2 . Last Sunday,Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City.A number of ________ had been set up for the homeless in the area.

My husband was not available to________ our two sons, so I took 9-year-old Tony and 5-year-old Toby with me.Many of the people we________ had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes. My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their________ ideas about how people lived in the world.

“Why don’t they buy food________ us?” “Why don’t they have homes?”....

We talked about the________ why people ended up in that type of situation. And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them, “Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources (资源),” I________.

I was________ that my boys would make too much noise. But to my________, the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them. Many said how fun it was to have________ children around.

After diner, I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men. He was________ them talk about sports. To be honest, I had________ realized that he was such a good listener. ________ some people returned to their tents, I heard Tony say to them,” Thanks so much for having dinner with us.“I could see that his simple words had________ them greatly. I hugged him a little tighter (更紧的) because what he said had touched me, too. It was a great reminder that treating people with ________ can lift all of us up.

3 . It was a cold, sunny December day when I set out for a run in Moab, Utah, with my dog, Taz.

About an hour into my ________ along a remote canyon (峡谷) trail, I hit a patch of black ice (透明薄冰) and then ________ 60 feet into the canyon. I wasn’t paralyzed, but I was in great ________. Taz had managed to ________ his way back to me, so there must be a way out of the canyon, but I couldn’t ________ or even crawl.

I shouted for help and was intent on ________ myself to the bottom of the canyon. Every inch was an effort. It ________ me five hours to go a quarter of a mile. ________, it got so dark that I had to stay where I was for the night, next to a puddle (水坑) of water. At night the temperature dropped below ________. Taz stayed with me, ________ some warmth.The next morning, I couldn’t move at all. I tried to stay ________. The second night in the canyon seemed even ________ and colder. The puddle turned to ice, and I had to ________ it to get water.

On the third day, I felt myself growing weaker. I was coming to terms with the fact that I might ________. In a last ________ , I called Taz over and told him to go and get help. Taz took off through the canyon and I lay there thinking about my family and friends. There was more that I wanted from life.

Taz returned, ________ . Then I heard an engine in the distance. I cried with joy. It ________ that Taz had found a search and ________ team. I was airlifted to the hospital, where doctors found I had lost almost half the ________ in my body. If the rescue team had arrived later, I wouldn’t have ________ it. I was grateful to my faithful friend -Taz.

5 . 9-year-old Essence was peacefully eating lunch. _______ , she saw another student needed help. She did not hesitate to spring into _______ .

“When she was about to swallow her food, she _______ . Seeing the urgency, I went to help her, ” Essence told Good Morning America. Essence said she felt a bit _______ at first, but then she took deep breaths to help herself _______ . Teacher Samantha Bradshaw was also present when the _______ happened and she was very surprised to see a fourth-grader _______ in such a way.

Essence shared she once _______ how to carry out the Heimlich Maneuver from a YouTube video a few years ago. It’s fair to say her memory _______ her as she performed the life-saving ________ for the very first time! The student was saved.

The school community ________ Essence’s efforts. The afterschool program she participates in ________ an “Essie Day” by hosting a breakfast for her to show their ________ . The program, called “Girls Thrive”, is designed to show how young girls can make a ________ .

Despite all the ________ the brave student is receiving, Essence has remained ________ . “I told her how ________ we were of her, she said, ‘I’m just a kid.’ She does feel like a kid even though she did do something ________,” said Samantha. Essence said she hopes she doesn’t have to ________ the Heimlich Maneuver again. More than anything, she is ________ her classmate is OK.

8 . With evolving technology comes no surprise that our life is becoming increasingly dependent on digital devices. ________ doubt such devices have enriched and ________ our life.

The ________ of technology are all around us. Our cars and cell phones have navigation systems to ensure that we don’t get ________. Our cell phones have evolved into a(n) ________ world.

With faster ________ connections the only limit to what technology can do is our own ________. It’s 11 p.m. and your 14-year-old ________ hasn’t been home. Did she get kidnapped? Hit by a car? ________? Thanks to technology you can give her a call.

You might think, “She could be ________! What if she is with that no good boy?’ Thankfully, technology has your back and you can use the GPS tracker to ________ her.

It all sounds great, but every ________ has two sides. It seems like the daily news is reporting network ________. People have their virtual accounts ________ and have their information ________ or computer systems disabled.

What if your daughter dated with someone she met ________? Someone she thought was 14 years old like her, but factually was a 50-year-old predator? Thankfully, you can ________ her phone, and put an end to it ________ anything bad could happen.

To ________ my essay, is technology good or bad? It’s kind of like a hammer. You can use the hammer to build things or to harm others. It’s up to us to use it for legal or ________.

9 . What started as a sweet gesture on a 32nd birthday has grown into a beloved family tradition for one Midwest family. At the age of 8, Kim Carey made her dad, Ray Ronchetti, a crown(王冠)for his 32nd birthday with the help of her little sister Gina Chandler. Since then, the sisters have_________it and it has been a tradition. Every year, they have such a birthday_________for their dad at home.

“We_________it’s silly, but our dad and our children, who have never seen their_________eat his birthday dinner without a crown, would be_________if we stopped,” says Carey. “It makes Dad so happy. He_________the surprise of seeing it every year.”

Despite their growing families, the sisters still_________the birthday crown themselves, planning about one month _________every year. Each crown over the course of the past few decades has had a different_________.

“One year, we____________to make words with chocolate on the crown,” Carey recalls, “so it kept falling because it was so____________.Every year, we’d like to think up a theme for his birthday crown.”

When a serious disease kept the____________apart, Carey couldn’t go into her dad’s house. She had to leave the crown on her dad’s____________and had a celebration by the Internet. “But with family get-togethers back and my dad____________and in good health, I think we’ll be doing this____________,” said Carey.

10 . Respecting teachers has always been a tradition in China. Yang Shi was a philosopher( 哲学家) in the Northern Song Dynasty. One day, he and his_________ had different opinions on a question. To get a_________ answer, he went to visit Cheng Yi, the famous philosopher. At Cheng’s house, _________, the guarding kid told him that Mr. Cheng was meditating(冥想) in his room and asked him to go back. Yang _________ to leave, so the_________ boy left him alone and went in.

After a while, it began to snow_________. The little boy came out again and reminded Yang that Mr. Cheng might spend the whole afternoon_________. He invited Yang to_________ himself in the house to avoid the wind and snow. But Yang kept standing in the snow and waiting_________ in order that he could ask Cheng’s __________ on the question.

As soon as Cheng__________ meditating, the boy reported that Yang was waiting outside. When__________ this, Cheng came out to see Yang. When the door was opened, everyone was__________. The snow was more than a foot deep, but Yang stood still, __________ moving his feet. “__________ man, why are you so silly? You could have come again someday!” Cheng took Yang to the room at once.

“As a student…if I want to learn from the teacher…I should…of course…__________ wait outside…” said Yang, shaking with cold.

Cheng was very__________ and accepted Yang as his student because of__________ politeness and effort to learn. He taught Yang all his philosophical thoughts. That made a big__________ to Yang’s life. Later, Yang really learned a lot and made great__________ to his country.