1 . As a young social worker in a New York City psychiatric (精神病的) clinic, I was asked to see Roz, a twenty-year-old woman who had been sent to us from another psychiatric facility. It was a(n)________case, because no information was received ahead of her first appointment. I was told to figure out by myself what her ________ were and what she needed.

________ a diagnosis (诊断) to go on, I saw Roz as an unhappy, misunderstood young woman who hadn’t been listened to in her earlier treatment. Her family situation was unpleasant. I didn’t see her as disturbed, ________ as lonely and misunderstood. She responded so positively to being heard. I worked with her to start a life worth living — to find a job, a satisfying place to live and new________. We got along well, and she started making great ________ in her life right away.

The records from the ________ psychiatric facility arrived a month after Roz and I began our successful work together. To my complete________ , her records were several inches thick, describing a number of psychiatric hospital stays. Her diagnosis was “paranoid schizophrenic,” with a comment on her being “hopeless”.

That had not been my experience with Roz at all. I decided to ________ those pieces of paper. I never treated her as if she had that “hopeless” diagnosis. It was a lesson for me in ________ the value and certainty of diagnoses. I did find out about the horrors for Roz of being treated badly. I also learned a lot from her about ________ such upsetting circumstances.

First Roz found a job, then a place to live away from her________ family. After several months of working together, she introduced me to her husband-to-be, a successful businessman who loved her very much.

When her treatment was________, Roz gave me the gift of a silver bookmark and a note that said, “Thank you for ________ me.”

I have carried that note with me and I will for the rest of my life to remind me of the stand I take for people, thanks to one brave woman’s ________ over a “hopeless” diagnosis.

2 . In Ontario, teenagers are allowed to drive at 16! As my sixteenth birthday drew near, I got increasingly ______.

My father served as my driving instructor. The first ______ happened in the driveway. At first, I was afraid. However, he ______ explained everything. For the next lesson, he asked me to ______ the car, and then reverse (倒车). Soon, I felt I was ______ the car! Two weeks passed, and I began to get ______. My father had me drive around the same block repeatedly. When I couldn’t ______ it any more, I asked to move to a busy street. And he agreed.

Finally I was on a busy street. I shifted from first gear (档位) to the second without ______. Then came third gear. When I reached the ______ I wanted, I put the car into fourth gear. I was flying in the car! My father’s ______ brought me back to reality. He said calmly, “Darling, there’s a red light ahead.” Nervously，I did not ______ what to do. I flew through the crossroads.

That night my father was ______. I cried silently. How _______ we hadn’t hit anyone or any car. I waited for him to ______ me, but he didn’t. I realized my fault. Until now I have not ______ that day.

3 . When I settled in Chicago, my new city seemed so big and unfriendly. Then I had a ________ problem and had to go to hospital for a ________ examination.

It seemed a small ________ compared to the one I was about to face, but things started to go ________ right from the beginning. Not having a car or ________ the city, I was depending on a couple of buses to get me from A to B. ________ I’d left myself plenty of time, soon it was ________ I was going to be late, as I had mistakenly boarded a bus that was taking me in the ________ direction. I ________ the bus and stood on the pavement not knowing what to do. I looked into the eyes of a stranger, who was trying to get past me.   ________, instead of moving on, she stopped to ask if I was OK. After I explained my ________ to her, she pointed to a bus stop across the street, where a bus would take me back into the city to my appointment. Sitting there waiting, I felt ________ that someone had been willing to help. Then, hearing a horn nearby, I looked up to see a car with my new friend waving at me to get in. She had returned to offer me a ________ to the hospital.

Such unexpected ________ from a passer-by was a lovely gift to receive. As I climbed out of the car at the hospital and turned to thank her, she smiled and told me not to lose ________, for all things are possible.

6 . Shamarr Allen was dozing at home one evening Inst July when he was shocked awake by a TV news item. There had been a _______ among a group of children in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, and a nine-year-old boy named Devante Bryant had been killed. Allen was _______ and heartbroken. He thought of his own nine -year-old son.

