1 . Robert Moody, 52, is an experienced police officer. Much of his work involves dealing with   _________ an gang (团伙) problems in the schools of his community. Knowing that many kids often _________ trouble, he decided to do something about it. So in 1991 he began to invite small groups of kids to go fishing with him on his day _________.

Those fun trips had a(n) _________ impact. A chance encounter in 2000 proved that. One day,_________ working security at a school basketball game, Moody noticed two young guys _________. He sensed trouble between them. _________one of them headed toward Moody and gave him a hug.” I_________ you. You took me _________ when I was in fifth grade. That was one of the ____________ days of my life.”

Deeply touched by the boy’s word, Moody decided to create a foundation (基金会) that ____________teenagers to the basics of fishing in camping programs. “As a policeman, I saw____________there was violence, drugs were always behind it. They have a damaging ____________on the kids,” says Moody.

By turning kids on to fishing, he____________to present an alternative way of life, “When you’re sitting there waiting for a ____________ ,”he says, “you can’t help but talk to each other, and such ____________can be pretty deep.” “Talking about drugs helped prepare me for the peer (同龄人) pressures in high school,” says Michelle, 17, who____________ the first program. “And I was able to help my little brother____________drugs.”

Moody faces____________in three years, when he hopes to run the foundation full-time.” I’m living a happy life and I have a responsibility to my ____________to give back,” Moody says.” If I teach a kid to fish today, he can teach his brother to fish tomorrow.”

2 . Over the last 15 years, as a doctor, I have had heart-to-heart conversations with countless patients near the end of their lives. The most common emotion they express is _______. And that’s _______ I came up with a project to encourage people to write a(n) _______ letter to their loved ones. It’s a lesson I learned years ago from a memorable _______ patient.

He was a retired _______, who had lived on a staple diet of Semper Fi (永远忠诚) and studied silence all his life. He, a proud and reserved man, was admitted to the hospital for unbearable pain from widely spread cancer. Every day, his _______ spent many hours at his bedside watching him watch television. She explained to me he had never been much of a _______ in their 50-plus years of marriage.

But he seemed quite _______ to share his ideas with me, especially when it became clear his days were _______. He spoke of his deep regret for not having spent enough time with his wife, whom he loved very much, and of his great __________ in his son, who had joined the Navy in his father’s footsteps.

One afternoon, when I mentioned these __________ to his wife and son, they looked disbelievingly at each other and then __________ at me. They thanked me for being so kind but __________ my patient was unlikely to express such feelings. To make sure his family could actually hear his __________, I took my huge family video camera with me the next morning and with the patient’s __________, recorded an open letter from him to his family. When I gave them the __________ letter, both his wife and son were moved to tears.

The experience __________ an idea that has grown into the Stanford Friends and Family Letter Project, which can help people complete their life review tasks: remembering treasured moments; apologizing to those we may have hurt; __________ those who have hurt us and saying “I love you”.

It may take tremendous courage to write a life review letter. For some people, it __________ deep and troubling emotions. __________ it may be the most important letter you will ever write.

3 . When I was little, my family used to move frequently. Before I could even get _______ with my schoolmates, my family was on the move again. I became very _______ because of this.

But a girl with dark skin and long shiny hair _______ me. Her best characteristics are her openness and _______. She is always smiling, like a beautiful sunflower following the sun. Without _______ I enjoyed being with her and soon we became good friends. As time went by, I gradually became a _______ girl. But this joyful period didn’t last long. We were admitted to different colleges. I felt like I had gone _______ to my always-on-the-move childhood. I felt _________ and helpless and I was afraid that I would _______ her as my best friend. She stayed calm and said to me: “Rain, you can achieve more than I do, so __________ to your dreams and make a big effort! Real friendship doesn’t fade and we will be best friends forever.” Maybe she didn’t realize what a great ________ she was to me at that time.

However, it turned out that my ________ were well-founded. I felt that the ________ between us was getting bigger and bigger. One day, she sent me a text message happily telling me that she had fallen in love with a handsome boy in her class.

I felt happy for her, but at the same time I was secretly worried about our friendship. I __________ her several times intending to tell her to think carefully about her ________ with the boy, but I got no more messages from her. I felt sad that perhaps our friendship would not __________. I had almost given up hope ________ she visited me at my campus a week later. She looked __________ but was wearing the most beautiful smile. She gave me a big hug and said: “I’m sorry. I want to be myself and your friend forever!” We cried together, ________ the people walking past. She told me her sad story, and we knew we had gone back to how it was before.

