The Molai Forest, named after its creator, was once an area    1    (strike) by floods. Teenager Jadav noticed    2     sharp fall in the number of birds and snakes in the nearby forest area and wetland.  

The boy soon turned to his elders and asked, “What if all of us die like these snakes one day?” The grown-ups only laughed. But the boy comforted    3    (he), saying “I will make the planet greener.” 

From then on, Jadav started planting bamboos. He found a small island and planted many young trees. He worked     4    (extreme) hard at this for over three    5    (decade). His work paid off and the land became a    6    (beauty) green forest.  

In 1980, Jadav worked with a team    7     carried out a tree plantation project. And when the project was discontinued after 3 years, he continued    8    (plant) trees.  

Forest is his home now. He regards the recognition and awards he got    9     his wealth. Jadav finds all his    10    (happy) in the forest.

2 . On a trip to California, my family stopped for lunch. As we walked toward the entrance to the restaurant, a man, with a messy beard and dirty hair, jumped up from a bench and opened the door for us. Regardless of his _________, he greeted us in a _________ way.

Once inside, my daughters whispered, “Mom, he smells.” After we ordered our lunch, I explained, telling the kids to look _________ the dirt. We then watched other customers approach the restaurant but many ignored him. Seeing this rudeness truly upset me. The day I became a mother, I had decided to set a good example for my children. Yet sometimes when things didn’t go right, being a good example was _________. When our meal arrived, it suddenly _________ to me that I had left the car-sick pills in the truck. With the windiest trip ahead, the kids needed them, so I excused myself from the meal and went to get them.

Just then, the “doorman” was opening the door for a couple. They rushed past him without even acknowledging his _________. Letting them in first, I said a loud “thank you” to him as I went out.

When I returned, we talked a bit. He said he was not allowed inside _________ he purchased food. I went back and told my family his story. Then I asked our waitress to add one soup and sandwich. The kids looked _________ as we had already eaten, but when I said the order was for the “doorman” they smiled. When it was time to _________ our trip, I noticed the “doorman” enjoying his meal. Upon seeing me, he stood up and thanked me heartily. He then extended his hand for a handshake and I gratefully accepted. I suddenly noticed the tears in his eyes—tears of __________. What happened next drew great astonishment: I gave the “doorman” a hug. He pulled away, with tears breaking down his face.

Back in truck, I fell into deep thought. While we can’t choose many things in life, we can choose when to show gratitude. I said thanks to a man who had simply held open a door for me, and also said thanks for that chance to teach my children by example.

3 . I was blind, but I was ashamed of it if it was known. I refused to use a white stick and hated asking for help. After all, I was a teenager girl, and I couldn’t bear people to look at me and think I was not like them. I must have been a terrible danger on the roads. Coming across me wandering through the traffic, motorists probably would have to step rapidly on their brakes. Apart from that, there were all sorts of disasters that used to occur on the way to and from work.

One evening, I got off the bus about halfway home where I had to change buses, and as usual I ran into something, “I’m awfully sorry,” I said and stepped forward only to run into it again. When it happened a third time, I realized I had been apologizing to a lamppost. This was just one of the stupid things that constantly happened to me. So I carried on and found the bus stop, which was a request stop, where the bus wouldn’t stop unless passengers wanted to get on or off. No one else was there and I had to try to guess if the bus had arrived.

Generally in this situation, because I hated showing I was blind by asking for help, I tried to guess at the sound. Sometimes I would stop a big lorry and stand there feeling stupid as it drew away. In the end, I usually managed to swallow my pride and ask someone at the stop for help.

But on this particular evening no one joined me at the stop. It seemed that everyone had suddenly decided not to travel by bus. Of course I heard plenty of buses pass or I thought I did. But because l had given up stopping them for fear of making a fool of myself, I let them all go by, I stood there alone for half an hour without stopping one. Then I gave up. I decided to walk on to the next stop.

A teacher gave his     1    (pupil) some sunflower seeds to let them learn to look after a plant.One boy in the class,    2     loved sunflower seeds,was very excited.He planted the seed and looked after it    3    great care for many days. 

When the first shoot(嫩芽) finally appeared,the boy,    4     (fill) with impatience,went to see his teacher.The teacher said that he would still have to take care of the plant for quite some time before he was able to collect many seeds from just one sunflower.The boy was    5    (disappoint),but he kept     6    (look) after his sunflower. 

However,he grew     7    (increasing) impatient,and did little else but pester(纠缠) his teacher for wanting to take out the plant.As soon as the boy saw the sunflower’s first seeds,he cut the plant.But the plant was still green,and of course the seeds couldn’t    8    (eat). 

The boy was annoyed.He had put so much effort into     9    sunflower,but in the end he wasted it all for his impatience.And he was even     10    (angry) when he saw how big his classmates’ sunflowers grew.Finally,he decided not to be so impatient any more.

7 . I was on a bus one March evening. The driver didn’t _________to start the bus soon because it was not yet full. A middle-aged woman got on. Tired and sad, she told her story _________, not to anyone in particular. On her way to the station, half of her money was stolen. The other half was hidden under her blouse, so she _________still had some left. A few minutes later, she stopped crying, but still looked _________.

When all the seats were taken, the driver started the engine. The conductor began to collect fares. When she came to an old man in worn-out clothes, he _________ that he had spent all his money when he had accidentally got on a wrong bus and now he was trying to go home. On hearing this, she ordered the old man to _________ the bus. The old man was almost in tears as he_________ her to let him take the bus home. The driver took the conductor’s side and repeated the conductor’s _________.

The woman was watching the incident. When the driver and the conductor raised their voices at the old man, she interfered (干预).

“Stop _________ him! Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?”

“He doesn’t have any money!” the driver __________.

“Well, that’s no reason to throw him off the bus,” she insisted.

Then she reached inside her blouse, took out her__________money, and handed it to the conductor. “Here’s his fare and mine. Just stop giving him a hard time.”

All heads turned to the woman. “It’s only money,” she shrugged.

She rode the rest of the way home __________ a happy smile, with the money she’d lost earlier __________.

On the road of life, the help of strangers can __________ our loads and lift our spirits. How much sweeter the __________ will be when we make it a little smoother for others!

8 . I had the meanest mother in the world. While other kids ate candy for breakfast, I had to have cereal eggs and toast. Others had Cokes and candy for lunch, while I had to eat a sandwich. As you can guess, my supper was different from the other kids. But at least I was not alone in my suffering. My sister and two brothers had the same mean mother as I did.

My mother insisted on knowing where we were at all times. She had to know who our friends were and what we were doing. We had to wear clean clothes every day. Other kids always wore their clothes for days. We felt embarrassed because she made our clothes herself, just to save money.

The worst is yet to come. We had to be in bed by 9: 00 each night and up at 7: 45 the next morning. So while my friends slept, my mother actually had the courage to break the Child Labor Law. She made us work. I believed she lay awake all night thinking up mean things to do to us.

Through the years, our friends’ report cards had beautiful colors on them, black for passing, red for failing. My mother, however, would only be content with the black marks. None of us was allowed the pleasure of being a dropout.

She forced us to grow up into educated and honest adults. Using this as a background, I’m now trying to bring up my three children. I’m filled with pride when my children think I’m mean because now I thank the meanest mother in the world every day.