2 . Long ago there lived a wise man who worked hard. _________, his son was lazy and did nothing at all.

The wise man was _________ about his son’s future. One day, he asked his son to go to a faraway place to find some treasure. Then he _________ his son a map.

The next day the son left _________ the map. Along the way, he met lots of _________, but he overcame them. After a long year, he _________ the place his father said. He spent a week _________ the treasure everywhere, but didn’t find _________.

He was disappointed and decided to return home. On his way _________, he experienced the same scenery. Sometimes, he __________ to enjoy the beauty of nature. He also learned to hunt __________ make meals. He was now able to tell __________ by the position of the sun during a day. He met those __________ people who had helped him earlier. This time, he stayed and helped them.

When he got home, he said __________ to his father for finding nothing.

“There wasn’t any treasure in that place, my dear son,” the father said __________, “But I think you have found you own future path.”

As a child, I started learning to play the piano,    1    was my favorite musical instrument.    2    （play）the piano was one of my entertainments. I could adapt to my teacher's teaching style. At that time, I imagined becoming a    3    （compose）. The reason why I was forced to give up when I started my middle school was that I had to concentrate more on my studies. It was    4    （evidence）that my piano teacher took responsibility    5    and devoted    6    （he）to his job.

It's one of my biggest regrets to stop practicing the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher, who was in charge of our school music teaching, that I would return. How I could find time to do that again was what I often thought about. However, I didn't keep my promise because I was occupied with my study. I remember one day he wanted to see my performance the next afternoon but I said to him, "From two to five tomorrow afternoon, I    7    （have）classes at school." Gradually, I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. As    8    consequence, I was very sad and I could barely control my feelings because I lost such an outstanding teacher I would never see. He was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think he may have been    9    （disappoint）that I never returned. I haven't taken music lessons since then but to be honest, I wanted to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn't help recalling many memories—the time of my practicing at home and playing before my teacher and the time my teacher instructed me after I played an entire piece of music incorrectly in front of her colleague. I was so embarrassed that I could hardly say anything. But his comforting me    10    （intimate）helped ease my shame. These memories, however, good or bad, never caused my courage for playing the piano again.

4 . Sometimes the people who are noticed the least can do the most to lift us up. I got up early to take part in the race on Thanksgiving morning. It was_________that morning, so everyone there was moving around trying to stay warm.

On the side of the road, sitting in the grass, was a man_________in a blanket. It was_________that he was homeless. I know most people will pretend not to see him as usual. But I went over and talked with him for a few minutes before the race. Through the_________, I came to know he was a veteran(老兵) and his biggest_________that morning was to buy a Thanksgiving dinner for himself.

Because it was time for the_________, I told him I’d talk to him more afterwards. I thought about this_________during most of the race. I’m in the military and it always hurts to see someone who served going through such a rough time._________he hadn’t asked me for anything, I wanted to do something for him.

After the race I went back over and_________with him for probably half an hour about all sorts of things, including the faith we both share in Christ. When I parted with him, I gave him all the__________I had. He didn’t want to__________it, but I told him it might get him a little something extra during the day. The last words were “Thank you. I haven’t really talked to anybody for so long.” What he said was something I didn’t__________.

This man is thanking me for just__________with him. I’m nobody__________. I went to the run to try to do something for myself, but he did more for me than I could ever have gotten out of just running. He showed me how to smile through the rough times. He also__________me not to take for granted the many blessings I have.

10 . The Simics were living in a village near Arandjelovac in central Serbia (塞尔维亚). They were saving to buy 10 hectares (0.1 km²) of land and increase the size of their family farm. Everything was going well, they said. While waiting for the seller, they put the money on the table in the living room, but forgot to lock the front door.

"We got up early and counted the money, because the man whom we wanted to buy from was supposed to come. We put the money on the table in the living room, so we could sign the contract (合同) and pay the man. Then we went to the dining room to have breakfast," Milena Sirnic told Arandjelovac Info, the local newspaper.

"My father-in-law (公公) opened the front door and went outside to feed the farm animals, like every morning. But he did not notice the front door was still open," she added. "That was the cause of our bad luck."

Belka is one of the goats that the family had owned for a couple of years. It entered the house through the open door and began to eat the money on the table.

"When we heard the noise, my husband got up to check and almost had a heart attack. Belka ate almost all the money! Only 300 euros or so was left, and the rest was eaten or shredded (咬碎)," Milena explained as she cried.

"Belka brought us to ruin," Milena said. She added that her husband had not spoken a word since, choosing to sit and stare at the wall all day.

As Milena Simic was telling the story to the local reporters, Belka was being turned over the fire. The Simic family decided to deal with the loss by holding a feast, with the cause of their bad luck as the main dish. And they invited the reporters to stay for the meal.