Two excited kids begged their father for his permission to see a film. Having read some 1about the movie on the Internet, he firmly 2 their request with the reason that the movie presents immorality as being 3. “But dad, those scenes are only a few minutes of the 4film, in which good 5 evil eventually. In addition, there are other inspirational 6 like courage and determination making up for its 7!”

    But the father didn't 8, and the two teenagers were discouraged. They had just thrown themselves down on the couch when they heard the sounds of their father preparing something in the9. One of the teenagers said, “Dad must be feeling 10, and now he's trying to 11 us with some tasty food.” Soon their father appeared with a plate of warm cakes and said, “Before you eat, I want to tell you something: I love you both so much.”

    The teenagers smiled and 12 with each other knowing 13. Dad was softening. Looking at the mouth-watering cake, the two boys were getting impatient about the father's long speech. “But I want to be 14 with you. I added one ingredient(配料) that is not 15 found in cakes.”

    “To make it more delicious? Oh, come on, Dad! Please just tell us what it is.”

    “OK, if you 16. That 17 ingredient is dog waste.”

    Both teens 18 stopped chewing the cake, spit it out and dropped the 19 cake back on the plate.

    “DAD! Why did you do that?”

    “That is the same reason why I won't allow you to watch that movie. You won't 20 a little dog waste in your cake, so why should you put up with a little immorality in your movies?”

    In August 1999,Yuriko noticed that her daughter,Ayako,was looking thin and pale,1 she insisted that the 22-year-old see a doctor.As they waited for the rest results,the doctor2 gave Yuriko a note while her daughter wasn't noticing.

    In the restroom,Yuriko opened the note,“It is stomach cancer,“said the doctor.“Please3There is no time.”

On September 21,Ayako had a(n)4Three quarters of her stomach were removed.The doctor 5 the situation to Yuriko but the medical terms sounded like a foreign language.

    Ayako was put on anti-cancer drugs,and over the next three months,she 6 from side effects,and lost seven kilograms.

    Yuriko decided to do more to 7 her daughter.She read all kinds of books on cancer.As a single mother,she had no one to share her 8with.

9 the difficulties,Yuriko was able to help her daughter.When Ayako started experiencing breathing difficulties,Yuriko 10 if it could be a side effect of the anti-cancer drug.She told Ayako's doctor and he 11to take her off the drug.

    12in November 2002,Ayako's treatment came to an end.Although she felt her pain 13Yuriko couldn't forget how lost and 14 she felt during her daughter's treatment.She wrote a letter to the local newspaper 15the creation of a support group for cancer patients.

    Phone calls and letters 16 her idea started pouring in.In December 2002,Yuriko formally17 Ikkikai,roughly meaning “sharing the joy”,with the18of providing hope and information for people with cancer,and their families.

    Ikkikai's message has begun to 19Yuriko says,“The simple act of talking to other people who understand your problems can make the greatest 20I hope that more people would join in the group.”

    It is not often that a person has sympathy for someone who stole from him / her. But when Chrissy Marie read the note written by the brother of the “1” who took her butterfly wind chime(风铃), her heart 2.

    The young boy 3 the note and left it on her doorstep. Chrissy 4 a photo on Facebook of the note and the US＄5 the little boy 5 .

    The note read: “I am6that we stole your wind chime. Our mum died and she liked butterflies. My sister7 it to put by our window. I am sorry this is the only8 I have. Please do not be mad at us. Jake .”

    Chrissy Marie wants Jake and his sister to know she is not9 Now Chrissy wants to find Jake and his sister and 10 their money.

    Chrissy11to Jake via her Facebook message: “Well Jake, I hope you can come to get your money12 . I had three of those wind chimes. And I am not mad at all.”

    Chrissy is13 to the area, so she doesn't know many people. She tried to14who Jake is or where he lives, but 15 .

     “I have knocked on a few doors nearby. But I can't16 far because of my injured leg.” she wrote. “I asked my neighbour,17 she didn't know anyone named Jake.”

    Chrissy understands how 18 it can be to lose a mother. She said, “Obviously, the boy felt 19 for what his sister did.”

