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I believe in miracles(奇跡)because I've seen so many of them．One day，a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old．“There’s a    in my upper jaw，”she said．“I told my own dentist it's nothing，but he      I come to see you”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her．He would     to add something，but she stopped him．She wanted to tell everything herself．I found a large cancer that spread over much of the    of her mouth．A careful examination later      that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer．
During her next appointment，I explained to her the      of the problem. She clasped (緊握)my hand in hers and said，“I know you’re worried about me，but I’m just    ．”
I thought otherwise．After considerable      on my part，and kindness on her part because she wanted to      me，she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon．She saw him，but as I expected，    treatment．
About six months later she returned to my office，still energetic and      ．
“How are you?” I asked．
“I’m just fine，honey，”she responded    high spirits．“When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all，I answered      ，“Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it. ”
I couldn’t believe my eyes．The cancer that had       nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness      ．
I had read of such things happening，but had      seen them with my own eyes．That was my first miracle．Since then I've seen many others，because they keep getting      to see．In fact，miracles are daily events for me now．And people are a miracle，    through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to    the miracles of one another．
Since my first miracle，I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is    we choose to find it．

With the help of Gloria ,his wife ,Tom Peterson worked for many years to build a solid business selling television sets, stereo systems, and home appliances. Tom developed an excellent      with their full satisfaction guarantee and friendly service. He was proud of his high percentage of repeat      .
About five years ago, Tom was      by the owners of a competing company, Stereo Super Stores. They wanted him to       them out. The price was very attractive. Everything looked good. Before making his final      Tom asked Gloria what she thought about the purchase. She told him that      the numbers looked good it didn't feel      to her. However, Tom was so self-confident and so convinced that this was a rare      , he went ahead and made the      . Within months he discovered that he had made a big     . He had paid too much for a      company. He tried as hard as he could to make it work out, but he couldn't turn things      . He was forced into bankruptcy（破產(chǎn)）. He was about to lose everything, including his      business.
Tom was embarrassed, but he is a survivor. He looked at his situation. He decided to     admit his mistake and, rather than getting stuck in lawsuits(訴訟), he would focus his      on saving and rebuilding his original business. He saw also that he had made a mistake by not listening to his     , and that he needed to learn from this      .He dealt with the crisis in a way that delighted  people, who in turn       respect for him. Old customers poured into his store. He and Gloria      _to changes in retailing(零售) and have built an even better business than before.
In the business world, it is natural to gain and lose, of    Peterson’s experience is an example.  Only those who regard their mistakes as gifts and learn from them attract endless profits.

Last Sunday, I sat with Tony, my college classmate, in a well-known coffee shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. As we      our coffee, two men entered and sat on an empty table beside us. They      the waiter and ordered three cups of     , two on the table and one on the wall. We heard this order with great      and observed that they were served with two cups of coffee      they paid for three. As soon as they     , the waiter pasted (粘貼) a piece of paper on the wall saying A Cup of Coffee.
It      that the situation was normal at this place. However, it was something      for Tony and me. Since we had nothing to do with the situation, we      our coffee, paid the bill and left.
After a few days, we again had a      to go to this coffee shop. While we were enjoying our coffee, a man entered. The way this man was dressed did not      the standard nor the atmosphere of this coffee shop. Poverty (貧窮) was      from the looks on his face. As he      himself, he looked at the      and said, “One cup of coffee from the wall.” the waiter served coffee to this man with      , politeness and warmth.
After a few minutes, the man finished his coffee and left      paying. We were amazed to watch all this when the waiter      a piece of paper from the wall and      it in the dust bin.
Now it was no      for us because the situation was easy to understand. Although the man didn’t know about the one who was giving this cup of coffee to him, he would have a better understanding of the wall which had a great role between the      and receiver.

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Travis laughed as he tore at the wrapping (包裝) paper on his birthday present. He was so       ! Finally, he would have the coolest pair of name-brand basketball shoes.
All the guys on his team were wearing the name-brand shoes of a popular basketball      , Chuck Hart.     Hart was criticized for his poor sportsmanship and infamous        he was a great player. In fact, Travis wasn’t thinking about Hart’s behavior; he had only expected to see Hart’s       on the side of the box. He realized that something was     as he tore away the last piece of paper. Not Hart’s. The new shoes were the name-brand of another player, Robert Ryann, who was        for his amazing work in the community.
Travis’s hands     ; his heart stopped. It wasn’t that the Ryann shoes weren’t nice, but what would his friends think?
They were the wrong shoes and Travis would be     by the other players. When he looked up into his dad’s eyes, however, Travis knew he     tell him. “Thanks, Dad. I was really hoping for shoes,” Travis said as he pulled the shoes out of the box.
Next morning his dad drove him to school. When they      in front of his destination, Travis slowly opened the car door. Just then, his dad stopped him.
“Hey, Travis, wait a minute…” his dad said     “Travis, I know those aren’t the shoes you had hoped for, but I saw the names of the two guys and made a(n)      . The guy whose name is on those shoes,” he said, pointing down at Travis’s feet, “is someone I     . Do you know how often Ryann has found himself in     ? “
“ No,” Travis said.
“ Never. He’s never talked back to his coach or started a fight, and he’s a team player. You could have acted like a(n)      when you didn’t get the shoes you wanted, Travis,     you were polite and made the best of it. You have honor, like the guy whose name is on these shoes. I am hoping that someday, your       will be on the coolest pair of shoes I’ll ever see.”
When Travis looked down at his feet, he saw the shoes     . His dad had used his mind and heart to give the son a thoughtful      .

