On a December night, fire trucks arrived in the sleepy little town of Manton, Michigan and rushed to Chittle’s home. It wasn’t because a child climbed too high to a dangerous place. _________, it was for helping make a dream come true.

Outdoor activities are a mainstay in this rural town. When the town went into lockdown, Scott Chittle _________ the community needed a safe place to come together. And what’s a better outdoor activity to get people outside than ice skating? To make his dream a reality, Chittle _________ instructions on how to build an ice rink (溜冰场) and then _________ a 3,000 square foot waterproof cloth and some wood to create walls online. It took 12 fire trucks to get enough water to _________ the plot.

It took a little time and some unneighborly persuasion as Chittle went door to door to _________ people to come to see his _________, and soon Chittle’s backyard ice rink became a Manton _________ spot. Children were skating and shooting, a fire was burning, and hot chocolate was steaming in to-go cups. “When things were _________, it was a precious place,” says Chittle’s neighbour Audrey Hooker. “It was fantastic because we just came together and became __________.”

But the goodwill didn’t stop with Chittle. When the community heard how much money he used to make this __________ happen, everyone __________. A fundraiser brought in about $1,300. “Almost 30 complete __________ knocked on my door to just shake my hands and say thank you. Most of them __________ me money as well,” says Chittle. “This has been a community thing. It’s not just me. I want to show the rest of the world what a little __________ and the best intentions can do.”

During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department   was offering a “free” course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I__________the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to __________a few dollars? More than that, I’d always Wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t__________enough about free credits, news about our__________was appealing (有吸引力的) enough to me. He was an international grandmaster, which__________I would be learning from one of the game’s __________. I could hardly wait to__________him.

Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this__________was no game for him: he meant business. In his introduction, he made it __________that our credits would be hard-earned.

In order to______the class, among other criteria (标准), we had to write a paper on how we plan to__________what we would learn in class to our future professions and, __________ , to our lives. I managed to get an A in that__________and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the__________.

Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he__________me: “The most important__________that you learn when you play chess is how to make good__________. On every single__________you have   to analyze (分析) a situation, process what your opponent (对手) is doing and evaluate (评估) the best move from among all you__________.” These words still ring true today in my__________as a journalist.

A woman saw three old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not ______   them. She said, “I don’t think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something ______.”

“Is the man of the house at home？” they asked. “No，” she replied. “Then we cannot come in，” they replied. When her husband came home, she told him what had ______. “Go and tell them I am in home and ______   them in！” The woman went out, inviting the men in. “We can’t go into a house together，” they replied. “Why？” she asked.

One of the old men ______： “His name is Wealth，” he said ______one of his friends, “and he is Success, and I am Love.” “Now go in and   ______   with your husband whom you want in your home.”

The woman went in and told her husband everything. Her husband was very   ______. “How nice！” he said. “Let us invite Wealth and fill our home with wealth！” His wife ______. “My dear, why don’t we invite Success？” Their daughter­in­law was ______   from the other corner of the house. She jumped in ______   her own suggestion: “Wouldn’t it be   ______to invite Love? Our home will be filled with love.” “Let us follow our daughter­in­law’s   ______，” said the husband. “Go out and invite Love to be our______.”

The woman went out and   ______ the three old men, “Who is Love? Come in and be our guest.”

Love got up and started ______   the house.

The other two also got up, following him. ______， the lady asked Wealth and Success: “I______ invited Love, why are you coming in？”

The old men replied ______： “If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would have ______. However, since you invited Love, we must go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success！”