Arriving at the stadium, we checked our gear. My teammates and I were all dressed in Wonder Woman costumes. _________ the crowd and waving to them, I was moved when reading the “in memory of” T-shirts with _________ of family members. For a split second, I imagined my kids and husband wearing T-shirts decorated with my face.

Three thousand walkers _________ us, each affected by cancer. Our name tags hung from two kinds of _________ lanyards (挂带). Those of us with pink lanyards were survivors. The _________ walkers wore blue ones. We were here to make a(n) _________. Families, friends, colleagues and even strangers sponsored Team Wonder Women. All of our donations would benefit The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation. We were here to _________ and to celebrate life after cancer.

All were _________ 30 kilometers in one day. Exiting the _________, we spilt out onto the streets of Toronto. We were __________ by community stands and kids handing out treats and water. We heard __________, “Go Super Girls! Great costumes!” We felt like __________ knowing we were helping women avoid chemo (化疗) or invasive surgery.

There were bug bites, sore joints, and tired feet, but the team __________ going. Aiming to raise money for cancer research, we were reminded that these minor __________ things were insignificant.

Suddenly, I heard the honking of a distant car. Someone yelled that the __________ was near. We were close to the stadium! I walked across the finish line with my friends. I admired them all.

It surprised me—every time I saw Joe, he was smiling. It didn’t_________whether he had to stop at a stop light, or if he was the seventh person in_______at the bank, and the service stopped just before he got there. Joe_______smiled. It made me wonder why he seemed so_________every day.

Having observed Joe with other people, I_________something else also. Joe asked people how they were doing, and really seemed to listen to their_______. If someone were hurting, he had_________for him and kind words, and offered to_________in any way he could.

It made me think. What if I tried to smile more? A(n)_______of sorts began when I went to the grocery store. I smiled as I went up and down the aisles(过道), and people I didn’t even__________smiled back at me. Some even__________! The little kid in the cart(购物车) who was giving his mother a__________time saw me smile and__________talking, and, you guessed it—he made a shy little attempt at a smile. The man in the handicapped(残疾的) cart__________a person to reach something and I got it for him. The smile even transferred over to him, and he__________me.

As I drove home, I was smiling. I__________what I had just learned, and when someone passed me and gave me a(n)__________, I smiled at him. He looked puzzled.

Now I know a smile is a small thing, but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day? I couldn’t believe how________I felt. Nothing in my life had changed,__________maybe it had. What I had learned was that such a small thing could________not only my spirits, but also the spirits of those around me. So smile!

Every week after our writing group, I stop at a second-hand goods store. It's on my way home, and I enjoy looking through its different ______ . I usually find something I ______. Whatever I purchase （购买） is a good buy because the ______ are fair.

On one visit, I noticed an attractive, old chair with a high, bent back. I didn't need another chair, but it looked so ______ that I had to try it out. It was the most ______ chair I'd ever sat in. I ______ it would have one short leg, a broken pole, a nail sticking out through the seat, or something to ______ me. It didn't. It was so perfect that I purchased it ______.

As soon as I got home, I moved furniture, set down my new acquisition （获得物） and enjoyed it. I knew my husband would go mad when he saw another ______ in the house. I ______ not to tell him and waited to see if he was careful enough to notice it ______. He walked past the chair many times and didn't say a word.______ to make it more well-marked, I placed a ______ colored pillow on it. He still didn't ______   it. If he hasn't seen the “invisible （看不见的） chair”, I hope he won't see the “invisible player piano”. I'm having it ______ in two weeks!