I took the bus to school every day when I was in primary school. Alvin, our bus {#blank#}1{#/blank#}, picked us up every morning. We were all from {#blank#}2{#/blank#} families. My parents could hardly sup-port the family with {#blank#}3{#/blank#} children.

    Once a month, Alvin stopped at the local bus stop. Then someone came out and {#blank#}4{#/blank#} each of us if we wanted an ice-cream or a drink. Alvin paid for it. At the end of the school year, he took us to {#blank#}5{#/blank#} home for dancing. The {#blank#}6{#/blank#} that he showed was amazing. We didn't get treats like that too often, so what he did for us was {#blank#}7{#/blank#} remembered.

    Twenty years later, I called him and {#blank#}8{#/blank#} him for all he did for us .I told him that he probably couldn't remember me, but I sure {#blank#}9{#/blank#} him! And I could hear smile in his voice when he said he was happy that I called.

    He is the reason why I do my {#blank#}10{#/blank#} to show kindness to everyone I meet. He has had a big influence on my life. And I am very pleased that I was able to tell him.

    More recently, most Americans remember what they were doing when the World Trade Center in New York was taken down by terrorists. It is one of the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} events in American history. Even the date—September 11, 2001—has {#blank#}2{#/blank#} to most Americans.

    This was a day Peter Hunt will never forget. In May 2001, he {#blank#}3{#/blank#} a job in the World Trade Center. On September 11, 2001, he arrived at his building at around 8:30 a.m. He was about to go up when he decided to get a coffee first. He went to his favorite coffee place even though it was two {#blank#}4{#/blank#} east from his office. As he was waiting in line with other office {#blank#}5{#/blank#}, he heard a loud sound. Before he could join the other people outside to see what was going on, the first plane had already hit his office building. They stared in {#blank#}6{#/blank#} at the black smoke rising above the burning building. He felt lucky to be alive.

    Kate Smith will never forget the date, too. Now she still {#blank#}7{#/blank#} working in her office near the two towers. "My friend Mike shouted {#blank#}8{#/blank#} that a plane just hit the World Trade Center! I didn't believe {#blank#}9{#/blank#} at first. But then I looked out of the window and realized that it was {#blank#}10{#/blank#}. I was scared and I could hardly think clearly after that."

    September 11, 2001—the date alone means something to most people in the US.

    A man named Bill once visited a temple that was still being built. He saw a sculptor(雕刻家) {#blank#}1{#/blank#}a sculpture. As he watched the man work on the sculpture, he noticed that there was a similar sculpture lying nearby.

    He felt strange and asked the sculptor, "Why are you creating two{#blank#}2{#/blank#}sculptures? Do you need two to put in different{#blank#}3{#/blank#}?"

    "No." the man said without looking up, "We need only one, but the first one became damaged(损害) {#blank#}4{#/blank#}I could finish it, so I'm working on a new one."

    Bill picked up the damaged sculpture and examined it{#blank#}5{#/blank#}. But he couldn't find {#blank#}6{#/blank#}wrong with it．

    "Where is the damage?" he asked.

    "There is a scratch(划痕) on the sculpture's nose." the sculptor said while{#blank#}7{#/blank#}his work.

    Bill then asked, "Where are you going to place the sculpture?"

    The sculptor replied that it would be placed on a platform which is 20 feet in height. "If the sculpture is up that high,{#blank#}8{#/blank#}is going to notice that there is a scratch on the nose?" Bill asked.

    The sculptor{#blank#}9{#/blank#}his work, looking up at the man and said, "I will know it."

    The sculptor chose a high standard of excellence in his work. Even if other people didn't notice it, it mattered to him that his work should be of the{#blank#}10{#/blank#}quality(质量). This is an attitude we should work hard to have.