Once a group of     1     (high) successful engineers got together to visit their old university professor, Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. While they were     2     (talk), the professor went and prepared coffee in the kitchen. Then back with a pot of coffee and cups     3     different kinds, some ordinary-looking, some expensive, some delicate, the professor told them to help     4    (they) to hot coffee. When they all had a cup of coffee in their hands, he said, “If you noticed, all the nice-looking expensive cups     5     (take)up, leaving behind the plain and cheap-looking ones. While it’s normal for you to choose the best for yourselves, that’s the source of your problems and stress. In     6     (real), the cup itself adds no quality to the coffee. What mattered most was coffee, not the cup,     7     you went for the best cups directly and     8     (bad) still, you began eyeing each other’s cups. If life is coffee, then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They’re just tools     9     hold and contain life, but the quality of life doesn’t change. Sometimes by     10     (concentrate) only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it.”

Don’t let the cups drive you, and enjoy the coffee instead.

We were studying Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the class. Each of us     1     (require) to play a scene from the play, and I     2     (joke) asked to play the nurse. How the classmates responded aroused my interest. They thought I, a guy, couldn’t play the nurse. But I decided I was going to be the     3     (good) nurse to explode on the stage of the class. That fateful week, I imprinted the lines of the nurse in my head. On the day of the     4     (perform), I walked onto the stage,     5     (dress) in my grandmother’s Italian suit, and poured my heart and soul     6     the scene.     7     look of astonishment on my classmates’ faces was all I needed to realize what school     8     (mean) to me. School was a place     9     I could explore unknown areas of my mind and uncover new ideas about the world. Perhaps this realization had never shown     10     (it) before, because I never been brave enough to uncover it.

Why is setting goals important? Goals can help you do, be, and experience everything you want in life and goals allow you     1     (make) your life happen.

Successful people imagine how their life should be and set lots of goals. By setting goals you are taking control of your life. It's like     2    ( have) a map to show you where you want to go.

Think of it this way. There are two drivers. One has a destination in mind which can     3     (find) on a map. She can drive straight there without any wasted time or wrong     4    (turn). The other   driver has no goal or destination     5     map. She starts off at the same time from the same place as     6     first driver, but she drives     7    ( aim) around, never getting anywhere, just using up gas. Which driver do you want to be?

Winners in life set goals and follow through on them.     8    (success) people just let life happen by accident. Goals aren't difficult to set, and they aren't difficult to reach.       It's up     9    you to find out what your goals really are. You are the one who must decide what to achieve and in     10     direction to aim your life.

Pass Your Love on

    1    (wait)for the airplane to take off，I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then，     2    air hostess approached me and asked，“Would you mind     3    (change) your seat? A couple would like to sit together. ”The only possible seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts(石膏绷带)，a black－and－blue face，and a sad     4    (express). “No way am I going to sit there，” I thought     5    (immediate). But a soft voice spoke，“She needs help. ” Finally，I decided to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She had been in a car accident and now was     6    her way to treatment.

When the snacks and juice arrived，it did not take me long to realize     7    Kathy would not be able to feed herself. I considered     8    (offer)to feed her but hesitated，as it seemed too impolite to offer a service to a stranger. But then I realized that Kathy's need was more important than my discomfort.I offered to help her eat，and     9    she was uncomfortable to accept，she did as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five－hour trip，we became friends，and the time removes the fear that keeps us separate. When we offer to serve another，we grow to live in a larger and     10    (many)rewarding world.

Last week, our school     1    (hold) a basketball match against another school. Near the end of the match, they only had an advantage over us. When our captain got the ball, one of them pretended     2    (knock) into by him. Upon seeing that, our captain tried to help him up, but the match was over and they won. We lost the game.     3    , we were all satisfied with the result because we went all out.

From this match,I learn that being     4    winner doesn’t mean gaining while a loser doesn’t mean     5    (lose) everything. What really counts     6    (be) the spirit, not the result. As long as we try    7    (we) best, there is no need in regretting. In reality, a true loser is even more precious than a false winner. Without that match, I    8     have learned the importance of spirit.

To sum up,a true winner is to a match what water is to a fish. It is not the result but the process     9     matters. Life without spirit Is like sailing without a compass, so be a true winner and you will find its     10    (important).

Camels certainly like eating green grass, not dry grass. But     1    (strange), camels always keep looking for dry grass because their     2    (stomach) are filled up.

