A funny thing happened to Arthur when he was on the way to work one day. As he walked along Park Avenue near the First National Bank, he heard the sound of someone trying to start a car. He tried again and again but couldn’t get the car moving. Arthur turned and looked inside at the face of a young man who looked worried.

Arthur stopped and said, “It looks like you’ve got a problem.”

“I’m afraid so. I’m in a big hurry but I can’t start my car.”

“Is there something I can do to help?” Arthur asked. The young man looked at the two suitcases in the back seat and then said, “Thanks. If you’re sure it wouldn’t be too much trouble, you could help me get these suitcases into a taxi.”

“No trouble at all. I’d be glad to help.”

The young man got out and took one of the suitcases from the back seat. After placing it on the ground, he turned to get the other one. Just as Arthur picked up the first suitcase and started walking, he heard the long loud noise of an alarm.

It was from the bank. There had been a robbery (抢劫)!

Park Avenue had been quiet a moment before. Now the air was filled with the sound of the alarm and the shouts of people running from all directions. Cars stopped and the passengers joined the crowd in front of the bank. People asked each other, “What happened?” But everyone had a different answer.

Arthur still carrying the suitcase, turned to look at the bank and walked right into a young woman in front of him.

She looked at the suitcase and then at him. Arthur was surprised. “Why is she looking at me like that?” he thought. “The suitcase! She thinks I’m the bank thief!”

Arthur looked around at the crowd of people. He became frightened, and without another thought, he started to run.

As he was running, Arthur heard the young man shouting behind, “Stop! Stop!” _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

The taxi stopped in front of the police station. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2 . A professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. All students were ______ and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk.______ he was done with handing out the test to all students, he asked them to ______ the test paper and begin.

Students were confused (迷惑) to see that there was just a black ______ in the center of the page. The professor told them, “I want you to ______ about what you see there.” The students were still confused but got started with the test. ______ the end of the class, the professor collected all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. ______of them described about the black dot and tried to explain its position.

Now, professor began to explain, “Here everyone concentrated on the black dot and wrote about it ______ no one wrote about the white paper. The same is ______ our lives. The white paper stands for our whole life and the black dot ______ problems in our life.

Our life is a gift given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate -- our friends around us, the job that provides us with everything we need.______, we just focus on day to day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships, but we ______ see that these problems are very ______ compared to everything we have in our lives.”

We should try to take eyes off our problems and enjoy each moment ______ life gives us. Be happy and ______ your life positively.

4 . The sky began to show red in the early morning as we drove across the Minnesota state line to New York for my new PhD program. The move was good for me professionally, but I worried about my husband and daughters. I also feared that I wouldn’t be able to give my kids the childhood they deserved.

Anne, our first daughter, came into the world when I was a junior majoring in biology in college. It was challenging to balance classes, work schedules, and being a mom. But I got through it, finding moments of joy along the way. On the nights when I was home, I’d read my class notes out loud with my daughter. She’d respond by asking questions, such as “Mom, what are bacteria (细菌)?” It helped us both learn.

After I graduated, I knew that I would need a PhD to land the kind of job I wanted. I arrived in New York feeling more than the usual new-graduate-student anxiety. I also suffered from a more personal fear that I was being selfish—that my decision to invigorate my career was going to have long- term bad impacts on my kids. So, I made a rule to never be visibly upset about my work in front of my children.

Over the past year, though, I’ve started to let go of some of this worry. I’ve realized that we have not only adapted to our new situation, but things are getting better. My husband landed a job that he is happy with. Anne dreams of becoming a biologist. Recently, while driving past the cancer institute I work at, Anne said, “Thinking about people having cancer is so sad, but I feel better knowing that you are researching it to help.”

Pursuing academic career as a young mother is hard, but it’s also rewarding. My kids are learning to look at the world through science, and watching their mom succeed inspires them. I look forward to seeing them follow my footsteps, whatever path they choose.

5 . One day recently, Laurie Fenby was shopping at a garage sale in Rochester New York and as she was leaving, she found a wallet on the ground.

Laurie looked inside and found a Jamaican (牙买加人的) driver’s license, some American cash and some Jamaican cash. She tried all the usual ways to find the man, whose name was George. She couldn’t find him through Google or Facebook and then she asked for suggestions through Next door, a community website. Laurie received a lot of ideas and responses-some of them were not so positive. But one lady advised her to contact a little store that is known to have many Jamaican migrant workers as clients. Laurie called the store and found that yes, indeed, there was someone named George who lost his wallet.

