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One day an elderly teacher took a walk through a forest, with a pupil by his side. Suddenly he （stop）and pointed to four plants close at hand. The first was just beginning to appear slowly above the ground, the second had rooted itself pretty well into the earth, the third was a small short tree, while the fourth was
full-sized tree. The tutor said to his young
（company）,“Pull up the first plant.” The boy did so eagerly,
（use）only his fingers．
“Now pull up the second.” The youth obeyed found that the task was
（difficult）.
“Do the same the third, ” he urged．The boy had to use all his strength to uproot it．
“Now, ” said the instructor, “try your hand with the fourth．” The pupil put his arms around the trunk of the tall tree and couldn’t even shake leaves．“This, my son, is just
happens with our bad habits．When they are young, we can remove them easily; but when they are old, it’s hard to pull them out of the ground,
we pray and struggle ever so sincerely!”
There are moments in life you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug （拥抱） them for real．
When the door of happiness closes, opens, but often we look so long at the closed door
we don’t see the one which has been opened for us．
Don’t go for looks; they can deceive（欺骗）．Don’t go for wealth; even that fades（消退）away．Go for someonemakes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day bright．
Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be you want to be．
The （happy） of people don’t
（necessary）have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that
（come）along their way．The brightest future will always be based
a forgotten past．
When you were born, you were crying and everyone you was smiling．
How are you getting along with your senior high school? It may be hard for you as this is the first time that you(leave) your parents. I know that you are now having trouble
(communicate) with others, and you may often feel lonely. That’s
you are new here and people don’t know about you. But I think you can overcome the difficulty if you can follow the advice below.
First, you should attach great (important) to taking an active part in the discussions and show your own opinions about the matters, and at the same time, learn to listen to other people’s views
(careful). Second, you should learn about your classmates’ likes and dislikes,
can make you get familiar with them. Only in this way can you get to know more
(difference) people and show them that you are just as friendly. Last but not least, I’m always here ready to help. We can take part in some
(activity) together and I can introduce you to others.
There’s no need (worry) too much, people will know you more very soon and will like to make friends
you if you can do as the above. Just remember, “God helps those who help themselves”.
Last night, my dad showed me something special that I had never seen before. It was____ old box which contained many silver coins. My dad has been collecting old silver coins_
____ he was a kid. But I didn’t know
______ he had put all his coins he showed them to me. He said his father used to do the same. He decided to give me his collection when I was to move out to live
______ my own. I knew the
_______(choose) I made was a difficult one, but I wanted to do things by myself.
My father divided his collection into two parts and told me to use______ only when I really got into trouble. I didn’t understand what he
______(mean), so he explained it to me. And I didn’t know whether I could sell them or not, so I asked my father some other questions about them and he answered them
_______(patience) one by one. He said he only sold_
____ of his coins to help him finish his studies many years ago. After_
_____(take) out part of the coins, I thanked him and promised that I would use them wisely.
One day, a tramp (流浪汉) was sleeping on a park bench, ____(satisfy) with the afternoon sunshine. A couple walked by. The man stopped, woke the tramp up, and asked him, “Excuse me. ___
you have the time?” the tramp replied, “I’m sorry---I don’t have a watch, so I don’t know the time.” The man apologized and walked away with his wife.
The tramp lay down and went back to sleep. Just then, a woman, ______ was out walking her dog, shook the tramp’s shoulder until he woke up, ___
said, “I’m sorry to trouble you, but do you happen ___
___ (know) the time?” The tramp was a little annoyed at ___
(wake) up again, but he politely told the woman he didn’t have a watch and had no idea ___
___ the time. After the woman left, an idea ___
(occur) to the tramp. He opened his bag and took out a pen and a piece of paper. He wrote down with all his ___
(strong), “I do not have a watch. I do not know the time.” He then hung the paper round his neck thinking that nobody would hold him back in his sleep. Fifteen minutes ___
, a policeman noticed the tramp and the sign around his neck. Out of a sense of responsibility, he woke the tramp up and said, “It’s 2:30 p.m.”
A little boy invited his mother (attend) his elementary（初级的） school’s first teacher-parent meeting. To the little boy’s
________________(happy), she said she would go. This would be the first time that his classmates and teacher met his mother and he was embarrassed by her appearance.
she was a beautiful woman, there was a severe scar（伤痕）
_____________covered nearly the whole right side of her face. The boy never wanted to talk about why or how she got the scar.
At the meeting, the people were impressed by the kindness and natural beauty of his mother though she had a scar on her face, but the little boy was still embarrassed and _______________ (hide) himself from everyone. He did, however, get within earshot of（在听力范围之内） a conversation
_______________ his mother and his teacher, and heard them speaking.
‘‘How did you get the scar on your face? ’’ The teacher asked.
The mother replied, ‘‘When my son was a baby, he was in a room that caught on fire. Everyone was too afraid to go in the fire was out of control, so I went in. As I was rushing toward his bed, I saw a beam(房梁) coming down and I placed myself over him trying to protect him. I was knocked unconscious(无意识的) but
_______________ (fortunate), a fireman came in and saved both of us.’’ She touched the burned side of her face. ‘‘This scar will be on my face for ever, but to this day, I have never regretted doing
_______________I did.’’
At this point, the little boy came out , _______________(run) towards his mother with tears in his eyes. He hugged her and felt a great sense of the sacrifice that his mother had made for him. He held her hand tightly for the rest of the day.