1 . It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for all appointment(约会)at 9:30. The nurse had him take a _______ in the waiting area,_______ him it would be at least 40 minutes_________someone would be able to see him. I saw him_______his watch and decided, since I was_______busy—my patient didn’t_______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he_______to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his_________. He told me that she had been_________for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be____________if he was a bit late. He replied that she __________ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __________ him for five years now. I was____________, and asked him, “And you__________go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is”. I had to hold back __________ as he left.            

Now I __________ that in marriages, true love is____________of all that is. The happiest people don’t__________have the best of everything, they just__________the best of everything they have. ____________isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

2 . Living one’s life is really like driving on a highway. First, to make good driving, the driver must carefully ______ the condition of his car, just as he cares for his ______for a good life. Second, once he enters into the highway, he must ______ some rules for his own safety. It can also be said that he must obey some ______of society when living as an adult. For example, on the highway, he is required to ______ a continuous speed which can be ______to his continuous activities through his life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too high a speed ______at too slow a speed. If he drives too fast , the ______ will give him a ticket, just as he will be ______ when he breaks the law. If he acts too conservatively (保守地), he will be called an out-of-date person just like a person driving too ______ who interrupts (打扰) the others driving at the proper ______. Third, when he wants to change lanes (车道), he must ______ careful attention to every direction of his car. It is sometimes dangerous to change the way of life ______ he can be sure that he will become better by doing so. He should not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which gives him only ______. Finally, he must______where he is now by recognizing some signs appearing now and then. If he ______ the wrong turning, he must ______to the right path as soon as he can. But he may thus ______ time and energy both on the road and in life.

On the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are ______ hard work. But if he is careful and serious enough,______will provide him much pleasure.

3 . My name is Miranda Gibson. I have been at the top of a tree for five months now. Some people might wonder________on earth I would choose to do that.

I have walked through this forest many times. On December 12, 2011, ________rolled into the forest and the destruction (摧毁) began. I couldn’t________the thought that these forests would be________ forever. So, on December 14, 2011, I packed up my life, ________of my job plans, and climbed 60 meters to the top of this tree. I have been here ever since.

Life in the tree top can be________at times. I have times when I feel frustrated (沮丧的) and wish I could________, to anywhere, just have a ________of scenery for a minute! There are times too, when I feel terribly________.I miss my friends and family.________these times, I find myself loving the________.

Living on the tree has been inspiring. I am willing to________ here for as long as it takes,________I honestly hope it won’t be too________before I can put my feet on the ground below and stand in a forest that will never be________.

4 . When 12, I knew my teen years would be the _______ years of my life. I was a total outsider, bullied (欺凌) at school. I felt _______ alone in my small town. _______ , by doing volunteer work when 14, I turned my _______ into a chance to help others. The opportunity to practice kindness made me feel my life had a greater _______. The more _______ energy shared, the more kindness and appreciation I _______. I realized my purpose in life would be to help people, especially teenagers, feel less alone.

Books were my true friends back then. I was so _______ that the authors wrote those books. The _______ they offered with their books saved my life. My biggest dream was to become an author to write books that would ________ other teenagers as those books helped me.

After ________ terrible experiences at school and at home, I chose to take the positive road in later steps of my journey. I have been a full-time ________ of teen novels since 2007 and am grateful for this amazing opportunity to reach ________ to readers every day.

Kindness saved me ________ I needed help the most. Small acts of kindness can change someone’s life. You never know what someone else is ________. But by practicing daily kindness, you become an architect of positive change.

5 . The park bench was deserted as I sat down beneath an old tree. I was feeling ________ for the world was trying to drag me down. And if that weren’t enough to ruin my day, a young boy out of breath ________me, all tired from play. He stood right before me and said with great ________, “Look what I found!”

In his hand was a flower, and what a________sight, with its petals (花瓣) all worn.________him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I forced a________smile and then turned away. But instead of leaving, he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his ________and declared with overacted (夸张的) surprise, “ It sure smells pretty and it’s ________ , too. That’s why I picked it; here, it’s for you.”

The flower before me was dying or dead. But I knew I________take it, or he might never leave. So I________for the flower, and replied, “Just what I need.” But________ placing the flower in my hand, he held it mid-air without reason or plan. It was then that I ________for the very first time that the boy could not ________.

At that moment I heard my voice trembling; tears shone in the sun ________I thanked him for ________ a very best one. “You’re welcome,” he smiled, and then ran off to play, unaware of the________he’d had on my day.

I sat there and wondered ________he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old tree. Perhaps he’d been blessed with true ________from his heart. Through the eyes of a blind child, I________ could see the problem was not with the world; it was me. And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I________ to see the beauty in life and appreciate every second that’s mine.

6 . My husband, our children and I have had wonderful camping experiences over the past ten years.

Some of our _______ are funny, especially from the early years when our children were little. Once, we _______ along Chalk Creek. I was _______ that our 15-month-old boy would fall into the creek (小溪). I tied a rope around his waist to keep him near to our spot. That lasted about ten minutes. He was _______, and his crying let the whole campground know it. So _______ tying him up, I just kept a close eye on him. It _______ — he didn’t end up in the creek. My three-year-old, however, did.

