It had been a tiring journey. I 1the hotel at about ten o'clock that night. There were many other tourists waiting to 2in. I approached the reception desk and3my room number and the 4 to it. To my disappointment, I found that there had been a5in communication and my reservation(预定)for a room had not been 6. The receptionist(接待员)was very polite and helpful. She told me that the hotel was fully7for the night and suggested that I live in another hotel which is further down the hill. Faced with hardly any choice, I 8her suggestion.

    The hotel was rather strange and warm. The owner was Percy Williams who doubled up9a receptionist and a waiter. He greeted me10and showed me my room. By then I was so tired that I jumped into bed and11a deep sleep.

    The next morning, I woke up feeling very much 12. I realized that I was13with a blanket and my clothes were14put in the closet. “Mr. Williams is indeed a nice man,” I thought to myself. I decided that I would15on in this hotel for the rest of my holidays.

    I met Mr. Williams on my way out and thanked him for his16. Mr. Williams was surprised. “I didn't do anything 17show you to your room last night, Miss 18must be my wife who did that.”

    “Please give my thanks to your wife then,” I said as I moved to leave. Mr. Williams' next few words made me19 

    “I'm afraid I can't, Miss. You see, my wife has been dead for 20.”

    I found out one time that doing a favor for someone could get you Into a lot of1.I was having a final test at the time2the test, the girl sitting next to me 3something, but I didn't understand. So I 4over her way and found out that she was trying to ask me 5 I had an extra pen. I 6to have one,so I took it out and put it on her desk.

    Later, after the test papers had been 7the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students 8As soon as we were alone, she began to talk to me about what it meant to 9up.She talked about how important it was to be 10for my own acts. For a long time, she talked about 11and emphasized(强调)the fact that when people do something dishonest,they are really cheating 12She made me promise that I would think 13 about all the things she had said,and then I could leave.I walked out of the room14why she had talked to me about all those things.

    Later on,I found out that she thought I had15 in the nest.When I leaned over to talk to the girl,it looked as if I was16answers from her test paper.I tried to17about the pen,but it seemed very 18to her that I hadn't talked of anything about it the day she talked to me.19I tried to explain that I was just doing the girl a 20I am sure she continued to believe that I had cheated on the test.

    Despite being married for over 17 years, Jeff and Angela Hartung are still going through the getting-to-know-each-other stage of their relationship. That's because, close to five years ago, Angela was 1 by a car while crossing a New York City intersection.

    "I do not 2 anything at all. I asked for my two 3 .I thought they were like 2 and 8 years old. They were 17 and 23 years old," said Angela.

    After the accident, Angela was 4 to recall about fifteen years of her life. When she woke up from her coma ( 昏迷), Angela thought she was still 5 to her first husband, who had passed away years ago, and she had zero memory of her present 6 , Jeff. Even after seeing their wedding album, Angela had no 7 who Jeff was. This left Jeff with a difficult  8—how could he 9 his wife's love for the second time?

    First, Jeff covered their house with photos, and reminders of 10 times before Angela's accident. He then 11  courting ( 求婚) her all over again .Most importantly, Jeff refused to leave Angela's 12 , even when she couldn't remember who he was.13, Jeff's efforts paid off and Angela 14 for him all over again. This called for some kind of 15 .

    In order to restart their 16 love story, Jeff and Angela retold their vows in New York City's Central Park. They 17 invited all of their closest friends and family members.

    Jeff truly feels 18 that he was able to earn his wife's love all over again. "I 19 believe that this happened for a reason," he said:"How many times have we said, 'I wish I could go 20 and do something over again?' I've gotten to do that."

    Mrs. Walker sat down at her desk and sighed. "OK. Tell me, Winston, how your homework became part of the ecosystem."

    "Yesterday," he began, "after I finished my math homework, I needed a(n) 1. So I took out my bubblegum tape(泡泡糖) to 2. Michael and I are having a contest."

