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.”

Tina was afraid of the dark. She always went to bed with the light on. She was afraid that the       would come and eat her. Her daddy always      her closet(壁櫥) and under her bed for monsters.
One night, Tina was awakened in the middle of the night by some strange    coming from her window. She opened her eyes and saw a huge 3-eyed monster    to get into her room through the window. She was too scared to even      for help. 
The monster was able to      the window and get in. Tina was    why her parents didn't wake up from all the noise. Tina's heart was    so fast with the monster going straight to her bed.   , the monster said in a low voice:" Hello there little girl, I hope I didn't      you. My name is Mongus. I was wondering if I can get some    and cookies." Tina couldn't believe her    .
"So, you are not here to      me?" She asked. Obviously amused, the monster laughed      : "Eat you? No, no. You shouldn't be scared of me because I am a    monster. Can I have what I want now? Please." Tina got up and went to the    where she got some milk and cookies. Later, Mongus left the room the same way he came in.
In the morning, Tina woke up to her father's voice, “Little sweet, time for school.” Tina told her father the    and how the window got broken. Her father     her that the whole thing was just a dream   the window wasn't broken." So Mongus isn't coming back?"  Tina asked.
"It is all up to you honey. You can      Mongus anytime you like, all you have to do is dream about him again.

While I was on my way into Wal-Mart, I was greeted by a woman working at the door. Before I wanted to buy what I wanted, I had a(n)     to make, and I was stopped by the woman, who wanted to    my bag. Usually I would have got angry, because I knew I didn’t steal. I had just noticed someone ahead of me being not so nice. That person treated this lady as if she was    . The person had just snatched(攫取) a bag back from her and stormed off    even saying “thank you”. I could say that this lady looked    , but she was still trying to make ends meet. I could tell this woman was    by what had just happened, and no one knew how many people had been    her that way all day long.
What if she was a grandmother who had to    her grandchildren, because the parents had just lost their life in an accident? What if her husband was seriously     and they couldn’t afford the medical expenses?
All she wanted was to do her    well. All she wanted was to    customers as she was trained. All she needed was to be    . I wondered whether I could be someone that she needed.
I looked her in her eyes as she scanned my bag, and then I smiled and said, “Your hair is beautiful!” Her face     and she told me how easy it was to manage her hair. She handed my bag back, and told me the customer service desk was straight down on my left. I said “Thank you!”

“Hi, Mom, happy fiftieth birthday!” I heard my son, Brian, say as       as if he were sitting next to me.      he wasn’t.Brian was on the USS Kitty Hawk on maneuvers (大規(guī)模演習(xí))      between our U.S. shore and the Persian Gulf.
My party-loving friend, Denise, had       me out for a quiet fiftieth birthday celebration dinner. When we      at the restaurant, I scanned (掃視) the sea of      , but didn’t recognize anybody.
A wave of       washed over me, and tears welled in my eyes when      I heard Brian in my head. “Hi, Mom, happy fiftieth birthday.” “What’s wrong?” Denise asked when she saw me dabbing (輕輕擦) at my     .
“I think I’ve had too much wine. I keep       Brian wish me a happy birthday,” I said. She gave me a(n)       smile. “Our table is ready,” she said, leading me toward the stairs.
I’d hardly sat down in the chair of honor when a       entered the room, carrying a sheet of cake. The firefighter     the cake on the table in front of me so I could      the fifty blazing candles. Once again I heard Brian speak, “Mom, be sure to      me a piece of cake.” This time he     very far away, but it seemed that he was just in front of me. I      in my chair. Was I losing my mind?
“I’ll have some      as soon as I get this helmet (頭盔)      ,” the firefighter said. Every drop of blood in my veins flowed to my feet. He      his uniform and quickly pulled the helmet from his head.
“Brian!”
“Hi Mom. Happy fiftieth birthday!”

