I was fifteen when I walked into Black Stump Bookstore in Liverpool. As I was looking at      on the shelves, the shop owner asked if I’d like     . I needed to start     for college, so I said yes. I worked after school and during summers for the lowest wages, and the job helped      my first year of college. I had worked in many other jobs: I made coffee in the Students’ Union during college, I was a hotel maid and I     make maps for the Forest Service. But selling books was one of the most     .
One day a woman asked me for books on women’s diseases. She seemed fearful. I showed her almost everything we had at that time     and found other books we could order. She left the store less     . I’ve always remembered the      felt in having helped her.
Years later, as a     in London, I heard about a black child born      his fingers connected. His family could not      a corrective operation, and the boy lived in     hiding his hand in pocket. I     my boss to let me do the story. After my story was broadcast, a doctor and a nurse called, offering to perform the     for free. I visited the boy in the     room soon after the operation. The first thing he did was to hold up his      hand and say “ Thank you.” I felt a sense of    .
In the past     I was at Black Stump Bookstore, I always sensed I was working for the customers, not the store. Today, it’s the same. BBC News pays my     , but I feel as if I work for the viewers, helping them understand the world.

The park bench was deserted as I sat down to read beneath an old willow tree．Not ______with life, I was down．A young boy out of breath  _____me, all tired from play．He stood right before me with his head tilted（傾斜的）down, and____with great excitement, “Look what I found!”
In his hand was a flower, and what a  ____ sight, its petals（花瓣）were  all worn－not enough rain, or too little light．____ him to take his dead flower and go off to play, I ____ a small smile and then shifted away．But instead of ___ he sat next to my side and placed the flower to his nose and declared with ___, “It sure smells pretty and it’s beautiful, too．That’s why I  ___ it; here, it’s for you．”
The flower before me was dying or dead．But I knew I ____ take it, or he might never leave．So I reached for the flower, and____, “Just what I need．” But instead of placing the flower in my hand, he____it mid－air without reason．It was then that I ____ for the very first time the boy was  ___．
I heard my voice shake, tears shone like the sun ____ I thanked him for picking the very best one．He smiled, and then ran off to play,__ __ of the effect he’d had on my day．
I sat there and __ how he managed to see a self-pitying woman beneath an old willow tree．How did he know of my self-indulged（放縱的）__? Perhaps from his heart, he'd been blessed with true___．
___ the eyes of a blind child, at last I could see, the problem was not with the world; the problem was me．And for all of those times I myself had been blind, I vowed to see beauty, and appreciate every second that's mine．

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This morning, I arrived at my office earlier to catch up on some emails. On the way to ____, I couldn’t ____ it when I saw some beautiful flowers at the grocery store. I picked some up, ____ a few chocolate bars.   
With the office so empty, I decided to take the ____ to put the chocolate bars on some desks. I started heading towards areas ____ no one had come yet.
I ____ one and a smile card on the CEO’s desk. And then I went to his ____ desk and placed one there, and quickly put a third one on the desk of a quiet gentleman. Later, I entered the kitchen, ____   two cups of water and walked into the ____. I took out the flowers from my bag and ____ them in two bunches, one in each cup.
With a little sigh of ____, I stepped out of the rest room and looked around. The office was still ____ empty and the people closest to me were ____ in a Monday morning “How was your weekend?” ____. I ____ and went back to my desk.
It struck me that my housemate who had packed my lunch for me so ____ today snuck (偷偷地給) a chocolate bar in there, so I ____ place it on the desk of our receptionist to complete the circle as I headed out of the office this evening. Our receptionist is always the first person in the office, and she always ____   me with a smile when I come in. Maybe tomorrow morning, this ____ can greet her.
I have no ____ how they feel when receiving their gifts, but they will surely smile! 

