A boy was walking home from school when he saw a large, tempting（诱人的）apple on one of the branches of an apple tree hanging out over a tall fence. The boy wasn’t much of a fruit-eater,   (1)  a bar of chocolate if given the choice.   (2)  , as the saying goes, the forbidden fruit can be tempting. Seeing the apple, the boy wanted it. The more he looked at it, the   (3)  he felt and the more he wanted that apple. 

     (4)   as high as he could , but even as his tallest height he was  （5）_ to touch it. He began to   (5)   up and down , as high as he could, at the top of each jump stretching his   (6)  to get the apple . Still it remained out of   (7)  .

     Not giving up , he thought , if only he had something to  (8)  on . His school bag wouldn’t give enough height and he didn’t want to  (9)   the things inside , like his lunch box , pencil case , and Gameboy . Looking  (10)  , he hoped he might find an old box , a rock , or ,   (11)  enough, a ladder , but it was a tidy neighborhood and there was nothing he could use .

    He had tried everything he could think to do.   (12)  seeing any other choices , he gave up and started to walk   (13)   . At first he felt angry and disappointed thinking about how hungry he had become from his  (14)  , and how he really wanted that apple . The more he   (15)   like this , the more unhappy he became.

    However, the boy of our story was a pretty smart guy,  (16)  he couldn’t always get what get he wanted .He started to say to himself, “This isn’t  (17)  , I don’t have the apple and I’m feeling miserable as well. There’s   (18)   more I can do to get the apple--that is unchangeable-but we are supposed to be able to  (19)  our feelings. If that’s the case, what can I do to feel better?”

  In 1989 an earthquake of 6.9 magnitude(震级) hit America, injuring over 30,000 people. A father   (1)   his wife safely at home and rushed to the   (2)   where his son was supposed to be, only to   (3)  that the building was as flat as a pancake.

  Seeing this, he remembered the   (4)  he had made to his son, “ No matter what happens, I’ll be there for you!” Tears began to   (5)   his eyes. As he looked at piles of   (6)   that once was the school, it looked   (7)  , but he kept remembering his words to his son.

  He began to pay his attention   (8)   where his son’s   (9)   was.   (10)   his son’s classroom had been in the back right corner of the teaching building, he rushed there and started digging   (11)   the ruins.

  He kept digging and digging. Hours later, other   (12)   parents tried to pull him off   (13)   had been his son’s classroom, saying, “It’s too late! --- They’re all dead!”

  But the father kept digging for his son. The fire chief   (14)   and said, “Fires are breaking out. You are in   (15)  . Go home.” Hearing this, the American father,   (16)   very tired now, asked politely, “Are you going to help me?”

  He went on   (17)  . He dug for 8 hours...12 hours...24 hours...36 hours...then, in the 38^th hour, he heard his son’s   (18)  . He screamed his son’s name, “ARMAND!” And he heard his son shout back, “Dad?! It’s me. Dad! I told the other kids not to worry. I told them that if you were   (19)  , you’d save us. You promised no matter what happened, you’d always be there for me! You did   (20)  , Dad!”

It was Christmas 1988 in Flint,Michigan. Unfortunately, the father had   (1)   every penny, so for one young mother with twin boys aged 3 and a third son aged 16 months, now the word “struggle” had taken on a whole   (2)   definition.The idea of buying gifts for her children for Christmas seemed to be strictly an idea.

One morning she heard on the radio that the city was   (3)   the residents one chance to experience the fun   (4)  . On the night of the big “free”   (5)  , it was snowing, but the very spirit of Christmas was in the   (6)  . They were on the way to “Autoworld”   (7)   a horse drawn carriage   (8)   behind them and the driver asked her if she wanted a   (9)  . She   (10)   refused stating that she didn’t have any money.

The experience inside “Autoworld” was   (11)   for her boys. After spending a couple of hours the children were getting tired. She gathered them up and headed   (12)  . At the entrance was the horse drawn carriage looking like it was   (13)   Cinderella. The driver told the mother he had all done for the night and they were   (14)   last passengers... there was no   (15)  . 

Filled with tears, she accepted his offer. Throughout the whole ride she and the driver had been talking about her situation and that her Christmas   (16)   was to get a permanent job enabling her to   (17)   her boys.

One week later the mother   (18)   a job offer that was to start in January. The “Carriage Santa” came to visit them there several times.

Yes, this is my story. I have always tried to pass along the   (19)   he showed me, a complete stranger,   (20)   I can.

Yesterday, aManhattanhomeless man had a moving reunion with Harris. The kindhearted woman gave Jim a   (1)_  hug outside a SoHo restaurant.

Jim has been homeless for a few years,   (1)   he lost his job in acompany that had allowed him to sleep in the office.He said he was hungry and   (2)   on money on Monday when he saw Harris standing with her friends outside the   (3)  .

