As our country develops, we must remember the responsibilities of caring for the weakest members.

 A jobless man wanted to apply (求职) for the position of “office boy” at Microsoft. The staff manager interviewed him and then gave him a   (1)  ----“clean the floor”. The man passed it and he cleaned the floor very well.

  “You are hired(雇佣）,” the manager told the man. “Give me your email address, and I’ll send you the form to  (2)  . I shall also send you the  (3)   you should report for the work.”

    The man replied, “I don’t have a   (4)  , or email!”

    “I am sorry,” said the manager. “If you don’t have email, that means you do not exist (存在）.And we cannot   (5)   persons who do not exist.”

      The man was very   (6)  . He didn’t know what to do. He only had 10 dollars with him. Once that was   (7)  , he wouldn’t have any money to buy even food. He went to the supermarket and bought a box of tomatoes with his 10 dollars. He went from door to door and   (8)   the tomatoes in small bags. He doubled his money.

      He   (9)   this three times, and returned home with 60 dollars. He realized that he could continue to live this way. He started to go earlier every day, and returned later. He doubled or made even three times his money every day. Soon, he  （10）_ a cart, then a truck. In a very short time, he had his many delivery（递送）trucks.

      Five years later, the man became one of the most biggest （11）_ sellers in the country. He started to plan his family’s future. He called an insurance(保险）broker, a man who sells insurance. At the end of the   (10)  , the broker asked him for his email address. The man replied, “I don’t have an email.”

      Hearing that, the broker felt very   (11)  . “You don’t have email, and yet have succeeded in becoming so __  (12)  .Can you imagine what you could have been if you had email?” he said a loud, The man thought for a while, and replied, “an office   (13)   at Microsoft.!”

      If you just lost your job or just failed an interview, don’t worry, think of the positive（积极的）. Good days are on the way and something better will happen to you.

What will our lives be like in the future? Not long ago people believed that in the future we would work less, have more free time, and be more   (1)  because robots would do lots of the work. But we see this doesn’t   (2)   in every home. Today we work harder, work for longer hours, and are much   (3)  than ten years ago. We work faster, talk faster and   (4)  less than before. And   (5)  we have machines and these machines can help us save time, we have less free time   (6)  our parents and grandparents did. But what does this have to do with our health? An American writer James Gleick says in a new   (7)  that people in cities are having a kind of “hurry sickness(疾病)” ---- we are   (8)  trying to do more things in less time. So our lives are more stressful (紧张的). He says that if we don’t slow down(减速), we may not   (9)  as long as our parents. The book is very popular and many people agree with him. For most people, being fast doesn’t   (10)  being better. Will people have a relaxing life in the future? No one knows.

I once had a teacher whose husband died suddenly of heart attack. About a week after his death, she __  (1)  __ some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. As the late afternoon sunlight shone __  (2)  __ the classroom windows, and when the class was nearly over, she moved a few things aside on the edge of her desk and __  (3)  __.

With a gentle look on her face, she paused and said, “__  (4)  __ class is over, I’d like to share with all of you a deep __  (5)  __ which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves. __  (6)  __ of us knows when this fantastic experience will end. It can be taken away at any moment. __  (7)  __ this is the Godˈs way of telling us that we must make the most of every single day.”

Her eyes were beginning to water, but she __  (8)  __, “So I would like you all to make me a __  (9)  __: From now on, on your way to school, or on your way home, find something beautiful to enjoy. It doesnˈt have to be __  (10)  __ you see. It could be a smell of freshly baked bread floating out of someone’s house, or it could be the sound of the soft __  (11)  __ rustling (使发出沙沙声) the leaves in the trees... Please look for these things, and appreciate them, for at any time __  (12)  __ can all be taken away...” The class was completely __  (13)  __. We all picked up our books and went out of the room __  (14)  __. That afternoon, I observed many more beautiful things on my way home from school than usual.

Remember: Life is not __  (15)  __ by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.

Qu Yuan was born in China around 2000 years ago. His job was to give some   (1)  to the king. The old king always took his advice.  (2)  the new king didn't like listening to Qu Yuan after the old king  (3)  . Qu Yuan finally  (4)  his job.

    Qu Yuan was very  (5)  at writing poems(诗). People still love his poems very much now. He was a   (6)  poet(诗人), but he was always  (7)  because the king didn't take his advice and it made his country lose many battles(战役).

    At last, he jumped into a  (8)  and died. It was the  (9)  day of the fifth lunar(农历)month that year.

    The Chinese people will never  (10)  Qu Yuan. They eat rice dumplings (粽子) and have dragon (龙) boat race in honor of(纪念)him every year.

