I was 12 years old and had talked my older brother into taking me to a drive－in movie. I felt so grown up ____(1)____ with him and his friends. When I found out that one of them had brought a bottle of cheap wine in ____(2)____, which was against the rule, I persuaded my brother into buying me a bottle. It was a big mistake. The ____(3)____ hit me like a large heavy hammer. Within minutes, my ____(4)____ was buzzing and my body felt numb (麻木的). When I got home, I did my best to ____(5)____ straight and appear normal. Dad knew ____(6)____ I walked in the door that I was ____(7)____. He yelled at us for quite a while and I ____(8)____ the next day hung－over.

   That ____(9)____ did serve to teach me one thing, ____(10)____. It taught me to prefer a natural high over a(n) ____(11)____ one. I get a natural high when I watch the birds flying ____(12)____ the sunny sky. I get a natural high when I exercise my body, ___(13)____ and soul. I get a natural high when I ____(14)____ my dogs, hug my child and ____(15)____ my smile. I get a natural high from ____(16)____ the morning breeze on my face and get a natural high from every act of ____(17)____ I share.

   You can ____(18)____ your life with natural highs that lighten your heart and calm your mind. All you have to do is ____(19)____ them. May all of your natural highs bring you ____(20)___.

Chris Marlow, a minister and father of two, would say that his life prior to 2009 was good but ordinary. Then a mission trip toZimbabweturned his entire world _（1)__  upside down, and he returned to his home in North Carolina a(n) _（2)__ man.

It was on this trip that Marlow was faced with the __（3)__  of extreme poverty that showed itself determinedly in the faces of _（4)__  children begging for food. One orphaned boy, in particular, who slept on the concrete floor of an __（5)__gas station with dozens of other orphaned children, ___（6)__  the direction of Marlowˈs lifeˈs work forever.

The young boy begged Marlow to allow him to work for him _（7)__ food, as he had not eaten for days and was starving. It was an __（8)__ that Marlow could not forget as he spent the following days of the trip driving through dusty roads and desperation,_（9)__ to find a way to feed the hungry orphans.

Marlow went on to found Help One Now, a non－profit organization that __（10)__ ordinary people to help provide food, shelter, and education to poor children in Africa, Haiti, and around the world through _（11)__  acts of generosity. In 2016 he published his first book, Doing Good Is Simple, the story of his transformative experience with the reality of severe poverty, as a __（12)__  for others looking to make a positive _（13)__  in the world from right where they are.

The book does more than ___（14)__  people to do good—it puts the suggestion into action with every __（15)__ .“Early on, we decided that we would use the profits of Doing Good Is Simple to __（16)__  meals to children in our communities around the world，”Marlow explains.“Every book that is ___（17)__  will provide five meals to children in one of our communities. In the first 30 days after the bookˈs ___（18)__ ，we hit over 30，000 meals.”

Help One Now is _（19)__  working to aid Haiti in the disaster relief of Hurricane Matthew.“We encourage those interested in working with the ___（20)__to think of ways to help that fit their individual personalities and lifestyles，”he says.“And we also love to see you advocate for us.”

Who doesn't like getting cards in the mail? Every year I mail dozens of Christmas ____  (1)  __, mostly to people with whom I've been exchanging yearly ____  (2)  ___.

   One year was ____  (3)  ____. That year it seemed like everyone had decided to reject the Christmas card ____  (4)  _.

   I waited. My kids noticed.

   "Mom, didn't you (5)_______ out Christmas cards this year?" Asked my sixteen-year-old daughter.

   "Yes, of course I did. Why do you ask?"

   She pointed to a(n) ____  (5)  ____ basket on the counter. "Where are all our Christmas cards?"

   That was the big (7)____, wasn't it? It was ____  (6)  ____ the second week of December and the ____  (7)  ____ cards I'd received were from our insurance agents.

   I don't know ____  (8)  ____ changed from all the years past. One friend sent out a Facebook message to let people know that, while she was ____  (9)  ____ everyone else's Christmas cards, she wouldn't be sending out cards this year because she was too ___  (10)  ____.

   Too busy. Too busy to write cards.

