2 . Love is a choice. I have seen that choice made in my own home.

When I was fourteen and my sisters were eleven and nine, we ________ my little brother, Tyler James. My mother had just started a new job when we ________ a call from the daughter of a family friend. She told us that she loved her baby very much but she could not ________ him in the way that he ________. She knew my parents had wanted a baby for a ________ time, and she had seen the ________ they loved my sisters and me.

A family ________ was called, and the decision was made to adopt this tiny baby. Although the ________ to adopt Tyler may have been a ________ one, loving him did not come as naturally at first for my mother. She was ________ because she had finally become satisfied with her life without another ________. There were times when my mom held him and fell ________ because she did not feel the same intensity of love for him as she had for us.

Even though she didn’t feel the same love for Tyler ________, she chose to love him anyway. She did this by taking care of him, singing to him. holding him, and talking lo him. She loved him by ________ his dirty diapers and getting out of bed at four in the ________ when he cried. She behaved the same way she did with me when I was n baby, ________ she may not have felt the same way. Soon, the feelings of love joined the ________ of love.

Today, Tyler is nearly eleven and has been ________ ours for nine years now. Our mom and dad love all of us the same. Many of my friends are ________ when they find out that my little brother is adopted, because he looks like he belongs in our ________. And of course, that’s because he does, because we chose to love.

3 . When Wu Rongjin was a child, she often pretended to be a teacher. She used pieces of chalk and a tiny ________ made by her father to teach her “student”—her doll. Wu was always the ________ student in her class to be ________ after school. Because her ________ were often stuck at work. A teacher would stay with Wu until her parents ________.

At that time, Wu ________ one day she would be a teacher, and have a positive influence on her students. In 1994, she chose to become a teacher at a primary school, after she ________ from Shanghai Teachers Training College.

Inspired by the former head of the school, Wu and her colleagues began ________ their students with sentimental (感情上的) education, because they firmly ________ that all-round development of personal character and sentiment is necessary for young students.

A weekly course, offered, by Wu, became ________ with students. The class was ________ and useful in guiding them to think ________ and improve their personal skills as well as ________ in interpersonal communications. Wu has conducted that course for around two decades.

In fact, Wu, has not limited sentimental education to the ________. For instance, she always stands at the school’s entrance to ________ the students. Wu hopes the students will learn to show ________ for the feelings of other people.

Moreover, Wu has ________ her students to speak with their teachers about their problems and difficulties they ________ in their daily lives.

Her greatest ________ is to guarantee every child’s happy growth, ________ and mental health.

4 . I would like to share what has been a wonderful gift to my family.

My older brother has severe cerebral palsy (脑瘫) and learning ________ and lives in an ever expanding ________. He always ________ at anyone who passes by. If you’re driving past, you’ll always meet a wave and a ________ gesture. It makes him so ________ to see others smile, nod to him, ________ back and just talk to him.

The littlest thing really has a huge ________ on him even when a lady from the village ________ how lovely he is.

He turns 30 today and they have ________ a cake, a birthday song, balloons and even a drive by a parade (检阅) of all of his ________ things—tractors, motorbikes, lorries and more! I can’t ________ to see the look on his face when this all happens. With what my family is facing—our mum ________ cancer, it has just been a complete ray of ________ to know that other people attend to him too.

It is ________ in this day and age to trust people outside of our family, but it warms my heart very much that he has so many people who ________ him! I hope this makes him smile as much as it does for us to know that ________ he is disabled, he is still ________ of the village.

Yesterday he was given an early birthday ________ of some cupcakes by the local sandwich shop Tute Baps. From his face, you can ________ he is so happy and is ________ enjoying his treat!

5 . With the successful launch of the Shenzhou 14 manned spacecraft, astronaut Chen Dong once again came into people’s view. But this is not his ________ space travel. As early as 2016, Chen Dong took the Shenzhou 11 spacecraft and realized his flying dream.

Chen Dong used to cause ________ from time to time as a child and was often told off by his parents. However, a little thing ________ him. One day, when playing with a group of friends, he destroyed the head teacher’s ________ that were handed out by the school. With butterflies in his stomach, Chen Dong knew that he was in trouble. To his very ________, instead of criticizing him, the teacher ________ said to him: “I know you didn’t do it ________, but in this way, I have no vegetables to eat. No matter what you do in the future, you must think more about others.” For the first time, Chen Dong realized what ________ and tolerance are. From then on, he worked hard, helped others, and thus grew better and better.

Flying higher has always been the ________ of Chen Dong for far too long. During the training program for astronauts, no matter how difficult, the idea of giving up never ________ in his mind. In order to fully prepare for the space mission, Chen Dong almost ________ contact with the outside world. He ________ almost all his energy and time to the training program. Even his twin sons could ________ meet their father. Although he can’t ________ them all the time, Chen Dong uses other ways to express his love. He takes pictures of the stars that can only be seen from space and imagine how ________ and proud the children will be when they receive them.

6 . Mike Mason, 63, a former top police officer, is a bus driver in Virginia for Chesterfield County Public Schools.

“Each morning at about 5: 30, Mason carefully ______ his bus to: ensure that it’s safe for students to ride. He ______ nine students and drops them off at the Faison Center in Richmond, which ______ educational programs for autistic(自闭症的) children.

