I was sure that I was to be killed. I became terribly nervous. I reached in my pockets to see if there were any cigarettes, which had _________ their search. I found _________and because of my shaking hands, I could _________ get it to my lips. But I had no matches, they had taken those. I looked _________ the bars at my jailer(看守). He did not make eye contact with me. I _________ out to him “Have you got a light?” He looked at me, shrugged and came over to light my cigarette. _________ he came close and lit the match, his eyes accidentally locked with mine. At that moment, I _________. I don’t know why I did that. Perhaps it was _________, perhaps it was because, when you get very close, one to another, it is very _________ not to smile. In that instant, it was ______________ a spark jumped across the gap between our two hearts, our two human souls. I know he didn’t want to, but my smile leaped through the bars and generated smile on his lips, too. He lit my cigarette but ______________, looking at me directly in the eyes and continuing to smile.

I ______________ smiling at him, now aware of him as a(n) ______________ and not just a jailer. And his looking at me seemed to have a new ______________ too. “Do you have kids?” he asked. “Yes, here, here.” I took out my wallet and nervously fumbled for the ______________ of my family. He, too, took out the pictures of his family and began to talk about his plans and hopes for them. My eyes were filled with tears. I said that I feared that I’d never see my family again, never have the chance to see them grow up. Tears came to his eyes, too. ______________ without another word, he ______________ my cell (牢房) and silently led me out. Out of the jail, quietly and by back routes, out of the town. There, at the edge of town, he released me. And without another word, he turned back toward the town.

“My life was ____________ by a smile.” Yes, the smile—the unaffected, unplanned, ______________ connection between people. I really believe that if that part of you and that part of me could ______________ each other, we wouldn't be enemies. We couldn't have hate or envy or fear.

Throughout the years, there are many important questions that you need to ask. All of these questions are important at different ___ of your life. But no matter when the question is asked, a clear and decisive answer is ___. I never thought much about any of these ___ as a young man. But, this all ___ one eventful day during a shift I ___ as a student nurse in a geriatric ward (病房).

I had a ward of several elderly men who were all ___ in their own way, and some of these gentlemen ___ a lot more care than others. A lot of____, quite frankly, did not enjoy working with these men and would try to ___ spending any more time there than they had to. ____, I would like to attend to these men. And I would ____ a lot of time talking with them. After all, these men could not walk or get around. They had few ____.

There was one ____ gentleman who wasn’t quite different from the rest but had a good sense of humor. One day, he called me over to his ____ and asked, “What do you want to be ____ for after you die?” Hearing this question I was somewhat ____. I still remember feeling uncomfortable ____ I had no clear answer to give.

Over the years, I ____ we may all face this important question. It may be a question that ____ you because of a tragic (悲惨的) circumstance, or it may be a question you ask in later years when you finally realize that you won’t live ____. Or, it may also be a question that you may never want to ask yourself because you are too involved in enjoying the materialistic side of life.

When Bob Cialdini was a senior in high school, he was really good at baseball. Good enough that a scout (球探) ________ at his last game of the year, and offered him a ________ to play in the minor leagues.

The scout then had a  ________with him. “‘So tell me something. Are you any good at school?”’ Cialdini recalled him asking. “I said, ‘Yes, I am.’ He said, ‘Good enough to get into ________?’ ‘Yes, I am.’”

He pushed Cialdini about his interest in college, asking him if he ________ academic work. When Cialdini said he did, the scout put the contract away.

“He said, ‘Go to ________ because most likely, you won’t get to the major leagues (职业体育总会). But what you’ve told me is that you’re ________ at something you really like. That should be where you go.’”

Cialdini ________ the scout’s advice. Instead of pursuing professional baseball, he went to college. It  ________ : he became a well-known psychology researcher on the science of influence.

Decades later, Cialdini is still ________ by the way the scout looked out for his best ________. Cialdini shared the scout’s  ________ with his students, as they make major  ________ about what to do next in life.

“Don’t just go where your ________ is,” he tells them. “Go where you have the ________ to realize the dream.”