3 . Dads have a language all their own, one that’s not difficult to decode.

“Have you checked the oil in the car?” my father used to say to me, his _______ of “Hello, hope you are well.” Sometimes our phone calls would begin with an inquiry about the oil and _______ an inquiry about the oil, with not a lot in between.

Fathers have a lot of love to give, but it’s often supplied through the medium of _______ advice. In my experience: It’s mostly about your motor vehicle.

Why can’t we fathers just say “I love you” or “It’s great to see you”? The point is: That’s _______what we are saying. You just have to _______ from the language that is Fatherlish.

Listen closely enough and the phrase “I love you” can be heard in the _______ lengthier “I could come around Saturday and replace the silicon seal around the base of your toilet because I_______that thing is getting really smelly.”

The_______phrase “You made my life better from the moment you were born” may be rarely heard,_______ the gist is there in the more common “I’ll hold the ladder while you get the leaves off the roof.”

When I was 17, I went on my first road trip. My father stood on the corner in the predawn of a cold morning to ________ us farewell. “Highways are dangerous,” he said, “so don’t try ________ anything faster than a horse and buggy. And take a break every two hours. And________you stop for gas, you really should check the oil.”

At the time we thought his________was pretty funny and would chant “horse-and-buggy, horse-and-buggy” every time I________the accelerator to overtake some other speeding vehicle.

Dad’s long gone now. But after all these years, I realize that had I owned a________of the Fatherlish-to-English dictionary, I’d have understood that what my friend and I so casually mocked was simply Dad’s attempt at affection.

4 . Several months ago, a tornado fiercely hit our city without any signs before. We had not ________ for it in advance, so we were just forced to go into our ________ actions. I happened not to be in the classroom when it attacked. Hearing the alarm screaming, I rushed ________ as fast as I could back to the classroom.

Never did I imagine that we would put our regular ________ to use. Never did I imagine that my students had ________ against the wall and crouched (蹲) down on their knees. Their eyes were obviously filled with ________ as they asked if their parents, pets, and friends would be okay. I, along with other teachers, tried our best to ________ them, though we actually didn’t know what the ________ would be.

I couldn’t ________ the tornado anymore. However, I’m very proud of my students who performed so well. In such a(an) ________ and dangerous situation, they behaved beyond their ages. Never in my life had I seen them ________ instructions so quickly, without any hesitation. Though some tears were dropping and some hearts were beating fast, the kids were incredibly ________. I am extremely proud that they struggled to calm down because of theirs ________ in me.

Because of the tornado, I realized that my job as a teacher meant a lot. Behind every well-behaved students are a long line of teachers who have made it their life’s ________ to educate them with safety, courage, calmness and trust. Though the tornado has presented ________, I’m sure we can handle them one by one.

5 . In memory of Marie Curie on her birthday on Saturday, the official website of the Nobel Prize posted a photograph of her notebook _________, “Marie Curie died of a plastic anaemia (再生障碍性贫血) on 4 July1934, a result of years of exposure to radiation through her work. And even today her laboratory notebook from 1899-1902, is _________ and will be for 1,500 years.”

The tales of Marie and other scientists of her time are in some sense very _________. Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X- ray in 1895. A year later, Antoine Henri Becquerel found that some natural substances _________ rays, too. Later, Marie and her physicist husband, Pierre Curie, gave it a(n) _________, radioactivity. _________, the harmful effects of radioactivity were not discovered until decades later. Marie and her contemporary scientists dealt with radioactive substances for decades almost with no _________.

Marie’s death is a reminder about the risks pioneers in science _________. It was only after people handling radioactive substances began to get similar _________ that medical experts asked people to use protection. Today, medical health workers and patients wear heavy protective __________ during X- rays.

It is almost __________ that those exploring new frontiers for science are exposing themselves to unknown dangers. There is a(n) __________ for better protection for the pioneers, but that is not possible until the dangers are fully known. For example, the space suits astronauts wear protect them against radiation. However, only __________ will tell if there are some other unknown dangers.

The contributions and sacrifices by such pioneers to the field of science are __________ and deserving of our respect. Because the pioneers not only __________ new frontiers, but also help us better protect ourselves from unknown surroundings.

6 . Tidying your desk, watering your plants, folding clothes — these household chores are hardly the height of pleasure. Yet I often find myself _________ these little tasks.

If I’m stuck in writer’s block with a deadline _________, I’ll have to clear up the papers placed around my office — and it’s sometimes the most _________ I feel all day. I’m not alone in this. In the face of the pandemic, many people reported finding renewed interest in _________ their homes as a way of coping with uncertainty.

Psychologists suggest there are many potential mechanisms (机制) that can explain the _________ from these tasks and their benefits — these may well encourage you to _________ these odd jobs more often.

