An old farmer lived with his grandson. Each morning, the   (1)   got up early and read his Bhagavad Gita(薄伽梵歌).

One day the grandson asked, “Grandpa! I try to read the book like you,   (2)   I can’t understand it and I forget it easily. What’s the   (3)   of reading it?”

The grandfather said, “ Take this coal(煤炭) basket down to the   (4)   and bring me back a basket of water.”

The boy did as his grandfather   (5)   , but all the water ran   (6)   he got home. The grandfather laughed, “You’ll have to move faster next time.”

This time the boy   (7)   faster, but again the basket was empty. He told his grandfather that it was   (8)   to carry water in a basket. He wanted to use a bottle instead (代替), but the old man said, “ I just want a basket of water. “ You’re not   (9)   hard enough.”

The boy wanted to show his grandfather that the water would surely run. He again put the   (10)   into the river and ran hard. But there wasn’t anything in it again. He said   (11)   , “ Look, grandpa, it’s useless!”

“ Watch the basket,” said the grandfather.

For the first time the boy realized (意识到) the basket was different. It had changed (变化) from a dirty old coal basket into a   (12)   one, inside and out.

“ Boy, you might not understand or remember   (13)   when you read the book, but when you read it, you will be   (14)   , inside and out. That’s   (15)   you get from it.”

I sat down to read under an old tree in the park. I felt my life was   (1)  , for  (2)   was dark.

A young boy ran up to me, out of breath.He stood right before me with his head down and said  (3)  , “Look at what I found!” In his hand was a flower, and what a poor sight! The flower was dry and   (4)  . I gave him a small smile and then turned my eyes away so that he could take his dry flower and go off to play.

  (5)  , he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his   (6)   and said in surprise, “It smells sweet and it’s beautiful, too. That’s   (7)   I picked it. Here, it’s for you.” The flower before me was dead. But I knew I must   (8)   it, or he might never leave. So I accepted the flower, and replied, “This is just what I   (9)  .” Just then, for the first time I noticed that the boy could not   (10)  －he was blind.

Tears(眼泪) came down my face as I   (11)   him for picking the best one. “You’re welcome.” he smiled, and then ran off to  (12)  . I sat there and wondered how he was able to learn about my pain(痛苦).

Through the eyes of a blind child,   (13)   I could see the problem was not with the world; the problem was me. And for all those years I myself had been   (14)  . I decided to see the beauty in life, and   (15)   every second of my life. And then I held that dry flower up to my nose and breathed in the smell of a beautiful rose.

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. There was another building not far from ____  (1)  ____. A woman lived there. I ____  (2)  ____ met her, but I could see her sit by the window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

   After a few months, I began to notice that her ____  (3)  ____ was dirty. Everything was unclear through the ____  (4)  ____ window. I would say to myself, “What a ____  (5)  ____ woman! I wonder why she doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible.”

   One bright morning, I decided to ____  (6)  ____ my flat, including the windows. I worked the whole morning. When I finally finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a ____  (7)  ____! Everything in the woman's flat was clear. Her window was clean!

   I began to ____  (8)  ____.I watched the woman's window from my own dirty window. That's the ____  (9)  ____.

   From then on, whenever I want to judge someone, I ask myself at first, “Am I ____  (10)  ____ him through my dirty window?” Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see others' world clearly.

One afternoon,my son Adam asked me, “Are all people the same even though (即使) they are different in color?” I thought for a while, and then said, “Let’s go to a fruit shop. I have something interesting to show you.”

 At the fruitshop, we bought some apples in different   (1)   —red, green and yellow ones. After we got home, I told Adam, “It’s time to   (2)   your question now.” I put one apple of each kind colour on the table. Adam   (3)   carefully. He had a curious (好奇的) look on his face.

“People are like apples. They come in all different colors, shapes and sizes. On the outside some of the apples may not even look as delicious as   (4)  .” Then, I took each of the apples and peeled them, placing them back on the   (5)  , but in a different place.

“Okay, Adam, tell me which is which.”

He said, “I   (6)   tell. They all look the same now.”

“Take a   (7)   of each one. See if that helps you decide   (8)    one is which.”

He took big bites, and then a big smile appeared on his face. “People are   (9)   like apples! They are all different, but if you take off the outside, they’re pretty much the   (10)   on the inside.”

He totally understood it. I didn’t need to say or do anything else.

 Do you often think about your parents? You may say, “Yes, I.  (1)   On Mother's Day and Father's Day I buy gifts  (2)  my parents.” But what about the other (其他的) days of the year?

   I have a friend. She doesn't live with her parents, but she often greets them on the phone. Every time she wants to  (3)  her parents, she dials (拨号) the telephone number, but then she puts down the phone. After two   (4)  , she dials the number again, “Hi, Mom…”

   I ask, “  (5)   do you dial the number twice (两次)?” She says, “My parents are   (6)  . Sometimes they are not near the telephone. I always do so because I just want to give   (7)  time to get the call.”

   My friend is a good girl. Do you think so? She always thinks about her   (8)  . You also want to be a  (9)   child, right? Please always think about your parents and remember to  (10)  your parents, not just on some days.