When I was about 13, my father would take me on short outings on Saturdays.  On the way home, Dad         stopped at the Dairy Queen for lO-cent ice creams.  I couldn't         it, but I could pray from the        we started heading home to that comer where we would either go straight for the ice cream or        and go home empty-handed. That corner         either mouth-watering excitement or      .On one special day, we were heading home, and again I was praying for the      sound of his offer ,It      ,”Would you like an ice cream today?” That sounds great, Dad!” But then he said,” How would you like to     today?”
Twenty cents! My mind reeled(震驚),I could afford it,I got a weekly allowance of 25cents ,plus some      for odd jobs. But     it wsa my  money ,ice cream wasn’t a good use of it ,In a fit of      ,I said ,”well ,in that case,I guess I’ll     ,”My father just said,” Okay, Son,”
But sa we headed home ,I realized how wrong I was and begged him to      .But he just said,” That’s okay ,we don’t really need one.” I felt       for my selfishness and ungratefully see. He didn’t mind, or   act disappointed.
I       that generosity(慷慨) goes two ways and gratefulness sometimes costs more than” thank  you”. On that day gratefulness would have cost 20 cents and it would have been the     ice cream I’d ever had.
I’ll tell you one more thing. We     another trip the next week. As we    the center. I said,” Dad, would you like an ice cream today? My treat.”

Coming home after working out for a whole day I had my purse lost．I     it had slipped out my backpack as I was being     ．While it was probably very close to my apartment it still failed to come into       and I had no       but to cancel my debit cards．
I’d had the purse for more than a decade as it was a Christmas present ,which was a bright, red leather, Cheeky Monkey purse ,so probably not entirelyfor a 36-year-old      but I was very upset to have lost it!
Everyone I spoke to     I might get the purse back     but the money and vouchers in it would very likely disappear．I had       written off the       of the purse and was even considering whether to move on and go “grown-up” when I was seeking a       ．
I came home late the following night and my monkey purse was on my mat! I checked the contents and everything was     including anything of cash value．I was astounded when I read the       note which read, “I came across this last night．It was too dark to     it then ,so I came back tonight．I got your       from your license．Sorry．Iain．”
Not only had this man returned my purse but he thought he       me an apology for not bringing it back sooner!
I have told almost all my acquaintances, who almost responded with a similar standard answer, “It restores your       in human nature” and it       lots of stories about similar       experiences．
There were no contact       so I am unable to get in touch to say thank you to Iain, but I hope he will be     of how grateful I am!

One day，some of the girls in our neighborhood started acting a bit strangely towards me．They     talking to me．After a day or so of this，I finally     what was going on．I'd said something to a（n）       girl the night before that she didn't like．I'd had a few      that night, and like everyone I sometimes say things that     severer than I mean them to．
Anyway，it seemed that the girl had told many of her friends，and now they were all     at me．They found a great     to think of all the other supposed“crimes”I'd committed over the past year．    they'd all really liked me before, suddenly they     I was a really bad guy．
This was a difficult problem．I     to get along well with these people and I liked them all．I didn't want them to     me because of something stupid I'd said when I was drunk．It didn't    much whether they or I was wrong．All I wanted was things to be     to normal again．
So I wrote the popular girl a note     saying：“I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings．I didn't mean to”．And that was it．The problem was solved．   ．the girls who were angry with me now liked me     than ever．They felt I'd done something     in admitting I was wrong and apologizing．
Learn how and when to     ．Often，the pride and stubbornness you hold onto by refusing to back down isn't worth the     of a lasting argument．An apology can     for healing a difficult situation．And often, people will think better of you for it．

