Having searched for many years, a truth seeker was told to go to a cave, where he would find a well. “Ask the well what is   , ” he was advised, “and the well will reveal (揭露) it to you.” After finding the well, the seeker asked that most basic and important  . And from the depths came the answer: “Go to the village crossroads, and there you shall find what you are seeking.”
With his heart full of  , the man ran to the crossroads only to   three rather uninteresting shops. One shop was selling pieces of metal, another sold  , and thin wires were for sale in the third. Nothing and no one there seemed to   much to do with the revelation of truth.
Depressed and   , the seeker returned to the well to demand an    , but he was told only: “You will discover in the future.” With years     by, the memory of his experience at the well gradually   until one night. While he was walking, the sound of sitar (西塔琴) music  his attention. It was wonderful and it wasplayed with great skill and   .
  and moved deeply, the truth seeker felt drawn towards the  . He looked at the fingers dancing over the strings. And then suddenly he let out a cry of joyful  : the sitar was made out of wires and pieces of metal and wood just like   he had once seen in the three stores.
Eventually he understood the  of the well: we have already been given everything we need; our   is to gather and use them in the proper way. Nothing is  so long as we recognize only fragments (碎片). But as soon as the pieces are put together, something new appears, whose nature we could not have     by considering the fragments alone.

That morning, I got the train as always. I was a publishing director and was looking forward to embracing a new day of work, as usual. I would always turn to the crossword(縱橫填字游戲), but that day it didn't     . I'd been doing it for 30-old years, but trying to read this one was like walking through syrup（糖漿）:    slow and hard. I thought I must be tired.
I said to my assistant. The      colleague contacted my wife, Beth, and she drove me straight to hospital. There, confirmation came that I'd had a stroke in the part of my brain that communication. I was now in a condition that means it's difficult or   to receive and produce language. It was the only time I     .
I was back at home a week later, and my goal was to get better and      work in a couple of months. The way to   my language ability was rough. I'd look at simple pictures and try to describe them as my mind      round and round in the darkness, looking for words．
As the months passed, it became      that I wasn't going to be able to go back to my old job. For 25 years, I had      myself as a publisher. I was used to a busy day of meetings. I enjoyed colleagues and the      I'd had. I didn’t feel ready to say goodbye to my old self. There were times when I felt incredibly     .
In the darkest months, I devoted myself to     . I couldn't manage novels or newspapers,   I tried reading poetry, and found the shorter lines less overwhelming(勢(shì)不可擋的). My speech came back, and I learned how to read again, though much more slowly. I also learned the      to keep up. I allowed myself to slow down, and started to enjoy it．
 ,  I get rid of my old skin. I grieved(感到悲痛) the past, its passing and its absence, and started to     it. Now, 10 years later, I look after my grandson a day a week, and my relationship with my family is deeper than ever. If you'd asked me 15 years ago to      the importance of the things in my life I might have said work, but now I'm no longer a high-achieving publisher or someone who reads 10 books a week. I'm a      man, and if I read 10 books a year, that’s pretty good. 

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I will never forget that night, when I pulled into my drivewayafter a busy day of school and baby-sitting. I still      to write a physics paper, which must be handed in the next day. There were many things on my mind. At that time I was having many problems with my family and friends,      I was in a very bad mood (心情). And I was unhappy with      and the way that my life was going. A major      I was struggling with was drug (毒品) use. For two years I had been smoking marijuana (大麻) and got used to it,     could not stop. I did not let drugs affect my grades or personality, but it made a (n)      in how I thought about myself. I had always been a good kid and still tried to be, but drugs brought me     . I frequently thought about     drugs were not something I wanted as part of my life. I wanted to   but I was frightened to make it.
I looked up at the sky as I got out of my     . The moon gave off tiny beams of light. The sky was a dark, ink-black colour      millions of stars. I stood outside in the cool fall air for what seemed a long time of heaven and     . The joy that I had not      for ages came upon me. I closed my eyes to decide if this dream could be     . I slowly opened my eyes and caught a shooting star (流星) flying over treetops. Tears fell from my eyes and streamed down my cheeks. I had     the true beauty of nature. Those few      helped me find the    to change.
It is not easy to make the decision to stop using drugs. It is even harder to stop     . Giving it up has given me hope and a reason to be      myself. It has helped me grow      and more mature (成熟).

