1 . The parents who adopted (收养) Bruce Hollywood encouraged him to find his Japanese birth mother. But he never became_______until he had a heart attack (心脏病发作), when he realized that he regretted never_______with his birth mother.

No sooner had he recovered than he began_______his birth mother. He called the Japanese Embassy (大使馆) , but there was no_______ information, which made him really unhappy. Luckily, he met an army man on the plane _______. They had a casual _______. When Bruce mentioned his _______search, the man _______Bruce to give him all the information he had _______ and told him he would help him.________Bruce had a low expectation, he followed what the man said. Ten days later, he got an unexpected call.

The spokesperson said, “Bruce, we’re happy to tell you that we have found your mother. Because she doesn’t speak English, you’d better find a ________.” Finally, Bruce got to communicate with his birth mother, who was crying with ________. He learned that it was she who had given him the name Bruce. And he later ________ the restaurant his birth mother had owned for decades in Shizuoka, Japan and found out she had named it “Bruce”．

Bruce couldn’t ________ the moving words he heard when seeing his birth mother for the first time in 45 years. He learned that love could always stand the test of ________and distance.

2 . I had an interesting childhood, filled with surprise and delight, all because of my mother — loving, sweet, yet absent-minded and ________. One strange family trip we took when I was eleven tells a lot about her. My two sets of grandparents lived in Colorado and North Dakota, and my parents decided to spend a few weeks ________ to those states and seeing all the sights along the way. As the first day of our trip ________, David, my eight-year-old brother, and I ________ said good-bye to all of our friends. Who knew if we’d ever see them again? Finally, the moment of our departure (启程) arrived, and we ________ our luggage into the car and bravely drove off. We bravely drove off again two hours later after we’d returned to get the purse and traveler’s checks Mom had________at home.

David and I were always a little ________ when using gas station bathroom if Mom was driving while Dad slept: “You stand outside the door and play lookout (放哨) while I go, and while you go, I will do the ________.” We reminded each other. I had terrible ________ in my mind: “Honey, where are the kids?” “What?! Oh, Gosh...I thought they were just being awfully ________.” My brother and I were never actually left ________ in a strange city, but we weren’t about to take any chance.

We drove through several states and saw lots of great ________ along the way. But what made this trip never fade away (逐渐消失) from our memories were those ________ troubles. As my dad ________ it, adaptation and tolerance were what a trip was really about, which means, whatever you come across, don’t forget to laugh and then ________ it.