1 . One summer night, my friends and I stole into the Jordans’ backyard and started harvesting their sweet, juicy raspberries (树莓). We were enjoying every bite of the tasty berries _________ Mr Jordan came charging outside all of a sudden.

“What are you boys doing out here?” he yelled as my friends ran off _________ all directions. He attempted to catch one or two as they rushed past him, but they were too _________ for the older gentleman to catch. Within seconds, the boys _________ into the dark of the summer night, all except me. Speed was never my _________. I took the tongue-lashing (痛骂) that Mr. Jordan gave me as he marched me down the block to my house, where my mother took over and scolded me _________. My friends said they could hear every colorful word she spoke from the darkness of our backyard, where they had gathered to _________ their escape and to observe my capture.

They _________ me about it for days afterwards, while all I could do was complain about how _________ it was that I was the only one who had to pay the price. After about a week of this, I complained to my father about the inequality of the situation. Dad said, “You took raspberries without __________, and you get exactly the punishment you deserved.”

“But what about the other guys?” I asked. “They didn’t get punished at all!”

“That’s not my concern nor should it be yours,” Dad said. “You can’t __________ what happens to others. You can only __________ what happens to you. You made a bad choice that night, and you were punished for it.”

For the duration of the following years, I come to realize there is no __________ that life will treat us fairly. That’s why we can’t __________ comparing our lives with the lives of others. Like Dad said, that isn’t our __________.

2 . I had not seen my parents for a long time. Last Saturday I drove a long way to visit them,       _____neither of them was at home. So I waited patiently at their home________their return. Not seeing them made me really________

As I was walking around their bedroom,I______ little reminders of them. Some Christmas gifts were still_______in boxes. There were_______on the wall, which I guess must have a ________meaning to them. What took my breath away was seeing my dad's emblems (徽章) from his military service of our country______he was young. My father never_______to us about the Korean Wars. As I looked at those emblems hanging______with all the photos that he treasures, I______that this was an important part of his life, but I never spent the______in talking with him about them. The photos of my mom with her close_______made me realize her life before she was my mom. I had been so______running my business to raise my own family that I______the chance to know about their past and experience.

We sometimes don't realize something is______for us until we have lost it, so it's not too late for us to talk to our parents about their past. I am writing my story to______everyone who is fortunate to still have their parents_______to invest some time to learn about them. I am grateful to have_______of my parents. So I still have time to talk with them. I hope that readers will______from my story and find the time to talk about those things in their life that mean so much to their parents.

3 . John entered a college and often worked late until 12 at night.He fell into the _______ of smoking a year ago.He smoked so much that he_______had a cigarette on his lips.He_______ while he read，while he watched television and _______ while he drank a cup of coffee or tea.He smoked nearly forty cigarettes a day, but he was _______about it.

John's friend，Frank，_______many times to _______ him not to smoke.“Smoking is bad for your _______!” he said, “You’d better give it up.”But his advice didn’t _______.

Before long，John ________ that he often got a bad cough，________ he went to see a doctor.The doctor________ him carefully and asked whether he often smoked.John told him the ________.Then the doctor told him that his cough was ________ by smoking and he wouldn’t get any better unless he stopped smoking.

“If not,” said the doctor, “you will never ________ from your cough and some other illnesses may also be caused.” John became ________ and made up his mind to give up smoking.At the beginning，it was very ________ for him.Every ________ when he wanted to smoke，he got something to eat.At last，he was not ________ smoking at all.And he no longer had ________ .

4 . I took an airplane to Beijing in February, on an Air Canada Boeing 777. ______ all were seated, I used my computer for a while. Ahead of me to my right, a kid was ______.

I went up to a Chinese woman. She had in her arms a kid that ______ crying. I told the mother that the kid needed to be walked and then she would ______ and sleep. I knew this because i am a father of four ______ children. The woman, who was from North York, said she was too tired as she had been ______ the whole night before. I ______ to walk the kid so she could get some sleep.

