One day, a poor young man went to Paris to visit one of his father’s friends and _______ that his father’s friend could help him find a simple job for living.

“Are you good at math?” his father’s friend asked him.

The young man shook his head.

“How are your history and geography?”

The young man shook his head again.

“How about your law?”

The young man _______ his head embarrassedly.

His father’s friend asked again and again, _______ the young man could only shake his head and told him he himself couldn’t find out any _______. “Then write down your address first.”

The young man wrote down his address and turned to leave, but he was stopped by his father’s friend. “Your name is written very _______, which is your advantage. You shouldn’t satisfy yourself with finding a job only for _______.”

Years later, the young man wrote the classical works that won the world fame. He was Alexandre Dumas, a famous French writer of 18th century. One of his greatest works _______ The Three Musketeers was popular _______ a great number of readers.

There are many ordinary persons in the world who _______ have many advantages, but they are neglected (忽视) because of their self-abasement (自卑). In fact, there is a gold mine (矿) in every ordinary life. If you’re willing to dig, you will dig out treasures to ________ yourself.

At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein Carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those_______. His father stopped him and said to him calmly. “Einstein, you were spending too much time _______, so you failed in the exams. I’m _______ about your future with your mother.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also _______in the exams, but they went fishing as usual.”

“My boy, you can’t think so,” Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly. “There is a _______ in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof. _______, they fell into the chimney (烟囱). When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty _______ the other’s was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its _______. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it still walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein, _______can be your mirror (镜子). Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a ________ person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein’s face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be________with himself, and kept telling himself, “I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein ________ in his career.

1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different________about life. You can learn from other people, but you can ________ follow others completely.

You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn’t ________ how others act, but on how you are going to act.

A teacher gave his students a test. Most of the students finished all the questions without much_______until they all read the last one，which was “What is the first name of the woman who _______the school?”

All of the students thought that this question was some kind of   _______ . They had all seen the cleaning woman many times during each day at school. It was _________that she was tall and old, but how would they _______her name?

So they all   _______their test paper, leaving the last question_______ .Just before the class ended, one of the students_______if the last question would count toward the _______of the test.

“Sure,” said the teacher. He went on to say,“In your lives, you will   ________many people and they are ________individuals(个人), so they each are worth your________and care, even if all you do is ________and say “Hello”.”

Over the following days each of the students ________the importance of finding out the name of the cleaner and introduced themselves. They all learned that cleaner’s name was Dorothy and they never forgot the ________: everyone is important.