1 . Years ago I began to learn to drive in a driving training center. It was many miles away from where I _________, you know. I had to get up early at home and _________ a bus on the roadside to get to the center. The bus ticket was not expensive but you had to have small _________ for there was no conductor or any automatic paying system to be _________ on it.

One day, I was in a hurry before I _________ to the bus stop. When I stepped on the bus, I began to feel my _________ to find some change, which made me completely _________. I _________ searching but it seemed that there was none, and I began to feel _________. At the same time, the bus door was already __________ and it was moving.

I __________ to the driver and said I would __________ at the next stop though I should get off at other __________ to reach the training center. Just at this time, a lady beside me told the driver that she would pay for me.__________, I didn’t know the lady.

But before I started to express my thanks, the driver said, “In that case, just __________ it.” And then he said, “If you meet people who forget to bring the fees with them, just pay for it.”

Now, I hold the belief that a small positive action can be printed in my heart as long as I live.

3 . Like many parents, I enjoyed reading a bedtime story to my two sons each night before they went to bed. After the story was over, we would turn off the lights, and talked until they fell _________

One night after the lights were off, my 3-year-old son, Will, _________ me to tell them a story_________ by myself, not one from a book. So I _________ told him a story about the first thing that came into my _________. But to my surprise, he _________ it so much that he asked me to do that the next night.

Thus a story-telling tradition was _________ in our family. Ever since that night, they seemed not to be able to sleep without hearing one of my _________ stories. Of all the things I do for my _________ ,my storytelling is what they love most. It has created a special __________ between us. And they find that their day isn’t __________ without one of my stories, and so do I.

When I see how __________ my storytelling is in their lives, I come to realize how much our television and video-oriented (以视频为导向的) society has __________in terms of the personal connections that storytelling brings. Before the __________ of television, computers and smartphones, a family’s __________was built around storytelling. This oral (口述的) tradition was __________ from generation to generation, and many of the stories we have today originated from this tradition until someone finally __________them down.

Storytelling is used as a creative way to __________ for me. During the storytelling, I forget about the pressure of the day and enjoy the __________ time I can spend with my children. I hope that other parents can gain __________ from storytelling, too.

4 . One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist（心理学家）at a children's institution in England, an adolescent boy showed up in the waiting room. I went out there where he was _______up and down restlessly（烦躁地）.

Tim wore a black raincoat _______was buttoned all the way up to his neck(脖子). His face was pale, and he stared at his feet while wringing （扭） his hands nervously. He had_______his father as a baby, and had lived with his mother and grandfather ever since. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather and mother were killed in a car accident.

I looked at Tim. He was very_______and in low spirits . He _______to talk to me. The first two times we_______, Tim only sat hunched up （蜷缩） in the chair without saying a word. As he was about to leave after the second visit, I put my hand on his shoulder. He didn't step back, but he didn't look at me either.

"Come back next week, if you like, " I said. I_______a bit. Then I said, "I know it hurts. "

He came, and I _______ we play chess. He nodded. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon—in _______and without making any eye contact. It's not easy for me to________ in chess, but I admit that I made sure Tim won once or twice.

Usually, he arrived earlier, took the chessboard and pieces and set them up before I even got a（n）________to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my ________. But why did he________look at me?

"Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his ________ ." I thought.

One afternoon, Tim took off his raincoat and put it on the back of the chair. While he was setting up the chess pieces, his face seemed more ________and his motions more lively.

Some months later, I sat staring at Tim's head, ________he was bent over the chessboard. I was thinking about how little we knew about the healing （治疗） process.________, he looked up at me. "It's your________," he said.

After that day, Tim started talking.

Maybe I gave Tim something, but I learned a lot from him. He showed me how one without any words can________out to another person. All it________is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, a sympathetic nature and an ear that listens.

5 . My mother used to ask me what is the most important part of the body. Through the years I would _______the correct answer. When I was young, I thought _______ was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears，Mummy.” She said，“No. Many people are _______. But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”

Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first _______, I had often thought over the question. So this time I told her, “Mummy，it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and said, “You are _______fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”

_______ the years, Mother asked me a couple more _______ and always her response to my answer was, “No，but you are getting _______ every year，my child.” Then last year，my grandpa _______. Everyone was heartbroken. Everybody was crying. My mum looked at me when it was our ________ to say our final goodbye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet，my dear?”

