1 . 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 ________ to help me out. 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 is in the ________ you think.”

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

2 . A US bus driver is being praised for the way she helped a passenger get some needed assistance. In October, bus driver Natalie Barnes started ______ with a passenger named Richard. He told her he had been ______ for a week, since there was a big fire in the place where he had been living and his house was ______.

When he asked if he could ______ along for the night to stay out of the ______,   she agreed. “At some point in our lives, everybody needs ______, ” Barnes said,   “I want to do what I could to help Richard in some way.” At one point during her shift, she took a ______,   at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and ______ to get her passenger something to eat. Richard was _______ “Now I don’t know what to say but to say thank you, ” he said to Barnes and promised to ______ her back somehow.

She ______, saying,   “I want to help you.” But one act of kindness wasn’t ______ for Barnes. During another break,   she turned to a friend for help,   who helped get Richard into temporary ______.

Barnes and Richard became ______ during that six-hour bus ride. Now he has her cellphone number, and they keep in _______

Helping others comes second nature for Barnes, who has received lots of praise for ______ service since she worked in the MCTS two years ago. She ______ takes peanut butter and jelly sandwiches on the bus to share with people in ______.

In fact, Barnes did what we all need to do to ______ homelessness: to look out for each other, to ______ each other and to work together.

4 . When Beverley Burdeyney turned seventy four last year, she started having problems with her ________ , notably dryness and discomfort.

“I was simply ________ a terrible experience, ” Ms. Burdeyney said at her home in Toronto. “I felt so helpless and insecure because the quality of my life was affected. ”

Ms. Burdeyney talked to some friends who had ________ problems and discovered that they were largely suffering in ________. “ Nobody chooses to talk about it because it seems so insignificant she said. ” But more and more are suffering and lives are being ________.

Eventually, Ms. Burdeyney learned about plans for an eye research, ________ at Tel Aviv University in Israel. The research team included Canadian doctor Allan Slomovic, who has done__________ work on eye care using stem cells. Seeing a ray of hope, Ms. Burdeyney began raising _________ for the project with a friend, Toronto businessman Meyer Zeifman. __________ she has raised $ 110, 000 with another $40, 000 expected.

“I’m trying to get more and more people to __________ that there are solutions(解决办法)said Ms. Burdeyney, a trained nurse who is still working as a personal trainer after _________ . ”I say there is no old age , there’s only neglect. Don’t stand __________ , do something about it. “

Ms. Burdeyney ________ that she is hoping to do more for the research project. ”I just want to bring __________ into people eyes and this is just the _________. There is still a long way to go.“

5 . Once a psychology professor walked around on a stage while teaching stress management principles to an auditorium filled with students. As she ______ a glass of water, everyone expected they'd be asked the typical "glass half empty or glass half full" question. ______，with a smile on her face, the professor asked, “How heavy is this glass of water I'm holding?”

Students shouted out answers ranging from eight ounces to a couple pounds.

She replied, “From my perspective, the ______ weight of this glass doesn't matter. It all depends on how long I ______ it. If I hold it for a minute or two, it's fairly light. If I hold it for an hour straight, its weight might make my ______ ache a little. If I hold it for a day straight, my arm will likely cramp up(痉挛) and feel completely______ and paralyzed, forcing me to ______the glass to the floor. In each case, the weight of the glass doesn't change, but the longer I hold it, the ______ it feels to me.”

As the class ______ their heads in agreement, she continued, "Your ______ and worries in life are very much like this glass of water. Think about them for a while and ______ happens. Think about them a bit longer and you begin to ache a little. Think about them all day long, and you will feel completely paralyzed -______ of doing anything else until you put them down."

It's important to remember to ______ your stresses and worries. No matter what happens during the day, as early in the evening as you can, put all your ______ down. Don't carry them through the night and into the next day with you. If you still ______ the weight of yesterday's stress, it's a strong sign that it's time to put the glass down.

7 . After I turned 80, my daughter asked to see my driving licence. When I  ________ it to her, she cut it into pieces. At first I didn’t  ________ why and I was a little bit________. She said so many of my  ________ ended driving the day after they killed people or they made people injured when they were driving on the crowded ________ . She thought that I should stop ________ the day before that happened to me.

She then took me to our yard and ________ me a beautiful red adult tricycle(三轮自行车). After that, she gave me an IC card to take a  ________  if I wanted to go out.

It took a bit of time to   ________  this change and I gradually understood it was for my ________. One neighbor had once driven into a farm and   ________  the back door of it. Another friend of my age had driven into a store, ________  a lot of goods and injuring himself seriously. So he was forbidden to drive after he came back from the  ________.

