Tears clouded my eyes as I stood in our washing room, holding Brett’s jeans and shirt full of burn holes.

Tired and defeated, I _______ to the floor. The clothes were just one more thing Brett had_______ . He often got almost everything in the house out of _______ . Many windows in our house needed repair due to his breaking _______ to steal money when he chose to live on the street. Yet none of this could compare to the emotional _______ Brett had done to our once quiet home.

Brett came to live with us when he was 12 years old. During the next few years I had dealt with Brett as _______as possible, but inside I was shouting. “I don’t want him in my house another day, Lord! I just can’t   _______ him!” Having wiped my tears, I continued _______ him as before.

When Brett was nearly 18, he landed again in Juvenile Hall（少管所）. After that, my husband and I had to send Brett to a boarding school for helping _______teens.

At the   ________ ceremony, each graduate held a white rose to give to the person who had ________ the most to him or her.

Brett spoke __________ to his parents and then spoke to me, “You did so much. You were always there, no matter __________ . My mom and dad, I was their kid. But you, ________ troubled enough by me, always ____________ me such love. And I want you to know I love you for it.”

________, I stood as Brett placed the white rose in my hand and hugged me__________.

At that moment, tears__________ in my eyes again, this time not for disappointment but for________. Although I had struggled with silent __________toward my stepson, Brett had seen only my actions. Love is action. We may not always have positive feelings about certain people in our lives, but we can love them.

When I was a teenager, my dad did everything he could to advise me against becoming a brewer (造酒人).

He′d_______his life brewing beer for local breweries only to make a living,_______had his father and grandfather before him. He didn′t want me_______near a vat (酿酒用的桶) of beer. So I did as he asked. I got good_______, went to Harvard and in 1971 was accepted into a graduate program there that_______me to study law and business at the same time.

In my second year of graduate school, I began to be_______that I′d never done anything but go to school.

So, at 24 I decided to drop out._______,my parents didn′t think this was a great idea. But I felt strongly that you can′t_______till you′re 65 to do what you want in life.

I packed my stuff into a bus and headed for Colorado to become an instructor at Outward Bound. Three years later, I was ready to go back to_______. I finished Harvard and got a well-paid job at the Boston Consulting Group. Still, after working there five years, I________, “Is this what I want to be doing when I′m 50?” At that time, Americans spent good money on beer in________quality. “Why not make good beer for_______? ” I thought.

I decided to give up my job to become________. When I told Dad, he was________, but in the end he________me. I called my beer Samuel Adams________the brewer and patriot who helped to start the Boston Tea Party.________I sold the beer direct to beer drinkers to get the ________I out. Six weeks later, at the Great American Beer Festival, Sam Adams Boston Lager (淡啤酒) won the top prize for American beer. In the end, I was destined (注定) to be a brewer. My________to the young is simple. Life is very________, so don′t rush to make decisions. It′s OK when life doesn′t go as planned.

A Glass of Milk

There was a poor boy who made a living by selling objects door to door ,to pay for his school. He was very _______and couldn't walk even a few steps.He_______to ask for food at a house. He knocked at the door and_______ a beautiful young girl at the door step .He asked the _______ to offer him a glass of water.

The young girl understood_______hunger though the boy’s eyes and offered him milk in a huge glass .He drank the milk very_______and asked, "How much should I pay you_______ this milk?"

The girl replied. "I don't accept_______ for kindness." With a big smile on his face, the boy_______ the girl and left the place.

________passed by. The young girl fell________and was diagnosed (诊断) with a kind of uncommon nervous condition. Dr. Kevin, a famous doctor was called in by the hospital to examine her.________ he entered her room, Dr. Kevin immediately________who that woman was!

With all his efforts and________, Dr. Kevin won over the disease and the woman was________ cured. The woman was quite________ about the hospital bill as she could not afford to pay. Dr. Kevin asked the hospital to________the bill to him as he would add his charges. After receiving the hospital bill, he wrote a________ and sent it to her.

Her eyes were________with tears and happiness once she opened the bill.She________the bill was canceled and the note was written by Dr. Kevin -Bill paid years ago with a glass of milk!"