1 . Luke Coelho recently transferred from Brazil to attend school in the United States. He understands that integrity and ________ are values appreciated in all countries and cultures. And Luke didn’t hesitate to ________ both when he found a pocket full of family ________ left behind in a(n)________ jacket.

Andy’s Attic is a clothing donation program at Luke’s new school, and Luke recently ________ the jacket through the program. Local resident Dave Kenney was the one who donated the jacket.

When Luke put on the coat,________, he found much more than a warm coat. Inside the pocket, Luke discovered some personal ________, including two watches, a bracelet and two diamond rings!

Luke ________ shared the news with his aunt Taryn Souza and together they set to work trying to ________ the owner of the items. With some detective work, they were ________ to find Dave. Of course, Dave was ________ to receive the prized pieces back, but he hadn’t even ________ that they were in the jacket!

Earlier this year, both Dave’s mother and wife passed away, so he was especially ________ to have back the wedding ring he’d bought for his wife and items that had ________ his mother. Dave stated, “This fine young man did the right thing. I totally ________ what they did for me and my family.”

2 . I used to hate being called upon in class mainly because I didn’t like attention drawn to myself. And unless otherwise ________ a seat by the teacher, I always chose to sit at the back of the classroom.

All this________ after I joined a sports team. It began when a teacher suggested I ________ the basketball team. At first I thought it was a crazy ________ because I didn’t have a good sense of balance, nor did I have the ability to keep pace with the others on the team and they would tease me. But for the teacher who kept insisting on my “________ for it”, I wouldn’t have decided to give a try.

Getting up the courage to go to the tryouts was only the half of it! When I first started ________the practice sessions, I didn’t even know the rules of the game, much worse what I was doing. Sometimes I’d get ________and take a shot at the wrong direction, which made me feel really stupid. ________ I wasn’t the only one "new” at the game, so I decided to focus on learning the game, do my best at each practice session, and not be too hard on myself for the things I didn’t ________ “just yet”.

I practiced and practiced. Soon I knew the rules and the “moves”. Being part of a team was fun and motivating. Very soon the competitive________ in me was winning over my lack of   ________.

With time, I learned how to play and made friends in the process-friends who respected my efforts to work hard and be a team player. I never had so much ________!

With my improved self-confidence comes more ________ from teachers and classmates. I have-gone from “________” in the back of the classroom and not wanting to call attention to myself, to raising my hand-even when I sometimes wasn’t and not 100 percent   _________ I had the rightanswer. Now I have more self-confidence in myself.

4 . When working in person, most of us have a natural understanding of non-verbal (非语言的) signals. That is to say, all the ways in which we _____ work out without words. ____, in the digital workspace, this kind of communication can seem less _____.

Many work _____ now happen via online chats, and even video meetings can go ahead with cameras off.

Parts of non-verbal communication have always _____ outside face-to-face interaction, of course. For example, these unnoticeable _____ could begin with a profile picture on your CV (简历); even deciding whether or not to add an emoji (表情图标) in a work group chat can change the ______ of the interaction.

Yet the new workplace shift in where and how we work has _____ the world of non-verbal communication greatly. For instance, in video calls, backgrounds can give all sorts of non-verbal _____ about co-workers’ lifestyles, _______ and level of professionalism.

Let’s say if a co-worker positions the camera below the chin (下巴), ______ others to look up, you begin to dislike him or her, almost _______. Indeed, data have shown that during video calls, factors like camera angles, distance from the camera and ability to make eye contact all ______ how likeable people are noticed to be.

In a new world where ______ working is rapidly developing, being willing to engage non-verbally makes it ______ to understand others and to be understood.

5 . The most affectionate memory of my childhood is about a round table. When I was still little, my entire family would ________ on almost every traditional festival to have dinner. While the ________ were discussing something beyond our comprehension, we kids would play hide-and-seek.

The round table is a ________ of a reunion of our families and an ________ to our families. But as a matter of fact, in China, almost everything can be solved over a ________ table. The marriage bells between a loving couple and the ________ between business partners can all happen on the same round table. ________, I start to wonder what this round table is to us, and its true significance starts to be ________ in front of me.

The food on the table may ________ with time. The reasons why we come together may be ________, but the feeling behind it remains the same. And that is our tolerance of different people or willingness to ________ different cultures.

In less than two months before the Spring Festival, a(n)________ massive migration (迁徙): would take place in China. The power that ________ us to do so has been keeping Chinese civilization for thousands of years, and even the history of our nation has been the stories of ________ or running to the round table to which we ________. The round table is and will always be a symbol of the Chinese feelings.

6 . Chris Smith looked like any other young boy in his class except for the constant evictions (驱赶), and eventually being homeless.

