3 . As French author Andre Maurois once said, “Without a family, man, alone in the world, shakes with the cold.” Indeed, families who give us love and________are an important part of our lives. But even in a loving family, ________can’t be avoided.

One day, I was doing my homework and my sister ________. Busy with homework, I didn’t talk to her and just kept working. But when I took a ________, I turned my head to the place where my sister was sitting. ________, I found my notebook had a lot of messy drawings on it.

At that time, I was full of________ and shouted at my sister, “You are really a ________and I hate you.” Hearing the words, my sister ________out crying and tried to explain her behavior. But I ________ since I didn’t want to hear a word from her. The ________ afterward lasted for a long time between us. To________the problem, my father brought me to the living room and asked: “Have you noticed what the drawing is on your notebook?”

I shook my head. Then, under the________ of my father, I looked at it carefully, it ________，“Happy birthday.” At that moment, I knew how ________I was. Though drawing on my notebook wasn’t right, my sister’s love and ________were sincere (真诚的). Feeling ashamed, I said sorry to her. Instead of staying angry, she smiled back at me.

5 . A crowd cheered Kunle Adeyanju as he turned off his motorbike engine after completing a tiring 41-day trip. The 44-year-old left London on April 19 and arrived in Nigeria’s commercial center Lagos on Sunday after travelling more than 8,000 _________ across 13 countries. He started the impressive journey to _________ funds for Rotary International to deal with polio(小儿麻痹症)in his native Nigeria.

Accompanied by a dozen _________ for the last part of the journey from the Republic of Benin, Adeyanju was welcomed by supporters in Ike ja, in central Lagos. Adeyanju, called “Lion Heart” by fans, won _________ among the public by _________ daily pictures with comments about his journey on social media. At every stop along the way, he was _________ by enthusiastic supporters.

He did face some _________ , like the one in Mali where one of his wheels _________ . “I was standing in the middle of the night, alone in a bush, not knowing what to do, _________ speaking the language,” he said, explaining he had to walk to the nearest village. “ __________ , the locals helped me.” Not all of the challenges he faced were solved __________ . “Mauritania, a country in northwest Africa, was ‘terrible’,” he said, after he got __________ of hundreds of euros. “The worst experience,” he added.

The former Shell employee self-funded his trip with $ 20,400 in savings, hoping to collect up to $48 million for Rotary International. “I have been suffering from a lack of sleep lately __________ I slept only three to four hours per night. But I feel __________ because I finished this challenge.”Adeyanju said just after he arrived, wiping the sweat off his face. Adeyanju added that he is now planning to have a __________ cycling trip to Ghana or a bike ride to Israel to help raise more funds. And he has another dream: to climb Mount Qomolangma.

6 . A few years ago, I spared a couple of hours from busy academic learning to work in a video store on a daily basis. An elderly woman walked into the store with a younger woman who I _________ was her daughter. The daughter was displaying a serious case of _________, checking her watch every few seconds. The older woman began to _________ the DVDs on the nearest shelf. After _________ hesitation, I walked over and asked if I could help. The woman smiled and showed me a title on a crumpled (皱巴巴的) piece of paper. Obviously a person looking for it knew a little about _________.

Rather than rushing off to _________ the DVD for the woman, I asked her to walk with me so I could show her where she could find it. Something about her deliberate movements _________ me of my own mother, who had passed away the previous Christmas. The woman seemed _________ for the unrushed company and casual conversation. We found the movie, and I _________ her to the queue at the cash register. When the older woman was paying in cash, I walked over to the younger, who was still tapping her foot at the front of the store.

“Is that your mom?” She rolled her eyes and said, “Yeah.” There was__________ in her reply, half sigh and half complaint. Still watching the mother, I said, “__________ some advice?” “Sure,” said the daughter. I smiled to show her I wasn’t __________. I answered her __________ expression by saying, “When she’s gone, it’s the little __________ that’ll come back to you. Moments like this. I know.” Silent for a moment, the daughter placed her arm with __________unaccustomed affection around her mother’s shoulders, gently guiding her out of the store.

8 . A few years ago, Andy Davis and his wife decided to ride their bikes across the country. They spent months ________ and planning for their adventure.

But one day just a few months before they were going to ________, Davis felt an intense pain across his ________. He was soon diagnosed with heart failure, a serious condition in which the heart can no longer ________ blood efficiently. “It was ________ because I was so fit, and just a couple months later I could hardly ________,” he said.

His doctors told him that the only way he’d ________ was with a new heart. By November, Davis was placed on a heart transplant list—a/an________ that can take months, if not years. “You don’t know if you’re going to get a heart,” he said. “You ________ hope.”

But Davis’ condition quickly worsened, and for 11 days, he was kept ________ with a balloon pump placed inside his heart. On the 12th day, Davis was ________ learn that a new heart was on its way. It would come from a wife and mother named Sarah Ivy.

Today, Davis marvels that he is still alive. And he is filled with ________ for Ivy and her family, who gave him the gift of life in a time of ________.

Davis and his wife are now considering ________ that cross-country bicycle trip. And on the way, they plan to meet Ivy’s family for the first time, to thank them ________.

9 . One day, Jack and his father went out to hunt in the wilderness. The unbelievable happened while he was checking the________he put in place. It caught something________than he expected, a huge wolf !

Jack was in a________situation. He did not want to leave the wolf on its own. The animal could die from bleeding. The wolf howled (怒号) and Jack felt nearly as________and terrified as the wolf itself ! He needed to reach a(n)________.

Jack began to take action. He carried a wooden board and________for the wolf.________, the board could________the wolf if it attacked. His father was there with a gun________the wolf decided to attack. They prepared themselves for all________.

There was a helpful hole on the board. Their plan was to put that over the paw (爪子) of the wolf. Jack then operated the board and then lowered it over its paw. The hole fitted perfectly over the paw. The wolf was________and ready to attack. Would it________that Jack was trying to help?

With only the board________them, Jack used his free hand and________the trap. Finally, he managed to free the wolf's paw! The wolf stayed for a moment and then walked away.

What a________!

10 . She is over a hundred years old, but she hasn’t let that stop her from working. At the age of 102, Romay Davis ______ drives herself to the grocery store each day for ______.

Now, during Black History Month, Davis is honored for her ______ with a grant (拨款) named after her. Through the Romay Davis Grant Program, charities will receive ______ in the fight for racial equality and social ______. Davis is ______ of he grant in her name as she is a pioneer herself. She served in the first all-black Women’s Army ______ overseas during World WarⅡ. Then after the war, she started her ______ in fashion as a designer in New York for 30 years. Throughout her life, she’s also ______ other milestones including a master’s degree, a black belt in Taekwondo (跆拳道) and more.

She ______ for the first time in 1982. After her husband died in 2001, she ______ to go back to work and was ______ by a grocery store in 2001. In 2019, Romay ______ her birthday. “As for Romay, we are all moved by her life-long ______ and strong work ethic (职业道德), which ______ others to be their best,” said her boss.