“I asked her for some   (4)   and told her I wasn’t working,” Jim said. “She said she

  (5)   had a credit card. She asked, ‘Can I trust you?’ I   (6)  , ‘I am honest, yes.’ ”

Harris   (7)   her card to Jim without hesitation. Those who witnessed the act of great kindness   (8)   about his coming back.   (9)  , a short time later, he   (10)  with the card, shocking many people. All this   (11)   Jim the title of the Most Honest Homeless Man in the City.

Jim   (12)   that he was surprised to be handed the card, but he never wanted to take  (13)   

of Harris’ kindness. He bought some washing tools, a pack of cigarettes and Vitamin water. “It all cost about $25. I wasn’t   (14)   by her card balance (余额) at all,” said the 32-year-old beggar. “She   (15)   me, and I didn’t want to go   (16)   that faith . I would   (17)  do that.”

“It sets a good example that people   (18)   like me can and should be trusted,” he said.“We make it a   (19)   act of kindness, trust and honesty.”

  Jane was lying in bed waiting for an operation, nervous and worried. Just then another patient was ____  (1)  ___ into the ward (病房). After a brief greeting, Jane struck up a(n) ___  (2)  ___. The 80-year-old newcomer was named Sue. Her son ____  (3)  ____ ran a company and her daughter worked on a TV station. Since her children were too ____  (4)  ____ to take care of Sue, she lived in an old people's home. Sue was proud of the ____  (5)  ____ of her children. Jane really ____  (6)  ____ Sue. Compared with Sue, Jane was ____  (7)  ___ but an ordinary country woman whose children were just ordinary workers.

   Soon, it was supper time. Jane's ___  (8)  ____ cooked some tasty dishes which were her favorite. Jane invited Sue to share her supper, but she ____  (9)  ____ Sue was ___  (10)  ___ her daughter when she received a call. __  (11)  ___, her children couldn't come to visit her. Worse still, Sue had ___  (12)  ___ the mealtime in the hospital. She lay in bed, ____  (13)  ____ and silent. Jane's

daughter offered to buy her some food but she had no appetite (食欲) ____  (14)  ____.

   The next day, Jane and Sue would go through a series of regular medical checks before the operation. Jane's daughter ____  (15)  ___ her carefully while Sue was still alone. Out of sympathy, Jane's daughter offered to queue up, fill in different ____  (16)  ____ and register for Sue. For several days in hospital, even during her __  (17)  __ , Sue's children didn't show up. Sue really envied Jane whose daughter looked after her all the time ____  (18)  ___ she recovered and moved out of hospital. Care from the loved ones when ill can really make one happy and encouraged, especially for a(n) ___  (19)  __ parent. So while devoted to your career, don't forget your role in your ___  (20)  ___ .

It was a busy morning, about 8:30,  (1)   an elderly gentleman in his eighties came to the   (2)  . I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for an appointment（约会）at 9:30.

The nurse had him take a seat in the waiting area,   (3)  him it would be at least 40 minutes   (4)   someone would be able to see him. I saw him   (5)   his watch and decided I would examine his wound first   (6)   my patient didn’t arrive at the appointed（约定的）hour. While taking care of his wound. I asked him   (7)   he had another doctor’s appointment（预约）.

The gentleman said no and told me that he  (8)   to go to the nursing home（养老院）to eat breakfast with his   (9)  . He told me that she had been there for a while   (10)   that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be   (11)   if he was late. He replied that she   (12)   knew who he was and that she had not been able to   (13)  him for five years now. I was   (14)  , and asked him, “And you  (15)   go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?”

He smiled and said, “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is.” I had to hold back（控制）  (16)   as he left.

Now I   (17)  that in marriages（婚姻）, true love is to   (18)  everything. The happiest people don’t   (19)   have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.   (20)   isn’t about how to live through（经历）the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

I have great memories of the time I spent with my family. But I also have a few   (1)  memories . The biggest bad memory is of experiencing an earthquake.

   The earthquake happened in my hometown in California when I was fifteen. I’ll never   (2)   where I was when the big noises and shaking began. I was in my room reading a   (3)  inmy textbook for an English test. I felt my bed was  (4)  . The noises got bigger and bigger. I left my room and went in search of my family to   (5)   what was going on. I was sure that someone was working on our house and that the shaking would come to a(n)  (6)   soon. But I was wrong. An earthquake had just   (7)   my town.

   To make a long   (8)   short, the earthquake we lived   (9)   was one of the most serious ones that California has ever experienced. In fact, nearly a thousand people   (10)   their lives that day and in the days that   (11)  . Many homes and buildings were  (12)   init. My family was   (13)   enough to get out of our house before the earthquake   (14)   destroyed it. We   (15)   it to settle in a neighboring town. How lucky we were!