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I walked into the grocery store not particularly interested in buying something. The sorrow of      my husband of 37 years was still too painful. And this grocery store held so many sweet     . Bob often came with me and almost every time he'd      to go off and look for something special. I'd always see him walking down the walkway      the three yellow roses in his hands. Bob knew I loved yellow roses. With a heart      with pain, I came to the meat shelf, I searched for the      small steak and remembered how Bob had loved his steak.
Suddenly a woman came beside me. She was in a soft green dress. I     as she picked up a large pack of T-bones,      them in her basket, hesitated, and then put them back. She saw me watching her and she smiled. "My husband loves T-bones, but     , at these prices, I don't know."
"My husband passed away eight days ago," I told her. "Buy him the steaks. And value every      you have together."
She smiled and I saw the feeling in her      as she placed the package in her basket and      away. I turned and pushed my cart forward too. Several minutes later I saw first the green suit and then      the pretty lady coming to me. In her arms she carried something. On her face was the      smile I had ever seen.
As she came closer, I saw what she held and      welled down. "These are for you, " she said and placed three beautiful yellow roses in my arms. She placed a gentle kiss on my cheek, then smiled again. I wanted to tell her what the roses     , but still unable to speak. I watched as she walked away as tears clouded my     . I looked down at the beautiful roses and found it almost     . How did she know?
Suddenly the      seemed so clear. I wasn't alone. "Oh, Bob, you haven't      me, have you?" I whispered, with tears in my eyes. He was still with me, and she was his angel.

It was a very cold evening. The old man’s beard was almost icy. He was waiting for a ____ across the river. The wait seemed ____. The old man sat on the ground waiting for quite a long time.
____, he saw several horsemen coming. He watched them silently and let the first one pass by without even asking. Another passed by，and then another, till the last rider came near the old man. The old man caught the rider’s ____ and said, “Sir, would you ____ giving me a ride to the other side?”
____ his horse, the rider replied, “Of course not.” But it was so cold that the old man’s body was almost ____. He could not get ____ the ground. The horseman helped the old man onto his horse. He took the old man not just across the river, ____ to the old man’s home.
As they ___ the old man’s house, the horseman asked, “Sir, you let several other riders pass by without even asking. Then I ____ and you asked me for a ride at once. Why? ____I had said ‘no’ and left you there?”
The old man looked the rider straight in the eye, and said, “I looked ____ the eyes of the other riders. I quickly saw that they didn’t ____. It would be ____ even asking them for a ride. But in your eye I saw ____. I knew that you would help me.”
The words ____ the rider deeply. “Thank you for what you’ve said,” he told the old man. “I hope I will never leave others ____ simply because I’m busy, and every American citizen does ____ in my heart.”
With that, Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the US, turned his horse around and made his ____ back to the White House。

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Half a year before graduation from college, my son began to seek a job.  the financial crisis, fewer companies would like to    new staff. My son targeted a company that was  to employ only one person   there were more than 20 people filing their resumes.
After the interview, there would only be 3 who could enter the final round, which would later   one person to be employed. Everything seemed to go quite    and my son passed the first round and entered the final round in a week. 
On the day of the final interview, my son and other two    arrived at the interview place on time,   the test. The interview was unbelievably . The interviewer only said to them, “All of you are very super. Please go home and wait for our   . We will tell you the    in 3 days. Good luck to all of you！” On the morning of the third day, my son received a text from the company shortly after breakfast that he was not employed. We all felt very   .
In nightfall that day, my son suddenly told me    on phone, “Dad, I have been employed!” Greatly surprised, I could not wait to ask him, “ What’s the whole   ?”  My son told me that he received another text saying that he was employed. Actually the first text sent to my son was also    of the test in the interview. Three men received the same text this morning and only my son ’s    was “ Thank you” while the others said “Goodbye”.
Only then did I know that my son ’s hope    in that way. That is, when you feel disappointed, do not    to say “Thank you ” to the one who disappoints you. Saying “Thank you” shows respect for others’ work and shows your grand   . Therefore, while under the same condition, you will get the upper hand in terms of    compared with others!

