Jim, a successful businessman, told the experience of his childhood.

When he was 12, his parents ______. He was alone and didn’t get on well with others. People always laughed ______ him. No one showed kindness to him. His only friend was a dog named Tiger.

One day as he walked down the street, a young lady was walking in front of him. Suddenly, one of her bags dropped from her arms. As she stopped ______ , she dropped other bags. He came to help her. “Thank you, dear! You are a nice boy!” she said kindly, smiling. A special ______ came to him. These were ______ kind words he had ever heard. He watched her ______ she went far away, and he whistled to his dog and went directly to the river nearby. Then in a low voice he said to his dog, “You are a nice little dog!” Tiger raised ______ ears as if it understood. “Uh! Even a dog likes it!” he said. “Well, I won’t say unkind words to you anymore!” The dog waved its tail happily.

Jim thought and thought. Finally, he looked at himself in the river. He saw ______ but a dirty boy. He washed his face ______ . Again he looked. He saw a clean nice boy. He was amazed. From then on, he had ______ new life. The first seed of kindness that the woman planted in his heart made him an able man.

Betty May, from Hawaii, likes swimming very much. She began to swim at a young age. At the age of _________, Betty took part in her first swimming competition and won. This started a love _________ swimming competitions in her.

On October 31st, 2003, while she _________ in the sea, suddenly a big shark came over to Betty. The shark got her left arm, and hurt her badly. _________, she tried her best and swam back to the land.

Betty lost over 60 percent of her blood and was taken to hospital. The doctors saved her _________. “I have never seen a girl who is brave and strong-minded like her,” one of her doctors said. Later Betty got used to eating meals and dressing clothes by _________. _________ she lost her arm, she could still swim. Betty returned to the water after three months. She didn’t want to give up _________ a swimmer, but she had to practice harder than before. The next year, Betty won first prize in _________ important swimming competition.

As time went by, people all over the world began to know about Betty and her story. Later, a movie about her was made. She became one of many good examples to teenagers.

“I know life can be hard, but I’ve learned that we are able to overcome（克服）the biggest difficulty, no matter what you're facing. The more I practice, the __________ I will be.” That’s what Betty told us.

This is a story about a famous scientist. After reading it, you may know what made him ________ from others. He said all his success came from an experience that happened when he was five years old. At that time, he tried to take ________ bottle of milk away from the fridge. However, the bottle fell and the milk was all over the kitchen floor.

When his mother came in, instead of shouting at ________, she said, “Ben, what a great mess you have made! I have never seen such a big puddle(水洼) of milk. Would you like to play in the milk ________ a few minutes before we clean it up?”

Actually, he did. After a few minutes, his mother said, “Ben, you have made a mess like this, ________ you need to clean it up. How would you like to do that? With a towel or a mop(拖把)?” He ________ the towel and they cleaned up the milk together.

Then his mother said, “You were not able ________ a big milk bottle with your small hands in the kitchen. Let’s ________ the bottle with water and see if you can discover a way to carry it without dropping it.” Finally, the boy learned that if he held the bottle with ________ hands, he could carry it and it wouldn’t drop.

From then on, the boy knew he didn’t need to be afraid of ________ mistakes. It was more important for him to find a way to correct the mistakes.