I drove 12 miles to the county newspaper office one day. I had to sit outside and wait. Beside me lay a one-page short novel I had written, and I hoped to get it _________. “What if the publisher didn’t _________ it?” I thought to myself. I was _________, and every now and then, I stood up and walked back and forth.

Eventually, I was led to the publisher’s office by his secretary. I still felt tense, but the kind smile he shared with me soon made me _________. I didn’t even own a _________ at the time, so he had to read my handwritten _________. Then he said, “I couldn’t like it enough, and I would include it in the next week’s _________.” I jumped with joy and said, “Thanks, sir.” But I expected even more.

I asked him if I could keep _________ for him each week. He thought for a moment and then _________. He even said he would pay me five dollars for each new thing I wrote. I was so __________ that I skipped and danced on the sidewalk when I went outside. Little did I know that moment would __________ my life.

That was almost 40 years ago. Now, I have my own studio and lead a better life. I __________ to write something new for my publisher- my friend each week. As I write, I __________. I’ve become a determined and patient person. Each time I learn something new, I __________ write it to get my friend to publish it. Without my friend, I would never be the __________ I am today.

Every morning when getting up, we have a choice about how we should face the life that day. I choose to be cheerful.

I teach ______ at a university. Last Monday, I cheerfully ______ my students in class how their weekends were. One young man said that his weekend was not so ______, because he had one of his teeth removed. He then asked me why I was so cheerful and I shared my ______.

Besides teaching at the university, I also teach at a college in Henderson, 17 miles down the freeway（高速公路） from where I live. One day a few weeks ago, I ______ to Henderson. After I left the freeway, I only ______ to drive another quarter mile to the college. Just then my car didn't work and I got off the car and walked there.

When I ______ there, the colleague in the office asked me what had happened. "This is my lucky day," I replied, smiling. "Your car ______ and today is your lucky day?" she was ______, "What do you mean?"

"I live 17 miles from here," I replied. "My car could have been broken anywhere along the freeway. It didn't. ______, it was broken in the ______ place—within walking distance. I am still ______ to teach my students. Isn't this lucky?" The colleague ______ with a smile. I smiled back and ______ to class.

I looked through the sixty ______ in my history class. Although it was early in the morning, no one seemed to be sleepy. Maybe it was because my cheerfulness inspired them.

Australian James Harrison, 78, now has saved more than 2 million lives. His body produces rare antibodies(抗体)in his blood that have enabled countless mothers to give birth to _____ babies. For nearly every _____ over the last 60 years, Harrison has _____ blood banks all over the country to donate. Doctors say the magical blood inside Harrison’s body has helped create a vaccine(疫苗)that _____ Rhesus disease.

Rhesus disease _____ to a pregnant woman. Women not treated for Rhesus disease may give birth to unhealthy babies. But Harrison donates his blood to help _____ women developing Rhesus disease during pregnancy.

When he was 14, Harrison received _____ to remove a lung and required much blood. During his hospital _____, his father gave blood, but the family _____ there were many others who donated to help him ______. Harrison decided he would give blood as soon as he was ______ enough. Thus, two days after his 18th birthday in 1955, he made his first ______, but it wasn’t until years later that doctors ______ his blood had special antibodies.

Harrison has been ______ for 26 years and has the time for his weekly visits to the blood bank, where he is quite ______ with people. He walks the floor and everyone likes to talk to him. However, the law ______ anyone from donating after the age of 81 so Harrison only has a few ______ left to give. Red Cross workers are hoping others with his rare blood will step up to ______ more lives are saved.

Harrison says he hopes his ______ will motivate others around the world to donate blood. “Their first visit is no less ______ than mine. I save lives in a different way but even donating just one time can save a life,” Harrison said.