1 . Clara Daly was seated on an Alaska Airlines flight when a voice came from the loudspeaker (喇叭), “Does anyone on board know American Sign Language(ASL)?” Clara, 15, _______ the call button. The flight attendant _______ and explained the situation. “We have a passenger on the plane who’s _______ and deaf,” she said. The passenger seemed to want something, but the flight attendants couldn’t _______ what he needed.

Clara had been studying ASL for the past years. So she unfastened(解开) her seat belt and walked toward the seat of the passenger, Tim Cook. Gently taking his hand, she _______, “How are you? Are you OK?” Tim asked for some water. When it _______, Clara returned to her seat. She came again a bit later because Tim wanted to know the _______. Clara got him to know that it was nearly 10 am. On her third _______, she stopped and stayed for a while. So for the next hour, they were both _______, chatting with each other. She talked about her family and her __________ for the future (she wanted to be a politician). Tim told Clara how he had __________ become blind over time and __________ stories of his days as a salesman.

“What Clara did was amazing,” the flight attendant told The New York Times during an online __________. “You could see Tim was very excited to have someone he could __________ with, and Clara was like a close __________, appearing in need, unexpectedly(出乎意料地).”

2 . I was appreciating my family photos on my computer, admiring my two beautiful babies when I found a(n) _________ scene: my laptop (笔记本电脑) was in almost all the pictures. There was my daughter, 8 months old, playing at my feet while I was _________ on the couch. There was my son, with a big transformer, on my left arms.

I’d heard about the Internet addiction before, but I always thought it was something only _________ playing too much World of Warcraft (a computer game) day and night. Now, it seemed my Internet habit is slowly but surely crossing the _________. Sometimes I find myself _________ at midnight, surfing the Web _________ my family are sleeping. I read news, keep up with friends and write my blog…just for something to do.

It _________ that I’m not the only mom who is addicted to the computer. A lot of moms are contributing to a growing global addiction. There’s a movement among psychiatrists (doctors who specialize in mental diseases) to _________ the Internet addiction as an official mental disorder. And a recent Stanford University national survey found that 14 percent of Internet users find it _________ to stay away from it for several days; 9 percent try to hide their ____________ Internet use from their loved ones; 8 percent admit they use the Web as a way to escape ____________.

You’re likely not the kind of addict who skips baths or abuses drugs to help stay up for more online time. You may have noticed, ____________, that going online has become a necessary part of your life, which, ____________, means a box of clothes go ____________. It may also mean you’re missing much time with your baby--something you probably do ____________ about.

3 . When I was 12, I went on a 720-mile cycling trip with my brother and father. Before the trip, we ____ for the journey by having smaller rides. We were all ____ cyclists. When setting out, I ____for an adventure and wanted to see beautiful sights. But what I hadn’t expected was that trouble was ____ the corner.

One night, we were getting to a campsite and cycling down a large hill with ____ to take a rest from ____ up a mountain with aching legs. Suddenly, my brother’s front tyre slipped and he ____ into the middle of the road. My father and I stopped, asking if he was okay. Obviously, he was not hurt too much, but his leg was ____ the bike frame. From the top of the hill, we saw a light coming. Realizing a car was speeding, my father and I were in ____.

Instinctively, I rushed out in front of my brother in the middle of the road, and ____my hands wildly. The car rushed forward, but abruptly turned ____, bypassing my brother and me. My brother was saved from being run over by the car.

My father said I was ____ brave then, but for some reason, I didn’t think I was ____ my life because it seemed like the only thing to do. And I believe that in times of danger we should do what we know is right rather than consider ____ carefully. If I had thought about what I was doing that night, my brother might have been ____from this world.

4 . When Crystal was riding a bike to the local Wildlife Center last December, she was scheduled to go bird-watching. Just a mile into her walk, she saw a female ________ near the water’s edge. Crystal had worked at a wild bird rehabilitation (康复) center and ________ that swans can be aggressive. But as she approached this one, it didn’t ________. She was certain that the bird needed ________ attention. Crystal put her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm, ________ picked it up and held it in her arms. And then a thought ________ her: What should I do now?

Her best ________ was the rehab center, but that was on the other side of town. How was she going to transport a 17-pound swan on her ________ all that way. Luckily, some ________ driving by offered her, her bike and the swan a(n) ________ to the rehab center.

Staff members at the rehab center ________ that the swan might have lead (铅) poisoning. They got the swan back up on her feet. ________, the swan had a bacterial infection. Two months after Crystal came to her ________, she passed away.

It’s a(n) ________ ending, but the story shows just how far people are willing to go to ________ animals.

6 . It’s never easy to admit you are in the wrong. We all _________ to know the art of apology. Think how often you’ve done wrong. Then count how many _________ you’ve expressed clearly you were _________. You can’t go to bed with an easy mind if you do _________ about it.

A doctor friend, Mr. Lied, told me about a man who came to him with different kinds of signs: headaches, heart _________ and insomnia (失眠). _________ some careful exams, Mr. Lied found nothing _________ with him and said, “If you don’t tell me what’s _________ you, I can’t help you.” The man _________ he was cheating his brother of his inheritance (遗产). Then and there the __________ doctor let the man write to his brother and __________ his money. As soon as the __________ was put into the postbox, the man suddenly cried. “Thank you,” he said to the doctor, “I think I’ve got __________.”

An apology can not only save a broken relationship (关系) but also make it __________. If you can think of someone who should be __________ an apology from you, do something about it right now.

8 . Irma started a business, but later for lack of money, he had to close it. After that he started to feel very ________.

This problem of Irma was later ________by Professor Krishnan. One day he ________Irma to his home and asked, “Are you still annoyed?” “Yes, all my efforts have been ________,” Irma answered. Hearing this, the professor ________him a dead tomato plant and said, “I took care of it carefully, ________it still died. There is always something ________that happens.” “If success is only a matter of luck, what is the ________of doing so much?” asked Irma. “You will understand after you open that door,” said the professor. Irma opened it, and saw lots of ________and healthy tomato plants there. “Oh! How did you do that?” asked Irma.

“Of course, not all my efforts have been wasted; so it is with yours. If you ________doing the right things, then your ________of success are greatly increased. But if you feel defeated because of failure, life won’t give you any 　________.”At last, Irma understood the lesson of success, ________what to do and came out with renewed ________. Finally he had a very big business.

It is true that no matter what we try, we can’t ________the result, but it’s also true that those, who never give up, achieve success in the end.

9 . Late one recent night, Carol Spale picked up the phone and heard quiet sobbing on the line. It was her _______, an old lady who had lived on her own across the street for many years.

Spale runs the local “Neighborhood Services” committee, so she’s _______ to receiving calls like this. The committee is _______ to those living in North Riverside, Illinois, where being good to neighbors is taken _______ by everyone in the small village. The committee manages 90 “block captains”, each of whom _______ a street in North Riverside.

For people nearby, Spale is the _______. But why was the old lady crying? As the story goes, Spale called up the lady after _______ her garage was open later than usual. Spale became nervous when the lady called back in _______. Spale’s first thought was that she was in trouble, but it turned out to be a lot _______ than that. “She was crying because my call let her know someone is ________ her. It made her feel good now that she’s ________,” Spale said.

Three times a year, the committee has ________ where the locals come together to talk about the good­neighbor things they’ve ________. The speakers are often children, ________ by their parents to do good. At a recent gathering, one little girl, ________ how she made a card for a neighboring old gentleman she befriended, who had had a heart operation.