2 . I used to be worried about what I should buy my dad for Father’s Day. I’d _________ countless stores for something that my dad would like. But I never had _________. That was years ago when I was _________ and thought every holiday was about _________.

Those years it was usually months after Father’s Day that my dad _________ a gift because he always told me he never “_________” anything. So I stopped getting him things and, _________, started taking him out to movies, to restaurants or to shows, which brought him much laughter.

We should _________ spending time with our fathers doing something they’ll _________. If he is fond of fishing, go fishing with him. Anything you can do to spend time with your father is better than anything you can __________ in a box and put a bow on, unless of course, you put yourself in a box, pop out and hand him tickets to a show or a game.

If, however, your mind is still set on getting a(n) __________ gift as well, then replace that thing that needs to be __________. That’s probably what I’m going to do next year for my father. Sorry, Dad, but this really will be the last summer your lawn mower can __________. If your dad is anything like mine, he’ll __________ until whatever needs to be replaced is __________ broken. And by that I mean it’s there-is-no-possible-way-it-can-be-fixed broken. So __________ it for him.

Many people may no longer have a(n) __________ with their dad. So for those who are lucky like me, it’s a __________ to take our dads for granted. The times we can laugh sure __________ the times we can’t. Now, do something with your dad to make him happy. __________ the materialistic gifts. Bring on the laughs.

5 . I’ve always been very sporty, even when pregnant with my four children. But when my third child George was born, everything _______. As a very _______ baby, he was always on the go and never slept. I still kept _______, but when he turned two, he started to have some _______ problems. One night we took him to hospital, and within 12 hours we were told he had _______ cancer of the white blood cells. It was his third birthday.

Our lives _______. We were taken by ambulance to Birmingham hospital and my husband Rich and I _______ to spend three days with him and three days with our kids at home. After about a month, Rich _______ me my running shoes. I looked at them, _______ He said: “George is ________, he’s with a nurse. I think you need to go for a run.” I remember putting them on and ________   as I ran on the road, as fast as I could for 25 minutes, which was such a(n) ________.

When George was on the road to ________, I needed to re-find my identity and earn some money. I couldn’t ________full-time as he was always going to need a lot of ________, so I decided to become a personal trainer. We built a ________ in the garden and now I train groups of women running there.

I also ________ in obstacle course races (OCR) and won the Spartan world champion. The thing that ________ me is the memory of George at rock bottom; I want all my kids to see that you can never ________. You just need motivation and passion. Just like my’ story-when George had cancer, exercise helped me cope with the difficulty and gave me a new ________.

7 . To become the Olympic champion in the individual (个人) all-around event, Gabby Douglas had to leave everything she _________ best. She had to _______   her bedroom in Virginia. She had to say _________ to her two dogs and to the beach, where she loved to _________ waves on her board. But it was _________ to take the leap (飞跃), however _________ it would be. Even at 14, Douglas knew that. So she _________ about 1,200 miles away from home, to _________ with a coach from China. She lived with a family she had never _________ and everything was new to her.

As it turned out, Douglas did __________ what she needed to do to become Olympic champion when she __________two Russians. The Chinese coach __________ Douglas into one of the best gymnasts in the __________, helping her skyrocket from an __________ member of the national team to the top of the sport. By __________ the Olympic all-around title, she became the first black woman to do so. She __________ the competition from beginning to end. She said she had felt __________ all along that she would win.

Not so long ago, Martha Karolyl the coordinator (联络人) of the women’s national team, did not think Douglas had what it __________ to be an Olympian. As time went by, she thought __________ that she could make the London Games — and win.

“I’m going to inspire so many people,” she said. “I’m ready to __________.” And shine she did.

8 . Joey isn’t your typical guard pet—unless you try to break into his house.

Adam found a baby _________ in his yard. He decided to _________ him in and named him Joey. In just a few months, he _________ a family member. “He’d let anybody _________ him.” says Adam. “Right up until the kid broke in.”

That was the day when Adam came home to obvious signs of _________. Strange, snowy footprints tracked around the _________. His _________ was scratched up（刮擦）. A few items of value were _________. He alerted the police about the break-in, and officer Ashley came to the house to make a _________ .

“Joey had run in the bedroom... and kind of __________ her,” says Adam.

Ashley asked if Joey bites. Not usually, Adam explained, but he is, after all, a __________ animal. You never know.

__________ later, Ashley returned with a remarkable story: She’d __________ a suspect, based in part on the cuts all over his hands.

She asked him, ‘Did you get that __________ a squirrel?” and he says, “Yeah, it kept __________ me and wouldn’t stop until I left,” says Adam.

“The attack __________ him, obviously, because he wasn’t __________ to have a squirrel come flying out of nowhere at him,” says Ashley. “So basically he said he took what he could and __________ as fast as he could.”

In a couple of hours, Adam’s family got their __________ back, and Joey got his favorite   __________; nuts.

9 . Elephants are the largest existing land mammals on the Earth; and as a _________, they require large areas of land in order to _________. As human populations have grown around the world, elephant populations have significantly fallen due to _________ habitat loss. In an effort to draw attention to the animal’s _______, Elephant Family and The Real Elephant Collective have worked together to _________ Co-Existence — an environmental art exhibition of 100 life-sized lantana elephant _________.

The Co-Existence elephants started their long journey in India, where they were made by _________ communities in the jungles of Tamil Nadu: These handmade sculptures’ were amazing. In June 2021, a total of eight separate herds were _________ to the public in London. The _________ of the exhibition was to highlight the effects of humans ____________ wild spaces. ____________ the elephant sculptures were meant to be admired, they also ____________ a message: we should change the way we live by existing in ____________ with the wildlife and nature.

“We should value our ____________ with nature and celebrate all life forms around us by sharing space,” says Dr. Tarsh Thekaekara of The Real Elephant Collective.

Funds ____________ by the Co-Existence movement were given to grassroots ____________ throughout India. These organizations tried to allow people and wildlife to coexist ____________. Some of their measures include ____________ local knowledge about wildlife, creating technological solutions to keep both animals and people safe in ____________ spaces, easing the effect of roads and railway lines to make sure wildlife can ____________ get across.

10 . Several years ago, Kristi Callaway found out that her husband’s kidney (肾) was becoming weak. However, instead of waiting for a _________ kidney donor (捐献者) for her husband, Kristi took matters into her own hands. She took a photo of her family, with her older daughter _________ a sign that said “Our Daddy needs a kidney!” Kristi created a Facebook page to _________ the photo, and the _________ spread rapidly online,

When a _________ more than 900 miles away saw the photo, he took _________ action and called Kristi quickly. He took tests which revealed that he was a(n) _________, so the man donated his kidney to Kristi’s husband _________, just ten weeks after Kristi’s call on social media.

Seeing how social media _________ the process, Kristi __________ if she could help other people in need of a(n)   __________. So she decided to use her own Facebook page to have a try. People can now post their own kidney needs on the page. The photos contain people’s __________, and the descriptions give them a chance to tell their stories. So far, Kristi’s page has saved at least 23 people by __________ donors to those __________.

Kristi’s mother had been __________ to find out if she could give her kidney to her son-in-law or someone else, but neither was a match. Then Debra Phillips, who’d been on kidney dialysis (透析) for almost two years, __________ her story to the Facebook page. It __________ that the women were a match. __________ by these successful cases, Kristi __________ even more people to donate healthy kidneys. “If anyone out there can help change someone’s __________ life, I hope they will go into action,” Kristi said.