I was 12 and attended ballet school．Several children were to be 1 to perform minor roles in a local company ‘s holidays ballet 2 thought that star students like Anna or Islsbella would be chosen．But no one knew for sure．
I practised every day．I also read 3 about famous ballerinas(芭蕾舞女)．Every day I 4 the roles in the ballet．And every night I listened to its music．
Later the company director came in and 5 us dance．I danced the 6 I could．But I could 7 they had their eyes on other 8 ．Finally, they announced who had been chosen．I was not in the list．
My Christmas 9 disappeared．“It wasn’t supposed to happen this way,” I talked to myself as I took off my ballet shoes．
A friend came over to me．“ Maria, you were an inch away from being picked,” she 10 “ Maybe next year, ” she said 11 ．
But I was 12 ．As I left I turned around to 13 the grils who were chosen．They were laughing and talking happily to each other．“ I will not be 14 of them,” I promised myself．
Mum came and picked me up．I told her everything as we drove home．
“I’m sorry．Maria．But just keep on 15 and don’t give up．You will get to dance in a ballet someday,” she said, 16 to comfort me．
That night, I lay in bed re-reading a book 17 Sara-Anna Medove, a famous ballerina．The last 18 was called “Try, Try Again．” It talked about 19 she became famous．I realized I could not get 20 over not getting chosen．If I tried again and again and did not give up, I would finally get to dance in a ballet．
Even though he has been caught, the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is still causing trouble．His arrest 1 as many questions as it has answers．Top of the list is 2 should happen to Saddam now, closely 3 by calls for information from him about Iraq's weapons of mass destruction．
He is currently being held by 4 troops at a secret place．The US says he will stand trial for his cruel actions during his years in 5 ．This is likely to take place at a court 6 two weeks ago by the US-backed Iraqi Governing Council．The council's president Abdul Aziz al-hakim has warned Saddam could be executed(处死)if 7 guilty(有罪的)by the court．And the US 8 this．
“I think he ought to receive the 9 punishment for what he has done to people, ” said US president George W．Bush, 10 directly stating that Saddam should be put to death．
However, many 11 , including Saddam's long time enemy Iran, believe he would receive a fairer trial in an international court． 12 Britain, American's closest supporter, said it would not take part in any trial that could lead to Saddam's execution．
The UN Security Council has yet to 13 its position clear．But UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan 14 say that“the UN does not support a death penalty．”
Besides waiting for a trial of Saddam, the world wants to see 15 the US and Britain can find the 16 weapons they gave as the 17 for the war in Iraq．Asked if Saddam's capture(捕获)could 18 a breakthrough(突破)in the hunt for the weapons of mass destruction, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said, “ 19 obviously that possibility there．But I think we should 20 what we're doing in Iraq．”
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People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character．
R．W．E, erson
It was Mother’s Day, but the young mother was a little unhappy, because she was 800 miles away from her parents．In the morning she phoned her mother to 1 her a happy Mother’s Day, and her mother told her about the beautiful 2 in the garden．
Later that day, when she told her husband about the lilacs(丁香)，he said, “I know where we can find 3 that you want．Get the children and come on．” So they went, 4 down the country roads．
There on a small hill, they saw a lot of purple lilacs．The young woman ran quickly to 5 the flowers． 6 , she picked a few here and a few there．On their way home there was a smile on her face．
When they were 7 a nursing home, the young woman saw an old granny sitting in a chair．She had no children with her．They 8 the car and the young woman walked to the old woman, put the 9 in her hands, and smiled at her．The old granny 10 her again and again．She smiled happily, too．
11 the young mother came back to her car, her 12 asked her, “Who is that old granny?” “Why did you give our flowers to her?”
“I don’t know her,” their mother said．“But it’s Mother’s Day, and she has no children．I have all of you, and I 13 have my mother．Just think how much those flowers 14 to her．”
Hearing 15 their mother said, all the children were greatly 16 ．
As we know, everyone needs love．In our society, only more love is 17 to the people, 18 those who are in great 19 , we will feel happy． 20 by this, can we have a better life, a more humorous world．
