3 . After digging through books in those yellow boxes for nearly 5 hours, I finally saw tiny books. I ______ took them out. I was so ______ to find them. As I looked through the pages of those books, it ______ me of that afternoon nine years ago, when my dad ______ the story between him and Xiao Ren Shu.

I ______ those tiny books that my dad laid all over the floor. Those Xiao Ren Shu were small, about 5 inches long, old and yellowed but well kept. My dad said ______ and softly: “Xiao Ren Shu gave me a lot of ______ in my childhood. Usually, I would go to the street vendor near my school where they would lay out all those Xiao Ren Shu. Kids like me could use a student ID card to ______ Xiao Ren Shu next to the vendor.

“Well, I usually would stay there for a ______ time because many of the stories were _____, so then I would just read until that series (系列) ended. They were ______ sometimes.”

“I didn’t know many words and characters then, but just by looking at those pictures, I could _______ what happened. But later when I learned enough ______, I didn’t spend much time on Xiao Ren Shu. Rather, I spent more time on novels.”

After that afternoon, I always ______ one or two Xiao Ren Shu wherever I went. However, those Xiao Ren Shu were my ______ only until the end of primary school.

But ______ enough, I found another way to continue that ______ abroad. I read the first American comic (连环画) book, Smile by Raina Telgemeier, in ELL (English Language Learner) class, and ______ that I read other comies by Telgemeier and some Marvel comics as well. It wasn’t until later that I ______ those comic books helped me to learn many action verbs (动词) and could be ______ when I read novels.

One day Miss Brown said something that hurt her best friend for many years. She was very upset about     1     she had done. She tried her best to take her words back, but failed. In order to find a     2     (solve), she went to a wiser for advice.

The wiser said, “Calm     3     (you) down first. Tonight, take your best feather pillows and put every single feather on the door step of each house in the town before the sun rises.”

Miss Brown went home     4    (immediate). All night long, she labored alone in the cold. Finally     5     sky was getting light. She put the last feather on the step of the last house. Just before daybreak, she returned to the wiser. However, she was very     6     (confuse) when the wiser asked her to go back and refill her pillows with the feather     7     had been put on the steps.

“I'm afraid that it's impossible! So far, each feather     8     (blow) away by the wind.” answered Miss Brown.

Then the wiser said, “Each of your words is like a feather in the wind. Once     9     (speak), it will never return to your mouth. Do remember to be responsible     10     what you said.”

5 . One night, security guard Aina found a wallet that had been left behind in a customer's cart at the grocery store where he works.

Instead of leaving it in the lost and found, the 22-year-old sent the wallet to the total stranger at her home! While that is impressive in and of itself, what's even more amazing is that he had to ride over 3 miles on his bike to get there because he doesn't have a car.

Aina was able to return the wallet to Chloe, who had forgotten the important item while trying to load her baby and groceries into the car. She couldn't believe Aina's thoughtfulness, so after he left their home, Chloe's husband, Gray, took to Facebook to give the security guard some praise.

“He rode his bicycle to return her wallet. Completely full of everything important to her including cash. Nothing was so much as moved,” Gray explained. “Words cannot do this gentleman justice. He truly is what is right in this world.” From there, the power of social media took over! Gray's post spread quickly for all the right reasons, which gave his business partner, Greg Gaudet, the idea to start a GoFundMe to buy Aina a new car! In just two weeks, they had raised over $25,000—enough to buy Aina a 2017 VW Jetta and cover his insurance and gas costs for six to 12 months!

Aina was completely blown away by the surprise! After all, this was never what he intended when he rode so far to return Chloe's wallet. “I lost stuff before too,” he said. “I would greatly want someone to come forward and do the same if I lost something.”

7 . When I was nine years old, I never dreamed that the small vending machine (自动售货机) I had owned would turn me into a small business owner. Wanting to inspire his daughter’s business sense, my dad brought home a vending machine he had purchased from a friend. Setting it down in front of me in our living room, he asked in all seriousness, “Do you want to start a business?” I said yes.

I owned 15 vending machines by the time I left high school, with all of the profits going toward my college fund. In addition to being a great bonding experience for my family, I couldn't tell you how many skills I learned from starting and developing my own business that helped me gain responsibility. I learned that not every experience in life led to the comforting encouragement: Well, you were tried. You should face bravely all kinds of difficulties.

Understanding both personal and professional finances is one of the most important life lessons to learn—the earlier, the better. I had to be fearless and confident—learning these skills at a young age saved me from speaking with difficulty through presentations later in life. Truly understanding what you're selling displays confidence and reliability, as does truly believing in it. Comprehending the ins and outs of your product and business shines through when speaking with clients though rejection happens all the time.

Throughout the unbelievable experience of running my own business in my childhood, I've learned valuable skills that help me in my school, job and personal life. I believe in the value of customer service. I go after clients and opportunities and understand that sometimes things don't go my way. With the help of my parents and customers who supported me, I grew up as a young entrepreneur with skills to keep for the rest of my life.

9 . One Saturday afternoon in a small town, Emma came out of a shoe shop with some new shoes. They were _________ shoes, but Emma was very _________ with them. She was seventy-three years old and did not have much money. She began to _________ home.

It was a _________ town and there was nobody in the street. _________, Emma heard something behind her. She did not have time to look, because just then somebody ran up behind her, hit her on the _________, and snatched(抢夺)her bag out of her hands. Emma _________.

“Help! Help!” Emma cried. But nobody came. Emma _________ got up and went to the nearest house. The people there were very _________ and gave Emma a cup of tea. Soon an ambulance came and took her to a __________.

At the hospital a doctor looked at Emma’s head and back and told her to stay in hospital for a few days. Emma thanked the __________.

Later, a policeman __________ the hospital and Emma told him about the bag-snatcher. The policeman __________ a small bag. In it there were a lot of pictures of eyes and ears, hair and mouths. Carefully Emma took the small pictures and __________ a big picture of the young man’s face.

After two days, in a morning a policeman came to the hospital with Emma’s new shoes and an empty bag. “A little girl __________ them in the street and took them to the police station,” he said. “How kind she is! Thank you very much,” Emma said and felt happy, though she lost some money.