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The other day I decided to come home early because it was such a beautiful day. The   were outside playing in my apartment complex (公寓大樓) and the ice cream truck was whistling its tune. As I    slowly to avoid an accident, I noticed a little boy    at the ice cream truck. He didn’t get anything and he walked away with a    look on his face. I asked the ice cream seller what happened and he said the little boy had no   . I had no cash on me so I drove to my building and went upstairs to    some cash. When I found it, the ice cream seller was    waiting but the little boy had   .
I went in the    I thought he might have gone and I saw a    getting out of her vehicle. I asked her if she had a little boy and she said yes. She then told me that she and her son had gone to the grocery store the day before and had    ice cream but she did not have enough money to buy   .
She quickly went into the    to get her son, and when she    several minutes later, I realized that he was not the    little boy I had seen. This boy was a bit older and his sister came out with him. I took them both to the truck and let them    out what they wanted.
I    told the mom it was not the same boy I was talking about. I    myself to the mother properly and    my baby-sitting services free of charge if she ever needed them. 1 couldn't find the original boy    but 1 hope he gets some ice cream soon.

The event happened many years ago , but I will never forget it . The memory of it remains _______ in my mind . The event occurred ______ a hot , humid May morning in 1947.
When I was six years old I was a first –graded student in Miss Butler’s class. She was well known for her ________ discipline(紀(jì)律) in class. We all were kept busy _____ all day . There was always so much homework to do . _______ that had done something wrong would be ______ punished by the long stick she ______ . You can imagine the fear I _____ when I drew in a deep breath ---I accidentally _____ a strange sound . Miss Butler immediately stopped her class and _____ the blackboard . Seeing my expression, she _____, “ John , did you do that ?” I _______ to find my voice and pointed to the boy close to me and said , “ No . Leandro did it .” Leandro’s explanation (解釋) was _______ ; in a moment the _______ had come down, and Leandro was crying into his ________ shirt.
Somehow, I had known she would _______ me . After all, I was a nicely dressed little white girl , and ______ was active in the Parent-Teacher Association, ______ Leandro was a fat little Mexican boy . He had ______ speaking English and his mother had too many children to care for and no time to attend meetings . He was never dressed in new clothes .
Leadron , how I ______ that I could ask for your forgiveness (原諒)! Please accept my apology , my old desk mate.

Once a farmer had some puppies to sell. He painted a(n)____ advertising the pups and set about nailing it to a post on the edge of his
yard.____he was driving the last nail into the post，he felt a sudden pull on his trousers.He____down into the eyes of a little boy.
“Mister，”he said，“I want to buy one of your puppies.”
“Well，”said the farmer，as he rubbed the sweat off the back of his___，“these puppies come from fine parents and____ a good deal of money.”
The boy____his head for a moment. Then reaching deep into his pocket，he pulled out a handful of____and held it up to the farmer. “I’ve got thirty­nine cents. Is that enough to take a look？”
“Sure，”said the farmer.
And with that he____a whistle，“Here，Dolly！”he called.
____from the doghouse and down the road ran Dolly____by four little balls of fur. As the dogs made their____to the fence，the little boy noticed something else moving inside the doghouse.____another little ball appeared，this one noticeably smaller. The little pup began walking unsteadily toward the others，doing its best to____.
“I want that one，”the little boy said，____at the runt (矮個(gè)子)．
The farmer knelt down at the boy’s side and said，“Son，you____want that puppy. He will never be able to____and play with you as other dogs would.”
With that the little boy____back from the fence，reached down，and began rolling up one leg of his____.In doing so he showed a steel brace(支柱) running down both sides of his leg attaching itself to a____made shoe. Looking back up at the farmer，he said，“You see，sir，I don’t run too well myself，and he will need someone who understands.”  The____is full of people who need someone who understands.

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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 county. 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.