Dreams are like stars. You may never catch them, but if you follow them, they will _________ you to success. Yan Ning is such a dream follower.

Yan is a rising star in the _________ world. When Yan Ning was only a little girl, she dreamed of being a great scientist. After _________ of hard work, in 1996, she went to Tsinghua University to study biology. After graduating from Tsinghua in 2000. She went to Princeton University and finished her study abroad in 2007. Then she returned to Tsinghua and _________ her own lab. At the age of 30, she became the youngest professor (授) at Tsinghua.

Now Yan, 42, has become a leading biology researcher at Princeton. On April 30, she was included among the 100 new members and 25 foreign associates (院士) into the US National Academy of Science (国家科学院).

However, it was a long and _________ road for her to make such achievements. She said that in order to realize her dream, she _________ a lot of failures and pains. But she never gave up her dream. Instead, she followed her dream and _________ it.

She usually works at least 14 hours a day. Sometimes she even forgets to eat and rest and works _________ late night. She never gets _________ because she thinks doing research is the most “comfortable and relaxing” job for her.

In a TV interview. Yan encouraged young people to work hard for their dreams. “All our dreams can come true if we have the __________ to follow them.”

At the age of 16, Einstein failed in some subjects ________ he often played with some “bad” kids. One day, Einstein held a fishing rod (鱼竿) and was going to fish with those kids, his father ________ him and said “Einstein, you like playing ________ much that you failed in the exam. Your mother and I feel so worried about your ________.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also failed, but don’t they go fishing as usual?”

“My boy, you can’t think so,” said his father lovingly. “There goes a story in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it ________.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof (屋项). They fell ________ the chimney (烟囱). When they climbed out of the chimney, a cat’s face was polluted with the ash (烟灰) but the other’s face was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean cat thought its face was dirty and ugly, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its face. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced cat, thinking its face was also ________, so it didn’t wash its face and walked in the street.”

“Einstein, ________ can be your mirror. Only you are your own mirror. Taking other people to be your mirror, even the cleverest person may become a fool.”

Hearing this, Einstein ________ his fishing rod and went back to his room. From then on, Einstein often thought to himself, “I am special, so I can’t be the same as ________.” This was why Einstein succeeded.

Your future isn’t up to what others do, but what you are going to do.

【推荐3】In a small town, lived Cody and his family. Cody always knew his family was ________. While other kids went to the beach for summer vacation, he and his dad visited the world’s largest basket, the largest baseball bat, or the largest fork. Yes, these are real things. Cody’s dad had photos of them hanging high on the wall.

As a young kid, Cody thought these vacations were the best ever. ________ as he grew up, he started to feel ashamed. He wasn’t the boy who would be excited about “the largest thing in the world” any more.

That morning, Cody could tell that his dad was planning ________. Dad walked into the kitchen with a big smile on his face. It was exactly the same smile he’d had when he discovered they could go and see the world’s biggest bottle of juice.

“Cody!” he said. “I have an idea. I read the news about the world’s largest gathering of people who would dress like turkeys.”

“Dad,” Cody said. “No.”

“Come on!” Dad said. “I just called the newspaper. They ________ me that the event would be on the day after Thanksgiving, and everyone in turkey costumes will meet in the town square!”

Cody sighed. “Do you have any idea ________ the teens at my age think about the turkey dress-up?”

Dad looked at Cody. “Well, I’m afraid it’s too late to call off our entry, sweetie!”

At last, it was the day of the great turkey dress-up. For a long time. Cody walked back and forth thinking about how to escape from it. ________, he saw Dad sitting on the living-room floor, shoulders slumped. And the photos from their vacations over the years were on the wall ________ his head.

Cody looked at the first one. In the picture, Cody’s smile was really big. Dad’s smile was even bigger. Cody and his dad had ________ been there for each other, trying to make each other smile.

Cody walked to the square where the event was held. He saw moms, dads, kids, and grandparents. Even high-school kids were wearing turkey suits. And they all ________ to be having fun. Maybe this wasn’t such a disaster after all. Then, Cody made up his ________.

“Hey, Dad!” Cody called. “Can I borrow your turkey hat?”

【推荐1】Tweet was a quiet little bird. All day long, he sat alone in his tree. He ________ sang. He just watched the world around him. Tweet watched frogs and ________ swimming in the pool. He watched rabbits and mice playing in the woods. Day after day, he sat in the same tree and watched the same things.

One day, there was something _________. The baby birds opened their eyes to see. It happened right in Tweet’s tree. Four little mouths were open wide. They were _________. Tweet watched Mother Bird fly away to find food for them.

One of the babies kept trying to find its mother. It moved away from the other birds. Tweet got worried ________ the baby was getting to the edge (边缘) of the nest (鸟巢).

All at once, the baby bird _________! Tweet flew as fast as he could to save the baby bird. ________ it landed on Tweet’s soft back. Tweet flew up and put the little bird into its nest.

Just then, Mother Bird came back with some tasty bugs (虫子) for the little birds. She thanked Tweet for ________ her baby. To pay back his _________, she gave him the biggest bug. Tweet smiled and stood up tall.

After that, Tweet always sat ________ the nest. When Mother Bird left to find food, Tweet was no more quiet! His pretty song filled the forest. It let Mother Bird know that her babies were safe in their nest!

Everyone in the world can do something for others and make life more beautiful.

【推荐2】A rich man had a son with bad habits. On day, he took his son to an old scholar (学者) to ask for good _______.

The scholar took the boy for a walk _______ a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to _______ out a small plant growing there. The boy held the plant between his thumb (拇指) and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a little _______ plant. The boy pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.

"Now pull out that one," said the old man, pointing to a bush (灌木丛). _______, the boy tried his best and pulled it out.

"Now take this one out," said the old man, pointing to an apple tree. The boy held the tree and tried to pull it out. _______ it would not move. "It's _______ to pull it out," said the boy.

"So it is with bad habits," said the scholar. "When _______ are young it is easy to pull them out. But when they grow bigger, they cannot be pulled out easily."

The lesson with the old man changed the boy's life. He gave up his bad _______ and became an excellent man.

Don't ________ for bad habits to grow in you, drop them while you have control over them, or they will get control over you.

【推荐3】Mr. Lee was in bed and was trying to sleep when he heard the bell ring. He turned on the light and looked at his ______. It was twelve.   "Who can it be at this time of night?" He thought. He decided to have a look. So he got out of the bed, ______ his coat and went to the door. When he opened the door, there was ______ there. "That is very strange." Then he went back to his bedroom, took off his coat and got back into bed.

A few minutes later, he heard the bell again. Mr. Lee jumped out of the bed very ______ and ran to the door. He opened it, but again he found no one there. He closed the door and tried not to feel ______. Then he saw a piece of paper on the floor. There were some words on it ''It is now after midnight, so it is April fool's Day. April fool to you!"

"Oh, it was the English boy next door!" Mr. Lee exclaimed (惊叫) and almost smiled. He went back to bed and feel asleep at once. The bell did not ring again.