1 . I often remember those good old days when life was relatively simpler, and people were much more humane (有人情味的) and _________. Recently, to my surprise, I got the   _________ to experience that same _________ that I thought had disappeared from the world.

I was out shopping the other day with my husband, two daughters and one granddaughter. It was very hot, and we were all obviously _________ and hungry. We entered a restaurant, looking for some _________ and comfort.

To our _________, all the tables were occupied and no one seemed in a hurry to get up. We waited, tired, hungry and _________. After quite some time, one table was vacated (腾出), but that could only _________ two of us. My daughter made me sit along with her father, _________ she and my other daughter stood alongside.

My granddaughter sat on my lap as we __________ us, waiting for another table to be vacated soon. At the next table, two young girls were sitting at a table for four and __________ their meal. We decided to __________ to their table, once they __________ their meal.

Since the girls had just got their order, I knew it would be a __________ wait. As we were deciding on what to order, one of the girls got up and __________ their table to us. She said they would move to our table so that my family could sit __________.

We were very __________ of their kind gesture. We thanked them warmly and moved to their table. The girls quickly __________ their plates and glasses and went to sit at our table.

That day I thought to myself there still were some kind, __________ and helpful youngsters in this fast moving non-caring world; and my __________ in humanity was brought back once again.

3 . It is obvious that all of our childhood memories are not accidental. When you are a child, every scent, every sound, every move, every toy, the first day of school, the first kiss, the first step. . . Everything together makes what is the personality of a man. All these are pieces of one whole entity.

I was about 6 years old. My mom's best friend left to another town and asked my mom to stay at her place with me for two days in order to look after her two sons. One was a little older than I was. and the second boy appeared to be super grown-up, for he was already fourteen. I always enjoyed staying at their place.

I remember the second day we were supposed to have the come-back party for my mom's friend at her place. I woke up. Mom went to work and reminded me to be nice and clean by the time she came back. I stayed with Tony, the older of the boys and suddenly somebody called him and though he was not permitted to leave me alone-he left. He said it would not be long. But it took him forever. I realized that I was alone. I could not come out of the house, so I opened the window. I was so desperate. So lonely. So betrayed. At that moment I pulled the curtain so strongly that I fell on the floor. And there I was standing-one little criminal-desperate to escape and knowing that I would be punished for destroying the curtain that was not even ours.

But then something changed. I stopped weeping. I looked around and realized that I was in a safe place, and that mom would come back and kiss me no matter what I had done.

This was a moment of pure happiness, not the happiness of getting a new toy or a dog, or going to the party of your best friend. It was the moment of clarity for me-the first time in my life when I realized that I was happy to have my mom and that I was safe. My eyes saw the world in different shades that moment. And by the way-I was not punished for the curtain. I fell asleep on my mom's knees.

4 . While standing in an airport security line recently, I got to witness first-hand what being the parent of a young adult really means.

A young woman of college age was in the line before me with her____loaded heavily. She was talking to her father who was standing a few feet away. “Dad, I____I'll call as soon as I get to Rome,” she said. He nodded nervously, and like any dad about to send their little girl across the ocean, ____wanted reassurance. “OK,” he said. And rocking backwards and forwards anxiously he continued, “But don't____! And your phone should work as soon as you____,but if it doesn't...”

Before he could finish, she____, “Dad, it will work! And if it doesn't, I'll call you with Laura's phone. I'll be____!”

He____agreeably, and I knew that when he looked at her, he didn't see a____woman about to start a great adventure. He saw a little girl taking her first nervous____on the school bus. It was time to be just as brave with this____as it was when she started school.

“Well, Dad. I'm off!” she____proudly as she loaded her belongings onto the X-ray belt. Then she walked to____them from the other side. And she____looked back at her dad again. However, I did. There he stood with____eyes. “Be brave," he must have been telling himself, as his____bank replaced his grown daughter with his little girl for a few more seconds. Then he____and walked away.

I____that young lady to her gate, and then watched her____a seat and wait for her plane to Rome. What a lucky young woman to have such a____father!

5 . One Minute Means a Lot in One’s Life

During his college years, Rogers spent a summer in an Idaho logging camp (伐木场). When the boss had to leave for a few days, he put Rogers_________.

“ _______if the men refuse to follow my orders?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, an immigrant worker who complained all day, giving the other men a _______time.

“ Fire them,” the boss said. Then, as if  _______Rogers' mind, he added, “ I suppose you think you are going to fire Tony if you ______the chance. I'd feel ______about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most________worker I've ever had. I know he is a troublemaker and that he_______everybody and everything. But he comes first and leaves last. There has not been an _______for eight years on the hill where he works.”

Rogers______the logging camp the next day. He went to Tony and spoke to him. “Tony, do you know I'm in charge here today？” Tony grunted(嘟囔) yes. “ I was going to sack you the first time we tangled(纠缠), ________I want you to know I'm not,” he told Tony, _______what the boss had said.

When Rogers finished, Tony_______the spadeful(铲子) of sand he had held and tears_________down his face.

That day Tony worked harder than ever before.

Twelve years later Rogers met Tony again who was now the _______of one of the largest logging companies in the West. Rogers asked him how he came to California and happened to have_______such great success.

Tony replied, “ Had it not been for the one________you talked to me back in Idaho，I would have killed somebody one day. One minute________my whole life.”

Effective managers know the _______of taking a moment to point out what a worker is doing well. But what a ________a minute of yes can make in any relationship!

6 . I will never forget the days when I met with my classmates. Early in the morning of our first school day, our professor introduced himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn’t know yet. I stood up look around when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned round to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire being.

