3 . A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting (诱人的) apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit­eater, _______ a bar of chocolate if given the choice, but _______ people always say, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the_______ he felt and the more he wanted that apple.

He stood on tiptoe, _______ as high as he could, but even as his tallest height he was unable to touch it. He began to_______ up and down, as high as he could, at the _______ of each jump stretching his arms to get the apple. Still it remained out of _______.

Not giving up, he thought, if only he had something to _______ on. His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to break the things inside, like his lunch box, pencil case, and Game Boy. Looking _______, he hoped he might find an old box, a rock, or with luck, even a ladder, but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use.

He had tried everything he could think, __________ seeing any other choices, he gave up and started to walk __________. At first, he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his __________, and how he really wanted that apple. The more he thought like this, the more unhappy he became.

__________, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy, even if he couldn’t always get what he wanted. He soon started to say to himself, “This isn’t helpful. I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s __________ more I can do to get the apple — that is unchangeable — but I am supposed to be able to__________ my feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”

4 . A thief accidentally dropped a winning lottery ticket (彩票) at the scene of his crime, but he has been given a lesson in______. The man whom he robbed ______ the ticket and won the ￡25,000 prize. But the man managed to find the thief, and handed over the ______.

The robbery happened when Professor Sam was changing a tyre (轮胎) on a highway. A motorist, who stopped “to ______”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off. The professor found the ______ and brought it home.

The next day, the professor saw the lottery ______ on TV and realized the ticket he had picked up won. He ______ the ￡25,000 prize, but he decided not to keep the money. He made an announcement on the radio, ______, “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have ￡25,000 for him — a lottery ______. Please meet me.”

The professor received hundreds of ______ from people who were hoping to ______ him into handing them the money. But there was one voice he ______ and he arranged to meet the man in a park.

The robber gave back the ______ and burst into tears. He could not ______ what was happening. “Why didn’t you keep the money?” he asked. The professor replied, “Because it’s not mine.” Then he walked off, turning down the thief’s ______ to share the prize money.

5 . My father was a strong fisherman. He loved the sea and would stay out until he caught enough to ______ the family.

When we met ______ weather, he would drive me to school with his old truck. And after we arrived, he would bend over and give me a ______ on the face and then tell me to be a good boy. I always felt very shy in front of so many other ______ I was already a twelve-year-old young man, but my father still kissed me goodbye!

Then on a rainy day I ______ to tell him my feeling. When we stopped at the school gate, the ______ big smile appeared on my father’s face. I ______ what would happen next. I ______ put my hand up and for the first time said “No” to him. The smile on his face immediately changed into a ______ look. He looked at me for a long time, and tears began to appear in his eyes. I was shocked. I had never ____ him cry! Then he said, “You’re right. You are a big boy… a man. I won’t kiss you any more.”

Not long after that, my dad went to the sea on a bad day. Most of the ______ stayed at home, but not Dad, because he had a big family to feed. But after that day, he ______ came back. Later his boat was found with its nets half in and half out. He must have ______ a strong wind and was trying to save the nets.

How I wished I hadn’t ______ my father’s kiss! And from this I have learnt that we should take every chance with our family and friends as the last one in our lives. We can have ______ regrets (遗憾) by doing this.

6 . Growing up and playing hockey(冰球) with her brothers in the area, Manon Rheaume learned pretty quickly that, despite her_______, she was often cut from teams_______ because she was a girl. Although it was_______for the youngster, she continued to work hard and _______her skills to prove she could_______with the boys.

It didn’t take long for her to make a_______for herself. In 1984, she became the first girl to_______in the well-known Quebec City International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament.

When the Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League (NHL) team, came calling the following year, it was a_______Rheaume could not pass up. When Rheaume arrived in Tampa Bay, she remembers there was a big bouquet(花束) of flowers waiting for her in her dressing room, along with a_______. “It was from a radio station in Montreal and the card________ ‘Go further, good ________to you, we’re all on your________and you’re not alone,’” she said. “When I got that, I realized a lot of people were________me to be successful.”

Although her experience with the NHL was brief, Rheaume encouraged countless girls to ________their hockey dreams. Rheaume said, “Hard work and never giving up is what makes you________.”

7 . I know what courage looks like. I saw it on a flight I took six years ago, and only now when I look back can I ______ it without tears filling eyes.

Our flight ______ the Orlando Airport one morning. But immediately upon take-off, it was ______ that something was wrong. The aircraft was bumping(颠簸) up and down. All the ______ travelers looked around with knowing smiles. If you ______ much, you see these things and learn to act ______ about them. However, we did not remain calm for long.

