1 . When my grandmother was a teenager, her family moved to Transylvania. To make money, she began ________ in a bakery (面包店). For two or three years, she threw herself into ________ desserts and became an excellent baker. It was there that she met my grandfather, got ________, and had two children: My mother and my uncle.

My grandparents treated us very well as kids, especially when it came to ________. We often stayed with them on the weekends and as an excellent cook with a ________ tooth, my grandmother always made sure to serve dessert after every single meal. It became a ________for her to make us a different dessert every Sunday. Of all the desserts, my sister Adriana and I ________ papanasi, a traditional Romanian dessert made of sweet cow cheese (奶酪), best.

After moving to Canada when I was a young girl, my family found it ________to find a suitable cheese for the recipe (食谱) for papanasi. Back in Romania, there was always fresh cow cheese at the farmers market, and we could ________buy this cheese. When I ________ my baking skills like my grandmother and finally found the ________cheese, the recipe turned out just right. It was like I could see her clapping (鼓掌) and ________ in the room with me.

My grandmother passed away when I was 9. Over the years, baking has become my way of _______ her. Every time I make papanasi I _______ her.

Family recipes and the love within them are not limited to space and time. The years may pass, but through this recipe, we’ll always ________ each other.

2 . Many years ago I lived in New York City. One Sunday morning I decided to _________ my parents who lived in a small town two hours north. As I approached (靠近) the town, my car _________. It happened in the late 1970s when there were no cellphones. A woman in her thirties _________ to offer me a ride to a mechanic (修理工) in town, and as we _________ on the way in, I learned that she was a local realtor (房地产经纪人). I _________ that I was from the city seeing my parents. We exchanged _________ and went our separate ways, but I never forgot her _________.

Forty years later, both my parents now passed away; I decided to _________ their house because I was unable to pay the tax (税). I _________ the realtor who had helped me all those years ago and called her office by the number on her business card I always treasured. __________, the lady had passed away, __________ her daughter and granddaughter were running the __________ and ended up being my realtors.

They were __________ to work for their late family member’s old acquaintance (相识之人) who always remembered a simple act of kindness from a __________. And, knowing my difficulties, they helped me, sell the house for free.

Kindness __________ in the same family, and I felt quite thankful, again.

3 . Zhang Shuo became a winner of Labor Day Medal of this year. Before that, he was _________ with the title of “the Most Beautiful Worker” on April 30, 2022.

Zhang Shuo got a job of designing advertisements in Harbin in 2015. Two years later, he decided to return to his hometown, Dongsheng Village in Hegang, to help his aging parents with their rice farm. He started his job as a food deliveryman (快递员) in 2018. “I just wanted to use the off season of farming to _________ some money, and I didn’t plan on it becoming a permanent ( 长 期 的 ) job,” he said. “I found the _________ development space, so I decided to _________ and do better.”

Zhang Shuo was always attaching more importance to the quality of service than the quantity of orders. In late December 2018, a snowstorm _________ deliverymen to take food to customers on foot. To prevent the food from getting cold, Zhang Shuo _________ the food with his coat. Around two hours later, the customer received his food and it was still _________. Every time Zhang Shuo finished a(n) _________, he would take away the rubbish outside his customer’s door, which brought him lots of good reviews.

In June, 2019, Zhang Shuo became the manager of the delivery operations of Meituan in Hegang City. Since then, he began to find more ways to help young villagers get out of poverty (贫穷) and increase their _________. “I hope to recruit (招募) more excellent young people and double the size of my team in the future,” he said. “__________, I hope to lead more local people to a better life.”

4 . The beauty of love is that it can happen with the most unexpected person in the most unlikely places. In the case of a one-year-old stray puppy in Duplin County, North Carolina, that “person” happened to be a bright _________ stuffed unicorn (独角兽) at a local Dollar General store.