One day I was doing a big clean­up when I ____ a knotted handkerchief with an old dark brown coin inside.I took one look and immediately ___ a forgettable time.
In 1991，I had spent five months in Niger，with sandstorms and great heat.Its ____ and beggars were my biggest and most constant complaint.Street beggars would continually reached out their hands，shouting “Gift！Gift！”
One day，I ___ for neighboring Burkina to work in a health clinic.
Arriving by taxi at our destination in Burkina，we began to ____.Out of the darkness，a motorbike with two men approached slowly.Without ____，one of the men grabbed my daypack as the motorbike swept close by.Within seconds，the two were out of sight，____ up by the night.
The bag had my passport，money，traveler’s cheques，camera，an airline ticket and other things ___ to me.I was in deep trouble.
In the weeks that followed，I ____guarded the rest of my valuables and regarded all ____ with suspicion.All I wanted was to leave this place.
Then，walking through Burkina’s streets，I met with an old woman.“Gift！Gift！” she cried.I’d had enough.I was ____ of the country：its poverty，its thieves，the heat，and the dust.I told her angrily，“A thief stole all my money and now I can’t ____ out of your country.I cannot give you anything.”
The beggar woman listened attentively and ___ my words.Then she reached ____ the folds of her dress.
“Then I will give you a gift，”she announced.Kindly，she placed an old，dark brown coin in my hand.I looked at it in ____.It was a very small amount of money  but for this woman，the coin ___ a meal.At that moment，I felt a shame.In spite of the ____，she was able to give me something priceless.
I saw then the ____ beauty of the people of Burkina—and appreciated deeply the quiet ____ of the poor.With the old woman’s gift，I hope never to part with the coin she gave me.With one small coin，she ____ my concept completely.

Our children grew up on jelly(果醬) sandwiches.Even my husband and I sometimes have one late at night with a glass of milk.
I wasn’t the jelly maker in this ____.My mother­in­law was.The only contribution I made to the jelly making was to ____ baby food jars，which my mother­in­law would ___ with the tasty gel(膠滯體) and send back home with us.For the past 22 years，____ I wanted to make a jelly sandwich，all I had to do was ____ one of those little jars of jelly.Jelly making was just a way of life for my mother­in­law.She always followed the same ____—from picking the fruit to setting the ____ jelly on the home­made shelves.
My mother­in­law passed away last December.Among the things in the house to be ____ by her children were the ____ canned goods.Each of her children chose from the many jars of tomato juice，green beans and jelly.When my husband ____ his jars home，we carefully put them away in our kitchen.
The other day I reached the kitchen for some jelly，and there it was.Sitting all ____ on the far side of the shelf was a small jar.The lid was rusty.As I picked up the jar，I suddenly realized something that I had ____ to see earlier.Yes，this was the ____ jar we would ever have from the patient，____ hands of my mother­in­law.It seemed like such a ____ thing，and most days it was something that was taken for granted.But today it seemed a valuable ____.I put the jelly back on the shelf.
We have many things that ____ belonged to my mother­in­law.These are the kinds of things that we expect to pass on to our children.But I’m just not ____ to give up this last jelly jar，and all the ___ its presence allows me to hold onto.The jar of jelly won’t keep that ____.It will either have to be eaten or thrown out...but not today.

Tyler was a troubled student.He was in my senior class last year.It was __1__ to his former teachers that he had made it to his senior year.
He sat in the back row.Every time I spoke in the front of the class，I would ask students questions，__2__ them by name.This helped me learn their names while getting the kids __3__.Unfortunately，every time I asked him a question，he would __4__ with a flip(輕率的) answer.He knew the answers when he listened __5__ he didn’t want to be asked.If he got a wrong answer，he would get very angry.
One day，Tyler was talking while I was teaching.In the __6__ of teaching I said，“Tyler，why are you having your own discussion instead of __7__ ours？” With that，he __8__ from his chair，pushed it over，and yelled.I sent him to the office with a discipline referral，and he __9__ a week’s out of school suspension.
The week’s out of school suspension was wonderful.However，the week soon came to a(n) __10__，and I began to worry about his __11__.I knew from talking with his other teachers that he would be back even angrier.
I made a(n) __12__.On the day that he came back，I stood at the door __13__ him.As soon as I saw him，I asked him to talk for a moment.He seemed __14__ to do it but agreed.I told him that I wanted to start over(重新開始) with him.Furthermore，I gave him permission that if he felt he was going to lose __15__ in class he could step right outside the door for a moment to collect himself.
From that point on，Tyler was a(n) __16__ student in my classroom.He listened and participated.He was __17__ a smart child and I could finally get to see this in him.He even __18__ a fight between two other students one day.I __19__ that giving him the power to decide for himself made all the __20__.

