2 . Last year I ruined my summer vacation by bringing along a modern convenience: the iPad.

Instead of looking at nature, I _______ my e-mail. Instead of reading great novels, I stuck to reading _______newspapers each morning. And that was the problem: I was acting as if I were still in the office. My body was on vacation but my _______ wasn’t.

So this year I made up my mind to try something _______: getting away from the Internet. I knew it wouldn’t be easy, _______ I’m not good at self-control. But I was _______. I started by handing the iPad to my wife. Then, a stroke of luck: The mobile phone _______ at our cabin was worse than in the past. I was _______, forced to carry out my plan. Largely cut off from e-mail and my favourite newspaper websites, I had little way to _______ the world. I had no ________ but to do what I had planned to do all along: read books.

With determination and the strong support of my wife, I succeeded in my vacation struggle against the Internet. I finally ________ that it was me, of course, not the iPad, that was the ________.

I knew I had ________ when we passed a Starbucks and my wife asked if I wanted to stop to use the Wi-Fi. “Don’t need it,” I said. ________, as we return to work, a test begins: Can I survive when I’m back at work? I don’t plan to ________ my iPad completely. But I hope to resist the temptation (抵抗诱惑) to use it every five minutes.

3 . When a new worker at a charity shop found lots of $100 bills inside two old sweaters, she thought that they must be fake(假的).

The shop at Goodwill Industries then realized they were certainly _______ and the cash totaled $42,000.

Andrea Lessing was in the back _______ clothes and looking for rips or stains(裂口或污渍) when she saw the _______, and the first thing she thought of was her _______.

“Her birthday is coming up, so I can actually give her an amazing birthday _______.” she said.

But Lessing said she _______ that what goes around comes around, and couldn’t imagine keeping the money for herself.

She reported the _______ cash, and the shop in Noman. Oklahoma was able to find the _______, thanks to some identifiable documentation(可辨认的文件) that was put together with the money inside the donation.

The owner, who had _______ about the money when he donated the ________, gave Lessing $1000, which made her break down and cry.

Reportedly, it’s not just the ________ cash find in Oklahoma Goodwill history, it ranks(属某等级) among the top ________ for Goodwill internationally — and the reward(奖励) will help Lessing give her daughter an “amazing birthday party”.

“I made the right ________.” Lessing said.

And, her belief that “if you do something good, then something good will ________ you” turned out to be as true as the money she ________.

4 . I was cutting up lettuce (生菜) in the kitchen when I suddenly remembered watching a video about putting the lettuce stub (残余部分) in water to grow a whole new vegetable. So I took out a wide-mouthed mug (大杯) and placed the stub into it, gave it a little water, and placed it by the window.

On a snowy morning, I noticed the first sign. A first small leaf from its heart spread out. A tiny green flag of hope. Beaten, but not defeated. Within days, it was impossible to see the cuts where I had removed the leaves. The growth was explosive. And when I lifted the blossoming head out of the mug, tiny root threads fell down, seeking for the earth. What is growing here? Lettuce or hope?

If I were a lettuce in a similar condition, I’d want to doubtfully assess where I found myself before being devoted to full growth. Yet for this lettuce, my inadequate offering of water and a place by a window was enough for it to decide to reclaim itself again. It grew in a mug of water, in faith. This is the heart of this lettuce: alive, strong and fearless. It deserved a name. I decided to call it Monty.

Monty wanted to grow, as we all do. I think I gave him a little love and freedom. Those two ingredients were all he needed to return to himself. I see joy in this lettuce. The return to self is always an expression of joy, which is life itself. With the right ingredients, this is the tendency of all living things.

Monty still lives in a mug, but I’m going to transplant him outside. He deserves to become his full self. The only problem I see now is my capacity to support Monty. I hope I have enough of a green finger.

I’m surprised to find myself where I am. Maybe Monty is, too. I have the same choice as he does: give in, or start again. The prospect of starting again is discouraging. But my lettuce-friend, Monty, leads the way. I can only hope to be as brave.

5 . Waiting for the airplane to take off, I was happy to get a seat by myself. Just then, an air hostess approached me and asked, “Would you mind _______ your seat? A couple would like to sit together.” The only _________ seat was next to a girl with her arms in casts (石膏绷带), a black-and-blue face, and a sad expression. “No way am I going to sit there,” I thought immediately. But a soft voice spoke, “She needs help.” Finally, I _______ to move to that seat.

The girl was named Kathy. She had been in a car accident and now was on her way for _________. When the snack and juice arrived, it did not take me long to _________that Kathy would not be able to ___________herself. I considered _________to feed her but hesitated, as it seemed too _________to offer a service to a _________. But then I realized that Kathy’s need was more __________than my discomfort. I offered to help her eat, and although she was uncomfortable to accept, she __________as I expected. We became closer and closer in a short period of time. By the end of the five-hour trip, my heart had__________, and the __________ was really better spent than if I had just sat by myself.

I was very glad I had reached beyond my comfort zone to sit next to Kathy and feed her. Love sometimes flows beyond human borders and removes the fears that keep us __________. When we __________to serve another, we grow to live in a larger and more rewarding world.

7 . Both Vijayan and his wife Mohana grew up on the streets of Kochi, India. They married 49 years ago, making a(n) ______ selling tea on the streets. Throughout their lives, they never gave up their dream to ______ the world.

Each day, they ______ the seemingly small amount of $4. 20 for their travel. Sometimes they borrowed from the bank for their trips. After their ______ , they returned to their shop and spent the next three years paying the money back—and ______ for the next trip.

Mohana had always been ______ about the outside world, but never had the chance before marrying Vijayan. Their first journey together was to Egypt, which ______ lots of visitors every year. Once she’d gotten a taste of life outside of India, she was ______. “At first I was ______nervous,” she says, “going abroad was like going into the unknown.”

Traveling has opened up the couple’s minds so much. They’ve been to many natural and man-made ______ all over the world, ______ them in wonder. Vijayan remembered how ______he was as they sat on Eurostar train from London to Paris in 2010．

Vijayan and Mohana aren’t finished with their adventures and their ______ is to see the whole world. “Life is beautiful. We enjoy it!” is Vijayan’s simple motto, which ______ us all that no matter what ______ face us, if there’s a will, there’s always a way.

It was Mother’s Day morning last year. My five-year-old son, Tenyson, and I     1     (leave) the supermarket after shopping when an old woman fell over at the entrance and hit her head on the ground. Her husband was with her, but the woman was     2     (serious) hurt and shaking with pain. At the first sight, my son is full of     3     (curious).

At the front of the supermarket a charity (慈善) group was selling flowers to raise funds. Tedyson suggested that we should buy the lady a flower. “It’s just like we give her     4     hand and it will make     5     (she) feel better.” he said. I was amazed that he’d come up     6     such a sweet idea. So we went to the flower seller to buy a flower for the lady.

By then rescuers had arrived, and were attending the     7     (injure) woman. As we walked up to her, my son became frightened by all the blood and medical equipment, which is beyond description. He said he was so afraid that he had trouble     8     (go) up to her. That was why he asked me for help.

Instead, I gave the flower to the woman’s husband and told him, “My son was very upset for your wife and bought her this flower to cheer her up.” At that moment, the old man was moved add said, “Thank you so much, you have a good son. Happy Mother’s Day to you.”

The man then gave his wife the flower,     9     (tell) her who it was from.     10     badly hurt, the old lady looked up at Tenyson with thanks in her eyes and gave him a little smile.