Mr. Hope, the doorman at our school, walks with a limp (跛脚). Sometimes people make fun of his limp. It always     1     (make) me angry to hear them laughing at him.

Watching him make his way slowly around our school with the cleaning tools in hand, I often wondered why he limped.

One day while I     2     (stand) in the hall, I saw two boys laughing at Mr. Hope’s limp. The headmaster saw this and he was very mad. He took all of us down to the basement. He showed us a picture of a young man standing by a long, thin boat. “This is Mr. Hope when he     3     (be) a young man,” said the headmaster. I was shocked     4       (learn) that our doorman was once a great rower (划船运动员). In the 1968 Olympics, after the final race started, Mr. Hope’s boat and another one were soon far ahead of the other boats, racing neck and neck towards the finish line The race was going well when suddenly, Mr. Hope heard a huge cracking (爆裂) sound. He saw his opponent’s (对手) boat     5       (go) down fast. The man was in trouble because the boat had broken right in the middle. He     6     (stick) inside, unable to escape.

Without     7     (stop) to think, Mr. Hope jumped into the water and pulled the man up from underneath the water. The other boats     8     (pass) them on their way to the finish line, leaving the two men alone in the water. The other man had a broken leg and Mr. Hope’s leg was cut badly by the sharp wood splinters.

Mr. Hope never finished the race. He never got a gold medal at the Olympics. He did end up getting a special medal for sportsmanship. And ever since then he     9     (be) unable to walk properly.

As we stood there listening, the boys felt ashamed of what they had done. “Mr. Hope is a hero. His bravery and selfless actions make him an Olympic champion (冠军) forever. We     10     (not laugh) at him anymore,” said the boys.

【推荐2】As a foreigner, it's hard for me to tell what Chinese people are like. But my experience in Beijing said something.

A couple of weeks ago, I went to buy four big suitcases for travel. As I was going down the street, it suddenly rained heavily. A stranger called me into his little shop. He     1     me a cup of tea and a chair. When the rain got lighter, I thanked him and rushed to a     2     nearby to buy my suitcases.

You may understand my situation     3     you've ever tried to push four big suitcases by yourself. I looked silly, because the suitcases were dancing wildly across the floor. Then I got a touch on the shoulder. It was the seller. He signed that I should wait. A few minutes later, he drove up     4     a car, and put the suitcases inside. Then we went driving happily along the road to my home. I offered him some money, but he     5     . In broken English he said," Feel good… help you."

Now, you can see Chinese people are always ready to help you.

The first robots were invented in the 1920s. Robots     1     (appear) in many American films. In some films, they are stronger, faster and     2     (clever) than people.

In real life, robots are     3     (main) used in factories. They do some dangerous and difficult jobs for humans.

Robots also help disabled people, for example, blind people. Today many blind people have a guide dog     4     (help) them. In the future, guide dogs might be robot dogs.

One kind of robot guide dog has wheels. It moves in front of the owner. It is very clever. It knows the speed of its owner. The owner     5     (wear) a special belt. This belt sends instructions to the owner     6     the dog, such as “stop here”, “turn left” or “turn right”.

In the United States, another kind of robot helps disabled people to take care of     7     (they) in their life. The robot hears the sound of its owner’s voice. It follows instructions such as “turn the page” or “make a cup of coffee”.

Robots are also useful in American hospitals. They can do simple jobs. At one hospital, for example,     8     robot takes meals from the kitchen to patients’ rooms. It never gets lost     9     this robot has a map of the hospital in its computer memory.

Though robots can help people in many different ways, they will never take the place of     10     (human).