Now I firmly believe that distance and time can’t ________ you from a friend. If you care enough about each other, friendship never fades.

4 . Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher. In 2012, she found herself in Boston hospital being ____ for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed (诊断) with. The normally energetic Stemple was naturally getting very ____ . And then a friend gave her a medal.

Before she got too ____ to exercise, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a ____ partner who had just ____ a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the medal would act as a kind of ____ . It worked like magic.

After Stemple hung the medal on the wall, other ____ said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple ____ . “A medal is a simple way to give a _____ message,” she told others. And so was born her charity, We Finish Together, which ____ medals from strangers — runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners — and gives them to all sorts of people ____ .

People who have received the medals have ____ hospital patients, people from homeless shelters, etc. Part of the process involves the ____ owner writing a personalized note on the ribbon (绶带) . “This helps them ____ with someone,” says Stemple. “If they receive a medal, they know someone ____ .”

Can a simple medal ____ make a difference? Yes, says Joan Musarra, who ____ from a serious lung disease. “When I opened my package containing my new ____ and the notes of positive, warm thoughts, I was very _____,” she wrote to Stemple. “At that moment, I was sitting on my sofa breathing through an oxygen cannula (氧气管) because my lungs were so weak. It ____ so much to me to feel that I am not alone.”

5 . Almost everything was fantastic in the camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a_________tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind _______. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth_______ our invitation, too. After a few more _______ refusals like that, I _______ to stay away from Elizabeth.

It _______ that we were going on a hike and our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. _______who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!

“What do you like to do for fun?”I asked, trying to make small _______ as we started out. “ I like to _______ in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth ________. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world ________ we saw a bird. “I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird, ”Elizabeth said ________ “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he’s in ________, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He ________ and broke his leg the day the camp started. He’s ________ in hospital and is in so much pain,”Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was crying “I’m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, act rudely and want to be ________ ,”she added.

“I get it, ” I said. “I don’t always know how to ________ it when I’m feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her ________.

After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually ________the last few days of the camp.

Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second ________. Maybe he’s going through a tough time and just doesn’t know how to deal with it.

6 . London life for Cathy Hagner and her three children is set to be permanent. Their_________school day and her job as a lawyer’s assistant are busy enough._________Hagner also has to take the two boys to soccer or hockey or basketball while dropping off her_________at piano lessons or Girl Scout Club.

_________, the exhausted family doesn’t get home until 7 pm. There is just time for a quick_________before homework.

In today’s world, middle class American and British parents treat their children_________they were competitors _________for some finishing line.

Parents take their children from activity to activity to make their future_________. It seems that raising a genius has become a more_________goal than raising a happy and well-balanced child.

“__________across the country are reporting a growing number of children__________from stomachaches and headaches__________exhaustion and stress,” says child expert William Doherty of University of Minnesota.

__________are dealing with exhausted children in the classroom. It’s a very serious problem. Many children attend__________clubs by necessity. But competitive pressures also__________an explosion of activities, which__________sports, language, music and maths classes for children as__________as four.

“There is a new parenting trend under way which says you have to tap all your child’s potential at a young age,__________you will let them down,” says Terry Apter, an expert on child problems.

“It isn’t entirely__________: there have always been pushy parents. But what was seen as strange behavior before is now well__________.

7 . When I was 16 years old, I made my first visit to the United States. It was not the fist time I had been_______. Like most English children, I learn French_______school and I had been to France, so I was used to speaking a foreign language to people who did not understand English. But when I went to American I was looking forward to_______ a nice easy holiday without any_______ problems.

How wrong I was! The understanding began at the airport. I was looking for a_______ telephone to give my American friend Danny a_______ and tell her that I had arrived. A friendly old man saw me looking lost and asked _______ he could help me.

“Yes,” I said. “I want to give my friend a ring.”

“Well, that is nice.” he exclaimed. “Are you getting_______? But aren’t you a bit_______?”

“Who is talking about marriage?” I replied. “I________ want to give my friend a ring to tell her I’ve arrived. Can you tell me________ there’s a phone box?”

“Oh,” he said, “there’s a phone downstairs.”

When at last we________ meet up, Danny explained the misunderstandings to me. “Don’t worry,” she said to me, “I had so ________ difficulties at first. There are lots of words which the Americans________ differently in meaning from us Britain. You’ll soon get used ________ all the funny things they say. Most of the time British and American people understand each other.

