2 . My father often works very hard. And he has_________to see a film. Here I’ll tell you_________about him.

One afternoon, when he finished his work and_________ go home, he found a film ticket under the_________on his desk. He thought he_________to have not much work to do that day and_________ was quite wonderful to pass the_________at the cinema. So he came back home and_________finished his supper. Then he said_________ to us and left.

But to our__________ , he came back about half an hour later, I__________ him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about__________funny thing that had happened at the cinema.

When my father was sitting in his seat, a__________came to my father’s and said that the seat was__________ . My father was surprised. He took out the ticket__________ looked at it carefully. It was Row17, __________ . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her__________ her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.   __________ ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The__________of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh, __________ , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

4 . While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself went through this _______ process and found something that has changed my _______ at college for the better: I discovered ASL-American Sign Language.

I never felt an urge to _______ any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The _______ language were enough in all my interactions(交往). Little did I know that I would discover my _______ for ASL.

The _______ began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club _______ their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very _______ of communicating without speaking _______ me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experienced in the ________. This newness just left me ________ more.

After that, feeling the need to ________ further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL club’s meetings. I only learned how to ________ the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my ________ progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to ________ those meetings and learn all I could.

The following term, I ________ an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was ________. I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. ________, if there had been any talking, it would have ________ us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the ________ way of communication it opens.

5 . I lifted my wet woollen gloves to my face and wiped the snowflakes from my eyes. I could not feel my nose and my ________ formed a thick fog in the air. The biting wind was making me ________. I was fed up! I didn’t want to be here. I wanted to go home. But Mum and Dad had ________ me to go for a Sunday afternoon walk in the park. I could see my ________ in the snowy path, like a trail of breadcrumbs (一串面包屑) in the forest showing me the way ________.

I stopped and listened to my ________. I could ________ the wind crying like a homeless dog hungry for a delicious ________. The once-green tree ________, which used to wave gently in the breeze, had become bare, and the grass was covered with a ________ blanket of fresh snow. Then I saw a broken spider’s web shining golden beneath a pale sun. My breath was like silky soft ________ floating up into the freezing cold air.

Suddenly there was Mum, ________ handing me a big cup of hot chocolate. Her big smile immediately ________ my heart.

“Here you are, Jo. This will keep you ________,”she said as she placed a comforting arm around my shoulders and ________ her cheek against mine.

I slowly took a mouthful of the hot ________ and felt it slowly dripping down my throat like lava (熔岩) ________ down a mountainside. My wet woollen gloves were now warm, not ________. My breath warmed, and I was ________ fed up or cold. I was happy and ________.

6 . After the earthquake hit northeast Japan on March 11, many moving stories that I saw with my own eyes happened around me.

I had to walk home since all the ________ had stopped after the earthquake. On my way home I ________     an old lady at a bakery shop who was giving out free bread, which made my heart ________ . A man was holding a sign that said, “Please use our ________” He was ________ his house for people to go to the washing room.

My friend wanted to ________ others. He stood in the cold with a sign “If you’re okay with a motorcycle, I will ________ you to your house. ” And then I saw him take one gentleman home, all the way to a far-away place!

Then next day I drove to ________ my car with gas. There is a lack of ________ now and many gas stations are either closed or have very ________ lines. I got ________, since I was behind 15 cars. Finally, when it was my ________, the man smiled and said, “ ________ this situation, we are only giving $ 30 worth gas per person. Is that alright?” “ ________. I’m just glad that we are all able to ________ .” I said. His smile gave me so much comfort.

I saw a man at the evacuation center ________ when people brought food to him. It was the first time in three days that food was brought to their center. However, after he wiped the tears, his next ________ surprised me. “I am very ________ that we are provided with food. But people in the city next to us haven’t ________ any food at all. Please go to that center as well. ” And when hearing that, I realized there is a bright future on the other side of this ________.

7 . I took the bus to work for many years. No one ______ each other. The passengers all sat there ______ in the morning. The bus was cheerless and silent.

One of the _______was a small old man with grey hair. He took the bus to the center for senior citizens every morning. Nobody ever paid much attention to him.

One July morning he said good morning to the driver and ______. The driver nodded guardedly. The rest of us were ______.

The next day, the old man boarded with a big smile again and said in a ______ voice; “And a very good morning to you all!” Some of us ______, amazed, and replied in a low voice “Good morning”. We ______ began to nod and talk to each other.

One morning he was ______ a nice suit and tie. He even had a bunch of ______ in his hand. The driver turned around smilingly and asked; “Have you got yourself a ______, Charlie?” We never got to know if that was his name,______ he nodded his head shyly and said yes. The other passengers clapped at him. Every morning after that Charlie ______ flowers. Some passengers also brought flowers for him. The bus became a ______ place.

Then, one morning, as autumn was closing in, Charlie wasn't ______ at the stop. When we came ______ to the center for senior citizens, one of the passengers asked the driver to wait. He went in to ______ . “Charlie.”

The old gentleman was ______, but one of his close friends had died at the weekend. The next Monday Charlie was at the stop as usual. His ______ had turned greyer, We were silent as he walked onto the bus. No one ______ his friend, but we each handed him a bunch of flowers. We wanted to be there for this man who brought us together that summer.

9 . 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.