“Look，it's Baldy！”A boy shouted in my direction across the playground.Even though I was used to regular insults(侮辱)because of the____on my head，it was____ horrible to hear.I sighed as I headed back to the class.
When I was just 20 months old，I suffered serious____ after a bowl full of hot oil fell on my head.I was____ to hospital and had to stay there for weeks，while the doctors___ to save my life.“Holly's very____to be alive，” they told Mum and Dad.“But she'll be____ with scars on her head，and of course her hair won't grow there.”
As a child，I cared much about my scars ，so I____wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.____I didn't，people would call me horrible names like Baldy.Although my friends were always comforting me， they never____understood how it felt.
Then through the hospital I was____ to a children's burns camp，where children like me can get any help.There，I____14－year－old Stephanie，whose burns are a lot more serious than mine.But she is so __ that she never lets anyone put her down.“You shouldn't____what people say about what you look like because we're not different from anyone else，Holly，”she____me.“And you don't need to wear a scarf because you look great ____ it！”For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who'd been through something____.So weeks later，at my 13th birthday party，____by her bravery，I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars.It felt amazing not having to____away behind my scarf.
Now，I am____ of what I look like and much happier，because I have realized it is your personality(個(gè)性)that decides who you truly are.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another      was on the way, she did what she could to help her three-year-old son, Michael,        for a new life. They found out that the new baby was going to be a girl, and every day Michael sang to his        in Mommy’s tummy.
The days went by. The little girl got        after the birth. The doctor told the parents, “There is very        hope. Be prepared for the worst.” They had fixed up a special         in their home for the new baby, but now they        a funeral.
Michael kept begging his parents to let him see his sister. “I want to        to her,” he said. If he didn’t see sister now, he might never see her     . She dressed him in an oversized suit and marched him into ICU, but the head nurse        him as a child and shouted. “Get the kid out of here now! No children are     .” The mother rose up strong, and the       mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed into the head nurse’s face. “He is not leaving     he sings to his sister!” Karen towed Michael to his sister’s bedside. He gazed at the tiny infant         the battle to live, and he began to sing. In the pure        voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:
“You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are gray....”
Instantly the baby girl        . The pulse rate became calm and steady.
“You never know, dear, how much I love you. Please don’t take my        away.”
“The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I        I held you in my arms.....”
Michael’s little sister relaxed.
The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of God’s       !
NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE. LOVE IS SO        POWERFUL.

I always remembered the first time I took part in an English composition competition. “Right! Dean would be the        of our class to participate in the English composition competition,” my classmates said. (Applauding)
I was too       to speak when I heard what my classmates said. In order not to    short of my classmates’      , I trained myself very hard for the hope of being the      of the competition, which would take place a month later. I     a lot of vocabulary, sentence structures and        rules and read many good or renowned articles. Not having I       pretty well, the day came. Every candidate     me looked so well – prepared and       . “Only 1.5 hours. Start,” a supervisor suddenly said. Seeing the      “What do most teenagers concern nowadays?” I was nervous and got     block. What’s worse, other candidates had begun writing. Moments later, I        myself, took a deep breath, and began brainstorming ideas      the topic. I quickly wrote down the composition structure, central theme, and     necessary elements. As the finishing time was     , I tried my best to accelerate my writing. Unfortunately,       my failure of time management, I left my composition incomplete. My final draft looked like a robot      legs were broken.
The result came out two weeks later. To my surprise, I got the second prize! All my classmates cheered for me. This encouraged me a lot.       I was not the first prize winner, I could still      the scent of pride and happiness spreading around me.

