1 . When I was in primary school, I got into a major argument(争论)with a boy named Tom in my class. I can’t _______ what it was about, but I have never forgotten the _______ I learned that day.

I was sure that I was right and he was wrong—but he strongly believed that I was wrong and he was right. Our teacher decided to teach us a very important lesson and _______ a good idea. She _______ both of us up to the front of the class and placed him on one side of her desk and me on _______. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object(物体). I could clearly see that it was black. She asked the boy what _______ the object was. “White,” he answered in a _______ voice.

I couldn’t believe he said the object was white, _______ it was obviously black! Another. _______ started between my classmate and me, this time about the color of the object.

The teacher told me to go to stand where the boy was standing and told him to come to stand where I had been. We changed ____________, and now she asked me what the color of the object was. I ____________ answer, “White.” It was then ____________ I realized I was wrong. In fact, it was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his side it was white, ____________ from my side was it black.

My teacher taught me a very important lesson that day: You must ____________ yourself in the other person’s shoes and look at the ____________ through their eyes in order to truly understand their view.

4 . One Monday morning, while the children were enjoying “free play”, I stepped to the doorway of the classroom to take a _______. Suddenly, I _______ a movement of the heavy wooden door. This was the very door I _______ guided the children through to ensure their safety from the bitter cold. I felt a chill go through my body.

My legs carried me to that door, and I pushed it open. It was one of my kindergarteners who I thought was _______ that day. He had been dropped off at school late and was _______ to open the door.

He must have been _______ there for quite a while! Without a word, I _______ him to the hospital. He was treated for frostbite on his hands. He’d need time to _______, and wouldn’t come for class the next day, I thought.

The next morning, one of the first to _______ was my little frostbitten boy. Not only did he run in with ________, but his ________ could be heard as loud as ever! I gave him a warm hug and told him how ________ I was to see him. His words have stayed with me all these years, “I knew you would open the door.”

That cold Monday morning, he waited a long, long while for adults to ________. To a child, every minute feels like forever. He didn’t ________ to walk back home; he waited and trusted. This five-year-old taught me a powerful lesson in ________.

5 . My dad came to America from Greece at the very young age of fourteen. He ________ an average of fourteen hours per day, six to seven days a week, for over thirty­five years.

Because of his ________ work, he owned many restaurants in New Jersey. He was proud of his achievements and what he could ________ for his family.

When I was graduating from college, Dad told me he decided to ________ the restaurants and retire. “If you are graduating, my ________ is over. I have educated my children and provided for all of you. I am going to ________.”

“Great, but what will you do? I ________ know you cooking in the kitchen and serving customers. I can’t imagine you doing anything else,” I said.

“I am going to play golf!” he ________.

“Golf? You have never played golf. I never heard you mention golf,” I was ________.

And then Dad began to play golf. He taught my brother and me the ________ and shared his interest with us. Dad would look at us and say, “If you live your life as you play the game of golf, you will be ________.”

He repeated often, “When you get to the green, stay focused and hit straight down the fairway (平坦球道). Don’t think about anything else, and just know where you want to put the ball. Do this and you will ________ your goals.”

Dad wanted us to have ________ and to stay focused on them to achieve success. He also wanted us to ________ ourselves and take time to have fun with friends and family.

Dad retired at the age of fifty­-six and played golf every day until his death at the age of eighty-­six. What a ________ role model!

6 . On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Oggs heard what every parent feared: Their newborn wasn’t going to _______ . Their twins — a girl and a boy — were born two minutes apart. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no _______. His heartbeat was nearly gone and the baby had just _______ to live.

“I saw him breathing weakly, which, however, the doctor said was no use, but that was _______ a sign of life. I wanted him to _______ , and I wasn’t going to give up easily,” Kate said. She _______ the boy named Jamie from his hospital blanket first. Then she asked David to take his shirt off and _______ them in bed. The first-time parents hoped the skin-to-skin _______ would get his condition better. Kate said, “We explained he had loving parents and a twin that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to _______ him.” Then it was not long before something ________ happened. Jamie moved and then he started breathing evenly. Finally, he ________ for his father’s finger. The couple’s almost ________ boy had made it.

