1 . I’m feeling pretty good right now, despite the fact that I suffered from dementia (痴呆) two years ago. I’ve always been ________ and this quality has benefited me a lot.

I joined the police force in 1978 when there were very few women in that ________. I had been working hard to ________ that I was no worse than a man. That accounted for why it was difficult for me to ________ when my health changed.

I had three strokes (中风) in my 50s, which ________ memory problems. I still tried to work part-time, but I kept having ________ blanks about important things. There was a morning when I had to sit on my bed for 15 minutes as I just couldn’t remember how to get dressed.________, I was diagnosed (诊断) with dementia later in 2017. Hearing the news, I ________ and cried for almost three months. It felt like a death sentence.

Thinking back, this indicates exactly the way we used to talk about dementia. People ________ to think that when you have dementia, you become a person unable to ________, sitting silent in a corner. Actually, this just isn’t the ________. Changing the way people think about dementia is something that I’m ________ in.

I feel the only way that we can change the ________ opinion about dementia is that people affected by the condition speak out, and I made it. People are always ________ when I tell them I have dementia and ________ when they see me lead a positive life and even give talks at events.

2 . Complex courses, countless homework and exhausting physical exercises... This is my _______ school day routine (常规). Today was yet another _______.

After dinner, I walked toward my _______ with my head down, wanting to finish my homework as soon as possible. But _______ made me feel defeated. I sank into my chair as if I had completely _______ apart. With my textbook open, I played with my pen, _______ at the page. The talking and laughter of my _______ distracted (分散) me. I tried to focus on the _______ content, but failed. I felt _______ at myself for thinking about my passing days while doing ________ in the meantime.

“Wow!” A shout of amazement caught my ________. “Look at the sky!” Out of curiosity, everyone ________ out of the classroom and looked up at the sky.

Sensing their excitement, I ________ stood up and turned around. Then, I ________ the sunset. I saw the blue sky had already turned orange as sunset took over the ________. The sunset looked like a million red flowers on fire.

My inner world was ________ by the scene. I realized that no matter how ________ a situation is, there always exists something we can ________ in life. It was not until I raised my head up to enjoy the sky that I realized there is no need to complain about ________. Life is too short to simply seek out material goods. We should not spend our days complaining about stress and boredom, but ________ them and enjoy the beauty of life.

3 . Henry was originally bred to be a show dog with beautiful smooth hair, but his unique qualities made him a perfect therapy dog. His job was to visit elementary school classes and listen to students ________ to him. Henry gave the children his full ________ and never corrected them or ________ them when they tried so hard. At the end of each session, the children would place a ________ on his nose, such as a cookie or a sausage, which he would jump and ________ in his mouth.

One day, a special education student, Sam, joined the class. Henry laid next to him as the boy ________ to read aloud. ________, after some time, the teacher whispered, “That is ________! This is the first time that he has ever read aloud!” It was just one of the many times Henry ________. His patient and welcoming existence helped students to build ________ while they were reading.

As time went on, Sam was noticed his reading abilities had improved a lot. He was reading faster, more fluently, and with more ________ than ever before. It was clear that the ________ companion had played a great role in this ________. By providing a comforting ________, it had helped Sam with his reading abilities, and by actively listening, it had ________ Sam to continue improving.

Henry was not just a dog. He was a special companion that ________ impacted the lives of numerous young students. His encouraging attendance and ________ nature helped the students to ________ their fears of reading aloud and develop their reading skills. Henry was not ________ a dog. He was a true reading buddy who created tiny ________ wherever he went.

4 . A 12-year-old artist from Iowa is using his artwork to raise awareness and money for children’s cancer.

When Arsh Pal was eight years old, he was ________ painting supplies for his birthday. He ________ painting watercolor canvases (油画), and had made so many that he began ________ some of them to his family and friends as gifts.

As ________ went on, Pal got even better at painting, and his paintings grew in ________ in America, especially among the young people.

