2 . A successful scientist is generally a good observer. He makes full _________ of the facts he observes. He doesn’t accept ideas which are not based on obvious facts, and therefore refuses to accept authority as the only _________ for truth. He always _________ ideas carefully and makes experiments to prove them.

The rise of modern science may perhaps be considered to _________ back to the time of Roger Bacon, the wonderful philosopher of Oxford, who lived _________ the years 1214 and 1292. He was probably the first in the Middle _________ to suggest that we must learn science _________ observing and experimenting on the things around us, and he himself made many important discoveries.

Galileo, however, who lived more than 300 years later (1564—1642 ) , was one of the greatest men, _________ in Italy, France, Germany, or England, began by _________ to show how many important truths could be discovered by observation. Before Galileo, learned men believed that large bodies fell more __________ towards the earth than small ones, __________ Aristotle said so. But Galileo, going to the __________ of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, let fall two __________ stones and proved Aristotle was wrong. It was Galileo’s __________ of going direct to nature, and proving our _________   and theories by experiment, that has led to all the discoveries of modern science.

3 . As a young boy my family was very poor. I would often help do something for the neighbors to ________ a little pocket money.

One day I ________ on the door of an elderly woman and asked ________ she needed me to clean the yard. She asked why I was not in ________ and I showed her my worn ________, which no longer kept me warm. She ________ me to work in the yard. When I finished, she looked at me and said, “I suppose you want to be ________ now.” She then ________ a jar filled with dollar bills and said, “I’m glad you’ve done a ________ job today but that is not something you should be doing again. I want you to ________ new clothes and get back to school. I also want you to come back to ________ me with your report card and I will ________ you when I see you have worked hard and have some good ________. Now reach our your little hands and take out as much ________ as you can.”

I put my hands in the jar and ________ so much money that it was ________ for me to buy what I badly needed. Later, I returned several times to see the woman and she did just as she ________. She looked at my report card and gave me a handful of dollars and some delicious food every time I ________ her that I had an “A”.

I was twelve years old when I moved from that neighbourhood. I will never forget the huge ________ this wonderful lady made over my life with her ________. This is something I hope to do myself in this lifetime over and over again.

4 . You can tell a lot about a man by how he treats his dogs.

For many years, I enjoyed living with my dogs, Tilly and Chance. Their _______ was nearly enough to keep my loneliness at bay. Nearly. Last year, I started dating, but with _______. When I first dated Steve, I _______ he had a dog, Molly, and a cat, Flora. While I was _______ that he was an animal lover, I _______ that three dogs were perhaps too many, and my dogs might attack _______, the cat.

The next week we _______ our dogs together. It was a hot day. When we paused to catch our _______, Steve got down on one knee. Was he proposing (求婚)? I liked him too, but so _______? He poured water from a bottle into his hand and offered it to my dogs. ____________, I began to fall for him.

We ____________ to date, though neither of us brought up the future. And then in late November, Tilly had an operation on her ____________. I took the dogs out four times a day, and I worried that Tilly ____________ climbing the stairs could reopen the wound. Then Steve ____________ his house. All worked ____________. The three dogs formed a pack that, with coaching, ____________ Flora’s space; Steve and I formed a good team ____________ for Tilly. We made good housemates.

A year later, much to my ____________, this man produced a little box with a ring and proposed to me. He did not kneel (跪) down, nor did I ____________ him to. That’s only for giving ____________ to the dogs that brought us together.

5 . One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to _________ it. When he finished painting, he received his _________and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and offered him a nice check (支票), much _________than the payment for painting. The painter was _________. “You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” he said.

“But this is not for the paint _________. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”

“But it was such a(n) _________ service. Certainly it’s not worth _________ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”

“ My dear friend, you do not _________. Now let me tell you what happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I __________ to mention about the hole, When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and __________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a __________ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate (绝望的) because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief (宽慰) and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I __________ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You __________my children! I do not have enough money to pay your ‘small’ good deed.”

So, no matter who, when or how, just __________   repair all the “leak” you find.

6 . There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校). Before being sent away this boy was the _______student in his class. He was at the top in every _______. He was a winner.

But the boy _______ after leaving home and attending the boarding school. His grades started _______. He hated being in a group. He was _______ all the time. And there were especially dark times when he felt like _______ himself. All of this _______ because he felt worthless and no one loved him. His parents started _______ the boy. But they did not _______ know what was wrong with him. ________ his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him.

