When the host announce that my choir (合唱队) won the second place of the World Choir Game, I couldn’ believe what I heard. All the _________that we made was worthwhile. Through this unforgettable experience, I _________much.

In the semi-finals, we were supposed to sing four songs. When we played the third song, I suddenly heard an unexpected _________—a girl in the alto(女低音) got quick. The other students in the alto were _________by the girl and were getting quicker and quicker. Our choir’s leader, Mrs Lee noticed it and _________ used her hand to keep time, but she _________.

After the song the smile on Mrs Lee’s face froze and some of our members turned and tried to find the person who first got _________. My mind was blank, but quickly I realized the only thing we could do was to _________ the performance. Then with a smile, Mrs Lee became a _________again, who seemed to have totally forgot what we had done. We sang the __________ song as usual.

After the competition, I was __________ Just because of one person’s fault, the whole choir must afford the fact that we might lose the game. I cried, but then I found nothing would change no matter how hard we__________the girl who played poorly. __________, I came to her, encouraged her and practiced the whole melody with her. In the finals, we got the medal because of our __________ performance.

Never blame a person when she makes a mistake, but help her to solve the problem when you are struggling toward the same goal. No matter what you will experience with others in the future, successes or failures, laughter or tears, these will surely become your precious treasure and__________.

I walked into a restaurant and ordered some food. After 20 minutes a group of guys came in and ordered theirs.

To my________, these people got served first. I watched as they began to eat and________joyfully. I even overheard one of them bragging（吹嘘）about how he's connected to everyone in the________and I felt mocked（嘲笑）. Unable to stand it anymore, I called the________.

He explained to me, "yours is a special order, being prepared by the________chefs themselves. Their orders were________prepared by students because the top chefs are busy________yours. Please have some________as you wait."

I________and waited. Shortly after that, my meal was served by six waiters. What a coincidence! The owner of the restaurant, who________to be an old long-lost friend of mine, ________me when I entered and decided to surprise me. She changed my________meal to a five-star meal. The group at the other________were shocked. They couldn't stop________. Suddenly they were the ones whispering, asking________they didn't get that kind of service and meal.

Such is life! Some people go________you, eating and laughing at you. You________mockery and are waiting________, wondering why it takes so long to break through. The owner of the world has seen you and doesn't want you to be served a quick meal like those________of you. You are waiting long because yours is a special meal, which ________time to prepare.

It was late afternoon when the boss gave me an assignment: I would leave the next day to _________ an important Chinese businessman to tourist _________ in northern Thailand. Silently _________, I stared at my desk. The piles of paper bore witness to a huge amount of work _________ to be done, _________ I had been working seven days a week. How will I ever catch up?

The next morning, we spent the day visiting attractions with hundreds of other tourists, most of _________ loaded with cameras and small gifts. I remember feeling _________ at this dense (密集的) collection of humanity.

That evening we climbed into a van (小巴士) to go for dinner. While the businessman chatted with others, I exchanged polite _________ in the dark with a man _________ ahead. I wondered why he held his head __________ at an odd angle. Then the truth __________ me. He was blind. Behind me someone __________ a light, and I could see his eyes with a white mist. “Could I sit beside you at the dinner?” he asked. “I’d like to.”

Before the dinner began, the blind man said, “The music seems out of tune __________our Western ears, but it has charm. Please describe the musicians.” “There are five. One beats drum, __________ plays piano, and the other three have violins.” As I lowered my voice __________ and spoke closer to his ear, the blind man put his head __________ toward me. I had never before been listened to with such intensity. “Yes, yes, I see them,” the blind man said quietly, smiling.

After the dinner, the blind man said, “How beautifully you saw everything for me, and I can never thank you __________, “On my way back I thought: I __________ him. I was the one who had been blind, my eyes just skimming the __________ of things. He had helped me lift the veil (面纱) that grows so quickly over our eyes in this __________ world, to see a whole new field I’d failed to appreciate before.