I still remember the day I was driving to the supermarket I own. When I came out, I found a boy cleaning my car with a brush. I went over and patted (拍) him _________ the shoulder, which surprised him very much. In no time he began to smile at me, so I was sure he _________ some money. From the shoes he was wearing I could hardly imagine how _________ he was. So I offered him a $100 bill. To my great surprise, he _________ to take it. When I was wondering what he was doing, he said, “I was waiting here for 4 hours, waiting for you. Your car is so beautiful and I like it, but I don’t need that.” I knew he was mentioning the _________.

As he had refused the money, I offered to drive him around the town. The boy became so _________ that he got into the car at once, “Would you please drive me home? It is only about 3 miles.” What the boy wanted to do was to show off to his friends and his family.

As soon as I stopped, he jumped out and ran into an old building, telling me to wait there for some time. Very soon he came out, saying to a little girl on his back, “Look at this beautiful car. I will buy you _________ some day.”

I noticed his sister had a pale face. What’s worse, her legs were too thin, and she was unable to _________.

After that day I went to his home several times. And I got to know more about him and his family. Poor as they were, the boy once again refused my money, and said, “I can _________ money by myself, thank you.” Soon I told my manager of the supermarket that a boy would go to work here the next day. No matter how poor we are, we would __________ give in (屈服) to ourselves.

A daughter complained to her father about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did know she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was_______of fighting and struggling. It_________that as one problem was solved a new one arose.

Her father, a_______ , took her to the kitchen. He filled three pots with water and placed each on a high_______. Soon the pots came to a(n)_______ In one he placed carrots, in the second he placed eggs, and in the last he placed ground coffee beans. He let them sit and boil,_______saying a word.

The daughter sucked her teeth and_________waited, wondering what he was doing. In about twenty minutes he turned off the burners. He _______the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. He pulled the eggs out and placed them in another bowl. Then he ladled(舀) the coffee out and placed it in a mug. _________ to her, he asked," Darling, what do you see?"

"Carrots, eggs, and coffee." she replied.

He brought her closer and asked her to ________ the carrots, she did and noted that they were __________. He then asked her to take an egg and ________it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, he asked her to sip(啜饮) the coffee. She ________，as she tasted its rich aroma(香味).

"What does it mean, Father?" she __________ asked.

He explained that each of them had faced the same adversity(逆境)，boiling water, but each reacted __________The carrot went in, ________and hard. But after being subjected to (服从于) the boiling water, it softened and weak. The egg had been fragile( 易碎的). Its thin outer shell had ________its liquid interior(内部), but after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were__________，however. After they were in the boiling water, they had ________the water.

“ ________ are you?” he asked his daughter.

When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot an egg or a coffee bean?

My mom only had one eye. I hated her. She was such an embarrassment（尴尬）.

I remember one day she came to school. I was so embarrassed. How could she do this to me? I threw her a ________ look and ran out. I ________ that I would grow up and become successful, staying away from her.

Then I ________ really hard. I was accepted by Seoul National University and left my mom. Then I got married and had kids, too. Now I’m living a happy life as a successful man.

________, this happiness came to an end when ________ my mother came to see me. Upon seeing my mom’s eye, my children ran away. I shouted at her ________, “How can you come to ________ my kids!” Hearing this, she looked at me for a while and then ________.

A few days later I received a letter from my mom.

“My life has been long enough now. And I won’t ________ Seoul anymore, but would it be ________ for you to come to visit me once in a while?”

“You see when you were very little you got into an accident, and lost your eye. As a mother, I couldn’t ________ watching you having to grow up with only one eye, so I gave you mine. I was so proud of my son who was seeing a whole new world for me. I was never ________ with you for anything you did. I really ________ you.”

My ________ fell apart. I hated myself and cried for my mom. I didn’t know of any way that will make up for the most ________ things I’ve done to her.