1 . He came from somewhere south of Rome. One Sunday evening I found him standing in the driveway, extremely thin.

“My name Tony and I mow (割) your lawn (草坪).” he said. It was hard to understand his _______ English. I told him I couldn’t afford a _______. “I mow your lawn,” he said again and walked away. When I got home the next evening, the lawn had been mowed, the walks _______. My wife and I thought it strange that he had not asked for _______. The next few days were busy, and I _______ about him. But on Friday, saw him again, behind my garage and busy around.

I _______ to work out some small weekly pay for him. Summer passed into fall and winds blew cold. “Mr. Craw, when winter come, let me clean the snow in the factory.” Tony _______. Well, how could I resist such determination? _______, Tony got his job.

“I want to be an apprentice (学徒),” he said one day. _______ we had a good apprentice school training laborers, I doubted whether he could even read blueprints (图纸). However, I decided to give him a try. To his __________, he graduated as a killed grinder.

After about two years, Tony turned up at our usual meeting spot, much __________ than he used to be and taking on a look of __________. He had his own house and a cute family!

Tony came to America seeking the American Dream. But he did not find it — he __________ it himself. Tony didn’t begin on the first __________. He began in the basement. All he had were 24 hours a day. He __________ none of them and succeeded finally.

2 . A beggar was sleeping in the doorway of a fruit shop. The shop owner felt angry. He walked up to him and ________ him to go away in a rude manner, but the beggar did not seem to hear him and lay still there. The shop owner got much ________ , shouting that he was a beggar in disguise (假装) and ________ cheated passers-by for money by making use of their kindness. At that time, it was the busiest moment of a day and the market was ________ with shoppers. They all blamed the beggar for dishonesty. Showing fear, the beggar buried his face in an old blanket. What he received was bitter ________ rather than help.

The next morning, it was drizzling. An old man, who went to the market early, found the beggar ________ on the ground. He woke the beggar up and ________ asked whether he was cold or not, but the beggar made no reply. Then the old man ________ his hands gently, saying that they felt ________ . With these words, he ran home in a hurry, returned with a pile of ________ , picked out a sweater and urged the beggar to ________ it on again and again. Seeing what happened, many other passers-by surrounded the beggar and gave him change one after another, showing ________ for him. It was not long before the beggar received a handful of ________ .

In many cases our behavior may have a great ________ on the people around us because they are likely to ________ us. Therefore, we should pay special attention to what we do and say, trying to infect others with positive words instead of negative ones.

3 . Scott Poore is an animal lover. He moves into the shelter kennel (犬舍) with the ________ of helping unwanted young dogs get adopted. Queen, a 3-year-old dog, has just gotten the most ________ roommate despite the narrow living room.

Since Poore is a(n) ________ visitor at the shelter, he is familiar with all of the ________. However, little Queen in particular has really ________ his heart. Poore says that he recently began to notice that Quen seemed to be “losing ________” in finding a forever home. “I have been visiting Queen every single day for over a year now and I can ________ see her giving up. She used to get so ________ when I would arrive and now she just lies in her bed.”

So to raise awareness of Queen’s situation. Poore packed a suitcase and moved into the dog’s kennel to keep it ________. Poore says it has been ________ managing his work while also living at the shelter, but hie is ________ to stay in the kennel until someone adopts Queen. Since he ________ the kennel earlier this week, he and his new puppy roommate have been ________ the headlines of dozens of national news stories, although no possible ________ have stepped forward.

Delightfully, this dog has eventually been given a loving home after his path ________ with that of a woman living on the other side of the country.

4 . My mother was a nurse and often took me along to visit the families she was caring for. Among them was a woman who had a _______ disease and was always lying on the bed.

One afternoon, my mom told me that we needed to visit the woman at her home, and that we needed to be there to _______ treatment, and we would stop at a store on the way. I thought we would stop at a _______ store, where we can buy some pills, but we pulled up to a _______. My mom headed to the make-up area and bought the most expensive bottle of perfume they _______. To my surprise, she also bought a _______ nightdress. When I asked my mom who these things were for, she said they were for her patient. My mom further explained that although this woman was older and unable to _______ her bed, she was still a lady, and she still _______ dignity (尊严) and beauty. She _______ to me that when we care for someone, we should look past the ________ or the illness and we look into the soul of the human so we can connect with them with sympathy.

