2 . One day I planned to pick up a friend at the airport. That day I had one of those experiences that could _________ people’s lives.

It happened just two feet away from me when I was waiting at the airport. I noticed a man, carrying two bags, coming toward me. He stopped next to me to greet his _________ .

First of all he _________ his bags and came closer to his younger son(about six years old); they gave each other a warm, loving hug. Then the father looked in his son’s eyes with _________ , “I missed you so much, it’s so good to see you, son!” The boy smiled and said, “Me too, Dad.”

_________ the father said “Hi, baby girl.” to his baby daughter. She was shouting _________ in her mother’s arm and watching her returning father all the time. The man gently took his little daughter,_________ kissed her face all over and then _________ her close to his chest. The little girl laid her head on his shoulder in _________ .

After several moments, the man looked at his __________ and said “I’ve saved the __________ for last!” and shared with her the most passionate(激情的)__________ . They stared at each other, beaming(流露出)big smiles. They __________ me of newlyweds.

Suddenly, I heard myself asking “Wow, how many years have you been __________ ?” “Twelve years.” “Well then, __________ have you been away?” He replied with a smile on his face. “Two whole days!”

I was astonished, as I __________ that he had been away for several weeks at least. I could only say, “I __________ that my marriage is still that passionate __________ twelve years. ” The man looked __________ into my eyes and told me something that changed my life: Don’t hope, friend, __________       ! From him I just learnt “Better go home and make a net than long for a fish in front of a pond.”

3 . It was a warm and sunny spring morning. I had just driven my son to the child-care center which had just reopened after being ______ for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. I was ______ back home, zipping along the mountain roads, with a ton of thoughts, wishes and worries bouncing around my brain. I wouldn't say that I was ______ but I wasn't driving as safely as I normally do. ______ , I saw a dark form ahead. I stepped on the ______ and saw that it was a big black dog standing right in the ______ . I braked harder and came to a ______ . The dog just stood there ______ me in a strange way. Then he closed his eyes and shook his head ______ , and walked off slowly into the woods.

Because of the small ______ , I drove away slowly. Then for the first time that day I noticed the ______ glowing（发光）off the green leaves of the trees. I noticed flowers blooming（开花）along the sides of the road and the butterflies ______ above them. For the first time that day I felt how ______ the world around me was. I drove on with a clear ______ and thanked the dog who ______ in time to slow me down and wake me up.

To be honest, I needed that ______ because I was getting too ______ in my own life to notice the real life all around me. I needed to see that life was ______ and I shouldn't rush through it. I needed to see that life was precious and I should ______ every second of it. I needed to see that life was beautiful and I should ______ that beauty.

4 . Officer Dallas Baldwin was on duty in Franklin County office. When an older resident ______ demanding to speak with Deputy (警官) Kevin Lovett, he had a little ______.

As it turned out, 96-year-old Mary Trent was not calling to ______. Instead, because Deputy Kevin Lovett had gone all out to help her out of ______, she was determined to shine a light of ______ on his good deed!

“I was recently ______when I got a flat tire.” Mary told the officer that Kevin spared no efforts to ______ her on the roadside. “He lay flat on the ground to look under my car for ______!” she explained. “What are you going to do for him?”

Dallas must have been ______ by her insistence, because he and Deputy Kevin Lovett ______ by visiting Mary at her residence to ______ her with a Sheriff’s Coin.

When they arrived, Mary ______ had a gift basket ready to give her “angel”. The officers were ______ that someone not only noticed their ______, but that she went beyond to acknowledge it ______.

“Truth to be told, policemen ______ perform small acts of service with little notice, but Mary ______ to let this one go unnoticed.” They wrote on Facebook, “Mary, thank you for ______ us with your gratitude and spirit.”

What a great reminder of how our heroes work ______ to keep things running smoothly every day—and of how much it means to show ______ for their efforts. A little sure goes a long way!

5 . Yesterday was Mother’s Day. Unfortunately, my mother was not among the many happy mothers, as I couldn’t visit her this year. I made a ______on the phone that I would go to see her as soon as possible.

