4 . A 12-year-old boy was called a hero after he saved a kid trapped in a car outside a supermarket. Ben Theriot was _________ with his mom Nikki Fields in Tusla, Oklahoma, when they heard the _________ cry of a little boy trapped in the back seat of a _________.

The day was very hot, with temperatures reaching 116 degrees Fahrenheit outside. Inside the car, the _________ must have been terrible. Quickly, Fields and Theriot decided that the boy had to be _________.

“It was so hot. I just got on the phone with the _________, and with 911,” said Fields. “I _________, ‘We’ve got to get this boy _________ immediately.’”

Following his mother’s orders, Theriot went into her car and found a small hammer. “I started _________ the side window, but it didn’t break,” he recalled. “I started attacking it a lot more, and then it __________,” Theriot added.

“He just jumped right into action and didn’t even __________,” Fields recalled. “I am proud of my son. I’m glad he knew what to __________.”

Soon the police arrived on the scene and got the boy out of the car. “Time __________ in that situation. Within __________, that boy could have passed out or even got __________,” said Officer Jeanne Pierce.

5 . My daughter overbought food over the last two months. Her food pantry (储藏室) was full. She asked me to   ______ two full boxes of ______ food to the local charity. I was happy to do so and ______ it over. I even bought some more food to give along with hers and impressed by the enthusiasm, the joy, and the love with which the food was received. The lack of donations plus the high price of food had ______ the charity and the shelves needed every donation to fill. We were ______ over and over. I said It was just a piece of cake. Then my mind went back to another time when we were the ones in ______ .

At that time, our ______ was very tight. My job ______   paid the rent. My next pay was a week away and we didn't have enough ______ to last till the next week. We went to a food store. I was worried and nervous. I had never expected to seek ______ like that before, and I just hope there would be enough food so our children wouldn't go ______ . I was playing with our little kids outside when I saw my ______ picked up a box full of food. My heart is filled with ______ when she finally walked out with that box, saying, “The food is all free of charge. ” As we drove home, I silently thanked and ______ for all the people who had given.

The world we live on is one huge circle of love. Take your place in the circle. Never be ashamed to receive a gift of love. Never ______ to give a gift of love.

6 . “Anything is possible at any age.” I got a deeper understanding of it when in college. On the first day of school we were challenged to get to know a new classmate. I was looking around ___________ a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I found a little old _________with a warm smile.

She said “Hi, handsome! I’m Rose. I’m 87 years old. Can I give you a hug?” I laughed and _________ responded, “Of course!”

“Why are you in college _________ such a young innocent (天真无邪的) age?” I asked.

“I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, have children, and then travel around.” She jokingly replied.

“Seriously?” I asked. I was _________ why she took on this challenge.

“I always _________having a college education and now I’m getting one!” She told me.

We became _________ instantly.

Over the year, Rose became a campus icon (偶像) and she easily made friends _________ she went. She loved to dress up and she enjoyed the _________ from the other students. She was living it up.

At the end of the term, we ____________ Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never ____________ what she taught us.

“We do not stop playing because we are old; we grow old because we ____________ playing. Here are the secrets to staying young. You have to laugh and find humor every day. You’ve got to have a ____________. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have many people walking around ____________ are dead, and they don’t even know it!” she said.

“There is a huge ____________ between growing older and growing up. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t ____________ any talent or ability,” she added. “But growing up ____________ finding the opportunity in change. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what they did, ____________ rather for things they did not do.”

One week after ____________ that year, Rose died peacefully in her sleep. She taught us by example that it’s ____________ too late to be all you can possibly be. Just keep doing what you love.

7 . For a long time Gabriel didn't want to be involved in music at all. In his first years of high school, Gabriel would look pityingly at music students, _______ across the campus with their heavy instrument cases. _______ at school for practice hours. _______ anyone else had to be there. He swore to himself to _______ music, as he hated getting to school extra early.

_______ , one day, in the music class that was _______ of his school’s standard curriculum, he was playing idly (随意地) on the piano and found it _______ to pick out tunes. With a sinking feeling, he realized that he actually _______ doing it. He tried to hide his _______ pleasure from the music teacher, who had, ________ over to listen. He might not have done this particularly well, ________ the teacher told Gabriel that he had a good ________ and suggested that Gabriel go into the music store-room to see if any of the instruments there ________ him. There he decided to give the cello (大提琴) a ________ . When he began practicing, he took it very ________. But he quickly found that he loved playing this instrument, and was ________ to practicing it so that within a couple of months he was playing reasonably well.

This ________ , of course, that he arrived at school early in the morning, ________ his heavy instrument case across the campus to the ________ looks of the non-musicians he had left ________.

8 . The pickle jar (腌菜罐子) as far back as I can remember sat on the floor in my parents’ bedroom. _________ he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and drop his _________ into the jar. When the jar was _________, he would take the coins to the bank and say _________ to the cashier, “These are for my son’s college fund. He’ll _________ work at the mill (磨坊) all his life like me.”

The years passed, and I _________ college and took a job in another town. Once, while visiting my parents, I noticed that the pickle jar was gone. It had served its purpose and had been removed. My dad was a man of _________ words, and never taught me the _________ of determination, perseverance and faith. The pickle jar had taught me more than _________ could have done.

When I got married, I told my wife Susan about the __________. In my mind, it showed how much my dad had __________ me. Dad continued to drop his coins into the jar, no matter how __________ things got at home.

The first Christmas after our daughter Jessica was born, we spent the holiday with my parents. After dinner, Susan __________ our baby into my parents’ bedroom to feed her. When Susan came back into the living room, there was strange tears in her __________. She handed Jessica to Dad before taking my hand and leading me into the room.

“Look,” she said __________, her eyes directing me to a spot on the floor. To my __________ there, as if it had never been __________, stood the old pickle jar, the bottom already __________ with coins. I walked over to the pickle jar, dug down into __________ and pulled out a handful of coins. With the strong emotions choking me, I dropped the coins into the jar. I looked up and saw that Dad, carrying Jessica, had slipped quietly into the room. Our eyes __________ and I knew he was feeling the same emotions I felt. Neither one of us could speak.

10 . At the start of every school year, we are happy to welcome a group of new faces. Freshmen enter high school not knowing what to expect. In no time they will _________ that classes are harder, bathrooms (卫生间) are busier and grades seem to _________ more than in middle school.

Despite the fact that classes are more difficult, freshman Adam Lin finds high school more _________ than middle school. “The _________ are more flexible with what we do in class. I am allowed a lot more freedom here, the administration (管理) is not as _________ and we can _________ what we want to wear,” said Lin.

While Lin enjoys his freedom and teachers who are more flexible, he _________ being able to talk to his friends in P.E. class. “In high school, P.E. is an elective (选修课) and no longer a(n) _________ class. I regularly miss hanging with my friends in P.E. class because that was the pleasant time when I could forget about my studies and _________,” commented Lin. “My classes can be hard at times and I wish I had more __________ time with my friends.”

Lin entered the school campus without a sense of __________. The campus was bigger than he had expected and classes were usually in the __________ direction of the earlier one. “__________ are too far away from class. If I am walking across campus to my next __________ and meanwhile I decide to use the bathroom, I’m likely to end up being __________, said Lin. “I love the classes here, but it will take me some time to __________ my way around the campus.”

When __________ high school, freshman carry many goals (目标) of what they hope to   __________. At the end of high school, it’s Lin’s hope to get excellent grades and __________ a university like Harvard University __________ his love of medicine.