（1） Making friends is a skill. Like most skills, you can improve it if you are 1. __________ (patience). If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take actions. You must first go where there are people. You won’t make friends staying home alone. Joining a club or a group, 2. __________ (talk) to those who like the same things as you do is much 3. __________ (easy). Or join someone in some activity. Many people are nervous when talking to new people. After all, meeting strangers 4. __________ (mean) seeing the unknown. And it's human nature to feel a bit unpleasant about the unknown. Most of fears about 5. __________ (deal) with new people come from doubts ( 怀疑) about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us—finding us too tall 6. __________too short, too this or too that. But don’t forget that they must be feeling the same way. Try to accept 7. __________(you) as you are, and try to make others feel at home. You'll all feel more comfortable. Try to be brave even if you don’t feel that way when you enter a room full of strangers. Walk tall and straight, look 8. __________ (direct) at other people and smile. If you see someone you’d like to speak 9. __________, say something. Don’t wait for the other person to start a conversation. Just meeting someone new does not mean that you’ll make friends with that person. Friendship is based on mutual(相互的) lickings and “give and take”. It takes time and effort (精力) for us to develop friendship. And there are things that stop a new friendship 10. __________ growing. （2） Leo and his father did not talk with each other for 10 years. 10 years ago, Leo’s mother died. He thought it was his father 1. __________ caused his mother's 2. __________ (ill). He hated his father. Now they were sitting in a nice coffee shop. Suddenly his father asked the waiter to put some salt in his coffee. Leo was surprised. His father smiled and said, “Before you were 3. __________ (bear), your mother and I often had fun 4. __________ (play) in the sea. We could taste the sea, just like the taste of the 5. __________ (salt) coffee. Every time I have salty coffee, I always think of your mother. I am missing her so much.” Leo was 6. __________ (deep) moved. He never knew his father had such deep love for his mother. One month later, he moved to live 7. __________his father. Every time he made coffee for him, he put some salt in the coffee. After 10 years, his father died. Leo received a letter 8. __________said, “Dear Leo, please forgive my life’s 9. __________ (lie) — the salty coffee. Actually at that time I wanted some sugar, but I said salt. It was hard for me to change, so I just went ahead. Now let me tell you the truth. I don't like salty coffee, but I drink salty coffee 10. __________ 10 years! （3） A poor young man went to Paris, 1. _________ (expect) that his father’s friend could help him find a business for living. “Are you good at maths?” his father’s friend asked him. The young man 2. __________ (shake) his head. “How about your history?” “How about your law?” The young man lowered his head sadly. His father’s friend asked again and again, but the young man could only shake his head. He himself couldn’t find out any 3.___________ (disadvantage). “Then write down your address first.” The young man wrote his address and turned to leave, but he 4.___________ (stop) by his father’s friend. “Your name is written very 5. ___________ (beautiful), which is your advantage. You shouldn’t satisfy 6. ___________ (your) with finding a job for living.” Many years later, the young man wrote the classical work that was well-known in the world. He was Alexandra Dumas(大仲马), 7. ___________ famous French writer of the 18th century. There are many ordinary persons in the world who all have many small advantages, but they can’t find them. 8. ___________ fact, there is a gold mine in every ordinary life. 9. ___________you’re willing to dig, you will dig out 10. ___________ (treasure) that surprise yourself. (4) A Disappointing Performance Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost 1.____________ success. However, he failed in his solo(独奏). He couldn’t understand how it could have happened. He had practiced for weeks that seemed liked months. He had given up sports until after the performance 2._____________ he wanted to make his parents 3. _____________(pride) of him. He spent his time with the piano. His teacher said he was 4. _____________ (quickly) to lea