1 . Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks (条纹；线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall _________ send shafts (杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a deep breath and the concrete and paint _________ tickle my nose. I _________ everything about this room.

Some of the best times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic (讽刺的), but the _________ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to _________ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost _________ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your acting ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___________.

When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes (消失). All the worries and   _________ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, but it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy (不稳定的) ___________ of being different and alone.

I __________ love to work backstage and on lighting. I __________ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder __________ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of __________ to know that I succeed in an area where few others — and virtually (事实上) no girls — do.

High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it __________. Like others, I’m often insecure (不安的), not __________ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.

2 . I was visiting Costa Rica when I found myself in a bad situation: all my bank cards weren’t _______ abroad, and I only had $5 and a return ticket in two weeks. Back then, there were no cellphones or Internet. It was _______ who came to my rescue to get me home.

I thought the city dangerous and decided to find kind people in the _______. With my remaining coins, I _______ to the bus station and found a countryside that I could _______. Five hours later, I arrived at Santa Rosa. I went knocking door to door, _______ my situation with my very poor Spanish, but everyone pointed me to another _______.

Finally, I _______ a Chinese restaurant. The owner was extremely _______. She heard my story and felt ________ for me. She said her son had a similar ________. At that time, some other people were very kind to him, and she remembered how ________ that made her feel. She invited me in, gave me food, and called the Red Cross to ________ me. I spent my remaining days in Costa Rica with the head of Red Cross.

I realized that being able to receive kindness is a ________ for other people as well. And kindness ________ more kindness in small ripples(波纹).

3 . A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a _______on white paper with the words “For mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded (折叠) her letter, but then she _______it.

For most people, that would be the _______ of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just_______ his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the _______ on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I _______ it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really _______ me.” Carrell thought the letter would _______ someone’s day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, _______ one man.

“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s ________,” said Carrell.

The comments included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t ________ you found my baby’s letter.” Carrell reached Alvarado to ________ the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally met on Thursday night.

“Eventually the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are ________ for what James Carrell did.” We often forget the power of ________ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a ________impression.

4 . Owura Kwadwo Hottish teaches computer science in a school. It is a normal school except for the fact that it didn’t have______

Owura became famous after he posted photos of him on the Internet. In the picture. people could see he was teaching his students by______ an entire computer on the blackboard.The photos showed the______level of education for children in Ghana. People were______ that Owura made sure each button was drawn correctly. He would come to school half an hour ahead of______every day. He drew the computer on the blackboard, but at the end of his class, it was______off to start the next class, so he had to______it the next day! Owura’s efforts______when Microsoft took______of his act. They first took him to an international educators’ meeting in Singapore. He made a______about his teaching methods at the meeting and ______a standing ovation(欢呼) after the speech.

______,Owura got the thing he always wanted for his students—some companies______computers to the school. Not a single child in the school had seen a real computer in their lives. Thanks to their teacher’s______the world took care and treat them with ______

5 . A woman came out of her house and saw three old men sitting in her front yard. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be _________ . Please come in and have something to eat.”

“Is the man of the house home?” they asked. “No,” she replied, “He’s out.” “Then we cannot come in” they replied. In the evening when her _________ came home, she told him _________ had happened. “Go tell them I am home and invite them in!” The woman went out and invited the men in. “We do not go into a _________ together.” they replied “Why is that?” she asked.

One of the old men gave an _________ that their names were Wealth, _________ and Love. Then he added, “Now go in and _________ with your husband which one of us you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband what was said. Her husband was _________ and he suggested inviting Wealth to fill their home with money, talking and laughing. “With riches, we buy new houses, expensive furniture, and colorful clothing. We will look much better in the eyes of both ourselves and our neighbors.” he said. And his wife wanted to invite Health: but their daughter-in-law _________ they should invite Love so that their home would be full of warmth. “With that we will feel much better in our family and our neighborhood as well. That’s of more importance.” she argued, ____________ the husband said to his wife. “Go out and invite Love to be our guest.”

The woman ____________ and asked the three old men, “Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest.”

Love ____________ and started walking toward the house.

The other two also got up and ____________ him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Health: “I only invited Love, why are you coming in?”

The old men replied ____________: “If you had invited Wealth or Health, the other two of us would have stayed out, but since you invited Love. Wherever he goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is____________ Wealth and Health!”

