One day a young man put an ad (广告) in most of the newspapers in England. He said that his parents   1 him millions of pounds (英镑). He graduated from Oxford University. Everyone knows this university is one of  2   universities in the world. So he had got a great education there. He'd like a girl to be his3  . The girl must be like the one in the books written by Somerset Maugham,  4  Maugham was his favourite.

This ad was read and known   5 by parents and young girls all over the country. Parents went to shops to   6  the books. They bought those books for their daughters  7 presents. Girls tried to get those books   8 . They wanted to know what kind of person the writer liked so that they could marry the young man.

All the books written by Maugham 9  in a short time and the writer became famous.

Can you guess who the young man was? It was Somerset Maugham   10  ! What a clever man he was!

    I often watched a little girl playing basketball on the playground near my house. She would 1 shooting over and over again， sometimes until dark. One day I asked her 2 she practiced so hard. She said，"I like basketball. I want to play for the top basketball team. I want to be the 3. My daddy told me if the dream is big enough，the facts don't count(重要). "

    I watched her 4 those high school years. One day， I saw her sitting on the grass，head in her arms. I walked to her and asked what was wrong. "Oh，nothing， " she said. "I am just not that tall. " The coach(教练)told her that she was too 5 to play for a top team. She was very 6 . I asked her if she had talked to her 7 about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were 8 .They just did not understand the power(力量)of a 9 .He told her that nothing could 10 her but one thing-her own attitude(态度)-if she really wanted to play for a good basketball team. He told her again，"If the dream is big enough， the facts don't count. " The next year， she was asked to join the NCAA(全美大学生体育协会)women's basketball team.

    Once upon a time, there was a little boy named Rakesh, he studied and lived in a boarding school(寄宿学校). Every night he jumped over the wall and played outside. He 1 returned before dawn (黎明) and lay on his bed again, so no one knew that Rakesh went out at 2.

    One night as usual, Rakesh found 3 asleep. He decided to play outside again. He went into his teacher—Mrs. Green's room 4 and saw her 5. Then Rakesh walked out towards the wall. Near the wall, there was a ladder in the bushes, he hid it there. He 6 the ladders and he climbed it up, then jumped over the wall. 7 at that time his teacher was awake and saw him going out.

    8 got up and took away the 9 from the wall. A few hours 10, Rakesh returned. In the dark, he tried to climb 11 from the wall. Sadly, there was no ladder, instead, Mrs. Green was standing where the ladder was and waiting for him. Rakesh was very 12 to be punished (处罚), but to his surprise, she just helped Rakesh to get onto the ground , said, "Rakesh, at least  13 a warm coat with you, when you go out at night."

    Mrs. Green's 14 made Rakesh know his own faults. He apologized (道歉) and never went out at night again. It is the 15 lesson that he has ever had.

    Tom worked hard in an office. But it seemed that there was little change in his life. He was unhappy and didn't want to improve himself any more. His father, Joe, knew this and decided to have a talk with 1 .

    One day, Tom and his father went for a walk after dinner. 2 they were walking along a river, Tom said, “Dad, you always tell me to learn something new. To be3, I don't want to make any change.”

    Joe looked in the river, saw a dead 4and pointed at it.

    “Tom, what is that over there?”

    “It's a dead fish.”

    “What's the fish doing?”

    “It's moving down with the running water.”

    “But the fish is dead. 5 can it be moving?” asked Joe.

    “It's moving as the river is moving.”

    Joe turned to his son and said, “Life is 6 the river. It's always moving and always changing. Some people don't want to change, but their life is always changing whether they like it or not. A dead fish only moves along the river, while a living fish can control its journey. What's your choice if you want to live a 7 life?”

    This made Tom 8 his aunt who had already stopped learning and developing. And she just stayed the way she used to be, living like a dead fish.

    Guided by his 9 , Tom understood what he said. He didn't want to become a person like his aunt. So he made up his mind to 10  learning and developing himself.

    It's 12:00. Mom is not at home. No one makes lunch for Jenny and Frank. Frank wants to have some bread, but Jenny doesn't1it.

    "How about making fruit salad? We have2, oranges and bananas at home," Jenny says.

    "Sounds nice.3I also like some hot food," Frank says.

    Jenny4some rice, some eggs and two tomatoes. She has a5idea( 想法),"I can make tomato and egg rice for you. It's very6

    They have lunch at 1:00 p. m. Frank7the tomato and egg rice is great. And the fruit salad is nice,8. Jenny is happy he likes them.

    9the evening, Mom comes home. She is happy that Jenny and Frank have a good10. She says, "I'm proud(自豪的) of you. You can look after yourselves when I'm out. Great!"