1 . I was driving to a business appointment when I came to a very busy crossroad. The traffic light had just turned red. Suddenly, an unforgettable _________ caught my eyes. A young couple, both blind, were walking across this busy crossroad with cars racing by in every direction. Each of them had a walking stick, searching for clues（线索）to _________ them.

At first I was moved. They were trying to _________ what I felt was one of the most scary disabilities—blindness. It must be terrible to be blind. My thought was quickly interrupted by _________ when I saw that the couple were directly walking toward the middle of the crossroad. Without _________ the danger they were in, they were walking right into the path of oncoming cars. I was _________ because I didn't know if the other drivers understood what was happening.

To my astonishment, I saw a wonderful scene unfold before my eyes. Every car in every direction came to a（n） _________ . No sharp sounds of brakes or noisy horn were heard, nor did anyone _________, "Get out of the way!" Everything _________ . At that moment, time seemed to stand still for this couple.

Amazed, I looked at the cars around me. I noticed that everyone's attention was fixed on the couple. __________, the driver to my right yelled（喊）, "To your right! To your right!" Other people __________ in union, shouting. "To your right!" The couple adjusted their own __________ and they made it to the other side of the road. As they arrived at the roadside, one thing __________ me—they were __________ arm-in-arm.

I was surprised by the __________ expressions on their faces and judged that they had no idea what was really going on around them.

As I drove away. I did so with more awareness of life and care for others than ever before.

2 . I will never forget the lunchtime when I was in the second grade. I had been _________ to be the princess in the school play, and for weeks my mother had practiced my _________ with me word by word. But no matter how easily I _________ at home, as soon as I stepped on stage, every word _________ from my head.

Finally, my teacher took me aside. She explained that she had created a narrators (叙述者)_________ to the play, and asked me to _________ as another role. When I got home for lunch that day, I started to cry as I told my mother what had happened. She listened and smiled encouragingly. Instead of having lunch, she asked if I wanted to walk in the yard.

It was a lovely spring day and the rose vine (藤) was turning green. Under the trees, we could see yellow dandelions (蒲公英) _________ out of the grass in bunches,_________ a painter had touched our landscape with drops of gold. I watched my mother _________ bend down by one of the flowers. “I think I'm going to dig up all these weeds,” she said,__________ a dandelion hard by its roots. “From now on, we'll have only roses in this garden.”

“But I like dandelions.” I __________. “All flowers are beautiful—even dandelions.” My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives __________ in its own way, doesn't it？”She asked thoughtfully. I nodded,__________ that I had won her over. “And that is __________ of people too,” she __________. “Not everyone can be a princess, but there is no __________ in that.”

“But you will be a beautiful narrator,” she said,__________ me of how much I loved to read stories aloud to her as a child “The narrator's part is __________ as important as the part of a princess.”

__________ the next few weeks, with her constant __________, I learned to take pride in the role.

3 . Martin shook his money box again. Nothing! He carefully counted the_______that lay on the bed. 32 dollars was all that he had. The_______ he wanted was at least 100 dollars! How on earth was he going to get the_______of the money?

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was_______to hang around with people when you were the only one without wheels. He _______what he could do. There was no_______asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to spare.

There was only one way to get money, and that was to _______it. He would have to find a job. But who would give him the _______ and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr. Allen for_______, who usually had experience on most things.

That was the beginning of Martin's odd-job(零工) business. For3 months he ________every day after finishing his homework. He________dogs and babies for walks, cleared out cupboards, and mended books. He couldn't ________ how many cars he washed and how many windows he________, but the money increased and he knew that he would soon have ________for the bicycle.

The day________came when Martin counted his money and found $104. 32. He wasted no time and went down to the ________to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode________home. He looked forward to showing his new bicycle________ his friends. It had been hard working for the money, ________Martin knew it was a valuable experience. He had ________what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

4 . But for a crowded cafeteria，I would never have noticed Valeri．

Valeri was in our school for a month．But if you asked who she was , you'd get a ________like this , "She's in my class ,but her name ________ me." Every morning she walked to ________ with her books against her chest and her ________ down．She ________ only when the teacher asked her a question．

One day at lunch，most tables being ________，I had nowhere to sit．Valeri sat alone，________ in hand．I walked over to her and took a seat opposite，The cafeteria was ________ , but silence ________ between us . I ________ my mind for things to say ."Is that a good book？"Valeri gave a small ________ and went back to reading．"What's it about？"I asked．After several more________ seconds of silence，she ________ the table and told me how wonderful the book is .

Two weeks later，I was sitting in the auditorium（礼堂）________ the talent show．Valeri walked on ________ and played the violin , The notes she played ________ a soft，sweet tune（曲调）．When the music was finished , we ________ into applause .Valeri took a swift ________and left   .