As I took the kid in my arms, I ______ her for the kid’s name and age. I then started ______ walking up to the front of the economy section. The kid immediately fell to sleep. When I got back to the mother’s ______, I found her fast asleep. I kept walking for over six hours and walked slowly ______. Since it was a 13-hour flight, I walked halfway to China-______ a kid.

Women on board would ______ me during my long walk, wanting to see the kid. One woman ask me some questions like “How many ______ do you have?” “Four,” I said. She looked ______ at my wrinkled (有皱纹的) face and white hair (I was almost 60 ) and said, “Well, I hope this is your ______ one.” She thought I was Mary’s ______. I just ______ and walked on.

When I was back to the mother, the mother ______. I gave Mary back to her, who ______ sound asleep.

5 . As my daughter was riding to school with her two friends, a truck pulled out in front of them. The accident______on March 11th, 2007-four days before her 16th birthday. She was______in the back seat and _____the most injuries. She broke her face, neck, four places on her back and right arm and had bad brain injury. The_____did not think she was going to survive. She was known______the only recovered child throughout this hospital ____ we stayed for over three months.

It has been one year_____the accident. My daughter finally______from this life-changing accident._____ my knowledge, our community church had a BBQ and______all raised money to my daughter for her______expenses. When I know that the_____ was doing for her, you can imagine my shock. Since it has been one year, few people remember my daughter and many people have______calling her and visiting her. By having the BBQ, our small community has shown my daughter that there are people who _____ think of her and care about her.

I hope if______knows of someone who is in a(n)______such as this, they will remember that the _____of being alone is very______ . Show kindness by visiting or _____those who had a life-changing event. My daughter's accident______less than a minute but changed her life, plus our entire family's life forever.

6 . Back in 1981 I was working at the University of Bonn in Germany. I______some time off in early May to visit a friend in Viterbo. in central________

The train stopped in Rome. I was ____ , as my hotel was close to the railway station. The next morning. I______to visit as many of the famous Roman landmarks as possible.

The following day I headed back to the______, planning to take a short ride to Viterbo. When I arrived at the station and tried to______the correct platform, I quick realized that the station was _____for an upgrade (升级). For a moment my mind went______.My biggest______my luggage一my suitcase and hand luggage were heavy, so I couldn't______about easily. I dragged my suitcase about 100 meters to a nearby worker. A tall man of about 50 years of age was working there and I______myself and asked where the nearest station was. I am sure that he did not understand me______. but he could easily guess that I was looking for a station. He ____, but I did not understand.

He smiled and said something，____ I guessed to mean "Come along!" He opened the door of his car, motioned to me to get______and then drove for a few minutes to the next station. I got out, unloaded my luggage, then shook his hand with______. He smiled back and drove away.

There was no time to we_____ names. I understood that he was in the_______of his work. I was______ so much by his generosity(慷慨)that I have never forgotten him. He was working and could have easily_____ me but, instead, he chose to help.

7 . “It’s time to wake up, Emily,” my mom sings from the kitchen. I ______ to open my eyes. Why didn’t the alarm on my cellphone go off?

Soon, I realize today is the day for my ______ : “A day without technology.”

I didn’t realize what I had gotten myself into until I was driving to school in my car in ______. No radio broadcasting my favorite songs. I had to sing to myself.

As soon as I got to school, I went to the library to print out my English project . “Uh-oh,” I thought. “This isn’t allowed. ”

The school day went on and I finally grew ______ the rule. This wasn’t so _______! I could do this every day.

I drove home after school, and my ______ eventually went into afterschool mode,______on what I would eat for supper and who would be voted off American Idol later that night. The______thing I knew, I was chatting with my friends on Facebook, checking email and watching a video on YouTube, all at the same time!

My mom walked in and her jaw dropped.

“What happened to no ______?” She asked me. I froze for the second time that day and forced myself to go back to reality. I had ______.

This experiment, which many teenagers would never have the courage to attempt, was actually _______to me. Even though my attempt at going about my day without technology was a failure, I realized that if I really tried, I would be completely   _____ without my addiction to technology.

Hey, we may even find we like talking to our families instead of watching TV. We might________ a bicycle ride or a walk to the park instead of looking at pages and pages of Facebook pictures.

