In a room four men were seated at a large table. After asking me 1 about my place of birth and my Royal Air Force experience, they began to 2 me carefully on telecommunications. Now I was confident (自信的), at ease with a 3 subject. The years of study and work began to 4 , and I knew I was doing well. I was 5 enjoying it. When it was over, one of them said, “Well, now, we are completely 6 with your replies and we feel sure that you are well suited to the 7 we have in mind. But we are faced with a certain 8 . If we 9 you, it means we must 10 you in a position of authority (权威) 11 a number of our English employees. Many of them have been with us for a long time, and we feel 12 that your appointment (职位) would upset (打乱) good relations within the firm. We could not offer that post and we 13 not ask you to accept one or two other positions of a different 14 . They exist, but they are not 15 for someone like you. 16 , I'm afraid, we will not be able to offer you the job.”

　　I felt suddenly 17 , and I was quite unable to think. Yet somehow I 18 to leave that office, 19 that I had either forgotten or completely ignored (忽视) during the exciting years of the 20 my own black skin.

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　　John Clark was a postman. He was fond of dogs. However, when he was delivering letters, he found that 1 dogs were his friends. One particular dog called 2 , who lived at No.108 Turner Road, was one of John's 3 . Whenever John came near his 4 house, Spot would not lie in and 5 out on John, barking and trying to 6 his ankles.

　　After a heavy snow 7 was freezing that morning. The road was covered with 8 . John was afraid of 9 down, so he 10 his bike and walked with 11 steps. Unfortunately, John slipped on a patch of ice, which was opposite to No.108 Turner Road. Spot 12 this as John together with his bike made such a big noise. Spot jumped onto John's 13 and tried to bite his neck. Quick as a flash, John, 14 hands were full of letters, bit 15 on the leg.

　　John Clark said later,“It was the 16 thing I could do. I don't approve of (赞成) 17 to animals, but that dog 18 had it coming. Since that day I've had no 19 at No.108. Spot always hides round the 20 of the house when he hears me coming.”

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　　Dolphins are not fish, but warm-blooded mammals (哺乳动物). The young dolphin is born in water and is 1 on milk from the mother's body. It can grow up to three metres in 2 . It has 3 and it eats fish. Its nose is very long, thus 4 a beak (鹰钩). It has a brain of the same 5 as a human being's.

　　Dolphins swim about in 6 , going over and under the 7 of the water in curves (曲身鱼跃). They make 8 to talk to each other and to help them find food and the 9 . They do not use their ears to 10 these, sounds, but the lower 11 of the mouths.

　　Some dolphins seem to look 12 people. They leave the others and swim up and down near the 13 , mixing with swimmers. Sometimes children may 14 on their back.

　　A story was told about a dolphin in the last century. In a dangerous part of the sea 15 the coast of New Zealand, the 16 learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. Jack met every ship in the area and 17 it the way. Then a passenger on a ship called “The Penguin” shot and 18 him. Jack 19 and for nine years more continued to 20 all the ships through the sea except “The Penguin”, which later hit a rock and sank with a loss of a hundred lives.

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　　The measure of man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

－Thomas Macaulay

　　Thirty years ago, I was studying in a public school in New York. One day Mrs Nanet O'Neill gave an arithmetic 1 to our class. When the papers were marked she discovered that twelve boys had made exactly the 2 mistakes throughout the test.

　　There is nothing really new about 3 in exams. Perhaps that was why Mrs O'Neill 4 even say a word about it, she only asked the twelve boys to 5 after class. I was one of the twelve.

　　Mrs O'Neill asked 6 questions, and she didn't 7 us either. Instead, she wrote on the blackboard the above words by Thomas Macaulay. She then ordered us to 8 these words into our exercise-books one hundred times.

　　I don't 9 about the other eleven boys. Speaking for 10 I can say: it was the most important single 11 of my life. Thirty years after being 12 to Macaulay's words, they 13 seem to me the best yardstick (准则), because they give us a way to measure ourselves rather than others.

　　 14 of us are asked to make 15 decisions about nations going to war or armies going to battle. But all of us are called upon daily to make a great many personal decisions. 16 the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket 17 turned over to the policeman? Should the extra change received at the store be forgotten or 18 ? Nobody will know except 19 . But you have to live with yourself, and it is always 20 to live with someone you respect.

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　　Have you 1 heard of the Marathon race? 2 if you have not learnt the word Marathon, I say, you are able to find out 3 it means. About 1,500 years ago, a Greek soldier ran from the plains of Marathon to Athens. 4 was 22 miles and 1,470 yards. After delivering the news 5 the Greek army had 6 the Persians, he fell down all of a sudden 7 because he was worn out. Little did he 8 that his action would lead to one of the hardest and most exciting sport events in the Olympic Games-the Marathon race.

　　The modern Marathon is to run along roads 9 26 miles and 385 yards.

　　In 10 race many runners become tired. 11 the 1908 Olympic Games in London, an Italian 12 13 on the ground after running 26 miles. Doctors rushed to help him. When he felt 14 better, he heavily 15 himself step by step to the winning spot 16 the help of some officials. Then he fell down again. Although he lost the game, 17 he received Special Gold Cup for his 18 to finish the race.

　　 19 are the rules of the Marathon race? A runner must be 20 21 years old on the actual day of the race. He must follow the traffic rules of the road. He 21 have drinks the first ten miles and after that at 22 five miles. He 23 take large sponges 24 water and wrap them over his head to keep himself 25 .

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　　My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.

　　Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her. She got 1 and took good care of them. 2 , a few days later, both chickens died. She burst into tears from 3 . I helped her 4 the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the 5 of her ideas.

　　 6 , I was wrong. Children are children 7 . The failure hasn't 8 my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.

