2 . On a sunny Saturday morning, I went to see my grandma at her cottage. As I _________ her house, the smell of freshly _________ cookies blew through the air, _________ my heart. “Good morning, grandma!” I said as I entered the kitchen. She smiled, “Good morning, dear! I’m baking your favorite chocolate chip cookies.”

We spent the morning together, baking and chatting about everything in the sun. Grandma _________ stories of her childhood, painting _________ pictures of a time long past. I listened attentively, surprised at how different yet fantastic her _________ were. After baking, we decided to _________ her garden. The garden was a burst of colors, with flowers of every wow. Grandma showed me how to plant seeds and water the plants _________. “Gardening requires patience and love,” she _________, her hands expertly moving through the soil. As the day wore on, we sat under the shade of a large __________, enjoying the fruits of our __________. The cookies tasted even better with stories and laughter shared between us. It was __________ like these that I valued the most.

As the sun began to __________, painting the sky in shades of orange and pink, I __________ how precious these simple moments with grandma were. They were not just __________ in baking or gardening, but lessons in life, reminding me of the beauty of simple joys and the importance of family.

3 . When I started my Ph. D., I knew my work was producing much waste, but I took it for granted. That all _______ one day when I saw plastic waste piled against the wall.

I went to my adviser and decided to create 3D-printed lab _______ out of our waste. But the project didn’t go smoothly. After months of _______, I felt worried about my dream.

It was a relief when my colleagues were _______ to join us. We created a group devoted to _______ other greener ways. We began meeting every month to discuss some _______. We introduced new recycling bins to each lab after learning that some waste could be recycled if it was sorted _______. And we also tracked the energy consumption of lab equipment. By doing these, we could create _______ on how to use each device.

Our most energy-hungry devices were the ultra-low-temperature freezers, each of which consumed more energy than a typical household. So, we started an institutewide (全院的) freezer _______, asking labs to remove samples that were not ________ anymore and combine what remained in fewer freezers. Through those efforts, we managed to turn off several freezers. We also ________ the temperature of several freezers after realizing some samples didn’t have to be stored so ________.

I’m still disappointed that I couldn’t ________ my 3D-printing dream, and I’m determined enough to keep trying. I’ve also learned that if one ________ isn’t working, sometimes it’s best to take a step back and look for other solutions. I’m ________ that with my colleagues’ help, we were able to do that.

4 . Once there was a boy named Jack who lived with his family on a farm. They had a beautiful dog Buddy who would go down to the _________ for hours every day in the spring and summer with the boy to practice retrieving (衔回) various items. The boy wanted to prepare his dog for any possibilities that may come up during duck season because he wanted his dog to be the best _________ dog in the whole county.

Jack held a deep _________ for hunting, particularly during the eagerly expected duck season. Determined to _________ Buddy into the finest hunting companion in the region, Jack devoted himself to strict training sessions.

As autumn blanketed the landscape, signaling the _________ of duck season, Jack and Buddy eagerly went to their favorite spot by the pond. With expectation in the air, Jack _________ awaited the first flock of ducks. With _________ aim, Jack successfully brought down a duck with his trusty rifle (步枪). To his much _________, Buddy showed an extraordinary skill — gliding (滑翔) effortlessly across the water’s surface to fetch the fallen duck.

Keen to _________ this remarkable sight, Jack invited his neighbor, Mr. Thompson, to __________ Buddy’s incredible talent the following morning. However, Mr. Thompson’s response was __________. Instead of wondering at Buddy’s astonishing __________, he focused on Buddy’s lack of swimming skills.

Even though Mr. Thompson __________, Jack stayed determined. This experience taught him a valuable lesson about determination. It __________ him to keep a positive attitude during __________ times. This showed that true success comes from self-belief and pushing through challenges.

5 . In a heartwarming turn of events, a two-year-old girl who had gone lost in Newberry County was found safe and sound after a careful search. The young child had last been _________ at about 3:00 pm, lying beside her mother, but was reported _________ later in the day.

What followed was a remarkable chain of events that led to her safe _________.

Around 6:00 pm, the situation took a hopeful turn when a deer _________ in the area heard the cries of the lost child. _________ quickly, the hunter _________ an emergency call to the Newberry County 911, reporting the child’s _________.

Newberry County 911 operators sprang into action, _________ advanced mapping technology to _________ locate the coordinates (坐标) provided by the hunter. This __________ information was then immediately sent to a South Carolina Law Enforcement Division (SLED) helicopter and the county’s devoted first responders, who were already on their way.

With the location data __________, a search team was quickly sent to the __________ area, situated nearly a mile away from the child’s home. The hunter and the two-year-old were found, safe and __________, in the dense forest. The __________ of these responders finally led to a heartwarming __________.

