There was a little girl named Molly. Her dad was good at gardening.Every day, Molly watched her dad   (1)   in the garden quietly. She wondered how the little seeds（种子）grew into   (2)   plants. The beautiful colors of flowers and fruits made her excited. “When I grow up, I will work in the garden

  (3)   dad,” she would think.

Then one day, dad brought her some books, pencils, and an eraser   (4)   she would go to school soon. Molly often saw her elder brother sharpening（削）his pencil. Every time he sharpened the pencil, it looked smaller. And his eraser also became   (5)   because he used it every day.

Suddenly, she thought: Why not   (6)   a pencil and an eraser as dad planted the roses? Molly filled a flowerpot with   (7)  and planted a pencil in it. She fixed the eraser on the top of the pencil. How   (8)   everyone would be when her pencil and eraser started growing! She hid her pot behind tall trees so that   (9)   could find it.

Molly watered her pot and every day she looked   (10)   for signs of growing. She wondered why her pencil and eraser   (11)   grew.

One day she asked, “Why is my plant not growing, dad?”

“What plant?”

Molly showed him her plant with the pencil and the eraser in it. Dad   (12)  , “My little girl, pencils and erasers don’t grow on   (13)   own. They grow in you. When you go to school, you’ll understand and feel their growing inside you!”

“Then   (14)   will they grow inside me?”

“That’s up to you. Just   (15)   it! They’ll grow in the way you’d like!”

   Life is not easy, so I'd like to say "When anything happens, believe in yourself."

  When I was a young boy, I was   (1)  shy that I was afraid to talk to others. My classmates often   (2)   me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,   (3)   happened, and it changed my life.

  It was an English speech contest. My mother asked me   (4)   it. What a terrible idea! It meant I had to speak    (5)   all the teachers and students of my school! "Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You are sure to   (6)   ."

  Then mother and I talked about many different topics. At last I chose the topic "Believe in   (7)  ". I tried my best to   (8)   all the speech and practiced it over 100 . With mother's great love, I did    (9)  in the contest. I could    (10)   believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers (喝彩声)    (11)  the teachers and students. Those   (12)  who once looked down on (瞧不起) me, now all said "Congratulations!"   (13)   me. My mother hugged me and cried excitedly.

Since then, everything has changed for me. When I do anything, I try   (14)   in myself. It is    (15)   for a person and a country.

Jenny sat at her window as usual, looking out with a look of   41   on her face. Then she saw a little boy running down the street. Looking up to the window, the boy saw Jenny and gave her a bright, pleasant smile.

“  42   nice smile!” said Jenny to herself. “I wish   43   who goes by would look up and smile.”

Peter, the little boy, told his mother about that poor girl when he got back home, “She looks so   44  . I wish I could do something for her.”

“Why not give her some   45  ?” his mother   46  . Peter agreed.

The next morning, as Jenny sat at the window again, Peter    47   infront of her window, smiling pleasantly, and said, “I’ve brought you some flowers.”

“Are they for me?” said Jenny   48  .“How kind you are! I’ve   49   received（收到） any flowers since we moved to the town.”

Jenny used to have a happy   50   and live in a beautiful house in the countryside. However, she   51   her right leg in an accident. Later, her father died, and her mother was sick for so many years   52   their money was all gone. They sold the house, and moved here to get work to do.

Peter told his parents everything. They decided to help her. More and more people in the   53   gave Jenny friendly smiles when they passed by her house. She was greatly   54  .

A few months later, Jenny and her mother    55   aflower shop. People could always see Jenny sitting in the shop, having a lovely smile on her face.

On my way home I knocked into(撞上) a stranger as he passed by. “Oh, I’m terribly sorry,” I said.“That’s all right. Please excuse me too. I wasn’t even   (1)  you. I wish I didn’t hurt you.”

We were very  (2)  . We said good-bye and went on our way.

But at home we often   (3)  our loved ones    44    a different way.

Later that day, while I was cooking the evening meal, my daughter stood beside me very   (4)  . When I turned, I nearly   (5)   her down. “Move out of the way,” I shouted. She walked away, tears (眼泪) in her eyes.

While I lay in bed, I kept on thinking that thing before supper. I felt that I shouldn’t be so rude(粗鲁的) to my daughter. So I decided to   (6)  to say sorry to my daughter. On the way to her bedroom, to my   (7)  , I found some   (8)  by the door of the kitchen. At that time my tears began  (9)  . I quietly went and got down on my knees by her   (10)  . She woke up and put her arms around my neck when I kissed her. Then I asked, “Did you pick these flowers for me?”

She smiled, “I found them out by the tree. I picked them  (11)  they’re pretty like you. I knew you’d like them. I stood quietly   (12)   give you a surprise.” “Oh, dear, I’m really sorry for the way I acted today; I shouldn’t have shouted at you.”

“That’s okay, Mom. I   (13)  you anyway.”

I suddenly realized(认识到) What a clever way it was to explain the word   (14)   like this; (F) ather (A) nd(M)other, (I)(L)ove(Y)ou!

“What’s the matter，Mum?” As soon as I enter the door，I find that my mother is   (1)  ．It’s unusual because she usually   (2)   the door and welcomes me with a smile．“She’s dying．”Mum says sadly．I know what she says．The tulip(郁金香)，mother’s   (3)   is dying．A month ago，we moved into our new house and mum bought a very beautiful tulip．Mum likes it very much．   (4)   she was free．she would sit in her armchair beside the tulip and enjoys its beautiful  (5)   and inviting smell．She treated(对待)it like a baby and looked after it   (6)  ．She put the tulip by the window and moved it from one place to another to give the tulip enough   (7)  ．The first thing she did when she got up every morning was to   (8)   the tulip，Mum also fertilized(施肥)it many times．She hopes that with great care，the tulip would  (9)   more and more beautiful and strong．But to her surprise，the tulip was dying because of too much sunshine，water and fertilizer．It’s true that mother loved the tulip．But this kind of love can be harmful．Love can sometimes   (10)  what you love．

It was a cold evening. My daughter Nora and I were walking in the street. I didn’t notice the man sitting at the corner, but Nora did. She pulled my coat and said, “He must be very cold. Daddy, can we take  (1)  home?”

