For 72 years, Lisa Gumpel kept a secret. “For a long time, I was determined not to tell anyone about it,” said Gumpel, 85 years old,【小题1】 finally settled in Minnesota after the war and now lives in the Twin Cities.

She told people that she and her two sisters were among 669 Jewish children 【小题2】(save)by a kind man to escape from the Nazi concentration camp in 1939. Their rescuer was【小题3】British businessman named Nicholas Winton, who also kept the story to 【小题4】until his wife found a list of the children's names.

Gumpel was shocked in 1988 when the 【小题5】(true) about Winton's one-man rescue operation finally came out. “Nobody knew that he actually did all 【小题6】himself,” she said. “He worked so hard to save lives.”

Winton still doesn't think that he's a hero, arguing that his life was never【小题7】 danger and that he was doing【小题8】 he feels every person should do.

A party was held for him and the people he'd saved. Gumpel was【小题9】(excite) when she finally met him. “He still【小题10】(treat) us all like we're his kids,” she said with a warm smile on the face.

Mr. James owns a company. He put an advertisement 【小题1】a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of nearly fifty people 【小题2】came to apply, the man selected one and dismissed 【小题3】others.

“I would like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brought neither a single letter, 【小题4】a single recommendation.”

“You are wrong,” said the gentlemen. “He had many. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door behind him, 【小题5】(mean) that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to an old man, showing that he was kind and 【小题6】(thought). He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions quickly, showing that he was a polite gentleman. Everyone else steeped over the book that I 【小题7】(put) on the floor purposely. He picked 【小题8】up and placed it on the table, and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding. When I talked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his 【小题9】(neat) brushed hair, and his clean finger mails. Can’t you see that these are excellent recommendations? I considered them to be more significant than 【小题10】(letter).”

Hearing the words, the friend nodded in agreement.

Varsha Ved caught an infection( 感染 ) at the age of 40, which led to the loss of almost 90% of 【小题1】(she) eyesight. The doctors said she would need 【小题2】eye transplant( 移植 ) operation. But she had to wait for two years before she was finally called 【小题3】the transplant. Fortunately, the operation went very well.

“I can see very clearly since then," she says 【小题4】(excite). “I truly felt like I had got a new life. Those two years when I was waiting for a donor made me realize how 【小题5】(challenge) life becomes for people who cannot see. That was when I thought that I should not let this new life go to waste; I should use it to help other people.

Varsha started working with an eye bank in Parek 【小题6】(aim) to spread awareness about eye donations. In 2014 she started working with four hospitals 【小题7】she encouraged not just patients, but also doctors and nurses 【小题8】(donate) their eyes.

She is on duty almost every day. She 【小题9】(encourage) over 1,000 people to donate their eyes till today. “It gives me great 【小题10】(satisfy) every time someone donates eyes and someone gains eyesight.” she says.