A classmate of     3    (I) whose home is on the edge of Turpan Basin in Xinjiang told me his home has two camels; he said you could imagine a camel's appetite, for it can slowly swallow dozens of kilograms of hay (干草). I asked him    4    camels eat hay, not green grass. He said the camel is a kind of animal with     5    strong sense of suffering,     6    (fear) its master letting it travel through the desert the next day, and the hay in its stomach is more hunger-resistant    7    green grass.

The camel has the best tolerance. Unfortunately, many people can only see a camel's outstanding performance, but few understand its    8    (prepare) made for it.

Life,     9    a camel traveling through the desert,     10    (need) the adequate accumulation, but not everyone can understand it.

Being chronically(长期地) ill, I have made quite a few visits to the doctor’s office.

Over the visits, I’ve noticed what a big     1    (different) it makes when the receptionist greets me with a smile and a pleasant tone. It just makes my entire day a little better and the illness a little     2    (easy) to bear. Besides this, it puts me     3     a mood to smile at other people and spread the happiness that I feel.

While thinking about this, I had a thought: I wished these individuals,     4     are only passers-by in my life, could realize how much their smiles     5    (actual) mean to me! And as soon as the thought came into my mind, I knew that it was possible — I could tell     6    (they).

So I gathered some materials, sat down, and wrote cards to all the different offices     7    (express) my gratitude to them for being so pleasant and helpful. As soon as I     8    (finish), I eagerly mailed them off.

    9     I won’t be there to see their faces when they read the cards, I hope they feel     10    (appreciate) and that the notes put smiles on their faces the way they put a smile on mine!

Curiosity is part of human nature. Children want answers     1     tons of questions. People keep reading or watching because they want to find out what happens. But curiosity also provides many     2     (practice) benefits.

Many of history's greatest     3     ( discover) were made by curious people. People wondered how processes worked or how certain tasks could be done more     4     (effect). Thanks to their curiosity, people now know far more about the world and obtain useful technology     5     ( help) themselves.

Even if you don't plan to be     6     inventor or researcher, curiosity can still help you in the classroom. If you develop the joy of learning, classes will become more fun. Even if you are no longer a student, curiosity will make you better     7     (inform) and thus a more capable worker. Often, the more you learn about a topic, the     8     (interest) it becomes.

Thus, ask a lot of questions. Remember, everyone knows something     9     you don' t. Find out what that is, and ask about it.

In the classroom or out of     10     ,developing curiosity is sure to be worthwhile.

Cassie lived a lonely life. She would wander through the forest, eating     1    (fall) fruits while other birds flew among the trees.

“Why cannot you fly?” they would ask. “Your weak little     2    (wing) cannot even lift you off the ground!” they would tease her. “You’re     3     shame to birds,” they would offend her.

Cassie was feeling increasingly frustrated and     4    (use), so she made up her mind to leave the forest for good. Just as she walked free from trees, she heard a deep voice     5    (call) from behind Cassie turned around.     6     was a large tree that signaled to her to come back into the forest. “We need you badly here,” said the tree. “We rely on you     7     (eat) our fruits and spread our seeds. The other birds may think you are worthless, but you are actually     8    (much) useful bird in the forest. Please don’t go, you are irreplaceable.” Cassie beamed for the first time in many weeks and     9    (return) to the forest. The fruits had never tasted so good.

It’s easy to compare your skills to the abilities of others and feel inadequate. It’s easy to listen to the negative voices of others and believe them. But bear     10     mind that you are essential, you are remarkable, and you are irreplaceable!

Why do so many people reach success and then fail? One of the big reasons is that we think success is a one -way street. When we succeed, we stop doing everything that made us successful,     1     (sit) back in our comfortable zone. So it doesn’t take long to go downhill.

I     2     (work) hard before reaching success. Once I was good at coming up     3     creative ideas, and did what I loved. But then I stopped, because I thought, “I made it and I can relax.” I thought I was     4     able guy and I shouldn’t have to work at ideas and got into the things that I didn’t love, like     5     (manage). I was the world’s     6     (bad) manager, but I must do it, because I was the president of the company.

I seemed very successful, but actually very     7     (depress). It didn’t take long for business to drop like a rock.     8     (save) money, I had to let all my employees go. I did     9     took me back to success. Finally, business grew bigger than ever.

Success isn’t a one -way street but a     10     (continue) journey. Once we are successful, we should still move on, because that is not only how we achieve success, but it’s how we keep it.