She said, “Hi handsome. My name is Rose. Can I give you a hug?”

I laughed and enthusiastically responded, “Of course you may!” and she gave me a giant squeeze.

“Why are you in college at such a young, innocent age?” I asked.

She jokingly replied, “I’m here to meet a rich husband, get married, and have a couple of kids…”

“No seriously,” I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge at her age.

“I always dreamed of having a college education and now I’m getting one!” she told me.

After class we shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized（迷住）listening to this “time machine” as she shared her wisdom and experience with me.

At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I’ll never forget what she taught us.

“There is only one secret to staying young. You’ve got to have a dream. When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking round who are dead and don’t even know it! There is a huge difference between growing older and growing up. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. Anybody can grow older. That doesn’t take any talent of ability. The idea is to grow up by always finding opportunity in change. Have no regrets. The elderly usually don’t have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with regrets.”

She concluded her speech by courageously singing The Rose. She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live them out in our daily lives.

7 . Amber has a degree in business management and economics.She put her skills to good use when she spent eleven months in Cambodia (柬埔寨) through World Hope International as a volunteer working with a local micro－finance (小额信贷) company to help the poor get financial services.

Amber's first few weeks in Cambodia was busy and difficult as she tried to learn the language，understand the culture and get used to her new surroundings.Her volunteer service involved working with a local micro－finance company.In addition to writing plans，preparing international marketing materials and building donor (捐赠人) relations，Amber met with company clients.During these visits she learned how the small loans they received transformed their lives.She learned first－hand the benefits of micro－finance，which by providing farmers and small－business owners with affordable working capital (such as money to buy a sewing machine) helped them to earn their way out of poverty (贫穷)．

“It never stopped amazing me when a client would show me a new home that was built because of a loan he received or the way a client's business had improved and thus allowed his children to be sent to school，” Amber said.

Amber recalled that one client called Paul walked her all around his house，pointing to what he had done with each of eight loans he'd received.He explained how every loan had improved his family's quality of life.Amber said he was one of the hardest－working men she had ever met.He had suffered greatly in the Cambodian Civil War and became disabled，but not once did he let it kill his dreams of realizing a better life for his family.His latest purchase，a sound system that he rented out for weddings and other parties doubled his income!

Amber said，“Living and working in Cambodia helped me see the world in new ways and made me aware of the hardship and suffering that many people around the world face every day.Those eleven months were some of the most meaningful months of my life.”

8 . “Who can ever have imagined someone like me would make it this far?” asked Chad Wood last week during his high school graduation speech as the best student. Chad offered _______ to his fellow classmates to never give up---and the words _______ much more to himself. That’s because Chad is deaf, and he told the story of the serious troubles he _______ to graduate first in his class at Harrison High school in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Chad didn’t start to _______ until he was 5, according to his mother, Pam Wood. Although her son was _______a disadvantage, she was determined not to treat him_______. “I’ve expected him to do everything every other kid does, and I saw no _______ why he couldn’t,” she told ABC News. “And if he_______ the first time, we just tried again.”

Chad, 17, worked hard throughout school, _______ no special treatment but sitting at the front of the class and using a special audio system so he could hear the teacher. All his hard work ________. He received full school fare to Vanderbilt University. “Deafness had taught me a lesson to never ________,” he said in the speech. “Not when the experts tell you it cannot be done. Not when you have ________ so far behind that escaping seems the only way ________. Not when achieving your dreams seems an entire ________.”

Li Qiang was transported safely into the year AD 3008 in     1     time capsule. At first, he found his new surroundings were difficult     2     (tolerate) and his head ached for a lack of fresh air. Just as he tried to make the necessary     3     (adjust) to the new situation, Wang Ping, his friend and guide, appeared and handed him a mask. After putting on it, Li Qiang felt better     4     no time. Soon he was back on     5     feet again and following Wang Ping to collect a hovering carriage     6     (drive) by computer. Then they flew it to the future of     7     was still Li Qiang’s hometown. Arriving at a strange-looking house, he     8     (show) into a large, bright dean room,     9     nearly everything would appear just by flashing a switch on a computer screen. After having a brief meal and a hot bath. Li Qiang slid into bed and fell sound     10     (sleep).

10 . Several years ago, I decided to change my job and attended an interview. During the interview, the interviewer covered the ______ questions about my work history, education and goals, Then, he asked, "What event or accomplishment in your life has made you the_______ ?"

I paused for a moment, and told him my proudest moment wasn’t anything I did,______ something my daughter did ten years before. Then I told him the story of Julie’ s____.

Many years earlier, my brother ______from St. Louis, telling me .that my mom wouldn’t receive her benefits several months.______ she would have to   live off her small savings.

At the supper table that evening; I told my husband I was going to send Mom some______. Our conversation was cut short by a phone call. A neighbor_______ Julie to babysit.

At fourteen, Julie was always looking for ways to _____ spending money. The following morning, she______ me an envelope.

When I looked at the_______and saw it was for my mom, I gave her a big hug. I told her how proud I was of her for taking the time to______her grandma. She smiled.

A week later, my brother called again, thanking for the check and telling me how Mom cried when me she got Julie’s _______He told me Julie had ______ her grandma the five dollars she had earned babysitting .In her letter, she told Grandma to_______ it on whatever she needed

I continued. "I know that isn’t really a job_______, but that’ s what made me the proudest in my life."

A week later, I was given the job. My boss told me after hearing about my story, he ______ I was the type of employee he wanted to_______ in his organization.

This time’ I was the recipient (接受者) of Julie’ s gift. Once again, her simple act of ______ given from the heart so many years before had________