There is an old saying: “Take the time to stop and smell the flowers.” I think we should also take the time to   (1)   flowers.

My grandmother knew just   (2)   to do that. She grew flowers with earth, water and love, so her back garden was filled with beautiful flowers. She would smile when she saw the   (3)  shine down on them. In her front garden she planted flowers,   (4)  . You could see red, white, and yellow flowers in it. My mom and I used to walk   (5)   them and enjoy their smells. Beautiful butterflies (蝴蝶) flew down on them. Grandma also cared for the wild flowers. She would send   (6)  and my brother out to pick flowers and would then turn them into delicious wine (酒).

Grandma not only planted flowers in the gardens   (7)   also planted flowers in our hearts. Her delicious dinners made with love encouraged us. Her sweet smile always made us   (8)  . Her hugs (拥抱) and kisses were the sunshine that kept our own love   (9)   day after day.

Take the time to plant a few flowers yourself today. Show your smiles, kindness and love. Plant your wishes, talents and pleasure. Make this   (10)   brighter and brighter with your sunshine.

 In our math class , Mr. Black drew a man standing in the middle of a circle . To make it more   (1)   ,he drew things like a house , a car and a few friends inside the circle .

He asked us , “Can   (2)   tell me what this is ?” Jack said , “The world ?” Mr. Black said , “That is close . This is your Comfort Zone(舒适区域) . Inside your circle you have all the   (3)  that are important to you ---your home , your family , your friends and your job. People feel that   (4)   this circle they are safe from any danger . Can anyone tell me what happens when you step out of this   (5)   ? ” Jack suddenly shouted out , “You’re afraid . ” Tommy said , “You make mistakes . ” Mr. Black smiled and said , “When you make   (6)   ,what can the result be ? ” Jack shouted , “You learn something .”

Mr. Black then drew an arrow (箭头 ) pointing from the outside of the circle . He went on saying , “When you leave your Comfort Zone , you will   (7)   the world that you are not comfortable with . The   (8)   is that your will learn something that you do not know and gain more than what you have .” He then drew a bigger circle around the first circle , and   (9)   new things like more friends ,etc . into it .

The story tells us that if you stay inside your Comfort Zone ,you will   (10)   be able to learn more . When you go out of your Comfort Zone , perhaps you will be afraid , but you will make your circle bigger , challenge your mind and grow to be stronger , and soon you’ll become a better person .

My grandfather is eighty years old. He always says life is  (1)  from the past, and he often says that life in the past was   (2)   and easier.

Family life is different. Mother   (3)   at home in the past and took care of their children, but now everyone is busy working. No one has time to   (4)   children at home.

And the   (5)  ！No one walks anymore. More and more people drive. In the past we walked five miles to school on schooldays, even in   (6)  . But now children don’t. And the life in school is also different. In   (7)  class, for example, we used our heads to work out problems in the past, but now we use calculators(计算器).

Most families have computers now. In the past we didn’t have   (8)  . We didn’t even have lights. My mother had to spend all day   (9)   in the kitchen. But now we don’t often eat at home.

And people talk less to each other   (10)   before. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, and too busy to think.

Life was easy in the past, but now it is quite different.

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Friends are very important in people’s lives. Some have   (1)  views（观点） and interests, but   (2)  like the same things. Should friends be different   (3)   the same? In my opinion, I don’t care. I have two best friends, Wang Lei and Lin Ying. Wang Lei   (4)  like me. I am   (5)  than most of the students in my class, and Wang Lei is also quiet. And we both enjoy   (6)  . On weekends, we often go to the library to do some reading. But the other friend of mine, Lin Ying, is   (7)   different from me. She is much more outgoing and she likes   (8)  and often makes me laugh. She also likes   (9)  ,so she is more athletic（体格健壮的）. I don’t think differences are important in a  (10)  . What’s your opinion?

Are you nervous (紧张) when you stand in front of the public(公众)? Are you afraid to make a speech(演讲)?

 Li Jun, a middle school boy, felt shy when he was making a speech the other day. Li Jun thought it would be quite easy to speak in front of   (1)  classmates.

 “I was wrong. It was very different and much   (2)  than talking to my classmates during playtime,” Li said, but it was really difficult to speak. I felt like a mute(哑巴) and wanted to leave the classroom  (3)  

 Li is not alone. Many middle school students now have the same  (4)  : they can talk about their ideas freely  (5)  their best friends after class, but can’t speak in public. According to Zhou Hong, a teacher from a university, the main reason is that schools in China pay more attention to(关注) writing instead of  (6)