Bill, a thirteen-year-old boy, thought he had grown up to be a man. But his parents told him, “You won’t be a real man until you begin to _________ helping others.”

One morning, his parents gave him some money to _________ some milk for them. Outside a shop he saw a homeless old man who looked very _________. Bill went to him and asked, “What’s wrong with you?” The old man answered, “I’m hungry. I haven’t had any food for two days.”

By thinking of his parents’ words. Bill said to the old man, “Let’s go to the _________.”

When they got there, Bill asked the waiter to bring out bread and coffee to the old man. The old man finished the meal quickly. After the waiter _________ the plate and the cup, the old man said, “Sorry for giving you so much _________. I’m fine now. I’ll _________ forget your kindness! You are a very good young man. Bill was _________ when he heard this. Just when he wanted to pay for the meal, the waiter came. Bill and the old man learned _________ that the food was free __________ it was the birthday of the boss, and they were the first customers (顾客) that day.

ORBIS is an international charitable organization (国际慈善组织). Its main job     47     (be) to help blind people all over the world.

ORBIS uses a flying eye hospital     48     (visit) poor countries. On the plane, volunteer doctors have operations (手术) on blind people.

The plane is also used as     49     teaching centre. Some doctors and nurses from poor countries can come to the plane to learn about eye     50     (problem). Then they can help     51     (many) blind people.

ORBIS     52     (train) and taught over 35, 000 doctors and nurses so far. Every year they travel around the world     53     (help) thousands of people.     54    , they need your help to carry on with their work. For just $38, you can help one person see; for $380, you can bring light     55     ten people; for $1,300, you can help train a doctor. No matter how much money you can donate, your love will help     56     open their eyes to the world.

It was getting dark. Some children and two Canadian women were still skating on the ice near a big hotel. They were having a good time.

Suddenly the ice b    57    . One of the boys fell into the water. The children shouted, “Help! Help!” They didn’t know what to do. The two Canadian friends heard that and skated over to get the boy out of the water.

The ice was thin. The two Canadians fell into the water, too. But they tried their b    58     to reach the little boy. They knew they m    59     be quick. If they didn’t push him up onto the ice, he would soon die.

Many people ran over to h    60    . Some of them had ropes and poles (绳和竹竿). A young man jumped into the water to save the other people.

The boy and the two Canadian women were out of water at last. One of the women didn’t feel well. She was sent to the h    61     at once. But she felt very happy because the boy was safe.

69. 假如你是学生会主席苏明，你校师生想在校内举办书籍义卖，为开展环保宣传活动筹集资金。请你根据以下内容提示，给王校长写一封信，征得他的同意。词数80左右。

要点：1.活动原因：全校师生打算在超市附近举办环保宣传晚会，但是资金不足。

2.活动内容：举办一次书籍义卖，筹集资金。

3.时间和地点：下周一下午3点，学校操场。

4.参加人员：全校师生。

Yours,

Su Ming