Two little boys were playing one day when a Fairy (仙女) suddenly appeared before them and said, “Father Time asks me to ________ you New Year presents.” She handed each child a package and disappeared immediately.

Carl and Philip opened the ________ and found two books with clean pages in them.

Twelve months passed and the fairy came again and said, “I have brought you ________ two books and will take the first one back to Father Time.”

“May I keep ________ book a little longer?” asked Philip, “I’d like to paint something on the last page.”

“No,” said the Fairy.

“I wish that I could finish reading mine at a time,” said Carl, “I can only open the book once each day ________ see only one page every time, because ________ the page turns over, it sticks fast.”

The Fairy said, “Well, you can read Philip’s book.” Then she lit (点亮) two little lamps for them. By the light of the lamps they saw the pages as she turned them.

“________ did this?” they asked in surprise, “Every page was ________ when we first opened it. But now some pages are drawn with beautiful things like birds and ________ and some pages with ugly, black spots and scratches (划痕) on them!”

The Fairy, smiling at the two little boys, said, “See, Philip, the beautiful birds and flowers appeared when you ________ toys with your friends, or when you try to be kind to others.”

“But what made the ugly, ________ spots and scratches?” asked Philip.

The Fairy said, “That came when you told a lie one day, or when you did not listen to your mum. All these ugly spots and scratches in your books were made when you were naughty (淘气的). Each pretty thing in your books came on its page when you were ________.”

“Oh, we wish to read the books ________!”

“They can’t be read once more,” said the Fairy, “See! They are only for this year, and they must now go back into Father Time’s bookcase, but I have brought you each a new ________, and perhaps you can make these more beautiful than the first ones.”

With these words, the Fairy ________. The boys were left alone, but each held in his hand a new book open at the first page.

And on the back of each book was written in letters of gold, “For the New Year”.

Life is like throwing and catching four balls in the air. You call the balls work, family, friends and minds. You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back (弹回). The other three balls are made of glass and easy to broken, so you must know to protect them. But how?

Don’t shut love out of your family by saying it’s hard to find. The quickest way to get love is to give it; the fastest way to lose is to hold it closely; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings.

Don’t think that you are not so good as others. It is because we are different and each of us is special. Never mind if you fall behind others. It’s never too late to learn. Knowledge is a weightless treasure which you always carry easily.

Don’t let your life pass through your fingers by living in the past or in the future. If you live well today, you live all the days of your life.

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is hard to guess and today is a gift. That’s why we call it “the present”.

55. 在你的周围，有许多不同类型的人。有助人为乐的人，有意志坚强的人，有坚持到底终获成功的人……请以 “The person who has influenced me most”为题，写一篇英语短文。内容包括：1. 此人基本信息和品质。 2. 列举他/她的1-2个典型事例。 3. 他/她对你的影响。字数不少于80字。

The person who has influenced me most