1 . As I held my boy in the arms to rock him to sleep, he had his arms wrapped around me and kissed me on the cheek. I could feel his _________ love and trust.

For many years my husband John and I dreamed and _________ about becoming parents someday. If I couldn’t have any children of my own, I would _________. One Sunday morning a lady _________ me and told she had a granddaughter planning to _________ her unborn baby. We met with the young birthmother and showed her a profile of our family, which included a resume and pictures.

Less than two months later we completed our home study and were _________ by the adoption agency just two days before the baby’s birth. One Sunday morning, we got the news and rushed _________ to the hospital. What a(n) _________ feeling it is to finally hold your newborn son for the first time! We named him Eric Daniel.

During his stay in hospital, we got to hold him and feed him, so we _________ instantly. On the fourth day, Eric was __________ from the hospital and went home with us. Staring at this __________ angel, I couldn’t believe after all these years that I was now the mother of this beautiful child.

It took 10 months for the adoption to become __________. On that day we stood before the Judge declaring Eric __________ ours. It has been over two years now since we were __________ with Eric and I truly have enjoyed every day that I spend as a mother. I no longer __________ any day for granted. Thank God for giving me the opportunity to take care of such a life.

2 . The homelessness epidemic is now going to be solved in a unique way by two Seattle-born non- profit organizations. Through “The BLOCK Project”, tiny_________ homes are being built in the backyards of the volunteers, to be_________ to the homeless of the neighborhood.

Founder of the BLOCK, Rex Hohlbein joined Facing Homelessness, another non-profit organization to_________ the project. The latter one has the_________ of finding lands, on which the BLOCK will be responsible to_________ small, low-emission housing. Meanwhile, thousands of Seattle residents have already offered their backyards for the project. ________, the government also ________ to make the process legally convenient.

Seattle has been facing a dual problem of having ________ housing on one hand, and the country’s 3rd largest homeless community on the other. In such context, Hohlbein ________ that willingness of kind neighbors could_________ a better and quicker solution than a long waiting for state assistance.

The goal of the project is to introduce the globally changing definition of accommodation brought by Airbnb. According to Hohlbein, in his childhood, he thought it ________ to think about ________ strangers in any regular household just in ________ for little money. But Airbnb has made the concept_________. Through the project, Hohlbein aims to_________ the same kind of “cultural shift” with sustainable housing, starting from the grass-root level of local neighborhoods.

3 . Tenzing Bodosa was awoken at midnight by a sound outside. He got up and saw several wild _________ in his farm. For many farmers, seeing such animals appear in the farm is _________. However, for Bodosa, who ran a large tea farm in the state of Assam, India, it meant everything was working _________.

The Asian elephants has been listed as a(n) _________ species by International Union for Conservation of Nature and their population has _________ by half in the past decades for various reasons. One is _________ to the vast tea farms, which elephants regard as parts of their forest habitats and their migratory routes over centuries.

“Sadly, in India, _________ between humans and wild elephants often end up _________,” said Bodosa. “I decided that there must be a way for us to live _________.” Then Bodosa began a natural tea farm in 2007.

To create an elephant-friendly area for elephants, Bodosa planted organic grass, fruits and tea. He also provided them with easy __________ by making sure there were no fences or other __________ to restrict wild elephants’ movement.

Gradually, his tea farm __________ other animals’ visiting. Many human visitors followed, too, and some even volunteered here. Bodosa’s tea farm was __________ as “the world’s first elephant-friendly tea farm”. He has also trained many farmers in organic farming. “We have to work hard to __________ the lives of both wild elephants and humans,” Bodosa said. The tea from such farms does have an economical and __________ impact on Assam.

4 . Jack met Hugh and his three young sons while visiting a park. Jack _________ that the family, especially the kids, were struggling in the _________ heat of summer. He knew he had to _________ because temperatures continued to trend upwards. Staying outside for long could be dangerous.

