1 . The parents who adopted (收养) Bruce Hollywood encouraged him to find his Japanese birth mother. But he never became_______until he had a heart attack (心脏病发作), when he realized that he regretted never_______with his birth mother.

No sooner had he recovered than he began_______his birth mother. He called the Japanese Embassy (大使馆) , but there was no_______ information, which made him really unhappy. Luckily, he met an army man on the plane _______. They had a casual _______. When Bruce mentioned his _______search, the man _______Bruce to give him all the information he had _______ and told him he would help him.________Bruce had a low expectation, he followed what the man said. Ten days later, he got an unexpected call.

The spokesperson said, “Bruce, we’re happy to tell you that we have found your mother. Because she doesn’t speak English, you’d better find a ________.” Finally, Bruce got to communicate with his birth mother, who was crying with ________. He learned that it was she who had given him the name Bruce. And he later ________ the restaurant his birth mother had owned for decades in Shizuoka, Japan and found out she had named it “Bruce”．

Bruce couldn’t ________ the moving words he heard when seeing his birth mother for the first time in 45 years. He learned that love could always stand the test of ________and distance.

2 . On a warm pre-spring afternoon, I sat on the balcony, enjoying the weather and a good book. Some birds sang softly for the coming of spring.

I ______ my head at the sound of a train’s horn wailing into the still air. I watched the rail cars roll by. The full cars rumbled (隆隆响) past, but the ______ ones, rattled (嘎吱地响) and banged along, making more noise. They’re ______ for the ears. The ______ between the full and empty cars makes me think of the people in my life.

I remember Don, who gave me a ______ at his company. It was a pleasure to work under his leadership. He didn’t order his ______; he guided them. During our first weekly meeting, he asked me, “What did you accomplish last week?” I ______, unsure of what to say. Don then asked, “What are your plans for this week?” I stumbled (结巴) again. Those two ______ led me to think and plan. From then on, each meeting I showed up with my ______ for the past week and plans for the week.

Another empty rail car rattled by, reminding me of a former co-worker. When I was working on a trouble, he would tease me. I ignored him and tried to ______ my task but I couldn’t. I had been sure of myself but his words made me ______ my abilities.

You meet quiet and noisy ones as you travel through ______. The quiet ones are full of ______: great leaders and mentors (导师). The noisy ones: empty of knowledge. They think they can ______ those around them by making a lot of noise and make themselves look important. ______, they are just empty cars.

3 . I had an interesting childhood, filled with surprise and delight, all because of my mother — loving, sweet, yet absent-minded and ________. One strange family trip we took when I was eleven tells a lot about her. My two sets of grandparents lived in Colorado and North Dakota, and my parents decided to spend a few weeks ________ to those states and seeing all the sights along the way. As the first day of our trip ________, David, my eight-year-old brother, and I ________ said good-bye to all of our friends. Who knew if we’d ever see them again? Finally, the moment of our departure (启程) arrived, and we ________ our luggage into the car and bravely drove off. We bravely drove off again two hours later after we’d returned to get the purse and traveler’s checks Mom had________at home.

David and I were always a little ________ when using gas station bathroom if Mom was driving while Dad slept: “You stand outside the door and play lookout (放哨) while I go, and while you go, I will do the ________.” We reminded each other. I had terrible ________ in my mind: “Honey, where are the kids?” “What?! Oh, Gosh...I thought they were just being awfully ________.” My brother and I were never actually left ________ in a strange city, but we weren’t about to take any chance.

We drove through several states and saw lots of great ________ along the way. But what made this trip never fade away (逐渐消失) from our memories were those ________ troubles. As my dad ________ it, adaptation and tolerance were what a trip was really about, which means, whatever you come across, don’t forget to laugh and then ________ it.

7 . A homeless man rescued all the animals at a shelter after it caught on fire. Hamlin, the_________of the W-Underdogs shelter, told CNN.

Keith Walker, 53, a homeless man,_________ his life to save several cats and dogs _________at an Atlanta animal shelter after it caught fire, the facility’s founder said.

“I was nervous as hell. I was really_________to go in there with all that smoke. But God put me there to save those animals and I _________into the shelter after a fire engulfed (吞没) its kitchen.” Walker told CNN. “If you love a dog, you can love anyone in the world. My dog is my best friend, and I wouldn’t be here _________ him, so I knew I had to save all those other dogs.”

_________the shelter was not completely destroyed, the fire left it uninhabitable, according to W-Underdogs founder Gracie Hamlin.

“He is my guardian angel,” Hamlin told CNN. “Even the firefighters didn’t want to_________dogs. They called animal control, but Keith was already in the building pulling out the cats and dogs until they were all _________.”

Hamlin__________ knew Walker, who has been homeless since he was 13 years old, because she lets him __________his dog, a pit bull named Bravo, at the shelter every night.

Walker was on his way to __________ Bravo and take him for a walk when he saw the fire. He was able to rescue all the animals-six dogs and ten cats.

“I can’t thank him__________ for saving my animals,” Hamlin said. “I’m still in__________, because I’ve been around a fire and I know how fast it spreads. Homeless man as he is, Walker is my__________.”

8 . Near my house is a library. As an enthusiastic reader, the idea to be surrounded by books itself is ________. So I volunteered to ________ it, managing books. But never had I realized reading had such ________ until I met an old lady.

One day I was arranging books when I heard a lady ________ something at the information desk, where I went to give ________. She was in her 70s with a beautiful smile.

After communication, I was ________ that she came to take the membership. Without family, she had ________her house and settled in a nursing home, living off ________ the interest from her savings account. Her love of reading, even at such an age, never ________. Her confidence, whenever she ________ reading, livened her up. The membership was ________ for her, so I explained the fee. She didn’t hesitate to open her purse and ________ for the amount. Noticing her ________ look, I offered to pay for her but she insisted, “I’ll come and pay tomorrow.” I failed to ________ her. The next day she returned, paid up and got her membership card. When I took her into the world of books, her eyes shone with excitement. She became a regular visitor, one I’d ________ every few days. Now her cute smile in my mind still reminds me of the magic of reading.

9 . Many years ago, when I was working in the emergency department, I met John, an amputee (被截肢者). John had lost a leg during the war. He was only 24 years old when that happened, _________ he never felt regretful. John said life had been _________ to him. John loved to _________ with the nurses. He loved to tell stories of how his family had come to this country. He really loved people.

When he learned I was injured in a car accident, John came to _________ me. I was walking my dog. As I crossed the street, a man went through the stop sign and _________ me. My neck was fractured (骨折). I was so afraid of the operation, _________ that I may not walk again. When John came, he sensed my _________. He shared his own _________ with me. He transformed (使转化) his own attitude to me and _________ me to believe, walk and learn to ____________ instead of death. He said if he could ____________ it, so could I. He came to see me every day for four whole weeks, until I was ____________ enough to be allowed to go home.

Life moved on. I didn’t ____________ John for quite some time, but we always kept in touch.

My mother ____________ one year ago. On that same day, I nearly lost my own life. I had an adverse reaction (不良反应) to a medication. I was sent to a hospital and ____________ to attend her funeral. John came again. He helped me understand how we feel, how we heal (疗伤) and how we move on. How powerful his presence was to me.