Taking a plane can be stressful, and it is made even more so when something unexpected happens-unless you get    1    angel on Earth, like one father did. After    2    （try）to check in for an upcoming flight with his daughter, the man    3    （tell）that his 2-year-old daughter would need her own ticket. He    4    （think）she was free of charge because of her age. The father was    5    （obvious）depressed, saying he didn't have the money, and walked away to make some phone calls. That's when a    6    （strange）stepped forward, approaching the counter to tell the airline conductor that she wanted to pay for the little girl's ticket—all $749 of it. The man was very surprised and    7    （thank）. He asked for the woman's name so he could repay her, but she insisted    8    remaining anonymous（匿名的）. The only thing anyone knows about her is    9    she did that day, thanks to a photo of her good deed circulating on Face book. More than 100,000 people made    10    （comment）on Face book and praised the woman for her kindness.

Yesterday, I was walking down the street     1     I saw four separate dimes (角) on the ground shining in the sunlight. I bent down, picked them up and entered the post office. Inside a lady     2     (dig) through her purse at the counter anxiously looking for change to mail a package. Believe it or not, she was exactly forty cents short. How amazing it was! I placed my dimes on the counter. The smile I got in return was worth a thousand     3       (dollar).

A video about a Chinese police officer’s broken English went viral on the Internet in China recently. In the video, a German student returned to Shanghai but got     1    (stop) by the security guards at the apartment gate. But the student doesn’t speak Chinese and the security doesn’t speak English. They couldn’t make     2     (they) understood. So the security ended up calling the police for help. Two police officers showed up on the spot, where they communicated with the student     3     very broken English and with body language.     4     settling the problem, the police officer told the student that she should learn some Chinese.

So long as you have learnt some maths at school, you can quickly work out     1    one eleventh is about nine percent. But do you know that nine percent is also the number of children who are not at school? That’s right! One in eleven children is not studying and     2    (probable) even cannot do the simple maths easily. They drop out of school because their families are too poor and they have to work like    3    (adult).

In 2013, millions of children and teenagers     4    (be) out of school. Most live in poor countries, but     5     are also some boys and girls who cannot go to school in rich countries. If you are one of the     6    (luck) ones who can go to a senior high school, you should be grateful     7     the opportunity.

So the next time you feel like you do not want to do boring, difficult homework or go to class,     8    (think) about the children who don’t have the chance    9     (get) a good education. Make the most of your education and make the world    10    better place.

Esias Bedingar always knew he wanted to study medicine. After     1     (decide) to experience a new culture, he came from Africa to the USA. There was one challenge: He     2     (speak) no English. But within just four months, he completed the ESL program. Three years later, he finished his undergraduate degree and was accepted to Harvard University, where he is pursuing a master’s degree in public health. He said it was     3     (he) dream that got him to Harvard.