Once upon a time, there were two men staying in the same hospital room, both seriously ill. One man was allowed to ______ in his bed for an hour each afternoon. His bed was ______ the room's only window. The other man had to ______ all his time flat on his back. Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by ______ to his roommate all the things he could see outside the______.

According to his words, the window______ a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water. Young lovers walked arm______ arm among flowers. Old trees made the scenery very beautiful, and a fine _____ of the city could be seen clearly. As the man by the window described all this, the man on the other side of the room______ close his eyes and ______the nice pictures.

Days and weeks ______. One morning, the nurse arrived and found the man by the window had died ______ in his sleep. As soon as the room seemed tidy again, the other man asked if he could ______next to the window. The nurse agreed. Slowly, he______himself up to take his first look at the world outside. To his______, he could see nothing but a blank wall. Later the nurse told him that his roommate was______ and could not even see the wall.

There is great______ in making others happy. Shared pain is half the pain, but happiness, when shared, is ______. If you want to feel rich, just ______ all of the things you have. “ Today is a gift. That's______ it is called the present.”

Irma started a business, but later for lack of money, he had to close it. After that he started to feel very ________.

This problem of Irma was later ________by Professor Krishnan. One day he ________Irma to his home and asked, “Are you still annoyed?” “Yes, all my efforts have been ________,” Irma answered. Hearing this, the professor ________him a dead tomato plant and said, “I took care of it carefully, ________it still died. There is always something ________that happens.” “If success is only a matter of luck, what is the ________of doing so much?” asked Irma. “You will understand after you open that door,” said the professor. Irma opened it, and saw lots of ________and healthy tomato plants there. “Oh! How did you do that?” asked Irma.

“Of course, not all my efforts have been wasted; so it is with yours. If you ________doing the right things, then your ________of success are greatly increased. But if you feel defeated because of failure, life won’t give you any 　________.”At last, Irma understood the lesson of success, ________what to do and came out with renewed ________. Finally he had a very big business.

It is true that no matter what we try, we can’t ________the result, but it’s also true that those, who never give up, achieve success in the end.

Ariel Cordova-Rojas rode her bike to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in Queens, New York, planning to go hiking and bird-watching. A mile into her walk, she ________ a female mute swan near the water’s edge. Cordova-Rojas, who had been ________ at the Wild Bird Fund rehabilitation (康复) center in Manhattan, knew that mute swans can be ________. But as she________ this one, it didn’t move.

She was certain that the bird needed ________ attention. Cordova-Rojas covered her jacket over the bird’s head to keep it calm, ________ picked it up, and held it in her arms. And then a thought ________ her: What do I do now?

Her best ________ was the rehab center. ________, that was across the East River on the other side of town. How was she going to ________ a 17-pound swan on her bike all that way? Luckily, some bewildered strangers driving by ________ her, her bike, and the swan a lift to a nearby subway station.

On the subway, no one seemed particularly ________ by the feathered passenger. They were busy with their own things. Cordova-Rojas called the rehab center on the way, and Tristan Higginbotham, an animal-care manager, picked her up at the subway station and drove bird, bike, and ________ to the facility. There, staff members ________ that the swan might have lead poisoning (铅中毒), caused by ________ weights used on fishing lines.

The staff got the swan back up on her webbed feet. She even made a boyfriend at the center—another injured swan. Sadly, even with all that care, the swan ________ a bacterial infection. Two months after Cordova-Rojas came to her rescue, she ________.

It’s a ________ ending, but the real story is just ________ some people are willing to go to save a swan in the big city—literally. “In all, Cordova-Rojas traveled two hours by foot, car, and subway,” says Higginbotham, “That’s the perfect ________ of who she is.”