There is a Chinese s    1     about an old farmer who had an old horse for farming. One day the h    2     escaped(逃脱)into the hills and, when all the other neighbours took pity on the old man over his bad luck, the farmer r    3     "Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?'

A week later, the horse returned w     4     a lot of wild horses from the hills. This time the neighbours congratulated the farmer on his good l    5    His reply was the s    6     ,"Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?

Then when the farmer's son was going to train one of the wild horses, he f     7    off its back and broke his leg. Everyone t    8     this was very bad luck, but not the farmer, whose only reply was, "Bad luck? Good luck? Who knows?

Some weeks later, the army came into the village and made every healthy man j     9    the army. When they saw the farmer's son with his leg b    10    , they let him off. Now was that good luck? Who knows?

Nathaniel Hawthorne     1    (go) home with a broken heart. He told his wife Sophia that he lost his job.     2     his surprise, she spoke to him with great joy.

“Now,” she said     3     (happy).“you can write your book! When you had your job, you didn’t have time to write down     4     you were thinking about. Now, you are free. You can do what you like and make your dream     5     (come) true!”

“Yes,” said the man sadly, “but what shall we live on while I     6     (write) it?”

Then, she took out a small box and opened it. There was a large amount of money.

“I’ve always believed you are     7     talented man,” she told him. “I knew that someday you would write a great book. So every week, out of the money you gave me for everyday use, I saved a little bit. Now this money can help     8     (we) through the year.”

With her trust and confidence, one of the     9     (great) novels of American literature, The Scarlet Letter(《红字》) , was born.

Some of the famous     10     (story) have followed a word of encouragement or an act of confidence by a loved one or a best friend.