Mark Quinn is trying to make the world happy ﹣ one person at a time． He hit upon the idea after studying how a person's happiness could be（1） （影响） by social media （媒体）． Instead of just thinking about his own happiness， he wondered if there was a （2） （秘密的） way to make people around the world happy．
Quinn turned to something he（3） （他自己） loves．"All my life I've been taking photos，" he says， "and for the past（4） （七） years，I've spent a lot of time making scrapbooks（剪贴簿） filled with photos， （5） （明信片）， tickets .. It gives me such joy to look back on these． I just thought ﹣ maybe I could create an online scrapbook that everyone could（6） （分享） in． "
From his idea came the book The Happiness Scrapbook． Quinn travelled in America taking pictures and asking people the （7） （相同的） question： what makes you happy？ "I've got． photos and answers from strangers， friends， family， as well as others who （8） （清楚地） have something to say，" he says．
Quinn hopes to start a（9） （网站） or a book， which can be something for people to turn to when they are（10） （充满的） of sadness．" That idea makes me more than just happy，" says Quinn．
Can a one﹣armed person still play basketball？ You might think so after you see Zhang Jiacheng play．
The one﹣armed 13﹣year﹣old from Guangdong（1） （become） an internet star recently．Featuring his dribbling（运球）skills and powerful underarm shots （腋下投篮），his basketball（2） （video） have been viewed by more than 50 million people． Zhang even drew the attention of NBA superstar Steven Curry， "You are（3） inspiration． You are a real superstar in playing basketball． "Curry said in a video posted on Sina Weibo．
However， it wasn't easy（4） Zhang to step onto the court． At the age of five， Zhang（5） （hit） in a car accident and lost his right arm． "Although it was difficult at first， I gradually got used to eating and getting dressed by（6） （Ⅰ），" Zhang said． He also keeps up with his studies in school and helps his family with chores． On a hot evening in 2018， Zhang was watching a basketball match（7） he first discovered his love for the sport． Then he signed up for a basketball class in his school． From then on， he always took a basketball with him． He also practiced basketball in PE class． While the class was learning how to jump rope， which takes two hands， he asked his teacher（8） （let） him do basketball training instead． As time went by， he（9） （final） became the best basketball player in his school．
He has got a lot of attention since then． Zhang said， "With the encouragement of all these people，I'll practice more． I'm sure that I will become even（10） （good）．"
Taking good notes is a time﹣saving skill that will help you to become a better student in several ways．（1） Second， your notes are excellent materials to refer to when you are studying for a test．Third， note﹣taking helps you to hold your interest．
You will want to take notes during classroom discussions and while reading a textbook or doing research for a report．（2） Whenever or however you take notes， keep in mind that note ﹣taking is a selective （有选择性的） process．（3） ．
The following methods may work best for you．
●Read the text quickly to find the main facts and ideas in it．
●Carefully read the text and watch for words that can show main points and supporting facts．
●Write your notes in your own words．
●（4）
●Note any questions or ideas you may have about what was said or written．
As you take notes， you may want to use your own shorthand （速记）． When you do， be sure that you understand your symbols and that you use them all the time． （5）
A． Use words， not complete sentences．
B． Otherwise， you may not be able to read your notes later．
C． You will also want to develop your own method for taking notes．
D． Write down what you have learned．
E． That means you must first decide what is important enough to include in your notes．
F． First，the simple act of writing something down makes it easier for you to understand and remember it．
| A．with B．teaching C．walls D．deep E．warm F．bring G．often H．animals I．quite J．found |
Thousands of years ago， people had to hunt（打猎）for food． They lived in caves（洞穴）and needed fire to keep（1） ．Some of them drew pictures on the walls of their caves．
We don't know why they drew the pictures．They had to go（2） into the cave to do it，so they must have had a plan．They probably took a light（3） them，which was made of animal fat．Maybe they drew the pictures to（4） good luck when they hunted． Others think the spears（矛）in the pictures mean that they were（5） other people to hunt．
For paint， they mixed animal fat with some different things like dirt or berries． They used sticks to brush the paint onto the（6） of their caves． Some of the drawings are colorful and others are black from the burned end of a stick．
These people drew what they saw around them（7） such as tigers， deer， horses， and sometimes birds and fish． They also drew people， but not very（8） ．
The pictures are（9） good most of the time． The tigers look strong and powerful． Many of the horses and deer look graceful．
These drawings have been（10） in more than 130 caves﹣ mostly in England and France． Maybe there are more that we haven't found yet． It is interesting to look at such old drawings．
When I was fifteen years old， I became very interested in shopping．（1） I had many things that I no longer needed at home． I knew with the help of my father， I could make money．For months and months I enjoyed myself by selling things on my dad's bank account．
On July 18th，2015，I made my own account and began to start my own business．Things were going great and then I realized that selling things around the house wasn't enough for me．（2） I went around to the yard sale and bought things at low prices and sold them at higher prices to make money．
Last October， I went to a yard sale that was a little bit different．A lady had many nice things to sell．
（3） Through the communication， I knew she was jobless at the moment and needed money to feed her family． I thought I could do it better and more quickly for her． So I made up my mind to help her out． She looked at me for a while and then said yes．（4） When I gave her the money，she broke down into tears thankfully．
（5） I know my skills could be used to help those in need and that even one small act of kindness could make a difference．
| A． I bought all her things． B． So I decided to increase my business by running a resale shop． C． And I decided to stop my business． D． I went up to her and had a conversation with her． E． I have never felt so pleased to help someone in my life． F． After being just a buyer for a while， I wanted to sell something． G． After that I took away some of her things and over the next month I made ＄ 1,500 for her! |
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When you see quite a beautiful girl on the street， which word will you use to describe the beauty of her？ In Chinese，we may use these Chinese sayings as Chenyuluoyan or Biyuexiuhua． However， do you know where the sayings are（1） ？
In Chinese ancient history， there（2） four well﹣known beauties named Xishi，Wang Zhaojun， Diaochan and Yang Yuhuan． Here are two（3） about Xishi and Wang Zhaojun．
Xishi lived during the Spring and Autumn period．One day，she（4） to a river to wash silk with her friends．Some fish were swimming in the clear water．When the fish saw Xishi， they swam down to the bottom of the water（5） ．The fish were shocked by the beauty of Xishi and felt embarrassed of（6） ．
Wang Zhaojun lived during the Han Dynasty． The king of Han wanted to send her to the king of the enemy county as a gift． A few days later，（7） Wang was on the way with a group of guards，something interesting happened．There was a wild goose（8） above the head of Wang Zhaojun．It was so shocked by the beauty of Wang（9） it even forgot to flap wings．Then it fell down heavily into the forest．
Nowadays， if a girl's beauty is overwhelming， we can say she is the one that "can make the fish sink and the wild goose（10） "．
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