“We’re the ________ people in the world,” David told today eight years later. The Oggs only recently told the kids the story of their ________ “ Emily bust into tears,” Kate said. “She kept ________ Jamie. This whole experience makes us value them more.”

7 . I was driving in my car the other day. The sun was out, the radio was playing, and I was singing along. The song was a _____ one and even my weak voice sounded good singing it. Then it _____,   however. The sweet sound of the music _____ and there came the unpleasant news. Gas prices _____ again. Fans of two sports teams got into fight. I sighed and wondered about this _____ world we live in.

_____,   I could take no more and turned off the radio. Silence seemed preferable to listening to _____ else about the crazy,   competitive society we live in. I slowed down as I entered a town and _____ the people as I drove by. A tall man was _____ an elderly lady out of a car and helping her place her walker so she could go into store in her wheelchair. A smiling woman was ______ food onto the square while a dozen birds flew down to enjoy the food being laid out before them. A young man was walking along,   carrying his ______ safely in his arms. When the daughter pulled the hat off his head,   they both ______. I laughed too as I looked at all of his ______. The radio may have been off in my car,   ______ in my heart I was still singing.

In truth, this world could have more kindness and less ______. Kindness makes us all winners in this life and our life will be full of love and joy.

8 . Before she passed away from cancer, A.J. Walters made her husband Sean and daughter Brittany promise her one thing: Sean would accompany Brittany, a high school senior, to the homecoming game, where she was in the running for homecoming _________. A. J. was a beloved administrative assistant at Brittany’s high school. It was _________ to her that her daughter go. Brittany and Sean _________

Days later, on the morning of Friday, A.J. _________. Keeping their _________, that very afternoon, an emotional Brittany walked arm in arm with her father. They crossed the football field with the other candidates to await the_________ of the voting.

Brittany wasn’t_________ homecoming queen that day; Nyla was. But, like many in the community, Nyla had also_________ A.J. Out of _________, moments after receiving the crown, Nyla walked over to Brittany, removed the crown from her head, and__________ it on her friend’s. The two__________, tearfully holding each other for support. “She’d rather have her __________ than a crown,” Nyla said. By__________ it to Brittany, “I was telling her that she was her mom’s queen, and that she was loved by many, __________ me.”

“I felt so much love from her, and I just felt so much__________ for her,” said Brittany, “I can __________ my mom through Nyla. They have the__________ caring and giving spirit.”

Nyla is no less perfect for __________ of a crown. A friend of the Walters family said, “There’s an old__________ goes, “Real queens fix each other’s crowns.” But the fact is, real queens __________ their crowns to let other queens shine.”

9 . You just can’t imagine what a brave mother is like. She was a mother of three children, who just _______an earthquake and couldn’t tell if her children were_______ for help. Or what if you knew you couldn’t yell at her for help because she couldn’t _______ you? That was what happened to Connie and her three children when the 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Napa, California. Connie is _______and communicates with her children using sign language. 

At midnight, Connie and her three children were_______on the first floor of their two-story home. She and her 16-year-old son, Juan, were_______ awake. Instantly, they realized there were no disaster supplies downstairs. Connie, also_______one-month-old Raul and 8-year-old Adriana, called Juan to come close to her in the darkness and_______ for him to go upstairs to get a_______. 

Juan slowly________ the stairs. He heard a loud creak (嘎吱声). Arriving on the top floor, he moved quickly but________ to get what he needed. Using the flashlight to guide his________, Juan came back to the first floor and the family was able to take a few________ and flee. Their home was almost in ruins. 

Being deaf was not a deterrent (遏制物) for this________ mother. The family made it to the shelter safely, which ________everyone.