   Then, not ____  (11)  ___ after Christmas, a special card arrived in the mail that caused my shrunk ____  (12)  ____ to grow three sizes that day.

   "Loved ones," it read, "I can't tell you how much we look forward to receiving your Christmas card every year. The ____  (13)  ____ are growing too fast, and we are getting old, so your yearly holiday greeting is better than any monetary(货币)____  (14)  ____. We love you and hope that you know that our ___  (15)  ___ travels miles to reach you, just as your card has traveled miles to reach us. Much love."

   My grandparents are both ____  (16)  ____ now, but I still have that card. It is the first card I put in the basket to (19)______ me that true spirit of Christmas is ____  (17)  ____, not receiving.

The day after tomorrow would be my forty –year-old birthday. I was __  (1)  __of entering a new decade of my life and __  (2)  __ that my best years were now behind me.

It is a daily routine for me to the gym for a workout __  (3)  __ going to work. Every morning I __  (4)  __ see my friend Jo at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in fantastic shape. As I greeted Nicolas on this ___  (5)  __ day, he noticed I wasn’t full of my usual __  (6)  __ and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling__  (7)  __ about turning forty. I wondered how I would __  (8)  __ my life once I reached Jo’s age, so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life?”

Without__  (9)  ___, Nicolas replied, “Well, Joe, this is my philosophical(哲学的) __  (10)  __ to your philosophical question:

“When I was a child in Austria and __  (11)  __ was taken care of for me, that was the best time of my life.” “When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got __  (12)  __ for my efforts, that was the best time of my life.” “When I __  (13)  __my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life.” “The Second World War __  (14)  __, and my wife and I had to flee Austria to __  (15)  __ our lives. When we were together and__  (16)  __on a ship bound for North America, that was the best time of my life.” “When we came to Canada and started a(n) __  (17)  __, that was the best time of my life.” “When I was a young father, __  (18)  __my children grow up, that was the best time of my life.” “And now, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my __  (19)  __. I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was __  (20)  __ we first met. This is the best time of my life.”

Terry was a middle-aged leather trader whose repeated failure in career made him a depressed man, often   (1)   that he had been cheated by others. One day he told his wife he was so  (2)  with the city that he had to leave.

  So his family moved to another city. It was the evening of a weekend. When Terry and his wife were busily  (3)  up their new home, the light suddenly   (4)  . Terry was regretful to have forgotten to bring along   (5)   and had to wait   (6)   in a low mood. Just then he heard light, hesitant   (7)   on his door that were clearly audible (听到) in the   (8)   night.

  “Who’s it?” he wondered, since Terry was a   (9)  to this city. And this was the moment he especially hated to be   (10)  , so he went to the door and opened it   (11)  . At the door was a little girl, shyly asking, “Sir, do you have candles? I’m your neighbor. ” “No,” answered Terry in anger and shut the door   (12)  . “What a nuisance(讨厌)!” He complained over it with his wife. “No sooner had we settled down than the neighbor came to   (13)   things.”

  After a while, the door was knocked again. He opened it and found the same girl outside.  (14)  this time she was   (15)   two candles, saying, “My grandma told me the new neighbor downstairs might need candles. She   (16)   me here to give you these.” Terry was very   (17)   by what he saw and heard.

  At that moment he suddenly realized what caused his   (18)   in life. It was his   (19)   and harshness (刻薄) with other people. The person who had cheated him in life was   (20)   nobody else but himself, for his eyes had been blurred (蒙蔽) by his unsympathetic mind.

It was summer vacation. Our 12-year-old son, Jack, felt free. I let him 41            this I’m-on-vacation

feeling for several days. I was happy for him.

But before long, I couldn’t help noticing that weeds were growing in the garden, dishes    42          up. With a little baby and horses to care for, it is really   43           for me to manage all the things. So one morning, I told Jack that he had to work two hours a day to help me, “I’ll   44             you, but you have to do it.” He got quite    45             . “I don’t think I should have to work if I don’t feel like it! I’m only a kid!” 46            , I insisted two hours a day wasn’t too much to ask of a 12-year-old.

