One day, one of my good friends looked upset. As I asked ________ the reason, she said she had trouble with her work. She asked me ________ she could find ways out of it. I really had nothing to show her the way out of the trouble because her problem was beyond my ability. I didn’t have any experience dealing ________ such kind of trouble. I ________ to do the least I could do—just listened to her and comforted(安慰) her.

In fact, what I did was ________ nothing to solve her problem. But the next time she met me, she was very ________ and I felt great to see her smile. She said that she had the ________ to solve it, but just needed someone to stay with her and listen to her.

I felt very happy that I could make my ________ happy. Many times people don’t need a hand. They just need the moral(精神上的) support that keeps them going, ________ it takes nothing. Keep smiling and be a good listener, which is ________ helpful in keeping a good relationship with others.

My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always face it _________. In July last year, I couldn’t believe the news that I was _________ to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed home and told my parents. But my father didn’t seem as _________ as I was. He just kept smoking _________ saying a word. And my mother put her head down and couldn’t help crying.

_________ I saw didn’t make me surprised. I knew very well what my family was like. My mum had been in bed for two years because of her _________. My family lived a hard life and couldn’t afford my tuition fee （学费）. I felt so upset but I could say _________ to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work to support my family instead of continuing my education. To my surprise, things completely changed just three days before the _________ of the new term. My head teacher who had taught me for three years came to my family with some money. The money was raised by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream and never give up.”

At the same time, my father also earned some extra money. He tried his best to afford part of my tuition fee. I knew I was lucky, and I have been studying hard _________ I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always think of my head teacher and schoolmates, and then I can always get enough courage to __________ fighting.

Paul and I are good friends. We ________ thirteen years old. He is taller than I, and he is ________ than I, too. He often ________ a pair of thick glasses but I don’t. His mother is a ________ in the People’s Hospital. His father is a worker in a big ________ and he has a lot of work ________ every day.

Paul likes ________ candies. He sometimes ________ a few candies to school and shares them ________ me after class. We are in the same school ________ in the same class. So we can help ________. We always play together after school. He likes doing the things that I do.

I live very far ________ our school but he lives near it, so he ________ comes to my house, but I usually go to his house ________ weekends. We always have a ________ time when we are together.