My mother always says that kids don’t need to ______a national day to say they love their mums. However, I remember one year I ______calling her on that very day, and the next morning she rang up to complain about it.

If you ______Thailand, you could hear the sentimental (伤感的) songs about mothers’ greatest love playing in ______places a week before the holiday. Schools, especially, are places that take this day very ______. Back in my teenage years, I ______there was once a Mother’s Day singing ______and my friend represented the school. She was so emotional while singing the famous song on Mother’s Day ______Kah Nam Nom that she almost didn’t finish the song.

______, her deep connection to the song helped her to ______third prize. After the contest, I asked her why she was so emotional about the song. She told me that while she was singing, suddenly she had the ______that one day her mother would no longer be with her and every word in the song became ______. Every time I hear this song, it’s not my mother who ______to my mind but a ______of my friend crying with a microphone in her hand. The image ______vivid (清晰的)today.

Last week, a colleague ______an experience with me — every year on Mother’s Day, she has to attend a ______ceremony at her daughter’s school. Every year the teachers invite ______to the school for a big gathering in which students pay ______with flower garlands (花环). She said that the event was filled with the sobbing sounds mixed with Mother’s Day anthems (赞美歌).

6 . Everyone has their advantages and disadvantages, turning our disadvantages into advantages makes us ________. A 12-year-old boy, Jim overcame his disadvantages by unknowingly making it his ________.

Poor Jim ________ his left arm in a terrible accident and was ________. To cheer him up, his father made him join a Judo (柔道) club. As the boy always wanted to learn Judo, his father thought this would make him ________.

Everyone wondered how a single-armed boy could learn Judo.________, the master happily accepted him. Jim practiced nothing but a single stroke (击). He trarned for all 8 months in mastering a single stroke. The boy was ________ and sometimes annoyed as his master taught him only one stroke.

Yet, he said nothing. The boy mastered the stroke and grew in confidence as ________ could do that particular stroke better. The boy was ________ by the master to compete in a Judo championship tournament.

Everyone ________ Jim and his master. Even the boy was not sure about why his master had chosen him.

To everyone’s surprise, Jim easily ________ six competitors with his single stroke. He struggled a bit in the semi-finals but managed to win the match. Then the final match began. The competitor was very strong and the judge ________ with Jim’s master about stopping the match as he feared the competitor could ________ Jim. However, his master ________ and told Jim to continue the match. With a huge effort, Jim ________ the match.

Jim thought it was ________ and asked his master how he had become champion. His master told him “My dear boy, you learned the most ________ stroke in Judo that very few can master to perfection. If your competitor wants to beat you and ________ you from using the stroke, they should hold your left arm. This was the ________ behind your victory!”

If the boy turned his weakness, the loss of his left arm, into such a great ________, why can’t we?

10 . Once, a rich man drove his expensive car with full speed. Listening to the music _________, he didn't pay attention to the traffic sign. Suddenly a bad car accident happened to him. He was _________ with blood all over. With the help of passers-by, he was admitted to the best _________ of the town.

When he opened his eyes, he couldn't move his body even an inch. The doctor came to his bed and asked “How are you feeling, sir?” He shook his head with much _________. The doctor softly comforted him that he would certainly _________ but it would take time because of his _________ and several other diseases.

Few days later, he could _________ to speak. When the doctor visited him again, he became too _________ and said, “Doctor, please do something so that I can be _________ the hospital. I would __________ as much money as you want.”

“Sir, I am trying my best but __________ the recovering process is __________,” the doctor continued, “While driving, you are supposed to __________ the traffic regulations. That you are wealthy doesn’t __________ you could spend the money as you pleased. Your unhealthy eating habits have brought you some __________, which put you into trouble.”

When the man __________ his past deeds, he regretted for his own acts. He __________ that money could do nothing but supply some temporary __________. Wealth is nothing before health! He felt ashamed of his __________! “Thank you for your guidance, doctor! Please __________ my ignorance!”