   I’ll never forget the way the earthquake   (16)   my dad. He moved our family from California within a month   (17)   he was determined to make a safer life for us. He didn’t think he was doing his job of protecting us by   (18)   to stay in a place where an earthquake could strike again   (19)   any time. I’ll never forget that earthquake and the way it changed our   (20)  .

My previous home had a stand of woods behind it and many animals in the backyard. That first year, I_（1）_feeding peanuts to the blue jays, then the squirrels. The squirrels had no（2）_coming up right to me for them. As the months went by, the rabbits saw that I was no   (1)  and didn’t escape. When I threw carrot slices(薄片),they even came for a nibble(啃). Slowly they came to_（4） me, and by the end of the year they were eating out of my hand.

That second year, the rabbits_（5）me, and one would even sit up for slices! While I was feeding them, I_（6） that a groundhog who used to run away was now talking an（7）__ interest in this food situation. I carefully extended a long_（8）, with a keen eye on those teeth, and  (2)  , there were times I would have the groundhog sitting next to a rabbit, both munching(津津有味地咀嚼) on carrots. A few months later, while _（10）_, she would even turn her back to me.  (3)  When she was facing away, I reached out and （12）_scratched(搔)her back with my finger. She didn’t move.

By year three, the rabbits and the groundhog were back. The groundhog （13）_didn’t have a problem with me scratching her back, and I got an idea, I’d always_（14）, while slicing up carrots, of which the end looked like a cap. _（15）__one day, just to see what she would do, I gently _  (4)  _ one on top of the groundhog’s head. Again, not a _（17）__, The next time, I had my camera ready to record what you see here, one of several dozen such pictures, _（18）_she had a slice to eat, she never（19）_ the one of her head. It was a fair （20）_ —I got a pleasure, and she had yet another tasty treat.

The Grand Ole Opry in Nashville, Tennessee, has always been America's most important concert hall for country music. Every Saturday night the place is filled to the ceiling with country music ____  (1)  ____.

   One ____  (2)  ____ in January 1967, was a very ____  (3)  ____ night at the Opry. For the first time, a ____  (4)  ____ man was an attraction. ____  (5)  ____ music had always been thought of as "White music" For many, it was a strange ____  (6)  ____ to see Charley Pride step ____  (7)  ____ the Opry stage. Some people felt ____  (8)  ____ about whether a black man could sing country songs. ____  (9)  ____ Charley's smooth voice quickly ____  (10)  ___ over the Opry ____  (11)  ____. Charley was so good that before long he was country music's biggest ____  (12)  ____.

   Like many country singers, Charley was ____  (13)  ____ on a farm. He spent his youth milking cows and picking cotton. But he knew he wasn't going to make ____  (14)  ____ his career. Later he became a baseball player. Charley made it to a major league team. But he didn't stay on for more than one season. In the winter, after the baseball season, Charley ____  (15)  ____ at a local nightclub. One evening, Red Soving, a great country music star, ____  (16)  ____ Charley singing .Red told Charley to forget about ____  (17)  ____ and go for a singing career. Charley took the ____  (18)  ____ and became a true hit-maker. His ____  (19)  ____ were always near the top on the list. Some were Number One all over the country. Today Charley Pride is ____  (20)  ____ one of the biggest stars in country music but he says his real wish is to own a baseball team.

  Jack was happily trying his new car. The car was good and there wasn’t   (1)    cars on the roads. Suddenly, a flower shop  (2)   his attention. He stopped his car andtook a closer look at the  (3)   planted there. The beautiful “Mother’s Day” card

  (4)   him it was Mother’s Day.  

     Jack thought about his loving   (5)   who lived two hundred miles away. So he   (6)   a nice bouquet (花束) of pink roses, signed the card and   (7)   the shopkeeper to send it by express (快递) to his mother. Just   (8)   he got into his car, he noticed a girl standing outside the shop. She was   (9)   the money in her hand. She seemed a little   (10)  . Jack asked, “Can I help you?” She replied in a  (11)  voice, “I want to buy some   (12)   for my mother, but I don’t have enough money.” 

     Jack asked her to go to the shop with him and   (13)   a big bouquet of red roses for her. She   (14)   him. While leaving the shop, Jack offered her a   (15)  . She was pleased and her eyes were shining with   (16)  .  

     On the way, she told him that her mother was dead. So when they arrived, she ran to her mother’s   (17)   and placed the bouquet there. Jack was silent for a minute. Then he made a U-turn (调头)  (18)   and drove back to the   (19)   flower shop to take the flowers. He decided to drive down to meet his mother.  

     He handed his mother the bouquet and said, “I love you, Ma.” She kissed him and asked, “Why did you    (20)   down all the way? You could have simply sent the bouquet to me.” He understood this was a Mother’s Love: mothers think only about their children’s comfort.