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　　Have you ever had a day when everything seemed to go wrong, and nothing seemed to go right? Not too long ago, I was having one of those days, I was 　　1　　, tired and sad．I could not keep mind away from the boring things．In other words my 　　2　　 was on me, me, me．No one else was 　　3　　 the same things as I was．

　　I 　　4　　 my depressed state to my mother, hoping for some pity．Instead, she said, “I hear that Jamie was having a(an)　　5　　 day, too．Why don’t you make her some cookies and we’ll take them to her this afternoon?” I didn’t really want to, 　　6　　 decided that I didn’t want to go back to my problems just 　　7　　．I made the cookies and arranged them on a little plate．Then I made a 　　8　　 with a sunflower on it and wrote a note of 　　9　　．

　　That afternoon we 　　10　　 my friend’s house．I went to the door and 　　11　　 the bell．Soon, Jamie came to the door and looked at me in surprise for the 　　12　　 visit．Before she could say anything I 　　13　　, “I hear you were having a hard day and decided to bring you something．I hope your emotion becomes 　　14　　．” The look that came 　　15　　 Jamie’s face was one that I never put into 　　16　　．It was as if a darkened sky was 　　17　　 lit with the golden rays of the sun; it was as if in that small act, her day was 　　18　　．

　　I got back into the car and for some amazing reason, I 　　19　　 a lot myself．That day I experienced the truth that James Barrie 　　20　　 to describe, “Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves．”

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　　Some myths are stories told since ancient times to explain the causes for natural happenings．The Greek myth that explains why there are changes of 　　1　　 is about Demeter, the goddess of the harvest．She had a daughter, Persephone, whom she loved very much．Hades, god of the underworld, fell in love with Persephone, and he asked Zeus, the 　　2　　 of the gods, to give Persephone to him as his 　　3　　．Zeus did not want either to disappoint Hades or to upset Demeter, so he said he would not agree to the marriage, but neither would he 　　4　　 it．Hades, therefore, decided to take the girl without 　　5　　．When Persephone was picking flowers in the garden, he seized her and took her to the underworld．When Demeter 　　6　　 what happened to Persephone, she became so 　　7　　 that she caused all plants to 　　8　　．People were in 　　9　　 of starving．But Demeter was determined not to let crops grow 　　10　　 her daughter, Persephone, was returned to her．　　11　　, still not wanting to disappoint Hades, decided upon a condition for Persephone’s 　　12　　．She could go back to her mother if she had not 　　13　　 anything while she was in the underworld．Demeter 　　14　　 it because she did not know that Persephone had eaten several pomegranate(石榴)seeds in the underworld．When Zeus 　　15　　 this, he agreed that Persephone could spend part of the year with her 　　16　　, but he added that since she had eaten the seeds, she must spend part of the year in the underworld．And so it 　　17　　 that when Persephone is in the underworld, Demeter is sad and therefore 　　18　　 not let the crops grow．

　　That is 　　19　　 we have winter when plants do not grow．When Persephone returns, Demeter is 　　20　　, it is spring, and plants begin to grow again．

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　　The amount of usable water has always been of great interest in the world．　　1　　　springs and streams sometimes means control, particularly in the 　　2　　 areas like the desert．The control is possible even without possession of large areas of 　　3　　 lands．In the early days of the American West, gun fights were not 　　4　　 for the water resources(资源)．And laws had to be 　　5　　 to protect the water rights of the 　　6　　 and the use of the water resources accordingly．

　　　　7　　is known to us all, there is not 　　8　　 water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes．Deciding on the 　　9　　 of water that will be used in any particular period 　　10　　 careful planning , so that people can manage and use water more 　　11　　．Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water 　　12　　 the water supply forecast(预报)．

　　The 　　13　　 water supply forecast is based more on the water from the 　　14　　 than from the below．Interest is 　　15　　 in the ways to increase rainfall by manmade methods, and to get water from the winter snow on mountain 　　16　　．With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow can be 　　17　　, and with the help of a repeater station , they send the 　　18　　 data(数据)to the base station．The operator at the base station can get the data at any time by 　　19　　 a button．In the near future, the forecast and use of water 　　20　　 probably depend on the advance knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water underground．

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　　On May 27, 1995, our life was suddenly changed．It happened a few minutes past three, 　　1　　 my husband, Chris, fell from his horse as it 　　2　　 over a fence．Chris was paralyzed(瘫痪)from the chest down, 　　3　　 to breathe normally．As he was thrown from his horse, we entered into a life of 　　4　　 with lots of unexpected challenges(挑战)．We went from the “haves” to the “havenots”．Or so we thought．

　　　　5　　 what we discovered later were all the gifts that came out of 　　6　　 difficulties．We came to learn that something 　　7　　 could happen in a disaster．All over the world people 　　8　　 Chris so much that letters and postcards poured in every day．By the end of the third week in a 　　9　　 center in Virginia, about 35, 000 pieces of 　　10　　 had been received and sorted．

　　As 　　11　　, we opened letter after letter．They gave us 　　12　　 and became a source of strength for us．We used them to 　　13　　 ourselves．I would go to the pile of letters marked with “Funny” if we needed a 　　14　　, or to the “Disabled” box to find advice from people in wheelchairs or 　　15　　 in bed living happily and 　　16　　．

　　These letters, we realized, had to be shared．And so 　　17　　 we offer one of them to you．

　　Dear Chris,

　　My husband and I were so sorry to hear of your 　　18　　 accident last week．No doubt your family and your friends are giving you the strength to face this 　　19　　 challenge．People everywhere are also giving you best wishes every day and we are among those who are keeping you 　　20　　．

