1 . It was a few years ago. A friend_________me a restaurant gift card for Christmas and I picked a sunny Sunday afternoon to use it. It felt good taking my two grown sons and daughter to a nice_________instead of the fast food places we usually ate at. The meal was delicious and we all had a good time just being together. When the waitress brought the_________, I noticed that the gift card_________almost all of it. I_________my wallet to get enough cash to afford the rest.

At that moment my_________flashed back to 30 years ago. I was working as a(n)_________in a restaurant much like the one we were in. It was long hours of hard work for low incomes. I went home just barely making enough to_________my young family. I also remembered how more than once I saw the waitresses counting their few tips while worrying about how they were going to pay the house rent and_________their kids the things they needed.

I blinked(眨眼) and back to the__________again, with my fingers touching the smaller bill in my wallet. I smiled, pushed it back down, and__________out the much larger bill. As we all got up from the table I handed the larger bill to the hard-working waitress. “You keep the__________, ” I said with a__________smile and a happy heart.

We are all one family in this world. We live together, rejoice (欣赏) together, and suffer together. Do your best to be a__________person. Do your best to__________the suffering with joy.

3 . John graduated from a key university and he was very good at his major. He wished to find a good job. One day, he went to a company to ______ for a job. He got the news in a newspaper. He did some research on this company. When he was ______, everything went well. The manager asked him some questions and he answered them ______. John was very satisfied with his performances and was very ______ that he could get the job. But at that moment, the manager’s phone ______. He picked up the phone, listened and nodded. And then he turned around and said to John, “Sorry, I want to get some important ______ now. Please give me the book with the red ______ on that desk.” John looked around and found 3 books on the desk, so John went to the desk, took one book and handed it to him ______. Holding the book, the manager ______ the phone and said, “Sorry, we cannot give the job to you.” John was ______ and wondered why. The manager said, “There are three ______. First, when you came into the office room, I found that the third button on your shirt had been missing. Second, there are three books with red covers on that desk, but you didn’t ask me which one I needed and you took one randomly（随机地）. Third, I was answering the call. You should ______ to the desk to save time. These ______ showed you are not a careful person.”______, John didn’t get the job.

We can learn a(n) ______ from John’s experience. Some people don’t ______ the details in our life. But it is the details that ______. Not only should we value what we learn but also we should pay more attention to the details. Sometimes they can even ______ our success or failure. We should form the habit of being careful and learn to keep the ______ of quantity and quality. We should keep it in mind that ______ comes first, without which quantity is of no significance.

4 . When Robbie Campbell set out to marry Stephanie Agnew in Australia, he decided to make the day as perfect as possible. To do that, he _________ the eyes of all his wedding guests so they could _________ their wedding in exactly the same way as his bride (新娘), Stephanie, who went _________ shortly before meeting Robbie. James Baker _________ the most precious moments of the day, and the photos are impressive.

Robbie made an announcement to the guests, saying :“When we lose one of our _________, the others heighten. This allows us to experience something as beautiful as these vows(誓言) in a totally _________ way. Today, we get to experience it from Stephanie’s point of view.”

Although the _________ was certainly unusual for those present, it actually _________ a lot to Robbie as well as Stephanie’s mother, who, like her daughter, went blind from an eye disease. “ I couldn’t _______ my emotions as she walked down the aisle(走上红毯),” Robbie said. “She looked like a true princess in the dress. __________, the blindfolds(眼罩) were received well by the guests. They all __________ the chance to experience that moment in the same way Stephanie and her mum were experiencing it.”

For Stephanie, who has __________ seen her husband, the moment was one she’ll never forget. “What I know is his __________,” Stephanie said. “He is 6 foot 4 inches and I am 5 foot 4 inches, so he is a lot taller than me. And I know he has broad shoulders, but other than that I have to rely on description. Everyone has __________ but it’s important to dig deep within you and understand that life can be hard but there are always ways to __________.

7 . One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to _________ it. When he finished painting, he received his _________and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and offered him a nice check (支票), much _________than the payment for painting. The painter was _________. “You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” he said.

“But this is not for the paint _________. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”

“But it was such a(n) _________ service. Certainly it’s not worth _________ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”

“ My dear friend, you do not _________. Now let me tell you what happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I __________ to mention about the hole, When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and __________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a __________ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate (绝望的) because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief (宽慰) and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I __________ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You __________my children! I do not have enough money to pay your ‘small’ good deed.”

So, no matter who, when or how, just __________   repair all the “leak” you find.

9 . A man landed on a deserted island after a shipwreck (船只失事). Every day he prayed, ________ someone could pass and save him, but to his ________, no one ever came.

Months went by and this man learned to ________ food and firewood from the island and stored them in a hut (小屋) which ________ him on the deserted island. One day when he returned to his hut after hunting for food, ________, he saw his hut was on fire, along with almost everything he had! The only thing ________ was the clothes on his back. The man grew so ________ that he fell on his hands and knees crying heavily when he happened to look up and ________ a ship coming in his direction. The man was ________. As they were heading back to civilization, the man asked the captain, “How were you able to ________ me? ” The captain ________, “We were voyaging across the ocean ________ a cloud of smoke going up ________ our attention. We decided to go to check it out and that’s why we found you! ” 

In life we will always be ________ with challenges, problems and disasters. Always keep in mind that a disaster can sometimes be good ________.

10 . It was a cold winter afternoon. Robert stopped for a moment as he crossed the bridge and looked down at the river below. There were hardly any________on the river. Near the bridge, however, almost direct below. there was a small canoe(独木舟), with a boy in it The boy was wearing________and shivering(颤抖) with cold, Robert noticed.

Just then he heard a cry, “Help! Help!” The cry________from the river. Robert looked down. The boy was________the water and his canoe was floating away. “Help! Help!” he called again.

Robert was a good________. Taking off his clothes, he jumped into the river. The cold water made him tremble(颤抖) all over,________in a few seconds he reached the boy. “Don’t be afraid,” he said and started to swim towards the river bank,________the boy with him. But at that________he noticed a large motor boat under the bridge. There were several people on the boat, all________in his direction. Robert________to swim towards the boat.

“Give me a hand,” he shouted________he got near the boat. He looked up into a row of faces. “It’s funny,” he thought.” They look so________.” Silently they helped the boy into the boat and wrapped him in a blanket(毯子). But they did not move to________Robert

“Aren’t you going to pull me________, too?”

“You!” said one of the men. Robert noticed that he was standing next to a large________.” You Why, we were making a film and you spoiled(破坏) a whole afternoon’s work You can stay in the water!”