After waking up, Jiakai washes his face, brushes his teeth and cleans his room. The 21-year-old has lunch around noon, and he begins ________. After dinner, he usually goes for a walk with his mother. This is the daily life of Jiakai, an autistic (自闭症的) man.

Ms Zhao, Jinkai’s mother, was ________ when she knew that her son was an autistic child. At first, she couldn’t accept it. But after she learned more, she began to ________ face the truth.

She discovered that the biggest ________ that parents had with raising autistic children was communication. She also found that autistic children could develop their language skills with training. So Zhao decided to leave her job and ________ Starlight Autism Rehabilitation Training Center to help autistic children learn to live normal lives. At the center, the children are ________ some basic living skills and their ability to socialize (社交) is further developed.

Her son also attended the school. He has a great ________ in art and has been painting daily since last year.” He paints so ________ that I won’t stop him for anything unless he has finished,” Ms Zhao said. She plans to hold a show for her son’s paintings and hopes to raise more ________about autistic people.

“Though I faced many difficulties in the past, I don’t think it’s ________ any more, I have already overcome my greatest difficulty,” she said.

In fact, all of us meet hardship, but we can overcome it as long as we try our best to deal with it.

Many years ago an old couple（夫妇）walked into a small hotel at 1: 00 in the morning. “Could you _________ give us a room here?” his husband asked. A _________ clerk with a big smile said, “All of our rooms are _________. But I can’t send a nice couple like you _________ into the rain at 1: 00 in the morning. Would you mind _________ in my room? It’s comfortable and clean.”

The couple _________ at first but the clerk kept on, “Don’t _________ me. I’ll be fine.” So the couple agreed. _________ the old man paid his bill the next morning, he said to the clerk, “You should be the manager of the _________ hotel in America. Maybe some day I’ll __________ one for you.”

The clerk smiled. The three of them had a good laugh.

Two years passed. The clerk got a __________ from the couple. It included a ticket __________ New York, asking him to visit them. The old man __________ him in New York, and took him to a great new building.

“That’s the __________ I’ve just built for you to manage.”

“You __________ be joking.”

“I can assure you I am not.”

The old man was William Waldorf Astor, founder of one of the world’s best hotels—Waldorf Astoria Hotel.

John is a middle school student. This Monday， his English teacher asked for leave because of a bad cold. Mrs. Green took his place. In the book. there was a_________ from a movie stars diary. Mrs. Green said， “Let’s choose a student to read it.”

John was a shy boy and hardly answered questions in class. He just hoped that the teacher wouldn’t ask him to read it. _________，the teacher said， “You!” Everybody looked around. Then the teacher looked at John and said， “You!” He was too nervous to do anything and just_______ there.

Seeing that， the teacher_________ him， put her hand on his shoulder and said， “Look at your face. You are a handsome boy， just like the movie star. I am sure you can make it. Can you have a try?”

John was encouraged by __________she said. He finally took the book and started ________ . But he read in a very low voice. The teacher stopped him. He was afraid she would scold（责骂him.__________to his surprise， she didn’t. She just said， "I really love your voice. But it would be better if you read____________ .” John was encouraged again and raised his voice. This time， he read much better.

When John finished， he was highly praised by the teacher. You can't__________how happy he felt then. From then on， he didn’t feel frightened to answer his teachers’__________in class. Nowadays， he is full of confidence in himself.