It was very late when I got out of the cinema. By the time the  1 ended, it was 1 a. m. I walked to my car which was    2 across the street. When I arrived, I noticed something 3the doors were unlocked. I took a quick  4 round the car and to my great 5,  everything was undamaged, except that my  6 was gone. After a further search, I had to 7 the fact that it was gone, but I considered myself incredibly  8 that nothing valuable was taken.

      The next day I got a  9 voice mail from a man. He said he had walked his dog in the morning and came across my 10 briefcase with my name on it. I called him back 11. He promised to 12 it. At first I asked him to send it, but then I 13. Though we were in the same city, I didn't want to trouble him. I finally decided to go to collect it though it probably wouldn't be 14enough to go to a 15 house to pick something up.

       I met the man and was greatly  16 to him. Words could not express my 17 of this stranger's kindness. I think that there's so much 18 in the world and there are so many people who 19 their inner goodness through acts of kindness. It feels good to give kindness and it also feels nice to 20  others want to give.

    In the recent interview, Evelyn Glennie who was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland, recalled how she became a percussion soloist (打击乐器独奏演员) in spite of her disability.

    “Early on I decided not to allow the 1 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 2 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion (酷爱) for music grew. But I also began to gradually lose my 3 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 4 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 5 me.”

    “My 6 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I 7 to hear music differently from others. I play in my stocking feet and can 8 the pitch of a note (音调高低) by the vibrations (振动). I feel through my body and through my 9 . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 10 that I have.”

    “I was 11 to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academy of Music in London. No other deaf student had 12 this before and some teachers 13 my admission. Based on my performance, I was  14 admitted and went on to 15 with the academy's highest honours.”

    “After that, I established myself as the first full-time solo percussionist. I 16 and arranged a lot of musical compositions since 17 had been written specially for solo percussionists.

    “I have been a soloist for over ten years. 18 the doctor thought I was totally deaf, it didn't  19 that my passion couldn't be realized. I would encourage people not to allow themselves to be  20 by others. Follow your passion; follow your heart, they will lead you to the place you want to go.”

    I had worried myself sick over Simon's mother coming to see me. I was a new1 and I gave an honest account of the students' work. In Simon's case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn't read his own handwriting.2he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work in no way reflected his3

    So when Simon's mother entered the room, my palms(手掌心) were sweating. I was completely4for her lisses on both my cheeks.“I came to thank you,” she said, surprising me beyond speech.5me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he6me, he had began to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had7spent an afternoon at a friend's house. She wanted to tell me how grateful she was for the8I had nurtured(培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.

    I sat, stunned (惊呆), for about half an hour, 9 what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without10knowing it? What I finally came to 11was one day, several months before, when some students were 12reports in the front of the class, Jeanne spoke 13, and to encourage her to raise her voice, L had said, “Speak up. Simon's the expert on this. He is the 14one you have to convince, and he can't hear you in the15of the room.” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention,16more, and became happy. And it was all because he17to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed18was the one who took the last seat that day.

    It taught me the most19lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I'm thankful that it came20and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.

    I sat down at my desk and tried to focus on my studies. In just seven more days, finals would be over and all the students in my college 1 would be leaving to   go home-2 me. I would be moving 3 to another dormitory for the Christmas break.

    I had no 4. I was a student from Pennsylvania attending college in Utah and my family of ten couldn't 5 to pay for my ticket home. The only 6 I was even able to attend college was that I had received several scholarships.

    I started at the white snow dancing through the air. This would be my 7 Christmas away from home. I felt so 8 that I could weep. 9 I swallowed down the ache that was rising in my throat, my phone rang suddenly. I reached over and picked it 10.

    “Hello?”

    “Hi, Teddi. This is Elsie.” What was my boss from high school grocery job 11 me for? “All the workers here 12 that you weren't able to make it home this year.13 we bought you a ticket. You're coming home!”

    I screamed.

    Fifteen minutes later I was off the14and jumping up and down for 15. Neighbors came over to see what the 16 was all about.

    “I'm going home for Christmas! My17 at my high school job bought me a ticket!” I told them.

    Christmas 18, I was awoken by laughs and screams of joy. The smell of roasting turkey and the wrapping paper（包装纸）that grew higher and higher filled me with love and 19. The kindness of some special fiends 20 me to have the best Christmas ever.

    Chinese volunteers have completed a one-year test living in a simulated（模拟的）space lab in Beijing. The total length of the test, which started on May 10th last year, 1 370 days, thus setting a new record for the 2 stay in a simulated space lab.

    The space lab, called the Yuegong-1, or Lunar Palace 1, measures around 150 square meters. It 3 four sleeping rooms, a bathroom, a waste-treatment room and a room for raising animals. The Yuegong-1 provides everything humans need to survive in an environment 4 to that of a space station in outer space. Oxygen, water and food are 5 within it.

    A total of eight 6, all of whom are students at Beihang University, took turns 7 in the space lab. They were divided into 8 groups. On May 10, 2017, two men and two women 9 the Yuegong-1 for an initial （最初的）stay of 60 days. On July 9, they were 10 by another group of four, who stayed 200 days. The second group of students 11 on January 26, 2018, and the initial group12 and spent 110 days inside it.

    13, the volunteers were expected to stay in the Yuegong-1 for 365 days. But the project ended up 14370 days —from May 10 last year until May 15. The 15 five days were designed as a way to simulate a（n）16, in which the spaceship might experience a 17 in returning to earth.

    The goal of the project “Yuegong 365” is to 18 the limits of humans' ability to live in a 19 ecosystem for China's manned moon landing ambition. The success of the project means that China goes one step closer to putting 20 on the moon.

    Geoff Hoffman, discovered that his dog, Bridget, was missing after his home was broken into on Dec 20th. That night, Hoffman penned an enthusiastic1to his Facebook followers to help him find the dog. "She is my source of2and she is my whole life."

    The next day, Hoffman, who served in Afghanistan for eight years went into3mode(模式). "Sergeant（中士）Hoffman was back," he says. "I was on4and told myself I would5searching for Bridget under two conditions: She returned home or I knew with certainty that she was6."

    During the four days Bridget went7, Hoffman reached out to his local police and fire departments, along with City Hall, asking officials to8his story with the public. He printed more than 100 cards featuring Bridget's9and advertising a "large reward"10 her return and registered with missing dog websites. Hoffman also created a Facebook group with hundreds of followers, called Bring Bridget Back, in the hopes of 11awareness for his search.

    On the morning of Christmas Eve, his efforts 12. "My girlfriend was driving down a rural road, a few miles from my house, when she saw Bridget," says Hoffman. "She was lying by the side of the road but when she saw my girlfriend, she started13her tail."

    While the dog was generally14, she hadn't eaten for days, along with a few slight cuts on her left leg. "It made me wonder whether someone15her for dog fighting and either cut or tried to16her to make her aggressive," says Hoffman. "Maybe the thief got17 by all the media attention and18her on a random road."

    Hoffman called the19a Christmas miracle and a holiday blessing and said "I am speechless with20."