1 . 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 bole. 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.

2 . There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校)______being sent away, this boy was the______student in his class. He was at the top in every______always with high marks.

But the boy changed after______home and attending the boarding school. His grades started ______ He hated being in a______. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he______committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt______and no one loved him.

His parents started______about the boy. But they even did not know what was______with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and______him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and_______After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most______person for me. I want to see you_______ I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words______the boy's eyes to be filled with tears. He______his dad. They didn't say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had______he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He______the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him______!

3 . Six years into my teaching career, I was in a middle school. I taught a _______ of students two years in a row, _______ both English and Social Studies. Though I didn’t teach them the following year, I heard _______ about this group; I heard they were not prepared to _______assignments and to cooperate. At the end of this group’s graduating year, my headteacher asked me to _______ a summer course for a small group of these rising ninth graders, who had received _______ grades in their English and Social Studies classes.

I developed a _______ called “African Knowledge and Action for Sustainable Development”. Students were required to analyze ten African-American literary works,_______seven intellectually (智力上) stimulating nature field trips, _______ hands-on science experiments, ________ a fifteen-page research paper and defend their paper to a distinguished panel.

We ________ on weekdays and weekends, walking throughout neighborhoods, conducting experiments outside,   ________ public transportation and walking miles on some days. When students became ________, I called them, sent encouraging texts and went to their ________ to pick them up. Despite those who believed I was ________ for having such high expectations for these students, in just six weeks my summer school students ________ these lofty (极高的) goals!

That summer we ________ ourselves, and applied our knowledge to real-life problems. More ________, that summer I ________ those rising ninth graders that they were not those failing grades and they were ________ of doing everything they desired.

4 . One sunny afternoon, a seven-year-old girl went for a walk. She crossed a large area of grassland into the woods _______ she realized that she was lost.

Sitting on a rock and _______ what to do, she began crying. After a while, she _______ to walk along a wide path lined with tall trees and thick bushes. _______ it was getting dark, she saw a small, dark wooden house. She opened the door and _______ stepped in. Suddenly, she heard a strange noise, and she ran out of the door and back to the _______. Cold and tired, she fell asleep near a _______.

The girl’s parents were out and her dog, Laddy, was at home. Laddy _______ that his mistress (女主人) was in danger. He jumped _______ a window, breaking the glass. He looked in the fields, but he couldn’t find his mistress anywhere. However, from the ground came a ________ scent (气体) as he lowered his head. He ________ the scent and walked across the grassland. Barking ________ into the air, the dog ________ through the woods until he found the ________. But the girl was not there, so he headed back to the woods. Much to his ________, he saw his mistress’ blue shirt in the distance. He ________ over some bushes and saw the little stream, where the girl was ________.

When she opened her eyes and ________ her dog standing beside her, the girl said, “you ________ me, Laddy, ” and she kissed him several times. Seeing their daughter and dog coming back, the parents burst into tears of ________. That night Laddy had a hero’s supper: a huge meal of steak.

5 . Knitting (编织) is well known for its healing benefits. For Clare Young, the pastime has helped ______her broken heart after her husband Ken died of cancer.

Mrs. Young was diagnosed with a mental disorder and ______ after her husband’s death in 2015. They met online 15 years ago. He was ______ with cancer in 2013. Then they wedded in 2014 and she ______ work to care for her husband. She was advised to take up knitting as a way to ______ the stress.

She created Work of Heart Garden in______ of her husband to help manage her sorrow and the ______ health symptoms. Her piece ______ a bed in a hospice (临终安养院) garden, with knitted grass, flower pots and walls. Her knitted creation and her ______ fundraising for Sue Ryder Leckhampton Court hospice, which helped care for Ken, ______ Clare enter the Creative Fundraiser of the Year. In the awards ceremony，Clare was ______ Creative Fundraiser of the Year.