It was a perfect day, just the right kind of day to go fishing
My 13-year-old son Jonathan and I had been 　   this trip for weeks, and now we were sitting on the shore of a beautiful lake.
We 　   and talked, and then, suddenly, I saw small waves 　   my float(浮子）had been. I waited, thinking it would pop right back up again, but the float stayed 　   the water and my heart started to beat 　  ．After a few more seconds, my fishing rod was suddenly pulled off the stick it was leaning on 　  me and it was being 　   towards the water.
I firmly caught hold of the fishing rod and lifted it up. This fish was 　  ! Slowly, my son balanced on two rocks and leaned down to get the giant off the fishhook.
For just one second, he lost his 　  　and reached up with his right hand to steady　  . At that moment, our huge fish got off the fishing line and started to swim 　  
I saw teas streaming down Jonathan's face. "Dad, I'm sorry. I'll never be able to　  this up to you." I reached out and put my hands on his shoulders. I said the following 　   almost without thinking. "Jon, how did you feel 　  I was reeling(往卷軸上繞起）that fish in? Were you excited?" He nodded and said，"Dad，I've never been so　  in my whole life!”I repied,
"Jon, wasn’t that about the most fun we've ever had together?" He nodded his head in 　  ．
Then I said, "So, why should we let a fish getting away 　   possibly the best experience we've ever had? Let’s be happy about the fun we did have."
My son, 　   his arms around me, said,"Dad, I love you so much!”1 　   him back and said softly into his ear, "I love you too, Jon."
We 　   did catch that big fish. But I've known ever since that I didn't let the most important thing get away that day.

One day, a poor boy who was trying to pay his way through school by selling goods door to door found that he only had one dime (一角硬幣) left. He was hungry so he decided to beg for a meal at the next house.
However, when a lovely         woman opened the door, he asked for a drink of water. She brought him a large glass of        .  He drank it slowly, and then asked, “How much do I      you?”
“You don’t owe me anything,” she         . “Mother has taught me never to accept pay for        .”  He said, “Then I thank you from the bottom of my heart.”
       Howard Kelly left that house, he not only felt         physically, but it also increased his faith in God and the human race. He was about to         and quit before this point.
Years later the woman became seriously ill. The         doctors could do nothing. They finally sent her to the big city, where specialists can be gathered to study her         disease. Dr. Howard Kelly, now famous, was         for the consultation (會(huì)診). When he heard the name of the town she came from, a        light filled his eyes. Immediately, he rose and went down       the hospital hall into her room.
Dressed in his doctor’s gown he went in to see her. He          her at once. He went back to the consultation room and         to do his best to save her life. From that day on, he gave special         to her ease.
After a long struggle, the battle was won. Dr. Kelly          the business office to pass the final bill to him for approval. He looked at it and then wrote           on the side. The bill was sent to her room. She was        to open it because she was sure that it would take the rest of her life to pay it off.          she looked, and the note on the side of the bill caught her attention. She read these words:
“Paid in full with a glass of milk.”
(Signed) Dr. Howard Kelly
Tears of joy flooded her eyes as she prayed silently: “Thank you, God. Your love has spread through human hearts and hands.”

I knew I could sing but I had to prove it. I don’t care what life gives me; I’ll     it. It was my ninth time     in front of a music executive to try to get a record deal. The first eight interviews had     cold refusals.
When I found out the     was at 6 a.m., I went a little crazy, for I had to get up very early in order to get to the audition (試唱) room on time. This     audition was at the office of Sony Music’s president, John Grady.      to sing songs for a man behind a desk, I was     . It’s very hard to let someone     whether you’re worthy of a commercial career in 10 minutes. But, in this business, it was something I had to do.
I grew up in a rural area.     farming, there wasn’t much of a local economy. If one wanted new horizons, he had to learn a(n)     that could take him out of there. That’s how I     my singing. I took up singing at an early age. When I was 15, I made money from singing. That was a huge     for me.
It was in the middle of my singing that John Grady didn’t appear     at all. About halfway through, I saw him write something down. From where I stood, I could     see him write the letter 'n’,      by the letter 'o’. I guessed he didn’t     me.
As we said good-bye, Grady gave me a     . Though my hands were     , I found the     to read the note. It didn’t say, "No." It said, "Now." Just then, I knew that my     of becoming a professional musician was starting to come true.

I sat with my friend in a well-known coffee shop in a neighboring town of Venice. As we        our coffee, a man came in and sat at a(n)        table beside us. He called the waiter and placed his        saying, “Two cups of coffee, one of them there on the wall”. We        this order with rather interest and observed that he was        with one cup of coffee but he paid for two. As soon as he left, the waiter         a piece of paper on the wall saying “A Cup of Coffee”.
While we were still there, two other men        and ordered three cups of coffee, two on the table and one on the wall. They had two cups of coffee but        for three and left. This time also, the        did the same; he put up a piece of paper on the wall saying, “A cup of coffee.” It seemed that this gesture was a        at this place.        , it was something unique and puzzling for us. Since we had         to do with the matter, we        our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a(n)        to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man walked in. The way this man was dressed did not        the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty was       from the looks on his face.        he seated himself, he looked at the wall and said, “One cup of coffee from the         .” The waiter served coffee to this man with        and dignity. The man had his coffee and left without paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter        a piece of paper from the wall and threw it into the dustbin.

