1 . It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for all appointment(约会)at 9:30. The nurse had him take a _______ in the waiting area,_______ him it would be at least 40 minutes_________someone would be able to see him. I saw him_______his watch and decided, since I was_______busy—my patient didn’t_______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he_______to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his_________. He told me that she had been_________for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be____________if he was a bit late. He replied that she __________ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __________ him for five years now. I was____________, and asked him, “And you__________go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is”. I had to hold back __________ as he left.            

Now I __________ that in marriages, true love is____________of all that is. The happiest people don’t__________have the best of everything, they just__________the best of everything they have. ____________isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

2 . When I was 24, I moved into an apartment and the couple next door were loud all the time. After putting up with it for a couple of weeks, I decided to ________ them and politely ask them to be ________ after noon, as I had to work at midnight, so I ________ went to bed around noon.

I went next door and knocked on the door and an old woman answered.I ________myself and she asked if I came over to complain about the ________, and I said yes. She________ both she and her husband were going ________ and that they needed to speak loudly to hear each other, She invited me in and ________ me a coffee and we started talking. ________, we heard a loud bang (巨响) in the kitchen. Then we found her husband had fallen onto the ground. Immediately, we ________ him to to hospital.

When I came home from work the next day, there was a ________ on the door from the lady asking me to come over. When I reached her ________, she asked if I'd drive her to the hospital, to which I said no ________. When we got to the hospital, I followed her to her husband's room, where he ________ me. Soon I ended up being friends with this couple ________ they moved away a year later.

One day after ten years, I got a ________ from a lawyer. I was ________ what was going on, so I went down and when I arrived at his office, the lawyer asked me knew a ________ by the couple's names and I said yes. He told me that the couple had died and he was employed by their children to find me. They wanted to thank me ________. I met the family and then we became friends! You can never know when, where or how you are next going to make new friends. Life is full of ________ . Whatever happens, try to treat others exactly as you would like to be treated.

3 . The bridegroom, Matthew, the bride, Teresa, and their photographer, Kevin made a daring rescue. The couple _______ by the river while their photographer was preparing to take pictures.

They were so_______that they did not_______a girl walking by with her grandfather. Suddenly they heard "Help!" They_______and saw a man jump into the river and swim toward the girl. The man was_______her above the water with one arm and patting water（拍水）with_______.

It wasn't clear how_______he could hold on in the strong current.

Matthew grasped the edge of the wall and_______himself toward a piece of wood_______out from the wall. He stepped on the wood, balancing with one________, and reached out his hands toward the ________pair. He grabbed the girl's one arm while Kevin caught her other arm. Together the two men________her up.

After that, they hurried to her grandfather. ________each of them caught one of the old man's hands, the two were unable to lift the man's feet. Without ________, Teresa quickly joined them to save the old man________.

Shortly after the ________, the couple's friends and relatives arrived. They were surprised by how________the bridegroom and the bride were. Mom kept telling________that she had a brave son-in-law. The guests________and joked about how this ________young man would think nothing of "saving a life" as he was "getting a wife."