I don’t remember what I said to my daughter,  (2)  I remember there was a special feeling inside me. I am always happy to see what my daughter noticed in her world, whether it was  (3)  flying or children playing. To my  (4)  , this time she was noticing the poor. After all, she was only seven years old.

A few days later, I saw an article in the newspaper about volunteers who picked up a food bag from a nearby school on a  (5)  morning and sent it to the old. When I told the news to Nora, she was  (6)  about it and asked me to join it the next Sunday. I agreed. When Sunday came, Nara   (7)   very early in the morning, but I had to push myself to leave the house to pick up the food bag. I even wanted to go back home on the way to the school. The Sunday paper and coffee were waiting for me at   (8)  . However, I  (9)  run away. Nora had called the old lady we planned to see so that I should keep the promise.

Finally, we arrived  (10)  the old lady’s house. The house looked  (11)  , old and broken outside. The old lady invited us to come in. Nora ran  (12)  . I followed though I was unwilling to. It was clean and tidy inside the house. Nora  (13)  with the old lady. When it was time to say  (14)  , the old lady thanked us again and again. I walked home in tears.

From then on, Nora and I often sent food to people who need it and collect clothes for the  (15)  . As I’ve watched Nora grow over these past four years, I still wonder which of us has learned more.

One of my friends, a successful businessman (商人）, tells me that before his cancer(癌症) he would become sad unless things went well. Once he said, “Happiness was having the 41 . If you didn’t have the cookie, life was  (1)  .” A year and a half after getting cancer he sits shaking his head   (2)   goes on saying, “ When I give my son a cookie, he is happy. If I take away the cookie or it is  (3)  , he is unhappy. He is only two and a half and I am forty-three. It has taken me this long to  (4)   that the cookie will never make me happy for long. The minute you have the cookie, you have to give up a lot of things to   (5)  care of it, and be sure that no one takes it away from you. You may not even get a chance to   (6)   it because you are so busy just trying not to lose it.”

“Having the cookie is not what life is about.” My friend laughs and says   (7)  has changed him. For the first time he feels happy, no matter(无论）if his   49  is doing well or not. Happiness is to be alive,   (8)  is important, no matter in what way you can have it, and whether you have it with or without the cookie.

“How did you do it, Dad? How have you managed  (1)  a drink for almost 20 years?” It took me almost 20 years to have the courage  (2)  my father this very personal question. When Dad first gave up drinking, the whole family was on pins and needles every time he got into a situation that would have made him drink again. For a few years we were worried to bring it up  (3)  we feared that his drinking would begin again.

“I had this little poem that I would recite(背诵) to myself at least four to five times a day” was Dad’s reply to my  (4)  unasked question. “The words always reminded me that thins were never so hard  (5)  I could not solve them,” Dad said. And then he shared the poem  (6)  me. The poem’s simple,  (7)  profound(深刻的) words immediately became one of the parts in my daily routine  (8)  .

About a month after  (9)  talk with my father, I received a gift in the mail from a friend of mine. It was a book of daily sayings of wisdom with one listed for each day of the year.

I quickly opened the book to the page of my birthday to see what words of wisdom this book had in store for me. Tears rolled down my face. There, on my birthday, was the exact same poem that had helped my father for all these years! It  (10)  The Serenity(平静) Prayer.

God, grant(授予) me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.

Life is not easy, so I'd like to say "When anything happens, believe in yourself."

When I was a young boy, I was too  (1)  to talk to anyone. My classmates often  (2)  me. I was sad but could do nothing. Later,  (3)  happened and it changed my life. It was an English speech contest(比赛). My English teacher asked me to take part in it. What a(an)   (4)  idea! It meant I had to give a  (5)  before all the teachers and students of my school!
    "Come on, boy. Believe in yourself. You  (6)  win." Then my teacher and I talked about many different topics. At last I   (7)  the topic "Believe in yourself". I tried my best to   (8)  all the speech and practiced it over 100 times.   (9)  my teacher's great love, I won the first place in the contest. I could hardly(几乎不) believe my ears when the news came that I had won the first place. I heard the cheers from the teachers and students. Those classmates who once looked down on me, now  (10)  me.
    From then on, everything has changed for the better. When I do anything, I will try to tell myself to be confident and I will do things better. This is true not only for a person but also for a country. So believe in yourself, and you’ll succeed.

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     Jim was a poor boy. When he was ten, his parents __56__. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed __57__ him. His only friend was a dog named Tige.
     One day Jim walked down a street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped _58___, she dropped other bags. Jim came to help her.” Thank you, dear! You are a nice little boy!” She said kindly, smiling.
     A special feeling came to him. These were __59__ kind words he had ever heard. He watched her__60___ she went far away. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice little dog” he said to Tige in a low __61__ . Tige raised its__62__ as if it understood. “Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, Tige, I won’t say unkind words to you any more.” Tige waved its tail happily. The boy thought for a long time.Finally he looked himself in the river. He was _63___ but a dirty boy. He washed his face_64___ . Again he looked. He saw a clean niceboy. From then on, he had a new life.
     Many years later, Jim became a successful businessman. He always told others:”This is the very place where that kind woman planted in me the first seed of kindness. All of us should learn about it..  ___65__ a great power it has.

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