Little chores may be useful because they _________ the mind, leading us to devote fewer resources to the things that _________ us. Even if we struggle with activities that are meant to help us relax, we may find household tasks can help us _________ the here and now. But this depends on what we give our most __________ to.

In one of the few studies to examine the mental health benefits of washing the dishes, researchers at Florida State University __________ fifty-one participants into two groups, half reading a text that encouraged them to focus their thoughts on the activity __________ while the rest just reading factual instructions on how to do washing up.

__________, the participants were asked to take a questionnaire about their feelings. Those who had fully engaged with the experience reported a significantly better mood. This included __________ nervousness and even a sense of “inspiration”, as if the simple activity had __________ their minds.

7 . I felt anxious when going into my room from school. Every day, my room was something different. The hours away at school were long enough to cause a terrible change to my peaceful harbor. Today was no ________.

As I entered the house, Mom ________ me with a smile. It seemed like nothing was ________. But I was still doubtful about it. Yesterday, around the ________ of my favorite figurine (小雕像) was some chocolate. ________, Callie had enjoyed the chocolate so much that she wanted to share it with my angel.

I ________ Callie, who had just turned three. I didn’t see her, but I heard the TV playing in the other room. As I examined the family room, I found it was pretty ________. There were toys all over the floor, but none of them seemed to be mine. Maybe she hadn’t entered today. I was so ________ that I breathed a sigh of relief.

I pushed my room door open and saw ________! There were a few headless dolls, some broken blocks, and a few juice-stained stuffed animals. “She did it again!” I screamed in ________. My mother ran up to me, embarrassed. She promised to put a Callie-proof ________ on my door tonight. I felt better because I knew that soon my room would truly belong to me. However, I was still angry with my little sister so I went into the family room to tell her how she had made life ________ for me. “Callie,” I started. “Hooray!” she shouted.

She leaped off the sofa and ________ my knees with such happiness that I could only look down at her and smile.________, she was only three and learning about the world in her own way. And she always chose to explore and ________my room because she loved me, her big sister.

8 . For me, nothing is more satisfying than discovering hidden gems (美妙绝伦的事物) in secondhand shops. _______, one person’s trash is another person’s _______.

Two years ago, I came across a collection of old, dusty _______. I thought: if these were mine, or my family’s, I’d want someone to _______ them to me. So I made it my goal to do so for others.

I’ve since visited secondhand shops weekly, and have _______ more than 50,000 of these items. Photos, home movies, undeveloped films — you name it, I’ve got it.

I’ve also _______ a social media account to help reunite items with their _______. The first item I posted was a tape of a family holiday that I digitized. It was a video of two parents and a son of _______ age on a trip in the 90s — the son was wearing a T-shirt with the words “Wesleyan swimming” on it. My followers asked university swimming coaches across the US if they knew the student. After just a few days, someone recognized him and we tracked him down on social media. He couldn’t believe it and was extremely excited to be reunited with the tape.

The _______ we’ve taken to find someone is four months, but I’m proud that we still ________ to do it. There are thousands of photos that have yet to be reunited. ________ social media, this project would be next to impossible. Of course, I have some ________, including not sharing sensitive photos and removing posts if the family does not want their memories online.

Nowadays, we seldom think before we take pictures with camera phones, but back then someone had made a conscious effort to keep that memory. Therefore, I want to ________ people to preserve their own family history and memorabilia (纪念品) ________ they don’t end up getting lost. Now, I’m ________ a team to care for and return the photos. People get hooked on the feel-good stories that come out of this and I do, too.

9 . I was born in a large family of twelve siblings(兄弟姐妹). We weren’t poor, but there were times when we couldn’t ________ certain things my friends had.

Back in those days, hot lunch was a luxury (奢侈品). And usually hot-lunch buyers and the students who brought cold lunch sat ________. My siblings and I brought lunch from home every day: thick ________ of homemade bread. We would look on ________ as the rich kids proudly sat down with their ________ food like chicken fricassee (白汁烩鸡).

I never said anything, ________ my teacher Mrs. Caruso, must have seen the eagerness in my eyes. One day she quietly pressed a ________ into my hand and whispered, “Give this to your mother.”

I skipped home and handed my mom the note. She read it and smiled “Well, Mrs. Caruso said because of all your hard work, she wants to ________ lunch for you tomorrow.” The next day, I proudly carried my tray of chicken fricassee and sat with the students at the hot- lunch table. Honestly, the ________ wasn’t as great as I had imagined, but I was ________ to be a part of the group.

I don’t know why Mrs. Caruso ________ me. Maybe she also grew up in a family that ________ to make ends meet. Maybe she knew what it was like to feel just a little ________ than everyone else. Somehow, with her ________, she never made me feel ashamed. She just made me feel loved and ________. Thanks to her, I learned that I had just as much right as anyone to sit at the hot lunch table.