I ________ to myself．Valeri wasn't just"a quiet girl"．She was beautiful and amazing when you looked ________．

5 . Jim and his sister May were walking in the street when they noticed a pet store. It was a very small pet store that didn’t have many_________. The shop owner, Mr. Smith, greeted them when Jim and May_________. May said, “We would like to buy a dog.” “Ah, well, our shop is not very_________,” Mr. Smith told her. “So we only have two dogs to choose_________.”

They asked Mr. Smith to_________them the dogs. Mr. Smith took them to see the two dogs. One was a big Bulldog named Buster. The other was a tiny Chihuahua named Teacup. May wanted Teacup,_________Jim wanted Buster. They walked outside to_________. They couldn’t_________an agreement on a dog. May_________they race home for it. The one who won the race could choose the dog.

Jim agreed, and then told May her shoelace was loose. When May__________, he ran off to get a head start. Jim ran as__________as he could because he really wanted that Bulldog. When he looked back. he found May was so__________behind that he couldn’t even see her. Jim finally got home. He was__________but happy. He knew he was the__________. May arrived a few minutes later. She congratulated him and they__________the pet store together. However, when they arrived they__________saw Teacup. They asked Mr. Smith where Buster was.

Mr Smith gave them a（n）__________that a few minutes after May and Jim left, two boys walked in and bought the Bulldog.

Jim looked at May, and she__________back a smile, Jim sighed（叹气）,__________to Mr. Smith. “Sometimes you win the________   but not the prize！” Jim smiled sadly. “We’ll take the Chihuahua, please.”

6 . I spent two weeks in Kenya as a volunteer in a natural reserve. Our______was aimed at protecting wildlife. And we also did other______work, helping the local people to improve their living_______.

I______the woods with slow heavy steps, picked up a few traps left by______hunters and helped monitor the population of giraffes, which was at risk to illegal hunting. We also______sporting equipment to local schools, where you could see their textbooks and classrooms were in______condition. We made______, but sometimes they seemed useless. There are so many problems that need to be______such as environmental damage, illegal hunting, and lack of______to education. What can one group of volunteers______? These are problems that maybe need to______many years to address.

So why choose to be a volunteer?______, it is unpaid and often very hard work. Even though it is easy to get______, most of the time what we are in search of is life’s meaning—to spend our______well and for a good cause.

These are moments I will______for a long time—the salty air, dozens of zebras eating grass, the sunset over the hills. And also the smiles, the waves of local children, the______sound of laughter among strangers have been______impressed in my mind. These are the moments that______me of how proud I am to have been a volunteer. These are the______that will stay with me forever and remind me of a time, a place and a certain destination.

7 . I was walking home from school one day and it happened to be a particularly cold and windy day. It was _____and I was crazy enough to forget my hats and scarf. You can imagine my cheeks were rosy _____ and my hands were as numb as they can be.

All of a sudden, an old lady _____ up beside me and asked if I would like a ride _____. At first, I said it was OK and her _____smile melted(融化) away the thought that I should never talk to _____! We had an amazing chat and she was just _____ a good woman. She told me her ________and she dropped me off.

I didn’t see her or talk to her for about a month and one night as I_____ her kind gesture, I decided to return the favor. So, I made a lot of _____ and walked down to her house with my friend. At first I was a bit _____she wouldn’t remember me or think that I was a bad man who poisoned cookies but luckily, I was _____ wrong. She was so happy, and she hugged me and kissed me and seemed so _____ that someone would do something like that!

When I got home my mom told me that she _____and told my mom on the phone that she _______because she was so touched. She said she would never _____ the kindness that was given to her! That filled me with such _____! There really is nothing else joyful like helping _____and making someone’s day _____!

Let us never forget the joy we get ______ giving others a hand!

8 . After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, 2011, many touching stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.          

I had to walk home since all the _______ had stopped after the quake. On my way home I _______an old Japanese lady at the bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart _______. A middle-aged Japanese man was holding a sign that said, “Please use our _______.” He was _______ his house for people to go to the restroom. My friend wanted to _______ others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you are okay with a motorcycle, I will _______ you to your house.” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to faraway place! Then the next day I drove to _______ my car with gas. There was a _______of gas now and many gasoline stations were either closed or had very ________ lines. I got ________, since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my ________, the man smiled and said, “________this situation, we are only giving $ 30 worth gas per person. Is that alright?” “Of course, I’m just glad that we are all able to ________,” I said. His smile gave me so much ________.

I saw a man at the evacuation (疏散) center ________ when people brought food to him. It was the first time in three days that food has been brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next ________ surprised me. “I am very ________ that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t ________ any food at all. Please go to that centre as well.” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this ________.