In a small town lives an old man. He has a nice house with a large 1. The old man takes care of his flowers every day. The garden is 2 beautiful that every passer-by will stop to have a good look.

    One day a young painter went by the old man's garden. He looked at the garden, thinking how 3 he would be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then suddenly he found the old gardener was blind. The painter was 4 and went to the old man. He asked, “You can't see the flowers. 5 are you making them so beautiful?”

    The blind gardener smiled, “I can tell you four 6 .First, I was a gardener when I was young. Although I become blind now, I am still good at gardening. Second, although I can't see these flowers, I can touch them. Third, I can 7 the sweetness of them. At last, that's you. It's true that I don't know you. But I know many people will stop by the garden and the beauty of my garden will make 8 happy. It also gives me a chance to 9 with you here and enjoy these flowers together.”

    Every flower has eyes. 10 the eyes they can see the kindness of the old man. The blind man also grows in his heart. Failing to see the beautiful flowers come out, he surely can hear the sound of them.

    Hello, boys and girls. My 1 is Lingling. I am in 2 This is our 3There are 464and 47 chairs in it.5are 22 boys and 24 girls in our class. There are 6English girls 7our class. They are Lucy and Lily.8are twins (双胞胎). We are 9 Miss Chen is our English teacher.10is friendly (友好的). We like our class.

    Nine-year-old Louis Pasteur rushed into the little house.With his face white. “Mother!” he cried, “A mad dog has 1 my friend Henry, and now they are burning him with red-hot irons(烙铁). It's terrible!”

    “Rabies(狂犬病), Louis. Burning the bites is the only 2of stopping Henry from catching the disease.''

    Henry did get rabies and died, in great 3 some days later. Louis Pasteur never 4“One day,” he thought, “I must do something to help people like Henry.”

    Sixteen years later Pasteur became a Doctor of 5And he began his work in this special field. Pasteur achieved great success in his life.6 the years of research he lost the use of his left arm and leg, yet he never lost heart. He worked on and on, as hard as ever,7 he had a strong will to find a way for curing rabies.

    After many dangerous experiments on mad dogs, he 8found the answer. Just then a boy who had been badly bitten by a mad dog arrived at his lab. A few days later Pasteur's treatment, the boy got9He did not catch rabies.

    The discovery gave new hope to people in many countries. People sent money to help10the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Today it is one of the world's most famous centers for the research.

    A first-grade student whose best friend is battling cancer thought that hours of playing and telling jokes was not enough - he wanted to show his buddy just how he understood the1time he was going through.

    Seven-year-old Vincent Butterfield2the only way was to cut off his hair in support of his best friend Zac who lost his hair through chemotherapy(化疗).

    Zac Gossage is receiving treatment but3goes to Union Central Elementary School in Missouri every day,4that's where he gets to play on the swing with Vincent. Vincent found out that Zac might5his hair because of the chemotherapy treatment. So one day, he showed up in the first grade class wearing a6He said to his teacher Mrs. Koester, "I have a surprise for Zac." And he pulled off his cap and other7saw that he already had all his hair8_off.

    "I did it just to make Zac feel he's not the only one without any9" said Vincent.Vincent has also been raising money for his best friend after learning how10his chemotherapy treatments are. He asked his mother to make11than 20 scarves and gloves. He and his mother12them at the price of 10 dollars each, raising over $200 for Zac. The encouragement from Vincent seems to be working. Though Zac is receiving treatments, he has13_missed any days of school. He knows that Vincent is out on the playground, waiting for him at break.

    When asked14friendship was, Vincent looked at his friend Zac, thought for a(an)15and responded,"It's a beautiful thing."

Clearly, wisdom doesn't always come with age.

    My family has had a cat for years, and we all love her. But one day, a 1 came to my house as a new pet. The little dog was 2 and everyone in my family wanted to play with him. 3, the cat didn't like him, because she didn't want to live with4pet in the house. But the dog loved her and followed her all the time, 5to play with her.

    One day, a lynx(猞猁)6 the cat, and the lynx planned to have the cat for lunch. When the little dog saw this, he ran towards the lynx

quickly,7 any hesitation(犹豫). The dog was much 8than the dangerous animal. He did everything he could9 his friend. The children happened to see him, so, after that they gave the dog a new name: "Hero Dog".

    From then on, the cat began to be friendly to the dog. 10 followed the hero dog everywhere and even let the dog eat from her bowl. It was clear that the cat considered(认为) the little dog as a hero dog.

Jessica was born without arms and she had learned to live her life with her feet. There were many questions about whether Jessica would be able to live a(n) 1 life. However, Jessica's father had full confidence in 2. With the support of her family, Jessica became 3 in herself and continued to explore(探索) the world with her 4.

    As a child, Jessica studied 5 in her hometown. When the first performance arrived, she asked herself to be put in the back 6. Her dance teacher told her there was no back row. She appeared on the stage with other students and performed 7. When she finished, the applause(喝彩) from the audience gave her encouragement and confidence to 8 dancing for 14 years.

    After graduating from high school, Jessica attended the University of Arizona where she 9 bachelor's degree. 10 talking about her degree, she explained that the way people think has a 11influence on their lives than a physical limitation.

    Jessica's most famous achievement was learning how to 12. She received the Guinness World Records 13 being the first person certified(被认证的) to fly an airplane with only her feet.

    Jessica now works as a motivational(激发性的) 14. She travels the world sharing her 15 and encouraging people to be creative and confident. She often says, "Think outside the shoes."