Grandma Kong is from the western countryside of China. She has spent nearly 1years adopting(收养）and raising abandoned（被遗弃的）children. She gives them food to eat and sends them to school to get an2.
Kong first adopted an abandoned child in the 1970s. She found she couldn't stop there. Though in poor health, the kind woman 3 adopting abandoned children and raising them as her own. Over the last 48 years, she has adopted over 40 children. 4of them have grown up and become doctors or lawyers.
It costs Kong a lot to raise so many children. There were times she couldn't put enough 5on the table. She chose to leave home to look for leftovers（残羹剩饭）in the rubbish. To her great 6, things got much better with time. Now her grown-up children help her to bring up their 7brothers and sisters.
Kong always believes that education is the best way to get out of poverty（贫穷）, 8she makes sure that all her children go to school. She said, "I told my children that it was quite 9 for them to study hard and that it was their only chance to change their lives."
Kong's story has 10 thousands of people's hearts. Many of them say she is a great mother and a good example to follow.
It was Thanksgiving. Snow was falling when Bob1towards the city park. Bob was deserted (遗弃) by his parents and was raised (抚养) by a kind man. Two years ago, to be 2, Bob built a tradition. That was to take his Thanksgiving dinner to the park to share with a homeless person.
The park was3. Everyone was home enjoying their dinner. After arriving at the park, Bob saw an old woman sitting on a bench (长椅). Bob stopped his car in a parking place and got out. He took the 4from the front seat and began walking towards her. When he stood beside her, she jumped as if (好像) she had5been woken up from sleeping. She looked up 6Bob, and then her eyes brightened.
"Good evening, madam," Bob said, smiling. "I've brought you some Thanksgiving dinner. Would you like to share it with me?" The woman nodded and Bob served her the food and then watched her7 she ate happily. When the woman finished, he8the table. Then he took twenty dollars out of his wallet.
He put the9into her hand. Then he kissed her lightly on the forehead and said, "Thank you for10my Thanksgiving dinner." With that, he took his dishes from the table and returned to the car.
Do you like playing football? It is so popular among boys nowadays. Johnny, a twelve-year-old boy, 1 likes it very much. He used to 2 it in his room. His parents were very angry and told him several 3 not to play football at home because he could break 4, but he never listened.
Last Sunday, his 5 went out for a walk and Johnny couldn't help playing football again. He was enjoying his game in the living room 6 his parents came in and saw him.
“Oh, my God, Johnny, you know that playing with your ball at home is not 7. We are very 8 about you and are going to give your ball to another kid. You should obey(遵守)the rules 9 you are at home." Johnny's father said.
Johnny felt very sad. He 10 that it was his mistake. He decided to obey the rules later, not only at home, but also at school.
It was Molly's job to hand her father his paper lunch bag each morning before he left home to work.
One morning, besides his 1 lunch bag. Molly handed him a second paper bag, which looked a bit old.
"Why two bags?" her father asked. "The other is something else," Molly answered. "What's in it?" "Just something. Take it with you."
He put2 paper bags into his briefcase (公文包), kissed Molly and rushed off. At noon he opened Molly's bag and took out all the things: a small Teddy bear, 2 tiny sea shells (贝壳), 5 small stones, and 12 coins…The 3 father smiled, finished eating, and swept the desk clean into the wastebasket, Molly's things in the bag included, and then put himself into the afternoon work.
That evening, Molly ran up to him 4 he was reading the newspaper.
"Where's my bag?" "What's bag?" "The one I gave you this morning."
"I 5 it at the office. Why?" "I forgot to put this 6 in it," she said. "And, besides, Daddy, the things in the bag are the things I really like—I thought you might like to 7 with them. You didn't lose the bag, did you, Daddy?"
"Oh, no. I just forgot to bring it home." he 8.
While Molly hugged (拥抱) her father's neck, he opened the note that read: "I love you, Daddy." Molly had given him her 9 —all that a 7-year-old held.
Love in a paper bag, and he 10 it. He had even thrown it in the wastebasket. So back he went hurriedly to the 11. Just before the night cleaner, he found all the things back and carried the bag home 12 .
After dinner, he asked Molly to tell him about the things in the bag. It 13 a long time to tell. 14 had a story or a memory.
The life journey with the people we love is all that really matters. It is such a simple 15 but it is so easily forgotten.
A boy and a girl were playing together. The boy had a lot of small glass 1. The girl had some candies with her. The boy told the girl that he would2her all his balls in exchange for (交换) her candies. The girl thought that was a good3.