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　　Chaucer, Geoffrey(1343～1400), an English poet, 　　1　　 masterpiece was The Canterbury Tales, greatly influenced the development of English 　　2　　．But he was known, in his long career, 　　3　　 a civil servant under the English kings Edward Ⅲ and Richard Ⅱ．Chaucer married Philippa Roet, who was 　　4　　 a court attendant．He was buried in Westminster Abbey．

　　Chaucer wrote for a audience of fellow attendants and officials．The common theme of his earliest works was courtly love．His important original 　　5　　, The Book of the Duchess, was for John of Gaunt’s first wife, who died in 1369．In this period．Chaucer also 　　6　　 and adapted religious, and historical works．Troilus(希神特洛伊罗斯)and Criseyde, a poem of more than 8,000 　　7　　, was Chaucer’s major work 　　8　　 The Canterbury Tales．It was the tragic(悲剧)story of the Trojan prince Troilus and his beloved, Criseyde．

　　The Canterbury Tales was 　　9　　 collection of tales about a pilgrimage(朝圣)to Canterbury Cathedral．The poet 　　10　　 a band of pilgrims(朝拜者), who gathered outside London for the journey to Canterbury(坎特伯雷)．They were English societies of the 14th century．The Host 　　11　　 a storytelling contest to pass the time, with each of them 　　12　　 four tales on the round trip．

　　The tales represented nearly a wide variety 　　13　　 ancient stories at their best．The special genius of Chaucer, however, 　　14　　 the tales with the story frame into dramas．The tales developed the personalities, quarrels, and 　　15　　 opinions of their tellers, whose joy, 　　16　　 and sorrow were shown vividly．

　　Chaucer increased the authority of English as a literary language and extended its 　　17　　 vocabulary．He was the first English poet to use iambic pentameter(五步诗), the sevenline stanza(七行诗)called royal 　　18　　, and the couplet later called heroic poetry(英雄诗)．Chaucer greatly influenced 　　19　　 English writers such as Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, and John Dryden．His reputation(名誉)has been established as the English poet best 　　20　　 after Shakespeare for his wisdom, humor, and description of humanity．

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　　The name of the 　　1　　 artist Picasso is very famous in the West．Today Picasso 　　2　　　“art”．Picasso started off with various styles of painting until he invented “Cubism(立体派)”．

　　Picasso’s father was also a painter, a Professor of Art at the local school of fine arts(美术)．He taught his son how to draw figures and how to paint 　　3　　 oils and took him to some of the schools of art that he himself 　　4　　．Although he was Spanish, Picasso spent much of his life in Paris and never took part in　　5　　 the Spanish Civil War, World War I or World War II．

　　Picasso’s 　　6　　 life was very unconventional(非传统的)．He had four children 　　7　　 three different women, two wives and many lovers．In 1961, however, he married and stayed with Jacqueline Roque 　　8　　 the end of his life in 1973．

　　Picasso produced paintings of acrobats(杂技演员)at the beginning of his 　　9　　 and moved into a different style when he started painting pictures of artists．　　10　　 he developed his works into the famous style which is known as “Cubism”．He also created 　　11　　 and wrote poetry．

　　Picasso produced　　　12　　 paintings than anyone else ever has：13, 500 paintings, 100, 000 prints and 34, 000 book illustrations．He worked in many different mediums(手段)：oils, watercolors, charcoal, and pencil．His paintings in the Cubist style started a new movement in art in 　　13　　 20th century．Picasso 　　14　　 this style of painting with a colleague, Georges Braque in 1909．They painted objects by 　　15　　 them into small pieces and then viewed and painted them from several angles at once．　　16　　 used brown colors for the paintings．

　　The Cubism Movement started with Picasso and Braque in Montmartre， Paris, and　　　17　　 rapidly among the artists．It began to develop into a second phase(阶段), in which artists added 　　18　　 objects to the painting in various materials, such as cloth or newspaper．In 　　19　　 1950’s Picasso’s works went through more changes when he started to look at the grand masters of art, like Velasquez．

　　In his 80’s and 90’s he began to paint a mixture of many styles that he kept changing．Only after his death 　　20　　 fully appreciate his great achievements and in 1999 one of his paintings sold for us＄51 million．

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　　One summer day my father sent me to buy wire for our farm．At 16, I like 　　1　　 better than driving our truck, 　　2　　 this time I was not happy．My father told me I’d have to ask for credit at the store．

　　Sixteen is a 　　3　　 age, when a young man wants respect, not charity．It was 1976, and the ugly 　　4　　 of racial discrimination was 　　5　　 a fact of life．I’d seen my friends ask for credit and then stand, head down, while the store owner 　　6　　 whether they were “good for it”．

　　I knew black youths just like me who were 　　7　　 like thieves by the store clerk each time they went into a grocery．

　　My father was 　　8　　．We paid our debts．But before harvest, cash was short．Would the store owner 　　9　　 us?

　　At Davis’a store, Buck Davis stood behind the cash desk, talking to a farmer．I nodded 　　10　　 I passed him on my way to the hardware shelves．When I brought my 　　11　　 to the cash desk, I said 　　12　　, “I need to put this on credit．”

　　The farmer gave me an amused distrustful 　　13　　．But Buck’s face didn’t change．“Sure, ”he said 　　14　　．“Your daddy is 　　15　　 good for it．”He 　　16　　 to the other man．“This here is one of James Williams’s sons．”

　　The farmer nodded in a neighborly 　　17　　．I was filled with pride．James Williams’s son．Those three words had opened a door to an adult’s respect and trust．

　　That day I discovered that the good name my parents had 　　18　　 brought our whole family the respect of our neighbors．Everyone knew what to 　　19　　 from a Williams：a decent person who kept his word and respected himself 　　20　　 much to do wrong．