Someone called me up in the middle of the night, but they hung up ____ I could answer the phone.

As a student of Senior Three, he has very little free time ________ he can spend developing his own interest.

My parents were a team, as if they were one person. Sure, they   (1)  ____, but undoubtedly any   (2)   would be solved. They began their married life   (3)  , but they worked hard and,   (4)   the years built a very successful business .They had strengths and weaknesses, but so   (5)   as they worked together, you never saw weaknesses, just strengths.
The biggest   (6)  about love and marriage my parents taught us kids was how to talk “about” your partner. Have you ever heard husbands and wives make   (7)   remarks(评论) about their partners? It’s one those things people just seem to do. Sure, they are “only kidding” or maybe they are not. But words   (8)  . And words teach, whether positively or negatively. Dad always speaks of mom in positive words,   (9)   does she of him.
One day we were getting carpet fixed. The crew boss said, “Women will really spend your money, won’t they?” Dad   (10)  , “Well, they were right there with you before you had any money, it’s a   (11)   to do anything for them you possibly can.” This wasn’t the answer the boss expected to hear. The crew boss   (12)   one more time, “And they’ll take that as far as they can, huh?” Dad responded again, “She’s the best thing that has ever happened to me. I’ll do anything to make her happy.”
I tried not to   (13)  . I knew he wanted Dad to   (14)   just a little bit and say, “Yeah, I guess that’s true.” But it wouldn’t happen... not in a million years!
My parents are retired and still enjoying their life together, just __  (15)  _ out, reading, shopping. Throughout the years,   (16)   Mom would remind me I should be   (17)   for someone to get married to, I’d say, “Ma, I have plenty of time.” She’d   (18)   reply “I don’t have ‘that’ much time”. Dad would then look at me and say, “Hey, you   (19)  all the time you need. If you marry someone just   (20)   the woman your mother is, you’ll have a great life.”

It was about six years ago. We were at senior high school. Those days in school were  4l  to most Chinese students because of the college  42   examination pressure. Not our parents and teachers didn’t love us.   43   they loved us too much. The only happiness for us was a high   44   in the exam.

One afternoon after the final exam, we four girls came to a small   45   and we felt it only belonged to us that afternoon. We talked and laughed. We played all the games that we could     46  . We felt really happy for the first time in our   47  . We totally forgot the unhappiness in our life and we threw the homework and the endless   48   far away out of the wood.

In the middle of the wood ran a small and peaceful    49  . Now and then, we could see some wild ducks on the water seeking food. The water weeds   50   happily while the water passed beside them. The air was so fresh that we breathed it freely.

The sun had set  51  we knew it. We had to leave the place which brought us much happiness. We agreed to come back again every time we felt   52  .

53   later, we went there several times. But every time we went there with the purpose of finding that great feeling, we  54  . Strangely, the feeling was different from   55   of several years ago.

I know that wonderful experience was just for once. We can   56   find that kind of happiness again which only belonged to the special _  57    in our life. That was a release of our uneasy heart. We can never go   58   to that young age or that simple life. It was our   59    ages. No matter how boring and hard the life was, it gave us something worthy to recall in the rest of our life. We’ll   60  it forever.

There was once a group of young people searching everywhere for happiness but what they got was only annoyance, bitterness and pain.

    So they   36  Socrates for advice on where happiness   37  . But   38  giving any answers, Socrates asked them to help with building a   39  first. The group of guys had to   40 the task, laying aside their own business of seeking happiness. It took them a long time to cut down a tall tree, gouging out (挖空) the center. Through much effort, they made a canoe out of the tree. They launched the canoe into a river, and then rowed together in it  41__ .

    Socrates asked, “My children, do you have happiness now?” They answered in chorus: “We   _42 be happier!” Socrates added, “That’s it!   43  you are  44_ busy pursuing something to notice anything bitter, happiness will occur.”

    From the story I got to know that happiness   45 hides behind every tiny thing that you are involved in, and that you may only get pleasure through   46 work .

    We may have to   47 pain in our daily life and in the process of   48   happiness. Sometimes we tend to look for happiness in   49  things, like a new car, clothes, etc. True long -term happiness, however, comes from within our   50  and soul. So why not turn suffering into   __51 life, and   52  tears into the light in your heart?   53  in this way can we make it through and find true happiness.

So my dear friends, just remember happiness is a  54 of mind and a matter of choice , and I   __55 you all a life of happiness.