I ________ realized that my mother’s great strengths and abilities were ________ the very young and the very old, those who can not ________ out their needs and hope for themselves, and need trustworthy and loving care providers. Under the influence of my mother, I knew in the 9^th grade I would become a ________. Today, my dream has come true. I work as a clinical psychologist, working hard and remembering what my mom taught me, and I’m not ________ that I find my work filled with patients who are very and very old.

6 . “Mom, you’re always on the computer!” Laure complained.

“No, I’m not,” I _______.

“Every day I come home from school you’re working on the computer.”

“Well, at least I’m here _______ you!”

My daughter was right. Day after day, in my home office, I would stare into space as my _______ typed out the thoughts of a speaker or research completed for an article. It seemed that my work as a writer and speaker _______ my fingers to the keyboard and my mind to valuable ideas. What Laure did not _______ was that during her day away, I’d also be doing a lot of _______. It was only around three in the afternoon that I’d _______ seat myself at my desk for a few _______ moments of deep thought. Then she’d come from school.

“Laure,” I called, “_______ here a minute.”

After I explained my schedule and the fact that I chose home office to be accessible to her and her sister, I offered Laure the following promise.

“Whenever you feel I’m ignoring you or you need my ________, I want you to ________ me,” I said. “Just come up and give me a little hug. That’ll be our signal that you ________ me.”

Years later we still have that ________sign. I’ve become much more sensitive(敏感的) to my daughter’s comings and goings. ________ she always gives me a little hug to remind me of the ________ reason why I work at home.

7 . Many of the most memorable advertisement campaigns around tend to be funny. Advertisers use this ________ to attract customers to their product. Audiences like to be ________. People will pay more attention to a humorous commercial than a factual or serious one, opening themselves up to be ________.

The best products to sell using humor tend to be those that consumers have to think the least about. Products that are relatively inexpensive, and often ________, can be represented without providing a lot of facts, and that’s where there’s room for ________. Candy, food, alcohol, ________ and toys/entertainment related products have proven to benefit the most from humor in their campaigns.

Another point to consider when using humor in advertising is that different things are ________ to different people. A commercial that may leave one person laughing may leave a ________ taste in another’s mouth. The ________ market must always be considered. What’s funny in a client presentation may not be funny on an airplane, at a country club or in a hospital.

Humor in advertising tends to improve ________, but does not improve product recall, message credibility, or buying intentions. ________, consumers may be familiar with and have good feelings towards the product, but their purchasing decisions will probably not be________. One of the major keys to a successful humorous campaign is ________, once a commercial starts to wear out there’s no saving it without some variation on the concept. Humorous campaigns are often expensive because they have to be constantly ________. Advertisers must remember that while making the customer laugh, they have to keep things interesting, because old jokes ________ along with their products.

10 . The next time you find an excuse to abandon your goals, think of Chris Nikic. On November 7, 2020, Chris made ________ as the first person with Down Syndrome(唐氏综合征) to attempt and complete an Ironman. ________ by the WTC, the demanding competition ________ athletes to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and run a full 26.2-mile marathon-in under 17 hours.

Chris’s road to this ________ accomplishment has been anything but easy. However, he is no stranger to ________ challenges. Born with two holes in his heart, he had open-heart surgery at just five months old and was too weak to walk ________ until he was four. Every expert his parents spoke to ________ the limitations rather than the possibilities. For years they listened and gradually ________ these limits. Until in 2017, he set his ________ on completing the triathlons(铁人三项). His training ________ with one push-up! And he made an amazing ________ with his dad to get 1％ better each day. Eventually, for the year leading up to the Ironman, Chris ________ four to eight hours each day along with his training partner.

Now, Chris also has his sights set on the ________ in the 2022 Special Olympics and continuing to ________ money for Down syndrome. His amazing ________ is an example for not only disabled children but to all kids around the world.