6 . I once wrote to my Future Self. The _________ text is as follows: here I am, a senior in college and about to graduate. I cannot help but _________ what the future “you” has in store for us. The endless unanswered _________ of where will I be in ten years, will I have my _________ job, living in the sweet south, _________, with three kids?

And then I think: does any of it _________ where I am or what I am doing if I am not happy? I desire to do big things, to make my parents proud, and to make something great of myself, but it all _________ nothing without happiness. So I ask you, my Future Me: be _________. Think about yourself more often than you’d like to. Do something different every day, get lost in the moment and take it all in because today only happens _________ and if you don’t __________ it and take advantage of every __________ that comes our way, my friend, it will be __________.

Do you remember when we were wishing our life away in high school? We couldn’t wait to go to college, to grow up and be an adult. But now we are wishing time would __________ because these last four years have flown by. __________ my advice to you, right now, for today, tomorrow, and every day in between is that please don’t wish any more of our time away or wish that you had done anything different. The only __________ is to just do it! You may never get that chance again.

7 . In 2014, Trieste Belmont was struggling with hardships. She had just gone through something _________. Her grandmother recently passed away. It felt like nothing was going right. Around that time, Belmont was teaching a dance class. She didn’t have a driver’s license and depended on friends and family to _________ her rides to and from work. But one day, her ride didn’t _________.

“I waited for about an hour and they never came. So, I decided to just _________ home,” Belmont said. The way that she took home _________ a high bridge. When she got there, she decided to stop walking. “I was just having one of the worst days of my life. And I was looking down at the _________, just feeling so _________ and like such a burden (负担) to everyone in my life,” Belmont remembered. But right at that moment, a person in a car behind her shouted, “Don’t jump!”

“The _________ just changed everything for me,” she said. “Having a _________ care about me in my hard time brought warm feelings to my heart and it __________ my life.” Soon after that experience, Belmont decided to __________ support. With the help of her family and friends, her mental (精神的) health has since __________ improved. And that moment still remains in her life, __________ her to move in a whole new direction.

“Something that I __________ is that even if something’s not a __________ moment in your life, just the small gesture (举动) that you can make for other people really makes a difference,” Belmont said.

9 . It is well known that we Sherpa (夏尔巴人) are regarded as the backbone for climbing above 8000 meters. But ________, there were no Sherpa on the list of 8000-meter Winter First Ascents (攀登), which made me as a Sherpa feel ________. I attempted to climb K2, the second highest mountain in the world last winter, but ________. Yet I still wanted to see our flag put on its ________, which had long been my dream.

This year, I made all the arrangements and teamed with three other Sherpa. I trusted them because they were strong, ________ and most importantly they were thinking like me — national ________ first. When we started on Nov. 21, we ________ that we could succeed in reaching the top within three weeks if the weather remained ________. But later, when we were closer to Camp Four, my left foot was getting frozen, so I was worried I could put my teammates in danger ________ I continued. They comforted me and advised me to ________ it by kicking the ice, which ________ worked before we set out again. One of my teammates, Tenzi, was ________ the way and fixing lines all the way. We were climbing behind him carrying ropes and other stuff. We all knew it was ________ that could make all of us hold on straight to the end.

December 17 finally! At 4:43 pm, we joined shoulder to shoulder to the summit but not arriving ________. It didn’t ________ which one of us got the first, but we did it for the significant meaning. When we unite, nothing is impossible.

10 . Science isn’t only a way to learn about the world, but it can be a way to make the world a better place. The desire to help others drove Kamisi to use science to boost the_______of people in her communities.

Kamisi, aged 17, aimed to improve_______for sickle cell disease (镰状细胞贫血病). This disease_______red blood cells to sickle, which makes it hard for those cells to_______oxygen throughout the body. Natural chemicals called flavonoids (类黄酮) were known to_______this slicking. By changing the chemical structure, she was able to boost their anti-sicking_______,

Her family is Nigerian and this disease mainly_______people of Western African origin. One day she was on a walk with her mother, and they were talking about a friend who was _______battling this disease. And her mother was telling her about the people who had it. She was_______ about them. When Kamisi had the opportunity to do research at school, the young girl immediately________that it was time for her to study this disease.

The hardest part was that she had no________ experience with science projects like this. She had the________to continue trying different things when they weren’t working, “I think the most important thing is to hold the ________that I’m capable of doing many things.I had to believe that my work is worth something and________.” Kamisi says.

Now, Kamisi is also tying changing flavonoid from vegetables. She hopes to________the powers of her chemicals over longer periods of time.