Walt Disney, the great film-maker, was born in Chicago in 1901. His greatest wish was to be a famous artist. When he was young, he went to a newspaper ________ in a city named Kansas. He had some ________ who worked in the office there. He ________ some pictures with himself and wanted to get a job there. But he had no luck. They ________ the pictures and said, “Sorry, young man, we don’t think there is anything interesting in your pictures.” But he didn’t lose ________. He went on to draw pictures. His family was ________. One day a mouse came into his room and played on the floor. He stopped ________ and watched it. The mouse came to him and sat on his desk, so he gave the mouse a piece of bread. Then the mouse came ________ and wanted more bread. In this way the mouse became his good friend after some days.

Disney went to the west of the US after a few years. He tried to get work as an artist, but he was still ________. One day he remembered the cute mouse. He ________ his pencil and began to draw. He drew some different pictures of the mouse. He called it Mickey Mouse. Now most people know and love him all over the world.

Jack London was a famous American writer. He was born on 12th January, 1876 in San Francisco, California. His family was very poor, and Jack had to leave school to make money. He worked very hard.

In 1897, he went to Alaska to find gold. There he got ideas for his books and stories. He returned home and started to write. His writings were successful, and he became rich and famous in his twenties.

Jack was not a happy man. He was in bad health. He ended his own life in 1916. He was only 40 years old then.

Mary was an operator(接线员) of 911 in Los Angeles. One Thursday morning, she was surprised to get a call from a little girl. She said, “Mum my ill, Mum my ill, ”again and again. Mary soon found the address of the call. She called the police. In a minute, the policemen and doctors arrived at the house. They broke the door open. They couldn't believe their eyes. The little child was so young that maybe she could not walk！She was sitting beside her mother and holding her mother's hand. Tears were running down her face.

The doctors gave the woman some medicine and soon she woke up. Later, she told people, “Everyone was surprised that my daughter could call 911. On Monday I tried to teach her how to call 911, but she couldn't do it. ”Mary was surprised, too. “It's the first time that I have seen a two­year­old child call 911. ”