A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston．They walked without an appointment（預(yù)約）into the outer office of Harvard’s president．But they were       by his secretary and kept waiting．For hours，the secretary took no notice of them，     that the couple would finally become       and go away．But they didn’t．The secretary finally decided to disturb the president，though unwillingly．
A few minutes later，the president walked towards the couple with a       face．The lady told him，“We had a son that        Harvard for one year．He loved Harvard．He was happy here．But about a year ago，he was accidentally killed．My husband and I would like to       a memorial（紀(jì)念物）to him，somewhere on campus．”
The president wasn’t moved ．Instead，he was shocked．“Madam,” he said，“we can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and     ．If we did，this place would look like a cemetory,” “Oh，no,” the lady explained quickly “We don’t want to put up a statue．We would like to give a building to Harvard．”The president rolled his eyes and      at the couple and then exclaimed，“A building! Do you have any idea how much a building costs? We have spent over $7 500 000 on the campus building at Harvard．” For a moment the lady was silent．The president was       ，because he could get rid of them now．Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly，“Is that all it costs to start a university? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded．Since their offer was turned down，Mr．a(chǎn)nd Mrs．Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their         ，a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer cared about．

If you ask me when I became a mom, I can tell you that the day I became a mom was not the day my daughter was born, but seven years later when I did the best thing I could do for my daughter and myself. I     us from the home that wasn’t really a home at all.
That day, my daughter and I were sitting in our     home having a quiet dinner just as I had always wanted for her. We were talking about what she had done in school and suddenly her little hand     the full glass of milk by her plate. As I watched the white tablecloth and     painted white wall become dark brown, I looked at her small face. It was filled with     , knowing what the outcome of the event would have meant in her father’s     a week before. When I saw that look on her face and looked at the     running down the wall, I simply started     . I am sure she thought I was    , but then she must have realized that I was thinking, “It’s a good thing your     isn’t here!” She started laughing with me, and we laughed until we     . These were tears of joy and     and were the first of many tears that we cried together. That was the day we knew that we were going to be okay.
That was the day I really became a mom. I    that being a mom isn’t only going to ballet, and attending every school concert. It isn’t keeping a(n)     house and preparing perfect meals. It certainly isn’t       thatthings are always normal when they are not. For me, being a mom started when I could laugh over spilt milk.

Michel is a young girl who works for the police     a handwriting expert (專家). She has helped       many criminals (罪犯) by using her special talents (天才).
　　When she was fourteen, Michel was already     interested in the differences in her friends'       that she would spend hours       them. After       college she went to France for a      two-year class in handwriting at the School of Police Science.
　　Michel says that it is       for people at hide their handwriting. She can discover     of what she needs to know simply      looking at the writing with her own eyes,     she also has machines.
　　      help her make      different kinds of paper and ink. This knowledge is often      great help to the police.
　　Michel believes that handwriting is a good       of what kind of person the       is. "I wouldn't go out with a fellow      I didn't like his handwriting. " She says. But she      she fell in love with her future husband, a young policeman        she studied his handwriting. It is later proved to be       , however.

Lulu has been my closest and best friend in the past five years. In fact, he always follow my order especially when I look after other animal friends in our      .
This summer, many forests are damaged by fire. Not far from our shelter, a forest caught fire. Lulu rushed towards the forest where flames sent out terrible      . At that moment, I no longer had any      that Lulu could come back to the shelter.     , I was waiting for the firemen to tell me his death in the forest. Suddenly, a fireman rushed into to tell my office and informed me that my dog Lulu succeeded in      four lovely little      trapped by the flames. According to the fireman, Lulu held the cats in his mouth, one by one moving them to a      place.
Upon knowing this, I      went to the forest with the fireman to      the cats. Once on the scene, we found Lulu wasn’t there. Then we heard the sound of a dog coming from the      . I recognized it was the sound of my dog Lulu. The fireman      the tracks of the dog until he found him barking      by the side of another fireman who was badly hurt. He was lying on the ground and waiting for help.
Thanks to Lulu, four cats and a fireman were saved.
That day, I was vey      of  Lulu for his two heroic actions towards the cats and the fireman. Lulu had pity on both animals like him and a human being who was      to put out the fire with his teammates.
I      the fireman in his house with my dog Lulu. What a memorable      when the fireman hugged Lulu tightly to his chest.
This      story shows us that pets are      and caring. We should love and      them. One day they could      us in return for our kindness. So don’t look down upon little animals.