1 . This fall marks an especially memorable time for one family celebrating four people-three generations walking into Carthage College together. Samantha Malczewski, 19, the second-year nursing student recalled. “It was really _______ . I didn’t expect it.” However, Carter, aged 18, said she had a _______ that their mom Amy Malczewski and grandmother Christy Schwan were interested in going back to school.

Calling herself “Carthage’s biggest fan”, Amy Malczewski has a deep _______ to Carthage College. “And Carthage has this amazing _______ for the master’s degree in business and design, which is really _______ all the things that I love,” said she.

Meanwhile, when Christy heard of her daughter’s _______ , she quickly realized they could _______ on the journey together. The 71-year-old _______ three years ago after working in employee benefits consulting. Amy said, “I think you ought to _______ it too.” “Oh, I think you’re right, we should do this ________ ,” Christy recalled. “It’s helped fill a(n) ________ space for me.”

As the four settle into classes and busy ________ , the two sisters said, “We’re ________ to accompany them to class, have this little study group, or get dinner together in the cafeteria.”

In a statement, Carthage College ________ the family and their educational goals. “Spanning (跨越) three generations, this family reminds us of the power of ________ learning.” the school said. “Age isn’t a factor— we can all continue to learn.”

2 . Every year I’d read over 2,000 college applications from students all over the world. It is quite _______ to choose whom to admit. _______, in the chaos of SAT scores and recommendations, one _______ is always irresistible in a candidate: kindness.

The most surprising _______ of kindness I’ve ever _______ came from a student who had excellent scores and a supportive recommendation from his college counselor (顾问). Even with these qualifications, he might not have _______. But one letter of recommendation caught my eye. It was from a school security _______. Letters of recommendation are typically written by people like former presidents, celebrities, and Olympic athletes.

The security guard wrote that he supported this student’s admission because of his _______. This young man was the only person in the school who knew the names of every member of the guard staff. He turned off lights in empty rooms, consistently _______ the hallway monitor each morning and tidied up the classroom after his peers left school ________ nobody was watching. This student, the security guard wrote, had a(n) ________ respect for every person at the school, regardless of position, popularity or power.

It gave us a ________ onto a student’s life in the moments when nothing “counted”. That student was admitted by unanimous (一致的) vote of the admissions committee.

Next year there might be a flood of security guard recommendations ________ this essay. But if it means students will start paying as much ________ to the people who clean their classrooms as they do to their principals and teachers, I’m happy to help start that ________.

3 . I was once a dropout.I know how powerfully a_________can influence the life of a person who does not_________herself. I quit school at sixteen to work. Years later, I had a(n) _________ and couldn’t work for months.I felt depressed.With an unemployable father and a mentally ill mother to support, I couldn’t_________to give up.

Searching the ads, I found a notice that our local community college offered free work_________.One requirement was a high-school diploma or GED certificate. Years ago, I got my GED certificate, but with_________scores. I felt certain that I had little to_________other than a willingness to_________.After my physical injury healed, I went to meet Ruby Martin, the advisor who would_________me.

I sat__________waiting while Mrs.Martin looked over my score sheet.I was__________to hear her blame me for wasting her valuable time.She looked at me for a long moment__________ she spoke.

“Why did you apply for this__________?” she asked.“Why aren’t you applying to college?” With my face burning with__________, I could only whisper, “Because I am stupid.”

She explained how the GED scores are based on, and that my numbers were very high indeed. I would make an excellent candidate for the training program.

I regained my__________.Later, I got a bachelor’s degree and became a teacher just like her.

5 . Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia,wants the world to know where she’s been during her great worldwide vacation in a special way.

The traveler, who was _______ with a bone disease, had her right leg _______ at the age of four. Although the amputation (截肢) caused difficulties for Gallagher early on, she, in her 20s now, _______ it as an inspiration for making the _______ of her life.

To spread that _______, Gallagher turns to social media,where she _______ photographs of her travels across the world, but instead of _______using a geographical tag, she draws her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.

Now she has been taking pictures across Europe. “I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden _______ that my new leg could be used as a blackboard,” Gallagher said. “My mum and grandmother weren’t too _______ the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did.”

Gallagher said people often stare when she’s __________ on her leg, but that once she shares the photos, she receives only praise and encouragement. “My leg __________ me from doing anything I’ve wanted to do,” she said. “I don’t know whether it is my determination to __________ to myself that I can do it, but anyhow, I’ve been able to __________ my peers and lead a pretty great life.”

Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the __________ of your dream. And if you meet with an obstacle (障碍), get __________ with it-if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.

8 . With a breathing tube in his throat, it was all Radice could do to lift his arm to signal the doctor. Never had he felt so _________. “Am I going to die tonight?” Radice wrote on a piece of paper. The words _________ Dr. Pitera like a knife. The thing was that he owed his _________ to Radice, a cardiac(心脏的)exercise _________ at St. Barnabas. It was a debt Pitera thought he’d never be able to_________. Now their roles were turned around because of Covid-19(新冠肺炎). Petera had to give Radice something to hold on to--Hope. Pitera took Radice’s weak, nearly _________ hand, “You’re not going to die on my _________.”

Nearly six years earlier, Pitera had _________ a serious heart disease. Later he began his recovery exercise at St. Barnabas, where he met Radice, an experienced exercise specialist in the department. Radice _________it was important for his patients to regain their self-confidence because it was their strength. For one hour, three days a week, he__________ took Pitera through the six different exercise machines. “Radice gave me my life back.” he said.

Radice was just impressed by Pitera’s progress and devotion. Six years later, when he found himself a __________ at St. Barnabas, he couldn’t believe he again met the man whose__________ he’d rebuilt.

“Not on my watch.” For Radice, those words were exactly what he needed to hear. __________ day by day, Radice was recovering. Radice began his own exercise program. Pitera visited as often as he could to cheer on Radice’s progress.

Nearly 20 days after he was sent to hospital, Radice completely __________. Pitera came to his room to say goodbye. “You __________ my life,” Radice told him. “You saved my life,” Pitera answered back.