Another time, we rented a boat in Vallecito Lake. The sky was clear when we _______, but storms move in fast in the mountains, and this one quickly _______ our peaceful morning trip. The _______ picked up and thunder rolled. My husband stopped fishing to ____________ the motor. Nothing. He tried again. No ____________. We were stuck in the middle of the lake with a dead motor. As we all sat there ____________, a fisherman pulled up, threw us a rope and towed (拖) us back. We were ____________.

Now, every year when my husband pulls our camper out of the garage, we are filled with a sense of ____________, wondering what camping fun and ____________ we will experience next.

7 . Most people get rid of their leftover foods, but in Nigerian-born visual artist Haneefah Adam’s kitchen, they’re put to good use.

Adam, 28, is famous for ________ food in creative ways, using it to make portraits and other works of art. She has ________ been artistic. Her mother said she had a ________ for art.

Now, she’s building a career out of changing food into art. “I do ________ portraits and also often sew and paint, but what ________ me the most is food,” she says.

Adam is inspired by ________ things, including life experiences and culture. She ________ everything around her as something that can be made into art.

In 2016, she ________ the TechMeetsArtNG exhibition, which was ________ and funded by Samsung Nigeria and Rele Gallery. The ________ was a culinary exhibition aimed at ________ the artistic presentation of some of Nigeria’s local ________.

Her winning entry was ________ by one of her favorite childhood meals—Ogbono soup which was ________ the dried seeds of mangoes. “Before the competition, my art was mostly random, and I was just ________ food art on social media. But after winning, I started to think about actively making a living from food art,” she says.

Winning the competition kick-started Adam’s career and her full-time job is now creating art for food brands such as Maggi and Dangote Salt. “I want to participate in more exhibitions. I currently live in Kwara, northern Nigeria; it is difficult to make a difference in the country’s art scene from here,” she says.

8 . The sun was shining brightly over our heads and sweat(汗水) was pouring off our backs and faces. We stood still without _______ any noise, all hot and tired. But everyone kept standing as straight as trees.

It was _______ most high schools give to new Senior One students—military(军事的)training. We spent four days in a closed environment._______ we couldn’t go home at night and the training was _______ and difficult, our humorous young drillmaster (教官) with a funny accent was a real _______ of our days. We laughed _______ his jokes, sat in rows singing different songs and listened to him telling true stories about his life. He gave us the feeling that _______ and sweat were not the only things that we received from military training.

After this journey, we were more _______ than we had imagined and we were much braver than we had expected. Girls who looked pale rested for a little while, then _______ came back to the team. Boys who were being punished ________ to the playground at once and began to run. Sweat flowed down our faces ________ we thought about how to shout ________ than other classes.

Military training taught us perseverance (坚持不懈) and determination. On the last day of our training, the confidence could be ________ in our faces. We shouted so loud that our ________ could be heard across the heavens. With eyes like burning torches (火炬), we walked into the future. Now the sun is________at all of us.

9 . My teacher Mr. Bush is the most positive person I’ve ever met. He has the ability to _________positiveness to young students.

He always smiles and never gets _________ at students. Once I met some _________ because I felt overshadowed by my brother, who seemed to be doing great in every way. Hopelessness _________ me whenever I was in a classroom. But that all _________ when I met my teacher for life, Mr. Bush. Having found out about my problems, he just kept _______ me. Because of Mr. Bush, my world was filled with _________ and power.

A few weeks ago, everyone in my class was feeling a bit _________ because of a bad day at school. But things got _________ after a close of Mr. Bush’s class. He drew a picture on the whiteboard that __________ a half-full glass of water. He then said, “Class, the point of view in which you look at things will __________ your feelings. Like this glass of water; some people see it and think ‘What! Only half a glass of water. How __________ I am.’ Whereas other people think ‘Wow, I’m so thirsty. Great! Half a glass of water for me!’ It all depends on the __________ you think.”

Mr. Bush’s __________ way of thinking always makes me feel glad and ________. I will always remember him.

10 . A man was employed to paint a boat. He brought paint and _________ and began to paint the boat as the owner wanted. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the body of the boat and decided to repair it. When he finished painting, he received his _________ and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat visited the painter and_________ him with a cheque (支票), much higher than what he was paid for the painting work. The painter was _________.

“You’ve already paid me for painting the boat, sir!” he said.

“This is not for the paint job. It’s for repairing the _________ in the boat.”

“Ah! But it was such a small service.” the man said. “Certainly it’s not worth paying me such a high amount for something so _________!”

“My dear friend，” the owner said, “You don’t understand. Let me tell you _________ happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I _________ to mention the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took it and __________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a hole there. I was not at home at the time. So when I __________ and noticed they had taken the boat, I was hopeless. Imagine my __________ and joy when I saw them returning safely from fishing.”

“Then, I examined the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You now see what you did? You __________ the life of my children!”

Each of us has a moral duty to offer help, wipe tears, listen carefully and repair all the “hole” we __________ in our life journey, because a small act will make a big __________ in the future.