My mother is my greatest inspiration. She works as a cashier at a neighbourhood supermarket.

I used to think her job was pretty easy, but now I am older, I     1     (gradual) realize     2     (我的母亲工作出色，应该得到认可) all these years. (Though she works long hours every day)     3     (用分词作状语升级加黑体部分), she still finds the time to help with household chores and spend time with me.

    4     (显然我妈妈热爱她的工作).     5     (因此), she faces customers with a gentle smile and     6     (全心全意工作) even when she is tired. Inspired by her, I have learnt to stay positive even when I felt     7     (defeat).

Lifestyles differ from person to person. Some people, known as     1     natives, do a wide     2     of things online, such as     3     with friends, watching misreading updated news and interesting articles and so on. Take shopping as an example--it’s so     4     to compare quality and prices before buying. Some other people live their lives as go-getters. They tend to     5     goals when setting out to do something. Then they make a schedule and try hard to achieve it. As for life choices, in the case of Zhang Tian, he chose to be a     6     teacher in Guizhou province instead of going to big cities. Despite the poor facilities and unstable supplies of power and water, he has improved the learning lives for the students by introducing more attractive subjects like music, art and PE to the school.

    7     made him feel satisfied was that his students were able to read, speak and write in English and became more     8     in learning. Besides all these, he contacted charity organizations to set up a library and help sell local products online. As a result of the     9     he made, he became very popular among the villagers and was treated as one of them. Zhang Tian intended to stay for another year. He feels so happy that he     10     his heart, even though it may not be what others expected of him.

A lot of people are     1     (坚决的) to become a millionaire. They think becoming a millionaire is a s    2     of success. However, there are some people who don’t want to be a millionaire.

Jason Harley is one example. Jason Harley was a college p    3     with a fortune of two million dollars sixteen years ago, but Jason now lives in a small dormitory room. When he was a millionaire, he felt worried to know that millions of people died of h    4     every year. Though he isn’t living a wealthy life now, he     5     (感激) this change.

When asked whether there were any things he missed, he replied that success is not measured by how much money you have but by how you understand the true meaning of life.

In the evening, I drink a cup of tea and watch the stars. I think about the antelopes and what Zhaxi told me. Much     1     to protect wildlife, but if we really want to     2    , we must     3    of life. Only when we learn to     4     with nature can we stop     5    to wildlife and to our planet.

Failures result in mental and emotional g    1    (成长). Curiosity drives us to    2    (探索), do more, solve problems and find solutions in our lives. Our thoughts and understanding of failures and successes s    3    (增强) in this growing period.

From all periods, and from every country,     1    （这些光彩耀人的图片）display themselves to us. Each only appears for a few moments while     2    (代表整个的一生), sometimes a whole age, with its conflicts and victories. Let us contemplate here and there one of the company of martyrs — the company which will receive new members until the world itself shall pass away.

We look down upon a crowded amphitheatre (圆形剧场). Out of the “Clouds” of Aristophanes, satire and humor     3    (像潮水一般喷射出来) upon the audience; on the stage Socrates, the most remarkable man in Athens, he who had been the shield and defence of the people against the thirty tyrants, held up mentally and bodily to ridicule—Socrates, who saved Alcibiades and Xenophon in the turmoil of battle, and whose genius soared far above the gods of the ancients. He himself is present,     4    (从观众席中站起来) and     5    (走到前面去)，that the     6    (哄堂大笑的) Athenians may well appreciate the likeness between himself and the caricature on the stage. There he stands before them,     7    (高高地站在他们面前). (From The Thorny Road of Honor, Anderson)

I knew I had chosen a job with a lot of    1    (压力) but I love what I do.The thing about being a teacher is that you have a    2    to children’s minds when they are open and e    3    to learn. If what I do as a teacher can help turn a child like Graham into such a successful adult, then I know what I’m doing is    4     (值得的). As John Dewey, the famous educationalist, said,“Education is not    5    (准备) for life; education is life itself.”

The second fruit of friendship is the better understanding and judgement that may be achieved through conversations with     1     and wise friends. We often find it easier to recognize other people's     2     than our own. As a result, if we are guided only by our own feelings, our judgement might be one-sided. On the other hand, our friends are better able to offer advice on important decisions     3     we all have to make. Also, when we want to talk our problems over with a friend, we have to put our thoughts     4     words first. This alone helps make our thoughts clearer and brings us a more     5     understanding of our problems.