Once there lived a rich man    1    wanted to do something for the people of his town. But first he wanted     2     (find ) out whether they deserved his help.

In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed    3     very large stone. Then he     4    (bury) himself behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.

“Who put this stone in the centre of the road?”   said the old man,but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead , with some difficulty he passed around the stone     5       (slow) and continued on his way. Another man came along and did the same thing ; then another came, and another .   All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove    6    . Late in the afternoon a young man came along . He saw the stone,    7    (say) to   himself ,”The night will be very dark. Some    8    (neighbor) will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”

Then he began to move the stone. He pushed with all his    9    (strong) to move it. How great his surprise was at last! He found a bag of money    10     the stone ,.

Praise can change a person. It is true that    1     (inspire) words turn our lives around. Praise is really magical. Perhaps many of us had such experiences. Take myself    2     an example. I was very naughty in the primary school and a real headache for most of the teachers and even my parents. But    3     happened that I once got a very high mark in    4     examination and the head teacher    5     (report) this to my parents. My parents praised me    6     (crazy) for this for quite a long time and told neighbors about this. I felt really happy    7     became polite to others. Every time I heard others talk about my excellent examination result, I thought    8     I would work even harder and make    9     (great) progress. In a word, praise is    10     great help to our lives.

As     1    (teenager), you have many dreams. These dreams can be very big, such as winning the Nobel Prize, or they can be small, for example, you may just want to become the best student in your class. Once (一旦) you find a dream, what do you do with it? Have you ever tried     2    (make) your dream come true?

Andrew Mathews,     3    Australian writer, tells us that making our dreams come true is the     4    (big) challenge (挑战) in our life. You may think you’re not very good    5     some school subjects or it is impossible for you to become a writer. These kinds of thoughts (想法) stop you     6    (realize) your dreams. In fact, everyone can realize his dream. Keep telling yourself     7     you want. Do this step by step and your dream will come true earlier because a big dream     8    (make) up of many small dreams.

You must never give up (放弃) your dreams too. There will be many     9    (difficulty) on the road to your dreams. But the biggest one comes from     10    (you). You need to decide what is the most important.