I have often thought it would be a blessing if each human being were stricken blind and deaf for a few days at some time during his early adult life.【小题1】 (dark) would make him more appreciatively of sight; silence would teach him the joys of sound. I who am blind can give one hint to those 【小题2】 see: Use your eyes as if tomorrow you would be stricken blind. And the same method can 【小题3】 (apply) to the other senses. But of all the senses, I am sure that sight must be the most delightful.

This book is about 【小题1】(die), but it is not pessimistic. Indeed, it was a pleasant surprise 【小题2】(find) that this book is filled joy and hope. Morrie’s 【小题3】(brave) towards the end of his life is 【小题4】(inspiration) and has made me value my own life more. In fact, far from being a book about 【小题5】(die), it’s a book about life. As Morrie says, “Once you learn how 【小题6】(die), you learn 【小题7】 to live.” As Morrie 【小题8】(anticipate) his own death, he observes everything as though through new eyes - the things around him seem 【小题9】(beautiful) than ever before and hold new meanings. From his window, he watches each season change, 【小题10】(know) it could be his last. This encourages us to appreciate 【小题11】we have, and 【小题12】(make) the most of each day.

Everyone likes to have friends who are 【小题1】(rely). When what we say matches what we do, we earn trust and friendship. Therefore, the【小题2】 (important) of keeping one's promise cannot be stressed too much.

There was a story of someone【小题3】 （break）his promise to his friend. Two men 【小题4】 were travelling through a forest together promised to help each other whatever danger threatened them. They had not gone far when a bear rushed at them from some bushes. One man was a good climber, and quickly climbed a nearby tree, but the other, seeing that he had no chance alone against the bear, fell flat 【小题5】his back and pretended to be dead.

The Bear came up to him and sniffed at him. The Bear thought the man was dead, so he went off into the wood again without hurting him. When he had gone, the other traveler came down from his tree, and smilingly asked his companion what the Bear 【小题6】(say) to him.“My 【小题7】(good) friend, ” he said, “I saw the Bear put his mouth close to your ear. ” “He told me to tell you, ” replied the other【小题8】 (calm), “that you were 【小题9】great coward, and that in future I should not trust those who make fine promises, but will not stand by their friends in danger. ”Don't trust fine promises 【小题10】 you are sure of the person who makes them.