Minutes after we were ______, our plane began falling quickly. The pilot soon made a serious ______. “Attention, please! Weare having some difficulties. Our computers show that the control system has ______. We will return to the Orlando Airport. Our ______ will prepare you for a bumpy landing.” In other words, we were about to crash. Many travelers looked obviously ______ now. No one faces death without fear, I thought.

Then several rows to my left, I heard a woman’s voice, speaking in a(n)______ conversational tone. All around, people cried. Many ______. Finally, in this situation I saw her talking to her child. The woman, was ______ at the face of her daughter, who looked four years old. The child listened closely, sensing the ______ of her mother’s words. The mother’s gaze(凝视) held the child so focused that she seemed ______ by the sounds around her.

Finally, I ______ them and could hear this soft sure voice with the tone of ______. Over and over again, the mother said, “I love you. Remember, whatever happens, I love you always.” Fortunately, our landing gear(起落架) held at last and our touchdown was not a(n)______.

However, the voice I heard that day never ______. That mom showed me what a real hero looks like.

8 . Addison Witulski is only 9 years old. Her 7-year-old brother, Kaden Witulski, was born with a heart condition, and now he_________surgery (外科手术). Addison overheard her grandma, Kim Allred, discussing the _________ matters with her husband, JC Allred. Allred appeared to be_________not being able to afford traveling to Houston, where Kaden’s surgery is set to take place, on top of paying bills, _________ she suggested hosting a bake sale.

Overhearing what they said, Addison decided to_________ money by herself. She went ahead with a lemonade stand (柠檬水小摊). When Addison started_________the lemonade stand last Saturday, Allred thought she was just doing it for_________. But when the little girl_________$54 at the end of the day, it made Kim Allred feel_________. Seeing a 9-year-old want to__________her brother like that is unbelievable!

Addison’s best friend, Erika Borden, wanted to __________too, so they had another lemonade stand the next day. Here, Addison decided to sell her drawings of butterflies, trees and birds for $l, as well as a cup of lemonade for 25 cents.

“Halfway through the day, she came running into the house saying her butterfly pictures were selling__________and she had to make more,” Alled said. “It was lovable how__________she was taking it.”

Erika’s mom, Mace Petty, promoted the lemonade stand on Facebook and within minutes, cars were lining up to have a drink to show their__________. “I wanted people to know this wasn’t just an ordinary lemonade stand; these kids had a__________.” Petty said. “Seeing the kids take part in such a real-life situation can give the rest of the world great hope for humanity.”

9 . My father was a strong fisherman. He loved the sea and would stay out until he caught enough to ______ the family.

When we met ______ weather, he would drive me to school with his old track. And after we arrived, he would bend over and give me a ______ on the face and then tell me to be a good boy. I always felt very shy in front of so many other ______. I was already a twelve-year-old young man, but my father still kissed me goodbye!

Then on a rainy day I ______ to tell him my feeling. When we stopped at the school gate, the ______ big smile appeared on my father’s face. I ______ what would happen next. I ______ put my hand up and for the first time said “No” to him. The smile on his face immediately changed into a ______ look. He looked at me for a long time, and tears began to appear in his eyes. I was shocked. I had never ______ him cry! Then he said, “You’re right. You are a big boy... a man. I won’t kiss you anymore.”

Not long after that, my dad went to the sea on a bad day. Most of the ______ stayed at home, but not Dad, because he had a big family to feed. But after that day, be ______ came back. Later his boat was found with its nets half in and half out. He must have ______ a strong wind and was trying to save the nets.

How I wished I hadn’t ______ my father’s kiss! And from this I have learnt that we should take every chance with our family and friends as the last one in our lives. We can have ______ regrets(遗憾)by doing this.

10 . My wife and I moved into our home two years ago. We had a yard with a lot of ________. Very often when we have flowers, Denise or I would plant some between the rocks, just to add some ________ to the area.

Last summer, I found a tiny little plant in the yard that I could not immediately identify. I knew I didn’t plant it and Denise said she didn’t either.

We decided to let it ________ growing until we could find out what it was.

Weeks passed and as I made my way back to the ________ plant, it appeared to be a sunflower. I decided to ________ the weeds (杂草) around it. As I pulled rocks from the area to get to the weeds, I noticed something ________.The sunflower had not ________ where I saw it begin. It actually had begun under a big rock and grown under and around it to reach the ________.

That’s when I ________ that if a tiny little sunflower didn’t let a big rock stand in its way of developing, we too have the ability of doing the same thing. If we ________ ourselves like that little sunflower, we can reach where we ________ to go and get what we need for growth.

We need to believe in ourselves knowing we have the ________ to achieve our goals. Like the sunflower, it knew it had the ability to get over the rocks because it had ________ in itself that it would succeed. Stand tall like the sunflower and be ________ of who and what we are, and then the environment will begin to ________ us. We will find a way to go under or around any “rocks” in order to reach our goals.