It was ____ (freeze) cold as I was waiting at a bus stop in my hunt for a job. The bus had just pulled __
_ when a young woman walked up to the stop. She had on a T-shirt and slippers. When we talked she told me she lost her job and had no family in the area. I __
_ (dig) into my purse and took out $ 5 so she could get something to eat. I then took off my jacket and gave it to her. After I got on the bus, that was _
__the miracle(奇迹)of spreading kindness happened. I stepped up to pay _
__ fare and the bus driver told me in a big smile that it was on him. A lady called me __
__ to her seat and said, “What can I do for you to give back
_ I just saw?” I said_
_ (joke) a job would be nice. The lady said she had an assistant position vacant (空着) in her company and wanted me to meet the manager. _
__ turned out that the lady was _
__ (heading) of HR at this company. I went in for the interview and started working there. I never expected to get so much back in return!
When I was a sixteen-old girl, I was asked to deliver a speech titled “ A Red Test in My Life ,”To talk before the whole class !Just imagine how ________(terrible) shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other choice, ___
___. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer---something to pride myself in. But the hard part ___
__(lie) in my oral presentation: to read from__
___ paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech ___
___my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs __
_____(tremble) and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn’t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found _
_____back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After__
_____seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding, I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building up, I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the__
___(great) difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it,___
___we will be able to achieve our goals.
Time flies! This is _third year that I have been in this school. In the past two and a half years, our school
__ (organize) many activities. What impressed me __
__ (much) was an activity
__ (call) “Learning to Farm”. On an autumn afternoon, we _
_ (send) to a farm
___ we learnt to plant potatoes. __
_ (be) in the city for such a long time, we were so happy to go to the countryside. After
__ (divide) into three groups, we started to work. Some cut potatoes
_ pieces, and_
___put the pieces of potatoes into the holes and put the earth back.
I don’t know what it is. No matter_____ I go to a post office and no matter where the post office is, I always find____
__ (me) standing in line behind someone who has a lot of business to do.
One day, I had to buy a couple of stamps, but I had to wait behind an old lady who took fifteen minutes_______(finish) a form that a child could do in one minute.___
____( feel) that I could not stand waiting in such a line any longer, I decided to join___
____ one. It seemed twice as ___
___as the first line, but at least it was moving. It turned out to be the worst choice I had ever made. As soon as I ___
__(lose)my place in the first line, the one I joined slowed to a stop. I had no choice__
__ to wait behind a schoolboy who was taking half an hour to choose a new set of postcards. At last it was my turn. I nearly jumped for joy. Then the clerk behind ___
___ counter, a middle-aged fat guy, stood up, pushed forward a printed sign saying “Position Closed” and ____
___(say) without a smile, “Sorry, going to lunch.”
Time flies! This is __ third year that I have been in this school. In the past two and a half years, our school _
_(organize) many activities. What impressed me __
__ (much) was an activity _
__ (call) “Learning to Farm”. On an autumn afternoon, we _
(send) to a farm _
___ we learnt to plant potatoes. ___
__ (be) in the city for such a long time, we were so happy to go to the countryside. After _
__ (divide) into three groups, we started to work. Some students cut potatoes _
_ pieces, some dug holes, and the others put the pieces of potatoes into the holes, put the earth back and pushed
__down hard.
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Christmas is no fun when you're poor. Twenty years ago I was a young, (struggle), substitute(替补) teacher whose calls into work had been few.Money was tight, bills were due
my wife and I couldn't even afford to get Christmas gifts for each other.The only gifts we could get for our children were a few soft toys that I had found
(sell)at half price in the supermarket.I opened the door and brought in the gifts I
(hide) in our old car's trunk.Then I handed
to my son and daughter.I watched with a sad smile as they did their best to tear off the wrapping paper.As they pulled out their toys, though, I noticed their faces lit up and
jumped up and down.My daughter
(happy) hugged her toy and then hugged her Mom and me as well.I laughed as I watched my children play with their toys
_ hours, and thanked God for the
(great) happiness I had ever been given.Till today I still treasure
gift of pure love that my son and daughter gave me that day.