With my father walking into the room, my brother became nervous. He knew that he had done something ________. From a distance I could see that he had opened my father’s new book and drawn all over the first page with a pen. Now, staring at my father worriedly, he and I both waited for his ________.

My father picked up his much-loved book, looked at it ________ for quite a while, and then sat down, without saying a word. Books were important to him. He was a teacher and had several degrees. For him, books were knowledge, and yet he loved his children. What he did next was surprising. Instead of punishing my brother, he sat down, took the pen from my brother’s hand, and then ________ in the book himself, alongside the drawings made by John’s work, 1959, age 2. “You have made the book priceless, I’m very thankful to you for drawing in my book.” The years and the books came and went. Our family ________ what all families went through and perhaps a little bit more: success and failure, gain and loss, ________ and tears. From time to time we would open the book, ________ the drawings, read my father’s words of love, and feel inspired.

Now I know that through this simple act, my father ________ us how every bad event in life can have a positive side—if we are prepared to look at it from another side and realize how unforgettable it is when our lives are touched by the ________ of others. But he also taught us about what really matters in life: people, not objects; tolerance (容忍), not judgement (评判); love, not anger.

When I ________ about these things, I will smile and whisper, “Thank you, Dad.”

One afternoon, I went to pick up my mother from work. I got there a little early, so I stopped my car by a small park, and _______ for her.   

When I looked out _______ the car window, I saw a little boy running happily on the grass as his mother watched nearby. He was about two years _______. There was a big _______ on his face. The boy then fell onto the grass, got up, without _______   at his mother. He ran as _______ as he could, then he fell to the grass again, but he still has a smile on his face. It seemed that nothing had happened.

However, with kids, when they fall down, they don’t think they fail. They have not connected “falling down” with “failure”. They allow themselves to _______ mistakes, and they never give up. They try again and again ________   they succeed.

What have we learned from the little boy?

Kate is a lovely girl. When she was a little girl, she had no _______ to her mother. However, since last year she has become little mysterious (神秘) and not so _______ as before. Her mother wants heart-to-heart talks between mother and daughter, but they never happen. A gulf (鸿沟) opens between them.        

Her mother wonders if she falls in love. After all, she is _______ the “dangerous stage”. These thoughts have caused trouble in the mother’s mind _______.

One weekend Kate told her mother _______ she was going to the cinema with her classmates and would return late. This was the first time her mother agreed. And she began to _______ because Kate had never been away at night before. The mother waited until nine and couldn’t fall asleep. Then she decided to go out to _______ her daughter. Just at that moment, she heard the noise of a car and hurried to the window—there was her daughter, waving good-bye to a _______. Her heart missed a beat. When the daughter came in, the mother was watching TV, pretending (假装) nothing happened. “Mum, I’m back.” “yes.” “Sorry to be _______.”

Kate said nothing about the film ________ the boy. The mother really would like to know ________ about them. “Who is that boy? “Ah, it’s my monitor. He gave me lift ________ his way home. I’m going to bed, ” The daughter answered in ________ words.

The next morning, when the mother went to Kate’s room to do some tidying. she found her diary on the bed. After few minutes’ hesitation (犹豫), she opened it. It read, “Mum, It’s ________ that made you ask, but it would show your understanding of me if you hadn’t.” Holding the diary, the mother ________ thought.