1 . Kurt Campbell believes in second chances—and a certain grade school teacher who made all the difference. For him, the hurt and the _______ came in fourth grade.

School was a complete _______ for him. Learning was hard. His teachers and parents _______ everything but it just wasn't clicking. By the end of his fourth grade year, he couldn't spell or read.

The Campbells _______ from their home in Washington to the town of Edmonds. Kurt's parents enrolled him in a new school, where he would _______ fourth grade.

He wasn't _______ about going to a new school, but he was terribly upset about taking fourth grade over. It was a _______ of not being intelligent. He felt very insecure and afraid. _______, he wasn't at his old school, so none of the kids would know he had been held back.

His new teacher, Mrs. Hornall, knew. She had read Kurt's _______. She spent concentrated individual time with him. Mrs. Hornall helped him see how words ________ into sentences and how sentences became paragraphs and stories ________ new meaning.

Over the next few weeks and months, things began to ________. Kurt could read a Hardy Boys book. When he got to the end, he ran down the hall, ________ to his mom and dad, “I did it! I did it!”

“Mrs. Hornall made the ________. She was one of those amazing teachers who took the line, gave me personalized ________ and never once made me feel different from my other classmates.” said Kurt.

2 . Different things usually stand for different feelings.Red，for example，is the color of fire，heat，blood and life.People say red is an exciting and active color.They associate red with a strong feeling like_______．Red is used for signs of_______，such as STOP signs and fire engines.Orange is the bright，warm colors of_______in autumn.People say orange is a_______color.They associate orange with happiness.Yellow is the color of_______.People say it is a cheerful color.They associate yellow too，with happiness.Green is the cool color of grass in_______．People say it is a refreshing color.

In general，people_______two groups of colors：warm colors and cool colors.The warm colors are red，orange and_______.Where there are warm colors and a lot of light，people usually want to be_______．Those who like to be with________like red.The cool colors are________and blue.Where are these colors，people are usually worried.Some scientists say that time seems to________more slowly in a room with warm colors.They suggest that a warm color is a good________for a living room or a________.People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly.________colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.

3 . You just can’t imagine what a brave mother is like. She was a mother of three, who just _______ an earthquake, couldn’t tell if her children were _______ for help. Or what if you knew you couldn’t yell at her for help because she couldn’t _______ you? That was what happened to Connie and her three children _______ the 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Napa, California. Connie is _______ and communicates with her children using sign language.

At midnight, Connie and her three children were _______ on the first floor of their two-story home. She and her 16-year-old son, Juan, were shaken awake. Instantly, they realized there were no disaster supplies downstairs. Connie, also _______ one-month-old Raul and 8-year-old Adriana, called Juan to come close to her in the darkness and _______ for him to go upstairs to get a _______.

Juan slowly __________ the stairs. He heard a loud creak (嘎吱声). Arriving on the top floor, he moved quickly but __________ to get what he needed. Using the flashlight to guide his steps back __________ the stairs, the family was able to take a few items from the first floor and __________. Their home was almost in ruins.

Being deaf was not deterrent (妨碍物) for this __________ mother. The family made it to the __________ safely, which comforted everyone.