Roger Crawford had everything he needed to play tennis―except two hands and a leg. He had no palms（手掌）. The doctor said Roger 36 from born disability, and he would never be able to walk or 37 himself. Fortunately Roger’s parents didn’t 38 the doctor.

“My parents always 39 me that I was only as handicapped（殘疾的） as I wanted to be,” said Roger. “They never allowed me to feel sorry for myself or 40 advantage of people because of my handicap. Once I got into 41 because my school papers were continually late,” explained Roger, who had to hold his pencil with both arms to write   42. “I asked Dad to write a note to my 43, asking for a two-day extension on my assignments（作業(yè)）. 44, Dad made me start writing my paper two days early!”

Roger’s father always 45 him to get involved in 46. At 12, Roger managed to win a place on the school football team. Before every game, Roger would visualize（設(shè)計(jì)） his dream of scoring a touchdown. Then one day he got his chance. The ball landed in his arms and 47. He ran as fast as he could on his artificial 48 toward the goal line, his coach and teammates 49 wildly. But at the ten-yard line, a guy from the other team 50 up with Roger, grabbing his left ankle. Roger tried to pull his artificial leg 51, but instead it ended up being pulled off.

Roger’s love of sports 52 and so did his self-confidence. But not every obstacle gave way to Roger’s determination. “The only 53 between you and me is that you can see my handicap, but I can’t see yours. I haven’t overcome anything. I’ve 54   learned what I can’t do ― such as play the piano or eat with 55.”

Valentine’s Day was the time my father chose to show his love for the special people in his life. Over the years I fondly (天真地) thought    21     him as my “Valentine man”.

My first memory of the    22      he could bring to Valentine’s Day came when I was six. That morning at the breakfast table I found a card and a gift-wrapped package at my chair. The card was    23   “Love, Dad” and the gift was a ring with a small piece of red glass to    24    my birthstone, a ruby (紅寶石). There is     25     difference between red glass and rubies to a child of six, and I remember    26   that ring with pride that all the cards in the world     27     not surpass (超越).

  28   I grew older, the gifts gave    29   to heart-shaped boxes filled with my    30    chocolate and always included a     31    card signed “Love, Dad”. In those years my “thank-you” became   32    of a perfunctory (敷衍) response. The cards seemed less    33    , and I took for granted that the Valentine would     34    be there. I had    35     my hopes and dreams in receiving cards and gifts from “significant others” and “Love Dad” just didn’t seem quite    36    .

His final card remains on my desk today. It’s a     37    of how special fathers can be and how important it has been to me to know that I had a father who continued a  tradition of    38     with simple acts of understanding of the people in his life.

Those things never    39     , nor does the memory of a man who never     40    being my Valentine man.

Dorothy Brown was very happy as she sat in the theatre listening to the music. Today her little daughter Lauren was giving her ___26___ concert. She had been waiting for this ___27___ for years and years. “Now it is here at last,” she thought. “How beautiful her ___28___ is.”

The song made her ___29___ to the days when she was Lauren’s ___30___. As a young ___31___, Dorothy wanted to be a concert singer. She studied ___32___ in France, Italy and in the United States. “You can become a fine ___33___ in the future,” her teachers told her. “But you must be ___34___to study hard and work for many years. There will be ___35___time for anything but music in your life.”

Dorothy was ___36___ at that time and she was ___37___ that music was all she wanted or needed to ___38___ her life. For almost a year Dorothy ___39___ of nothing else. Then she ___40___ David, a young engineer travelling Europe. They soon fell in ___41___. David asked her to be his ___42___. Dorothy also wanted to marry David. But she loved ___43___,too. She didn’t know what to do. David was against her being a singer. He said, “If you want to be a singer, you must forget about getting married. You can’t ___44___ do both.” Thus her days were gone and would never return.

Now Lauren became a singer instead of her, which was her ___45___.

Mother used to ask me what the most important part of the body is. Through the years I would     2l    the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought  _22  very important to us, so I said, “My ears, Mum.” She said, “No, many people are  23  . But think about it and I’ll ask you again.”  

Since making my first  _24  , I had often thought over the question. So the next time l told her, “Mum, it must be our eyes.” She said, “You are__25  fast, but the answer isn’t correct because there are blind people.”  

_ _26  the years, Mother asked me a couple more  _27  and always her response was, “No, but you are getting _28__ , dear. ” Last year my Grandpa __29  . Everybody was heartbroken, crying. When it was our  _30_  to say our final good-bye to Grandpa, Mum asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear? ”  

1 was   31 when she was asking me this now. I always thought this was a  32   between us. She saw the   33  look on my face and told me “This question is very important. It shows how you have really _ 34_ your life”. I saw her eyes full of tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your _35_.” I asked, “Is it because they hold up your head?” She replied, “No, it is  __36  on them a crying friend or a  37  one can rest their head. I hope you’ll have a shoulder to cry  __38  when you need it. ”  

Then and there I understood the most important part is not a _ 39  one. It is one, sympathetic to the pain of    40  .  

Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are  21  than housewives. Evidence shows that  22  are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study，shows that   23  the unemployment rate increases by 1%，the death rate increases correspondingly(相應(yīng)地)by 2%. All this   24   one point：Work is helpful to health.

Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy,   25   loneliness and solitude(孤獨(dú)). Researches show that people feel unhappy,  26  and lonely when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who aye busy. Many high achievers who   27   their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Word serves as   28   between man and reality. By work, people   29   each other. By collective(集體的) activity, they find   30   and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work   31   the loss of everything. It affects man spiritually and makes him easy to have(a/an)   32   .

   33   ，work gives one a sense of satisfaction and a sense of  34  . Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When   35  finishes his writing or a doctor successfully    36   a patient or a teacher sees his students   37   ，they are happy   38   .

From the above we   39  come to the conclusion   40   the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be. Let's work hard and live a happy and healthy life.