One day I went to a store to get some needed items for my family. I gathered up my goodies and headed for the 1 counter, only to be 2 in the narrow aisle (通道) by a young man who 3 to be about sixteen years old. I wasn't in a hurry, so I 4 waited for the boy to realize that I was there. It was obvious now, he was mentally 5 and a little shocked as he turned and saw me standing so 6 to him, waiting to 7. I said, “Hey Buddy, what's your name?”

    “My name is Denny and I'm 8 with my Mommy,” he responded proudly.

    “Wow,” I said, “that's a(n) 9 name; I wish my name was Denny, but my name is Steve. How old are you Denny?”

    “How old am I now, Mommy?” he asked his mother as she slowly 10 from the next aisle. “You're fifteen years old, Denny”. Then he headed toward the toy section.

    Denny's mom 11 me for taking the time to talk with her son. She told me that most people wouldn't 12 look at him, much less talk to him.

    I told her that it was my 13 and that there are plenty of red, yellow, and pink roses in God's Garden; 14, “Blue Roses” are very 15 and should be appreciated 16 their beauty and distinctiveness.

    You see, Denny is a Blue Rose and 17 someone doesn't stop and 18 that rose with their heart and touch that rose with their kindness, then they've 19 a blessing from God. So, the next time you see a BLUE ROSE, don't turn your head and walk off. 20 to smile and say Hello.

    As some of these actors could not sing well enough, they had to rely on other musicians to help them. So during the broadcasts they just 1 to sing. Anyhow their 2 were humorous enough to be copied by other groups. They were so popular that their fans formed clubs in order to get more 3 with them. Each week on TV, the Monkees would play and sing songs 4 by other musicians.5, after a year or so in which they became more 6 about their work, the Monkees started to play and sing their own songs like a real band. Then they 7 their own records and started touring and playing their own music. In the USA they became even more popular than the Beatles and sold even more 8. The band 9 up in about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s. They produced a new record in 1996,10which they celebrated their former time as a real band.

    Jayce began noticing when he was in kindergarten that he looked different from his classmates. They had two arms. He had one.

    It started when one boy 1 him, said his mother, Lewis. He'd return to his home with questions: “Why am I 2? Why me? His mother recalled he was actually mad at God for making him that way and that it was a heavy 3 to his heart.

    Lewis 4 she didn't know what to do at that point. A few weeks later, Lewis turned on the TV to a news story about an eighth grader, Trashaun, becoming an Internet hit after 5 videos of his slam dunks (灌篮), and, like Jayce, he 6 most of his left arm. Lewis called Jayce in. To her surprise, Jayce was immediately 7. At the time, it seemed that watching Trashaun was 8 an inspiring moment for Jayce—he saw a role model with a similar 9. If it had stayed just that, Lewis would have been happy enough. But little did she know that a family friend had already 10 to the newspaper to help set up a 11 with Trashaun to build Jayce's confidence.

    The boys met and instantly 12 with each other as both of them were in the same condition. They rode bikes, took photos, and shot basketball on the court. Instead of spending the whole day feeling 13 for themselves, they had a lot of fun. However, Trashaun did get 14 with Jayce sometimes. They talked about his left arm. He told Jayce he was perfect the way God made him. He also told him not to let anyone 15 him and not to let those words shake his 16.

    Since that meeting, Lewis has seen a noticeable 17 in her son. As for Trashaun, his relationship with Jayce made him 18 to help more kids. “Honestly, it 19 a lot to know that I changed Jayce's life,” Trashaun says. Still, he never dreamed that his 20 would have such an impact. “I just thought my friends would see them, and be like, 'Oh, he dunked it!'”

    He certainly did.

    Last summer I went on a two­day river rafting trip with my teenage daughter as the river guide. I was proud to see my baby girl 1 and confidently moving our raft through a variety of 2 white­water conditions. I also found it3to have my daughter giving commands and barking 4 as to when and how to paddle(用桨划船).

    As we approached the largest 5 on the river I could feel my heart beating faster. Upon 6 the turbulent(湍急的) water, our boat got 7 on a large rock. I was in the front of the boat and reached 8 with my paddle, thinking I would help 9 us away from the rock. In the next instant I could feel myself falling out of the boat and into the river. I did have my moments of 10 and terror.

    This resistance disappeared quickly, 11 I landed in the cold, powerfully turbulent water. 12 my high­quality flotation vest, I was pulled underwater, 13 thankfully, within seconds I popped(冒出) back up to the 14. A few moments later one of the other trip leaders called for me to 15 toward his boat, where I was quickly pulled up and in. I was shaken, out of breath, and quite 16to be out of the turbulent water.

    An equivalent of this experience happens all the time in our lives. This is life. You cannot count on things going 17. When we do, we often 18disappointed and unhappy. Resisting 19 which often arrives suddenly and unexpectedly, keeps us from 20 the scenario(可能要发生的事) unfolding before us clearly, and it can keep us from acting in ways that are smart and effective and that lead to results that make us feel good and proud of ourselves.

    I was on a plane returning home to Dallas, Texas after completing my duty in Vietnam. There were no hometown parades for us veterans (退役老兵) from that 1 war and I had been warned about the unfriendliness from our countrymen at that time. 2, I was just trying to get home without incident.

    I sat, in uniform, in a window seat, 3 eye contact with my fellow passengers. No one was sitting in the seat next to me, which 4 my loneliness. A little girl, not more than 10 years old, suddenly 5 in the passage. She smiled and, without a word, 6 handed me a magazine. I accepted her 7 together with her quiet "welcome home". I turned to the window and wept. Her small 8 of caring was the first I had 9 in a long time.

    I believe in the 10 between strangers when we reach out to one another.

    Today, that young girl 11 has no memory of what happened years ago. I like to think of her as having grown up, continuing to 12 others and teaching her children to do the same. I know she might have been told to give me the "13" by her parents. It doesn't matter why she gave me the magazine. The 14 thing is she did.

    From then on, I have followed her 15 and tried, in different ways for 16 people, to do the same for them. I know that my 17 since then are all due to that little girl. Her offer of a magazine to a tired, scared and 18 soldier has echoed (产生回响) throughout my 19. I have to believe that my small gestures have the same 20 on others.

Confucius was a government official in the state of Lu, in what is now Shandong, China. His real name was Kong Qiu, but within China he is most often called Kongzi, which {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (mean). Master Kong. 

During Confucius's lifetime, China was ruled by the Zhou Dynasty (1046-256 BCE). {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, by the time Confucius was born, this dynasty was in a slow decline. The emperor's power was weakening and many small states were fighting {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (gain) control. Confucius's own city, Qufu, was capital of the state of Lu, and power in this state {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (divide) between several families which could not get along. 

As a government official of the state of Lu, Confucius wanted to end {#blank#}5{#/blank#} conflict between these families, and to help do this, he developed a philosophy {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he believed would bring peace and harmony. Confucius was perhaps a {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (good) philosopher than he was a government official, and he ended up having to leave the state of Lu. He spent thirteen years traveling around the other states, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (spread) his philosophy, before returning to Qufu where he spent his later life teaching his disciples (门徒). The collective body of Confucius's teachings came to be known {#blank#}9{#/blank#} Confucianism. This enduring philosophical tradition has had a profound and lasting impact on Chinese culture and {#blank#}10{#/blank#} (civilize), shaping values and attitudes for over two millennia.