It is unclear how the adorable Labrador mix, now called Sisu, first caught sight of the _______ of his life. However, once he did, there was no stopping the pooch from trying to _______ it from the shelf in the store. On his first attempt, he _______ through the doors and made a beeline for the _______ aisle (通道), only to be caught by the staff. Not discouraged, Sisu made four more _______, only to be gently driven away by the shop assistants.

After Sisu attempted for the fifth time, the store owner _______ the Duplin County Animal Services. When animal control officer named Samantha Lane arrived, Sisu was sitting in the store’s parking lot _______ awaiting his next chance to get his beloved unicorn. The officer, who has a “soft spot for sad stories,” couldn’t bear to see the _______ puppy. So, she bought the $10 unicorn and placed it in the front seat of her truck. Not ________, the stray pooch willingly followed.

On March 26, 2021, the shelter staff ________ a photo of Sisu and his friend on Facebook, ________ their story as well. The heartwarming post went viral, and within five days, Sisu had found a(n) ________ home. The animal shelter, which is currently training the dog, has also ________ numerous purple unicorns from fans who want to make sure Sisu is never ________ his favorite toy again!

5 . I was preparing for dinner with my husband when our daughter Rikki stormed into the sitting room and marched to the sofa. I glanced out of the window and saw our neighbor Lexi walking slowly back to her house with her head down, looking so _______.

“I don’t want to play with her,” Rikki complained, “I wish she would stop coming over here all the time. Her dress looks terrible and smells disgusting. Everyone in our class chooses to _______ her.” “That’s not her _______ , Rikki. Maybe she doesn’t have anyone to help her.” I said.

“You see, baby,” her father began to say, “I really know how she felt when you showed your _______ to her because I had the same experience when I was a kid. I was the poor kid with hand-me-down clothes, the kid who others looked down on. That _______ never goes away.” He told her he wanted her to be kind and _________ , not judgmental and hurtful. Tears were streaming down her face.

Then we _______ Lexi to come over and have dinner with us. I remembered Lexi coming in all smiles. We gathered together and soon I saw the girls talking and _______ . They had a great time. I could even see a sweet glow in Rikki’s eyes.

Rikki began to think _________ from that day on. Lexi came over a few times after that. They became good friends.

Today, Rikki has a heart of gold. She is always the first to welcome those whom others might __________ and is generous in helping others. I truly believe that day made a major difference in the person she has become today.

6 . During the early morning journey from the suburbs(郊区), we sat sleepily, with collars standing firm below our ears. Although the group of people are in the same bus every day, we never _______ or talk. Everyone’s face shows the tiredness of waking up early and working.

One July morning, a small grey man, one of the _______ taking the bus to center every morning, loudly greeted good morning to the driver. The driver was _______ and then nodded. _______, then he loudly said to us, “Hello! I’m Charlie, my friends!”

The next day, another old man _______ the bus energetically, smiled and said in a loud voice, “A very good morning to you all!” Some of us looked up, amazed, and murmured “Good morning.” in _______. When Charlie heard the greeting, he came forward with surprise and hugged the _______. Their smiles seemed to _______ the entire bus, sweeping away the cold and awkward atmosphere(氛围) inside. Gradually, we started nodding and _______ to each other.

One morning, Charlie was ________ a large bouquet of flowers in his hand. He turned around with a smile and said to everyone, “Friends, I’m moving next week. I can’t take the same bus ________, and thank you all! The mornings we spent together were ________ experiences!” The other passengers whistled and clapped(鼓掌) at him. Charlie bowed, waved his hand, and then began ________ the flowers to each passenger.

The summer went by, and the ________ was closing in. Although Charlie did not appear on the bus again, the laughter and joy on the bus ________.

7 . Whenever photographer Casey Ryan heads into the wilderness, he brings along his drone (无人机) to capture photographs from a bird’s eye view. Having the _________ device with him on a recent trip to the Cascades Mountain Range in Oregon saved his and another person’s _________.

