2 . Many years ago, when we first went to America, we were driving through Montana to Colorado with our two children, then aged 8 and 11. As it was getting _________ we started looking for a hotel, only to find out that it was _________ time in that part of the country, and all the hotels were _________.

Finally, around 9 o’clock in the evening, we _________ at a gas station to fill up the car. My husband asked for a _________ book and told the woman at the counter that we were trying to find a hotel. She told us it would be impossible. He tried for 15 more minutes. When he was _________, the woman, Linda, said she and her family _________ nearby and would be happy if we spent the night at her home.

My husband was _________ at her offer of generosity (慷慨). She called her son to direct us, since she had to _________ at the gas station till midnight.

When we reached their home, her husband __________ us. He invited us to have coffee and chat while we __________ his wife. She came past 12 am. We asked if we could slip away in the morning so as not to __________ them. They said we were now __________ and we would have to have breakfast with them.

Next morning, when we were __________, my husband asked if he could offer some __________. They would not hear of it and insisted we were their guests. We would never forget their kindness.

3 . There was a time when I thought my dad didn’t know a thing about being a good father. I couldn’t _________ him ever saying the words “I _________ you.” It seems to me his only purpose in life was to say “No” to anywhere I wanted to go and anything I wanted to do, including getting a car. Some parents bought their kids cars when they got their driver’s licenses. Not my dad—he said that I’d have to get a job and buy my own.

So that is what I did. I got a job at a very nice restaurant and _________ every penny I could and when I had enough to buy my car, I did! The day I brought that car home, my dad was the first one I wanted to show it off to. “Look, dad, a car of my own. If you ever want a ride, I’ll only _________ you five dollars.” I offered with a smile. “I see,” was all he said.

One day, there was something wrong with my father’s truck. So he needed a _________ to work. The sun wasn’t even up when we left the house, _________ it was already getting warm out. It was going to be a (n) _________ day. As I dropped my dad off, I watched him, dressed in his work clothes, getting his _________ from the truck(车尾箱)of my car. Watching his sun weathered face, and even from a distance I could tell there were _________ lines than I ever remembered being there before. I realized how hard my dad works for the family. My father is a cement finisher(水泥修整工).

In that instant, it __________ to me that he actually __________ on his hands and knees to sweat over hot concrete(混凝土)to make a living for his family. And he did this day in and day out, however hot it got. Never, not once, had I heard him __________ about it. To him we were “worth” it. And never once did he “charge” us for it.

When he closed the trunk, his tools set off to the side, he walked over to my window to __________ me five dollars. I rolled down the window and said “Good-bye, dad. Keep your five dollars. It’s my __________. Don’t work too hard. I love you.”

His __________ met mine, then glanced away in the direction of his waiting tools, he cleared his throat and said, “Oh, and... me, too.”

4 . A couple in Ohio accidentally dropped off a bag containing almost $ 100,000 at an Ohio charity shop. Thanks to _______ employees, they got the money back.

The employees were going through _______ last week when they came across a _______. Inside was $ 97,004. “It was so much cash,” employee Kelsey Croy said. “I looked in the bag and we _______ it right there on the desk. And it was $ 97,004.” Thankfully, the owners _______ a receipt for tax purposes when they dropped off _______ that morning. The employees _______ called the couple but there was no _______.

Not wanting to _______ that amount of cash in the store, they called the Zanesville Police Department. ________ repeated calls, officers finally got a hold of the couple. The couple hadn’t realized the money was ________. They told the police they withdrew all their money to deposit it in another bank. On the way, they ________at the charity shop to donate a bag of clothes. That’s ________ the money ended up there. “When we finally ________ them, they just asked if they could get it back tomorrow,” the officer said.

The couple has made contact with the original ________ who found the money to thank them. “I’m just glad that I meet with a bunch of honest and loyal people,” Croy said.

5 . If not for the kindness of a stranger, Jamaican hurdler (跨栏运动员) Hans le Parchment may not be a Tokyo Olympic gold medalist today.

The 31-year-old athlete took the _________ bus on the day of his semifinal race. _________ in enjoying music, he didn’t realize it.

“By the time I _________, I realized, ‘No, this bus is not going the right way.’ I’m not familiar with these _________,” he said.

With time running out quickly, it was impossible for him to _________ another bus to the right place. The hurdler explained how he met a games volunteer who paid his taxi fare to get him to his _________. Because of her, he made it with enough time to _________--and then compete in men’s 110-meter race that earned him gold and his best time of the season.

Parchment was_________ to share the victory with the person who helped him. He boarded the bus that _________ him to the wrong area--this time __________--and rode back to find the stranger named Trijana Stojkovic.

He __________ her, pulled out his medal and thanked her. “You were important in me getting to the final that day,” he told her, __________ her the medal for her to see.

Parchment also showed his __________ by giving Stojkovic a Jamaican Olympic polo shirt and __________ the money she had paid for him. And the thanks didn’t __________ there: Jamaica’s Ministry of Tourism sent an official invitation to visit the island.

6 . My wife went out with a friend. I was busy in my study (书房) while my 3-year-old daughter ________ to be having a good time in the other room. No problem, I figured. But then it got too quiet and I shouted, “What are you doing?” I heard her say, “Oh… nothing.” Nothing? I ran out ________ the living room, where I saw her run across the hall and her little body made a quick ________ into the bathroom. I had her ________ but failed to make her turn around. I pulled out my big Daddy voice, “Young lady,” I said, “turn around!”

________, she turned toward me with my wife’s new lipstick (口红) in her hand. And every square inch of her face was ________ with bright red! As she looked up at me with fearful eyes, I heard ________ voice that had been shouted to me as a child. “How could you. You should know. How many times have you been ________. What a bad thing to.” It was just a matter of my picking out which old ________ I was going to use on her so that she would know what a bad girl she had been. But.________ I could shout to her, I looked down at the sweater on her. In big ________ it said, “I’M A PERFECT LITTLE ANGEL!” I looked back up into her tearful eyes and,________ seeing a bad girl who didn’t listen, I saw a little angel full of ________ that I would nearly ________ . “Sweetheart, let’s take a picture so Mommy can see how ________ you look.” I took the picture and thanked God that I didn’t miss the chance to prove what a perfect little angel he had given me.