Sammy Armstrong was driving to his office     1     he noticed a car was stuck on railroad tracks. Then he heard a train whistle. Sammy     2     (stop) his car, put off his sunglasses and tried to figure out what was happening.     3     elderly man, Jean Papich, eighty-four, sat in the driver seat, turning the key and hitting the gas (熄火). His wife, Marion, seventy-eight, was looking     4     (nervous) at him. Then Sammy ran     5     the car and pushed it from behind, but his boots slipped on the warm asphalt (沥青). He could see the train approaching fast.

It might be     6     (easy) to push the car backward than forward, Sammy thought. He ran around to the front of the vehicle and urged Jean     7     (put) the car in neutral (空挡). Sammy could feel the ground trembling. He put his boots against the track and pushed forcefully. Finally, the car rolled off the tracks. When Sammy looked up, the train was just a couple of     8     (foot) away. Sammy, shocked and     9     (speech), went back to work as crowd gathered at the scene.

Weeks later, Marion called to thank Sammy. He responded, “I just did     10     I had to do.”

I was going to the train station, with a shopping bag in one hand, my laptop in the     1    , and a heavy bag on one shoulder. I thought to myself, “I am reaching home tonight.”

Suddenly, I was tripped(绊倒)by something and fell down to the ground. Unfortunately, I got bad cuts on my knee and arms, and they started bleeding. My laptop landed on the road, and a bottle in the shopping bag was broken, leaving the bag all wet. My first act was to pick up my laptop, but I couldn’t raise     2    (I). After a while, I     3    (realize)that probably I would miss the train. That might prevent me from     4    (get)home that night. That means I had no way to get home that night.

I thought nobody else was around and I could turn     5     nobody for help, so I was allowing myself     6    (cry)a little, when a young lady appeared. She checked me to make sure I had no serious injuries, and found my face was fine. After she told me about that, I breathed a sigh of relief. She asked the place     7     I was going. She was the woman to whom I told that I wanted to catch the last train to go home. “Your train has already left,” she said. Then a taxi happened to have pulled up, and the lady asked the driver to take me to my home. “I can’t afford it since it’ll be     8     long drive, can I?” I refused strongly. Thinking for a second     9    (calm), she gave me £30, which was more than I would spend on food every week. Suddenly, tears came to my eyes!

I wish I could have a chance to thank her personally one day. However, I even didn’t have a clear impression of her looks. And I didn’t know about her     10    (identify)at all. Finally, I decided to always get ready to lend a helping hand to strangers to repay all the kindness that I received from her.

Christmas is no fun when you're poor. Twenty years ago I was a young,     1    （struggle）, substitute（替补） teacher whose calls into work had been few. Money was tight, bills were due and my wife and I couldn't even afford     2     (get) Christmas gifts for each other. The only gifts we could get for our children were a few soft toys that I had found     3    （sell）at half price in the supermarket. I opened the door and brought in the gifts I     4    （hide） in our old car's trunk. Then I handed     5    to my son and daughter. I watched with a sad smile     6    they did their best to tear off the wrapping（包装） paper. As they pulled out t heir toys, though, I noticed their eyes lit up and they jumped up and down. My daughter    7    （happy） hugged her toy and then hugged her Mom and me as well. I laughed as I watched my children play with their toys     8    hours, and Thanked God for the     9    （great） bifilar ever been given. Till today I still treasure     10    gift of pure love that my son and daughter gave me that day.

One day, a tramp（流浪汉）was sleeping on a park bench,     1    （please) with the afternoon sunshine. A couple walked by. The husband stopped to wake the tramp up and asked，

“Excuse me, but do you have the time?” The tramp replied,“ I am sorry. I don’t have a watch, so I don’t know the time.” The man nodded    2    walked away with his wife.

The tramp lay down and went back to sleep. Just then, a woman,     3    was out walking the dog, shook the tramp’s shoulder until he woke up, and said, “I am sorry to trouble you, but do you happen    4     (know) the time?” The tramp was a little annoyed at    5     (wake) up again, but he    6     (polite) told the woman he didn’t have a watch and he had no idea of the time. After the woman left, the tramp came up with a     7    .

(solve). He opened his bag and took out a pen and a piece of paper. He wrote down“ I do not have a watch. I do not know the time.” He then    8     (hang) the paper round his neck    9     (think) that nobody would hold him back in his sleep. Fifteen minutes later, a policeman noticed the tramp and the sign around his neck. Out of a sense of    10    （responsible）, he woke the tramp up and said, “It is 2:30 pm.”