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 hire only one person    there were more than twenty people filling 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. Unexpectedly, 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 the 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!

Around twenty years ago I was living in York.      I had a lot of experience and a Master’s degree, I could not find      work.
I was     a school bus to make ends meet and     with a friend of mine, for I had lost my flat. I had      five interviews with a company and one day between bus runs they called to say I did not     the job. “Why has my life become so    ?” I thought painfully.
As I pulled the bus over to      a little girl, she handed me an earring     I should keep it     somebody claimed it. The earring was painted black and said “BE HAPPY”.
At first I got angry. Then it      me – I had been giving all of my     to what was going wrong with my      rather than what was right! I decided then and there to make a    of fifty things I was happy with. Later, I decided to     more things to the list. That night there was a phone call for    from a lady who was a director at a large      . She asked me if I would      a one –day lecture on stress management to 200 medical workers. I said yes.
My      there went very well, and before long I got a well-paid job. To this day I know it was because I changed my way of      that I completely changed my life.

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There are thousands of people across the United States without any food or shelter(住所).Every Saturday or Sunday night，my family and I go out and ____the homeless people in the city.
There is one____thing I like to mention here. Before we begin our____，my family and I do not eat. We do this____we know how it feels to be hungry. We all get together in the kitchen and____the food. We then____the food for 30 or more people. I like to write a special____on the bags like “God loves you”.
A lot of people____homeless people. Not all homeless people are bad people. Some are really____.Many people hate them____no good reason. In the beginning，when my family and I  went out on the street，we had to____their trust. Later，as they____us every week，they started to trust us.We____know some of their names. We all have to keep in mind that they also have____.Some of them shake our hands for giving them food，and____ us. Some of them do really funny dances because they are____.
We have become____close to a man named Tony and his wife. After meeting with them several times，he has told us a lot about his____.He graduated from college and has a PHD. He used to teach French and Spanish.
After we get done feeding the homeless，it makes me____what I have at home. Sometimes it makes me sad，and makes my mom cry. I love feeding the homeless，and ____in someone’s life.

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The Keeper of the River
An old man had been working for many years for a town．His job was to clear away natural waste from the pool water in the hills, which made up the lovely river flowing through the town nearby．Quietly and   , the old man guarded the hills,    the leaves and branches, and cleaned up the dirt that would have      and polluted the fresh flow of water．The town soon became a popular attraction for tourists．Elegant swans （天鵝） floated along the clear river and the view was so beautiful   words．
Years passed．One evening the town   met．As they reviewed the budget, one man's     caught sight of the salary     being paid to the seldom seen keeper of the river．He asked, "Who is the old man? Why do we   to employ him? No one in town ever     him． For all we know, the strange keeper of the hills isn't doing his job．His position isn't     any longer．" Then they voted to     the man．
For several weeks, nothing changed ．．．
By early autumn, the trees began to     their leaves．Small branches broke off and fell into the pools of the hills,    the flow of the shining water．One afternoon, someone noticed a slight yellowish-brown    in the river．A few days later, the water was much    . Within another week, an oily something covered some sections of the water along the banks, and a terrible      was soon sensed．Swans left, and so did the      . The only thing that was now visiting the village was disease and sickness．
Quickly , the    town committee called a special meeting．Realising their huge mistake in    , they rehired the old keeper of the river again, and within a few weeks, the river began to clear up．Swans and tourists came back again and new life returned to the small town in the Alps．
Never ignore the seeming smallness of a task, job, or life．They may all make a    .

The other day I was talking to a stranger on the bus; he told me that he had a good     in Chicago and he wondered if, by any chance, I    to know him. For a moment, I thought he might be   , but I could tell from the expression on his face that he was not. He was     . I felt that it was ridiculous (可笑的) to      that I could possibly have ever met with his friend out of millions of people in Chicago. But,     , I just smiled and reminded（提醒） him that Chicago was a very      city. He nodded, and I thought he was going to be glad to drop the topic and talk about something else. But I was wrong. He was silent for a few minutes, and then he       to tell me all about his friend.
His friend’s main       in life seemed to be tennis. He was an excellent tennis player, and he      had his own tennis court（網(wǎng)球場）. There were a lot of people with swimming     , yet there were only two people with private (私人的）tennis court; his friend in Chicago was one of them. I told him that I knew several   like that, including my brother, who was doctor in California. He       that maybe there were more private courts in the country than he     but he did not know of any others. Then he asked me    my brother lived in California. When I said Sacramento, he said that was a coincidence (巧合)    _ his Chicago friend also spent the summer in Sacramento last year and he lived next door to a      who had a tennis court in his backyard. I said I felt that really was a coincidence because my next-door neighbour had gone to Sacramento last summer and had     __ the house next to my brother’s house. For a moment, we stared at each other, but we did not say anything.
“Would your friend’s name happen to be Roland Kirkwood?” I asked finally. He      and said, “Yes. Would your brother’s name happen to be Dr Rey Hunter?” It was my       to laugh. “Yes,” I replied.

