A young man was driving down a street, a bit too fast in his new car. As he was driving along, a child suddenly _______ and threw a stone at the car. The man stopped the car and jumped out, _______ at the child. “What are you doing?” He continued, “That’s a new car. It will be _______ to fix what you did. What ever do you want?”

“I’m sorry. I didn’t know what else to do! It’s my brother.” he said. “He fell out of his wheelchair. I can’t _______.” He asked the man, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He’s hurt and he’s too _______ for me.”

The young man swallowed (吞咽) and said _______. He lifted the kid’s brother back into the wheelchair. “Thank you, sir,” the child said. The man then watched the little boy _______ his brother away.

The young man did not _______ the dent (凹痕) in his car. He kept it to remind himself not to go so _______ through his life that someone has to throw a stone to get his ________.

【推荐2】Every time I travel around the mountains in Yukon Territory by car, I often notice a road sign that says, “A fed bear is a dead bear.” ________, I did not get it. Why is a fed bear a dead one? According to a friend, many travelers used to throw their food from their cars for the bears. ________ the bears turned to the roadside for food and finally lost their ability to take care of themselves. When winter came, fewer travelers took trips to the mountains, which ________ less food for the bears, some of them died of hunger. So the Canadian government ________ warning signs along the road, advising people not to feed the bears.

This reminded me ________ a scientific experiment. Some white mice were divided into two groups. One group ________ their days only eating and sleeping. ________, fed only with half the amount of food they need, had to search for food. Half a year later, scientists found that the mice that had to search for their own food were ________, while the fully fed ones were either ill or dead.

Many over-concerned (过度关注的) parents are feeding their children like bears or white mice. At present, children depend on others too much, and are not ________ to think independently and act for themselves. Parents forget the most important thing—that is how to make their children grow into ________ adults, so that they can face challenges and succeed in the future.

【推荐3】Suri was a sweet boy and he was fond of elephants. However, he never had ________ chance to see real elephants. All he saw were only on televisions. Luckily, when he was 25 years old, he got a chance to join a club of wildlife lovers. He asked ________ to see the elephants. And they said yes.

As they passed ________ a beautiful village, one from the team said that the village had more than 100 ________ and Suri could enjoy the whole day. He was excited to see the elephants.

After spending two to three hours just seeing the elephants, Suri found a strange thing. Those elephants _________ by thin ropes. He knew the strength of elephants, but how could they be tied by such thin ropes? The trainer replied, “We used to tie them with a strong rope when they were babies. ________ elephants would try to break the rope, but we could not set them free. So ________ they grew, they developed a wrong belief（信念）. They thought that the small and thin ropes were too strong ________ so they continued to get tied by their belief.”

In our lives, we sometimes may be held back by the mistakes we ________ in the past few years just like the elephants. But we should have the courage to try to break ________ and live a free life.

【推荐1】I never thought I would be a “runner”. I was the girl who ran ________ in the PE class in my primary school. A few years later, I was walking with a group of ________ in the Race for the Cure (治愈), a 5-km race designed to ________ money for the fight against cancer (癌症), when one lady caught my eye.

She was one of the weakest-looking women I’ve ever seen. She must have been close to seventy years old. She was so ________ that it seemed as if she could even be blown down by a strong wind. But she was running. And she was passing me and my group of friends. She ran slowly, but determinedly (坚定地). One of us recognized (认出) her and said the woman survive (存活) the cancer and took part in the Race every year. Right at that moment, I ________ that in the next Race for the Cure, I’d be running along with her.

A week later, I found myself in the gym, running on the running machine. Three minutes after I started, my face was bright red. I had to ________ to a walk. Then I thought of the woman at the race. I kept it up. I was able to go a little longer each time. Three and a half minutes. Four minutes. Five. A year later, I was at the Race for the Cure again. When the race started, the other runners passed me ________. I wondered if I’d be able to do it. Suddenly, I remembered the ________ woman. I ran as fast as I could until I finally ________ that finishing line. I looked down at my legs, amazed. They had done something I’d never thought possible. I have never felt so strong before and I knew it was a ________ that I wanted to create again.

【推荐3】Both my wife and I are running lovers. I usually run on the track (跑道) in my community. Most people walk on the track, and I am __________ than them. My speed seems amazing to the walkers, and I often pass by them tenor more times around the track. This makes me feel _________.

One day, a short man came. He didn’t look like a runner. I saw him get out of the car and warm up before running. Then he started running a few meters ahead of me. He was so fast. I sped up and managed to catch up with him. This time, I had someone to ________ with. But after a circle, I fell behind him and had great _________ in breathing. After two circles, my feet began to hurt, so I had to slow down and began to run at my usual speed. In a very short time, he was far ahead. He was too fast for me to follow.

That day, I learned several ________. In life, there will always be those who are slower or faster. Some people _________ talent and some need to train harder. Don’t judge (判断) the ability of a person by how he or she looks.

The point is that we each have our own speed. ________ we always try to keep up with others, we may end up hurting ourselves and being out of breath. All we need to do is to find our own speed. Don’t run fast when we should run ________. Don’t walk when we should run.