When I was ten years old, I lost my parents. To ________ myself, I had to work as a newspaper boy. I would get up every morning by 5 a.m. and walk five kilometers to the newspaper office. By 6 a.m, I would ________ 50 copies of the newspaper. After delivering（派送） them, I would run another three kilometers away to cook my breakfast, eat ________ and be off to school.

One morning, a boy named Jimmy found me and said his ________ wanted to see me. I guessed they wished to order newspapers, so I followed him to his place nearby.

Jimmy’s mother opened the door and ________ me a large plate of snacks and fruit salad. The rich breakfast brought back ________ of the happy time with my parents. Jimmy’s father, Mr. Kader, appeared with a new bicycle.

“This is for you!” he said to me.

“________ I have no money!” I replied.

“Who is asking you to pay for this, my son?” he continued.

I didn’t even realize my tears（眼泪） were running down my face. Jimmy’s mother held me closely. Mr. Kader said that my neighbor, Mr. Brown, was a friend of his, and he told him my ________.

I thanked them and left. This time, I didn’t have to walk.

For many years, it was the ________ that changed my life. I also learned a lesson: ________ should always be given according to people’s needs. Never try to feed a person who is dying of thirst（渴）.

Susan went on a trip to Hastings with her classmates last Friday. They were very excited _________ it was their first school trip.

The night before, Susan prepared (准备) things for the trip. She put a _________ in her bag because the weather was still cold. She also took some hamburgers, cakes, juice and candies.

Susan didn’t sleep very well that night. She _________ very early the next morning. She got dressed, brushed her teeth and had _________ at 7:15. Then she took her bag.

Her father drove her to school. Susan _________ her classmates outside the school. They waited for the bus for 10 minutes and when the bus arrived, everyone got on it very _________.

The _________ took about two hours. They spent most of the time singing and talking, so it really seemed very _________.

When they arrived in Hastings, the sun was bright (明亮的), but it was a little cold, so they couldn’t _________ in the sea. They visited the castle (城堡) and had lunch in the park. Susan bought a T-shirt for her brother. They __________ at 7 p.m. and got home at about 9 o’clock. Susan was really tired, but she liked this school trip.

When Mike was seven, he knew his dream was to be a photographer. He kept working on it for years. Recently, he was trying to take a picture of a sunset(日落) to enter the school _________ competition.

“Mom, it has been cloudy these days. I don’t think I can get this picture! Mike

“Why not use one of your photos on the computer?” _________ Mom.

“I can’t—the rules say the photos have to be taken with a traditional camera. We hand in a roll of film(胶卷), it gets developed(冲洗胶卷) and we _________ one photo for the competition. ”

“_________ is a sunset so important?” Mom asked.

“The _________ of the competition is peace,” Mike explained, “and “I feel most peaceful seeing a sunset.”

Zach, his six-year-old brother came out of the bedroom. “Hey, you want to take a picture of me? Look! He put both arms over his head.

“Not right now,” said Mike, laughing.

That very afternoon, Mike felt excited when he saw clear skies. He carefully lined up his shot(镜头) and waited _________ till the sun reached the ground.

“That’s it! Perfect!” he shouted cheerfully.

The next morning, Mike noticed he could take one more picture to complete the roll of film, so he walked into Zach’s room. Zach was _________ quietly with a teddy bear under his aim. Mike didn’t wake Zach up, and carefully took a picture of him.

A week later, Mike got the photos. The sunset picture was the one he was most _________ to see. There it was! It was as nearly perfect as Mike had expected.

Then, he looked through the other photos. Suddenly, he stopped. His eyebrows rose as he _________ the photo of Zach. He looked back at the photo of the sunset, which seemed less perfect now. He __________ the two choices. Finally, he decided to hand in the photo of Zach for the competition.