    Chrissy has been surprised by all the 20 her post got, and she hopes it won't scare Jake off.

    "Hi! John." Mary ran towards me with a rare bright smile on her face, saying, "I'm going to have a 1performance tonight. I hope you'll come. Here is the2." She left in a hurry, disappearing in the crowds of people3.

    "Is that true?" I asked myself.  She was a quite4girl. I had never seen her making up or wearing attractive clothes, for she did not know how to 5indeed.

    I arrived at the6with the ticket, and found my seat.  Her performance was the seventh one.  I knew I would7from a hard time before her turn, for I had no8of art, but her performance was9watching, no matter how long I would wait.  Time went slowly. I10 with myself not to fall asleep.

    "Let's welcome the next exciting dance - Latin !" 11filled the hall at once.

    I opened my eyes as large as possible,12to lose anything. Wearing a golden and shining skirt, Mary appeared on the stage. Dancing with a charming smile, she was fully13in the Latin music. At this moment, she looked like a pretty butterfly14on the splendid stage.

    After all the performance15, I waited for her at the gate.

    "Hi!" She stood in front of me with a bag and her crystal high-heeled shoes in her hands, and16as she used to be, but the making-up still could be seen.

    "How do you feel?" There was not a little bit tired17on her face.

    "18!" I answered.

    "Thank you! I knew it would be." She could not19her excitement, laughing like a child.  Looking at the shining crystal high-heeled shoes in the wonderful starry night, I 20that every girl has a pair of special shoes which are like the crystal shoes of Cinderella.

    One of the most important events in the modern Olympic Games is the Marathon(马拉松)race. The race 1 one of the great events in Greek history.

    In 490 B C. about 10,000 Greeks 2 against the Persian army at a place called Marathon. It is 3 that the Persians were ten times as4 as the Greeks. However, where there is a will, there is a way.5 the brave attack of the Greeks, the Persians were badly beaten and6away from the plain of Marathon. When the Persians had run away, a soldier, who was the most famous7in Athens, was 8 to carry the good news to the city and he was also asked to march at full speed.

    Although he had fought through the battle and 9many wounds, the soldier at once started off toward the 10 city 11 was twenty-six and a quarter miles from the plain of Marathon to the Marketplace of Athens, 12 there the elders of Athens had gathered 13 for news. He ran and ran over 14 and across plains. As he went on, his lips became 15 and his breathing hard, but when he thought of the 16 of the people of Athens on hearing the news, he 17 harder than ever.

    At last the elders of Athens heard a great shout and saw a soldier staggering(蹒跚) toward them.” Rejoice! Rejoice! We won!” said the soldier, and fell down 18.

    In19of this noble soldier and athlete, we have in the modern Olympic Games the Marathon race,20 the athletes run this same distance.

    A few years ago a group of salesmen went to a regional sales meeting in Chicago. They had1to their wives that they would be home on Friday evening. In their2to catch the plane home, one of these salesmen accidentally kicked over a table which held a display of apples.

    Apples flew everywhere. Without3or looking back they almost all managed to reach the plane in time.

    ALL BUT ONE! He 4, took a deep breath and felt sympathy for the girl whose apple stand had been overturned. He 5 his friends to go on without him, asking one of them to call his wife when they6and explained his taking a later flight. Then he7 to the place where the apples were all over the floor.

The girl was8blind! She was softly crying, tears running down her cheeks in9and at the same time helplessly groping (摸索) for her spilled apples 10 the crowd walked past her ,no one stopping or11her trouble.

    The salesman knelt on the floor with her, 12up the apples, put them back on the table and helped 13her display. As he did this he 14that many of them had become bruised (碰伤的).So he set these 15 in another basket. When he had finished, he pulled out his wallet and said to the girl ,"Here please take this $40 for the 16 we did." "Are you okay?” She nodded through her tears.

    He continued, "I hope we didn't17your day too badly." As the salesman started to walk away, the confused blind girl called out to him "Mister..." He paused and 18to look back into those blind eyes. She continued, "Are you Jesus?"

    He stopped and wondered. Then slowly he made his19to catch the later flight with that20 burning in his soul: "Are you Jesus?"