I first met an 8-year-old Katy on a rainy afternoon. I was a 1at a hospital. The clerk at he desk told me about Katy. She was there because she felt a lot of 2. The doctors found a problem at the base of her brain(大脑). I knew she was 3, even before she got better.

    When I entered Katy's room, she was not in her bed. 4 Katy did not feel well, she was playing with Tommy, a little boy. She had much 5sitting in the chair. But she played with Tommy because it made him 6.

    Katy was always smiling and never appeared to be in pain. She 7to just lie in bed. One day I found her painting a picture. Later, she gave it to one of the older patients. Another day she went outside to 8flowers for another sick little girl. Katy made 9smile.

    The doctors 10to solve the problem in Katy's brain. The operation was successfully! Katy was fine. She soon felt 11. Then she was able to 12the hospital a month later.

    I have worked as a nurse for a long time. I have met many patients. 13, I have never met another girl like Katy. Even after she got well, she still came to the hospital. She played different games with the young patients. She read many books the 14patients. Katy's kind heart helped her get better so 15. She is a hero to me and everyone else at the hospital.

Peter lived in a small town with his parents，brothers and sisters. One day，when Peter and Lisa were playing outside in the 1 ，Mr. Brown walked down the road with his2 . "Where are you going?" Lisa asked. Mr. Brown 3 and saw the little girl following him. "I am going to 4 my friend，Mr. Smith，how big my pig grows. ""I'm 5 ，too. " said Lisa. Peter had to go with her，too. 

When they 6 at Mr. Smith's house，Mr. Brown put his pig in the pigpen（猪舍）. Lisa wanted to 7 with the pigs. She went to 8 the pigs，but she fell over（摔倒）in a small 9 . Lisa was wet（湿） from her head to her 10 with black，dirty pigpen water. Peter shouted，"Lisa!Look at you!11 will Mum say?"Peter wanted to 12 Lisa，but he also fell over in the black，dirty pigpen water. "Oh，no!Now we both smell（闻起来） like a 13 !"Peter said. Peter held（握住） Lisa's hand and walked 14 . 

When Mum saw them，her mouth 15 big in surprise. Then she laughed with her hand over her nose. 

Essie is a fourth﹣grade student in Wisconsin. She was peacefully eating lunch when she saw another student needed1 . Essie immediately went over and found her classmate Sophia has something stuck in her throat when she was 2 . Essie wanted to do something to help her classmate. 

Essie felt a bit 3 and scared in the situation. She took deep breaths to help herself 4 so she could help her classmate. Later，Essie said to the school newspaper reporter， "I did what I had to do to save Sophia's life

Teacher Samantha was in the classroom when it happened. "It's hard to believe a fourth﹣grader can do this. "She said in 5 . Essie used the Heimlich Maneuver（海姆立克急救法） that she 6 from a video to help her classmate. 

After learning what Essie did，the school community 7 her success. The after﹣school program that Essie took part in held an "Essie Day"for her. Everyone felt 8 of Essie and started to learn Heimlich Maneuver. 

It is a（n）9 that Essie will never forget. She hopes she doesn't have to perform the life﹣saving skills 10 . Most importantly，she is thankful that her classmate is OK. 

Florence Nightingale was a nurse and the founder of modern nursing. Her parents gave the name for her because she was born in Florence, Italy. She liked visiting sick people and helping them,{#blank#}1{#/blank#} she often went to the hospitals. She decided to become a nurse so that she could help more people in need. 

In 1853, the Crimean War broke out. She chose to go to a British military (军事的) hospital {#blank#}2{#/blank#} she could take care of the wounded soldiers. What she saw there was terrible, because it was very dirty in the hospital. 

She {#blank#}3{#/blank#} hard so that she could make the hospital clean and save many soldiers' lives. In 1859, Florence wrote several books about nursing so that she {#blank#}4{#/blank#} start the first training school for nurses later. On 13th August 1910, she died. 

Florence Nightingale was a great hero in a special way {#blank#}5{#/blank#} she set a good example for the women in the world.