After that, each morning I gave him   47             about what needed to be done around the yard. The work became part of his daily routine, but he didn’t spare any   48           on it.

Halfway through the   49                , the $1 and $5 bills began to pile up in Jack’s drawer. About this time he came to me for   50       work. He figured out if he worked extra, he might be able to buy a 51             by the end of the summer. Surprised and happy, I thought of another task for him. 52               August heat, he worked happily with his goal in his mind.

One day I went out to inspect his   53            and praised him for the nice job he was doing-- the messy old farmhouse turned into a beautiful view at the   54             of Jack.

“Yeah, this place is starting to look good.” He said   55              , as sweat dripped from his dirty face. A few minutes later, he said to himself, “I wonder what it   56               like to win the lottery (彩票).”

It’s not   57               him to be dreaming of winning the lottery. For a minute I worried that his   58             had changed. But my worry was gone.

“I bet it doesn’t feel that good,” he answered himself, “because you wouldn’t have   59              it.”

Hearing this, I came to realize something unexpected   60                happen——Jack’s work had given him something much more precious than that new drum, something more valuable than a jackpot (大奖).

When young, I had flown hundreds of flights since graduation, but one stands out among the many. One day, I   (1)   a call light in the coach cabin and there I found a young mother   (2)   with her baby. Everything was in a mess. What’s worse, the mother, who felt nearly   (3)   about these, told me she had no more diapers(尿不湿) or other clothing   (4)   her.

　  In tears, she informed me that they had   (5)   their flight the previous night and because she had very little   (6)  , she and her son had spent the night on the airport floor. Since she hadn't   (7)  to get late for the flight, she was forced to use up most of her   (8)   and all the money she had to feed them.

　   As a mother of three daughters, I could feel her   (9)   through the hopelessness on her face. Immediately I turned to the other flight attendants and tried every   (10)  . After the young mother and her son had changed their   (11)   and the baby had gone to sleep, I sat with her,   (12)   her hand, trying to provide some support and   (13)   for the rest of the flight.

　 Soon after we   (14)  , I walked them to their next flight, which would take them to their final   (15)  ;With tears in my eyes I gave her a hug, "You have shown me the true   (16)   of a mother's love. I will never   (17)   you."

　As she   (18)   me for all I had done she said softly, "You're not the flight attendant, you're a sky angel." she   (19)  , "And these are your angel wings."

　Though I have retired, I still   (20)   the gift that the mother gave me on that special day - that we truly are all spiritual beings traveling in human.

Albert Einstein，who was born in Germany in 1879，is known as one of the greatest scientists in the world．When he was a little boy，he was slow to talk and had____  (1)  ____learning to read．He always preferred staying alone and thinking____  (2)  ____．

    At the age of 20，Einstein studied at the Swiss Federal University of Technology in Zurich．Once Einstein asked his____  (3)  ____，“How can a person，____  (4)  ____me，leave his distinct footprints on the road of life and make an outstanding____  (5)  ____in the scientific field?”It was a____  (6)  ____problem．The tutor said that he had to____  (7)  ____it carefully and then gave him an answer．

    After three days，the tutor told Einstein that the____  (8)  ____was coming!He____  (9)  ____Einstein to walk toward a building site and set foot on the cement(水泥)ground that the construction workers had just paved．In the workers’ scolding，Einstein was____  (10)  ____to ask his tutor，“Sir，aren’t you misleading me?”

    “Right，exactly!”the tutor said．“Have you seen it?Only on the____  (11)  ____paved road can you leave your footprints，while you can’t____  (12)  ____your footprints on those old roads that have been stepped by countless____  (13)  ____．”

    After hearing what he said，Einstein was lost in deep thought and an open and clear way____  (14)  _____in his mind．Since then，a very____  (15)  ____sense of innovation(革新)and pioneering consciousness began____  (16)  ____Einstein’s thinking and action．He said：“I never____  (17)  ____what dictionaries and textbooks carry；My mind only remembers those things that are not____  (18)  ____in books．”It was for such a reason____  (19)  ____Einstein left his deep sparkling footprints in the history of____  (20)  ____．