I made up my mind to drive to South Carolina to meet my friends in my used car. Though I had only been there once  1  and did not know the  2  very well. I was on the  3  after I had made some enquires.
At Ashville, there was a crossroad where I could go on along the main road or I could take a short cut. The short cut was to  4  several hills and was dangerous. I hesitated for a little while and then chose the main road, for I wanted to be  5 .
Something strange happened after I drove a long  6  and found it was not the correct road that I wanted to  7 , but the hilly road I decided to avoid. I realized that it was at the  8  that I had made the  9  mistake. “What shall I do?” I asked myself. If I went back to take that road again, it would be very late by the time I got to Columbia. Thinking it  10 , I decided to go on. “If  11  people can go along this road, why can’t I?” I  12   myself.
The short cut, to my surprise, was not that  13 . In fact, it was only a very peaceful country road,  14  up and down two low  15 . There was  16  traffic. On both sides of the road, you could see trees, wild flowers, and  17  with cows and horses. My fear was  18  with the wind. Listening to the beautiful country music over my car stereo (立體聲), I drove on and  19  the scenery which was so quiet and so natural. Even my used car forgot to give me  20 . It was just in this light-heartedness that I arrived at my destination. My friends, after they heard what had happened to me, all said it sounded like an adventure.

One day as a boy and his father were taking a walk in the woods, they saw lying beside a half-fallen tree a pair of shoes. An old workman was cooling his feet in a neighboring stream. The son, in a spirit of 36 ____ , picked up some small pebbles (卵石）and said, “I will put these in the old fellow’s shoes, and it’ll be great fun when he tries to put them on.”
“I 37 ____ if you will get much fun out of that,” said the father, “ 38  ____from his clothes, he must be a poor man. And his life is hard. Would there be fun in 39 ____ his troubles? If you were to surprise him in a 40 ____ way, say by putting a coin in each shoe, you would probably enjoy more.”
The boy adopted the 41 ____ of his father and slipped a silver coin into each shoe. Then they hid behind a tree to watch the 42 ____ of their trick. After a while, the old man came back to his work and slipped his right foot into his shoe.
43 ____ something hard in the shoe he 44 ____ his foot to see what was inside. He discovered the coin. A(n) 45  ____look came over his face. He turned the coin over and over in his hand, and gazed at it in astonishment. As he looked at it, he felt with his foot for the other shoe, which also held a coin. Then 46 ____ clasping his hands together, he fell upon his 47 ____ and prayed. The boy and his father 48 ____ from his words that his poor wife was sick and
49 ____at home, and that his orphaned grandchildren were suffering starvation, while he was struggling to earn a living.
“The kind helper has gone,”cried the old man, “without even waiting to be thanked. But 50____he may go, my blessing shall seek him out and be 51  ____him to the end of life. May God keep him from poverty, 52 ____ him against evil and ever fill his heart with warmth and joy, 53____ he has filled mine today.” The boy and his father listened to the most heart-felt words in the world, eyes 54 ____.
“Now I call this the best kind of fun”，said the father, “So，you see, fun may lead to 55 ____as well as to laughter. Of all the pleasures of life, those that are expressed by tears rather than laughter are the most blessed”.

A farmer went to town to sell his vegetable. But it was snowing that afternoon, and there_26_ few people in the street. So when his vegetable was sold out, it was dark. _27_ his way home, he saw a man _28_ in the snow. He put his basket _29_ and was going to _30  the man to get up. At that time he found  31  was a dead man _32_ that there was _33  blood on the ground. He was _34_ frightened that he ran away _35 ,  _36_ his basket away.
The next _37_ the farmer was sent to the police station. After showing him the basket, an officer asked, “Is this yours?” “Yes,sir.” the farmer answered_38_.
“When did you see the dead man?”
“At about seven yesterday evening.”
“Did you see who _39 him?” the officer brought out a knife and asked, “Have you seen it yet?” “No, sir.”
The officer became angry and told the policeman _40_ him up and _41_ him in prison.
That afternoon the officer went on 42_ the farmer._43 the knife, the officer asked him again, “Now, listen to me! Did you see it yet?” “Yes,sir.”
“Well,” the officer became 44_ and asked, “but when and where?”
“I saw it _45  this morning, sir.”

Adventure is in my blood. And I had been considering how I was going to celebrate my high school graduation. I didn’t just want a small __21___ in the backyard. I started thinking about doing a solo ___22___ somewhere out of the ordinary. I took out ___23___ and drew the 1,500-mile route along which I would be ___24___ from the northernmost point in Norway to the southernmost section of Sweden. When I ___25___ my plans with my dad, he ___ 26___ as I thought he would. Because I get my adventurous ___27___ from him, he was all for it.
I had only been away from my ___28___ three days now, but there was an inner ___29___ going on inside of me. Part of me was homesick and doubting whether I ___30___ could make it. The other part of me was ready to ___31___ to myself and my family that I could do it by myself.
On the road, I met another ___32___ who was quite a bit older than I was. He had started his journey ___33___ by bike at the southern part of Norway and had just finished. I could tell he had a great sense of ___34___. It encouraged me not to ___35___.
As I listened to my ___36___ artists on my MP4 player, I pedaled (踩踏板) with my feet. There was ___37___ around me for miles. ___38___, that wasn’t entirely true. There were mosquitoes--- millions of them. My arms were so dotted with ___39___ that they looked like a topographical map (地形圖). But, however ___40___ it would be, nothing could stop my advance towards the destination. As you know, adventure is in my blood.

