A motto (格言) is a sentence or a phrase    1    can inspire us especially when we     2     (face) with difficulties.

Many of us have our mottoes, such as “Where there is a will, there    3     (be) a way. ” or “Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it. ” My motto is “God helps those who help    4    (them). ” Sometimes I am lazy and don’t want to make efforts     5    (work) hard, but the moment I think of my motto I will be     6     (energy) again and devote myself     7     what I am doing. I write my motto where I can see it     8     (effortless). Every time I fail in my exam and begin to lose heart, the sight of my motto inspires me with much     9    (confident). My motto also makes me become an independent person. That is to say, I won’t rely on others before I have     10     try.

My friend, what is your motto? If you still haven’t got a motto, please choose one, because a motto can have a great effect on you.

One day, there was a blind man sitting at the roadside. There was a sign beside him, on     1    was written, “I'm blind. Please help me." Many people walked by him,     2    few of them helped him.

A young man was going to his office. While     3     (walk) by the blind man, he stopped and found that there were few coins in the man's hat. He bent down and write a new message on the sign without asking for     4     (permit), and then he left, without saying a word.

    5     (late) that afternoon, when the young man walked by the blind man again, he saw the hat     6    (fill) with bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if     7    was he that had changed his sign. He also wanted to know     8     the young man had done to the sign. Then the young man told the blind man that he     9    (write) something like this on the sign. “It is spring now, but I can't see it." The blind man expressed his gratitude to the young man and went home     10    (happy).

It’s not easy to grow up. In fact, it’s far from easy.     1     (grow) up can be a real “pain” for some of us. We are always doing things that someone else     2     (make) us do and aren’t allowed to do all the things     3     we like. Sometimes we feel     4     (trap), sometimes we are fearful, and sometimes we just don’t understand why we can’t stay young forever. When we look back on all the     5     (hardship) in life with a positive attitude, we realize that all of our growing pains     6     (actual) turn into growing gains!

As a young girl, my parents forced my sisters and me     7     (do) so many things that I never liked. They made me learn to play the violin and then the piano. At that time I hated music, just    8     it was what they wanted me to do. But looking back now, I am so glad that my parents encouraged me to take music lessons. Music has enriched my life     9     so many ways. I realize that they’ve always wanted me to have     10     better life than they did themselves.