Could the Internet be totally free and should it be？Should the Internet be regulated？The recent disorder in the Arab world ____ by a disputed(有爭議的) video damaging the image of Prophet(先知) Muhammad shows the United States，which is busy ____ global Internet freedom，has paid a huge price ____ the lives of its diplomats.
In an unregulated Internet world，cheating，violence or rumors can ____ serious consequences.Many countries across the world are periodically suffering from “rumors” ___ by the Internet and social media.
The US­led West always promotes Internet freedom and ____ any regulation as investigation，but it should think twice if it calculates the heavy price that has been and has to be paid for “____ Internet”．Moreover，____ the Internet in the West __9__ to be free，with no obvious ____ and no limited sites，isn’t the structure of the main pages already hand­controlled，with selected press agencies and ____ occupying clearly dominating(顯著的) positions?
The Internet has helped fight injustice，____ corruption in places so far apart as Indonesia，India and Latin America.But the Internet could be extremely ____ as well.Various racist or separatist organizations are using their Internet sites to ____ strong feelings.Those who are spreading hate are frequently using the Internet as their tool.No country can ____ to make the Internet absolutely free.
The question is how to keep free flow of information ___ while protecting children from unhealthy works，common citizens from ____ rumors and countries from unfair and damaging propaganda(宣傳) attacks.And who sets the limits?
The ____ is that there will never be a perfect system.Every country will have to ____ its own system，based on its culture，social ____ and the degree of danger it’s facing.

Born in America，I spoke English，not Chinese，the language of my ancestors.When I was three，my parents flashed cards with Chinese ____ at my face，but I pushed them ____.My mom believed I would learn ___ I was ready.But the ____ never came.

On a Chinese New Year's Eve，my uncle spoke to me in Chinese，but all I could do was ____ at him，confused，scratching my head.“ Still can't speak Chinese？”He____ me，“You can't even buy a fish in Chinatown.”
“Hey，this is America，not China.I'll get some ____ with or without Chinese.”I replied and turned to my mom for ____.
“Remember to ask for fresh fish，Xin Xian Yu，”she said，handing over a $20 bill.I ____ the words，running downstairs into the streets of Chinatown.
I found the fish ____ surrounded in a sea of customers.“I'd like to buy some fresh fish，”I shouted to the fishman.But he ____ my English words and turned to serve the next customer.The laugh of the people behind increased ____ their impatience.With every ____，the breath of the dragons(龍)on my back grew stronger—my blood boiling—____ me to cry out，“Xian Sheng Yu，please.”“Very Xian Sheng，”I repeated.The crowd erupted into laughter.My face turned ____ and I ran back home ____，except for the $20 bill I held tightly in my pocket.
Should I laugh or cry？They're Chinese.I'm Chinese. I should feel right at ____.Instead，I was the joke，a disgrace(丟臉)to the language.
Sometimes，I laugh at my fish ____，but，in the end.the joke is on ____.Every laugh is a culture ____；every laugh is my heritage(傳統(tǒng))fading away.

As I held my father's hands one night，I couldn't help but notice their calluses(老繭) and roughness.His hands tell the story of his life as a ___，including all his struggles.
One summer，I remember，a drought(旱災(zāi))hit Ontario，turning it into a____desert.On one of those hot mornings I was picking sweet corn with my dad to fill the last ___from the grocery store.Fifty dozen was all we needed，which____took twenty minutes. That morning，however，the process didn't____ quickly.After forty minutes of aimlessly walking in the field，we____ needed twenty dozen.I was completely frustrated and ____.Dropping the basket heavily，I declared，“If the store wants its last twenty dozen，they can pick it themselves！”Dad____，“Just think，my little girl，only ten dozen left for each of us and then we're____.”Such is Dad—whatever problem he ____，he never gives up.
____，the disastrous effects of the drought were felt all over our country.It was a challenging time for everyone，____Dad remained optimistic.He____to be grateful for other things like good health and food on our plates.Only then did I truly begin to____Dad and his faith that guided us through the hard times.
Dad is also a living example of real____.From dawn to dusk，he works countless hours to ___our family.He always puts our happiness ____his own，and never fails to cheer me on at my sports games___his exhaustion after long days.His loving and selfless nature has inspired me to become more sympathetic and____，putting others first.
Dad，the life____I have learned from you will stay with me forever.You are my father，teacher，friend and，most importantly，my hero.