A little girl’s day turned into an unforgettable one after she found a sweet note from a stranger in a supermarket.The girl    1    (wander) through the supermarket with her dad when she came across what she thought was a “lost” object. But it soon became clear that it was a gift intended    2     the person who found it, reports Liverpool Echo. Hidden among the    3    (shelf) was what appeared to be small, hand-knitted item,with a note    4     (attach) to it. It read:“I am not lost. I am waiting for you.”

The girl’s dad wrote about    5    unexpected find on a community Facebook page,    6     he called the stranger the    7    (good) kind of human being.    8    (post) a photo of the knitted present, he wrote:“My daughter found this in a supermarket today. The best trait of a person is that of a person who can    9    (selfless) make another smile.”

Since it was posted, the picture    10     (share) hundreds of times, receiving comments from numerous locals who said they had also spotted gifts like this around town.

Farm life can be quite fun and memorable. One day down on the farm, something funny happened and my cousin and I got into big trouble with sheep.

It was one of those hot and     1     (peace) days in summer. We were harvesting apples to sell. The sheep pens (围栏) were near the orchard (果园). The sheep were always allowed to eat under the trees. But this time, when harvest was over, they     2     (escape) and got into the baskets! This was serious business. Part of the family income depended on the sale of the apples. Anyway we     3     (give) orders to fix the pens.

We two knew nothing about farm work, not to mention     4     (fix) pens. We finally put the sheep back in. Then we used some pieces of wood to patch (修补) up the big holes,     5     (leave) one small hole untouched due to the shortage of wood.

We hurried to the cottage for more wood, but when we got back, we were     6     (surprise) to see that the sheep had squeezed through the untouched small hole and three of     7     (they) were out in the orchard again. We had to patch up the hole and ran     8     the sheep again. After all this was done, my cousin and I looked into each other’s eyes and laughed with a sense of     9     (achieve).

We were exhausted, but we found farm work rather interesting and we enjoyed it a lot. What     10     memorable day on the farm!

3 . One day, an expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students. He used an illustration to express his point.

With his beginning words, “time for a quiz”, he pulled out a wide-mouthed jar and set it on the table. Then he carefully placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks into the jar until it was filled to the top, he asked, “Is this jar full?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes!” “Really?” He then reached under the table, pulled out a bucket of gravel (石子), put some in and shook the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work down into the spaces between the big rocks. Then he asked again, “Is the jar full?” “Probably not,” one answered.

“Good!” He answered. Once more he reached under the table and brought out a bucket of sand. He started dumping (倾倒) the sand in the jar and it went into all of the spaces left between the rocks and the gravel. Once more he asked, “Is this jar full?” “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in until the jar was filled to the edge.

Then he asked the class, “What is the point of this illustration?” One eager student replied, “The point is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always fit some more things in it!”

“No,” the speaker answered, “The truth is: If you don’t put the big rocks in first, you’ll never get them in at all. So do things you love; schedule for yourself; make clear what are the big rocks in your life. Then, put those in your jar first.”

Charlie was a little boy of ten. He was such a good boy that everyone loved him a lot. Due to his father’s job, his family shifted to a new city, where he was admitted into a new school. As Charlie was a good boy, most of his new classmates became his good friends soon. The teachers also praised Charlie for his intelligence and good behavior.

But there was one boy in the class who did not like Charlie at all! His name was Bill and he was a very naughty boy, so no one liked him at all. He found that Charlie was a quiet boy, so he started making trouble for his new classmate. But Charlie still kept quiet and did not complain to the class teacher. When Charlie’s parents learned about Bill, they wanted to go to school and complain about this naughty boy’s behavior. But Charlie stopped them and said, “Mom, Dad, please do not worry. Everything will be all right.”

Days went by and the time came for the annual sports meeting at the school. Charlie was also good at sports and he was participating in a number of events. Bill was participating in the sack race (套袋跑), though he could not run very fast due to his fat body. When Bill saw that Charlie won first prize in the 100-meter race, he felt very jealous (妒忌的) and decided that he would not let it happen in the sack race.

As planned, Bill tried to push Charlie while jumping on the track during the sack race. But he lost his balance and fell down! His leg was badly injured and he could not even stand up by himself. But as he was unpopular among his friends, no one turned up to help him!

Charlie noticed what had happened.

Charlie took Bill to the school doctor.

9 . A long time ago, on neighboring farms lived two brothers. But disagreement arose between them. It was the first serious one between them in 40 years of farming peacefully side by side. In the end, they fell apart.

One morning, a man with a carpenter’s toolbox came for some work. The elder brother said, “I just have a job for you. Look at that farm across the creek(河沟). My younger brother lives there. It was he who used his bulldozer(推土机) to dig the creek last week to upset me. So I want you to build me a fence, an 8-foot-high fence so I won’t see his place any more.” The carpenter smiled and said, “I see. I’ll try to do a wonderful job that satisfies you.” Then the elder brother left and went downtown.

At sunset when the farmer returned, the carpenter had just finished his job. The farmer’s jaw dropped open when he saw what the carpenter had done. To his surprise, there was no fence there at all! Instead, there was a bridge stretching from one side of the creek to the other! What a piece of work! He saw his younger brother coming up to him with the hands outstretching. “You are quite a man to build this bridge after all I have said and done to you! ” The brothers stood at each end of the bridge, and then they met in the middle, taking each other’s hands. When they turned to see the carpenter, he was lifting his toolbox on his shoulder, ready to leave. “No, wait! Stay a few days. I’ve a lot of other work for you,” said the elder brother. “I’d love to stay on,” the carpenter said, “but I have so many more bridges to build.”

10 . The Best Thing that ever Happened for Being Nice

A few weeks ago, my family and I were at a restaurant. We had just finished having lunch when I excused myself to go to the _________.

When I was in one of the stalls (隔间), the lady in the stall next to me was saying something. At first, I didn’t realize what she was saying, but _________, I heard her say, “No tissue! No tissue!” with an accent (口音). She seemed like she was really panicking (恐慌), so I asked her if she ran out of toilet paper. Thankfully, she   _________ me and said, “Yes! Yes!”

I passed her some paper. When we got out of the toilet stall, she kept _________ me over and over. I said, “You’re welcome, Ma’am,” and tried to leave. The lady stopped me _________ the toilet again, saying some things that I couldn’t understand. I simply smiled at her and agreed quietly. She then _________ on buying my lunch. I tried to politely _________, but the lady seemed so happy and determined to_________ me to lunch that I finally accepted.

Some people were staring at me and the lady as I walked back to my family and our table, but I didn’t care. The lady was _________ like I had just saved her life, and I was feeling like a _________.

When I got back to our table, my parents were looking at me, puzzled. Their daughter had simply intended to go to the toilet for a minute or two, _________ she came back with her entire meal completely paid for. When they asked me to explain everything, I kept laughing for a while before I could get out a single word.

A few moments later, someone came up to us. It was the lady again. She thanked me again then _________ that she had just moved to our _________ and that her English wasn’t very good. She also said that she had been in that toilet stall for a long time, and despite her calling out to people, no one gave her toilet paper. She thanked me again.

The best thing that happened to me that day was not only getting a _________ meal, but more importantly, gaining a new understanding of what it means to be truly _________. The next time you have a chance to help a stranger, remember this story.