_______ from the city's rough Lower 9th Ward, Allen is one of the most celebrated jazz trumpeters in the city. After seeing the _______ news that morning, it didn't take long for Allen to _______ a possible solution. He had a few spare _______ lying around. Maybe he could offer them to kids in exchange for their guns.

Allen named the _______ My Trumpet Is My Weapon. He met with the New Orleans mayor to _________ how to make children feel safe coming forward with their guns.

Allen has _______ seven guns so far, a small but symbolically important __________. But he doesn’t stop with the __________ of gun for instrument. After the exchanges, Allen connects the children with local __________ who give diem free virtual trumpet lessons.

More importantly, he has brought hope for his city and young people __________ for a better life. “I just say, ‘Look, I come from where you come from, and I can show you the __________ that got me out,’” says Allen. “And __________ may not be the way for you, but it will at least open your mind to see what's out there.”

8 . A Special Christmas Gift

Even though it was only October, my students were already talking about Christmas plans. With each passing day everyone became more _______waiting for the final school bell. Upon its ringing everyone would run for their coats and go home, everyone except David. David was a small boy in ragged clothes. I had often _______what kind of home life David had, and what kind of mother could send her son to school dressed so_______for the cold winter months, without a coat, boots, or gloves. But something made David _______. I can still remember he was always wearing a smile and willing to help. He always_______after school to straighten chairs and mop the floor. We never talked much. He would just smile and ask what else he could do, then thank me for letting him stay and slowly _______home.

Weeks passed and the_______over the coming Christmas gradually _______restlessness (不安) until the last day of school before the holiday break. I smiled in_______as the last of them hurried out of the door.________I saw David quietly standing by my desk.

“I have a gift for you.” he said and pulled from behind his back a small box.________it to me, he said “Open it.” I took the box from him, thanked him and slowly unwrapped it. But I saw nothing. I looked at David’s smiling face, saying, “The box is nice, David, but it’s ________ .”

“Oh no it isn’t,” said David, “It’s full of love. My mum told me before she died that love was something you couldn’t see or touch________you know it’s there.”

Tears filled my eyes as I looked at the proud dirty face that I had________ given attention to. After that Christmas, David and I became good friends and I never forgot the meaning________the little empty box set on my desk.

9 . After getting married nine years ago, I moved to an absolutely new town._________as I was, with various new things to explore, I was still lonely. I was desperate to establish_________.

This could explain my enthusiastic "Count me in!" when_________to participate in a half marathon. Considering my usual 3 miles, I must have been_________—13 miles seemed a（n）_________task.

However, the initial_________gradually wore off. I found comfort in burying myself in training. Though taking it slow, one mile, and then two, I gradually made_________. Mile after mile, I managed to step beside my new friends. We talked about our favorite music and_________funny stories about our children. At about mile 10, the conversations_________. We shared our past and hopes for our future, our fears and regrets. By the time we were running 12-mile legs, I was__________that I'd made lifelong friends.

__________, the day of the race arrived. At the start line, armed with my friends, I already felt like a champion. My time training had__________. I managed to hold a steady pace and kept up with my__________. Finally, we crossed the finish line together.

Although it started as a__________of building social ties, running not only provided me with friendships, but with a skill that would__________me the rest of my life.

10 . When you measure the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car and it will change your mind.

I live in the suburb north of San Francisco, and _________is considered the main transportation for most people here. I still remember how _________I was when I first learned to drive. While driving with music gently _________my heart, I was filled with joy. However, as time went by, that excitement _________. I feared driving, and felt worried and upset. Everyone seems to be in my way especially when I am in a _________. One night, a deer ran out from the dark, knocked against my moving car, and _________across the street. I didn’t dare to get out of my car to see her. Crying on the _________, I hated my car.

When I joined the 21-day mindful walking _________, I began to walk with a mind. During the walking days, I smiled at every stranger _________by me. I walked to the streets that I __________would not pass through and __________a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to __________if I had really lived in this town all these years. It’s a completely __________ town that I know so little about!

I felt deeply __________for the walking challenge. Maybe I will set foot on far lands again, yet I know __________is right here and right now.