But the boy didn't give4of his balls to the girl. He kept the biggest and the5ball in his pocket and gave the others to the girl. 6the girl gave him all her candies.
That night, the girl had a 7sleep, but the boy didn't sleep well. He kept thinking whether the girl had 8some candies from him.
You think in the way you do things. If you don' t give your hundred percent(百分之百) in a relationship, you'll 9 keep thinking if the other person has given his or her hundred percent. This is true for any relationship.
Give your hundred percent to everything you do and you'll find that you can always10a lot of happiness.
My life was perfect when I was twelve years old. I had a big family1my sister, Chrissy, and a little brother, Patrick, whom I loved greatly. Spring was coming, and I was2about another summer with Grandma. She and I had great fun together last summer. She was retiring (退休) this year, 3 that meant more time with her. Then, on April 11, 2017, at 10:00 P.M., we were all going to bed when the phone rang. My uncle was 4 to say that Grandpa had just taken Grandma to the hospital...
The next morning I was told that Grandma was gone due to a heart disease. I tried to be strong, but even my father5. I hadn't even said goodbye to her. I couldn't control my6anymore and began to cry loudly. It finally hit me: She was gone7. All she had left me were 8in the garden- the hours we spent planting flowers and taking care of9. I believe that my grandma is a star watching over me, and she would have wanted me to be10and happy like her, even though there are bad times. My family and friends love me for who I am and support me for what I do, as I know my grandma would, too.
Mr. Black was a wealthy businessman, but he was not 1 with his life. He always tried his best to make more money for his company. He did not sleep well and his food did not agree with him. The situation lasted for some time. Finally, after a number of sleepless nights, he 2to see his doctor.
The doctor advised a change of surrounding (环境). "Go abroad," he said.
"But I'm not good at foreign languages," said Mr. Black.
"It doesn't matter," said the doctor. "It won't hurt you if you talk 3. Go on a trip. Take plenty of exercise. Try to 4your weight. Avoid eating rich food. "
Mr. Black went to Switzerland. He did not know French or German, and had to 5 himself through gestures(手势). He took part in a physical training course. The instructor (指导者) 6 him shake his head, swing his arms, stretch his neck and bend his knees. He had to lie on the ground and raise his right and left legs in turn. 7 some time his muscles (肌肉) grew hard and firm. He almost put aside his financial (金融) worries and 8 forgot the importance of making more money. He even began to 9 trees and birds. He ate and slept well. Finally he returned home. But unfortunately (不幸地) his 10 did not last long. Soon he was a normal businessman again, worried about his wealth, his savings, his success in a competitive society, and things in general.
During the Warring States Period (475-22IBC), there was a man called Yue Yangzi. One day he saw a piece of gold on the road. He picked it up and 1 it home. But his wife was not 2 and said, "I hear that a great man doesn't drink a thief's water or accept alms(施舍物) .What do you think of the action of keeping others' thing for yourself?" Yue Yangzi felt sorry 3 what he had done, so he put the gold back to the place where he found it.
The next year, Yue Yangzi decided to go to a faraway school to improve himself. A year later, he came back home 4. "Why have you returned?" asked his wife in surprise, "You've 5spent one year studying with scholars (学者们)." "I come back because I 6you very much."
Without saying anything, his wife took a pair of scissors and went to the loom(织布机)at which she had worked. 7 the half done cloth, she said, "The cloth is woven from the best silk. Now 8 I cut it ,all my previous（先前的）work will be wasted. It's the same as your 9.You can learn a lot only by working hard. Now, you've stopped half way. Isn't it the same as cutting the cloth on the loom?"
Yue Yangzi was moved by 10she said. He again left home to visit scholars. Several years later he became a learned man.
In order to reduce the stress on the students, Nanjing No. 1 High School has1a "mark bank". The bank lets students "borrow" marks2they can pass exams, and then repay them in later tests.
Here's3it works: The "mark bank" allows students to4marks if they fail the exam. But, just like real banks, it requires "clients (客户)" to pay back the loan (贷款) on time, with interest (利息). So students have to pay for the loan by getting extra marks in future exams. Some teachers also allow the students to repay the bank5doing lab experiments or giving public speeches. Students who don't pay back their loans are blacklisted (列入黑名单) by the bank, just like in real life.
"I was sick before the mid-term exams and missed several geography classes," one student said, "I failed the exam, so I am glad the 'mark bank' gave me a 6to pass the exam."
7many people think the "mark bank" is a great idea, not8supports the idea. Education expert Xiong Bingqi, for example, believes9the "mark bank" is not proper, but thinks that it takes stress off the students. Others think that such an idea just causes students to be10in their studies.
