Just a Little Smile
Mark was walking home from school one day when he saw the boy in front of turn fall over and drop all of the books he was carrying, along with two sweaters, a basketball and a walkman (随身听). Mark stopped and helped the boy pick up these things. Since they were going the same way, he helped to carry some of his things. As they walked, Mark knew that the boy’s name was Bill, that he loved computer games, basketball and history, and that he was having lots of troubles with his other subjects and that he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
They arrived at Bill’s home first and Mark was invited(邀请) in for a Coke and to watch some television. The afternoon passed happily with a few laughs and some small talk, then Mark went home. They often saw . each other at school, had lunch together once or twice, and then they both finished middle school. They ended up in the same high school where they sometimes saw and talked with each other over the years. At last just three weeks before they finished high school, Bill asked Mark if they could talk.
Bill asked Mark if he still remembered the day years ago when they had first met. "Did you ever think why I was carrying so many things home that day?" asked Bill. "You see, I cleaned out my locker(锁柜) because I didn’t want to leave anything for anyone else. I had put away some of my mother’s sleeping pills and I was going home to kill myself. But after we spent some time together talking and laughing, ! began to understand that if I killed myself, I would have missed that time and so many others that might follow. So you see, Mark, when you picked up those books that day, you did a lot more. You saved my life. "
【小题1】 When Mark met him the first time, Bill was going

These days, a lot of photos about how a three-year-old girl looked after her disabled father are  31    spread over the Internet. Many people were   32   by her. And people gave her a  33 nickname (绰号) “little strong girl”.
The little girl is Dong Xinyi. She was born in a small   34   in Dezhou, Shangdong Province. When she was several months   35 , her father Dong Jianshe had an accident   36  riding his motorcycle and lost his  37 . Two years later her mother left her father   38  the poor life. As an old saying goes, “ The children of   39   people manage household affairs early.” Little Xinyi had to do lots of housework. She   40  her father in her power. She cooked noodles, carried water, cleaned rooms and washed clothes. The little girl brings happiness and 41  to her poor family. And   42   , the local government has   43   medical treatment to her father and promised to cover all medical expenses(费用).    44  the same time, the government is also planning to raise money for the girl’s   45  . Now Dong Xinyi has got a chance to go to nursery school(幼儿园) like other children,