Chris’ father was reckless (鲁莽的) with finances and _______ in business. His mother tried her best to run the home until Chris’ little brother drowned, then his father went to prison, and finally the family _______.

“My mom shut down _______. Everything got worse,” Chris remembers. Then she was gone and ran away from home without telling Chris. He did the _______ he could, sleeping on his newly married sister’s sofa. “They didn’t have much money, and I know it was a _______ to take me in at 17 years old, I was going to _______ from school and make it on my own.”

But Chris’ history teacher had different ideas. When Chris’ _______ began to go down, she _______ him. “You’re the smartest kid in the class,” she told him, “If you don’t graduate, you’re going to _______ it.”

“School was my safe place.” Chris says. School also ________ him heat and food. It became the closest thing to home he could find, ________ to his father’s old truck that became his bed and his study space.

When ________ came, Chris earned a full scholarship to college and graduated in the top 10 of his class. When it’s time to apply for medical residencies (住院医生), Chris set his ________ high. He applied for residencies around the ________ and included the No. 1 program in the nation: Johns Hopkins. And then the letter came. Chris was in.

“I didn’t really think I had a chance. But I had learned to ________ everything my best shot. Life is never fair. But if you don’t give up, you will give yourself a better chance to make it.” Chris says.

7 . When Marco was a boy, he tried everything to get his father’s love and attention. He studied hard to get good ________ and tried to behave well. He was shy and shorter than the other boys. Besides, his father was ________ and had little time for him. Except for his ________ for housework after school, there was no communication. Marco felt very ________.

One day, his maths teacher called him that some young teenagers were ________ a public speaking contest. She thought Marco should give it a ________. She firmly believed he could perform on stage like other kids. Feeling her strong trust, he agreed to ________ the contest.

All winter, Marco took a bus to ________ twice a week in another city, where the competition would take place. He was taken by a strong ________ he never felt before. Finally, the big day arrived. His father, and yes, his maths teacher, were present. When he stepped onto the stage and began to speak, he felt ________ at home. He was funny, and acted very natural. He won! He noticed his father’s eyes were ________ — he was so proud. It was then that his father ________ he should pay more attention to the child.

As the winner, Marco’s name was ________ in the local papers. He knew this was the ________ of his new life. It all happened because of a phone call, from one who ________ him.

9 . Since the age of four, Jacquelyn Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. However, a car accident put the high school senior in the hospital for 5 days and left her paralyzed from the waist down and _______ to sitting in the wheelchair the whole life. For most people, that would have _______ any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. _______ being a barrier, her wheelchair brought her bravery and encouraged her to think a lot of her life and she wanted to prove that she was still _______. Actually, Hill made it, rolling her wheelchair right alongside her non-disabled high school dance team. “It feels as if half of my body were _______ from me, and I have to move it with my hands,” Hill said. “ It _______ took a lot of learning and _______.”

After graduation, she wanted to expand her dancing network to include women like her. She began to _______ people online who had suffered similar injuries and shared her determination. Then in 2014, Hill moved to Los Angeles and formed a team of dancers with disabilities she calls the Rollettes. “I want to _______ the false belief of wheelchair users and show dance is dance, whether you’re walking or you’re ________.”

Dancing on wheels can be just as fast-paced, artful and ________ as the foot-based variety. In disabled dance competitions around the country, her team danced to the popular ________, rocking their ________ bodies, shaking their heads to the special beats, and ________ their wheelchairs in well-timed, dynamic, highly designed routines. The cheers, whistles and applause of the audience suggested that the fun was ________.

10 . Many years ago, when we first went to Canada, we were driving through Montana to Colorado with our two children, then aged 8 and 11. As it was getting __________, we started looking for a hotel, only to find out that it was __________ time in that part of the country, and all the hotels were __________.

Finally, around 9 o’clock in the evening, we __________ at a gas station to fill up with gas. My husband asked for a __________ book and told the woman at the counter that we were trying to find a hotel. She told us it would be __________. He tried for 15 more minutes. When he was __________, the woman, Linda, said she and her family lived nearby and would be happy if we spent the night at her home.

My husband was __________ at her offer of generosity(慷慨). She called her son to __________ us, since she had to work at the gas station till midnight.

When we reached their home, her husband ____________ us. He invited us to have coffee and chat while we ____________ his wife. She came past l2 am. We asked if we could slip away in the morning so as not to disturb them. They said we were now ____________ and we would have to have breakfast with them.

Next morning, we ate breakfast, and when we were ____________, my husband asked if he could offer some ____________. They would not hear of it and insisted we were their guests. We kept in touch for many years, and invited them to our ____________, too. Over the years, we lost touch, but have never forgotten their kindness.