1 . Qian Qihu, China’s top defense engineering expert, has once again moved many netizens with his charity—donating a total of 500, 000 yuan to help children living in poor conditions.

Qian, 87, was born in Kunshan, Jiangsu province. He is an academician from the Chinese Academy of Engineering and also the _______ of China ’s highest military honor, the August 1 Medal in 2022. He also _______ the award of Person Touching China for 2023.

Qian, together with his wife and Kunshan Underground Space Technology Research Institute, _______ 1 million yuan to Jinhui Charity Fund based in Kunshan, to _______ actually unattended children and children suffering from leukemia   (白血). He set up the _______ fund in 2013, which is named after his mother and wife, to help excellent students from _______ families gain access to schools and quality education. As of now, the program has _______ 1, 331 students, with _______ of about 13. 6 million yuan and Qian has personally donated about 13. 38 million yuan.

Many beneficiaries have not only received _______ assistance but also have been inspired by the spirit of Qian, taking him as a role ________ . “His assistance has not only enabled me to continue my studies with peace of mind, but also ________ my way. In the future, I hope I can follow his steps and make ________ to our country’s national defense,” said a National University of Defense Technology student who received ________ from Qian.

In 2019, Qian was ________ with State Preeminent Science and Technology Award, China’s top science award, for his ________ contributions to national defense infrastructure   (基础建设). He donated all the 8 million yuan he was ________ to help poor children receive education. In 2020, Qian made two donations ________ 6. 5 million yuan to support Wuhan in the fight ________ the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qian has ________ donated all his savings to the charity fund. “The value of life lies in ________ . I have devoted my whole life to our country and the people,” said Qian.

2 . Zhang Xingli, a 60-year-old villager, sat on a stone in front of his house and struck a pose as painters quickly sketched him and his traditional house. At his age, Zhang _________ thought he could earn money working as a _________ in Sanhe, a poverty-stricken mountain village in Songxian County, Henan province.

The village welcomes _________ who come to draw landscapes and _________ the beauty of its traditional houses. Villagers were recently preparing for the upcoming travel season and building an exhibition hall, a _________ of Sanhe’s rapid development.

_________ in the depths of Funiu Mountain, the village was once mired(陷入) in poverty and the surrounding rolling hills and deep gorges made it difficult to _________. Most of the land was not _________and there was no mineral wealth under the ground. One-third of the 415 village _________lived in poverty.

In 2016, changes began when Feng Yake, a college-trained artist, ____________ to the village, who had taken his students to many spots to draw landscapes, making him realize the ____________ of this remote village. Later, he ____________ his parents to tear down their house and build the first agritainment(农家乐) ____________ in the village to accommodate students who want to paint and draw landscapes. Six months after the resort opened, he and his family had ____________ 200,000 yuan.

Feng’s success ____________ other villagers. In a short time, the village was redesigned and rebuilt. Old houses and a bean curd workshop were repaired. The walls were painted white, to ____________ with the gray roof tiles, and a pavilion was built. The village signed contracts with ____________ 70 art studios to receive artists and students.

In 2020, the village was completely lifted ____________ . Over the past two years, 25 agritainment resorts have been built in the village, ____________ more than 30,000 tourists and generating an annual ____________ of over 4 million yuan.

4 . Staying awake and preparing morning food during the wee hours(凌晨) has been a perfectly normal routine for a couple who has operated a small baozi shop for over two years in Jiaxing city, Zhejiang province. However, due to their early _______, a crying toddler(蹒跚学步的孩子) who appeared on street alone late at night was returned to her parents safe and _______.

At around 3 am on Oct 29, Yang Xiaojuan and her _______ Guo Qingshun, the shop _________who were busy making baozi, were disturbed by loud _______ nearby their shop. Then Yang _______a little girl who was running barefoot on the street, with only a baby diaper(尿布) on her body, when she _______ to check out the situation.

Seeing her without any _______ parents or adults, Yang immediately carried the girl into the shop and wrapped her in thick coat to _______ her. Guo reported the ________ to the police right away. “Are you looking for your mom?” Yang asked the girl. Much frightened and with her teeth________ from the cold, the girl nodded.

“Her face looks kind of ________. She must have run out from a nearby neighborhood, __________I couldn’t figure out who her ________ are,” said Yang. After the ________ officers came, the girl was brought to the police station and the task of looking for her parents was________ by the police.

Very soon, the parents ________ their daughter at the police station after the police ________them. On their way back home, the parents came to the baozi shop and ________ their thanks to Yang and Guo ________.

5 . Playing in the backyard with other dogs, Joey looks like any other playful dog except for one difference: With only two back legs, he travels ______ by jumping.

Born to a family in Connecticut, Joey was the only puppy in his litter (一窝幼崽) who wasn’t ______ because of his disability. The family didn’t know what to do with him, so they ______ Vintage Pet Rescue, a non-profit organization ______ dogs with special medical needs.

Joey arrived Vintage Pet Rescue in July, where he ______ Cathy Larson, who then became Joey’s adopter. According to Larson, when she first came across Joey, she “ ______ fell in love with him.” With five other dogs, Larson knew Joey had to be a ______ of their group. Once Larson took Joey home, her other dogs ______ him right away. But Joey still has some ______ because when it comes to doing everyday things, he needs ______ help. However, Larson says Joey is very good at letting them know when he ______ something.

Larson describes Joey as a (n) “ ______ little guy” who loves playing with other dogs and meeting new people. His next adventure will take place on the football field when he ______ as part of Team Ruff at Puppy Bowl XIX against another team.

