2 . A winter storm dropped huge amounts of snow overnight on January 16 in western Pennsylvania. Coach Brian Delallo, who worked on a local high school football team, decided to _________ his players’ weightlifting practice. He texted his players saying, “Due to the expected severe _________ Monday’s weightlifting workout has been cancelled.   _________   an elderly or disabled neighbor and shovel (为……除雪) their driveway. Don’t accept any _________ — that’s our Monday workout.”

The players received the message and went out to work on the more than six inches of snow. They said that they removed _________ from dozens of homes. Some players texted their coach afterwards to tell him — how _________ it was. “We all feel _________ about it,” said team captain Gavin Moul. “It’s not only helping them, but it’s helping us to become a better team.”

Many of the people whom the team members _________ couldn’t believe that the players wouldn’t accept any payment. Sometimes people even _________ their help because they wouldn’t take money for it.

__________, it was not the first time for the team to have shoveling workout. It was started by a coach more than two decades ago. It was one of the many __________ the team kept.

“It’s about __________,” the coach said. “It is an inspiring way for us to interact with our community and show that it __________. Shoveling snow is just one of those opportunities to show appreciation to the community that supports us.” The team got a workout and gave __________ to the community by doing these acts of kindness at the same time. It was a __________ for all.

3 . On March 18, 2018, I was alone at home in San José, Costa Rica, drinking a cup of tea, ________ that my life was about to change. I received an e-mail ________ with the subject “scholarship selection result”.

My heartbeat quickened as I read through it, and I was mad with joy: I had been chosen to receive a(n) ________ scholarship for a master’s degree in conducting at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Finally, I would be able to gain a deeper understanding of the ancient tales of dragons and the old legends of China, which had always ________ me.

Five months later, I arrived in Shanghai, ________ an entirely new world. At the airport, two of my Costa Rican friends were waiting for me and accompanied me to the ________ at Lingling Road.

I remember clearly when I approached dorm building No 3, I was ________ by the sweet melody of a dizi(Chinese flute), which was totally different from all that I used to hear in my ________.

In Costa Rica, I learned the conducting technique well. ________, it was my professor, Cao Tongyi at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music, who ________ me in promoting my skills. His teachings ________ not only careful attention to detail but also the art of letting the music flow as gracefully as T’ai Chi.

In my opinion, that’s the ________ of life in China. You can see it on every ________ when you notice how the traffic flows or on the way people walk to the subway, and even on how the delivery system works throughout China. ________, music can surpass the boundary of notation (符号) and paper, ________ from the musician to the audience, enriching the world one note at a time.

4 . If someone were to ask me who the most influential person in my life was, I’d most likely tell him or her that it’s my brother, Chris. My brother is one of the most _________ people in my life. I may not always act like it, but I _________ him and respect him. It’s hard to think of everything he’s done for me and not _________ him. There’s the basic _________ that most older brothers do. You know, baby-sit you, _________ you with your homework, and let you use their stuff. But my brother did a lot more for me. He was the one who taught me how to read and how to tie my shoes. He taught me how to hold my _________ underwater.

He even taught me how not to touch his things. He also did other typical big brother stuff. Like shut me in the closet (储藏室), play tricks on me, “forbid (禁止)” me to _________ his stuff. But for each “mean” thing he did to me, he did about five _________ things. One nice thing he did was that he always let me hang around with him and his friends. Because of that I actually have two brothers instead of one. My other “brother” is Chris’s best friend, Corey. They spent a lot of time together when they were younger, and since Chris was nice, I _________ got to do stuff with them. Since Corey was as much my brother as Chris was, of course they both pulled little __________ on me. But I must admit a lot of the tricks __________ because I was a slightly gullible (易受骗的) child. One that __________ comes to mind is when Chris and Corey __________ to convince me that they were being sucked (吸入) into the ground.

I was so __________ that I went inside and told Mum that they were, being sucked down. As I said, I was a slightly gullible child. Yes. We had some __________ times.

