A wise man was on his long journey with a young man. It was getting ____, so they decided to find a place to stay. They searched for a long time and at last found a tiny old ____. A poor family lived in it. They gave the two ____ a warm welcome and prepared a simple meal for them, including fresh milk and cheese. After the meal, the wise man asked how ____ made a living in such a poor place. The husband replied, “We have a ____. We sell her milk to our neighbors and keep some for our own needs—make some cheese and cream.”

The next morning, the two visitors continued their ____. After they walked a few miles, the wise man said to the young man, “Go back and ____ the cow off the cliff (悬崖).” “Why? Without the cow, they will have ____.” The wise man repeated his order, “Go back and kill the cow.”

The young man was worried about the future of the family, ____ finally he returned to the old house and did as the wise man told him.

A few ____ later, the young man travelled on the same road. He decided to visit the ____ again. To his surprise, he saw a large house with a beautiful garden there.

He knocked on the door and a well-dressed man answered it. He was the son of the family. The man invited him to enter the house and told him how their ____ changed. “You know, we had nothing but a cow to keep us alive years ago. But one day she fell off the cliff and ____. We had to come up with ____ ways of making a living. You see, we are much ____ than before.” At his words, the young man smiled.

Good morning! I’m Lisa and come from Arkansas, the USA. Now I ________ in a small town. Tom is my neighbor. We are in the same neighborhood. Tom is a nice old man and we all like ________.

Tom is 92 years old. He is ________ medium height with glasses. He ________ spends much time doing good things for others. ________! He is doing the cleaning over there! It is very ________ outside because it keeps snowing these days. The bad weather brings people many ________. There is a lot of snow on the road and it may make people in danger when they go out. “I use this snow shovel to clean the snow. ________ I finish cleaning the road, all of us can go around easily.”Tom says.

When his friends play soccer or video games, 12-year-old Campbell spends lots of free time making Teddy Bears.

At the age of nine, Campbell was told that many sick children in the hospital couldn’t get Christmas _________. So the little boy decided to make gifts himself for them.

Over the past three years, Campbell has _________ himself how to make animal toys for children in the hospital. “I knew I could do it if I practiced.” he said. _________ he injured (使……受伤) his fingers a few times, he didn’t give up. With more practice, it _________ him less and less time to finish each toy. So far, the _________ boy has made more than 800 toys and he gave many of them to sick children at the local hospital.

Campbell’s bears have a great _________ on many people’s lives, especially for his dad that was seriously ill. One night, Campbell showed his dad the bear he’d made for him, saying it would help him _________ the illness. _________, his dad became well again after months.

“Campbell brought _________ and encouragement to his father,” the boy’s mother said, “and I’m sure that each bear __________ has the same feeling.”