6 . My mother is the sweetest person you would ever want to meet. She was always bright and selfless. She is also someone whose_________is being damaged and whose identity is being lost slowly because of Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默症/老年痴呆症). For me, it is a slow letting go and a_________process. Although she couldn’t_________herself，she at least still knew her immediate family. I knew the day would come when that would change and finally, about two﹣and﹣a﹣half years ago, that day came.

My parents would visit us almost daily and we would have a pleasant time, but one day there was a connection missing. My mother no longer_________me as her daughter. She would tell my father “Oh, they are such nice people.” Telling her I was her daughter made no_________at all. When I would hug her good﹣bye, I would close my eyes and_________that this was my mother from years ago. I would drink in (陶醉于) every familiar (熟悉的) feeling I have known for 36 years﹣her warm comforting body, and the soft, sweet smell that was hers alone. Every day, I prayed (祈祷) for her.

One late summer afternoon, my prayers were_________and I was taken by surprise. My parents were outside in the garden when my mother suddenly jumped up_________she had been hit by lightning. She ran into the kitchen, grabbed me gently from behind and_________me around. With a sparkle (闪光) in her eyes, she__________asked me if it was true, was I her baby? Tears welling up, I said, “yes, it was true”. We hugged and cried and neither of us wanted to let go of this magical moment. I knew it could disappear as quickly as it came. She said she always felt a__________to me and that I was nice, but that it had come to her suddenly that I was her child. We felt__________.I took this reward from God and savored (享受) it, even if it were to last just for that moment. We had a special connection again.

__________my mother’s condition has continued to worsen, she remembers who I am and it has been a year since that__________afternoon. A month ago when we had another visitor, she started stroking my hair and told them__________, “Did you know that she was my baby?”

8 . One morning in early fall, I found a pair of wild geese on our pond. The beautiful sight caught me by ________because we’d never seen geese there before. I ________they would soon be on their way, so I enjoyed the ________to be close to them. I wondered where they came from and why they’d ________our pond.

The next morning, the geese were still our guests, so I watched them at a distance to show them I meant no________. Still, I couldn’t resist getting a closer look. I stopped by some trees near the water’s edge and quietly looked at them through the ________. I was surprised to see that they were ________me.

As the days passed, I continued to see them every day. They craned (伸长) their necks and raise their heads cautiously but seemed to realize I was a friend. Later, my ________about why they were staying at the pond so long changed to concern. It wouldn’t be long before the________winter came and the pond froze over.

One day, as they were feeding in the grass, I discovered the reason for their ________ — the male had a broken left wing. He was unable to fly, and his mate would not leave him behind. I asked a wildlife biologist friend what I should do. He explained that sometimes a broken wing will ________by itself and suggested that I let nature take its course.

On the first day of November, I________ sight of the geese running toward the pond, beating their wings with great effort. Both gradually climbed higher and flew over the pond. Then they turned back toward me, flying no more than 50 feet over my head as if to say goodbye. Then they were ________.

The season’s first snow fell the next day. The birds must have ________ that winter was coming and that it was time to go. I miss them very much now and I’ll never forget their ________ to each other. We can all learn a lesson or two from this pair.

9 . The boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the world. He ________ played with his classmates, and when asked to answer questions, he always ________ his head without a word.

One spring, his father brought home some saplings (树苗). Each of his children would plant a sapling and he promised, “Whoever ________ his sapling best shall get a gift.” The boy certainly wanted to get the gift. But seeing his brothers and sisters watering the trees, he ________ an idea: he hoped the tree he planted would die soon. So after watering it once or twice, he never ________ it.

A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was surprised to find it not only didn’t die, but also grew some fresh ________. Compared with those of his brothers’ and sisters’, his appeared greener. His father kept his ________, bought the little boy one of his favourite gifts and said from the tree he planted, he would surely become an outstanding ________after he grew up.

From then on, the little boy slowly became ________ and confident. One night, he suddenly remembered his biology teacher once said that plants ________ grow at night. Why not go to see his tree?

When he came to the courtyard, he found his father was working near his tree with a ladle(长柄勺). Immediately he ________: his father had been secretly ________ his small tree! He returned to his room, tears in his eyes.

Decades passed. The little boy didn’t become a botanist. ________, he became President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.

________ is the best nourishment(滋养品) of life. ________ it is just a bucket of water, it can make the tree of life grow well!