I was ________ when she was asking me this now. I always thought this was a ________ between her and me. She saw the ________ on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really ________ your life.” I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear，the most important body part is your ________.” I asked, “Is it because they hold up your head?” She replied, “No，it is ________ on them a crying friend or a loved one can rest his or her head. I only hope that you have enough ________ and friends and that you will have a shoulder to cry ________ when you need it.” Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a ________ one. It is sympathetic to the pain of ________.

7 . As Christmas is coming, there are presents to be bought, cards to be sent, and rooms to be cleaned. Parents are ________ with difficult jobs of hiding presents from     ________ young children. If the gifts are large, this is sometimes a real ________ . On Christmas Eve, young children find the ________ almost unbearable. They are torn by the wish to ________ up late so that they will not miss the fun. The wish for gifts usually proves stronger. But though children go to bed early, they often lie ________ in bed for a long time, hoping to get a short ________ at Father Christmas.

Last Christmas, my wife and I ________ managed to hide a few large presents in the store room. I ________ the moment when my son, Jimmy, would ask me where the new bike had come from, but ________ he did not see it.

On Christmas Eve, it took the children hours to go to sleep. It must have been early ________ when my wife and I went quietly into their room and began ________ stockings. Then I ________ the bike for Jimmy and left it beside the Christmas tree. We knew that we would not get much ________ that night, for the children were sure to get up early. At about 5 o'clock the next morning, we were ________ by loud sounds coming from the children's room — they shouted excitedly! ________ I had time to get out of bed, Jimmy came ________ into our bedroom on his new bike, and his sister, May, ________ close behind, pushing her new baby carriage. Even the baby arrived, he moved on his ________ and knees into the room bringing a large balloon behind him. Suddenly, it burst. That woke us up ________. The day had really begun with a bang.

9 . Everybody knows Charlie Chaplin, a world-famous funny actor. People _____ have laughed at Charlie Chaplin's films ____ tears run down their faces. From his very first _____ they know what will happen. The little man is always with black moustache, wide-open eyes, round black hat and _____ too large for his feet. He’ll _____ through snow, and fall from windows. He’ll fight men who are twice his _____ or fall in love with women, who ____ notice him and try to hug(拥抱) them.

The poor man that Charlie Chaplin ______ in dozens of films makes all kinds of stupid mistakes. He is always in ______,but he never _____. He dreams of becoming a great man.

Even people who ______ understand English can _____ Chaplin's films, because they are mostly ______. It isn't what he _____ that makes people laugh. His comedy(喜剧) doesn't depend on words. It depends on little ______ which means   the _____ thing to people all over the world.

Chaplin raises his thick eyebrows or rolls his eyes. He hides behind a fat lady or under a table to escape from his ______. He dresses well and pretends to be a ______ and important man. It is all so hopeless and _____ that he makes us laugh. This is the ______ of Chaplin's huge success.

10 . Jim and his sister May walked in the street, and then they noticed a pet store. It was a very small pet store that didn’t have many ________. The owner of the shop, Mr. Smith, greeted Jim and May when they ________. May said, "We would like to buy a dog." "Ah, well, our shop is not very ________," Mr. Smith told her. "So we only have two dogs to choose ________."

They asked Mr. Smith to ________ them the dogs. Mr. Smith took them to see the two dogs. One was a big Bulldog named Buster. The other was a tiny Chihuahua named Teacup. May wanted Teacup, ________ Jim wanted Buster. They walked outside to ________. They couldn’t agree on a dog. May ________ they race home for it. The one who ________ the race could choose the dog.

Jim agreed, and then told May her shoelace（鞋带） was loose. When May __________, he ran off to get a head start. Jim ran as __________ as he could because he really wanted that Bulldog. When he looked back, he found May was so __________ behind that he couldn’t even see her. Jim finally got home. He was _______ but happy. He knew he was the __________. May arrived a few minutes later. She congratulated him and they __________ the pet store together. However, when they arrived they _____ saw Teacup. They asked Mr. Smith where Buster was.

Mr. Smith gave them a(n) __________ that a few minutes after May and Jim left, two boys walked in and bought Buster.

Jim looked at May, and she couldn’t help ________. Jim __________ and turned back to Mr. Smith. "Sometimes you win the __________, but not the prize!" Jim smiled sadly. "We'll take the Chihuahua, please."