(2013·高考湖北卷)Zigfried，a little mouse，blew his breath on the frosty window of the farmhouse and rubbed it to see the outside.Still nobody came.Maybe today，he thought____.It was only a few days before Christmas and he was watching for a miracle (奇跡)．
This farmhouse had been____too long.It needed a family.Zigfried’s____made a noise.He realized that he hadn’t eaten anything since yesterday.He jumped from the windowsill (窗沿)，grabbed a____from his home，and went next door to Farmer Mike’s.
Farmer Mike’s house had been a great place for the little mouse____the farmer married a wife who had a cat.Zigfried____when he thought of it.He looked around cautiously as he____into the room where grain was stored and was quite____as he filled his bag with wheat.He was turning to leave when suddenly he___a hot breath about his ear.His heart beat___，and without thinking he started to run and luckily____the cat’s paws (爪子)．
The next afternoon Zigfried heard some good news：a____family would be moving into the farmhouse soon.Zigfried’s granny would arrive on Christmas Eve to____with him.He hoped that the family would come before his granny came.Before long，a car came____the road leading to the house，with butter sandwiches，cheese and chocolate.
Zigfried’s Christmas miracle did arrive!
The house came____the next few days.Zigfried____every single hour of them.____，the day before Christmas when he was drinking hot chocolate with a____smile at the door of his home，he heard the____of the children of the family about what they might get for Christmas.What？A cat？The____froze on his face；his mouth fell wide open.After a long while，he at last found his voice：“Hey! Whose Christmas miracle is this？”

(2013·高考遼寧卷)A little girl lived in a simple and poor house on a hill.Usually she ____ play in the small garden.She could see over the garden fence and across the valley a wonderful house with shining golden windows high on another hill.____ she loved her parents and her family，she desired to live in such a house and ____ all day about how wonderful and exciting ____ must feel to live there.
At the age when she gained some ____ skill and sensibility(識別力)，she ____ her mother for a bike ride ____ the garden.Her mother finally allowed her to go，____ her keeping close to the house and not ____ too far.The day was beautiful.The little girl knew ____ where she was heading！____ the hill and across the valley，she rode to the ____ of the golden house.
____ she got off her bike and put it against the gate post，she focused on the path ____ to the house and then on the house itself.She was very disappointed when she ____ that all the windows were ____ and rather dirty.
So ___ and heart­broken，she didn’t go any further.She ____，and all of a sudden she saw an amazing ____.There on the other side of the valley was a little house and its windows were golden.Looking at her little home，she ____ that she had been living in her golden house filled with love and care.Everything she dreamed was right there in front of her nose!

(2013·高考江蘇卷)I used to believe in the American Dream，which meant a job，a mortgage (按揭)，credit cards，success.I wanted it and worked toward it like everyone else，all of us ____ chasing the same thing.
One year，through a series of unhappy events，it all fell ____.I found myself homeless and alone.I had my truck and $56.I ____ the countryside for some place I could rent for the ____ possible amount.I came upon a shabby house four miles up a winding mountain road ____ the Potomac River in West Virginia.It was ____，full of broken glass and rubbish.I found the owner，rented it，and ____ a corner to camp in.
The locals knew nothing about me，____ slowly，they started teaching me the ____ of being a neighbor.They dropped off blankets，candles，and tools，and began ____ around to chat.They started to teach me a belief in a ___ American Dream—not the one of individual achievement but of ___.
What I had believed in，all those things I thought were ____ for a civilized life，were nonexistent in this place.____ on the mountain，my most valuable possessions were my ____ with my neighbors.
Four years later，I moved back into ____.I saw many people were having a really hard time，___ their jobs and homes.I managed to rent a big enough house to ____ a handful of people.There are four of us now in the house，but over time I’ve had nine people come in and move on to other places.We’d all be in ____ if we hadn’t banded together.
The American Dream I believe in now is a shared one.It’s not so much about what I can get for myself; it’s about ____ we can all get by together.