Laurie suggested that the store owner contact George and have him call her. When George contacted her, he was able to identify everything in the wallet and Laurie was able to return it. But it didn’t stop there. Laurie asked George, “What do you and the migrant workers need?” He said they need some warm clothes. Laurie immediately contacted the community and was able to organize a clothing drive. She received lots of coats, jackets, shoes and other supplies. Recently Laurie met George and the other migrant workers in Rochester, and she joined them to pick apples together.

They were so thankful to Laurie and her friends — and none of this community building or friendship would have happened if Laurie had not been so kind.

7 . In 2017, I was diagnosed (诊断) with Type 1 diabetes (糖尿病). And then I was told that I couldn’t drive for a few weeks until my blood sugar levels had________.

Driving was a________very soon after diagnosis for me. I needed to get to the chemist’s shop for my diabetes medicine and get to hospital appointments, but at first couldn’t, for having been told not to drive. I didn’t want to be a________, having to ask for lifts all the time.

I found it really________to be unable to drive, but things settled down after that and seemed to be________for a while. ________, to my surprise, I had severe hypoglycemia (低血糖) last year and wasn’t able to________it myself. I called an ambulance and was taken to________, where I saw doctors and nurses I didn’t know as none of them were connected to the diabetes team who usually cared for me. That’s where my________began. They advised me not to drive on the basis of this disease. They told me to call the Driver and Vehicle Licencing Agency (DVLA) and________what they’d told me to them. This led to my licence being canceled.

I couldn’t________all that had happened. It seemed________. I needed answers and________, so I phoned the Diabetes UK Helpline number I got from their website. They________I was right in thinking that the DVLA shouldn’t have________my licence based on this hypoglycemia, according to the law. With their help, the DVLA sent me a letter admitting making a mistake. I got it back in six weeks.

8 . Ryan Hickman was born in an American family. When he was three years old, Ryan Hickman visited a ______ center in California and found what he wanted to do most. Amazingly, the next day as he greeted his dad, Damion, he made a(n) ______. “I’m going to ______ all the bottles and cans from everyone in the neighborhood. I’ll start a new ______ myself!”

It’s never too ______ to start a business, though there’re no other staff but himself when the company was started. Today, Ryan, aged seven, the world’s ______ garbage man, is the CEO, manager and ______ of Ryan’s recycling company. Though Ryan says he doesn’t remember what made it all start, he remains ______ about what he is doing. When questioned why he did so, he said, “it’s because bottles get to the ocean, and then animals get sick and die.” Ryan’s neighbours have been accustomed to the little boy’s knocking for their recycled goods. More and more ______ ones call to ask for a pickup or even ______ bags of bottles and cans at Hickmans’ door. At school, Ryan’s favorite activity is helping the dust men separate the trash and taking away the recyclable. “My wife and I support him and we told him that whenever he wants to ______, he can,” Damion said. “I want to see him with friends, but the recycling just makes him ______. He has actually ______ five of his friends to join him.”

According to Damion, Ryan has ______ over $11, 000 through recycling bottles and cans. Ryan says he wants to buy a large trash truck to be loaded with enough garbage and become a ______ garbage man.

10 . It was a few years ago, and I took a holiday-season job in a video store. One day, an elderly woman _________my store, along with a young woman who I _________ was her daughter. The daughter showed_________, rolling her eyes, sighing (叹气) and checking her watch every few seconds.

The elderly woman separated from the young one and _________ to search through the DVDS on the nearest shelf. I _________ and asked if I could help her find something. The woman smiled at me a piece of paper. The title was _________. Clearly a person looking for it knew a little about _________, and quality.

Rather than rushing off to _________ the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me_________ I could show her where she could find it. Looking _________, I think I wanted to enjoy her _________ for a moment. Something about her careful movements reminded (使想起) me of my mother, who passed away a few years ago.

As we walked along the back of the store, I _________ its floor plan: old television shows, action movies, cartoons, etc. The woman seemed _________ the unrushed company and casual (随意的) conversation.

We _________ the movie, and I praised her for her choice. She smiled and told me it was one she had _________when she was at her son’s age and that she hoped he would enjoy it as much as she had.

I _________ the old woman to the cashier and then stepped back toward the young woman. “Is that your mom?” I asked. She rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah.” Mind some _________?” I asked. “Sure,” said the daughter.

“Cherish (珍爱) her,” I said. And then I answered her _________ expression by saying, “When she has_________, it’s the little moments that’ll come back to you. _________ like this. I know.”