1 . Jonathan Jones, 12, was overcome with emotion after his principal, who is also color-blind, let him _______ his unique glasses during science class last week.

As soon as Jones put the glasses on, he appeared to be immediately _______ . He initially smiled and laughed, _______ he broke down moments later. He then walked around the classroom excitedly, _______ the now-vivid colors around him.

“I was feeling joy that I could _______ see all this color, and a little bit of _______ that I couldn’t see color my whole life,” Jonathan told ABC news.

The boy’s mother posted a(n) _______ of Jonathan seeing color for the first time online and started a GoFundMe campaign to buy a pair of the unique glasses for Jonathan, which reportedly cost $350. However, so many people were _______ by Jonathan’s story, and the campaign actually ended up _______ more than $25,000.

She wrote: “After posting the video we’ve been touched by how many ________ people have wanted to help him. We’ve had multiple pairs donated to Jonathan and will use 100% of ________ funds to purchase color-blind glasses for those who can’t ________ them.” “The glasses company will match every pair we purchase with a free pair, which ________ the number of people we can ________ ,” she continued.

For Jonathan, with the new glasses comes a new ________ of the world. He said his favorite color is blue and he’s excited to visit the Caribbean this winter so he can see the ocean in all its glory.

2 . Was it probable that Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai and Western hero King Arthur meet and fight against each other? Yes. In a game called King of Glory, created by Chinese company Tencent, King of Glory has been one of the most popular MOBA games in China since 2017.

About one in every seven Chinese people plays the game, and 55 million of them play it every day. The game is easy for beginners. Social media like QQ and WeChat have also helped the game’s community grow. New players can be invited to play the game by their WeChat contacts, with some seeing it as a good way to keep in touch with old friends and make new ones.

The game has more than 60 characters to unlock and play as you progress, each with their own special styles and abilities. The characters cover different times and countries. Some are real historical characters, like Li Bai. Some are not. Players use them to fight against each other or team up to fight. The winners can reach higher ranks.

However, some people think King of Glory gives the students incorrect information about events and people in history. For example, the poet Li Bai is described as a killer; Jing Ke, the man who tried to kill the first emperor of China, is a girl in the game. But more people worry about children playing the game too much and spending too much money on it. Most of the players are below the age of 19. It’s reported that a 17-year-old boy had a stroke (中风) after playing the game for 40 hours.

To change the situation, Tencent added a time limit feature to the game to prevent kids from playing too much. From 4 July 2017, children under 12 years old can play the game for only one hour a day, while users between 12 and 18 get two hours. Those who try to play beyond the time limit will be locked out of the game.

3 . It happened in Knoxville (a city in Tennessee in the US). A mother said she was feeling ________ as she tried to comfort her autistic (自闭的) son. But a stranger’s act of kindness turned both of their days around.

Ashley Fox was ________ at Walmart with her son Norris, three. Norris picked out a toy dog at the store. ________, it cost more than Fox had ________, so she put it back.

“That’s when Norris just had a meltdown (情绪突然失控). I rushed out of Walmart as fast as I could. He was screaming and ________,” said Fox. She was struggling to get Norris into his car seat when a woman approached her with the ________ her son had wanted in the store.

“The lady came up behind me and she pulled this toy out, and she said, ‘Is this what he was wanting?’ and I said, ‘Oh my god, yes it is.’ I gave it to him and he just ________. It was great. I expressed my ________ to her and offered to pay for this toy. She ________ to let me do it, ________ saying that she understood that because she has ________, too. I just really wanted her to know that it made his night and made his ________. He loves it and I just think it was a really ________ thing that she did,” said Fox.

She posted on Facebook that Norris and the toy are inseparable. Thousands of people have liked the ________ and hundreds have appreciated the act of ________.

“This woman, she didn’t judge. She just helped me. If more people were like that, I feel like we have much less negativity,” said Fox.

7 . Few of us haven’t read Cinderella, the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a hidden Cinderella in everyone’s heart—we all wish we could achieve recognition or success after a period of obscurity (默默无闻) or neglect.

Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story, a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes completely when a famous teenage pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey is everything the rest of the boys in her class are not—kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey’s paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked (邪恶的) stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn’t get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refreshingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

“The movie takes the fairy tale Cinderella as its jumping off point,” writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. “The focus is firmly on following your dream. ”

8 . What is the best sleep position for your health?

It’s difficult to control what sleeping position we naturally fall into, as our body will subconsciously all into the most comfortable position for us. However, some positions are better for you than others and come could hold back your health and wellbeing.     1     .

If you sleep on your side

More than 60 per cent of people sleep on their side. Often our body naturally moves to this position, which is linked to when we were in the womb in the foetal(胎儿的) position.    2    It offers a number of benefits to your body, from promoting healthy spine alignment(脊椎对齐) which can help to prevent back pain to reducing heartburn and snoring(打鼾).

If you sleep on your back

Lying on your back is the second most popular sleeping position and offers just as many benefits as side sleeping. When you’re sleeping on your back, it’s easy to keep alignment and to also evenly distribute your weight.     3    

If you sleep on your stomach

Sleeping on your stomach is the least common sleeping position.     4     . And those who sleep on their stomach could put themselves at risk of a less restful night’s sleep. The stomach offers the least amount of back support and can increase pressure on the spine which may cause pain once you wake up.

    5     You should consider various factors such as if you snore or suffer sleep problems, or if you often have back and neck pain. Side sleeping has been noted as the best position for the body, so this is probably one to try and get into the habit of trying, but again, it all depends on you.

9 . I’m proud of myself for this kindness I did last night. I did it ______ and did the right thing. However, I was unwilling to share, because by sharing I am also sharing the ______ and more self-centered side of myself.

It was last night and I ______my shift at work. It was late and I wanted to go straight home. On my way out of the door I noticed a fellow staff member and colleague. She doesn’t have a ______and usually either catches a taxi home or ______for an hour waiting for another staff member and friend of hers to finish work.

In the past I’ve ______ to drive her home as she ______ on my side of town. But last night I really did not want to. I wanted to drive straight home, alone. And I did not have to make “small talk”．

So I tried to ______ her, walking past her, heading down, and stealing out (偷溜) to the ______without letting her see me and ______ without offering her a lift.

Yet, something in myself was stopping me. Something in myself made me look at her and put myself in her shoes. She had young   ______ who she wanted to go home to attend to and, she could go home right now ______ I took her, not an hour later when the other staff member and friend of hers who was taking her. So I offered. She ______. And of course, she was extremely   ______．

Well, I learned a great ______ last night about not being so self-­centered and selfish!