Jack _________ them and asked what was the matter. He found out that the family had been _________for seven months and were living in the van (厢式送货车). Hugh, three kids’ father, had no _________ or social security and spent the day begging on the streets. His three young sons had never been to the _________ and just played outside the van in the heat because Hugh couldn’t pay for the tuition fee.

The kindness of Jack _________ all that. Jack and his friend immediately set up a GoFundMe campaign to _________ the family. Their __________ have generated around 4,500 donations amounting to their $25,000 target. The money raised would be __________ used to give Hugh and his family most basic and urgent needs, including __________ an apartment, buying food, clothing and other __________ for the whole family.

Hugh was extremely __________. He said, “I will tell my __________ that it comes back to them if they do good. I’ll tell them to think good and try to do good.”

5 . In Grade 7, my bodily training trainer watched me, as I attempted to leap up and touch a marker on the wall. “You’re doing fairly______in my class,” he commented. Then came the critical reminder, “For somebody with no potential anyway.”

In high school, I______the honor roll youngsters who climbed mountains in their spare time. But I wasn’t______for a single team. I was bookish and inactive, and that self-image remained with me for my whole life. I found working in my 20s, and I______the solitude(独处)-without the concern of ______teammates or failing. I always assigned a higher______to mental pursuits over bodily ones.

This winter, I always found myself ______, and I knew one thing needed to change . It was my mental wellness that______pressured me to rethink exercise. I settled on an exercise bike with an enormous display and the promise of______outcomes. Since early March, I’ve ______missed a day on my bike. I’m not the quickest. However, I realized that motion isn’t essentially about athletic talent. Greater than something, it’s about______your thoughts. It’s the devotion that comes from______to one thing that requires you to step out of your_______

I’ll by no means win any medals-except perhaps participation. However, this was by no means about______. And that’s what I want my______had informed me. If only he’d mentioned, “You’re doing very well in my class. Take a look at your persistence.”

6 . In 1951, Mary Starn and her colleagues were working at an Iowa factory, repetitively packing eggs into cartons (纸箱). Feeling a little bored, they _________ a silly plan to brighten up their workday. In their own version of messages in a bottle, they wrote their names and _________ on eggs delivered to the US east coast, in an _________ to attract pen friends. “Whoever _________ this egg, please write me,” Starn _________ onto several eggs, along with her home city of Forest City and the date, 2 April. After failing to get any _________, the group figured their _________ eggs had “long ago been cracked into omelets (煎蛋饼)”. They gave up on ever _________ from anyone.

_________, 72 years later, one of the eggs __________ on a Facebook group called “Weird (and Wonderful) Secondhand Finds That Just Need To Be Shared”, in a (n) __________ by a man from New York City. John Amalfitano said he had been given the egg 20 years earlier by a neighbor on Staten Island, Miller Richardson, who had __________ it for years after finding it in his egg carton in 1951. Thanks to the social media post, Amalfitano was able to __________ Starn, now 92. The old lady couldn’t help but exclaim how __________ life was! She was obviously in a good mood and joked, “I finally have my __________!”

7 . One day, Tim came home from school. His face was filled with sadness and _______ . His classmate had said hurtful things to him, _______ Tim to feel upset and discouraged. Listening to Tim, the grandfather, John, sat him down and listened to his _______ . Then he told Tim a story.

“Once, in a dense forest, there lived an oak tree,” said John. “One day, a fierce storm _______ in the forest. The winds blew, the rain _______ , and the whole forest shook with fear. Despite the chaos, the oak tree stayed solid. _______ about the oak tree’s resilience (适应力), a tiny reed in the nearby wetland _______ and asked, “How do you manage to stand firm during the storm? ” The oak tree _______ gently, “Dear reed, I sway (摇摆)with the wind instead of resisting it. I _______ that storms are a part of life, just as __________ and misunderstandings are a part of growing up.”

Tim asked his grandfather, “What does this story mean?”

John smiled and said, “In life, we face difficulties and __________ . Stay strong and overcome them with a positive attitude. Don’t let hurtful words bring you down. They are __________ , like storms. Focus on your strength and keep moving forward.”