At first it did not seem to be a nice thing, but now I realize that it is really good for me. I am healthier, stronger and have had many  ________ with my tricycle. What’s more, I found that the city buses are easy and very  ________ to take. For only 50 cents a ride, I can   ________ many places of interest in the city.

Now I don’t need to buy gas and insurance for my car ________. So many people have known me now, and I can ________ come home as late as 11 pm on the bus without feeling ________. I can also ride my tricycle to the beach without worrying about parking. What’s more, I’m doing something good to ________ the environment.

8 . For years, I followed the materialistic standards around me. I thought that without the purses, shoes, and all the other “_________” things, I would not be as pretty, smart, or important as others of my age.

As a freshman (新生) of my high school, I thought top social status could be gained by doing everything to fit in. So I became a(n) _________ and bought fake (伪造的) designer purses. I felt popular and important, and I loved it.

But, my parents couldn’t understand my strong _________ to be someone just to impress others. They tried endlessly to convince me that I was hurting myself, but I wouldn’t listen. I felt _________with this way of my life until one day I looked at myself in the mirror and saw someone with makeup and the product­filled hair wasn’t me. That person was _________.

So I quit cheerleading and _________swimming again, something I had loved for eight years before high school. I also attended my school’s top vocal (声乐) performance group, and _________ myself whole­heartedly to community service.

I wrote articles in my school newspaper that questioned the materialistic _________of many students at my school. I started _________my limits academically, which I previously considered less important than improving my social status.

I found a new group of friends who ____________me, unlike my old friends. I found I no longer needed to impress others materialistically. Starting over was ____________. My classmates looked at me as if they didn’t know me.

I am to ____________ the materialistic culture. I am confident, talented, and optimistic. I know who I am. I’m motivated to explore even more of my ____________as a student and a member of my community.

I took one of the worst ____________ in my life but I turned it around and ____________ something beautiful－a life that fits me, with meaning and happiness.

9 . Once I took a taxi to a hotel in Palm Springs to give a speech. The _______appeared to be in his 60s and I remember thinking how_______ he was to keep doing this boring job.

_______it turned out that he was the retired CFO of a major Chicago-based company. He took a part-time job as a taxi driver, so he could_______ new people and stay in touch with the world. He even_______giving some good advice to me, a financially inexperienced _______.

I believe every person deserves_______, and that I can always_______ something new from everyone else. Now I make a point of listening to people about their _______. From taxi drivers to cleaning women, each person gives me a chance to indirectly visit a place or do a thing I might never __________myself. I find that most people are __________if I show an interest in, and respect for what they say.

Respect doesn’t mean we have to__________but that we disagree in a polite manner. My work is in high-speed electronic communications, where misunderstandings are common and can lead to __________ disagreements.

Some people think the Internet __________ us. I don’t agree. The Internet is __________a tool for people to communicate. When an online discussion becomes serious, many of us choose to communicate__________, which can ease an increasingly worse__________. Reading words often invites the worst explanation. __________this is the key to the Internet world.

Whether it's on the Internet or in person, when I meet new people, __________ I’m open, curious and polite, I can learn __________ things. I believe it’s important to treat every person with respect.

10 . I still remember the day when I was driving to the supermarket I own. When I came out, I found a boy ______ my car with a brush. I went over and patted him ______ the shoulder, which surprised him very much. In no time he began to ______ at me. So I was sure he ______ some money. From the shoes he was wearing I could hardly imagine how ______ he was. So I offered him a $100 bill. To my great surprise, he ______ to take it. When I was wondering what he was doing, he said, ”I was waiting here for 4 hours, waiting for you. Your ______ is so beautiful and I like it, but I don’t need that. “I knew he was mentioning the ______.

As he had refused the money, I offered to drive him around the town. The boy became so ______ that he got into the car at once, “Would you please drive me   ______? It is only about 3 miles.” What the boy wanted to do was to show off to his friends and his family. ______ I stopped, he jumped out and ran into an old building, telling me to wait there for some time. Very soon he came out, saying to a little girl on his back, “Look at this beautiful car. I will buy you ______ someday.”

I noticed his sister had a pale face. ______, her legs were too thin, and she was unable to ______.

After that day I went to his home several times. And I got to know more about him and his ______. Poor as they were, the boy ______ refused my money, and said, “I can ______ money by myself, thank you.”

Soon I ______ my manager of the supermarket that a boy would go to ______ here the next day.

No matter how poor we are, we will ______ give in to ourselves.