3 . Becky Turney lost her 19-year-old son two years ago. Turney _________ her son terribly and wanted to make him part of her big day. She _________ photos of her late son in her wedding party and left a chair _________ where he would have sat had he been alive.

Turney didn’t _________ that her husband had flown in a special _________, Jacob Kilby, for their big day, and had not told her until moments before she walked down the aisle (过道)to start her new life with him.

When Turney’s son, Triston, _________ at 19, he donated his _________ to save the lives of other people in need. One of the people he _________ was a young man named Jacob Kilby, who _________ his heart.

After Triston’s heart was donated to Kilby, Turney and Kilby exchanged messages online but had never met __________ until Turney’s big day. Turney’s husband had __________ flown Kilby out to Alaska to stand in as a groomsman (伴郎), but Turney had already reserved a seat for her son.

However, when Turney arrived at the aisle, her husband stopped the __________ to introduce Kilby to her and tell her why he was there. Turney was __________ to her husband and very surprised.

Turney’s husband __________ that hiding Kilby from his wife took some effort until he introduced him as a groomsman. He joked there was no __________ eye in the room and that he got yelled at for ruining people’s make-up.

4 . I was addicted to YouTube. My ________ goes back several years. My first ________ was on the recommendation of a friend to check out Susan Boyle’s amazing singing on Britain’s Got Talent. I didn’t think much about it and got on with my life. But soon I found myself spending a lot of time staring at the screen and ________ onscreen offerings were truly endless. From one YouTuber I learned how to plant my own vegetable garden. Someone else gave wise sayings from philosophers. Down the rabbit hole I went, scrolling (滚动) for hours and hours,________other people living their lives and giving me ________ on how to live mine.

As the months rolled by, checking in every day with people who were talking to me personally became an addiction. I ________ many channels and waited ________ for new weekly offerings on gardening and the best English castles to visit. I also watched people reading poetry or painting. I found all this ________ and therapeutic (治愈的). ________ though I got irritated (激怒) by these artistic and seemingly perfect lives. I made a comparison with my own somewhat more mundane (单调的) existence.

Regardless of my growing anxiety, I continued to _________ on the YouTube icon (图标) on my phone whenever I had a spare five minutes. I ________ my life constantly with the images onscreen. However, I started to ________ the endless rules presented for good health, financial stability and mental contentment.

In a moment of clarity, I realized that I had a full and happy life myself, which ________ me perfectly although it wouldn’t win likes for perfection onscreen. I put my phone away and started paying attention to my own life, instead of watching other people live theirs. I am   ________ in the knowledge that my addiction to life onscreen has been ________ by life itself.

5 . Last year, I started the journey of being a remote product designer. The thought of a flexible (灵活的) schedule, a comfortable home office, and the escape from the _______ public transport was incredibly _______ . The first few weeks were filled with a long-lost feeling of _______ .

However, the _______ of working from home gradually set in. I had started my day with the best _______ , promising myself quick breaks and regular stretches (伸展) . But deadlines, endless emails, and virtual meetings _______ me to my computer throughout the day, leaving me little time to _______ . Gone were the short walks to a coworker’s desk and the quick lunchtime walks around the office complex. Finally, my world was _______ to the walls of my home, my steps _______ in meters only rather than kilometers.

One day, I tried ________ one of my favorite dresses and it wasn’t passing through my waist (腰) at all. Looking at myself in the mirror, I saw a ________ person carrying extra weight, rather than someone enjoying freedom. The ________ of work and personal life had left me feeling like I was a never-ending motion machine.

This incident (事件) marked the ________ of a journey of self-discovery. I made up my mind that I needed a (n) ________ not just for my waistline but for my overall well-being. It was a promise to prioritize my physical and mental health, and a promise that I could ________ control over my life and my body.

6 . Before I lived in Pakistan, I was always with my grandfather. We were never _________: I followed him wherever he went. He would never get _________ with me when I wouldn’t learn to do things. He always tried to cheer me up anytime I was in a bad _________. I thought we would always live together.

However, on the morning of June 20, 2009, when I was 5, I went to _________ grandfather, but he wouldn’t open his eyes. I was _________ thinking he was just playing a game with me, but after trying for a while, I started getting _________. When my parents arrived, they explained solemnly (重地) to me his body didn’t work anymore. Slowly, I began to understand but couldn’t face the truth. I stayed _________ in my room, not speaking to anyone.

My parents had to call a psychologist (心理医生). Sonia was very kind, showing deep _________ towards me. She said it was understandable to feel sad about death, but that didn’t mean that I _________ doing things that I used to do. Soon I started playing with my friends and talking to my family. My parents were pleased with my __________. When I told them the pain I was going through, my eyes were filled with the __________ instead of tears.

Dealing with a death of a family member is __________, so it’s hard to know what the right thing to do is. My grandfather’s death made me realize that my life must move on, and that if I __________ my feelings, it would be hard for me to overcome the pain. I’m now starting to forget the __________ details of the time that he and I spent together, but I will never forget him and the __________ he gave to me.

7 . In seventh grade, my mum suggested I join the golf league (高尔夫球联盟). _______ the fact that I had been taking golf lessons since I could walk, I had never played nine real holes of golf. And she _______ me to join a league? I was sure the woman had lost her _______ . But as always, my mother _______ . I played on the middle-school golf team in seventh grade. . . and eighth. When the summer before high school came, I was _______ to play on the high-school team.

At a time when most teenagers try to spend the smallest amount of time possible with their _______ , I was growing closer than ever to mine. That summer I _______ almost every Sunday morning on the golf course with my dad, and too many afternoons there with my mum. This incredible   _______with my parents continued during my high-school years. Mum and I _______ it to the hours we spent together on the golf course. We talked about things in the middle of a round of golf that we ________ would at home, where she is Mum and I am an annoying (烦人的) teenager. On the golf course, we’re just two people who ________ golf.

Golfing has ________ a part of me over the past years. My friends know in the summer the place to find me is on the golf course. Golf has ________ me and made me into the person I am today. And I have to ________ that all of it is thanks to my mum making me join that middle-school golf league. I guess she was ________ —as usual.

8 . “Tom, you have a hairless spot on the back of your head!”Mom’s alarmed cry hit me like a shock.

I tried to shrug (耸肩) it off. “It’ll grow back. ”I worked to sound ________.

At first, the loss was minimal. ________the spot with my fingers became the top priority every day. No new hair, smooth as an egg. Weeks later, the spot was a little larger, and there was still no_________of any hair becoming visible through the skin. I began to________, but continued to try to be cool about it.

As days went by, my hair started to fall faster and more. ________ my fingers through it, I would stare at the alarming quantity of hair in my hands, willing this to ________ happening to me.

We went to see a doctor, who diagnosed my condition as alopecia (脱发症) . He recommended an injection ( 注 射 ) to try, which would be ________ to the head skin. I underwent several costly injections over a few months, but in vain.

________, the injection began to trouble my sleep, and we finally had to stop the __. My hair still didn’t grow back.

I had to wear a wig ( 假 发 ) to school every day, worried it might slip one day and that everything would________. Though aware that I should ________the fact to my friends, I was scared, not knowing how they would handle the information. ________, hesitantly, I told them what was happening after days of struggle. To my surprise, they all thought nothing of it. This was a(n) ________ for me.

I came to realize that what had happened was not my fault, and not something I should feel________of. I am learning that being bald doesn’t change who I am, and if I don’t let it affect myself ________ , then other people are much more likely to accept me as I am, too.