7 . Sheela’s 93-year-old grandpa suffers from Alzheimer’s and has lost his memory. He’s unable to _________ her name and her relationship with him and constantly asks the same _________ questions.

But the music provides a(n) _________ for the two—a shared moment of pleasure. Though Sheela demonstrates rare musical skills, yet she didn’t expect music had such great magic as to _________ Grandpa with severe Alzheimer’s disease.

That afternoon, Sheela was asked to _________ Grandpa owing to her mother’s absence. But absolutely _________ by Grandpa, Sheela felt bored. Pacing _________, she saw a piano in a corner that remained _________ for years. Sheela opened it and began to play a piece by Chopin. Attracted by the fantastic music, Grandpa got out of his bedroom and slowly _________ the piano, his eyes shining brilliantly and a pleased smile climbing from his mouth. He seemed to be completely absorbed in the beautiful __________.

After she finished, Grandpa even gave her the __________ up on her performance. Sheel a was moved to tears by Grandpa’s __________. Grandpa then made his way to his armchair, closed his eyes in peace and fell asleep soon. The moment was all too brief but quite __________.

Sheela shared the experience online and urged people to __________ the present: “Make space for love and treasure the present moment with your loved ones.” Now Sheela has her eye on what does __________ !

8 . As my husband and I saw someone publicizing the benefits of spending time outdoors, we were lost in thought. Noticing my daughter had _________ a little homebody, we knew we had to _________ sport into our routine. We were determined to make skiing a family activity. But we needed our daughter’s _________.

When we persuaded my daughter to join us, we _________, two days at an all-inclusive family ski resort aiming to minimize the _________ of skiing with kids and maximize the fun that came on the slopes.

“Well done! You’ve arrived as scheduled,” said our ski instructor as we reached the resort. It was _________ nine degrees. It was freezing, but we got ready soon. I could _________ recognize my daughter because her face was wrapped in thick clothes like the others.

The resort took account of almost all the trouble we might have in skiing. Of the fifty-three runs, eight were greens labeled with _________reading. “Route For Beginners”. However, when our instructor _________ us to ski，our hopes of being a __________skiing family were dashed (使破灭). “Ahh!” escaped our lips. She was __________ and said, “Sorry, I thought you were ready.” Then she went on to lead us down a gentler way. We still __________ many times. Everyone slid down the slope, but not without falls.

While the experience frightened us, it also __________ our dinnertime conversation. My daughter told us, “Although I had a hard time skiing, there is no __________ of happiness” I responded, “Your father and I enjoyed ourselves, too.” The next day, we __________ there as beginner skiers, but we believed we would be certainly expert skiers.

10 . It’s been nearly seven years since a group of volunteers from a nonprofit organization What Cheer Flower Farm broke ground at a flower farm in Providence, Rhode Island. They only have one simple _________: to get flowers into the hands of anyone _________ a pick-me-up. Best of all, each one of the tens of thousands of flowers that What Cheer Flower Farm grows and _________ are completely free of charge. “We want to _________ the state with flowers and create happiness and joy,” says Erin Achenbach, What Cheer Flower Farm’s head florist.

What Cheer Flower Farm _________ brings blooming joy to people at local hospitals, food banks, senior centers, recovery centers and more—including AIDS Care Ocean State. “Seeing the _________ on people’s faces who weren’t _________ it—they just came in to inquire about the programs—is pleasant,” says Stephen Hogan Jr. from AIDS Care Ocean State.

Located in Providence’s rusted (锈迹斑斑的)_________ Olneyville neighborhood, What Cheer Flower Farm’s flower beds lie on 2.7 acres that once _________ a knife factory. In May, the organization was __________ a record-high $500,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency for its continued revitalization (振兴) of a brownfield site, a __________ land because of industrial pollution.

“Not only do we revive this space, which was quite literally __________,” says Achenbach, “but also this is an eco-landing spot with the ability to __________ local insects and birds. That’ll have a win-win outcome:__________ people’s lives and supporting the local ecosystem.” What cheer, indeed! “What’s good about flowers is that they don’t need anything else. People’s only job is to __________ them when someone gives them flowers.”