1 . Diana Herbert was running late for school on Friday morning so she decided to take a shortcut(近路). Little did 16-year-old Herbert know this would make a big difference in her life. While Herbert was walking _______ to try to get to school on time, an elderly gentleman _______ her, and asked Herbert to tie his shoelaces(鞋带) for him. At first she was a bit _______ but then she saw that the old man was _______ to use his hands properly and had a walking stick. She realized that he could not really help himself so she _______ to do that for him.

After she finished tying the man’s lace, the man thanked Herbert. Then she continued on her way to school, _______ thinking of the situation.

What Herbert did not know is that a woman named Nadine Ribeiro _______ the whole thing. Ribeiro stopped her car and took a photo. She then _______ it on her Facebook and wrote about the situation. _______ , the photograph on the social media spread quickly — more than 3,000 people liked Ribeiro’s photograph while 6,000 more ________ it with their friends.

Herbert, however, did not know what was going on until the principal told her that she became some kind of Internet superstar. Herbert said she couldn’t understand why people were so attracted by the ________. The following Monday, Herbert was ________ by the school for her kindness.

“I was not ________ that much attention, but it felt nice to get ________ for something good,” Herbert said. “I believe in karma(因果)—once we do nice things it will in some way benefit us ________.”

2 . In high school I had a math teacher, Mrs. Davies, who took her job seriously and expected her students to put forth the same degree of commitment (付出). Strict but fair, she held our attention with her great method. One of her classes was for students who were more advanced academically. I chose to _________ it and soon realized that the course was a bit over my head. I _________ with complex problems that others seemed to learn without much effort.

One Friday we were tested _________ our ability to use a theorem (定理) that no one in the class thoroughly understood. The teacher would grade our papers based on our ability to progress through the problem which easily filled two pages of formulaic notations (公式符号). I was absolutely _________. Finally, I didn’t use the required theorem. Instead, I decided to use more familiar theorems to arrive at an _________. I knew I had failed because I hadn’t done the required assignment. I became resigned (顺从) to my fate.

Our test papers were handed back the following Monday. Everyone received a “C” except for me. To my surprise, I received an “A”. I _________ that there must be a mistake. I watched _________ as the teacher approached my desk, smiled, and asked for my test paper back. She went back to copy my work onto the blackboard, showing the class how I have arrived at the correct answer. “Mathematics is meant to be a creative tool, pushing our minds to a rewarding answer,” she said with confidence. _________ I didn’t use the required theorem, she seemed really proud of how I’d worked through the problem.

My teacher would have been justified (合理的) in giving me a _________ grade. Instead, she used the opportunity to deeply influence a student who often struggled. And after forty years, I still cherish the memory. I opened up to a broad boundary of possibilities which has made my life an adventure. She understood that teaching went beyond strict demands and could be used to __________.

3 . Martin is my youngest son. He likes staying alone and be seldom laughs. As the boy’s mother, I was _______ about him. I took him to see the _______ in many hospitals, but it didn’t work well.

Nothing could make him happy except the recycling truck passing by my house. Every afternoon, he raced to the front of the house, waiting for the _______.

When we were late and _______ the truck, Martin would be very disappointed. One day, I stopped the truck and _______ myself.

“Nice to meet you, too. I’m Vince.” The driver greeted me in a happy _______.

“Your coming is the most exciting moment for my son.” I smiled.

After knowing our story, he said, “Could you please give me your _______ number? Maybe I can send you a message _______ I arrive.”

Then began our _______ with Vince.

Recently, I said to him, “It’s my little boy’s birthday tomorrow. Can you do something special for him?”

The next day, as I was standing by the driveway with Martin, we saw the ________ truck running down the street with a loud beep. Like a superman in a movie, Vince stopped and walked towards us with a box in his hand.

“Today is your birthday, Martin, and here’s a gift.”

He handed the box to my son. Inside, there was a green model truck like his. My son, surprised, looked up ________ and thanked him.

After chatting for several ________, he was about to leave for work. I tried to give him some ________ for his help. He kept shaking his head and ________ my money, saying, “Today you, tomorrow me.”

I was deeply moved by these ________ words. And I have been ready to help others whenever I can. You will never know when you’re going to be the one that needs help.

5 . I am a teacher and I love children. I set up a classroom library of books that I bought _______my own money. The library looks beautiful, like a_______. And my students_______it very much.

I read the children a story. It is about a girl who is_______poor that she wears the_______dress to school every day. But she says she has a hundred dress_______.The other girls laugh at her until she goes away._______, her classmates discover she really has a hundred dresses – a hundred beautiful drawings of dresses . Oh, God, every child_________when I close the book .

_______a moment everything is quiet . Then a boy________, “ I have to tell the class something .” He shows me that he has half a finger__________.

I turn him towards the class and put my__________on his shoulder . He is a bit________. “ I …I only have nine and a half fingers .” He________his hands. “ Please don’t laugh at me about it .” The students become________. Then one boy calls out , “________who makes________of you , I’ll kick them .”

“Me , too ,” says________student.

When the boy sees the class________united (团结) , he is very________and smiles at me .

6 . My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of ________. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some ________ to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it ________ growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the ________ plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to ________ the weeds (杂草) around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ________.The sunflower had not ________ where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the ________.

That’s when I ________ that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we ________ ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________ to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________ in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be ________ of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to ________ us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.

7 . A few summers ago my daughter and I were swimming in our pool. The sun was setting and the night was _______ approaching. For the shallow end of our pool, my daughter _______ it first. Right about eye level, a spider was spinning her _______ by the pool. It _______ me that my daughter noticed this, and it surprised me even _______ that she wasn’t afraid of the spider.

As we both gazed at this _______ of nature, a very simple thought _______ me. I had lost track of time. I honestly didn’t know _______ we had been just standing there and staring at that spider _______ her web. We were having fun ________ really doing anything really BIG or special, I thought. However, in contrast, I believe that by sharing this ________ of the spider building her web we were ________ just as fulfilled as if we had done something very important.

Remember that the ________ things are the best things in life. Spend time together appreciating the simple things in ________, and even more importantly, ________ time together talking about life.

10 . The second Sunday in May is a volunteer day in my neighborhood. Last year, my neighbors and I chose to ______in the cancer ward (癌症病房) at a children’s hospital. As Children’s Day was coming, the hospital wanted us to make some cards with children, ______them stories and play games with them.

The day before we went to the ______, many of us were feeling quite nervous. We didn’t ______how to react (反应) when we saw those sick children. As we were preparing morning tea for them, I asked some ______to make chocolate bread and candies at my home.

We arrived ______the hospital early and were welcomed warmly -it was exciting to know that they were ______us and expecting what we would offer to them. Our first job was to ______morning tea to the children-it seemed nothing broke the ice better than candies!

Then, it was time to start making ______—we brought some cardboard (卡纸板), crayons, glue and shiny things to excite the children. It was amazing that soon we felt relaxed about staying with the sick children. We ______with them and helped them choose colors and styles. The children were seriously ill, ______they were positive (乐观的). Most of them______bright colors as they believed that they would be better soon. The colorful and lively cards the children had made brightened us.

Later, my neighbours and I told the children some funny stories to make them laugh ______often, and they were also very happy to play games with______. Looking at their smiling faces, we even forgot they were______.