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank．He got into a life boat, but his supplies were   21 ．His chances of surviving were small．  22  when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much   23  than he was when he started, but alive．
His   24  of how he survived is fascinating．His cleverness —how he   25  to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸發(fā)） sea water to   26  fresh water—is very interesting．
But the thing that   27  my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no   28  in continuing the struggle．He was starved and 29  worn-out．Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice．
When people   30  these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going．Many people in   31  desperate circumstances 32   in or go mad．Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on   33  difficulties．
"I tell myself I can   34  it," wrote Callahan in his book．-Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate．I tell myself these things over and over,  35  up courage．．．"
I wrote that down after 1 read it．It   36  me as something important．And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed   37  off or when my problems seemed too terrible．And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my   38  ．
The truth is,our circumstances are only bad    39   to something better.But others have been though the much worse,that is,in comparison with what others have been through,you’re fortunate.Tell this to yourself over sad over again,and it will help you   40  though the rough situations with a little more courage.

I pulled into the driveway of my Mum’s house and saw my two-year-old daughter’s smiling face staring out the window at me. Vanessa had stayed with her grandma for a week, while her mommy, Georgia ,was in hospital 36 complications(并發(fā)癥) in her second pregnancy. Vanessa, who missed her room and toys, 37 awaited the arrival of daddy to pick her up and take her to see her mother. After the visit we’d go home where I had a surprise for her.
Vanessa and I spent an hour with Georgia and then 38 home.
I got Vanessa out of her snowsuit, 39 on the sofa and sat beside her. “Vanessa, you know you’re going to have a new brother or sister soon.”
“I know, Daddy. Mommy’s bringing it home with her.”
“That’s right .”I smiled. “well, the baby is going to need a 40 to sleep in. I hope you don’t mind, but I put your cradle in the new baby’s room.”
“Where will I sleep, Daddy?”
“ Follow me.” I led her down the hall to her room. “I have a  41 for you.”
When Vanessa turned the corner and screamed with pleasure. “It’s a bed ,Daddy! My very own bed!” She 42 up and down on the mattress with  43 happiness on her face.
“ I guess this means I’m growing up,” said Vanessa.
First beds are first milestones. For the first time we are free to get out of bed without  44 someone lift us from our cradles. We are trusted to handle the freedom with respect and are expected to 45 new rules. First days of school, first loves, firsts jobs，first homes or apartments, first child；they’re all  46 in life. Each comes with  47 and responsibilities and it all starts with the first bed..

A boy lost his arms in an accident and had to depend on his brother for almost everything. His younger brother became his   1 , never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his  2 , he was completely unable to do anything in his life.
One night, his brother accompanied him into the  3  and went back to wait. But being so tired, his younger brother fell  4 , leaving him in the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew   5 , they had different opinions about many things and often  6 . His brother wanted to  7  from him to live his own life. Knowing this, he was heart-broken and didn't know what to do. 　
A similar misfortune happened to a girl. One night her   8 , who suffered from mental illness, 9  . So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to  10  a meal for her parents, but only to overturn the stove, resulting in a  11  , which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister, who was studying in another city, showed her  12  to help her, she made up her mind to be completely  13 . And she made it.
One day, the boy and the girl were both   14  to appear on a television interview program. They both were asked to  15  something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My brother's arms are my arms; while the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying hearts.

Nick was not the kind of boy I had expected to spend my summer with. I was hoping to have a  36  this summer before my busy senior year, but my mother asked me to do her a  37. One of her colleagues needed a full-time  38 . “You planned to volunteer at the local hospital, why not volunteer to  39  to Nick instead?” Then she told me that this six-year-old boy was not a  40  child.
Nick was a lovely little boy who suffered from many disorders. Normal day-care centres would not  41  him. As a baby, he had serious ear infections which left him with equilibrium（平衡）problems.He couldn’t  42  or run properly. I was  43  if I was to take the job when my mother 44  , “Don’t you want to be a nurse in the future? I doubt if you even have the  45 .”
Then I told her I was  46  for the job.
The day started at 7:00 a.m. Nick was my wake-up call! With so much energy and very little  47  , he was quite a mix.
At the park, when he saw all the other children play on the jungle gym and swings, the boy’s face  48  up—How he wished he belonged to the group of his age! You would think it would be  49  to get a child to go down a slide. Believe me, it wasn’t! It took him a lot of time. But with patience and support. Nick took one step up the slide each day. We worked together to face his  50  and gradually he got closer to taking the slide of his life.
Halfway through the summer, he  51  it to the top of the slide. With my arms holding him tightly, we flew down the slide! I waited for his  52  . After realizing that he was safe and sound, he gave me a big 53 and asked, “May I go down again alone?”
I had never been happier in my life when I saw this little child climb the ladder and enjoy what other children  54  for granted.
This  55  child taught me that being a nurse means respect, kindness and patience.

A long time ago, there was an emperor(皇帝). One day he told his horseman that if he could ride on his horse and  26  as much land area as he liked, he would give him the area of land he had covered.  27  enough, the horseman quickly jumped onto his horse and 28 as fast as possible to cover as much land area as he could. He  29  riding and riding, whipping the horse to go as fast as possible. Even when he was 30  or tired, he did not stop  31  he wanted to cover as much area as possible. When he at last covered a large amount of land, he was exhausted and was  32 . Then he asked himself, “Why did I33  myself so hard to cover so much land area? Now I am dying and I only  34  a very small area to  35  myself.”
The above story is  36  to the journey of our  37 . We push ourselves very hard every day to make more  38 , to gain power or recognition. We neglect(疏忽，忘記) our  39  , time with our family and to appreciate(欣賞) the surrounding 40  and the things we love to do. One day  41  we look back, we will 42  that we don’t really need that much,  43 then we cannot turn back time for what we have  44 .
Life is not about making money. Life is definitely(肯定地) not about work! Work is only 45  to keep us living so as to enjoy the beauty and pleasures of life.