2 . I used to be a very self-centered person, but in the past two years I have really changed. I have started to think about other people _________ I think about myself. I’m happy that I am becoming a _________ person.

My change started when I was at Palomar College. At first, I just wanted to get my _________ and be left alone, so I hardly _________ to anyone in my classes. By the end of my first semester, I was really _________. So I tried an _________ I started asking people around me how they were doing, and if they were having trouble. I _________ to help. That was really a big _________ for me. By the end of the year, I had several new friends, two of _________ are still my best friends today.

A bigger cause of my new __________, however, came when I took a part-time job at a Vista Nursing Home. One old lady there who had Alzheimer’s disease became my __________. Every time I came into her room, she was so __________ because she thought I was her daughter. Her real daughter never __________ her, so I took her place. When she died, I was __________ but I was very grateful to her.

I am a much better person today than I used to be, and I hope I will not forget these experiences. They have __________ me to care about other people more than about myself.

3 . You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.

For many years, I enjoyed living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their _______ was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay. Nearly. Last year, I started dating, but with _______. When I first dated Steve, I _______ he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was _______ that he was an animal lover, I _______ that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack _______, the cat.

The next week we _______ our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our _______, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too, but so _______? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs. ____________, I began to fall for him.

We ____________ to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her ____________. I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly ____________ climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve ____________ his house. All worked ____________. The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching, ____________ Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good team ____________ for Tilly. We made good housemates.

A year later, much to my ____________, this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I ____________ him to. That’s only for giving ____________ to the dogs that brought us together.

4 . I looked out of the door of my 100-year-old house and saw my newly built garden. I realized nothing is rubbish. I was full of joy and ___________.

I ___________ to look at the things in a different perspective that we usually think of as _________ —plastic bags, polluted water, rubber bands, and newspapers, clothes and furniture we ___________. I also began to think, act and live according to the belief that all things have the _________ of being reused as long as we try to _________ it. And I explored the worth of ___________. I mean recycling isn’t just about _________ rubbish like putting glass and paper in _________ bins. It also requires creativity, commitment and even love.

My neighbors would put the autumn __________ by the roadside to be picked up by the garbage truck. This didn’t __________ with my newfound concept of recycling trash, so I made a new ____________ with branches for moving boxes and put up a __________, saying, “Dump (倾倒) leaves here”. I watched carefully through the autumn as my neighbors __________ the leaves in my new garden and I also watered the grass __________ with rainwater and collected dogs’ waste as fertilizer. Then I __________ flower seeds. Finally, I had a new ____________ garden, full of colorful flowers.

Nothing has to be really __________. I even used my bath water to water my flowers, though it might be a little   __________ for my friends. But I think if we all can turn waste, sometimes a little dirty, into __________, the world will be a much better place.

5 . My father and I started our morning by rushing into the store in our small town. I waited in line while he ________ around to pick up a few things. As I was standing there, I saw an old woman waiting behind me. She had dirty hair and wore old clothes. It ________ that she had not had her dinner for days.

She bought only a few things and seemed quite ________ to leave. Then I found that she was moving ________ behind me. It made me feel ________. Without thinking, I placed a an

________ over my wallet and drew it closer to me. I’m afraid that this homeless woman might ________ it.

Then it was my ________ to order. As the waiter rang up my things, I found that I was 67 cents short. I ________ my father, but he didn’t hear me clearly. He asked me to repeat what I had said.

At that time, a long, grey arm reached over from behind. She laid 67 cents out on the________, saying, “We all need some help sometimes.”

I was greatly ________ at it！ Here was a woman who clearly had very ________ to give and in great need herself. I had judged her wrongly! She had ________ to help me without having been asked for! What an expensive ________ this woman gave me about ________ others!

6 . A Toronto man is offering a free round-the-world air to the right woman. But _________ apply. You must be named Elizabeth Gallahgher and have a Canadian _________.

Jordan Axani, 28, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May, but their _________ ended and he did not want her ticket to _________. The ticket had a strict no-transfer (不可转让) _________, but since passport information was not required when _________, any Canadian Elizabeth Gallagher can _________ it.

“I just want to see the ticket go to good use and for someone to _________ a lot of joy,” said Axani. He posted his _________ on a social networking website, and received thousands of e-mails, including thirty from actual Elizabeth Gallaghers with the __________ passports, “More __________, there are hundreds of Canadians who are interested in __________ their name to Elizabeth Gallagher, Axani said. “It was absolutely out of __________, thousands of e-mails, people around the world __________ their stories of travel.”