Tim understood and faced __________ at school with bravery. With his grandfather’s guidance, Tim __________ to be a caring and resilient person who inspired others like his grandfather.

The wise grandfather taught his grandson the __________ of resilience, empathy and the ability to overcome difficulties.

8 . Scott runs an organization called “Mission Driven” that creates and encourages fundraisers to help animal shelters, Once he_______how depressed Queen, a three-year-old dog, had become from living in the shelter for more than 400 days, he _______to do what he could to draw some attention to the homeless pup.

After he met the dog, he was even more_______to help her find her forever home. Scott said Queen is “the most_______dog I probably have ever worked with”. He ended up spending plenty of one-on-one time with her after he publicly_______into Queen’s doghouse.

Scott brought along a few belongings and bedding, which he _______with Queen. He was determined to live with her until she was_______. After seven days and seven nights, she found her forever_______!

As you can imagine, animal shelters are not a great place to get any_______. Scott admitted that he________slept during his seven days: “Between all the animals barking and Queen________me up to play.” But all of Scott’s hardships were________when a father and son from the Kansas City area saw a report about Queen and her new ________and decided to step up and adopt her.

We’re so grateful to people like Scott for________for those without voices. Being willing to give up your own ________for an animal’s happiness is the ultimate good deed.

9 . Earlier this year, I moved into a suburb of Atlanta. I decided to _________ the area on foot. On my walks, as I admired the range of residential _________, I also admired another type of house: Little Free Libraries. I’d seen them all over Atlanta and _________ it’d be fun to build my own, but when I looked at the website’s official map, it turned out there were already a handful nearby. _________, I decided to seek each of them out.

I’ve since found six sites of these free book _________. Without them, I would never have been able to “meet” people in my community. I quickly _________ my neighbors’ reading tastes, sorting through their small boxes of books. Each library is unique and shows the _________ of the person who built it, with _________ colors and designs. These Little Free Libraries are also the perfect way to _________ conversations with strangers.

Since the pandemic began, Little Free Libraries have become a lifeline for many. They don’t __________ social distancing and everything is on an honor system. People __________ a book in exchange and some libraries have even become __________ food pantries (食品储藏柜) for people in need. In all the __________ they’ve taken on, these libraries have brought people together in a sense, especially when it feels like everything is trying to __________ us. Beyond conversation starters and personality __________, Little Free Libraries find common ground — a precious thing, pandemic or not.

10 . Rogers saw a woman sitting on the side of the road. She had long hair and expressive eyes. What he didn’t see was that she was also in ________. Her right leg was injured. She tried to stand but failed. So she dragged herself to the ________, like a badly wounded animal preparing to die. She’d called a ________, but after 30 minutes, her friend said he was lost.

At first, Rogers tried to play it cool. He ________ to ride by-at a slower speed and ________ asked if he could help. The woman ________ her problem and asked for help.

With Rogers holding her ________, she tried to hop(单脚跳) along, but the pain was too severe. After a brief discussion, Rogers decided to ________ her down the 0.6-mile trail over his shoulder.

To avoid the ________, the pair introduced themselves, discussed life goals and future plans. ________ laughed a lot along the way. 40 minutes later, they arrived at the parking lot, where her friend was waiting.

Rogers ________ loaded her into the back seat. Though she was in pain, she looked at Rogers through expectant eyes, wishing he would make the first move. Rogers also wanted to ask for her number, but felt that the ________ wasn’t right. After she was rushed to the hospital, Rogers went to get his bike.

At the hospital, the girl looked for Rogers on Facebook. No luck. At the same time, Rogers was ________ her online, with no luck, either. On the trail, they’d fallen so deeply into conversation that such details as last names had seemed ________. So she contacted the local newspaper, which published her story the next day. Rogers happened to read the article.

Immediately, he got in touch with her and arranged their first ________: a trip to the same spot after her recovery.