1 . Holly Morrell will never forget the phone call that changed her life. Her father ________ to say that a 16-year-old boy had died of a heart ________ on the field at the local high school. He said, “We have to do something.” She ________.

Although neither Holly nor her dad knew the boy, they were both too ________ with cardiac arrest(心脏骤停), a condition that kills about 325, 000 Americans each year. Holly says, “Screenings(筛查) ________ lives.”

Within weeks of her dad’s call, Holly organized her first cardiac-screening event at the ________ boy’s high school. In 2007, she ________, Heartfelt, a non-profit organization that provides free or low-cost cardiac screenings for adults and children. “My goal is to make screenings ________ to as many people as possible,” says Holly.

Experts say that early detection is ________ to preventing sudden cardiac arrest, which often occurs to seemingly healthy people with no ________ of heart disease. “We’re always looking for ways to ________ sudden cardiac death, and Holly’s program is one of those ways,” says Dr Tony Mccanta, a cardiologist. “What Holly’s doing is ________.” For Holly who had a cardiac defibrillator(除颤器) implanted to help ________ her heartbeat and has tolerated seven heart-related ________, it was all she wanted to do. “I believe that my own ________ was saved so could keep doing this work.”

4 . One man was to meet his wife downtown and spend some time shopping with her. He waited _________ for 15 minutes. Then he waited impatiently for 15 minutes more. After that, he became_________ . When he saw a photograph booth (照相亭) nearby, he had _________. He wore the most unhappy expression he could manage, which was not difficult in the situation. In a few moments, he was holding four small prints that shocked even him.

He wrote his wife’s name on the back of the photos and handed them to a _________behind the desk in the booth. “ _________ you see a small, dark lady with brown eyes and an apologetic expression, obviously looking for someone, would you please give her this?” he said. He then _________ his office in Morrison Building, satisfied that if a picture is worth a thousand words, then the four photos must be a good _________ ! He sat down with a smile.

His wife _________ those pictures. She carries them in her purse now and shows them to anyone who asks if she is married …

How are you with patience? One person calls it “wait training.” It seems that there is always something we are _________. We wait on traffic and we wait in lines. We wait to hear about a new job. We wait to complete school. We wait for someone to change his or her mind.

Patience is an important __________ of a happy and rewarding life. __________ some things are worth waiting for. __________presents many opportunities for wait training.

We can hate waiting, __________ it or even get good at it! But one thing is __________--- we cannot avoid it. How is your __________ coming along?

7 . Years ago, my grandmother was in a nursing home. She was a retired university professor, which brought her an ocean of _______ she had taught before.

In sharp _______ with my grandmother, almost no one came to see the old man next door. He was _______ most of the time.

Once I_______ him, “How are you doing recently?” He gave me a look, saying nothing. Thinking he was _______ of hearing, I raised my voice and asked again. He just shook his head slightly. After a long while, finding I was _______ there, he just said, “Fine.” Then he looked away. I had to shut up, feeling rather _______.

Later, I learned that the old man had got quite a few companies from his family. Since he was not a good _______, he annoyed many people and even made his family and friends _______. And ________, his companies all failed.

So what is the most important ________ a person can have? Perhaps you think making money is the answer. No! But the ability to ________ your thoughts is. It’s extremely important for a person to learn to put what he thinks into ________. It makes a relationship ________ and a career flourish (繁荣). I’m afraid this is something many of us ________. Just think: How many of us have ever hurt those who love us just because we are not good at speaking? So, more often than not, it is not what we think but how we speak that determines how far we can go in life.

8 . When the 28-year-old farmer Ureta met 17-year-old Graciela in his hometown Pampa, they fell in love. Two years later, they ____ and settled down (定居)on the farm where Ureta had been brought up.

Graciela had many big ____ for the farm in her mind. One day when she was on a ____over Pampa, Graciela suddenly ____that another farm looked like a milking pail (桶). Graciela thought her family could create something even more ____on their own farm-a huge forest ____ like her favorite musical instrument-the guitar.

But Ureta didn't take his wife's ____seriously, saying, "We'll talk about it later. "   Later ____ came. In 1977, Graciela died suddenly of brain cancer at the _____ age of 25 while carrying their fifth child. After his wife's death, Mr. Ureta _____ not satisfying her wish. A few years later, Ureta decided that the best way to honor his wife would be to ____ the big work of art.

After the local government ____ to help with the project, Ureta and his children took it on their own. One by one, they ____ about 7,000 trees into the "shape of a guitar". It took a few seasons for the trees to take roots(生根),but Ureta's ____ paid off.

Watching the forest grow over the years gave Graciela's children______ "It was the closest thing possible to having my mother alive," Maria Julia, Ureta's second daughter, said.