The little country schoolhouse was heated by an old coal stove. A little boy had the job of coming to school early each day to start a _________ and warm the room before his teacher and his classmates got there.

One morning they _________ to find the schoolhouse burning. They dragged the little boy out of the building more dead than alive. Then he was _________ taken to a nearby country hospital.

The doctor told the boy’s mother that because the lower part of his body was _________ burnt, he couldn’t use his legs anymore. However, the _________ boy made up his mind that he would walk. Unluckily his thin legs _________ hung there，all but lifeless.

Finally he returned home from the hospital. Every day his mother would press his little legs, but there was no feeling, no control, _________. Yet his determination that he would walk was as _________ as ever.

When he wasn’t in bed, he would sit in a wheelchair. One sunny day his mother wheeled him out into the yard to get some fresh air. This day, instead of _________ there, he __________ himself from the chair and pulled himself across the grass, dragging his __________ behind him.

He worked his way to the white fence (栅栏) around the yard. With great effort, he raised himself __________ on the fence. Then, he began dragging himself along the fence, __________ that he would walk. He started to do this every day. There was nothing he __________ more than to develop life in those legs.

In the end, through his determination he did __________. Gradually he began to walk to school, then to run to school, to run for the joy of runn-ing. Later in college he made the running team.

Still later in Madison Square Garden this determined young man, Dr. Glenn Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile!

2 . Brian Peters had one thing to do before leaving his job as a police officer in Brooklyn. He decided to spend $500 he _______ for his service to buy 10 gift cards and handed them out to strangers in Brooklyn Center on his _______ day.

It took him about two hours to _______ the cards and that he could put smiles on a lot of people’s_______, including one woman he stopped _______ noticing the condition of her car. “Her car was really old_______damaged. I saw her screen wipers were _______ in the up position,” Peters said. “I_______ what I was doing and gave her a gift card, and _______ she lit up with a smile.”

Once people understood what he was doing, Peters said he ________ a lot more hugs that day.Monique Drier said Peters has ________ wanted to give back and didn’t really want the attention. What’s more, he has always tried to ________ the human side of law practice. He was a great ________ and will be dearly missed.

Peters said he still wants to continue giving back to the ________.“Community service is extremely important, and when you’re fortunate in life, you should give back to others who aren’t as fortunate as you,” Peters said. “That’s what ________ the world go round.”

3 . On a winter evening, I heard the sounds of a fight on my way home. A girl was being attacked (袭击)not far from where I _________. 

“Should I go to help her?” I thought. I was worried about my own safety, and I regretted having selected a new way home. “What if I am hurt too? Shouldn’t I just _________ to call the police?” But the girl’s _________were growing weaker. I knew I must act fast because I could not _________ the life,_________ it meant risking my own life. I didn’t know where I found the _________ and strength (体力), but I had finally _________ to help. I changed suddenly. I ran behind the bushes and _________ the attacker off the girl. Struggling, we fell to the ground, we fought for a few minutes _________ the man jumped up and ran away. 

__________ heavily, I came up to the crying girl. In the __________, I could not see her clearly, but I could certainly __________ her shock. “It’s OK,” I said __________. “The man ran away. You’re safe now.” There was a long stop and then I heard the words, said in both wonder and __________. “Dad, is that you?” And then, from behind the tree, stepped my youngest __________, Katherine.

5 . An executive was driving his new car on a street.He was _______for kids rushing out from between parked cars.

_______his car passed, a brick hit the car’s side door.He pressed hard the brake and drove the car back to the_______ from where the brick had been thrown.

He jumped out of the car,_______ a kid and pushed him up against a parked car, shouting, “What was that all about and who are you?Just what the hell are you doing?”_______more and more angry, he went on “That brick you threw will_______much money. Why did it?” “Please, mister, please, I’m sorry. I didn’t know what else to do!”_______the youngster. “My brother fell out of the wheelchair and I can’t_______him up.” Sobbing, the boy asked, “Could you help me? He’s hurt and he’s too heavy.”

_______beyond words,the driver tried to__________the rapidly swelling lump(块)in his throat. He helped the young man back into the wheelchair and used a __________ wiped the scrapes(擦伤)and cuts,__________ everything would be okay.

“Thank you,” the little boy__________his brother to the sidewalk toward their home.

After that, he never did__________the side door in order to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your__________.