________, he started selling his paintings and ________ 100 percent of his proceeds (收入) to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. He set a ________ to raise $1,000, which he quickly ________. Since then, Pal has ________ more than $15,000, and has donated, to at least five charities ________ St. Jude, Easterseals, Make-a-Wish foundation, Compass to Care, and the Riverview Center.

For all of his hard work and ________, Pal was recently honored with the Diana Award, a ________ youth humanitarian award named after the late Princess Diana. The ________ is given to “outstanding young people” between the ages of 9 and 25 who are “________ creating and sustaining positive social change.”

“I’m from Iowa and everybody else is from everywhere else,” Pal told Des Moines Register. “I feel really ________ that I’m getting it because it’s a pretty big award. Princess Diana ________ charitable work and helping the community, so that’s kind of what I do.”

In his free time, Pal also ________ nursing home residents how to paint. He hopes to soon start teaching free painting ________ to kids as well, particularly those who ________ from bad anxiety and emotional struggles.

5 . Last month, David Diaz Jr., a second grade student at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School in Binghamton, New York, was rewarded for his courage for helping his friend, Deandre, who started choking during lunch.

During the _______ David jumped from his seat to perform the Heimlich method, a series of pushing the stomach that can loosen food or objects _______ in a person’s airway.

“I did that because you have to _______ everybody in life,” David said.

When David was asked where he _______ the Heimlich method, he answered, “The Good Doctor. It’s a TV show about a kid that knows a lot about bodies. When he _______, he becomes a doctor.”

David said he was _______ by his own courage. “I didn’t know what to do so I just did it,” he explained.

His father, David Diaz Sr., said, “I’m very _______ of my son.”

“When second grader David Diaz _______ his friend Deandre was _______ during lunch time, David did not ________, jumped in and performed the Heimlich method to save Deandre’s life,” an officer says. “We were proud to present David with a(n) ________, for setting us a ________ example. He showed us what it means to be a ________.

While David’s medical knowledge is ________, he said he is not set on a career in ________. “I probably want to be a basketball player.”

6 . I worked in a saw mill (锯木厂) for just above the lowest wage. As I got ready to go to work I _________ band-aids (创可贴) around my _________ and put more in my pockets, because I would cut and pack wood for 8 hours a day, which _________ my fingers to split (开裂) and bleed at their tips in the cold, dry, winter air. That day at work was _________ than normal. The machines kept _________. On top of it all the heaters in the building weren’t working.

When the work day finally _________, I took off my work gloves and inspected (检查) my _________ fingers. The splits were worse than ever. I don’t think I had ever felt so _________ and hurting before. I wondered how long I could keep doing this, if things would ever get any _________.

I tried to put a __________ on my face as I __________ my front door but instead someone __________ naturally. My daughter ran up to me happily, and wrapped her little arms around my neck. I held her tight and my heart explode with love. I didn’t __________ so tired anymore. My aches and pains disappeared into her hug. In that second, I remembered again that I was here for love.

I think we all have bleeding fingers and band-aid days in our lives here. But with __________ we can make it through them all.__________, work may give us a living, but it is love that gives us a life.

7 . As an only parent, I planned to get a Christmas tree for my 12-year-old daughter Kristil as a gift. I _________ my job and couldn’t afford it until my old college teacher, Esther Heffernan, came to see me. After I _________, we kept in touch. She _________ me for lunch every few months. I had grown to love her like family.

I rushed to the front of my _________ when she got out of her car. “Well, I tried to call you last week but couldn’t _________. Then I called your job and they said you weren’t working there anymore, so I thought I would come by your home,” Esther said. “I have a couple of _________ for you and Kristil.” Esther’s presence gave me _________ that things would be all right.

As she left, she _________ me a Christmas card. “This is for you,” she said. Then she pulled away. When I opened her _________, I got shocked. There was __________ inside. Hundred-dollar bills fell onto the table. Tears of gratitude rolled out from my eyes as I __________. Esther had given me $1,000.

