1 . About a decade ago, my grandpa who was suffering from Alzheimer’s(阿尔茨海默病)got into my car and drove off. Angel and I _________ the police, but before they could find him, two _________ kids pulled into our driveway with my grandpa.

They said they overheard him crying about being _________ at an empty gas station 10 miles away. My grandpa couldn’t remember our address, but gave the kids his first and last name. They looked him up online, found our address, and _________ him home.

I was _________ on that incident today while sitting near the edge of a beautiful ocean-side cliff. I was suddenly   _________ of footsteps behind me. I _________ around to see a young lady who was almost in _________ slowly walking to where I was sitting. I walked up to her and _________ , “What’s wrong?” She told me she was __________ afraid of heights, but was worried about my safety and wanted to get over her fear. Her braveness and kindness truly warmed my heart.

I’ve spent the rest of the day thinking about what an extraordinary person she is, and about those amazing college kids who helped my __________ , and about what it means to be a kind and __________ person. Sometimes you have to go the extra mile, or face your biggest __________ , or stand up against your own negative tendencies to make a(n) __________   difference in someone else’s life. It’s __________ to start doing the hard things-the right things-for others.

2 . James shook his money box again. Nothing!   He carefully _____ the coins that lay on the bed, $24. 52 was all that he had. The bicycle he wanted was at least $90!

He knew that his friends all had bicycles. It was _____ to hang out with people when you were the only one without a bicycle. He thought about what he could do. There was no _____ asking his parents, for he knew they had no money to _____.

There was only one way to get money, and that was to _____ it. He would have to find a job. But who would hire him and what could he do? He decided to ask Mr Clay for advice, who usually had _____ on most things.  

“Well, you can start right here,” said Mr Clay. “My windows need cleaning and my car needs washing. ”

That was the _____ of James’ business. For three months he worked every day after finishing his homework. He was amazed by the _____ of jobs that people found for him to do. He took dogs and babies for walks, and cleared out cupboards. He lost count of the number of cars he washed and windows he cleaned, but the _____ increased and he knew that he would soon have ______ for the bicycle he longed for.  

The day ______ came when James counted his money and found $94. 32. He ______ no time and went to pick up the bicycle he wanted. He rode ______ home, looking forward to showing his new bicycle to his friends. It had been hard ______ for the money, but James knew that he valued his bicycle more since he had bought it with his own money. He had ______ what he thought was impossible, and that was worth even more than the bicycle.

4 . Tom came from France. It was his first visit to England, and he was looking forward to his first journey on London’s Underground Railway. And against his friends’ _______, he was determined to travel_______.   

He entered the station shortly after five o'clock in the afternoon. This is a_______time to travel in London, _______crowds of people go home from work at this hour. He_______to join a long line of people waiting for tickets. When at last his _______came, he had some difficulty in making himself understood by the ticket seller. _______, he got the right ticket in the end and by asking people the way, he also found the right platform (月台). It was_______with people.   

Unfortunately, he did not_______to get on the first train, but he was able to move nearer to the platform so as to be in a better________to get on the next one. When this train came in, Tom was ________forward onto the train by the push of people from behind. The doors closed and the train moved off. He was unable to see the________of the stations where the train________but he knew that the station he wanted was the sixth stop along the line. When the train reached the sixth station, Tom got off, feeling ________that his journey had been so easy. But he suddenly realized that he had come to a station he had never________. He explained his trouble to a man who was standing on the platform. With a smile on his face, he told Tom that he had caught a train going in the opposite(相反的) direction.

5 . COVID-19 has closed schools and public libraries across the United States. However, a librarian in Virginia has thought of a/an_________way to keep kids reading, free of charge. Drones（无人机）will deliver books of their_________straight to their door. Kelly Passek, a middle school librarian in Virginia's Montgomery County School District, is an early_________of a drone delivery service. Set up by a company called Wing, the pilot project has been delivering household products by drone to her for some time.

It didn't take long for Kelly to_________the two things and see how this new technology would_________the children in her district. "I think kids are going to be_________to learn that they are going to be the first in the world to_________a library book by drone," Kelly told The Washington Post.

What's the most exiting about the new Virginia project is that drones will_________the social public welfare（福利）programs: spreading_________and increasing access to__________resources.

The services will be made immediately__________to about 600 students. They'll have plenty of time to__________their books, as the books won't have to be__________until the school starts in the fall. Kelly said__________, "Drone delivery will help a few more kids interested in__________.

6 . I was standing across the lady in the laundry (洗衣店). I got angry as I thought she had _______ my pants. The woman stated _______ that I hadn’t dropped my pants there.

“Can’t you just check to _______ if there are some blue pants lying around somewhere?” I asked. She said that I didn’t bring any pants _______ she always double checked people’s orders. She went to try one more time and I thought about the last time I had seen them. When she _______ empty-handed, I suddenly had a(n) _______. “Hold on a second,” I said nervously. “I need to _______ my wife.” I asked my wife to look in the drawer (抽屉) where I usually collect the dirty clothes. Then I _______ until my wife got back on the phone. “Yeah, you’ve got some blue pants in here,” she said.

