1 . A very special teacher in a high school had a husband who died suddenly of a heart attack. About a week after his death, she _________ some of her thoughts with a classroom of students. With a _________ look on her face, she paused and said, “Before class is _________, I would like to share with all of you a thought which I feel is very important. Each of us is put here on earth to learn, share, love, appreciate and give of ourselves—and none of us knows _________ this fantastic experience will end. It can be _________ at any moment. Perhaps this is a _________ that we must make the most out of every single day.”   

Her eyes _________ to water, she went on, “So I would like you all to make me a promise—from now on,_________ your way to school, or on your way home, find something _________ to notice. Those can be very little things, although it may sound silly to some people, these things are the stuff of life. We must make __________ important to notice them, for at any time…it can all be taken away. ” The class was completely quiet. We all __________ our books and filed out of the room __________.

That afternoon, I noticed more things on my way home from school __________ I had that whole semester.

Every once in a while, I think of that teacher and remember what an __________ she made on all us, and I try to appreciate all of those things __________ sometimes we all overlook.

3 . Living one’s life is really like driving on a highway. First, to make good driving, the driver must carefully ______ the condition of his car, just as he cares for his ______for a good life. Second, once he enters into the highway, he must ______ some rules for his own safety. It can also be said that he must obey some ______of society when living as an adult. For example, on the highway, he is required to ______ a continuous speed which can be ______to his continuous activities through his life. Neither driving nor living must be taken at too high a speed ______at too slow a speed. If he drives too fast , the ______ will give him a ticket, just as he will be ______ when he breaks the law. If he acts too conservatively (保守地), he will be called an out-of-date person just like a person driving too ______ who interrupts (打扰) the others driving at the proper ______. Third, when he wants to change lanes (车道), he must ______ careful attention to every direction of his car. It is sometimes dangerous to change the way of life ______ he can be sure that he will become better by doing so. He should not make any unnecessary changing of lanes which gives him only ______. Finally, he must______where he is now by recognizing some signs appearing now and then. If he ______ the wrong turning, he must ______to the right path as soon as he can. But he may thus ______ time and energy both on the road and in life.

On the whole, driving on a highway and living one’s life are ______ hard work. But if he is careful and serious enough,______will provide him much pleasure.

5 . I was sitting on a long, black, folding medical table. Beside me was a woman _________ the cold change the weather had taken recently. In the corner Christmas music was being _________ as the holiday was just _________.

I took a drink of lemonade so I wouldn’t get too _________. I looked around at all the other people. Each one of us had a _________ in our arms with a long tube (软管) running down from it to _________ a plastic bag below. Each one of us came to give a precious gift to _________ others, make the world a better place, and perhaps even save a life.

It was a blood donation activity _________ by the community. To get there, I had_________ my way across the snowy roads. I tried never to __________________ one activity in the wintertime. Despite all the time it took, I felt __________________ being able to give this gift back to others. I had been __________________ so much in this life; a loving family, many friends, sweet pets…

The gifts were all wonderful, yet the one thing that brought me more __________________ than anything else was giving something back. You see, in this life nothing brings you as much joy as taking your place in the great circle. In this circle you __________________ and you give. The more you give back, the more you get.

There are so many gifts you can give in this life too; a kind word, a few dollars, an e-mail, and even a pint of blood. Each one of them is __________________ and precious. May you fill your life with Love.

6 . My teacher held up a piece of broken glass and asked, “Who broke this window?”

Thirty boys tried to think about not only what they had done, but also what the teacher might have found out. She seldom became angry, but she was this time.

“Oh,” I thought. I was the one who broke the window. It was caused by a naughty throw of a baseball. If I admitted guilt, I would be in a lot of trouble. How would I be able to pay for a big window like that? I didn’t even get an allowance. “My father is going to have a fit as a result of it,” I thought. I didn’t want to raise my hand, but some force much stronger than I was pulled it skyward (朝向天空). I told the truth, “I did it.” It was hard enough to say what I had done.

My teacher took down a book from one of our library shelves and I had never known my teacher to strike a student, but I feared she was going to start with me.

“I know how much you like birds,” she said as she stood looking down at my guilt-ridden face. “Here is the field guide about birds that you are constantly checking out. It is yours now. It’s time we got a new one for the school anyway. You will not be punished, but remember that I am not rewarding you for your misdeed (恶行), but I am rewarding you for your truthfulness.”

I couldn’t believe it! I wasn’t being punished and I was getting my own bird field guide — the very one that I had been saving up money to buy.

The lesson my teacher taught me stays with me every day, and it will echo forever.

8 . My love of laundry deepened as I grew older. I learned how to wash and dry my own clothes before I was ten. In my teens, I taught myself to _________ . With a love of dry-clean-only clothes while on a college-student _________ at the University of Kentucky, I _________ my textile(纺织业) professors to find out if I could wash my wool sweaters and pants by myself. I _________ I could-after all, people had been wearing wool clothing since long before the _________ of dry cleaning.

What I learned from my textile teachers were not just the how-tos. In his books, author Gary Chapman teaches “the five love languages”— _________ to express and experience love. Mine is _________ . That’s what caring for clothes meant for my grandmother, for my mom, and _________ for me. Far beyond duty, service is the way I show love to others-whether I’m ironing my husband’s shirts, _________ decorating our home for Christmas.

Changing our mindsets from __________ cleaning clothes to caring about others is the __________ to changing our attitudes toward laundry from hard work to love. My __________ is that caring for your loved ones’ clothes shows them love. When their clothes are __________ , smell wonderful, and look great, your loved ones are going to feel as if they can take on the world, and their days are going to be __________ . That’s true for you and your clothes __________ . And don’t you deserve that?

A few years ago, the company I worked for sent my wife and me to live in New York for a year. I’ve always loved running, so I was really happy when I found out I lived next to Central Park. This meant that every morning I could go for a run before I went to work.

Because a lot of people had told me to be careful of robbers in the park, so usually I didn’t take anything with me. How could they rob me if I didn’t have anything? But one morning, my wife gave me a S 10 bill and asked me to buy some bread on the way.

It was a beautiful morning and the park was quiet with very few people walking or jogging (慢跑) around. While I was running through the park, another jogger knocked into me. He apologized and continued running. For a while, I didn’t think too much of it. However, when I noticed the wide path where I was running, I thought was kind of strange. The warning of robbers in the park occurred to me. ”It could have been a robber!” I suddenly became alarmed, so I checked my pocket and found that the money was missing. Without thinking twice, I ran after that jogger. I finally caught up and held him by the arm. I shouted, “Give me the $10 bill! Now!” I am not usually a hot-headed (性急的) person, but I got really angry this time. I couldn’t believe the robbery was actually happening to me. Filled with anger, I shook my fist at him. This seemed to frighten him. He quickly put his hand in his pocket and gave me the money. Then he ran away as fast as he could.

I bought the bread and went home. As soon as I got home, I couldn’t wait to tell my wife my story. “You won’t believe what happened to me,” I started with pride. She immediately stopped me, “I know, you left the money for the bread on the kitchen table.”

Looking at the money on the table, I stood there, shocked.