These devices certainly make my life easier, and I definitely wouldn’t _______getting rid of them altogether, but I do believe the lives of today’s teenagers would be obviously _________without our technology dependence.

8 . If the law punished addiction, we would all be in prison because we are addicted to our phones.

We’re hopelessly ______ by them, helplessly devoted to them, Our hands and minds are ______: texting, tweeting, liking, emailing, sharing. We find ourselves ______ stimulated (刺激).

My iphone is the last thing I look at when I go to bed and the first thing I look at when I ______, When it’s not there I feel its ______ like an amputee (被截肢者) still feeling a(n)______ leg. It is my entry to culture and fun. I love it. You love yours.

But the comment on this enormous ______ in our behavior has been completely ______. The central claim is that technology makes us ______ what we already know about life, and it ______ us developing fully independent selves. And the quality of human relationships is said to have ______. Parents are distracted by work emails at the dinner table and in the playground; children cry for ______ until they finally get an iPad for Christmas. Gatherings of old friends can’t do a couple of hours ______ checking their Gmail every 10 minutes. Technology sucks the life out of us, and takes our souls in ______ for the convenience of not having to learn how to read maps properly.

I simply do not ______ the idea that we aren’t folly whole due to our phones, just because we can talk to our friends whenever we want, without any ______ for the limitations that space and ______ used to set on us. This helps us to get ______. It doesn’t set us apart.

____, we will film. We will photograph. We will edit. We will ______, like, love and envy. Finally, in our own strange way, we will control our heavily doctored lives.

9 . Sitting in my favorite restaurant one day I noticed a man come in. He looked ________ and mad with the world, a look I had _______ many times before. I gave him my happy “good morning”_______ but his response was still less than ________. He looked at me, sat down and ________ his head in the menu.

I was not ________ by his response but I wondered if he would ________ and give just a small hello or smile. Over an hour passed and every time he looked my way, he looked meaner (低劣) and meaner. Finally he called the ________ over to ________ his bill. I turned my head away for just a ________ and he was gone quickly.

I looked down at his _______ and there was a beautiful rolled up $ 100 bill on it. I was in shock. I ________ got up to get the cash. In my head Right and Wrong were fighting it out. Before I knew it, I was ________ behind the man to offer this ________ back to him. Out of breath, I said9 “Sir, did you ________ this?” He looked shocked. His face turned ________ and a big lump (块) that could ________ an elephant came in his throat. He looked at the ground and finally said “yes”, and then he slowly said “thank you”.

Without ________ looking at me, he turned around, got in his car and ________ away. I said “thank you” to God for letting me change one person’s ________ towards friendly strangers.

10 . Baby elephant repaying her lifesaver

There’s a saying about elephants that goes, “elephants never forget.” A recent online video holds____ to this saying, as a baby elephant saved a man from drowning.

The five-year-old elephant was named Kham La. The man she “____” is Darrick Thomson, her trainer.

Darrick____to Kham La while he was in a rushing river of Elephant Nature Park, Thailand. Kham La ____to her favorite person and immediately offered her trunk when she got close to Darrick. To further ____ him from the rushing water, Kham La blocked it by putting up her left leg. Darrick ____ her trunk when Kham La attempted to bring him to safety.

____ Darrick wasn’t in danger. He pretended to be ____ to show people the close band he had formed with Kham La. The close band was formed when Darrick saved Kham La from the ____meihods used on baby elephants for tourist attractions.

“Kham La was in a really____ way when she came to us,” explained Darrick, “She had been tied up and ____ to have cruel training known as ‘crushing’ to prepare her for work. We ____ her and helped her to recover. She became really ____ to me. I went in the river to show just how close our ____is. If you show warmth and kindness to them, they’ll ____ you well, too.”

“Crushing” is a ____ method used on baby elephants. They are beaten ____ they obey their trainers.

“She’s now a(n) ____ young elephant. The video shows just how close she is to me and it’s an important lesson to be kind to ____. This really goes to show that an elephant truly never ____!” Darrick added.