1 . Ring! Ring! Ring! It was early in the morning and I knew who was _______ as I reached for the telephone. I was a new substitute teacher (代课教师) trying to earn enough money to _______ my family. Each morning, I _______ for a call that would take me to a different classroom. The last three classes had all been determined to _______ me and see just how much bad behavior they could get away with (逃脱惩罚). I had responded (应对) by being _______ with the students. I didn't really _______ to go to work that morning, especially since it was my birthday.

Still, I answered the phone and _______ the job. My family needed the money and I couldn't _______ to be picky (挑剔的). As I was driving to work, I _______ to try harder to be the best teacher that I could be.

As the class started, the students ________ tried to see what they could get away with. This time, though, I was ________ but fair with them. I did my best to make my lessons ________. I shared smiles, praised their efforts, and encouraged them to work hard.

The results were ________. My unruly (难以驾驭的) classroom soon ________. Students were learning and laughing, and I ________ felt like I was doing my job right. I went home feeling ________ in my heart and enjoyed the rest of my birthday with my family.

I remembered something that I once read: “Every day is a new opportunity to ________ again. Every day is your birthday.” Every day is a ________ for us to get things right, to live our lives with love and joy, and to make this world a better place. Don't ________ a single day. Just try to be the best you can be. Never stop ________.

2 . I was driving to a business meeting and, as usual, I was planning in my mind ______ I was going to say. I came to a very busy crossroads where the stop light had just turned ______. “All right,” I thought to myself. “I can beat the next light if I race ______ -- the line.”

Suddenly my thought was broken by an ______ sight. A young couple, both blind, were walking arm-in-arm across this busy crossroads with cars ______ by in every direction. The man was holding the hand of a little boy, ______ the woman was carrying a baby in her arm. Each of them held a white cane(手杖), searching for clues(线索) to ______ them across the crossroads.

I was moved. They were fighting ______ what I felt was one of the most feared handicaps(缺陷)－blindness. “Wouldn’t it be terrible to be blind?” I thought. My line of thought was quickly ______ by what I saw: the couple was not walking in the crosswalk, ______ into the path of oncoming cars. I was ______.

But I didn’t see an accident. Something wonderful happened. Every car in every direction came to a ______ almost at the same time. Suddenly a driver ______ his head out of his car, shouting, “To your right! To your right!” Other people ______, shouting , “To your right!”

Without a stop, the couple changed ______   direction as they followed the coaching. Trusting their white canes and calls from some concerned people, they ______ to the other side of the road.

I have ______ this situation many times since it happened and have learned something from it. “Slow down and smell the roses.” (Something I had ______ ever done up until then.) Do yourself a favour as you walk through life. Take time to ______ and really see what is going on around you right now. If not, you may be ______ something wonderful.

3 . When faced with difficult situations in their lives，many people find them too _______ and give up，especially on their life dreams.But not for Gabriel Heredia.

Gabriel is a 20-year-old Argentinian barber who was born without hands._______ his physical disability，he was able to grow up happy and _______.He also always had the support of friends and family，never feeling _______ treated at all by his schoolmates. At the age of 14，he _______ working as a barber，and learned all the techniques to perfect haircuts. Although he first saw it as a hobby，Gabriel quickly _______ that this was the profession he wanted to work in.

His family _______ him to open his first barbershop，which he worked at for one and a half years. There，he _______ the president of Argentina Corta，an organization for barbers to connect，do charity work in less fortunate _______，and teach hairdressing to those who are __________. Gabriel is now part of Argentina Corta，offering his services to people of all __________ so they can build up the __________ they need to get decent jobs.

As a bright and caring young man，Gabriel __________ not only to be a barber，but also to make a __________ with the neighborhood:“The thing that I like most of my __________ is that people feel comfortable and stylish with my cuts and that makes me __________.”

Nowadays，Gabriel runs his own barber shop in Buenos Aires，where people __________ around the block for his services. Gabriel’s __________ shows that the barriers we face in life are never __________to deal with successfully. Whatever problem you face，you can __________ tackle it by adopting the right mindset，and never giving up.

4 . It was an unusual night. The noisy Mexico City gradually calmed down. The main stadium of Olympic track and field competition was ______in the darkness. The marathon winners received the trophies (奖杯) and_______the victory and then, Stanley, a world-famous news producer, found the stadium______. He was about to leave_______he suddenly saw that a bandaged man, whose right leg was______with the blood, ran into the stadium. This man ran     _____ and slowly, but he didn’t stop. After he ran along the track for the last______and got to the finish line, he______on the ground.

Stanley was very_____and went over to ask. The young man, called Kowari from Tanzania,______gently, “That my country sent me here from over 20,000 kilometers is not to let me give up halfway in the_____, but makes me_______the game._______I’ve fallen behind all other runners, I have a sacred goal like them. I will run to the goal! The _______won’t cheer me any more, but my_______is watching me in the far distance...” Tears welled up in Stanley’s eyes. Soon, he spread the most_______scene to every corner of the world.

In the daily life, everyone may have a ______of reaching the peak, but few can make it     ______. It is not whether we can reach the top but whether we’ve made the greatest_______that counts. To reach the goal in the_______is also a success.