Scott and his four companions were terribly disappointed. When they got to the South Pole, they found the Norwegians had_________them in the race to be the first ever to reach it. After_________ the British flag at the Pole, they took a photograph of themselves _______ they started the 950-mile journey back.

The journey was unexpectedly _________, and the joy and excitement about the Pole had gone out of them. The sun hardly _______. The snow storms always made it impossible to sight the stones they had _________ to mark their way home. To make things _________, Evans, whom they had all thought of _________the strongest of the five, fell badly into a deep hole in the ice. Having _________ along for several days, he suddenly fell down and died.

The four who were __________ pushed on at the best speed they could __________. Captain Oates had been suffering for some time from his __________feet; at night his feet swelled (肿胀) so large that he could __________ put his boots on the next morning, and he walked bravely although he was in great ________. He knew his slowness was making it less likely that __________ could save themselves. He asked them to leave him behind in his sleeping-bag, but they refused, and helped him __________ a few more miles, until it was time to put up the ________ for another night.

The following morning, __________ the other three were still in their sleeping-bags, he said, “I am just going outside and may be __________ some time.” He was never seen again. He had walked out __________ into the snow storm, hoping that his death would help his companions.

   One night in the pouring rain, Tawny Nelson's car broke down on the road. Her four young daughter cried in the back of the car _______ countless people just drove by as she begged for _______.

"I must have _______ more than twenty people in the course of two hours for help, "she said. "They all ignored me. They just acted as if I hadn't _______."

As her newborn screamed, her 2-year-old cried from hunger, and her two older daughters _______ tried to help, Tawny started to break down. "I was crying loudly and felt like the worst mom ever, "she _______.

An old man _______ on the window at that moment. He _______ her a plate of food and bottles of water for her _______and let her know that a tow truck（拖吊车）was on its way and that he was going to drive them home. The next ________, the gentleman returned to her house with a mechanic（机械修理工）and they made repairs to her ________.

After the kind ________ left, Tawny asked the mechanic if she could set up a payment plan, but he informed her that the man had already taken care of the ________.

"He said that the only ________ the old man wanted was for me to never ________ and keep being an amazing mom, " Tawny said. "I was deeply ________. Things had been completely awful, and without knowing us or our ________ this kind man helped us in ways he will never know."

Tawny is ________ to the man for restoring her faith in humanity（仁慈）when she ________. And while she knows that she can ________ repay him, she hopes to do what he did for her to others one day.

   Catalin Baciu from Romania wanted to make money in Germany. So, he and his wife, Oltita went to Bucharest, the capital city of Romania to get legal papers to move to Germany. However, when they arrived, they were surprised by what they saw. “Hundreds of street children were living in a busy and dirty city of two and a half million people. Many of them were using drugs. They all seemed lost. Most of them were under ten years old. Oltita had tears in her eyes,” Catalin said.

Many of these streets children were orphans (孤儿). They had grown up in the government orphanages, but had run away. They thought any place would be better than the orphanages. But the streets were cold and hard. The winters were freezing. The children had to sleep in warm sewers (下水道) under the ground. Many of the children even became involved with crime and violence (暴力).

The Baciu’s did not like the sight of so many pitiful children in Bucharest. They wanted to leave immediately and go to Germany. However, that night, Catalin and Oltita stayed with a friend in Buchares. “The friend we were staying with was working with street children. I was deeply touched by what he and his fellows were trying to do…they were sacrificing (牺牲) their jobs and lives to save street children,” Catalin said.

After that visit, the Baciu’s completely changed their life plan. Instead of moving to Germany, they began working with street children in Bucharest. They started by opening a home called House of Hope, which provided a warm and loving place for children who needed to get away from the streets. Many hospitals and business workers called House of Hope when they found troubled kids. Everyone knew the House of Hope would help.