　　One day last winter, I noticed under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows, My daughter and I could 9 the sparrows as our “pets”, but we didn't.

　　So I told her to 10 the grains on the window-sill. A few ninutes later, the sparrows came to land on the window-sill 11 and pecked at the rice. Sunddenly my daughter asked me,“Mum, can we catch and 12 the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How 13 it is for them to live outside!”

　　“Oh, my dear, I do not think it is a good idea. You know,” I explained to her,”the sparrow is a bird who loves 14 . No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will 15 quickly. They are 16 to live outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves.”

　　From then on, we have set up a kind of 17 with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and 18 them as pet birds. However, we do not need to 19 them. We 20 seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the spring mornings.

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　　Sports are full of wonderful moments, but perhaps 1 is as exciting as the finish of the marathon. It is the longest, hardest 2 of all. The name “marathon” comes from a village in 3 . A famous battle was 4 there in the year 490 BC. When the Greeks had beaten the Persians, a soldier 5 all the way 6 Marathon to Athens, more than 40 kilometres to 7 people the good 8 . When the modern Olympic Games 9 in 1896, the organizers knew this 10 . The marathon has been a race 11 that time.

　　In the ancient world the Olympic Games were held 12 four years of 1,000 years. They were an important part of life. In the 13 Games we try to copy their 14 . The finest sportsmen in the world are collected in one place 15 at least the finest “amateurs (业余爱好者)” are. An amateur is someone who does not earn 16 money from sport. It is often difficult to say who is an amateur and who is not. It is 17 that Olympic athletes do not earn large amounts of money like professional (职业的) sportsmen. But Olympic athletes are often students or teachers of a 18 . They have to 19 a lot of time training. Their governments pay for their training, travel and pocket money, 20 they want them to win. Some people think this changes the Olympics. They feel that the Games are now a political marathon.

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　　I met this guy who told me an amazing story. He was 1 Scotland on a motorbike by himself. One late afternoon he was on the road between Aberdeen and Elgin. He was travelling along, miles from any village, when he saw a really 2 girl standing by the road, hitch hiking (沿途搭车). Anyway, he stopped and said he would give her a 3 to Elgin. She got on and he drove off. He said he 4 having her on the back, as it was nice 5 . But after a time he forgot that she was there. Suddenly he 6 her, but he realized that he couldn't feel her knees 7 against him! He 8 behind him but… she wasn't there.

　　He said he felt frightened 9 his life! He felt cold all over. He thought she must have 10 off the back. So he turned round and 11 back along the road. He didn't find her. He went to see if she had crawled (爬) into a field or something. But he didn't find her. So he began to think that she might have been 12 by someone else.

　　Anyway, he drove on towards Elgin and didn't see anyone 13 he came to a pub. He decided to 14 so that he could talk to someone and he thought he ought to tell 15 . He went into a pub and talked to the barman. He told the barman what had happened. He said the barman didn't seem to be at all 16 . He just carried on 17 the glasses.

　　Then the barman said, “You're not the 18 person to come in here and tell the same 19 . That girl you think you picked up 20 seven years ago… in a motorbike accident.”

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　　Last Thursday, the day before I got in the plane to fly to China, I went to see a movie. It wasn't just any movie, but the recently released (上映) Harry Potter blockbuster. “The Philosopher's Stone” that has 1 Britain, America, and now Japan, by storm.

　　The film is a tale of witchcraft 2 in modern-day Britain. Based on a book by J.K. Rowling, 3 tells the story of a very 4 baby, scarred at birth by an evil wizard who kills his parents. The only legacy (遗赠物) of the tragedy is a red 5 on the baby's forehead and magical 6 , inherited (继承) from his mother and father, to fight against and overcome evil.

　　The Harry Potter myth was founded five years ago by Joanne Rowling, a 7 single mother living in Edinburgh, in the north of the United Kingdom. To date, 110 million 8 of her books have been sold worldwide. But before her publishers would 9 the first manuscript (手稿), Joanne Rowling 10 agree to change her name on the book cover to J.K. Rowling 11 it was feared that children, 12 young boys, 13 not read an adventure story written by a woman. 14 , when the books became an overnight success, did it become generally known that the talented and creative author was 15 a young and attractive woman.

　　At the start of production, forty thousand 16 actors were auditioned (试演) and 17 for the screen role, yet Daniel Radcliffe was discovered when the producers took a 18 and went out to a theatre in London's west end. There in the 19 row sat young Daniel who was visiting the theatre with his father for an evening's entertainment. Daniel was screen tested and with J.K. Rowling's agreement was immediately 20 the part. Now kids around the world together with their parents are quite familiar with Harry Potter and the actor Daniel Redcliffe.

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　　Several days ago, I met a stranger in the street who stopped and asked me directions. I 1 to show him the way to the destination, but to my 2 , he coldly refused my offer. I asked him why. Finally he told me that he was 3 I would ask him for money if I 4 him in this way.

　　Money! I 5 deep into thought. Is it money that comes between us? Money has no 6 ; it cannot be 7 with good or bad.

　　The problem 8 what attitude we have towards it.

　　At present, we have a more 9 material life than ever before, but we're becoming more and more 10 . Why? In my opinion, the 11 is the change in people's personal 12 . They wrongly believe that 13 money should be their only aim in life, so they 14 all sorts of ways they can to 15 this aim.

　　They are afraid of being 16 and fooled. If everyone acts like this, what will our 17 be like?

　　Needless to say, money is becoming more and more important in our society, 18 it shouldn't be the “be-all and end-all” of life. If a person only concentrates (全神贯注) on 19 , he will be lonely and void (空虚), and even go astray (犯错误).

　　It is important for us to make our lives happy, not money. We should try our best to help others 20 and freely. If everyone does so, our society will be better and better.

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