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I was in the fifth grade in a small town in Utah. At the start of the school year, my friends and I saw a(n)      face. It was clear from the start that the newcomer, Ruth, would not be _____ in our social circle.
Her father lived in a neighborhood that was far from fashionable. Every day, she wore the _____ dress and too-big blue sneakers.
There were lots of ____ in our school on Christmas Eve every year. Most people in town ____ the school’s Christmas programmes. While other classes sang songs and performed skits, the ____ was reserved for fifth--graders. The starring roles were Mary and Joseph. One day before Christmas, my friends and I listened ____ as our teacher, Mr. Russon, read from his list. Finally, he said, “Joseph will be ____ by Timothy.”
I was ____ ,but at once tense again. Which of the popular girls would perform with me? “And the ____ of Mary goes to …Ruth.” Ruth? As far as we knew, she hadn’t ____ tried out. If Ruth was going to be Mary, we decided, we’d make this the ____ Christmas play ever.
_____, Ruth had always practiced her song while the rest of us were doing ____ . Her voice cracked as she tried to get a(n) ___ . We laughed harder than ever. Our music teacher     the pianist. We were the worst group of fifth-graders ever, the teacher told us. This year there would be      play!
Christmas Eve arrived. Students and people crowded the hall. Finally the time ____ for the fifth-grade performance. To our ____ , Mr. Russon said, “One of the fifth-graders will sing a solo.” The curtain opened, and there stood Ruth. She wore a white dress. Her face ___ as she began to sing. A beautiful voice rang through the hall.

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I’d been proud that I’d never lost my cellphone until my husband Jack got a call one evening.
We went to visit a friend in hospital last year. When Jack’s     rang, it was my mother calling from my   . She asked if I had  my mobile. I checked my purse. It was   ! I used Jack’s phone to call my number. Then a boy, whom I’ll call Rhys,     it. “I found your phone!” he said, excitedly. “I have been trying to find you, but    it was getting late, I decided to leave.” He gave me the address of a     near his home.
Later that evening, I went to    him there. I didn’t dare to go      , worrying this was some cheater. So Jack came along. After       10 km, we got to the coffee shop which Rhys      .
My       were gone. Rhys was just a young boy. “How did you      my mum?” I asked. He      that when he found my mobile by the roadside, he started calling people in my list of contacts (聯(lián)系人). But all they      was my mobile phone number — which didn’t     . He’d called many names, starting with the letter A. Finally he got Adam, one of my friends, who      my house.
I was     to get my phone back with all the contacts, messages and photos I could have lost forever. I was so      to Rhys and offered him some money, but he     .
As we drove back, we praised Rhys for his honesty.

Several months ago I was involved in a car accident. That moment     my views on life.
All my life I had been waiting    I could get my driver’s     and my first car. When I    got my license and my dad brought the car to the house, I felt very    . From that day on, the most     thing in my life was that car. Every day I would get home and      what else I could do to make it better. My car was my    and joy and when I had fixed it up into “perfect” condition, I finally began to     it. Every time I got into my car I felt the greatest,     nothing could stop me, but one day I was     that just like any other person, I could be broken.
One night, though it was too     outside to see clearly, I was in the     with my friends. I felt unstoppable while driving,     soon enough I was shown that I wasn’t. While driving down a main street I felt I was     the car. It was flying. When I     what was happening, the only thing I could do was protect my friends from being hurt badly.
After the accident I don't remember much, but I do remember the     I was in, not only physical but also the thought that the lives of others were     for a few seconds and I may have dropped them. The memory of that day will never     me. I learned that material things should     be the most important things in your life. I also learned that I need to appreciate the things and people around me.

Steve, a twelve¬-year¬-old boy with alcoholic parents, was failing. Surprisingly, he could read,
yet,   ____   his reading skills, Steve had been failing since the first grade. Steve was a
big boy, yet, he went unnoticed… ____    Miss White.
Miss White was a smiling, beautiful, young lady. For the first time in his    ____   life, Steve couldn't take his eyes off his teacher;  yet,    ____   he failed. In the middle of the first term, the entire seventh grade was    ____   for basic skills. Steve hurried through his tests, and   ____   to dream of other things, as the day passed slowly. One day, Miss White's ____    voice broke into his daydreams. “Steve！” Startled (嚇了一跳), he   ____   to look at her. “Pay attention！” She began to  ____   the test results. “You all did pretty well，” she told the class, “   ____    one boy, and it breaks my    ____   to tell you this, but…” She hesitated, pinning Steve to his seat with a sharp   ____.“…The smartest boy in the seventh grade is failing my class！”
After that, Steve still   ____   do his homework. “Just try it，” Miss White said one day. “Steve!
Please! I care about you！” Wow! Suddenly, Steve got it! Someone cared about him? Someone, so beautiful and perfect, cared about him! Steve went home from school,    ____    that afternoon. The following Monday he arrived at school on time, and waited for Miss White to enter the classroom. She walked in, all sparkle and smiles! Immediately, she gave a   ____   on the weekend homework. Steve was the first to  ____   his paper. With a look of   ____， Miss White took his paper. Steve walked back to his desk, his heart beating strongly within his chest. Miss White's face was in total   ____   ! Suddenly, her face broke into a bright smile. The smartest boy in the seventh grade had just   ____    his first test! From that moment  ____   was the same for Steve.

Who designed the first helicopter(直升機(jī))? Who _____some of most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most ______of his time? There is an answer ______ all these questions --Leonardo da Vinci (達(dá)?芬奇)
Leonard may have been the greatest genius ______ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t _______ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonard ______ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master(大師) painter, and as he got older he became _____ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand in ten different ways _______he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with _______today. You may know one of his most famous works-- the ______ woman known as the Mona Lisa.