Someone says, “Time is money.” But I think time is    31   important than money. Why? Because when money is spent, we can get back. However（然而）, when time is    32   , it’ll never    33  . That is    34   we mustn’t waste（浪費）time.
So we say that     35    is usually short. Even a second（秒）is very important. We should make full use of our time to do something    36   .
But it is a pity that there are a lot of people who do not know the importance of time. They spend their time smoking, drinking and     37   . They do not know that wasting time means wasting part of their own    38  .
In a word, we should save time. We shouldn’t    39   today’s work for tomorrow. Remember we have no time to     40   .

Imagine a life without arms or legs! You can’t hold anyone without your   31  .You can’t walk anywhere without your feet. How would you last a day like that? Would you   32  at yourself in the mirror(鏡子)like Nick Vujicic, the 29-year-old Australian?
Nick was born without limbs(四肢), so life was not   33  for him. At school many students played jokes on him. Because he looked different from everyone else. He was refused(拒絕)to be   34  friends, so he always felt   35  . However, he faced that bravely. He   36  to type and write with two toes at the age of six, and he could   37  surf and play golf. In college, he achieved great success and was among the excellent students in the studies. And he decided on what to do later in his life—to encourage others to work hard for their dreams.
Now Nick is one of the most popular   38  in the world. He travels to many countries and gives speeches about his story against difficulties. “Living life fully is about looking at what you   39  , not what you don’t have.” he said. His story encourages millions of people.
“I tell people to keep on getting up when they   40  and to always love themselves, ”he said. “If I can encourage just one person, then my job in this life is done.”

When I was young，my father told me that little acts of kindness may give one great happiness. Since then I have always tried to help people in   1  .
One hot summer afternoon, I was  2  down the highway to New York when another car suddenly   3  into my lane(車道). My car was in the far right lane，so it ran onto the roadside. As a(n)   4   driver，I moved my car quickly and skillfully back onto the highway without causing any accident.
I was   5  with that driver，but I thought that he just did not pay attention to（注意） the lane change, and he  6  did not do that on purpose(故意).The car ran away  7  after cutting me off. Very soon it disappeared from sight. After a while，I came around a curve(彎道) and found the  8 car. The driver was walking along the roadside. He was an elderly man and looked  9  . As there was no telephone nearby and the nearest services were twenty miles away, I decided to    10   and see what the problem was.
The man’s car had a flat tire(癟胎). Although he had another tire，he had nothing to work with. I decided to  11  him. I changed the tire for him and allowed him to sit in my air-conditioned car while I did it. Fifteen minutes later，I 12  the work. I was hot and tired，but I really felt  13  after an act of kindness to the man who had earlier  14  my car run off the road.
You can really enjoy great  15 from kindness acts, so always lend your hands to others in trouble.

Young people are often unhappy when they are with their parents. They    1    that their parents don’t understand them. They often think their parents are too strict    2    them.
Parents often find    3    difficult to win their children’s trust and they seem to forget how they themselves felt when they were young.
For example, young people like to do things without    4  . It’s one of their ways to show that they grow up and they can    5    any difficult problems. Older people worry more easily. Most of them like to plan things ahead and don’t like their plans to be known. So when you want your parents to let you do    6   , you will have better success if you ask before you really start doing it.
Young people often make their parents angry by the clothes they wear, the music they enjoy, and something else. But they    7    to cause any trouble. They just feel that in this way they can be cut off from the old people’s world and they want to make a new culture    8    their own. And if their parents don’t like their music or clothes or their ways of speech, the young people feel very sad. Sometimes    9    going out with their parents, they just want to stay at home alone and do what they like.
If you plan to do something, you’d better win your parents over and get them to understand you.   10    your parents will certainly let you do what you want to do.

Granny Sarya lived outside Moscow． Her only son  16  to Afghanistan(阿富汗) and was killed in action there．Soon after that, her husband lost his job． The old man was always   17  food and clothes．And on a winter night he went out alone when Sarya was asleep． The next morning he was   18  dead in a cold lake． And his worn-out coat was   19  in a tree not far away． Sarya was so   20  that she nearly took her own life．
Things got worse and worse after that． She always lived in hunger and cold． She had hoped that the government(政府) could help her but she    21 ．
It was a cold windy night． The old woman couldn't   22  asleep at all． She had to get up． She decided to write a letter to God（神）, asking for  23 ． She wished God to give her 100 rubles (盧布), so she could buy some food for herself． When she  24  writing it, she found she had no  25 ． She had to put the  26  at a crossing．   27  the next morning a policeman found the letter． He read it to his comrades．They were all so   28  that they gathered some rubles and sent them to the poor old woman．
At first Granny Sarya was happy． But after she   29  the money, she became   30  and said, “I'm told that all things that are touched by the policeman will be only a half left!”