    "Yes." 3 Michael, "We are."

    "I thought the more gum, the bigger the bubble. I kept 4 gum and my bubble kept growing. Pretty soon I was blowing bubbles so big they 5 my face."

    "Wow!" one girl behind him exclaimed in whisper.

    "Then it 6. I blew a bubble as big as a beachball." He 7 his arms over his head to show how big it was."

    Some kids murmured in disbelief. But Winston 8 them and went on.

    "All of a sudden a gust of wind 9 the bubble right out of my mouth! The bubble 10 over my desk and out the window. As it sailed away, I noticed something yellow stuck to it. Like paper. Then I noticed my 11 was missing."

    "So?" Mrs. Walker asked.

    "I ran after it into Mrs. Roosevelt's garden—she lives next door. I saw her cat 12 the bubble. The bubble broke. All I saw then was the cat running madly away.

    "Mrs. Roosevelt helped me search the 13. But my homework was nowhere to be seen."

    Mrs. Walker did not look 14. Shaking her head, she said, "15, Winston, why didn't you just tell me that the homework was 16 and…"

    Just then, the office assistant walked in with an envelope addressed to Winston.

    Everyone watched him open the envelope and take out his 17 homework page and a note that said, "For Winston's teacher."

    Winston must have 18 to turn this in. He's responsible. I have no idea how his homework got stuck to my cat, but I'm sure Winston can give you a(n) 19.

Mrs. Roosevelt

    Mrs. Walker 20. "It was all true!"

    "Yes, Madam". Winston said quietly.

    When I was 13 my only purpose was to become the star on our football team. That meant 1 Miller King, who was the best 2 at our school.

    Football season started in September and all summer long I worked out. I carried my football everywhere for 3.

    Just before September, Miller was struck by a car and lost his right arm. I went to see him after he came back from 4. He looked very 5, but he didn't cry.

    That season, I 6 all of Miller's records while he 7 the home games from the bench. We went 10-1 and I was named most valuable player,8 I often had crazy dreams in which I was to blame for Miller's 9.

    One afternoon, I was crossing the field to go home and saw Miller 10 going over a fence—which wasn't 11 to climb if you had both arms. I'm sure I was the last person in the world he wanted to accept 12 from. But even that challenge he accepted. I 13 him move slowly over the fence. When we were finally 14 on the other side, he said to me, "You know, I didn't tell you this during the season, but you did 15 .Thank you for filling in for 16."

    His words freed me from my bad 17. I thought to myself, how even without an arm he was more of a leader. Damaged but not defeated, he was 18 ahead of me. I was right to have 19 him. From that day on, I grew 20 and a little more real.

    When my son Zac was six months old, I noticed something wasn't right. He would1with toys with his left arm, 2 his right side wasn't there. When I3 him to see the baby nurse, she did her best to hide her 4 but suggested I see a doctor as soon as possible.

    For the next four months, Zac and I paid 5visits to the doctors. Then, at ten months, Zach had a CT scan. The scan results showed that my boy had hemiplegic cerebral palsy(偏瘫性脑麻痹). I was 6.

    Soon, his doctor put us in touch with an organization that7children's disability and develo-pment services. So years of treatment 8.

    Gradually, Zac began to set his own 9. When he was 11 months old, he began to crawl(爬) with his right leg dragging behind. He10at 19 or 20 months, and even though one foot was turned, it never 11him doing anything.

    He played football when he was eight, 12starting athletics at 11, where he found his 13. As a para-athlete(残疾运动员), he has even represented his state six times at a 14 level. Then in 2011, he became the Australian long jump 15holder in the under-13 group. Today Zac's favorite sport is16and he is training with the South Australian para-cycling team for the 2020 Paralympics in Japan. If I had been too 17 to let him play sport, he would never have had the 18 to travel, compete and meet amazing people from all over the world.

    My parenting journey with Zac wasn't what I 19, but I am so 20 he chose me to be his mum. He is my most precious gift.