1 . Almost everything was fantastic in the camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a_________tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind _______. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth_______ our invitation, too. After a few more _______ refusals like that, I _______ to stay away from Elizabeth.

It _______ that we were going on a hike and our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. _______who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!

“What do you like to do for fun?”I asked, trying to make small _______ as we started out. “ I like to _______ in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth ________. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world ________ we saw a bird. “I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird, ”Elizabeth said ________ “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he’s in ________, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He ________ and broke his leg the day the camp started. He’s ________ in hospital and is in so much pain,”Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was crying “I’m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, act rudely and want to be ________ ,”she added.

“I get it, ” I said. “I don’t always know how to ________ it when I’m feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her ________.

After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually ________the last few days of the camp.

Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second ________. Maybe he’s going through a tough time and just doesn’t know how to deal with it.

2 . My grandfather was a serious man. A quick look from him was enough to keep my sisters and me in line. _______ every summer I looked forward to seeing Grandpa in his farm. We enjoyed every moment of feeding and washing the animals.   

Grandpa was a man who didn’t show his _______ easily. There were times he caught us touching some of his personal things or exploring places that we weren’t _______ to. His quiet scolding (责备) left us _______ for the rest of our stay.   

One morning I heard “clickety-clack, clickety-clack, ping”. I stopped and found where the sound came _______: Grandpa in his study, typing a letter. I leaned _________ to see better when I fell through the door. For a while I _______ on the floor of the study. I stood up and went _______in the face, hoping the scolding would be short.

Grandpa’s eyes shone. He called me_________. I went to him __________, with my eyes looking at the floor. He asked what I was doing, and I told him that I was drawn by the __________ of the typewriter. I only wanted to get a better __________. I wasn’t going to touch anything, I __________.

The rest of the summer I stood near his elbow watching him type. How I wished to __________ the beautiful yellow keys with my fingers.

After going home, I spent the year writing poems, letters, and stories in my notebooks and__________ myself using Grandpa’s typewriter to write novels. __________, I planned to be a writer, and writers used typewriters.   

The next ____________, I’d hear the sounds of typewriter keys and walk toward them, admiring the __________ of the words forming on the page. I wished he would offer me a(n) ____________ to try it. But he never did.

____________ returning home that year, I got a parcel. I found the typewriter in the box! My serious grandfather！