 As I am growing up, I do not recall hearing my parents communicate like saying "I love you" to each other. So I ever ____  (1)  ___ whether there was love between my parents. Every day they were always busy trying to make money ____  (2)  ____ they were able to pay for my education. They never acted in the romantic (浪漫的) ways ____  (3)  ____ I read in books or I saw on TV. "I love you"

was too luxurious for them to say. My father was a businessman and he had to talk too much with the ____  (4)  ____ at work. He didn't send flowers to my morn, even on Valentine's Day (情人节). ____  (5)  ____, my father and mother seemed to be wordless at home.

   One day, my mother was making a quilt. I sat down beside her ____  (6)  ____ in order not to trouble her.

   "Mom, I have a question to ask you," I said after a while.

   "____  (7)  ____?" she replied, keeping doing her work.

   "Is there love between you and Dad?" I asked her in a very low voice, being ____  (8)  ____ but looking forward to getting an answer.

   My mother stopped her work and raised her head with surprises in her eyes. She didn't say ____  (9)  ____ at that time. She bowed her head again and continued to sew the quilt. I ____  (10)  ____ to receive a reply at once. I was very worried because I thought I had hurt ____  (11)  ____. Then I didn't know what to do. I even ____  (12)  ____ asking the question. I felt I was ____  (13)  ____ a fool asking such a silly question. Luckily, I heard my mother's gentle words, "My girl, look at this thread (线). Sometimes it appears. However, most of it disappears in the quilt. The thread really makes the quilt strong and durable. If life is a quilt, ____  (14)  ____ should be a thread. It's really there though it ____  (15)  ___ hardly be seen anywhere or anytime. Love is inside."

   Only then did I realize that the true love doesn't require beautiful words but the care in one's heart.

Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot   (1)   their everyday life. For example, they can help people to   (2)  much time, and they can help people to work out problems   (3)   they can’t do easily.

Today more and more   (4)  own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them   (5)   their children. Yet, many of the children use computers to play games, to watch video or to sing Karaoke instead of   (6)  . Many teachers and parents   (7)  that computers cannot help children to study, but make them fall behind.   (8)  many computers are locked in boxes by parents.

In some other countries, even some scientists also   (9)   computers. They say computers let millions of people   (10)   their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people? Can they bring people happiness? Only people who use computer can say it themselves!

Do you know how to play a game called "Musical Chairs"? It is easy to play and most students  (1)   it. All you need are some chairs, some people and some ways of  (2)   music. You may use a piano or any other musical instrument, if someone can play it. You may use a tape-recorder. You can even use a radio.

Put the chairs in a row. The chairs may be put in twos, back to back. A better way is to have the chairs in one row with  (3)   chair facing in the opposite direction to the chair next to it. Of course you can  (4)   put the chairs in a circle. Do remember the players must be one more than the chairs when you play the game every time.

The game is easy. When the music starts, the players  (5)  round the chairs. Every one goes in the same direction, of course. They should walk in time to the music. If the music is  (6)  they should walk quickly. If the music is slow, they should walk slowly.

The person playing music cannot  (7)   the people in the game. When the music stops, the players try to sit on the chairs.  (8)   a person cannot find a chair to sit on, he drops out. Then, before the music starts again, one chair must be taken away. When the music  (9)  again, one more player will be out.

At last, there will be  (10)  players and one chair! The one who sits on the chair when the music stops is the winner.

Robots seem very new to most people. But they have a long history. The  (1)  one was made by a Greek inventor(发明家). You may  (2)  robots in some films. The robots in these   (3)  are stronger, faster and cleverer than people. In real life, most robots are used in factories. They are used to do many dangerous, difficult or boring  (4)  . Some people can’t look after  (5)  and robots are used to help them. For example, some people can’t see. Many of these people use a  (6)  to help them move around. This dog is called a guide dog.   (7)  are making a robot to help them. In the future, robot dogs    (8)  take the place of(代替) these guide dogs.

Robots are also  (9)  in American hospitals. At one hospital, a robot takes meals  (10)  the kitchen to the sick people’s rooms. It never loses its way because it has a map of the hospital in its computer system(系统).

In the future, robots will work in space. But robots will never take the place of humans. They can help us in a lot of different ways.

Lisa goes to Micronesia（密克罗尼西亚,西太平洋的一个岛国）for her summer vacation.

  (1)  is a beautiful island in the Pacific.

On her first day here, Lisa thinks most of the people here know English，  (2)  they can understand her well. The day is hot. She is very   (3)  and goes into a shop. “Do you have cold drinks?” she   (4)  . The tall woman in the   (5)  doesn’t say anything. Lisa asks the    

  (6)  question again. Still the woman says   (7)  . “Can you tell me about it, please?” says Lisa   (8)  angrily(生气地). Later she thinks the woman can’t understand   (9)  or there’s something wrong(错误) with her ears. So she   (10)  up at her face carefully. This time she sees her raise (挑起) her eyebrows (眉毛). That means “yes”. In this way, the woman answers her three times（次数）!