On Christmas morning, Kristil and I gathered around our tree, and I __________ watched as she opened her Christmas gifts. I silently __________ Esther in my heart.

It has been 14 years since then, but I’ve never __________ what Esther did for us. She is now dead, but the ________   she gave during her life lives on in the hearts of many. I am lucky to be one of them.

8 . Shi lives with her family in Fuxin, a city in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province. Shi and her ________, Li, have devoted themselves to providing ________ education to their students. They encourage their students to attend after-school activities related to science, technology and innovation.

During the past dozen years, Shi has ________ her students as they have taken part in various contests. Several of Shi’s students have received ________. Given her achievements, Shi has been named the most excellent teacher.

Li has a(n) ________ impressive resume (履历). He is a professor ________ coal mining (开采) in a university. He often goes into the most ________ places in the mines while conducting scientific research. He measures data and collects samples, and then he ________ above ground to complete his analysis and calculations, and to design plans to solve the problem at hand. He ________ to his students in how to concentrate on one’s work and overcome difficulties.

Encouraging their students to ________ various contests is one of the ways Shi and her husband have tried to ________ their students. In this way, the students have obtained a sense of achievement, and their ________ has driven them to study harder.

Shi says education is like a ________ one takes in search of “treasures”. She believes it is important for teachers to discover each student’s interests and advantages, learn to ________ their interests and advantages, and encourage the student to live a ________ life he or she longs for.

9 . As an only child, Nicole Renae often felt lonely. But that all _________ when she turned ten. For her birthday, Renae’s grandmother surprised her with a lovely gray puppy named Chloe.

From the very start, the two close friends were _________.Every ounce of love Renae gave, the little dog _________ tenfold. “She was such a _________ dog, which liked to delight me by licking my face.” Renae says.

But when Renae was 14, her father got a new job that came with a _________ : He would be working from home, and the house needed to be free of any heavy sound. “Chloe was very _________, ”Renae says. “I didn’t have any _________ in the matter though I didn’t want to _________ my dog. ”

With no easier option, the family _________ Chloe to an animal __________.

In time, Renae had a child of her own. Remembering the joy that having a dog had brought her as a/an __________ , Renae wanted her daughter to __________ the same. One day she saw a post on Facebook about a senior dog that needed a new __________. The dog in the photograph looked a lot like Chloe—she was even named Chloe. __________ it was decided: She would __________ this older dog.

When she met Chloe, Renae was struck with a /an __________ feeling. “She ran up to me and started __________ my face. I just knew in my heart that it was her close friend Chloe”

Renae remembered Chloe had been micro chipped as a puppy and she had kept its ID number. She found her new Chloe also had a __________.

“Fortunately, the numbers were a __________ .”Renae says. After years of thinking she’d never see her dog again, Renae is __________ to have her back home.

10 . Oak Middle School organized a school talent show on Saturday night where Jagger, a teenager with autism(自闭症)sang “Let It Go”. Suddenly he forgot the _________. The children watching Jagger’s performance offered _________ and spontaneously(自发)started to _________ along with him.

The added support gave the 13-year-old boy enough confidence to _________ the words of the song again. Jagger ended his appearance to loud applause(鼓掌). “It was just that _________ moment when it just felt like the entire community gathered around him,” Jagger’s mother Stacey said.

What _________ Jagger was that everyone did that for him. The kids _________ around him. They showed him that he is not disabled but he is just differently _________. Olivia Klein, Jagger’s teacher recorded the _________ moment on camera. “You could see an obvious ____________ in his emotions,” Klein said. “He got really happy and he   ____________ the song.”

Jagger didn’t ____________ any of the kids in the audience because he attends a different school out of town. It made the ____________ even more special. “I just feel so ____________ to live here and for the way the kids and the community ____________ him,” his mother added.