Yesterday, my 15-year-old brother Tommy had a fight with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. Later, I heard Kevin crying (哭) in his room. I _________ outside his room and asked, “Kevin, do you want to talk?” No one spoke. I tried again. Still _________ happened.

So, I took some cards and wrote, “If you don’t, you can write your problems on them, and we can try to find some good _________ to solve them.”

An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside his _________ with two pieces of paper in my hands. One was new and the other was from Kevin. As I _________ it, tears (眼泪) came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family _________ me. Tommy thought I was too noisy and Dad wished to have another kid because I can’t study well. You’re _________ around to stay with me.”

He was right about my part. I wrote back, “Kevin, I do love you and you know that. I’m here for you and everyone loves you in this _________.” After a while, a piece of _________ appeared with “Thanks for loving me” on it.

From then on, Kevin and I have a __________ relationship. When one of us feels that the other is unhappy, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a piece of paper”.

I was sitting on a medical table. Beside me was a woman in scrubs (手术服) talking about the ______ weather recently. I ______ all the other people laying back on their medical tables too. Each one of us had a ______ in our arms with a long tube running down from it ______ a plastic bag below. Each one of us had come to ______ blood to help others, make the world a better place, and perhaps even ______ a life.

It was the local blood drive and I had driven 12 miles across ______ roads to get there. I tried never to ______ one even in the wintertime. ______ all the time and effort it took, I felt ______ to be able to give this gift back to others. I had been ______ with so much in this life: a loving family, ______ friends, adorable pets, a comfy home, and enough money to ______ my needs. The gifts I had been given felt wonderful, ______ the one thing that brought me more ______ than anything else was giving something back. The more you ______ , the more you get in ______.

There are so many ______ you can give in this life too: a smile, a few dollars, a caring letter or e-mail, and even a pint of blood. Each one of them is ______ and precious. May you fill your life with giving then. May you fill your life with ______.

I often thought that politeness was out of fashion. Very rarely have I met so______a person in such a busy and noisy______. Lately, I would have to change my______.

Not long ago, when I went to a coffee place with two of my grown-up______, I______such a human being face to face. The place was full of______as usual and we had to climb steep(陡峭) stairs in order to find an empty table.______enjoying coffee and snacks, we went down the______stairs, where there was hardly any space for another person to either climb up or come down.

Just as I was in the______of the stairs, a gentleman______the main entrance of the café which was right in front of the staircase. I was sure I would be______roughly by this man going up. I kept coming down as fast as I could. My daughters were already down. They looked up at me______, hoping I would reach them before the stranger started walking up the stairs.

Nearly reaching them, I noticed the man still standing near the door. I______my daughters and passed the stranger at the entrance door which he kept holding open. I looked back thinking he was still at the door,______whether to go in or find another less______place. I saw him going up the stairs, two steps at a time. I told my daughters about it and all three of us felt______that we did not even______the polite gentleman who was actually holding the door open for us______to pass through before going up.

Such well-mannered people are______to find these days, when pushing is very______in our advanced but aggressive society. We applauded for his gentleman spirit.