“Daily Star, sir” called Jason, carrying some newspapers under his arm. The little boy had been running up and down the street, but there were still twenty_______left. His voice was almost gone and his heart was heavy. The shops would soon close, and all the people would go home. He would have to go home too, carrying the papers_______money. He had hoped to sell more papers tonight to make more money to buy a_______for his mother and some seeds for his bird. That was why he had bought the papers with all his money. He broke down as he thought of his failure to sell all his papers.

“You don’t know the _______of selling papers. You must shout, “Hot news! Bomb bursting（炸弹爆炸）!” another newsboy Chad told Jason. “_______it’s not in the paper at all,” replied Jason. “Just run away quickly_______they have time to see, and you’ll sell out and get your money,”Chad said.

It was a new _______to Jason. He thought of his bird with no seeds and the cake he wanted to buy for his mother, but was_______that he would not tell a lie. Though he was _______ a poor newsboy, he had been________ some good things.

The next afternoon Jason went to the office for his papers________. Several boys were crowding around Chad, who declared(宣称) with a________smile that he sold six dozen the day before. He added that Jason________money because he would not tell a lie. The boys ________at Jason. “You wouldn’t tell a lie yesterday, my boy?” A gentleman at the office came up and patted Jason’s shoulder fondly.”You’re just the boy I am looking for.” A week later Jason started his new________. He lost sale of twenty papers because he would not tell a lie, but got a well-paid job because he told the truth.

But for a crowded cafeteria，I would never have noticed Valeri．

Valeri was in our school for a month．But if you asked who she was , you'd get a ________like this , "She's in my class ,but her name ________ me." Every morning she walked to ________ with her books against her chest and her ________ down．She ________ only when the teacher asked her a question．

One day at lunch，most tables being ________，I had nowhere to sit．Valeri sat alone，________ in hand．I walked over to her and took a seat opposite，The cafeteria was ________ , but silence ________ between us . I ________ my mind for things to say ."Is that a good book？"Valeri gave a small ________ and went back to reading．"What's it about？"I asked．After several more________ seconds of silence，she ________ the table and told me how wonderful the book is .

Two weeks later，I was sitting in the auditorium（礼堂）________ the talent show．Valeri walked on ________ and played the violin , The notes she played ________ a soft，sweet tune（曲调）．When the music was finished , we ________ into applause .Valeri took a swift ________and left   .

I ________ to myself．Valeri wasn't just"a quiet girl"．She was beautiful and amazing when you looked ________．

A Deed a Day

It was a busy day as usual. I was making sandwiches and balancing the phone between my shoulder and chin. The washing machine sounded as my husband walked in with our daughters. We had only about twenty minutes to eat ________ we had to take the girls to their next activity. My husband seemed a bit ________ that dinner was not on the table.

That night, I had a heavy ________, thinking we were becoming taskmasters on an assembly line（流水线）. We had become too ________ in our own tasks and not very considerate towards those around us. We needed to do something to bring back some meaning into our lives. It needed to be something that would ________ our own matters and energize us toward the common good.

I bought a notebook, named it “Our Deed Diary” and held a family meeting. I told my family I wanted us all to think about doing a ________ for others every day. It could be for each other or for people outside our ________. And we all needed to write it down in the notebook.

I thought one deed a day was too easy. However, it was actually ________ than it seemed because it had to be something ________ what we had already done. Sending birthday cards to people we already sent cards to every year would not ________.

We had a rough ________. On some days, someone would forget to ________ a good deed, while on other days, we would forget to write our good deeds in the diary. After a few weeks though, I found myself waking up in the morning trying to ________ what good deed I could do for someone that day. My daughters began to rush to me after school to ________ me the good deed they had done.

Now, after a year, I am happy to say that it is making a(n) ________ in our lives. Instead of always _______ what the day will bring for us, we think about what we can do for someone else.

Who would have thought that trying to do a simple kindness a day would be so ________? I feel my daughters have felt inner joy that you can only ________ by giving to someone else from your heart. The best thing is that you feel so great about doing something for someone else; you don’t even look for a expect anything in ________. So, when someone does return the favor, it is an enormous and ________ bonus.