6 . Millionaire Peter became blind because of an illness. The doctor told him that only by having a cornea transplant surgery (眼角膜移植手术) could he _______ his sight. Peter offered a large amount of money for the cornea, but he didn’t get any _______.

Because Peter was too proud of his _______ and had done many unkind things, he had a bad reputation. So as soon as donors (捐赠者) heard his name, all of them   _______.

At first Peter got _______ easily because of his wealth, but later, he had nothing to do but wait quietly.

One day, Peter _______ his way to the little square before the hospital. He raised his head to enjoy the sunshine. However, he saw nothing but darkness. Just then, someone _______ him all of a sudden. Peter became annoyed, so he cried, “Don’t you have _______? Don’t you see who you hit? I’m millionaire Peter!”

The answer was from a _______, “Sorry, sir. Please forgive me!” Peter then said. “I can forgive you but you must chat with me!” The boy said yes. Peter nodded happily and his face ________ with a smile. Peter asked, “Is the scene here beautiful?” The boy began describing it, “How beautiful! The green grass, the blue sky, and the beautiful flowers everywhere...”

Peter began to ________ that boy as he was listening. ________ he became impatient, shouting toward the sky. “Oh, my God, the little boy is so poor, he has nothing but a pair of eyes! Why do you give him light?”

At this moment, a lady ________ Peter, “You are wrong! My son is too poor to have eyes. What he just said is what I told him!” ________ , Peter sat on the square, tears running down his face.

Since then, the city charity would ________ a large amount of money every year. The donor was the very millionaire named Peter.

7 . Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn’t just want a small ________ in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo (独自的) ________ somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out the map and drew a 1, 500-mile route along which I would be ________ from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I ________ my plan with my dad, he ________ as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous ________ from him, he was all for it.

I had only been away from my home for three days, but there was an inner ________ going on. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I really could make it. The other part of me was ready to ________ to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.

On the road, I met another ________ who was quite a bit older than I was. He started his journey alone by bike at the southern part of Norway and just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of ________. It encouraged me not to ________.

As I listened to my ________ artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was nobody around me for miles. ________, that wasn’t entirely true. There were mosquitoes—millions of them. My arms were so dotted with ________ that they looked like a topographical (地形的) map. But, however ________ it would be, nothing could stop my advance on the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.

8 . I have invented robots that crawl(爬)through pipes to check them for damage. Two of my_______allow cars to be used as power plants on wheels. My love of building things_______when I was a kid. It wasn’t until I leaned about Thomas Edison, though, that I really became excited about inventing. 

When I was in fourth grade, our teacher gave us a_______. We had to write to a company and learn about the_______it made. Each student would then give a report in front of the class. I_______the Thomas A.Edison Company.  

Soon after I wrote to the company, our mailman_______a package to me. It contained a book about the life of Thomas Edison. How I_______reading and rereading about his inventions! The ones that impressed me most were movies, recorded sound and the electric light. Edison became my hero. 

My dad noticed my interest in inventing and_______me. He showed me how to turn my ideas into plans and, finally into new things.  

Together, my dad and I repaired radios and televisions. Once, I surprised my dad with a_______I made to adjust the brakes(刹车)of our car. Later, we found a similar tool in a store. That’s when I learned that________inventors often invent similar things. It is not________for this to happen. I learned, too, that not all great ideas work.________is a common part of the inventing process.  

As my father and I worked together, I began to________that my dad was quite an inventor himself. His guiding hands, combined with my________in inventing, led me to become an engineer and inventor. But I am________to Thomas Edison, too, for first lighting that bulb(电灯泡)inside me.

10 . Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he _________his company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always owes his success to it.

At that time, Glen, who already got a Ph. D. degree, _________ to return home, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the savings made through years. At the airport he had to accept the routine customs (海关) check. The watch on his wrist was also required to be taken down for _________. Glen knew that carrying such goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying _________ for his watch. So while checked, he told a lie that his watch was a _________ fake (假货). When he was proud of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, _________ cost nearly 100, 000, into pieces _________ hearing Glen’s words. Glen was _________. Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined _________. For many times of entry-exit __________he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully, and __________him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if__________ reusing and carrying fake goods, he would be charged by law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after __________ the plane for long.

After that, he often told the story to his family and his employees. He said that this made a deep __________on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of __________, which he would remember as the secret of his success forever.