Both Jim’s parents died when he was 12. No one showed     1     (kind) to him, and he felt lonely. His only friend was a dog    2     (name) Tigt. He gave his dog enough food to eat,     3    sometimes he was not polite to Tigt.

One day, Jim walked slowly in the street with a young lady     4     (walk) in front of him. Suddenly, the lady’s bag dropped from her arm. As she stopped     5     (pick) it up, Jim came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice boy,” she said kindly.

A special feeling came over him. These were the first kind words he     6     (hear) since his parents passed away. He watched her until she went far away.He repeated the lady’s words and then he said to his dog, “You are a nice dog.” Tigt raised its ears and waved its tail     7     (excite). “Even a dog likes it,” he said in    8    amazing voice. From then on, he had a new life.

Jim, now a     9     (success) businessman, said he would always remember that kind lady    10    planted the first seed of love in his mind.

A nine-year-old child genius became the youngest person to complete     1    university degree. Laurent Simons gained his electrical engineering bachelor’s degree(学士学位) from Eindhoven University of Technology, a demanding course even for 18-year-olds. It took Laurent only nine months to complete     2     should be a four-year course. Laurent’s teacher said, “He is three times     3    smart) than the best students I have met in my long career. He achieves a level that many adult     4    (student) never reach.”

Laurent is half-Dutch and half-Belgian and .    5    (live) in Amsterdam. The young talent finished the whole primary school study in only 12 months and then took just 18 months     6     (complete) his secondary school studies, effortlessly     7     (pass) every test with a high score. While Laurent comes from a family of doctors, his parents cannot offer any     8    (explain) as to why their son is so     9     (gift). His mother joked, “I ate a lot of fish     10     I was pregnant.”