Axani wrote in his post that he is not __________ anything in return and that the woman who uses the __________ ticket can choose to either travel with him or __________ the ticket and travel on her own.

The __________ is scheduled to start on December 21 in New York City and continue on to Milan, Prague, Paris, Bangkok and New Delhi before __________ in Toronto on January 8. He said the __________ woman will be announced on the website and the trip will be shared online.

7 . One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to _________ it. When he finished painting, he received his _________and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and offered him a nice check (支票), much _________than the payment for painting. The painter was _________. “You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” he said.

“But this is not for the paint _________. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”

“But it was such a(n) _________ service. Certainly it’s not worth _________ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”

“ My dear friend, you do not _________. Now let me tell you what happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I __________ to mention about the hole, When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and __________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a __________ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate (绝望的) because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief (宽慰) and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I __________ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You __________my children! I do not have enough money to pay your ‘small’ good deed.”

So, no matter who, when or how, just __________   repair all the “leak” you find.

8 . When struggling to reach a goal, don’t let limitations define you. Use them as _________ to push beyond your comfort zone. That way you’ll find creative _________ and better understand your inner strengths. And it’s inner strengths that define how you’ll deal with _________ in life.

At the age of 20, Bryan joined the army. One day, he was behind the wheel when a roadside bomb _________. As result, Bryan lost his left hand and both legs. Several days later, Bryan _________ up at a medical center with his mother by his side. It was in that _________ that his mother said the words that defined the _________ for the rest of his life. She said, “You know you have _________ two choices here, right?” He _________, “Move on, or roll over and die.” She said, “And you’re going to...” To which he replied, “Move on.”

Bryan noticed that the patients who were making __________ were the ones who accepted their __________ and worked hard to move forward. From the start, Bryan __________ himself. He refused to let his injury __________ him from living his life. The process of learning to use his prostheses (假肢) was a __________ and difficult journey, but his mother and friends were there to __________ him.

Today, Bryan lives a __________ life and is a motivational speaker. In his free time, he loves to snowboard, skateboard and enjoy time on his motorcycle. Bryan’s story is powerful __________ that we too can overcome our limitations. We mustn’t let them stop us from moving forward but push ourselves to rise above and __________ varieties of possibilities. We all have our __________, but if you believe you can __________ them, you will.

9 . Do you think you have what it takes to be a successful scientist? A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full _____of the facts he observes. He doesn't accept ideas which are not___on obvious facts, and therefore__ to accept authority as the only truth. He always checks ideas__ and makes experiments to prove them.

The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to__ as far back as the time of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived between the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the Middle Ages to __that we should learn science___observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself __many important truths.

Galileo (1564－1642),___，who lived more than 300 years later, was the greatest of several great men in Italy, France, Germany, and England, who began to show how many important ___could be discovered by observation by degrees. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies ___more rapidly towards the earth than small ones, __ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the ___of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two __ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It is Galileo's __ of going direct to nature, and proving our __ and theories by experiment, that has____all the discoveries of modern science.

What __ those people good scientists? From the example of Galileo, we know clearly that ___scientists are those whose observations have___ better results.

10 . Anna was very particular about food. She never ate the wonderful pizzas or ice creams her mother made, which were her parents' _______ . She just ate other things. Anna was _______ , but her parents were both fat. Their likes were her dislikes. _______ , everyone wondered who she had taken after. Anna's parents thought she was ill.

One day, they went to see a doctor. He took them to a machine. Then he put a plate of fish in front of them, and _______ on the machine.

It started playing sounds: waves' _______ sound and the songs of seabirds. After some time the doctor _______ the fish with fruit and vegetables. The sounds of the sea _______ , and there came the sounds of gentle wind, birdsong, and rain. All of them enjoyed the beautiful sounds of nature, but the doctor _______ the plate again, and this time it was a dish of meat. The machine started making lively sounds: the sound of _______ animals. Still quite pleasant. Then the doctor brought a strongly smelling pizza. The machine seemed to ________ down. Instead of beautiful sounds, out came noisy sounds. The noise was so disturbing that the family had to ask the doctor to change the ________ of food. The doctor brought them ice creams, burgers and candy...but they thought the sounds were still ________ . Finally Anna's parents asked the doctor to bring fruit back.

"Anna isn't ill,'' said the doctor." She can understand each type of food's own ________ . It comes from where the food was born, raised, and prepared. Anna wants to eat the food whose music is ________ . That's why she's slim and healthy."

These days, they all look slim, ________ from then on, in the house pizzas, burgers, puddings, and ice creams were replaced by fruit, vegetables, and fish.

What did your dinner sound like today?