One day, I took my two kids to the local playground. As soon as we got there, my daughter     1     to the swing (秋千) and asked for a push. When I was helping my daughter, I noticed another girl trying to make her own swing go high by     2    . Her old grandmother, along with a dog, was     3     on the wheelchair nearby and smiled at me.

I gave my daughter one big push and then walked towards the little girl. I asked if she wanted me to     4     her a big push. She smiled and said “Yes”. For the next two hours, I pushed the swings, and played with my two children and the little girl. When we went home, I was very tired. But my heart was flying much     5     than the swings.

One day two years later, after a     6     work, I was a little tired. But I needed to pick up my kids before going home. While I was waiting outside the school gate, a little girl came over and smiled     7     at me. She gave me a big hug before catching her school bus. As I watched her running away, I didn’t feel     8     anymore.

In life, the love we give others will find its way back to us. It may     9     from heart to heart or it may blossom (开花) in the heart where it was     10    . The love we share, the kindness we give, and the happiness we create will always come back to us with a pleasant surprise.

One Sunny afternoon, a young deer and an old deer     1     under a tree in the forest. Suddenly, in the distance, they heard the sound of dogs barking.

The old deer stood up quickly, he felt     2    . He said to the young deer, “Be quick! It’s time to     3     to hide in. The barking dogs are fierce (凶猛的) and they will kill us.

The young deer laughed and said, “Why should we hide from the dogs? We are     4     than them. We can toss (扔) them aside with our big antlers (角). We should fight with them     5    .”

The old deer admired the courage (勇气) of the young deer,     6     he did not believe the young deer. “We’d better     7     now,” said the old deer.

The young deer refused to run away. He     8     fight against the dogs. As the dog run to him, he put down his antlers and wanted to toss them aside, but he didn’t win the fight because there were too many dogs. He was killed by the dogs in the end.

The young deer lost his life     9     he didn’t know his strength and the weakness. We can learn a lesson from the story. Don’t     10     the silly young deer when we are in danger. We should know our strength and weakness.

It was a hot sunny summer day. A tired man was walking through a desert with no more water. He felt     1     and thought he would certainly die. Suddenly, he saw a small house and decided to walk     2     to have a look. The house was abandoned (废弃的), but had a hand pump (泵) inside.

“What a blessing!” the man thought. However his     3     soon came down when he saw no water coming out of it. As he was about to     4    , he noticed a bottle of water in the corner of the room. There was a niece of paper under that bottle. It said, “Use the water to start the pump. Don’t forget     5     this bottle.”

What should he do? He could simply drink that bottle of water and save his life. In that case, he couldn’t carry along any water on his way     6    . Also, no one else would turn up there to get a     7     to save his life. But if he follow the instructions and that didn’t work, he would simply die.

He closed his eyas and picked the     8     choice finally. In any case, he had to take a risk. To his great     9    , cool clear water came out of the pump. He drank it like a thirsty cow, refilled the bottle and put it back in the corner. Moreover, he     10     some words on the paper, “Believe me, it works.” with a smile on his face.

Dr. Hassan teaches in a university and she has     1     read about a programme called Paying Students. Many students drop out（辍学）of university because of financial problems. However, she doesn’t think paying students will encourage them to     2     their studies. She thinks the programme doesn’t solve the real problems. The money would be better spent on student services, like hiring（聘用）more teachers and advisors. Many students     3     manage their time and this became the reason why they drop out. Advisors can help them learn to manage their time better. Then students will do better and are more likely to     4    .

The bell rang. The teacher stood before his class and was going to     1     the final exam papers. “I know how hard you have all worked to prepare for this test,” he said. “And because I know you can do it well, I am willing to offer a B to anyone who would     2     not to take the test.”

Many students jumped up to thank the teacher and left the classroom. The teacher looked at the remaining (剩余的) students and said, “Does anybody else want to get a B? This is your last     3    .” Two more students decided to go.

Seven students remained (留下). The teacher then gave out the papers. There were     4     three sentences typed on the paper: Congratulations! You have just been received an A in this class. Keep believing in yourself.

I never had a teacher like that,     5     I think it is a test that any teacher could and should give. Students who do not have confidence（自信）in what they have learned are B students     6    .

The same is true in real life. The A students are those who believe in what they are doing because they have learned from both successes and failures. They have learned life’s     7    , either from normal education or from events in their lives, and have become better people.