There was once a bat(蝙蝠) who thought it was just a terrible amount of effort to go out and catch flies. He was a lover of   (1)  . One day, when he   (2)  look through a window, he saw a bird in its   (3)  , who was given all its food and water   (4)   having to do anything at all. The bat decided to become a child’s   (5)  ．

So the bat   (6)  his all old habits. He got up in the early morning to fly to parks   (7)   he could be found by some child who might   (8)  him as a pet. However, as bats aren’t   (9)  ，the children paid him little attention. The bat decided to   (10)   his appearance．He stuck(粘) lots of feathers to his body   (11)  ，he met a little boy who was so short­sighted that this   (12)   black little bird’s funny appearance didn’t really matter.

The bat was   (13)  in his cage. There he felt like the   (14)  of all bats, and certainly the cleverest. But that   (15)   lasted only up to the time he started feeling   (16)  ．When he wanted to   (17)  ，there were no flies for him, only plenty of birdseed and cereal he didn’t like at all. Finally, the bat chose to die from hunger and   (18)  to eat that bird food.

Some days later, the bat managed to   (19)   the cage and return home. He was so   (20)  that he didn’t tell anyone what had happened.

  As a child, I started learning to play the piano, my favorite musical   (1)  ,but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school   (2)   I could concentrate more on my studies.

 It’s one of my biggest   (3)  to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would  (4)  . However, I didn’t keep my promise because I was   (5)   with my study.   (6)   I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been   (7)   that I never returned. I haven’t taken lessons since then but to be honest, I   (8)   to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn’t help recalling many   (9)  -- times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher   (10)   me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so  (11)   that I could hardly say anything. But her  (12)   helped ease my shame. These memories,   (13)  , good or bad, never caused my   (14)   for playing the piano again.

 This thought then led me to think that  (15)  is like music, and that we all try to play different   (16)  in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch(音高) is   (17)  when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tone. However, we all continue to create our own   (18)  style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is   (19)   that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn’t  (20)   that I’ve stopped making music.

 I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to  (1)  grade six. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school.

   One day after class, she  (2)  that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came  (3)  to me and began to talk to me. It was just a normal conversation. After that day, she gave me particular   (4)  and it made me feel special. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling   (5)  someone believed me , and my   (6)  started to improve in her subject.

   Months later, she moved into a house near my  (7)  . We would walk home together after school. Her constant (不断的) support helped me,   (8)  in my studies, as I knew she would check my grades both in her subject   (9)  the other subjects. I finally  (10)  second in my class.

   Then, after grade six, she started to slowly drift away (疏远)  (11)  still kept a constant check on me. By the time I was in grade seven, we  (12)  spoke, but by then I had become the  (13)  in my class. When I left my school, I was  (14)  with her, as she never answered the   (15)  when I called her.

   Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths   (16)   again. I met her at a wedding. I could not  (17)  asking her, "Why did you stop talking to me?"

"You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree   (18)  on your own roots, not depending on others. Now here you are and I feel  (19)  of you. You are your inspiration(灵感，鼓舞) and do not need to  (20)  a shoulder," she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. Iˈll always thank her.  

One day last June, Clifford Luther served a burger and fries to a man passing through his restaurant, Old West Express, in Saskatchewan, Canada. Two   (1)   later, the man   (2)   and wrote him a check for $ 510 ,000.  " I thought, they’re good burgers and fries,   (3)   they weren’t that good, " Luther told CTV News.

 The   (4)   man was Bob Erb of British Columbia, who won Canada’s $25 million Lotto Max jackpot (头奖) in November and gave money to people   (5)   . He donated his   (6)   to food banks, senior groups, and local fire departments, and he   (7)   20 people in Terrace, his hometown, to get necessary dental care they couldn’t   (8)  .

 While giving burgers that first afternoon , Luther   (9)   Erb that his 25-year-old daughter had just been diagnosed with cancer in Vancouver, about 1,000 miles away. "He and I had a   (10)   experience. One of my children had cancer, too. But he died four years ago. So, I know the   (11)   a parent has, " says Erb. "I   (12)   on the way home I’d   (13)   him some money so he could go and see his   (14)  . "

  Two days later when Erb was on his way back to British Columbia, he   (15)    the restaurant for another burger, which Luther   (16)   to buy him because Erb had tipped him well just two days before. Erb said " no way" and asked the restaurant owner for a   (17)  , then wrote the check and left it on the table. "Luther looked at the   (18)   and couldn’t say anything. He just held his arms out." Erb says.

 Erb, 60,   (19)   works part-time on a building site and hasn’t   (20)   twice about the $ 7 million he’s given to his family, friends, and society.

  " If you have enough to feed yourself, you help others out. " he says.

Germany is a highly developed country. Many people think its people lead a luxurious (奢侈的) life.

One day, my friend and I   (1)    a restaurant. We noticed that a young couple was having their meal. There were    (2)    two dishes and two cans of beer on their table. I wondered if such a(n)    (3)    meal could be fine and whether the girl would leave that    (4)  man.

As we were    (5)    , my friend ordered more food for us. When we left, there was still about one third of the food we had ordered on the table.

When we were leaving, the young man spoke to us in English. We    (6)    that he was unhappy about us    (7)   so much food. “We paid for our food. It is none of your   (8)  ,” my friend told him. The young man was so angry that he    (9)    took his phone out and made a call to someone.

After a while, an officer fromtheSocial Security Organization (社会保障组织) arrived. Upon knowing what had happened, he gave us a €50 fine (罚款), which    (10)    us.

The officer told us in a (  (11)   voice, “   (12)   is yours but resources (资源) belong to society. There are many   (13)   people in the world who are   (14)   hunger. We have no   (15)   to waste resources.”

