabled(使得) the Dan to have an important place in Beijing opera, with a clear-cut form for new comers to follow and develop. In his 50-year stage life, he used new acting skills and made lots of good operas.

    In July 1937, the Japanese army occupied(占领) Beijing. The officer of the army told Mei to perform for them and promised to give him a reward. Mei refused at the risk(风险) of his life and from then on he did not appear on stage during the war. His decision to give up made him poor until the war ended in 1945.

    Mei Lanfang was the first artist to introduce Beijing opera to foreign countries. He had his opera tours abroad, and people in other countries started to understand this kind of play. After 1949, he became the symbol of Beijing opera through making a great contribution to the development of Beijing opera.

    Long ago, there was a queen 1 lived in a palace. She felt 2 and said to her advisor (顾问), "All the things around me are too boring. I need a different kind of beauty. Let everyone3 that I will hold a competition for the most beautiful thing in the world. And the prize 4 this crown."

    Several days later, lots of people came to the competition and showed their things. The queen was not satisfied with 5. The advisor suggested, "What you are looking for cannot 6 to you. You must look for it by 7. What about a journey?"

    The queen was interested 8 the idea, so she started immediately. 9 she was on top of the hill near her palace, she looked down and suddenly something cried in her heart. "Why have I never 10 my palace so beautiful?"

    The queen spent one year 11. She saw beauty on the farm, in the forest and even in the stars twinkling (闪烁) at night on her journey. But what was the most beautiful thing？She12. Suddenly, she understood beauty was everywhere. She 13 learn to enjoy the world. She left the pieces of her crown at different places that she has seen. As time went by, the queen's crown got smaller and smaller 14 nothing was left.

    She found 15 thing at last, it was the world.

    Chen Yujie studies at a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang. She used to go back to her home in Cixi every week {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (get) money from her parents.

    It was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring. Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she didn't have to travel so often.

    She decided to discuss {#blank#}3{#/blank#} with her parents during TV time after dinner. "It's usually the most relaxing time for our family," said Chen.

    She {#blank#}4{#/blank#} the right time. After a few turns of lobbying(游说), her parents {#blank#}5{#/blank#} agreed with Chen. For most teenagers like Chen, talking to parents can be difficult or even worrying. So they have to choose a right time.

    American magazine Highlight recently surveyed 1,521 {#blank#}6{#/blank#} (kid) aged 6~12 in the country, asking questions like" When you want to talk to your parents about something important, when is {#blank#}7{#/blank#} best time to do it?". Results show that American kids seem to know when their parents are most receptive(乐于接受的). Mealtime is discovered to be their favourite time to talk to their parents. Bedtime comes {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (two), followed by time spent in the car.

    {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (China) teenagers seem to have a similar tendency(倾向) towards the problem. A newspaper in Zhejiang did a survey {#blank#}10{#/blank#} it. The result shows most teenagers in the city would choose mealtime to talk to their parents.

    So do you have anything to talk to your parents? Choose a good time.