Born in 1979 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, Yang Guang lost his sight when he was still a baby. As the saying goes, when God closes a door, he opens a window. Although he lived in   (1)  , Yang Guang found something that made his life colorful. That is   (2)  . Yang Guang started his life with music at the age of 7. Then,   (3)   a local art group and he stayed in the group   (4)   8years. When he was 19, he decided to go to Beijing. Yang is   (5)   clear about what he wants and pursues(追求) his goal with a strong will, which helped him go   (6)   the difficult times in Beijing. “If you want to do something, you have to go straight for it and don’t   (7)   other things or the result,” he said. To attend the television show “Xing Guang Da Dao” was a turning point in this young man’s life. By his excellent singing, Yang   (8)   won the contest of the week, the month and the year of 2007. In the final round of year’s contest, he caught a cold, but he did not stop   (9)   from striving(努力奋斗) for his dream. This is only his first step of realizing his dreams. Yang Guang is still striving for his dreams and looking forward to   (10)  ​success.

I        a sister.      name is Mary. She is only four. She is a         little girl. My father and mother    teachers. They like    work. They have many    .

An old carpenter (木匠) was ready to retire. His boss was   (1)   to see the good worker go. He asked the carpenter   (2)   he could build just one more house. The carpenter said yes,   (3)   his mind was not on his work any more.

He used poor materials and worked on the house   (4)  . When the carpenter finished his work, the boss handed the front-door key to him,“This is your house,”he said,“A   (5)   for you.”

What a surprise! What a shame! If he had known he was building his   (6)   house, he would have done it differently. Now he had to live in the house he had poorly built.

So it is with us (我们也是一样). Sometimes we build our lives carelessly. At important points we do not try our best. Then with a shame we look at the situation we have created. We find that we are now living in the house we have poorly built. But we don’t have a   (7)   to make it all over again.

Think of   (8)   as the carpenter. Think about your life. Build it   (9)  . It is the only life you will ever build because life is a do-it-yourself project.

Your life today is the   (10)   of your attitudes and choices you made in the past. Your life tomorrow will be that of your attitudes and choices you make today.

 It is evening. An old cock(公鸡) is sitting   (1)    a tall tree. A fox (狐狸)comes to the tree and looks up at the old cock.

   “Hello, Mr. Cock. I have some good news for you,” says the fox.

   “Oh?” says the cock. “What is it?”

   “All the animals are good friends now. Let’s   (2)   friends, too. Please come   (3)  and play with me.”

“Fine!” says the cock. “I’m very glad to hear that.” Then he looks up. “Look! There   (4)  something over there.”

“What   (5)   at ?” asks the fox.

“Oh, I see  (6)   animals over there.. They are  (7)  this way.”

“Animals?”

“Yes. Oh, they’re dogs.”

“What? Dogs?” asks the fox. “Well,…well, I must   (8)   now. Goodbye.”

“Wait, Mr. Fox!” says the cock. “Don’t go. They are only dogs. And dogs are our  (9)   now.”

“Yes, but they don’t know that yet.”

“I see, I see,” says the cock. He smiles(微笑) and   (10)   high up in the tree.

As we all know, Charles Dickens is considered to be a great English writer. He’s very famous not only in Britain, but also in many other  (1)  in the world. He was born in 1812 and he lived in London. He wrote a lot of books, and he also liked   (2)  . He was an actor.

Maybe it’s interesting to hear that, and that’s   (3)   his books were so good. He gave public readings of his stories that were very popular. His stories   (4)  appeared in a magazine, in parts. People always wanted   (5)  part. He wrote a lot, and most of them are popular. There are films and plays of them, too. Oliver Twist(《雾都孤儿》)became a famous musical play, and Great Expectation(《远大前程》) was a wonderful   (6)  . Dickens’ early life was very hard. His family was poor, and his mother sent him out to work in a factory when he was 12. He   (7)   it, but he used his experiences in his writing. He married Catherine Hogarth and they had a big family. He continued to write   (8)   he died. When he died in 1870, he was   (9)   a story. But what a pity! We’ll never know   (10)  it ended.

My friend Heather mentioned that she had never seen an Angel. Then I remembered the  (1)  I had with my sister Sandra earlier this week.

This will be Sandra’s first Christmas without her husband. This summer he died in her arms. On Thursday, she was in the store  (2)  for an ideal card for her two sons and daughter. Time passed by quickly as she  (3)  the many choices. She wanted a card that sent something special to each of them,  (4)   she knew they would have a(n)  (5)  place in their heart this holiday season.

Finally! She found the one that she needed. The words on it expressed the feelings that she wished to share. However, a sharp pain beat her heart when she realized that the card was  (6)  “mom and dad.”She stood there, holding it close for a long time, unable to move from the spot. Tears began to run down her cheeks.

“Is there something I can do for you?” a  (7)  voice asked. She  (8)  to face a stranger, a woman, who was looking at her with  (9)  and concern.“Uh…oh...OH!”Sandra responded, “I can’t give this card to my children because…because my husband died and this is the  (10)  card.”

Hearing this, the stranger’s face softened with sympathy(同情) and love. She reached out and  (11)  my sister into her arms. She quietly held my sister until her calmness  (12)  .“Thank you for listening to me cry on,” was what my sister said when all was better. “You are welcome, and I am so sorry for your  (13)  .”the stranger answered and said goodbye to her.

During her telling of this event I was feeling angry that I hadn’t been there. My sister needed me and a stranger had to do my  (14)  . “You know,” she went on, “a friend suggested that it was like meeting with an Angel.” My  (15)  disappeared immediately. My sister required an Angel, and I think that is exactly what she got.