One’s education starts from family, especially from his or her mother. Here is a story__26__ happened in my childhood.
One Saturday morning, I was watching TV in the living room with my two brothers. My mum__27__ several apples of different colors and sizes. She put all the apples on the table, then __28__me and my younger brothers, “Which do you like ?”__29__ my younger brothers and I wanted the biggest one. __30__ I could say “ The biggest one”, one of my brothers stood up and said what I wanted to say.
My mum __31__ the biggest apple and said to us, “It is __32__to get the biggest apple. Many people want the best thing, but few really get it. Now let’s start a __33__. Look at the lawn(草坪) in front of our __34__. I’ll divide it into three parts. Each of you must finish pruning(修剪) __35__own share. The best and quickest one will be__36__the biggest apple.” I won the apple finally.
Since then, I have learned to try my best to succeed whenever I get a chance. I work __37__to get what I want. That was what my mother advised me to do. I feel very thankful to my mum because she taught me a very basic but the most __38__lesson. It is quite fair that we can get what we want __39__competing (競爭). My mother kept teaching us in this way and we followed her __40__ all the time.
I do believe that mother is the first teacher of children, who can teach them to be a No.1 pursuing person.

Have you ever complained why life is so tiring? Does the sky sometimes seem dark to you? Are your lessons sometimes not successful? Well, friends, cheer up and   15  all the time. If you see the world with your warm heart, you’ll   16  the whole world smiling to you.
On a sunny morning, you plan to have a walk   17  yourself. Just before you go out, it suddenly starts to rain. Maybe you would feel very sad and start to complain about the weather. But dear friends, why   18  sit down and listen to the free concert that the nature brings you? And with the timely rain, crops（莊稼）in the fields will grow better and farmers will have a good harvest（收成）.
Everyone wants to succeed in what he tries to do,    19  life isn’t a bed of roses. It’s very common to meet difficulties on the way    20   success. In fact, difficulty isn’t terrible. The real terrible thing is that we are afraid of it. Difficulty is like spring（彈簧）. If you are   21 , it will be strong. Attitude（態(tài)度） decides   22 . With an optimistic (樂觀的) attitude, life is easy and   23 . So when you meet difficulties, don’t give up. Instead, you should face them with a smile. Remember these five rules: Free your heart from hate; Free your mind from worries; Live an easy life; Give more; Expect   24 .

In one way of thinking, failure is part of life. In   26  way, failure may be a way towards success. The “Spider-story” is often   27 Robert Bruce, leader of the Scots in the 13^th century, was hiding in a cave from the English. He watched a spider  28 a web. The spider tried to reach across a rough   29 in the rock. He tried six times. On the   30  time he made it and went on to make his web. Bruce is said to have been encouraged by this and to have gone on to   31 the English. Edison, the inventor of the light bulb, made 32 models that failed before he found the right way to make one. Once he was asked   33 he kept on trying to make a new type of battery when he had failed so often, he replied, “Failure? I have   34 failures. Now I know 50,000 ways it won't   35”.
So what? First, always think about your failure. What caused  36  ？Were conditions right? Were you in top from yourself? What can you change? So things will go   37 next times.
Second, is the goal（目標 ） you're trying to reach the right one? Try to do some   38 about what your real goals may be. Think about this question. “If I do succeed in this, where will it get me?" This may help you prevent failure in things you shouldn't be doing any way.
The third thing to keep in   39 about failure is that it's a part of life. Learn to “l(fā)ive with yourself" even though you may have   40 ．

My mother often asked me, “what is the most important part of the body?” Through the years I would guess at   1  I thought was the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought sound was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My   2 , Mommy.”  She said, “No. Many people are deaf. But you   3  thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”
Then last year, my Grandpa   4 . Everybody was hurt. Everybody was crying. My Mom looked at me when it was our   5  to say our final goodbye to grandpa. She asked me,  “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”  I was shocked   6  she asked me this now. I always thought this was a game between her and me. She saw the confusion(迷惑) on my face and told me, “This   7  is very important. It shows that you have   8  lived your life”. I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your shoulder.” I asked,  “Is it because it holds up your head?”
She replied, “No, it is because it can hold the head of a friend or loved one when they   9 . Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life, my dear. I only hope that you have enough love and   10  that you will have a shoulder to cry on when you need it.”

Which part is the most important?
My mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. When I was 1  .1 thought music and talking were the most important things, so I said: “My 2 Mommy.”
She said; "No. many people are deaf and can’t hear anything but they live normal lives. But you 3  thinking about my questions and I will ask you again soon. "
Several years passed before she asked me again. This time I told her_:“Mommy.  4 is very important to   5  , so it must be our eyes. "
She looked at me and told me: "You are learning fast, but your  6  is not right because there are many people who are blind and who arc happy and healthy all the same.”
Then, last year, my grandpa   7 .
Everybody was crying. My mom asked me: “Do you know the most important body
pan now, my dear? The most important body part is your  8 .”
“Is it because it holds up (支撐)my head?” I asked.
"No, it is because it can hold a head of a friend or a loved one when they 9  ."
she answered. “ Everybody needs a shoulder to cry on sometime in life. I only hope that you have enough love and friends in your life. So, you will  10 have a shoulder to cry on when you need it."
【小題1】 A. older          B. younger          C. cleverer
【小題2】 A. ears               B. eyes             C. mouth
【小題3】 A. stop               B. begin            C. keep
【小題4】 A. mind               B. heart            C. sight
【小題5】 A. everybody      B. somebody         C. nobody
【小題6】 A. question          B. problem          C. answer
【小題7】 A. came               B. died             C. arrived
【小題8】 A. shoulder           B. foot            C. hand
【小題9】 A. laugh          B. dance            C. cry
【小題10】 A. never          B. always           C. seldom