I did very badly at school．My headmaster thought I was useless and when I was 14， he said， “You’re n going to be anything but a failure.”
After five years of poor jobs， I fell in love with a very nice g．But her mother said to me， “You’ve failed in everything you’ve ever done．You can’t give any happiness to my d
!” It was the disappointing thing that could have changed me later．I d
to do something positive about my life， because I wanted to show her that what people said about me was w
.
So I tried hard at my writing and went to college．My first book came out while I was at college．After college I w during the day and went to evening classes at college．Later， I gave up that job to use full time to write．And then I was offered a part-time job as a t
at a high school．I began to feel p
of my self – there was once a poor boy who’d left school early， now teaching at a key high school．My w
career took off when I had my own writing style.
Now， I’m rich and f ， because I am often on TV and many people know me．But what does that mean? I just wish all the people who have looked down on me had said， “I believe in you．You’ll succeed.”
Maria Vas and her dog walked down the hall of the nursing home and stopped in front of the old lady with a nurse at her side. “Would she like to s my dog?” Maria asked.
“No, a visit won’t h her,” said the nurse. “Then she e
that the lady was too sick to appreciate visitors.
But Maria decided to try anyway. She had done research on animal assisting therapy(辅助疗法) for 10 years. And she was very successful in this a. She’d seen even the sickest patients enjoy a visit from a lovely dog.
Maria carried the dog over to the old lady. Immediately, the woman r out toward the dog! She was so p
that she began smiling and trying to talk. The nurse stood aside, w
them in amazement. This woman had never communicated with anyone. It was like she wasn’t even a
-- until the dog came to visit.
Around the world sick adults and c fill lonely hospital rooms. They may have an illness or need to be c
for. A dog’s friendly eyes and warm paws(爪子) may be just what the doctor ordered to encourage them and help them heal (治愈).
I’ll （邀请） some friends to come to my birthday party.
He lives at the ___________ (顶部) floor of the building.
Could you tell me the story about your _________(成功)？
We need to _________ (商量) before we leave for England.
It’s difficult for us to make a _________ (决定) now.
I have a _________ (舒适的) life in this city.
I _________(注意到) Mr. Wang walking towards our classroom when I went home.
School education is very important and u . Yet no one can learn
at school and a teacher cannot teach his students everything they want to know. His work is to show his students
_ to learn. He teaches them to read and think alone. So much more is to be learned outside school by the students
(他们自己). It is always more important to know how to study by oneself. It is quite easy
learn something, but it is difficult to use it to solve
p . Great inventors don’t get everything at school, but they still can make many things and
(改变) the world a lot. How can the inventors do all of this? One of answer is : They know how to study. A lot of things are not
t in the classroom. They get a lot of
（知识）by reading outside school. They work
h and never give up all their lives.
The government has taken action. Now there is _______pollution in the river.
Sandy is planning to hold a party to celebrate her father’s _________birthday.
I was happy that I finished my job __________.
Millie’s grandparents live in a flat not far from _________, she can often see them.
Peter and Judy keep in touch by ___________ emails.
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