Larson “can’t imagine life without Joey” and says if you have the time to ______ a dog with special needs, do it. “Their limitation doesn’t make them any ______ .” Larson says. “They have all that love inside and they are just willing to give it freely.”

6 . White made a U-turn and was now facing in the same direction as the pickup (皮卡车), but there were four cars separating them. White ______ his horn, hoping the cars in front would move aside. They didn’t. He tried to swing into the left lane and pass everyone, but oncoming traffic made it ______.

______, White pulled his car over, jumped out and ran up the sidewalk. The pickup was going 10 to 15 mph, White estimates. Captain Harrisburg even in loafers (懒人拖) ______ faster than a suddenly ______ pickup.

He ______ moved into the road, running around to the driver’s side. The window was down on this temperate autumn day. White ______ the frame of the window-his legs moving in step with the pickup-and with a mighty heave, leaped in.

White was now ______ the cab (驾驶室) of the truck, his legs hanging out the window. The man behind the wheel, 64-year-old Todd DeAngelis, was just conscious enough to be startled (受惊吓) by the odd sight of a stranger sprawled across his stomach, and he let out a ______.

White worked quickly. He took hold of the gear shift (换挡器) and forced the ______ into park, causing it to ______. He threw himself out from the truck window the same way he came in. By his estimate, he was in and out of the truck in about four seconds.

From outside the truck, White asked DeAngelis if he was OK. ”No,“ he replied, in a haze. DeAngelis, a diabetic (糖尿病患者), was ______ facing dangerously low blood sugar.

White flagged down a police officer. A(n) ______ soon arrived and took DeAngelis to a hospital. He kept me from a much worse accident than it could have been, and I could have lost consciousness because of low blood sugar DeAngelis said after his recovery.

White’s ______ that day was not out of character. As a teenager, he once kicked in the door of a house that was on fire to see if anyone was trapped inside. ______, the house was empty.   

”I’m always trying to help, where I can, when I can,“ he says. But jumping into a moving vehicle to prevent a crash? White admits this was new field.

7 . Throughout a child’s life, there are several events that are very important to them. _________, most of the events involve (涉及到) being with their friends. Missing those activities can make a child sad and _________.

In early September, doctors at the Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital found Megan, a 17-year-old student had a brain tumor (肿瘤). A few weeks later, Megan had an operation and needed to _________ in the hospital for several more days to _________. And that meant she would _________ her school’s homecoming dance.

However, the doctors and nurses at the hospital were not going to _________ that to happen. Instead, they got to work and created the special dance and memory for her.

“They _________ the meeting room in a New Year theme; it was all about her,” Megan’s mother, Jill Krafty said. “It was called ‘ho, ho, homecoming’ last Friday, and I think we were all just so _________ at the care they put into this whole _________.”

But what would a dance be without __________, right? The caregivers even __________ some of Megan’s friends. They came to the hospital and __________ the Megan-specific homecoming dance. With __________, the kids took photos, sang and danced together.

Megan’s mother said her daughter was deeply __________. “She loved all the decorations and we felt grateful (感激的) for the __________ and love of the doctors and nurses,” Jill said.

8 . Many years ago, I had an unforgettable experience. As I walked through the farmer’s _______, my eyes were immediately drawn to a basket of strange fruits, almost alien-looking fruits. They were a far cry from the perfectly round, shiny things we were used to seeing in supermarkets. Feeling curious, I _______ the seller and asked about these strange fruits.

With a _______ smile, the seller explained that these _______ were heirloom varieties (传家宝品种), which were _______ through generations. They may not _______ society’s standards (标准) of beauty, but their wonderful taste was _______ by those who enjoy the true nature of food. Because I was _______ about the seller’s enthusiastic explanation, I decided to give them a try.

As we _______ the strange fruits, we felt they were incredibly delicious and made us feel really happy. Each bite was bursting with an intensity of taste we had never ________ before. The fruits were juicy, sweet, and possessed a complexity that stayed on our tongues. It was as if they held the very essence of nature’s presents.

This encounter taught us a(n) ________ lesson about the importance of looking beyond the fruit’s ________ and embracing the beauty of ________. In a world filled with uniformity (一致), we had ________ the true value of uniqueness. These untraditional fruits were a reminder that ________ and quality often exist in the unexpected.

9 . Zafar and Nadeem had been great friends since childhood. They used to go to the same secondary school nearby and _________ there and back together. They didn’t always see eye to eye, but _________ they had arguments about school as they were both _________ and wanted to get the best marks in their class.

One _________ afternoon, Nadeem, who had got the highest mark in a test that day, _________ on talking about it. Zafar couldn’t bear it. Anger _________ him because he thought Nadeem was only doing it to make him feel bad. Finally, he slapped (用手掌打) Nadeem in the face. Nadeem was _________ at first, but then he picked up a stick, and wrote in the sand: “Today my friend Zafar slapped me.”

The pair of friends carried on their way home in _________. As they got closer to the river, a section of the river bank _________ because of the rain and the water carried both boys into the river. Nadeem couldn’t swim but Zafar was there by his side __________ him to safety. After Nadeem had calmed down, he took a __________ stone and wrote on a big __________: “Today my friend Zafar saved my life.”

Zafar asked him why, Nadeem replied, “Writing in the sand __________ quickly. When our friends do something bad to us, we should forget it quickly. But when friends do good things and show us __________, we should always remember it, just as the writing on a rock __________ forever.”