1 . It was a warm March evening, and I’d just taken a seat on the bus. A woman took a seat opposite me. Not speaking to anyone________, she tearfully________her story.

A thief had________one of her bags. It had contained half of the money she’d brought. The other half was rolled in a hankie and hidden under her blouse, so she________still had some money.

After a few minutes, an old man in ragged clothes got on the bus. The bus conductor started to collected ________. When he came to the old man’s seat, he became _______ and asked whether he had any money. The old man ________ that he had spent all his money this morning when he’d accidentally got on the wrong bus.

Upon hearing this, the bus conductor and the driver ________ the old man to get off the bus. The old man ________ them to let him take that bus.

The woman was observing the ________. When the bus driver and conductor raised their voices at the old man, she ________.

”Can’t you see he’s only trying to get home?“

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

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

She reached inside her blouse, took out her ________ money. “Here’s his fare and mine.”

On the road of life, the ________ and smiles of strangers can lighten our loads and ________ our spirits. How much sweeter the journey when we make it a little smoother and richer for others!

2 . When I left my job as a psychologist and went on a round-the-world trip, I was hoping to become a different version of myself. But I was soon ______. Away from the familiar life, I felt lonely and miserable despite visiting ______ beautiful places. And somehow, in the quick ______ for the trip, I’d forgotten that the thing you don’t choose to bring, but can’t ______ , is yourself.

However, as the weeks went on, something started to ______. It was during a stay on an island in Thailand, when a woman I’d encountered previously approached me and asked if I was ______ to join them for dinner that evening. I ______. At the meal she told us six women that it was her birthday and, as she was travelling alone, she’d decided to celebrate by ______ a group of women she’d enjoyed meeting during the week. While listening to their stories, I felt genuinely ______ by the honesty of these ______ , and was surprised, too, by the ______ with which I felt able to share things about myself.

At the end of the evening, we ______. Till now, none of us have seen each other again. I don’t remember their names, but I do remember the magic of that ______. For all of us, the anonymity (匿名) was liberating; we had no ______ past or future and, as a consequence, we could talk freely without any ______.

6 . On July 4, 2016, Kelly Burch was celebrating on a friend’s boat. At that time she wasn’t paying attention to the tide. When she ________ into what has been deep water, she hit the sand bottom, broke her neck and started to drown. Three weeks later, she ________ in the intensive care unit (重症监护室).

________, her parents, grandparents, sister and friends all step in to help her. After she left the ________, she went to six weeks of inpatient rehabilitation (康复), where she was getting three hours of therapy a day.

When the inpatient rehabilitation was over, she wanted to join a gym to ________ quality of life. Luckily, she found a gym that was open to ________ people in California. The first day that she rolled in, she saw a bunch of _________ wheelchairs and people like her pushing their ________.She felt hope for the first time.

But that gym cost $100 an hour. She knew that’s completely unattainable to the many people with the disabilities who are on fixed _________. She decided to take action.

Last year, she _________ a gym called Split Second fitness. The goal of it is to provide affordable fitness ________ to disabled people.

Kelly can now transfer herself from her _________ to the floor or her bed. That makes life _________ for her and her caregivers. She has seen _________ results in the clients going to her gym.

Her life isn’t about who she was yesterday. It’s about who she has to be tomorrow. She wants to help her clients ________ that, too.

7 . I’m a painter. At an early age, my daughter Heller began to show her talent for painting, and I was_______ that she would follow in my footsteps.

Starting with her high school, she spent every summer vacation_________in an orphanage (孤儿院) to perform for children — telling jokes. I was proud of her and_________ her kindness. However, I learned with great_______ that she was with some   children who were in poor health. She accompanied these children,_______ them   and   brought them joy. ___________   worried about her physical and mental   ___________, I tried hard to get her to cut down her time there. But she had huge sense of_________ and finished her work every day, no matter how_________ she might be.

One day, she __________   her ideas with me. She said the world was full of   __________ and she wanted to bring more happiness. She intended to be a comedian.

For the moment, her father and I could find ________ to say. Heller ________ again and again to make us understand. She said, “You keep telling me I can be a good painter. Maybe that is right, __________   it doesn’t mean anything to me. But when children________ and feel happy after hearing my jokes, I know it’s true. And I know that bringing joy to people is a job that really ________ me. I have a ________for being a comedian than being a painter.”

Heller will carry on her________   to be a comedian. Though she has chosen a different life from mine, I am________ about her decision. I know she will lead a good life, for she finds the________.

10 . Once President Roosevelt's house was broken into and lots of things were stolen. Hearing this, one of Roosevelt's friends wrote to him and _______ him not to take it to his heart so much. President Roosevelt _______ immediately, saying, "Dear friend, thank you for your letter to _______ me. I'm all right now. I think I should thank God. This is because of the following three reasons: firstly, the thief only stole things from me but did not _______ me at all; secondly, the thief has stolen some of my things _______ all my things; thirdly, most luckily for me, it was the man _______ me who became a thief…"

Being _______ is an important philosophy of life and a great _______ . It is impossible for anyone to be lucky and successful all the time _______ he lives in the world. We should learn how to face failure or ________ bravely and generously and to try to deal with it. If so, should we ________ about our life and become frustrated and disappointed ever since then or should we be grateful for our life, and ________ again by ourselves after a fall? William Thackeray, a famous British writer, said, "Life is a ________ . When you smile in front of it, it will also smile and so will it when you cry to it. "

If you are grateful to life, it will bring you shining sunlight. If you always complain about everything, you may own ________ in the end. When we are successful, we can surely have many reasons for being grateful, ________ we have only one excuse to show ungratefulness if we fail.