Their attitude to eating put both of us to    (16)   . We need to correct our wrong   (17)   . We are from a country which is not very rich. To save face, we often think we should order more than we can eat, which   (18)   our friends our generosity (慷慨). We should realize that resources don’t belong to a(n)   (19)   person but they belong to everyone. We can’t   (20)   to waste them.

My mum was young when she fell pregnant with me. After I was born it was decided that my father's relatives would  (1)   me in   Manchester. No one spoke about Mum. Eventually, I was shown letters from Mum,  (2)   that she was a drug addict.

         All this was running through my head as I arrived in Glasgow on 27 December last year. My sister Leanne, from my mother's side, had  (3)   me down on Facebook, and we had been  (4)   for a while, but had met only once or twice. Leanne had been brought up by our mother's parents, and had some  (5)   with Mum throughout her life. She was now living in Canada, but returning for Christmas and  (6)   to see all the family together. A big party had been arranged to welcome her back, and everyone would be there, including our  (7)  .

      In a very short time my sister and Ihatcheda  (8)  . I'd meet my sister as she arrived at Manchester airport, then we’d drive up to Glasgow  (9)  . Keeping it a surprise gave us a rush. After about a four-hour drive, we were there. I'd  (10)   called someone “Mum” before. But there she was.

        We embraced (拥抱) and were soon  (11)  . We could hardly get the words out fast enough. Seeing someone so alike looking back at me was the strangest but most  (12)   experience. Though a lifetime may have  (13)   us, this woman at a party in Glasgow was my mum. She  (14)  at me for a second, before giving me a tight hug. All she could say was that she never thought we'd  (15)   again.

      She'd been  (16)   of drugs for five years. She told me how she now works for a charity that helps young people  (17)   the same problems she had. We now talk regularly, and I feel  (18)   she's my mother. That's something I couldn't have even  (19)   when the door opened to her at that Christmas party. Life may be short, but it's always  (20)   enough to reconcile(和好).

This story was about Mrs. Jones, whose husband had passed away. The old lady was 82 years old.   (1)   her life is hard, she was always nicely dressed every day.

This morning Mrs. Jones was moving to the   (2)   home again, where she was well taken care of every day. The nursing home was very   (3)  . After hours of waiting, Mrs. Jones still wore a   (4)   when she was told that her room was ready.   (5)  , I took her to her room.   (6)   our way, I told her what her room was like.

Suddenly she said, “I   (7)   the room!”

“  (8)   Mrs. Jones, you haven’t seen the room yet!” I was   (9)   at her reply.

She stopped and said, “Happiness is something you decide on   (10)  . Whether I like my room or not doesn’t   (11)   how the furniture (家具) is placed. It depends on how I decide to   (12)   the room. I have already decided to love the room   (13)   I actually see it.”

Then she   (14)  , “I have a   (15)  . I can spend the day in bed and think about how   (16)   my room is. Or I can just get out of bed and be   (17)   that I can still enjoy a new day. Each day is a gift. I’ll enjoy my life and all the happy memories that I have stored before.”

Life is like a bank   (18)  . You can take out what you’ve put in. If you have put a lot of happiness in your bank account, you can   (19)   some of that happiness when you meet   (20)  .

Once there was an old farmer, with a horse which was almost as old as himself. He   (1)   one morning with his young son   (2)   the horse before it died. Father and son walked,   (3)   the farmer did not want the horse to be   (4)   .

They met two men on the road   (5)   said: “Why are you walking, farmer? You have a horse. It's  (6)   

to market.” The farmer knew that this was   (7)   , so he rode on the horse,   (8)   his son walked.

Then they met two old ladies. “   (9)   are you doing up there, farmer? Can't you   (10)   how tired your boy is?”   (11)    the farmer got down, and his son rode   (12)   .

   (13)  , three old men stopped them. One said: “Why are you walking, farmer?   (14)  . It's too hot for an old man like you to walk today.” So the farmer got up   (15)  his son, and they   (16)  .   (17)  , a young woman passed them. “Why aren't you walking?” she asked. “It isn't   (18)  to market. Give your poor old horse a rest.”

So the farmer, and his son, got down   (19)  .

It is a fact that you cannot please   (20)  the people all the time. 

In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The   (1)   is that countries around the world have growing mountains of   (2)   because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we  (3)   a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to   (4)  an object than to spend time and money to repair it.  (5)   modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and   (6)  .

Another cause is our   (7)   of disposable (一次性的) products. As   (8)   people, we are always looking for   (9)   to save time and make our lives easier. Companies   (10)  thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also   (11)   to the problem. We are  (12)   buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that   (13)   is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we   (14)   useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the  (15)   of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To   (16)  the amount of rubbish and to protect the   (17)  , more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.   (18)  , this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions   (19)   throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about   (20)  . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

I have ten close friends I have grown up and played with. People do not know for sure when we   (1)   together, but every Friday night they watch our games.

After going to college, I always watched the seniors play on the football field. I   (2)   what made them so passionate (充满激情的). Later I realized they played football just because of their simple   (3)   for the game. I have seen what it takes to   (4)  . We just need devotion, confidence and courage. It does not necessarily take the most   (5)   person to get the job done,but the one who wants success more than any other person. Soon I began to apply those  (6)   to my everyday life.

This  (7)   has helped shape who I am. What I have  (8)   from football gives me the confidence to succeed in life. My good academic performance is just the beginning of my success, and I owe (把……归功于) my good   (9)   to football. It has taught me to try hard to succeed in   (10)   I do. No one will ever see me give up, because I simply won’t.   (11)   I start something, I will finish it and do it   (12)  .

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  (20)   to improve my health mentally and physically. I will always cherish (珍惜) my football experiences.