Once upon a time, a blind man was sitting at the roadside with a hat by his feet. There was a sign beside him, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (say), “I am blind. Please help me.” {#blank#}2{#/blank#} good many passers-by walked by him, but few of them helped him.

    A creative young man named Tom was going to his office. While walking by the blind man, he stopped {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(see) that the man only had a few coins in his hat. He bent down and put a few of his own coins in the hat. Without asking for the blind man's {#blank#}4{#/blank#}(permit), he took the sign, turned it around and wrote a new message. Then he put the sign by the feet of the blind man, and left.

    {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (late) that afternoon, when Tom returned to the blind man, he saw the hat {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(fill) with bills and coins. The blind man recognized his footsteps and asked if {#blank#}7{#/blank#} was he who had changed his sign. He also wanted to know {#blank#}8{#/blank#} the man had done to the sign.

    Then the young man told the blind man that he {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (write) something like this on the sign, “It is spring now, but I can't see it.” {#blank#}10{#/blank#} （hear）what the young man said, the blind man expressed his gratitude to him and went home happily.

    When I met Larry, my husband-to-be, he came with an eighteen-month-old daughter, Mckenna, and a four-year-old son, Lorin. I quickly {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (fall) in love with Lorin and Mckenna, {#blank#}2{#/blank#} the children's mother, Dia, was a different story.

    There was a feeling of hostility（敌意）between us. Sometimes I wished that she would simply disappear. Then the children could stay with us— {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (true) be mine—and we could be a “real” family.

    Years {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (pass) by, something changed. I began to enjoy talking to Dia about the Kids. And she realized that there were very few people in the world {#blank#}5{#/blank#} were as interested in her children {#blank#}6{#/blank#} I was. One year, Dia sent me a Mother's Day card thanking me for “co-mothering” her children.

    Thank you, Dia, for being kind enough {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (share) your children with me. Thank you for making Christmas morning {#blank#}8{#/blank#} exciting and warm time, so the children never had to feel sad on these important days. We all could sit around the tree. There {#blank#}9{#/blank#} were, you and your husband, Larry and me, the kids ... and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (surprise), I felt at home.

    There was a farm in a small country. The farmer's daughter had to carry fresh milk to customers in various villages, one of{#blank#}1{#/blank#}was a priest(牧师). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}（reach）his house, the milkmaid had to cross a stream. People crossed it by raft(竹筏).

    One day the priest, finding it arrived very late, {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(scold) the poor girl. “What can I do?” she said. “I started out early from my house, {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I had to wait a long time for the boatman to come.”

    Then the priest said, “What! people have even walked across the ocean by{#blank#}5{#/blank#}(repeat) the name of God, but you can't cross this little river.” This milkmaid took his words very seriously.

    {#blank#}6{#/blank#}then on, she brought the priest's milk punctually(准时地) every morning. He became curious about it and asked her how it was{#blank#}7{#/blank#}she was never late any more.

     “I crossed the river repeating the name of God, just as you had told me to do, {#blank#}8{#/blank#}waiting for the raft,” she replied. The priest didn't believe her, so they went together to the water and the milkmaid began to walk over{#blank#}9{#/blank#}. Looking back, the milkmaid saw the priest floundering(踉跄) in the water.

     “Sir!”she cried. “You are uttering the name of God, but all{#blank#}10{#/blank#}while you are holding up your clothes from getting wet. That is not trusting in God.”

    Teenagers have long been told that being active and {#blank#}1{#/blank#}(take) part in sports is good for their health. But new research suggests that too much sport for teenagers could negatively affect their well-being just as much as too {#blank#}2{#/blank#} sport.

    The US Department of Health and Human Services suggests that young people {#blank#}3{#/blank#}(age) between 6 and 17 work{#blank#}4{#/blank#}at least 60 minutes a day, 7 hours a week. But researchers from Switzerland say their study suggests that 14 hours of physical activity a week is best for promoting good health in teenagers. However, more than 14 hours {#blank#}5{#/blank#} (appear) to be harmful to their health. To reach their findings, they had 1,245 teenagers {#blank#}6{#/blank#}(survey) in their research.

    All participants (参与者) were required to answer questions about height and weight, sports practice, sports {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (injure) and well-being. Their well-being was measured using the Word Health Organization (WHO) Well-being Index, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} provides scores between 0 and 25. Of the participants, 50.4% were male. Almost 9% of these males were overweight. The overall {#blank#}9{#/blank#}well-being score for all participants was 17.

    The researchers divided sports participants into low, average, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}, and very high. The researchers found that participation in the low and very high activity groups were more likely {#blank#}11{#/blank#} (have) well-being scores below 13, compared with participants in the average group. The researchers found that the highest well-being scores were {#blank#}12{#/blank#} a by participants who carried out around 14 hours of physical activity a week, but beyond 14 hours resulted {#blank#}13{#/blank#} lower well-being scores.

    The researchers suggest that doctors {#blank#}14{#/blank#} care for teenagers should check their level of sports practice. Teenagers {#blank#}15{#/blank#} (probable) need a supportive and closer follow-up of their health and well-being.