2 . In 1923, Frank and his daughter Nova took a cross-country drive with Bobbie. During a stop poor Bobbie was _______ after by fierce local dogs. Thinking Bobbie would take care of himself as usual, Frank left for hotel, _______ to find Bobbie return there to join them.

After hours without Bobbie, Frank got _______. Since Bobbie used to respond to the sound of the car horn (喇叭), Frank first drove _______ all around, honking frequently until midnight. Bobbie never appeared. After a week of _______ and placing newspaper advertisements, the _______ family had to give up and start driving home. Fall turning to winter, the family had to _______ the fact that they could no longer share their happiness with beloved Bobbie.

Six _______ later, Nova was walking down a street when she _______ at the sight of a messy and ragged looking figure walking out of woods. His eyes were half-closed and red with ________, his feet bleeding. Nova screamed out “Bobbie” and in moments, aware of something, Bobbie began jumping up again and again to ________ her face, making unclear sounds of relief mixed with sobs of ________. He was skinny, footsore but he was happy to see her. At home he shook his tail, rolled over on his back, held up his pads and fixed the family with his eyes, seemingly to tell them his returning- home ________.

Imagine being 2,500 miles from home with no transportation and you cross freezing cold mountains and deserts for half a year. How incredible! But Bobbie, the Wonder ________, made it, which ________ the hearts of a nation.

4 . Wanda Smith always dreamed of becoming a teacher. When other _________ stood in her way, she ended up being a school doorkeeper. But she never _________ her real love. 30 years after graduation, she made it.

Wanda was _________ in a special way on National Teacher Appreciation Day this year. The mayor (市长)_________ an annual day to be “Be The Best You Can Be Day” as a prize after it’d come to his _________ that Wanda always tells her students to “be the best you can be”.

It all _________ when she first learned to read. She was overcome by what she read and wanted to go into teaching. Wanda held onto her _________, but when graduating high school, she had to put college plans _________ to look after her ill mother and younger sisters. After she married, her husband Darron gave her much support. At 37, Wanda was admitted to college. There were times when she couldn’t _________ work, school and family, and wanted to __________, Darron stepped in again and gave comfort, making her __________. After nine years of studying hard Wanda gained educational __________ eventually, becoming an educator.

Wanda __________ teaching the ABCs, trying to help the young learn community and responsibility. She shares her life __________ with all: Just be the best you can be and never give up, and __________ your dreams will come true.

6 . Six-year-old Ryan Coutinho wasn’t used to smiling. He felt _________ after losing almost all his teeth at the age of three.

Now he does. And he is always _________ to Amanda Mattos.

The boy lives in a _________ family. He had his teeth pulled out because of cavities(蛀牙). Only a few on his lower part remained. Ms Mattos, 25, met Ryan at the boy’s school for the first time two years ago, where Ryan’s teacher told Mattos he _________ smiled and communicated little. Ms Mattos would like to _________ the boy after contacting his mother, but his mother _________ the offer. “They couldn’t afford the _________,” the dentist said. “They were still shaken by the _________ that took his teeth out.”

Ryan’s story could have _________ here. But two years later, by accident, his mother got a job as a cleaner at the __________, which Ms Mattos owns. The boy had a pain in one of his remaining teeth. He went to the clinic for a(an) __________ and met Ms Mattos again. “I asked him what he wanted. He replied: ‘a smile like my friends’,” the dentist said.

Ms Mattos agreed to do it for free. The mother happily __________ the kindness.

Then, two days after Brazil’s Children’s Day, Ryan finally got a new denture(假牙).

“We all cried. It was very moving,” Ryan’s mother said.

“All this is __________,” Ms Mattos says. “Isn’t it pleasant if someone __________ smile because of your __________?”

7 . When I was 13,my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant_______Miller King,who was the best player at our school.

Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for_______.

Just before September，Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from_______. He looked very pale, but he didn’t cry.

That season，I_______all of Miller’s records while he watched the home games from the bench. We went 10﹣1 and I was named most valuable player,_______I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller’s_______.

