D. surprised        
D. bookshop        
D. nocked          
D. first            
D. pick            
D. took up          
D. replied          
D. vase            
D. quite            
D. hardly      
D. enthusiasm
D. seated          
D. new              
D. difficult        
D. waiter          
D. hand in          
D. receipts        
D. signed          
D. half-opened      
D. in low spirits  

     I am a team leader in an insurance company．We are going through a lot of changes right now,
which is __1__ much stress for all of us．
     A few weeks ago I was having a day so __2__ that I even doubted if I had the ability to do this
challenging work,and was about ready to change to a less stressful job __3__．Something happened
that day changed my way of __4__,and I am so appreciative of this young lady．I want to let her
know that the small act __5__．
      On the top of my cubicle (工作隔间) I have a small collection of lighthouses (灯塔) to let people
 know where I am sitting __6__ my team members have to find me for emergencies．
      That day I came into the office and was about to get the day __7__ when Crystal came over．I
asked if she needed anything．She said,"I __8__ you something．" I looked at her with a __9__ look
and said,"Well,thank you,but why __10__ you buy me anything?" I had never spoke to this young lady
__11__．She said,"Every day I stand up and look across the __12__ and see your lighthouses．
Then I feel I am not alone and I encourage myself that there are always __13__ things in life．I saw
this on the way to work and thought __14__ would like it．I wish it would have the same __15__ as
your lighthouses do．" In her hand she had a small globe with a lighthouse and a ship on it．I gave her
a hug and __16__ her．I don"t think she knows how much that small act of __17__ changed my day:
I remained __18__ the rest of the day．
      For anyone that reads this,I hope you remember,no matter what the __19__ is,you could change
someone"s day,__20__ even his views on life．

     It was when my now 19yearold daughter Shanna was in Grade 3．All students in her class
were given a small pot with a __1__ seed to plant．
     Once the bean plants had __2__,their teacher allowed the kids to __3__ move it from school
to home．Once home,Shanna looked around for the __4__ location and settled it on a sunny
south window sill (窗台) and then __5__ declared,"Soon I can feed the whole family!"
     Shanna"s sisters were envious and even our cat looked __6__,which should have been a warning
to me __7__ when I woke up the next morning,I saw that the bean plant had been unkindly knocked
__8__ the window sill．Its leaves were broken and except for a thread of stem that still __9__ the
roots to the flowering top；it was quite unrecognizable from the day before．It seemed to be __10__．
     I feared for what I had to tell Shanna but her __11__ was not what I expected．She said,"Everything will be okay,Mom；the plant will get __12__．"
     Quickly she took the first aid kit (急救箱) from the bathroom,__13__ with bandages and a deep
belief that the sad looking,neardead bean plant would live and even produce __14__ !
     I went along with it and __15__ her to wrap bandages．Days later,to my __16__,the bean plant
was standing tall and looking lively．We were able to __17__ the bandages．
     My daughter never quite understood my __18__ over the meaning of the bean plant．I work with
kids that all greatly need people to trust them．Now whatever I have been told about children and their
behavior,I __19__ everyone with the same eyes and heart that my daughter used on her __20__ bean
plant．
     Later that week,I came across a sentence:From a little spark,may burst a flame.