Mason ______ the struggle that students have faced throughout the pandemic. It’s what finally motivated him to ______ when the man saw the ______ of school bus drivers from a local news story.

Despite Mason’s impressive résumé, he wasn’t ______ to become a school bus driver ______. It took several weeks of ______ to get his commercial license.

And driving a school bus has been ______ for Mason, particularly when he saw a shy student smile for the first time, or when a child waved at him as he ______ the school to pick up kids.

Still, it hasn’t come without ______. Some days are full of noise and chaos, and he can’t ______ to stop the bus. But he never becomes angry. More than anything, the well-being of the students ______ Mason.

Although there are few ______ between his former position and the ______ one, Mason feels the same sense of duty. “That is a(n) ______ that I will always remember and treasure,” he said.

Merv. Daugherty, the headmaster, emphasized the ______ of bus drivers — whose job extends beyond providing ______. “They have a great deal of ______ on our students’ success,” he said.

“Mason is a role model for our students, and for all of us,” Daugherty continued.

7 . As a fifth grader, I loved my school. But since May Jordan, who was the tallest in our class and even in the school, transferred (转学) in, the school had become an ________ place. Although her ________ was frightening, it wasn’t a problem—her ________ was: She routinely bullied (欺凌) other students who were too afraid to defend themselves.

I had ________ to stay out of May’s sight and I wanted to keep it that way. But all that ________ when I showed up for school one morning with a new ________. It all started when my best friend said my hair was ________. I noticed May’s ________ but quickly looked away from her eyes. Then May said, “Somebody might cut off your beautiful braid (辫子)!” I got ________.

After getting home after school, I ________ what had happened with my mother. “Don’t be afraid of her. If she can see you’re not afraid, she’ll ________,” my mother said. “I bet she’s like everybody else—she just wants to ________ and make friends. Perhaps she just doesn’t know how as she is new here.

1 rolled my mother’s ________ around in my head. She did have a point—May wasn’t good at making friends. Maybe underneath her ________ was a regular fifth grader who ________ wanted to be liked. Did I have what it’d take to befriend May? I was unsure, but I wanted to find out.

The next day, after lunch, I ________ May and invited her to my house after school. “We could walk home together, if you like. Maybe watch TV?” I ________. Unexpectedly, May smiled and then said ________.

I don’t remember what we watched on television. But we became good ________. I’ve since learned that someone who looks ________ on the outside can really be just like everybody else.

8 . These days, kids seem to spend most of their time on the smart phones or the video games. It’s _________ to be a bit pessimistic (悲观的) about their future. But if you look closely, there are some young minds that are trying to solve_________ world problems.

Jackson _________ away “Blessing Bags” for the homeless in Chicago: snacks, socks and other things. Jackson started his _________ at 9 years old.

In Bali, Melati and Isabel began a campaign to _________ the beaches and keep their country far from plastic pollution in 2008. Bali is now plastic-free. But they don’t _________. They are focusing on the rest of Indonesia.

Ryan was 7 years old when he _________ Ryan’s Recycling. He collected over 200, 000 bottles and cans a year from 50 customers.

In Sierra, Kelvin started bringing _________ and a community radio station to villages by making batteries (电池). He was 13 years old. Most importantly, Kelvin _________ other children that they could make a __________.

So far, teenager Slat has __________ over $ 13 million for his project Ocean Cleanup that uses the ocean’s waves to collect plastic __________.

At age 15, Ann __________ a flashlight that uses body heat for power to keep batteries __________ landfills (填埋).

Kids around the world are raising much money for cancer research and environmental problems __________ by running juice shops, sewing dresses and selling flowers.

9 . Beijing normally doesn’t have much snow in winter, so artificial snow is being used at venues for the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games, with the quality of the white snow drawing _________ from many athletes, and even officials. Artificial snow gives the courses a better and more _________ quality.

“This is by far the best man-made snow I’ve ever _________ on,” American freestyle skier Ashley Caldwell said at a _________ conference. After receiving _________ from many athletes through the training period and first days of _________, Kit McConnell, sports director of the International Olympic Committee, said the participants _________ the artificial snow is outstanding. “The focus is on doing this in a sustainable way, and also _________ the athletes have an outstanding field of play on which to _________ at the Olympic level,” McConnell said.

Russi, chairman of the International Ski Federation’s alpine committee, also a former Swiss World Cup alpine ski racer and one of the course __________ of the Yanqing National Alpine Skiing Center in Beijing, told China Central Television: “I think for the skiers the course we designed is just like paradise.” “Although sometimes __________ with natural snow, artificial snow has __________ been used in competitions in the past five to 10 years,” he added.

On November 7, during the __________ for the Games, Chongli District in Zhangjiakou __________ its first snowfall this winter. But the 20-centimeter-thick snow was __________ up, because it would be more __________ to use natural snow as it __________ more easily and brings safety risks.

However, there are __________ regarding the environmental hazards of using so much water for snow-making. The snow machines at Beijing 2022 have __________ used renewable energy since the beginning of snow production. “For water from melted snow, we have a reservoir and two lakes which can __________ it so that it can then be used for agriculture, irrigation, tourism and landscaping.”