One afternoon，1 was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller_______going over a fence-which wasn’t_______to climb if you had both arms. I’m sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept_______from. But even that challenge he accepted. I helped him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally__________on the other side, he said to me， “You know, I didn’t tell you this during the season, but you did__________. Thank you for filling in for me. ”

His words freed me from my bad__________. I thought to myself，how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was__________ahead of me. I was right to have__________him. From that day on, I grew__________and a little more real.

8 . A woman professor was giving a lesson to her students on stress management. As she raised a glass of water, everyone in the class_______they would be asked the “half-empty or half-full” question.

_______, with a smile on her face, she asked the students, “How_______ do you think this glass of water weighs?”

Answers called out _______from 100g to 300g. She quieted the students down and then replied, “It does not matter on the_______. It _______on how long you hold it. If I hold it for a minute, it is OK. If I hold it for an hour, I will have an ache in my right_______. If I hold it for a day, my arm will feel numb. In each case, the weight of the glass of water doesn’t change, but the_______I hold it, the heavier it becomes. Why?“

Lost in_______, all the students kept silent and listened to the professor carefully.

“Our________ and worries in life are like that glass of water. If we________our burdens (负担) all the time, sooner or later, we will feel exhausted.”

What you have to do is put all your burdens down, as________ in the evening as possible. Don’t carry them through the evening into the night; by doing this, we can get ________next morning and are able to move forward.”

“More often than not, life gets terrible when we think too much. And the moment you________your burdens, you’ll find yourself feeling so much more relaxed.”

“So rather than feeling________ and sorry for yourself, start doing something about it. After all, life is too short to waste on anything that is not making you happy.”

9 . Brennon had been an experienced barber for a shop for years. He ______ half a year ago because he wanted to do something meaningful. Later, on a busy ______ in Philadelphia, with a chalkboard saying “Haircuts for the Homeless”， he was ______ free haircuts to any homeless person around Philadelphia.

Such a ______ is sure to draw the eye of average passers­by. Sean Johnson was no ______. He was willing to give Brennon a job. However, Brennon said he had to ______ because he didn’t do this to get paid but just to ______ the homeless.

A month later, Sean invited Brennon to his new barbershop after ______ Brennon again who was giving haircuts on another sidewalk. Sean did something ______ when they got inside — he gave Brennon the ______， saying, “It’s yours now.”

“You see many bad things in this city. When you see ______ things, you just want to be a part of them，” Sean said. Brennon saw this as an ______ to do even further good for the homeless and accepted Sean’s ______．

Tuesday through Sunday, Brennon’s barbershop would be just a ______ one, serving the paying customers. But every Monday would be set aside ______ for providing haircuts for the homeless, still free of charge.

10 . When I was a child, I was terrified of storms, especially those violent ones that occurred in summer. Once, I was out shopping with my parents, when _______ there was a loud noise coming from the direction of the Apennine Mountains.

As the storm got closer, lightning fell a few hundred meters from us, and hail (冰雹) _______ the streets in minutes. This was a totally new experience for me, and I ran into my father’s arms _______ . Like the _______ of a horror movie, my fear developed into fascination as I grew older. When a thunder storm _______ at night, I would wait in eager anticipation, equipped with my parents’ _______ , ready to try and catch a flashing moment.

An interest in storm photography _______ from these youthful attempts. What once frightened me now gave me a strong _______ , especially the first time lightning struck just a few meters away from me, an experience which resulted in me _______ a splendid photo of the moment. From that moment on, I realized that I absolutely had to ________ storms throughout southern Italy.

The truth is that going after storms is quite ________ , especially to those without ________ the risks involved or respecting nature. You are most at risk in the mountains, but all large and ________ places such as a lawn (草坪) or a soccer field can also be a unsafe place during a storm.

One day soon I will set off to ________ my storm seeking journey beyond Italy’s horizons. I would love to go to Venezuela where electrical storms are guaranteed almost all year round on the Catatumbo River and Lake Maracaibo. Maybe that will be the day that my parents finally accept the choice of my ________ .