I had a good day today. It 1 with a morning walk with my dogs under the moonlight before daybreak. It was so beautiful. After the 2 it was time for a warm breakfast  3 by some exercise and prayer. Then I 4 to the office. The warm sunlight made me  5and since I was alone with nobody else to be disturbed（打扰）, I 6along with the CD playing in my car with a loud voice and a happy heart.

    My good day was just beginning, 7. I helped it along by giving cheerful  8to everyone I met. I shared smiles and was happy to have them9. I offered a helping hand to one friend and a pat on the back to another. Later at the store I  10the door for a lady with her arms full of packages. I told a  11cashier（收银员）what a good job she was doing and watched her whole face 12.

    When I got home I gave my daughter a hug, kissed my oldest son on the head, and  13with my youngest son before doing some work on the computer. Then I answered letters  14to share a loving thought or two with my friends around the world. Later in the evening I spent some  15time reading a good book, petting my dogs on the head. 16I ended the day the way I started it: walking my dogs  17, and thanking God for this world, my life, and the  18 to live for one more good day.

    Perhaps the key to having a great life is to live it one good day 19 . Perhaps the key to being  20 in this world is to love all we have today and let God take care of our tomorrow.

    Joe Simpson and Simon Yates were the first people to climb the West Face of the Siula Grande in the Andes mountains. They reached the top1 but on their way back conditions were very 2.

    Joe fell and broke his leg. They both knew that if Simon 3 alone, he would probably get back4. But Simon decided to risk his5and try to lower Joe down the mountain on a rope（绳）.

    As they went down, the weather got worse. Then another troubled 6.They couldn't see or hear each other and, by mistake, Simon lowered his friend over the edge of a precipice（峭壁）. It was impossible for Joe to climb back or for Simon to pull him up. Joe's 7 was pulling Simon slowly towards the precipice.8, after more than an hour in the dark and the icy cold, Simon had to9. In tears, he cut the rope. Joe10into a large crevasse（裂缝）in the ice below. He had no food or water and he was in terrible pain. He couldn't walk, but he11 to get out of the crevasse and started to move towards their camp, nearly ten kilometers12.

    Simon had returned to the camp at the foot of the mountain. He thought that Joe must be13, but he didn't want to leave 14. Three days later, in the middle of the night, he heard Joe's voice. He couldn't 15 it. Joe was there, a few meters from their tent, still alive.

    In 2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter's Adoption Department. Over the years, more than 50,000 animals have 1 the doors of the shelter. Most of them, I do not remember. But occasionally there are animals who 2 me so deeply that I could never possibly 3 them. Tabby was one such animal.

    Tabby was an old dog, about 14 years old. What's more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby's chances at adoption seemed 4 at best. After all, we didn't have may adopters coming in5about her. We had all thought that Tabby would 6 the rest of her life at the shelter.

    One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, had 7 Tabby's picture and stories on the shelter's website. They were 8 in meeting her! It was the only 9 we ever received about Tabby. What could a young child 10 see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf? Most boys would want a dog who could grow with him and 11 through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would 12 be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!

    If Tabby's story had simply ended with her 13 adoption, it would still have been something very 14indeed. However, it was what happened after her adoption that some might label as "magical". Gary 15 from seizures(癫痫). As Gary and Tabby bonded they became 16 . They did everything together. They became so "intune" with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary's seizures 17 they occurred, giving his family warning that one was about to strike. What's more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby's 18.

    How could it be? Nobody could explain 19 Tabby did it. But those of us who were 20enough to know her and her family had seen a real miracle(奇迹), the kind that has its roots in love.

    Running a household with a pack full of kids can result in some bad days, even on my day off from work.

    I told my two-year-old son Andrew to 1 to the family room and turn off the TV and he was now upstairs  2 that he help fix supper.

    I knew Andrew could follow simple 3. So I said very clearly and slowly, “Honey, go downstairs and 4 the button on the TV and turn off the TV,” I repeated three times, 5 the words, push, off and TV. I knew he'd 5 it out. He knew where the off button was. 7, he took pleasure in pushing it in every night during the climax(高潮) of every movie we watched.

    So downstairs he went, to do a 8 deed for Mommy. I went back to the sink to wash the carrots. Then it happened. The 9 crash ever heard in our house. I was so 10that I couldn't move. I kept waiting for Andrew to scream. But the 11 was more frightening than the crash.

    I 12 down the steps, half expecting to find Andrew lying 13. I stopped cold.

    He was standing there behind the TV stand, smiling, “Aren't you 14 of me, Mom? Andrew pushed off the TV!”

    There was the TV, face down on the 15. Two of the round handles were broken off. The screen was destroyed. The plants I'd16 that morning that used to sit on top of the set were falling onto the carpet. Broken plants and pots were17 all over the room.

    I pulled him into my 18 and sat on the sofa rocking him 19. I thanked God that he wasn't 20.

    From childhood. Moira loved to write, Throughout school she 1writing, but pursuing(追求）it  2was never a possibility. Her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse "Medicine was a fairly 3option," Moira says. "And writing was a career where it wasn't a 4that you'd have high income."

    She became a doctor but still wanted to do some writing. However, being a doctor was so 5that she didn't take up writing until her thirties. She 6 a novel — a fictionalized version of her travels in China after university. She got excellent 7 . Moira sent it off to as many agents as she could find and found one who wanted to 8her. Suddenly it seemed she was on her 9as an author.

    "I had one lengthy phone call with the agent where we 10 all possible areas she thought needed 11I worked on those and sent it back to her but didn't hear anything. It was not long 12Moira found another agent who was 13 if she was willing to rewrite" it from the first person to the third person. She did the hard work and sent it off again. "I got back a really brief letter." Thank you. I'm no longer interested. It was really 14.

    A decade went by, and Moira found herself itching to write again, this time15for her own enjoyment. She16herself the challenge of creating a thriller and chose Western Australia as her setting.

    As she was writing just for herself, something surprising began to happen. "The characters 17 a life of their own; they started doing things I hadn't thought about. It just 18out." One day, an agent called from Australia. Three weeks later, Moira had a publication deal. Her novel, Cicada, was published in March.

    " 19 it hadn't been published I still gained so much from the 20 ," says Moira.

In Rio, soccer was not only a sport but also a lifestyle. Lamine's flashy1 and exciting gameplay were the drive to his success. He was in a team called FC that had the best players.

As FC made it to the soccer final,2 filled the air. They were against their biggest rivals KD. As the clock counted down, one of Lamine's teammates3 the ball over to Lamine.

With a powerful4 , Lamine aimed for the goal, the ball soaring（呼啸） through the air. Time seemed to stop as the goalkeeper leaped5 . Luck was not at Lamine's side as the ball was cleared by the defender. The referee's whistle blew,6 the game.

With the sun setting, Lamine's father found him sitting7 on the field. Father was once a skilled soccer player, knowing the8 that came with the game. He patted Lamine on the back, "Lamine, even the greatest players would9 chances. Don't let one setback define you. "

Encouraged by father's words, Lamine10 and hugged him. For the next few days, they spent mornings and evenings on the field,11 his shots and improving his speed and skills.

The next game arrived, and Laminez found himself in a12 position. This time, with a swift move, he dribbled past defenders and13 the ball into the net.

The crowd erupted in cheers, and Lamine's teammates14 him carrying him to the sidelines to celebrate. Lamine went to hug his dad tightly. "I'm proud of you, son. I'll15 you my signature move in my old days. "his father said.