(2013·高考福建卷)We have been driving in fog all morning，but the fog is lifting now.The little seaside villages are ____ ，one by one.“There is my grandmother’s house，”I say，____ across the bay to a shabby old house.
I am in Nova Scotia on a pilgrimage (朝圣) with Lise，my granddaughter，seeking roots for her，retracing (追溯) ____ memory for me.Lise was one of the mobile children，____ from house to house in childhood.She longs for a sense of ____，and so we have come to Nova Scotia where my husband and I were born and where our ancestors ____ for 200 years.
We soon ____ by the house and I tell her what it was like here，the memories ____ back，swift as the tide (潮水)．
Suddenly，I long to walk again in the ____ where I was once so gloriously a child.It still ____ a member of the family，but has not been lived in for a while.We cannot go into the house，but I can still walk ____ the rooms in memory.Here，my mother ____ in her bedroom window and wrote in her diary.I can still see the enthusiastic family ____ into and out of the house.I could never have enough of being ___ them.However，that was long after those childhood days.Lise ___ attentively as I talk and then says，“So this is where I ____； where I belong.”
She has ____ her roots.To know where I come from is one of the great longings of the human ____.To be rooted is“to have an origin”．We need ____ origin.Looking backward，we discover what is unique in us; learn the ____ of“I”．We must all go home again—in reality or memory.

(2013·高考重慶卷，A)When Joe was about to start school，all signs pointed to success.Yet things turned out to be quite___.The fourth grade even found him at the___of the class.Joe  struggled day and night，but it did not____－until one stormy afternoon.
On that afternoon，____the math teacher started to introduce difficult concepts，dark  clouds covered the sky，and the storm set in.Hard though she tried to make the kids____，the thunder won the battle for their attention.No one____the concepts.Except for Joe.He understood them and answered all the questions correctly.The teacher patted him on the back，and told him to go around to the others and explain how he had  managed it.____by his newfound  success，Joe moved quickly throughout the room.Soon math time was followed by the time for____.All children naturally drew____pictures on such a day.Except for Joe.
Since then，Joe started____.Though he never made it to the top，his math teacher was always____and curious about the change：Why had that stormy day changed Joe?
On the day Joe  graduated，he presented the teacher with his most____possession－the picture of a bright yellow sun.On the picture Joe had written：This is the day I____my brightness.

(2013·高考北京卷)Leaping on a narrow balance beam(平衡木) is not easy.But Lola Walter，a 13­year­old gymnast，is an expert at it.
To perfect her skills，Lola____for four hours a day，five days a week.At the state championships in March，she finished seventh out of 16 girls.
That’s especially impressive，____she is legally blind，born with a rare condition that causes her eyes to shift(移動(dòng))constantly.She often sees double and can’t____how far away things are.
When she was little，her mom____that even though she couldn’t see____，she was fearless.So her mom signed her up for gymnastics when she was three.She loved the____right away and gymnastics became her favorite.
Though learning gymnastics has been more____for her than for some of her teammates，she has never quit.She doesn’t let her____stop her from doing anything that she wants to.
She likes the determination it takes to do the sport.Her biggest____is the balance beam.Because she has double vision，she often sees to beams.She must use her sense of touch to help her during her routine.Sometimes she even closes her eyes.“You have to____your mind that it’ll take you where you want to go，”says Lola.
To be a top­level gymnast，one must be brave.The beam is probably the most____for anyone because it’s four inches wide.At the state competition，Lola didn’t fall____the beam.In fact，she got an 8.1 out of 10—her highest score yet.
Lola doesn’t want to be____differently from the other girls on her team.At competitions，the judges don’t know about her vision____.She doesn’t tell them，because she doesn’t think they need to know.Her mom is amazed by her____attitude.
Lola never thinks about____.She is presently at level 7 while the highest is level 10 in gymnastics.Her____is to reach level 9.She says she wants to be a gymnastics coach to pass down what she’s learned to other kids____she grows up.
Lola is____of all her hard work and success.She says it’s helped her overcome problems in her life outside gymnastics too.Her____for others is “just believe in yourself.”