Roby Burch, 16, a US student, gets to school a little _______—he goes by horse.

Burch has been riding his horse 4 miles to and _______ school since the beginning of this semester(学期).“Every morning, wearing my blue jacket and jeans, I'm on my way at 6 am，” Burch says. “The streets are mostly _______ at this time of morning. It's a nice way to start the day.”

The idea was his _______.His family were enjoying their vacation on their farm this summer. “My dad just said, ‘Burch, you _______ ride your horse to school every day，’” says Burch.

Burch asked for yes from the headmaster(校长), Joe Cox, and he got the green light. Cox even _______ Burch to keep the horse next to the headmaster's house. Then his dad helped Burch find the best route(路线) to school. It is along back streets and has _______ cars than the others.

Now as the days grow _______ and colder, he continues to ride his horse. “I will ride my horse even in the coldest weather，” he says.

Burch says the first time he sat on a horse, he was afraid._______ now, “It's what I do best. I love riding horses more than ________ else，” he says. “It's really a great thing.”

People sat _______while he made his way to his chair and began his play. But this time,   something went_________. Just as he finished the first few parts of the music, one of the wrings(弦) on his violin________. We thought that he would have to stop the concert. But he didn’t. __________, he waited a moment, closed his eyes and then ________ the conductor(指挥) to begin again. The orchestra(管弦乐队) began and he played with such strong feeling and purity as they had ________ heard before.

Of course, everyone knows that it is__________for a violinist to play a pleasant work with just three strings. I know that, and you know that, ________ that night Itzhak Perlman didn’t want to accept that.

When he finished, there was a terrible_________in the room. And then people rose and_________from every corner of the theatre.

Perlman was excited. He smiled and said, “You know, sometimes it is the artist’s task to     ________how much music you can still make with what you have left.”

So, suppose our task in this fast-changing world is to make ___________, at first we should try out best with all that we have. And then,____________ it is no longer possible, try to play it with what we have left.

When I was in primary school, I fell in love with reading. The books _______ me to a wonderful world. The more I read, the more I wanted to know. However, my parents ________ afford so many books. I had to solve the problem myself.

There was a book shop near my home. One day I walked into _______ shop and picked up a book. I didn’t know whether _______ there without buying any books.                                          _______ I wasn’t noticed, I went there to read every day. Several days later, While I was reading, the owner came over and asked, “You like reading? ” I looked down and replied _______, “Yes.” “Don’t worry,” he said with a smile. “You may read books here _______ you help me clean the shop.” I felt quite surprised, “ Really? It’s so kind of you!” I was very happy that I _______ to read there. That way, I read lots of books. I became one of the ________ writers in our school. I even won some prizes in writing.

Now studying in high school, I can borrow books _______ the library. My hobby of reading is kept. It will make a big difference to my life.