1 . Once upon a time, the villagers in a small village lived their poor lives. Very few people could read _________ one girl named Hannah. She loved to explore and would spend hours in the woods away from the village, looking for new things.

One afternoon, when Hannah was on one of her adventurous _________, she came upon a (n) _________ cottage. The cottage looked very old in its condition. She _________ opened it and she was left amazed. In front of Hannah was a room full of _________! She realized that she found a hidden _________, which could satisfy her love of reading.

She _________ the books for many days. They were very _________, filled with different stories. The little girl was so _________ by one of the characters from books who strove for good that she determined to learn from him. She learned that the true __________ of good lies within one’s own heart and makes people change! With the __________ in heart, she decided to share the stories with the villagers.

Making this her mission, Hannah started telling stories every day at the __________. At the start, only very few villagers came for the stories. But she didn’t __________ and the word of her telling stories spread rapidly, causing more and more __________ to come. Soon, the word of Hannah’s __________ spread to far-off towns. People traveled from different places to just listen to her stories. The villagers helped her rebuild the cottage for __________ more people to enjoy the stories.

She later __________ workshops there in which she taught her fellows how to read. Hannah was their mentor (导师) and everyone __________ her.

Hannah continued her __________ throughout her life. She was __________ for the good she did even after she was long gone.

2 . When I was about 10 or 11 years old, I received a gift from my grandfather. I can’t   ______ what the exact occasion was when he gave me the ______ . All I can remember is that he went to the town for a week for his business and when he ______ he gave me a book with an ______ cover picture. I ______ the book on my desk for a while and one day he asked me whether I liked the ______ of the book he gave me. I was a bit ______ to hear that as I have not ______ the book at all. He smiled and told me that he ______ this story. The next day morning I started reading this book. To my ______ , I was so absorbed in the story that I ______ to go outside to play with other boys. After reading this book, I had a(n) ______ in reading more storybooks like this one for the first time in my life. That was just the beginning and after that, I become a regular ______ .

This book has an excellent story that taught me the ______ of loving others. ______ ,I ______ my mother more than my playmates after ______ her true love for me. This book opened a new ______ for me and made me believe that a reader leads many lives and can think from many ______ perspectives (观点). All this have been possible only because the gift and ______ that my grandfather gave to me.