During China's Ming Dynasty，a man named Wan Hu dreamed of"flying to the moon".One day，he tied （1）

himself

himself

to a chair with 47 self-made"rockets"and held a big kite in his hands.He lit the"rockets"and disappeared into the sky.He died when they exploded （爆炸）.
    Hundreds of years later，American astronaut Neil Armstrong stepped down （2）

from

from

Apollo 11 and walked on the moon.Mankind realized a great dream.
    To remember Wan，a crater（环形） on the far side of the （3）

moon

moon

is named after him.
    There are many people like Wan in the world.They never （4）

stop

stop

fighting for their dreams.That's why we can always change the world for the better.
    American civil rights leader Martin Luther King once said，"I have a dream!"It was that dream that helped American people of all races （种族） get the same rights.A（5）

lthough

lthough

others laughed at him，Henry Ford had a dream of cars covering the roads instead of horses and carts.Seeing hungry people，Yuan Longping（6）

invented

invented

the hybrid rice（杂交水稻）to realize his dream of"feeding everybody in China".
    Dreams are important because they give us direction for our lives.With dreams we set goals and make plans to change our present situation for the （7）

better

better

.
    American novelist Louisa May Alcott，writer of Little Women，once said，"Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations（抱负）.I may not reach them，but I can look up and see their beauty，believe in them，and follow （8）

where

where

they lead."