2 . When Kellie Barker welcomed her third child into the world, she noticed he behaved differently. Baby Oscar wouldn’t wave or say ”mama“, and he’d ________ hurt himself.

Then at the age of two, Oscar was diagnosed with autism (自闭症) and later extreme anxiety and ADHD(多动症). But that didn’t the ________ parents’ love for him. ________, they just regard being parents of an autistic child as ”the most challenging but ________ job“.

”Oscar is severely autistic and strongly ________ by his nerve system. He can be in a very anxious state when he wakes up for no reason, and he prefers to see people in ________ moods, “Kellie explained. To create a better ________ for Oscar, Kellie and Brendan always have to ________ joyfully. They often sing to each other to prove they are happy and when there is ________, they even quarrel in a high-pitched sing-song voice.

”Oscar ________ us every day. He has a ________ for languages and he can now speak Spanish, Russian and Korean, “Kellie said.

But strangers haven’t always been so ________— when Oscar was young, one man saw him and said, ”I’d give him a ________ if he were my child. ”

________ by the negative feedback, Kellie ________ her own clothing company, which produces T-shirts printed with slogans like “be kind, I have autism” to ________ people that the kids need ________. The clothes are now popular among thousands of families with autistic children.

“Autism is a beautiful thing. Our little boy wakes up most days ________ like it’s Christmas morning. I believe we are heading towards a ________ in perspective(看法)and we still need to work together towards a common goal of greater ________ and understanding, ” Kellie said.

5 . I was having lunch at a bar. Then I saw a _________ stepped in and sat down. I noticed she was attempting to _________ other people’s gazes (凝视). I _________ something was wrong. After taking a closer _________, I realized her hair was falling out because of chemo (化疗). I watched her trying to remain _________ and that she was having a _________ time of it.

Then it _________ me that I should do something!

I _________ her waiter to come over and explained that I wanted to buy the girl’s lunch, with her _________ of it. Then I handed him a note for the girl, which read, “Someone today thought you were beautiful. Someone today thought your __________ lit up the world. Enjoy the rest of your day, pretty young lady.”

A quarter later, after __________, the girl asked for her bill. When __________ it had been paid for, she was surprised. Then the waiter __________ her the note, without mentioning I was around.

I watched as she read the note. Her eyes __________ over with tears, and then came the smile! A huge, beautiful, hopeful smile! She __________ the room and then she sat up straight, not caring who saw her.

6 . Cope With Loneliness or Depression

My grandmother, Margaret lived to be 104, spending the last 16 years of her life in a nursing home. Although ______ kept in a wheelchair from severe arthritis(关节炎), she was mentally sharp until her ______. In fact, she was one of the very few residents there who could still think clearly. ______ the passing years, friends and family members died. Yet, when I had the ______ to visit her, she never seemed to be despondent or ______ of being lonely. After my visits, I ______ left thinking “If I lived that long, would I have the same ______? Was there something special or different in the way she thought that prevented her from becoming ______ ?”

By our very nature, human beings are relational. As social beings, we need some sense of ______ to the world around us, whether it’s through people or the ______ world. In what appeared to be the very ______world of my grandmother, she had ______ close relationships with the nurses on her floor. I’ve ______ a lot on the example my grandmother provided during her ______ years. I’ve asked myself many questions about aging and how to ______ a sense of well-being as our world ______ to narrow from the death of family and friends or major health issues. Perhaps what I’ve ______ will help you, too.

Being alone. What does that ______ bring into your mind? The way we feel about being alone has something to do with the way we frame it. For example, you ______ be in a large group of people and still feel very lonely. Yet, some people seem to recharge and actually energize by taking the time to be alone. Once your thoughts and feelings change, it will be ______ for your behavior to change as well.

7 . William Dunn is the founder of Take a Kid Fishing, which teaches fatherless kids through fishing. Ten years ago, William noticed his six-year old neighbor, Camran, seemed___________ . He’d storm out of the house, shouting at his ___________. One day, William saw the boy outside and started a conversation. Camran_________that his dad wasn’t in his life.

William asked Camran’s mother for___________to take him fishing. Camran was interested from that first trip. The two fished together several times a week, and William saw ___________changes in Camran’s behaviour. Soon William ___________more kids in the neighbourhood in his activity.

William and other volunteers___________take 20 to 25 kids out fishing on a boat on weekends. Besides the neighbourhood, William___________local orphanage to invite the kids to spend the day on the water. Many have never been fishing or even on a boat, so William starts by teaching the___________. Then come the life lessons that fishing ____________: patience, teamwork and the simple joy of ____________in the outdoors.

So far, this organization has taken more than 600 fishing ____________with almost 2, 000 fatherless kids. Many kids choose to catch and____________, but on a recent trip, they kept the fish and enjoyed their delicious fishmeal that night.

Fishing did have a huge impact on children.____________, if you know a child who you get on well with, introduce them to fishing. The activity doesn’t matter as much as your____________in their lives.

8 . William was one of my students. He is very positive. Each child should plant sunflowers as a class _________. Planting sunflowers was _________ for many students, _________, the growing part much less so. It took too long to see results from daily watering and most kids had little _________ for it. They lost interest and forgot to _________ their sunflowers, but William didn’t.

Even though he _________ with his reading, he never once complained (抱怨). Still, I couldn’t help but _________. Despite his strong determination, William’s grades were poor. I _________ if he’d be able to pass. _________, to my joy, William entered into the third grade. And though I was happy for him, the worry __________. Would third grade be too tough for him? About a month into the summer vacation, I __________ to drive by the school. I wanted to know how the sunflowers were. I saw William’s sunflowers must have been at least 12 feet tall. They were strong and they faced the sun.

This is what it __________ to be a teacher. Please __________ belief has planted in our children and do our best to work for it. At that moment, I knew I didn’t have to worry about William. I’d seen that special seeds __________ inside him. Others would too. One day, he’d bloom and __________— just like his sunflowers.

10 . Derek Paravicini is lucky to be alive. Born three and a half months early, he weighed only 0.6 kilograms and almost _______ three times while he was in hospital. _______, Derek’s early birth left him with some disabilities — he is blind; he can’t tell left from right; he can _______ count to ten.

Yet Derek is a _______ talent. The 41-year-old remembers every one of the thousands of pieces of music he has ever heard and can play them without _______ on the piano — even if he only heard the song once. years ago. Because he is blind, he cannot _______ music. All of the music he plays is in his _______. His brain has been described as a perfectly programmed musical _______. When he hears a chord with ten notes in it, he can even _______ all ten, while most professional musicians can only recognise about five.

Derek was two years old before his family discovered his ________. When he was given an old keyboard, he ________ his family by reproducing the songs he had heard outside. His family then arranged for him to go to a school for the ________ where he met a university professor who helped him to ________ his musical talent.

By the age of nine, Derek had ________ at a large concert hall in London with a famous orchestra, Since then, he has appeared on TV shows and travelled the world ________ performances. He has recorded his own CDs and there is even a book about his life.