1 . Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin, Grace, shows off a few of her _________, turning around and waving hello to the _________. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a _________.

Grace lost her tail as a baby when she _________ in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was _________ for her life. Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Grace _________ herself to move another way—like a fish! She pushes herself _________ through the water by moving her peduncle（背鳍）from side to side.

The _________ put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company _________ to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be __________ enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t __________ her.

The first time Grace wore the man-made tail, she soon __________ it off and let it sink to the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focuses on her __________ and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to __________ her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much __________.

2 . Breath of Life

As Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, the laughter from the four teenage girls inside her car ______gave way to screams. They were hit by another car and ______ into a tree.

Then smoke ______ from the car. A bystander shouted, “It's about to ______! Get out!” Norwood immediately crawled out. Along with two of her friends, who'd also managed to ______ themselves, she ran for her ______.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn't with them. Norwood ran back and found Simmons stuck in the back ______. “She wasn't ______,” Norwood told Inside Edition. She ______open the back door and pulled her friend out. She dragged Simmons a few feet to safety and laid her on the ______. “I checked her pulse and put my ______ against her chest.” No sign of life. “That’s when I started CPR (心肺复苏术).”

______ on the lawn and looking down at her dying friend, Norwood started ______ Simmons's chest. She breathed into her friend's mouth in hopes of filling her lungs with the ______ of life. Fortunately, Simmons began coughing and breathing for air.

Soon, paramedics (医务人员) arrived and rushed Simmons to hospital. When she heard how Norwood had saved her life, “I wasn't ______,” Simmons said. “She always backs me up.”

3 . When I was young, my understanding of life was simple. This made it easier for me to deal with the world around me. As I grew up, things seemed more ________, which made life more challenging. Now, middle-aged, I find my ________ of the world is returning to the simple.

When I try to teach my daughter important ________ about life, I will ________ complicated things into small pieces. One of those basics is ________, for yourself, and for others. I teach my daughter to ________. To fail makes us feel bad, certainly, but not to have tried contributes to feeling ________, because you can’t respect yourself for it. And as the saying ________, if you don’t respect yourself, no one else will.

When I was seven or eight, I played at my cousin’s house with his toys. His family was better off, and he had many more toys. There was one in particular that I’d always desired, and I ________ it into my pocket. But a moment later, I ________, even at that age, that I would never enjoy playing with the toy. I would always know I had ________, and my evaluation of myself would ________. When his mother dropped me off later that day, I shamefacedly ________ out the toy and gave it back. She knew, I’m sure, what had happened, but she thanked me and never spoke of it again.

I hope to help my daughter ________ similar mistakes. She first has to gain self-respect before she can start respecting others. I believe in respect, because without it we’re all ________. I’m far from perfect in this regard. But I try my best, and I respect others for trying their best in this changing world.

5 . In a national spelling contest in America, an 11-year-old girl was asked to spell a certain word. But with her ________ voice, the judges were not sure whether she spelled the right word. They talked it over and ________ decided to simply ask her what she had said. By then, the girl knew she had misspelled the word. Instead of lying, she told the truth that she had said the ________ letter—so she lost the contest.

As the girl walked off the ________, the entire audience stood，clapping to applaud her honesty. Later, dozens of newspaper reporters wrote about this ________, even though it cost the girl the contest. But the fact is that she ________ the biggest contest that day: the contest of her character.

Probably the biggest test of our character and honesty is what we would do if we knew we would never get ________. This young girl could easily have ________ and nobody would have known it but herself. But it’s been said, “If you ________, you make yourself cheap.” This young girl was ________ enough to prize her own character more than the prize from a spelling contest. She knew the ________ she made in that moment will have a long-lasting influence in her future.

Should the wallet, found in the street, be put into a pocket or ________ to the policeman? Should the ________ change received at the store be forgotten or ________ ? Nobody will know. But we have to live with ourselves, and it is always better to live with someone we ________.

7 . As we all know, a friend in need is a friend indeed. I really didn’t know the meaning of this proverb（谚语）until one day something _________ happened to me.

That morning, I got up late and _________ to school without breakfast. While I was crossing a street, my bike hit a stone and I fell on the ground, with my both knees badly hurt.

I managed with the _________ and continued my riding. On my arrival at school, my teacher took us to the _________ for a basketball match._________ I could hardly walk normally, I joined in the game. When I _________ to pass the ball, I was knocked down and fell down on my back. I could not _________ the terrible pain and cried. My classmates all continued their match without noticing me._________ on the ground alone, hungry and painful, I couldn’t stop crying.

Just at that moment, Jack, one of my teammates,_________ towards me from the other end and helped me. He kept me company the whole day and even send me home after school was over.

It was on that day that I learned and believed the proverb “a friend in need is a friend indeed” to be __________.

10 . The other day，my husband and I took the kids for dinner at a branch of Pizza Express．There was a very friendly lady _________ alone at the next table．When the time came for her to pay the _________，her bank card was declined．The waitress told her，in a very kind way，that there was a _________ but she would call her manager for help．Seeing this，my husband _________ got up and told the waiting staff that we would pay for the lady’s meal．_________，when the manager arrived，he explained to the lady that although she couldn’t use her card，there was no need to _________．Pizza Express authorizes（授权）the restaurant to _________ two free meals per month and on this_________ ，they would like to provide her with a free meal．

She was extremely grateful and _________ that she had been unable to pay．We were relieved that the lady had been treated with dignity instead of being placed in a（n）__________ position．

Then the manager approached our table．He said that，__________ we had shown such generosity，he would like to donate the second free meal that the restaurant was able to __________ to us! We were absolutely astonished! I had never heard of any chain restaurant behaving in such a generous way．We were quite __________ with gratitude．I made sure that the lady was able to get home OK，and then we __________ the staff and left．I was really impressed by how the restaurant had treated this __________ case．