It’s not the first time I’ve _______ made negative assumptions (假定). Once I got ________   with a waiter who ignored me when I spoke to him from behind. When he finally ________, I realized he was deaf.

I always give myself ________ to read people’s minds and make assumptions with very little ________. We apparently think we don’t need to check our assumptions. We’re always ________ to give the thing a little bit of ________, which people need regardless of whether our assumptions are right.

7 . When life hands you lemons — well, don’t even bother. Sixth-grader Jamaria Crump has already set an example. It took her one year to perfect her _______ lemonade recipe (食谱) along with some desserts that made her business, LemonTopia, a _______. And what is even more amazing is that, with some help from her _______, Jamaria built LemonTopia herself.

“She had _______ for a lemonade stand for a year before I let her do it,” said her mom, Jasmine Hall. When Jamaria’s previous school announced a bake sale (烤饼义卖), it was the perfect _______.   But the school told her she had to offer baked food _______ lemonade. So Jamaria added cookies and cheesecake. After the bake sale, she kept _______ at school and community events.

“It continued in different places _______ she served a party at the city hall,” Jasmine said. “We made a fortune at the party.” And with that money, Jamaria _______ her mother for working at the stand. “She’s a kid, so sometimes she wants to ________ such as going to the concert,” Jasmine said. “If I have to ________ for her, she will offer me money hourly.” The market manager said, “Jamaria’s drinks and snacks are the special, cheerful presence in the market.” ________, the market is competitive so Jamaria has to   ________   ways to drum up business. Fortunately, she has shown her   ________ as she developed lemonade with new flavors (味道).

“I’m very ________ of my daughter for sticking with it,” said Jasmine.

8 . Two weeks ago my grandfather passed away. It really put me into deep_______because my grandfather held a unique position in my life. For me, my grandpa was not only a_______family member but a tutor (导师) who encouraged me to work hard and_______well. 

I’ll never forget the first time I read a long piece of his writing. It was when I_______for Princeton and he offered to write to the university on my behalf. He wrote in beautiful_______and used poetic language, unafraid of sounding too “flowery”. I read the_______out loud so that I could hear the rhyming sounds. 

My grandfather_______hard work. Every time he came to visit us in New York, he would_______my brothers and me for our good performance, which inspired me. I knew he had worked hard to_______the big family during the Great Depression. He was awarded many military__________for winning many battles in the Navy in World War Ⅱ. 

At the funeral, a friend of my grandfather’s walked to me and said that my grandfather had told him about a small__________I had written. After it came out, I sent it to my grandfather__________received no reply. This man told me that my book hit my grandfather’s__________and brought tears to his eyes. My grandfather said he was so__________of me. 

Now I feel it’s even more worthwhile to write well because I know my grandfather__________it. I know he lives in my heart forever.

9 . We have, like in many more countries, refugees (难民) in our country. Through the years I have tried to _________ without pay by teaching women our country’s language as one of their _________. They have to learn the language, and also our culture, for example, what to say when they have to go to the doctor.

Only by learning the language will they be able to _________ our society. Once a year, just before Christmas break, all the women from different countries make delicious food which are _________ for us all together.

Problems with the kids _________ happen due to being in a _________ country with a different culture and another _________. The women often miss their homes very much and feel _________, because they have to get used to this life as _________ as possible. I have seen the __________ and pain in their eyes. It is so good to give some comfort (安慰) in one way or another, even just to be there for them. And it is really __________ when you make friends.

They and many more new people are trying to __________ up their new homes in this new country. Will we be able to get them out of __________, for every one? And nowadays, though at times their lives look almost broken, I __________ it won’t always. Because wherever we __________, we are together, as we are citizens of the world.

10 . When Jim Grant spotted black smoke coming out of a building on his way to work, he_________his car to call 911. Then he_________a U-turn, circling back to take another look.

Pulling up to the building, Grant saw flames（火焰）shooting out of a second-floor window. Not seeing or hearing any fire engines_________, Grant rushed to a side_________and ran up the stairs.

On the second floor, he_________every apartment door. "Get out!" Grant shouted, No one_________and he assumed that people had already_________. Reaching the end of the hallway, though, Grant_________a half-open door. He kicked it wide open, finding a_________woman in a wheelchair with a little boy and a tiny baby. "Let's__________!" he screamed. The woman looked at him in confusion and said something about changing her clothes. Grant didn't wait, clutching（抓牢）the baby to his chest and__________the boy alongside, Grant ran down the hallway. When he was__________outside, the only__________in sight was a policeman. Grant told him about the__________and they rushed into the smoky building.

Thanks to them, a family was saved from the fire. Grant and the policeman were honored for their__________.