Following her win, Clare said, “I started knitting at home to manage the ______ and mental health symptoms. Never in my wildest ______ did I think creating a knitted garden would lead me to receiving 50,000 knitted hearts across the world and picking up this ______. I would like to ______ this award to them. This award is for every person who has knitted, donated and ______. It was a huge honor to those who are making a ______ to the world. Creating Work of Heart Garden has been a ( an) ______ experience. Not only have I achieved my aim of raising ______ of the work of the hospice, but I have encouraged more people to talk more ______ about hospice care, loss and grief.”

7 . The first day at school has left a deep _________ on me. I’ll never forget it.

As soon as I rushed into the classroom, the bell rang. A young beautiful woman came in, but she was _________, no smile on her face. “You are not permitted to _________ me in the course of class unless….” She was speaking when I heard a _________ “Lily, Lily” from outside the door. My grandmother was standing there with a pair of socks in her hand. I didn’t realize I was bare feet _________ then. I wanted to _________ them, but I dared not do that. I shook my hand, _________ “Don’t wait here any longer. Leave quickly.” As I did so, I still _________ my eyes on my teacher. I really didn’t want her to take _________ of me, but she did. She went out to get the socks. When she gave them to me, she looked at me for a while. My face suddenly turned __________ and my heart __________ faster. I began to put the socks on. Unfortunately I was so nervous that my __________ hands couldn’t get them onto my feet easily. Just then I heard my name called.I __________ from my seat quickly. “Can you __________ the numbers from one to one hundred?” the teacher asked. I nodded. __________ her surprise, I did very well. Finally she said, “Good job! Be __________, please.” I looked __________ at her to find a smile on her face. I felt__________ at last.

The first day at school has stayed in my __________ as something embarrassing but __________.

8 . The 70-year-old man was pushing a cart (手推车) around a Chicago neighborhood. But now, thanks to some ________ customers and the kindness that spread widely, he may finally have the opportunity to enjoy ________.

Rosario Del Real had been working as a carpenter (木匠) from home. ________ an injury forced him to take a break from his ________. He started to sell paletas (冰棍) to neighbors.

Rosario ________ his traditional suit and cowboy hat whenever he sells his ________ treats.

It may have been a ________ for dads across America, but for Rosario, it was “another day at work”, ________ his paleta cart around the neighborhood. Since Oscar Gonzalez and his friend Victor Dominguez were ________ a Father’s Day barbecue party for their families, they ________the paleta salesman to join them.

They formed friendships with each other quickly, and ________, they decided to buy all of the paletas in Rosario’s cart so that he could go home and rest.

One of their friends ________ a video of the heartwarming sale and ________ it on the social sharing app TikTok. The video drew attention from the ________, and then the family set up a fundraiser to help Rosario retire.

The original goal was to ________ $10,000 for their new friend, but ________ people from all over the world ended up ________ more than $62,000. ________ learning that his new friend had ________ a huge sum of money for his retirement, Rosario said he was moved to tears by their kindness — although he was ________ to have the opportunity to work.

10 . Mrs. Jones was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like a woman half her age. She loved driving very fast, and was proud of the fact ________ she had never been punished ________ a driving offence (犯规,犯法) in her thirty-five years of driving.

Then one day she nearly________ her record. A police car ________ her, and the policemen in it saw her ________ a red light without stopping. Of course, she was stopped. It seemed ________ that she would be punished. ________ Mrs. Jones came up to the judge, he looked at her seriously and said that she was________ old to drive a car, and that the ________ why she had not stopped at the red________ was most probably that her eyes had become weak ________ old age, so that she had simply not seen it.

When the judge finished what he was ________, Mrs. Jones opened the big handbag she was ________ and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she ________ a needle (针) with a very small eye, and threaded it at her first attempt.

When she had ________ done this, she took the thread (线) out of the needle again and handed ________ the needle and the thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your ________. I suppose you drive a car, and that you are quite sure about your own eyesight.”

The judge took the ________ and tried to thread it. After half a dozen tries, he still didn’t ________. The case (案例) against Mrs. Jones was dismissed(解除), and her record________ unbroken.