It was the start of another summer session at the university. I was enrolled to(报名) a psychology class. It was extremely difficult to get into, _______ the class was very popular. Lots of students were put on a _______ list but I was lucky and succeeded on my first _______

I had enrolled in this class not only because of the subject matter but also because of the professor. I had heard _______ things about her. She had published many books which had been translated into many languages. It would be a(n) _______ to learn from her. And I had a(n) _______.

Today was the first day of class. The professor entered the _______ lecture hall and made her way to the front. She faces us, quieted us and _______ around. Could she see me? She was my mother.

It was _______ seeing my mother giving a lecture. ________, we had just had breakfast together that morning and talked about the usual mother/daughter things. Could I get past the ________ that the professor was my mother and ________ learn something?

My mother first gave an overview of what we could ________ in the following eight weeks. Then she started the lecture. I listened and took notes and somewhere ________ the way my mother turned into a professor. She was so good a professor that I got completely________ in the subject matter and forgot that my mother was the person lecturing.

That summer school session passed quickly. Did the other students in the class ever learn my secret? Well, yes they did. Did I ________ it? No. But ________ else did. On the last day of the session, the professor asked me to stand. She ________ me, telling that the class that she was very proud of me.

My mother, who had so many important ________ in her life, was telling her students that the thing she was proudest of was me! Over the years I heard her lecture many times but I have ________ been prouder as her daughter than I was that day when she introduced me to the class.

When I was young, I didn’t want to be seen with my father. He was short and crippled (跛脚的), and when we ___ together, his hand on my arm for balance, people would look at us. It was ___ to coordinate (使协调) our steps, and we didn’t ___ much as we went along, just keeping silent. But as we started out, he always said, “You set the pace. I will try to keep up with you.”

In my memory, my father went to work every day, rain or shine, without ___ a day. Meanwhile, he had to ___ the unkind laughter from others. When I think of it now, I am surprised at how much ___ it must have taken him to make a living under such stress. Although disabled, my father still loved baseball games and often took me to the ___. He also liked to go to parties, where he could have a good time just sitting and watching.

I now___ that he took part in some things because of me, his only son. He ___ me all the time. When I played ball games, he “played” too. When I joined the Navy, he “joined” too. He was ____ to spend all his time staying with me.

He never talked about himself as an object of____, nor did he show any envy of the more fortunate. What he ____ in others was a “good heart”, and if he found one, the owner was good enough for him. Now that I am older, I believe that is a proper standard by which to judge people. He has been gone many years now, but I think of him often. I think of him when I complain about small affairs, when I am envious of other’s good ____, when I don’t have a “good heart”. I wonder if he ____ my unwillingness during our walks. If he did, I would like to tell him how sorry I am, and how I ____ it. At such times I would put my hand on his arm and say, “You set the pace. I will try to keep up with you.”

Love Is Blind：The Magic of Tabby

In October, 2003 I started my work at my local animal shelter’s Adoption Department. Over the years, more than 50, 000 animals have ________ the doors of the shelter. Most of them, I do not remember. But occasionally there are ________ animals, who touch me so deeply that I could never possibly ________ them. Tabby was one such animal.

Tabby was an ancient Cocker Spaniel, probably 14 years old. What's more, she was blind and deaf. Tabby's chances at adoption seemed ________ at best. After all, there weren’t many adopters coming here ________, “Can you show me all of your really old dogs who are also ________ ?” We had all thought that Tabby would live out the rest of her life at the ________.

One day a woman named Loretta came to the shelter. Her son, Gary, had ________ Tabby’s picture and stories on the shelter’s website at home. They were interested in meeting her! It was the only ________ we ever had from others about Tabby. What could a young child possibly see in a 14-year-old dog who was both blind and deaf？Most boys would want a dog who could grow with them and ________ through grassy fields on summer days. Tabby would ________ be able to do that. But after meeting her, Loretta and Gary decided that she was the right dog for their family. They adopted Tabby!

If Tabby's story had simply ended with her ________ adoption, it would still have been something very special indeed. ________ , it was what happened after her adoption that people might regard as “magic”. Gary ________ from seizures. Since Gary and Tabby met, they became ________. They did everything together. They became so “in tune” with one another that Tabby began to telegraph Gary's seizures ________ they occurred, giving his family a (n) ________ that one was about to strike. What's more, Gary seemed to be having fewer and fewer seizures since Tabby's ________ .

How could it be？Nobody could explain ________ Tabby did it. But those of us who were fortunate enough to know her and her family had ________ the magic, the kind that has its roots in love.