There live two sisters in a poor small village. The elder is called Mary and the younger Edith. They ________ each other very much, and always take good care of one another. In order to support their own family, every day they work from morning ________ night, getting as much grain (谷物) as possible from their fields.

One late autumn evening, after doing their long and tiring work in the ________ , Mary says to her husband,   “Edith just gets married and she must have many bills (账单) to ________ , I think we should put a bag of rice in her barn (谷仓).” “Oh, that’s a good idea,” says her husband. “But please don’t tell her,” says Mary,   “if she knows it is from us, she will never ________ it.”

So, late at night Mary takes a bag of rice to Edith’s barn. However, while looking at her own barn the next morning, she finds ________ funny. “I take a bag of rice to Edith’s house at night, ________ I still have the same number of bags in my barn. ________ does that happen?”

Mary decides to take another bag of rice to her sister’s barn at night again. But the next morning, she finds the ________ number of bags in her barn again! “This is very funny,” she thinks.

That night she ________ again. She carries a larger bag of rice on her shoulder this time and walks down the road to her younger sister’s home. In the bright moonlight she can see another ________ coming down the road. She is carrying something on her ________ , too.

“Edith!” Mary cries,   “what are you doing? ”

“I am ________ you, Mary,” says Edith, “You have a ________ family. I think you need much rice.” The two sisters quickly know that they two take rice to each other. They laugh. “It is good to have a sister ________ you.” they both say with a smile. And they live happily caring about each other ever after.

My name is Sam. I joined a club called “passing help” last month. Now let me tell you why I joined it.

One evening this May, on my way home my old car was broken. It was 25 miles from my home. I wanted to get a ride, but there was no car. It was also hard to take a taxi. I decided to take a bus home. I went to a bus stop nearby.

After a while, a bus came, but it did not go to my town. The bus driver was a young woman. She was kind and she told me which bus I should take. I waited there for about thirty minutes, but no bus came. At last a car came to me and a woman came out of the car. She was just the bus driver.

“When I reached the bus station, I got to know that the bus to your town couldn't come, so I returned here. I just can't leave you here,” she said, “Get in my car and I will take you back to your home.”

“It is a long way.” I said.

“Come on, sir,” she said, “Let’s go.”

On the way she told me a story. A few days ago, there wasn't gas (汽油) in her car. An old man drove her up to a gas station and then back to her car. When we got to my home, I wanted to give her some money to thank her, but she didn't accept it.

“I only want to help others and do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.” She said.

The morning was a bad time for me. My tooth was aching, and I had a fight with a friend last week. Her words still hurt: “You never see things from my point of view”. I didn’t know why she said so, but felt the ache in my tooth. I thought I could wait until my dentist came back from another city, but the pain was really terrible. I started calling other dentists, but no one could see me then. Finally, at about lunchtime, I got lucky.

“If you come by right now,” the nurse said, “the dentist will help you.”

I found my keys and ran to my car. But suddenly I became worried. What kind of dentist would like to treat(治疗) someone at such a short time? Why wasn’t he as busy as the others? In the dentist’s office, I sat down and looked around. I saw nothing but the white walls and I became even more worried. The assistant noticed(注意到) my stress and put her warm hand over my ice-cold one.

When I told her my worries, she laughed and said, “Don’t worry. The dentist is very good.” “How long do I have to wait for him?” I asked impatiently.

“Come on, he is coming. Just lie down and relax. And enjoy the artwork,” the assistant said. “The artwork?” I was puzzled(迷惑的).

I looked up and smiled. There was a beautiful picture right there, on the ceiling(天花板). How considerate the dentist was! At that moment, I began to see my friend’s words.

These days, people show all kinds of things on the Internet—good food, nice clothes, wonderful vacations and so on. Now showing the number of steps is becoming popular.

People are finding it i    51     to be in good health. Many people go to work on foot. When they start w    52    , they open the step counter app on their p    53     to record (记录) how many steps they walk that day. After a day’s work, some people show the numbers on WeChat or Sina Weibo. This can make them learn from each other and keep e    54    .

“This helps me to develop a good h    55    ,” Miss Liu said. “I can also talk about how to keep healthy with my friends on WeChat.” Mr.Wu likes to play sports, but he was kind of lazy in the p    56    . “After I u    57     the step counter app, everything is different. It’s great to play sports with my friends. Sometimes there are prizes for those who walk more steps. I really like it.” he said.

Walking is r    58     and useful. B    59     the old and young like it. Recording the steps helps people develop a good lifestyle (生活方式) and showing the number m    60     people more interested in walking.