A poor boy Howard Kelly was trying to make some money for school by selling goods. He found that he had only one coin left. He was so  16  that he decided to beg for a meal at the next house. However, he lost his courage when a lovely young  17 opened the door. Instead of asking for a meal, he asked for a drink of  18 . She smiled understandingly and brought him a  19  glass of milk. He drank it slowly and then asked, “How much is it?”
“You need pay nothing.” she replied. “Mother has  20 me never to accept pay for a  21 .” As Howard  22  that house, he not only felt stronger 23  , but it also made him believe in God and the human beings more. He was about to give up before this.
24 later, the young woman became very ill. She was sent to the big city,  25  Dr Howard Kelly, now famous, was called in for the treatment. When he heard the name of the  26  she came from, a  27  light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down through the hospital hall into her room. He  28  her at once. From that day on, he gave   29  attention to her case and  30   to do his best to save her life.
After a long time, she recovered. The bill was sent to her room. She was  31  to open it because she knew it would 32  the rest of her life to pay it off. Finally she looked at the bill and saw these words on one side of it,
"Paid in full with  33 ."
                    Dr Howard Kelly
Tears of  34  ran out of her eyes as she cried, "Thank you,  35 . Your love has got around through human hearts and hands. "

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor. They talked about the 11　 topic— happiness. But soon their conversation turned into complaints about 12 in work and life.

To offer his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and 13 with a large pot of coffee and a variety of 14 — plastic, glass, metal, porcelain(陶瓷), some plain-looking, some very 15 . The professor told his students to help themselves to hot coffee.

　 When all the students had a cup of coffee in 16 , the professor said: “If you have noticed, all the nice-looking 17 cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is 　 　18 for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the 19 of your problems and stress.” The professor continued, “Believe that the cup itself adds no 20 to the coffee. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases it even 21 what we drink. What all of you 　22 wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went 23 the best cups. Now 24 this: life is coffee, the jobs, money, and 25 in society are the cups which are just tools to hold and 26 life, and the different types of cups we have don’t decide, nor 　27 the quality of life. If we concentrate only on the cups, we will 　28 to enjoy the coffee in it. So don’t let the cups 29 you...enjoy the coffee instead.”

　 At these words, the graduates looked at each other in 30 embarrassment.

11. A. hot　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. sensitive　　　　　　　　　 C. famous　　　　　　　　　 D. easy

12. A. pay　　　　　　　　　　 B. joy　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. experience　　　　　　　 D. stress

13. A. cooked　　　　　　　 B. took　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. returned　　　　　　　　　 D. met

14. A. cups　　　　　　　　　 B. gifts　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. plates　　　　　　　　　　　 D. drinks

15. A. common　　　　　　 B. special　　　　　　　　　　 C. rare　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. delicate

16. A. order　　　　　　　　 B. time　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. hand　　　　　　　　　　　 D. place

17. A. pretty　　　　　　　　 B. different　　　　　　　　　 C. colorful 　　　　　　　　 D. expensive

18. A. necessary　　　　　 B. normal　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. good　　　　　　　　　　　 D. possible

19. A. situation　　　　　　 B. answer　　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. result　　　　　　　　　　　 D. source

20. A. quality　　　　　　　 B. energy　　　　　　　　　　 C. weight　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. color

21. A. makes　　　　　　　　 B. gives　　　　　　　　　　　 C. hides　　　　　　　　　　　 D. includes

22. A. finally　　　　　　　　 B. really　　　　　　　　　　　 C. especially　　　　　　　　 D. nearly

23. A. for　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. with　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. into　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. to

24. A. think　　　　　　　　　 B. discuss　　　　　　　　　　 C. try　　　　　　 　　　　　　 D. consider

25. A. position　　　　　　　 B. relation　　　 　　　　　　 C. workmates　　　　　　　 D. friends

26. A. create　　　　　　　　 B. support　　　　　　　　　 C. contain　　　　　　　　　　 D. own

27. A. damage　　　　　　　 B. determine　　　　　C. change　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. increase

28. A. come　　　　　　　　 B. stop　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. have　　　　　　　　　　　 D. fail

29. A. drive　　　　　　　　　 B. hold　　　　　　　　　　　　 C. take　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. control

30. A. quiet　　　　　　　　　 B. speechless　　　　 　　　 C. amazing　　　　　　　　　 D. reasonable

Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new  16  in high school.
17, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts(選拔賽)for cheerleaders(拉拉隊隊員). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be 18 for her to be selected. Two hours later, the  19  read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart  20  as the list ended without her name. Feeling  21 , she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.
Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was  22 . She moved on to English and history, and was  23  to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to 24 math for the time being.
The nest day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school  25 . Mrs. Biden wasn’t as  26  as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough  27  for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled  28  and left. “Why is high school so 29 ?” she sighed.
Later in  30  class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much 31 . By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to  32  at her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to  33 . High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond  34  a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the  35  fish you can be.”

Recently, a couple in New Zealand were forbidden from naming their baby son 4Real. Even 【小題1】 New Zealand has quite free rules about 【小題2】 children, names beginning with a 【小題3】  are not allowed. They decided to call him Superman 【小題4】 .
In many countries around the world, 【小題5】 names for children are becoming more popular. In Britain, you can call a child almost   【小題6】  you like. The only restrictions on parents   【小題7】 to offensive(冒犯的) words such as swear words.
 【小題8】 parents choose names which come from 【小題9】 culture. For example, there have been six boys named Gandalf   【小題10】 the character in the Lord of the Rings(指環(huán)王) novels and films. 【小題11】 , names related to sport are fairly common – 【小題12】 1984, 36 children have been called Arsenal(阿森納) after the football team. Other parents like to 【小題13】 names, or combine names to make their own 【小題14】 names, a method demonstrated (證實的) by Jordan, the British model, 【小題15】 recently invented the name Tiaamii for her daughter by 【小題16】 names     Thea and Amy (the two grandmothers).
Some names which were previously 【小題17】 as old-fashioned have 【小題18】 popular again, but the most popular names are not the strange 【小題19】 . The top names are fairly   【小題20】 , for example, Jack, Charlie and Thomas for boys and Grace, Ruby and Jessica for girls.

How can you make a million dollars in one month? I’m sure I am going to get the   【小題1】  of many readers with this question. The    【小題2】   news is that you are not going to make a million dollars in one month    【小題3】   you win the lottery (彩票) or some prize.
We all want to be millionaires. However, if you try to find out how they become   【小題4】  rich, you will learn that they worked very    【小題5】  for the money. That is what most   【小題6】  have had to do, including Bill Gates and Andrew Carnegie, and they often went   【小題7】  hardships before they succeeded    【小題8】   .
There are many reasons why the millionaires have made it   【小題9】    for themselves. In this article, I am going to    【小題10】 passion (熱情) which I think is the most    【小題11】   quality to have in order to succeed. I am sure that if one was to   【小題12】   the people who made millions in their lifetime, this would be found in all of them.
Take J.K Rowling for    【小題13】  . Her first Harry Potter was sent to twelve publishing houses, all of which    【小題14】  to publish it. A year later, she was finally given the chance by a small    【小題15】 , which paid 15.000. and the  【小題16】 from that company was that she should get herself a job since she had little  【小題17】   of making a living by writing children’s books. If you want to make a million dollars, find something that    【小題18】   you really passionate (熱情的) and work hard at it. It doesn’t    【小題19】   what it is. Let me know how you    【小題20】   !