Have you ever not wanted to do something so badly? Well，that’s how I     about joining Madcaps，a mothers and daughters’club assisting charity.      ，my feeling changed finally. Now I believe if you adopt an     attitude．you might just      enjoying it.
Six months ago，my mom told me the club asked us to work as     at Saint Vincent de Paul Homeless shelter．That meant I had to     in the dirty homeless shelter for at least  20  hours.
The first lime we went there，a lady led us to the kitchen where we     my five fellow Madcaps classmates- they also wore the same mark .Since I′m usually     awkward， I had never talked with any of them .Worse still，my mom was asked to help outside the kitchen，leaving me totally     to serve food with them. Soon large numbers of homeless families     in like rushing river．A little girl，around 5 years old，walked up to me I      her a sandwich. She took it and joined her family quickly．As she walked away, I     she was wearing a coat．Clearly too big for her, hanging     on her thin body, and couldn’t help thinking how much I had     with her．It suddenly struck me that how     I am.
After that moment I had a    of heart Now I love Madcaps and don’t miss one meeting I have     awkwardness when communicating and have many friends. And this year I am sure I will do more than the      20 hours of charity.
So that is how I have made a    by doing one thing I do not want to do .If you have an open     about things you can accomplish more and become a well-rounded（全面的）person.

Sally jumped up the moment she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?”
The surgeon said, “I’m ____. We did all we could, but your boy didn’t ____ it.” 
Sally ____into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like some time with your son before he was transported to the ____?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers ____ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hairs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy’s idea to ____ his body to the university for study. He said it might ____ somebody else. “I said no at first, ____ Jimmy said, ‘Mom, I won’t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help some other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.’”
“My Jimmy had a heart of ____, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.
Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy’s ____ on the seat beside her in the car. The drive home was ____. It was even harder to enter the ____ house. She carried Jimmy’s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son’s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room ____ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, ____ herself to sleep.
It was around midnight when Sally ____. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,
“Dear Mom,
I know you’re going to ____ me, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more ____ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to ____a little boy so you won’t be so lonely, that’s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.
Don’t be sad thinking about me. I don’t hurt any more. The cancer is all ____. I don’t have to stand that ____any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I’m a Special Angel! I  love you, Mom.”

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My husband Jeff and I moved into our new home in Scottsbluff last year just before Christmas. I did not have the        or energy to carry out my traditional Christmas decorating and baking activities. What was the point, anyway? It was going to be a        Christmas after all.
     , the neighborly nature of west Nebraska residents started to trickle (陸續(xù)來(lái)臨) in.
There was a        on the door one evening. It was Jeff’s new colleague, John Smith, and his wife, Phyllis. The Smiths had stopped by to        us to town with a loaf of homemade bread. They pointed out a       on the porch (門廊). Apparently the doorbell wasn’t working in the cold snowy weather and we had        a visit from the Browns, our across-the-street neighbors, who brought us a Christmas card and more Christmas cookies.
The        feelings brought by these thoughtful gestures lasted longer than the food.
As Jeff and I were clearing pre-Christmas        from our driveway, Ernie Guzman came over from next door to        us to dig out.
Then, we received an invitation to        a Christmas Eve meal with our neighbors, Ernie and Nancy Sommer, and their       —a 90-year-old lady, who also had no family in the immediate area with whom to spend the holiday.
Our Christmas Eve was quite merry, thanks to our       . Our Christmas morning        was special, thanks to the Smiths’ gift of bread. I was so       for these gestures of welcome, especially during the holidays.
This year, we were again unable to be with our families for Christmas. The        and work schedules just made things too difficult.        that sense of Christmas isolation (孤立) all too well, we decided to try to round up some other folks who were        in the holidays.
Lonely people are all around us, but most of us        notice them. Just take a look around you. Sometimes, the smallest        gesture can make a world of difference.