3 . 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 . Hurricane Ian hit Florida in October and brought with it flooding, winds, and a record high storm. Many residents like Karen Lauder _________ to leave their homes because they _________ the intensity of the storm. Karen is 84 and relies on a wheelchair to _________ because of a missing leg. Her son, Johnny Lauder, tried repeatedly to get her to _________, but in vain.

Johnny had to stay but he and his family lived in another district. They kept in _________ touch with Karen. When Karen _________ that the water in her house had reached her waist, he knew he had to take _________.

Johnny jumped out of a window and began to _________ to his mother’s. As he made his _________ through the water, Johnny stopped occasionally to snap selfies(自拍) to show his __________ family that he was okay.

Johnny was racing against __________. He only had a short period of time to get there before the water rose above Karen’s __________. It took him 40 minutes to swim four blocks. Karen’s yell sounded like __________ to his ears! She was still alive! But Johnny saw Karen __________ like a leaf, so he found some clean sheets and wrapped her up on a table to get __________.

Everyone in Johnny’s family is now __________. They’ve all lost everything they __________, including their houses, but they’re __________ just to be here.

“I didn’t lose hope. So we’re still here. __________ is like a computer. There’re two buttons: There’s a reset and a power — and __________ it was just a reset button that got hit and not the power,” he said.

8 . The part of the environmental movement that draws my firm’s attention is the design of buildings. Today, thousands of people come to ________ building conferences, and the idea that buildings can be good for people and the environment will be increasingly ________ in years to come. Back in 1984 we discovered that most manufactured products for decoration weren’t designed for ________ use. The “energy-efficient” sealed commercial buildings constructed after the 1970s energy crisis ________ indoor air quality problems caused by materials such as paint, wall covering and carpet. So for 20 years, we’ve been looking for ways to make these materials ________   for people and the planet.

Home builders can now use materials, such as green paints, that release significantly ________   amounts of chemical compounds, which people believe don’t ________ the quality of the air.   ________, our basic design strategy is focused not simply on being “less bad” but on creating ________ healthful materials that can be either safely returned to the soil or ________ by industry again and again. For example, the world’s largest carpet manufacturer has already ________ a carpet that is fully and safely recyclable.

Look at it this way: no one ________ to create a building that destroy the planet. But our current industrial systems are basically causing these conditions, whether we like it or not. So   ________ of simply trying to reduce the damage, we are ________ a positive approach. We’re giving people high-quality, healthful products and an opportunity to make choices that have a ________   effect on the world. It is not just the building industry, either. Entire cities are taking these environmentally positive approaches to design, planning and building.

9 . Ada Lovelace was the daughter of a romantic poet, Lord Byron. She earned her place in history as the first computer _________ —a full century before today’s computers _________. And she became an idol(偶像)for women in _________ industry today. She couldn’t have done it without British mathematician Charles Babbage. Their _________ started in the early 1830s. Babbage had _________ plans for a detailed and complicated machine he called the Difference Engine—actually, a giant mechanical calculator.

In the middle of his work on it, Ada _________ Babbage at a party. It was mathematical _________ at first sight. The two struck up a working relationship and eventual close friendship that would _________ until Ada’s death. Babbage used his Difference Engine to brainstorm a new Analytical Engine. He then _________ an incomplete prototype(雏形)of this machine. Ada saw that engine’s true __________. The Analytical Engine was more than a calculator. When the user __________ its commands, the engine could __________ nearly any mathematical task ordered. Ada even wrote instructions for __________ a complicated math problem. Many historians would later consider those as the first computer program and Ada as the first programmer. The second Tuesday in October has become Ada Lovelace Day, on which the __________ of women to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics are__________.

10 . It isn’t every day that the future and the past get to meet on national television.

When his wife of 72 years passed away six years ago, Peter Davies _________ he felt like “almost soul”. The 100-year-old man from Macclesfield, England _________ to find new purpose in his life, so when his daughter suggested he offer his help at the local elementary school, he _________ to go for it.

“I was married for 72 years, and when my wife died, life changed _________,” Peter explained. “My daughter suggested that, to get some _________ back into my life, I do something I’m _________ of doing.”

Peter chose to_________ at a primary school, and he was a huge _________ with all of the children he tutored. He _________ reading into a fun game. Besides, his new __________ as a grandfatherly figure made him feel more connected to his community than ever before.

“The __________ are great, ”said Peter. “I’m sure I get more than the kids do. It is a lovely warm feeling that I __________ the community. I’m part of it. Moreover, my image is __________ . Wherever I go in the village, a child will shout ‘Hello Mr. Davies. I feel 10 feet tall. ”

Recently he was __________ with a British Empire Medal (BEM) on television with the youngest recipient, 18-year-old Dara McAnulty. “He is the future, and I am the past, ”Peter said. “It’s just simple as that, it really is. I’m__________ for him.”