They sat ________ the bank of the lake near the school. The father ________ asking him casual (随便的) questions about his classes, teachers and ________. After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, ________ I am here today?” The boy answered back, “To ________ my grades?” “No, no,” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me. I want to see you happy. I don’t care about ________. I care about you. I care about your happiness. You are my world.” These words ________ the boy’s eyes to fill with tears. He ________ his dad. They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had everything he wanted. He knew there was someone on this ________ who cared for him deeply. He ________ the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!

7 . Alonzo Johnson stopped. He decided to help a(n) _________ elderly man down an escalator (自动扶梯) in a Massachusetts shopping mall last week, _______ the 23-year-old could never have predicted that his simple, random act of kindness would win him the _______ of thousands of people on line.

An old man _______ at the top of an escalator and a few people started gathering _______ to get on. It was clear he was feeling _______ as to whether to step on to the escalator or not. Johnson spotted the senior citizen hesitating and _______ the simplest kindness. He reached out a(n) _________ and asked with a smile on his face, “Can I help you, sir?”

The old man quietly started to _______ to the young man that he had gotten stuck on an escalator once and was a little __________. The young man gently offered his assurance, they __________ each other eye to eye for just a moment and the old man ________ his arm. Everyone else remained ________ and waited.

Paula Picard and a friend were standing nearby and ________ to take a touching photo of the pair linking arms as they ________ the escalator together. She posted the ________ on Facebook and it spread __________ with more than 420,000 likes and 25,000 comments in just a few hours.

Johnson said he never ________ his action would reach so many people.

“He looked very afraid and I thought maybe I could __________.” Johnson said, “My Mom always tells us to be nice and do the ________ thing. It’s really the way I was brought up and how I was raised.”

8 . On Sunday I had my own Father’s Day celebration.Suddenly I_____   about my dad a lot.My dad is absolutely the_____man in the world.He would _____ refuse   to help anyone in trouble.

Every Thursday   night，my   dad   would _____Shreveport，LA to a church there.I always drove the car for him. _____this happened many times，I recall (回想起) one incident on one of those trips to Shreveport.That time on the _____，my dad saw a hitchhiker (搭便车的人).He asked me to pull the car over and offer him a_____.Dad asked him his name and address，told him ours，and talked to him about all sorts of things.

At first the hitchhiker was hesitant (迟疑的)，but he changed his _____ as he could tell we were really listening to him.I did know that it was quite_____outside and the hitchhiker was very happy to be able to get a lift in our warm car.

We______another forty­five minutes and learned that the hitchhiker was______many difficulties in life.Dad told him to keep his head up and said that ______would become better for him soon.He reached into his pocket and______the hitchhiker a twenty­dollar bill，leaving only a ten­dollar bill for himself.The hitchhiker then became very______.

I was always told never to______a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every time he saw one.Dad always gave them money   ______   he did not have very much of his own.

From that I’ve learned a lot about my dad and______ .I’ve learned that if you come from a place with______ ，you will show a lot of kindness to people who are______.Just one single kind act may______someone’s life.

9 . The day that I will always remember is when I ran my first 10km.While putting my toe on the starting____, I felt my heart drop to my stomach. However, I would____my heart, because in running, when you run out of your____, you just run with your heart.

That day the____was cool and fresh, and my courage had____. The race was about to start. Bang! The____of the starting gun ran into the air. I took off running,____like the wind. I knew it would be a really great____for me. In the first four miles, I felt like a cheetah (猎豹). I felt____and forceful in my pace.

I saw the finishing line and I felt like an Olympic____who was about to win the race. I had____been happier, and felt proud too when I had my____put around my neck. As the saying goes, “Running is the greatest metaphor (比喻) for life,____you get out of it what you put into it.”

10 . Many years ago, Dad worked as a farmhand （农场工人）. At that time, he had a horse. Every Saturday he________to the town after dinner and spent a few hours on social________ with other farmhands, such as drinking, chatting, and playing cards in the café. On Saturday evenings, the café was ________ because many farmhands were there. Before midnight Dad returned home on his horse, quite satisfied with his________. In his words, he________ thought of changing his job.

At the age of 31, Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher. In the following spring I came________ into the world. Life became hard, so my mother felt________. She told Dad that they must make a ________.

My mother had ________of how some famous persons, especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family, fought against fate and achieved greatness and ________. And she ________ that I would some day become a great leader ________ men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman. So she ________Dad to give up his job as a farmhand, sell his horse and ________a small business of his own. And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for ________ education when I graduated from college. Under the drive of my mother's hope, Dad and I________what we have today. Dad runs a big international ________and I am a successful lawyer ________great fame in my country, ________not a leader as my mother expected.

Dad said, without my mother, we wouldn't be what we are today; at least, he would remain a farmhand. ________ he got a lesson of life —sometimes we really need drive from outside.