Casey was _________ through the Willamette National Forest when he _________ a stranger whose vehicle was stuck. Casey _________ to help get it out without hesitation. _________, he got his own vehicle stuck in a ditch while trying to help, leaving both people in _________ with no cell phone service for miles around.

Casey immediately assessed the _________ and recalled a movie he’d seen recently in which a character used a drone to lift his phone high enough to capture a _________ in a similar situation, so he __________ his device and got to work.

First, he attached his cell phone __________ to his drone. Then, he typed a series of messages to his wife. He told her where he was located in the park, and then launched the drone into the air. Somewhere up there over the tall trees, it __________ a signal and whoosh! All of Casey’s texts were __________.

Rescuers arrived and saved both Casey and the other driver. Who knows, maybe future drones will have built-in __________ features added to it __________ this photographer’s practice. We’d buy a phone drone!

8 . My aunt Mantha loved Christmas. She always went out of her way to make it _________ and cosy for everyone around her. December 2022 was no _________. Mantha drove three hours to visit everyone two weeks before the 25th and to drop off _________ to her friends. We chatted about our plans, _________ and kissed goodbye when it was time to _________.

So when on December 18. Mantha's son called us sadly to tell us Mantha had passed away _________ at home, none of us could quite believe it. So close to Christmas, none of us felt like _________. That was until my sister-in-law, Vera told us about some _________ of hers in the office who were from China had just arrived in the UK.

We knew we couldn't leave them to spend the day by themselves, especially after we heard how _________ they were to experience a proper English Christmas. More importantly, we knew Mantha would have wanted us to throw open our doors and give them a Christmas to __________.

When the day finally came, we __________ them into the house with open arms and tried to __________ our pain so we could give them the full Christmas __________.

It didn't __________ the pain of Mantha's absence but connecting with strangers and __________ our culture helped us get through the day and turned out to be the very thing we all needed.

9 . Smith brought his three-month-old son out for breakfast one day. He was playing with his son and tending to him while eating, and just doing his _________ thing.

But then he noticed a _________ staring at him. He was _________. “What is going on?” “They kept _________ at me,” he wrote in a post.

As it _________, the strangers were just happy to see a dad spending time with his son, and they felt inspired while watching the _________. Smith had no way of knowing that until he paid for his meal. He was given by the waiter a _________ from the couple, saying what a great father he was and that they would like to leave some _________ for his meal.

“Today your meal is on my wife and me,” it read. “_________ that baby as long as possible. The Masons.”

For Smith, it was a happy moment of reassurance (认可) and feeling __________. He was touched by the generosity and noted that he didn’t have a father figure growing up, so spending this time with his son is super __________ to him.

He wrote that he’ll share this __________ with his son when he’s older and that he wants to teach him kindness and about the __________ of giving back.

“I make sure I’m __________,” Smith wrapped. “I get blessed — I want to __________ someone else.”

10 . The elementary school in Minnesota has a great playground. But it wasn’t _______ to children with some kind of physical disabilities. There was no wheelchair merry-go-round or any adaptive _______ in the playground. And the students of Betsy Julien’s fifth grade class felt like that should _______. Wyatt Feucht, one of the students, told CBS News, “It just didn’t seem _______ that some kids were just left out.” So, they asked their teacher if she could buy the equipment for the playground. Julien said yes but _______ the costs to be around $300.

So, the children decided to _______ the money themselves. They _______ bake sales, saved their money and went door to door to ask for   _______. With the _______ of the Glen Lake Parent Teacher Organization, they ________ reached their goal. Julien is ________ of her students. She told the news channel, “My future as an adult is ________ knowing that this generation of students, of changemakers, sees something that needs fixing, and they ________ for it headfirst.” And the students with physical disabilities are really ________, too. John Buettner, who is in a wheelchair, told CBS, “First time I set foot on this playground I’m probably going to start crying from seeing the ________ that all the school has made.”