I lived in America with my teenage son Karl. After his father died, Karl became very shy, quiet and only concerned about his thoughts. As a_________ parent, I tried to do my best to talk to him. But the more I tried, the more he __ When his report card arrived during his third year. it said that he had been__________95 times from classes and had six___________grades for the year. At this rate he would never________ . I sent him to the school adviser, and I even begged him. __________worked.

One night I felt so powerless that I got down _________ my knees and prayed for help. “Please God, I can’t do anything more for my son. I’m at the end of my hope. I’m giving the whole thing up to___________. ”

One day, I was at work when I got a (an)_________ . A man introduced himself as the headmaster. “I want to talk to you about Karl’s absence. ”________he could say another word, I was very upset and all my__________and sadness over Karl came__________into the ears of this stranger. “I do ___________my son but I just don’t know what to do. I’ve tried everything to get Karl to go back to school but nothing has worked. It’s out of my ________ . ” For a moment there was (a)__________on the other end of the line. The headmaster seriously said, “Thank you for your time”, and hung up.

Karl’s next report card showed an obvious__________in his grades. Finally, he even made the honor roll. In his________year, I attended a parent-teacher meeting with Karl. I noticed that his__________were astonished at the way he had turned himself around. On our way home, he said, “Mum,__________that call from the headmaster last year?” I nodded. “That was me. I thought I’d play a joke but when I heard what you said, it really hit me how much I was hurting you. That’s___________I knew I had to make you proud. ”

Morning tea is a family tradition. It is_________less than an art form, with the rubric(标准) laid down by my late grandmother. Her_________had been formed during her childhood years_________in the border state of Punjab, the land of five rivers, the bread basket of India. After her marriage, she eventually_________to Mumbai, located on the western coast of the country. She lived here for nearly 70 years, bringing with her the_________of home.

Each morning started with a cup of tea boiled in a kettle. Her favorite was a(n)_________of fine black Assam loose leaf tea, to which a small amount of CTC tea was_________for color and flavor. This mix would be_________without a little crushed cardamom(豆蔻粉).

Accompanying the tea was milk, heated to boil. Both were_________in stainless steel pots in quilted(加棉芯的) covers, keeping them__________. The final touch was her cup, prewashed in boiling water, so she could__________a steaming cup of tea.

Adding a spoonful of__________sugar and a spot of milk to the beverage, she would drink it with her biscuits. Occasionally it would be sweet grape biscuits dipped in the tea, but with age, she__________moved on to digestive biscuits packed with fiber. Depending on the__________, her tea would be__________. On hotter days, she would drink iced tea, and during cool windy days, she’d mix up the spices.

My father passed away last year , leaving us a legacy (遗产). My wife and I had thought to spend the ________ on our children’s and grandchildren’s education and our future homes. ________, my kids said, “No, just give it away.”

My wife and I work in community service. And our kids often ________ us in public welfare (福利) activities to ________ money for the poor. We’ve tried to raise the kids with generous and warm-hearted ________.

“Let’s ________ Naima’s college debt (债务),” our kids suggested. Naima is a black, immigrant friend who has been a part of our big family since middle school. I ________ arguing we need the government to take relevant measures to cancel her college debt. My daughter’s eyes rolled, ________ about it. “Naima and her family are financially stressed every day,” she replied. “We have the ________ to zero out their debt now.”

So we decided to take a chance. We settled Naima’s ________ and donated most of the remaining legacy in a public way that might ________ others. We ________ that we did the right thing. Although the kids are in their early 20s, we believe our kids understand what it ________ to have no legacy. The kids’ hearts, fed by their grandfathers love, ________ us a way to handle problems. Their ________ is my dad’s real legacy —not his money.