8 . Each of us fails from time to time. If we are wise, we accept these_______as a necessary part of the learning process. As a parent or a teacher, we should help our children _______this fact. When I see a child having this kind of pressure. I think of Donnie and his teacher , Mary Anne. They give us a good example.

Donnie was a third-grader. His _______ of failure kept him from classroom games that other children enjoy. He _______answered questions when he might be wrong.

Mary was a young and pretty teacher, and she loved children. That’s the reason why her pupils, including Donnie, _______her. She tried to build Donnie’s self-confidence. But _______changed tor quite a long time.

One morning the students were_______math problems on the blackboard. Donnie’s has copied the problems with neatness. _______with his progress, Mary left the classroom and went_______some other materials. When she returned, Donnie was in tears. He’d ________the third problem.

Mary looked at her student carefully. Then from the desk, She got a ________filled with pencils. “Look, Donnie,” she said, kneeling(跪) beside him and gently________his face from his arms. “ I’ve got something to show you.” She________the pencils, one at a time, and placed them on his desk.

“See these pencils, Donnie?” she continued. “They belong to me. See how the erasers are________? I can tell you I make mistakes too, ________I erase the mistakes and try again. That’s what you must ________to do , too.”

She kissed Donnie and stood up. “ Here,” she said, “ I’ll________one of these pencils on your desk so you’ll remember that everybody makes mistakes, even teachers.” Donnie looked up at his teacher in ________and with a smile.

The pencil became Donnie’s prized________. That, together with Mary Anne’s frequent encouragement, gradually________him that it’s all right to make mistakes--as long as you erase them and try again.

9 . Erwin was my grandfather. In 1963, he____ to build a new house. But he wasn't quite sure about what to do with the old farmhouse. It seemed a waste to ____ it, but something had to be given up_____ it sat where the new house would be. Later he had a compromise. He hired a large tractor and_____ to move the old farmhouse far into a land of trees. That old farmhouse has sat there since then.

After my grandparents ____, I obtained their farm. When my wife and I first moved in, my wife checked the old farmhouse, and said it might bring_____ to our young sons. I agreed and planned to tear it down. But before doing it, I thought it was ____ to check out the old house myself to_____ having something valuable left behind.

Our two young sons ____, after going through tall grass, we reached the old house. I was surprised by its_____ . Its windows were gone. Chairs were broken. I was filled with_____ about the view. I told my sons about the small house. They were amazed that there once lived nine people, who lived a_____ life: there was no electricity and it was cold in winter.____ , they were happy.

Later, I was attracted by a pile of envelopes in a box. On top was the one reading“Passed by Naval Censor”. My dad had ___ the army during World War II and had _____ written home. My grandmother saved all of his letters. I ____ one letter dated September, 1944. In the letter, Dad wondered about wheat harvest at home and his youngest brother's education, which clearly showed his ___ for his family: At the bottom of the page were the words,“All is well here. Please don't ____. ”

That day, I decided to preserve the house. The building was ____. It got to stay as long as possible as it was full of family______.

10 . My 14-yerold son, John, and I spotted the coat which was hanging at a secondhand clothing store in Northampton Mass. While the other coats drooped (低垂) this one looked as if it were__ The coat had beautiful tailoring, a Fifth Avenue label and a(an)__price of $28, which was popular just then with __,but could cost several hundred dollars new.This coat was even better, bearing (具有) that __of classic elegance. John tried it on and the fit was perfect.

John__ the coat to school the next day and came home wearing a big smile "Did the kids like your coat?" I asked. "They loved it," he said,__ folding it over the back of a Chair and smoothing it flat. Over the next few weeks, a __ came over John. Agreement replaced contrariness (作对) and reasoned discussion replaced fierce__. He became more mannerly and__ , eager to please. He would __ lend his younger brother his tapes and lecture him on his behavior.

When I mentioned this incident to his teacher and__ what caused the changes, she said laughing. "It__ be his coat!" Another teacher told him she was giving him a good__ not only because he had __it but because she liked his coat. At the library, we ran into a friend. “Could this be John?" he asked surprisingly, __ John's new height,assessing the cut of his coat and extending his hand, one gentleman to another.

John and I both know we should never__ a person's clothes for the real person within them. __ there is something to be said for wearing a standard of excellence for the world to see and for___ what is on the inside to what is on the outside.

For John it is a time when it is as easy to try on different approaches to __ as it is to try on a coat. The whole world, the whole future is stretched out ahead, a vast landscape__ all the doors are open. And he could picture himself walking through those doors wearing his wonderful, magical coat.