Jenna, a popular girl from Westwood Middle School, had graduated first in her class and was ready for new _________ in high school.

_________, high school was different. In the first week, Jenna went to tryouts (选拔赛) for cheerleaders (拉拉队队员). She was competing against very talented girls, and she knew it would be _________ for her to be selected. Two hours later, the _________ read a list of the girls for a second tryout. Her heart _________ as the list ended without her name. Feeling _________, she walked home carrying her schoolbag full of homework.

Arriving home, she started with math. She had always been a good math student, but now she was _________. She moved on to English and history, and was _________ to find that she didn’t have any trouble with those subjects. Feeling better, she decided not to _________ math for the time being.

The next day Jenna went to see Mrs. Biden about being on the school ________. Mrs. Biden wasn’t as __________ as Jenna. “I’m sorry, but we have enough __________ for the newspaper already. Come back next year and we’ll talk then.” Jenna smiled __________ and left. “Why is high school so __________?” she sighed.

Later in __________ class, Jenna devoted herself to figuring out the problems that had given her so much __________. By the end of class, she understood how to get them right. As she gathered her books, Jenna decided she’d continue to try to __________ her new school. She wasn’t sure if she’d succeed, but she knew she had to __________. High school was just as her mom had said: “You will feel like a small fish in a big pond __________ a big fish in a small pond. The challenge is to become the __________ fish you can be.”

A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a _________ on white paper with the words “For mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded (折叠) her letter, but then she _________ it.

For most people, that would be the _________ of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell _________ the letter. He had just _________ his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the _________ on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I _________ it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I _________ it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really _________ me. “ Carrell thought the letter would __________ someone’s day and that maybe he could find the __________, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, __________ one man.

“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s __________,” said Carrell.

The comments included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t __________ you found my baby’s letter.”   Carrell reached Alvarado to __________ the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally __________ on Thursday night, one day after Alvarado’s wife’s birthday.

“__________ the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are __________ for what James Carrell did.”

We often forget the power of __________ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a(n) __________ impression.