1 . At 95, Brigid Kavanagh finally realized her longtime dream. Yet, her path to having her words put into ________ wasn’t easy, and required belief in the ability that her teachers had first ________ tens of years before.

Kavanagh’s sons ________ Kavanagh to publish her book. They were doing a clear-up and ________ to find many poems and stories written by their mother. They collected them in a book and had 500 copies of it printed.

Kavanagh ________ to get some work published in her 80s. However, the publication this time is a great success. “I’m ________. I just can’t believe it. After my failure in the 80s, I thought I was ________,” she said.

The senior shared with the media that she’s always found it ________ to express herself on paper — a gift that got ________ in her schooldays. “When I was in primary school, my teachers would speak highly of my ________…I think it would be great if they could see my ________.” While they may no longer be there to see what became of their former ________, the book, which is made up of Kavanagh’s rich memoirs (回忆录), will let the readers know what she ________.

While there are only a limited number of ________, the real success of the publication is seeing a family coming together to help their mother, and an elderly woman’s satisfaction in seeing her words ________ in print for all to enjoy.

2 . In a small busy cafe —people were dining, chatting and laughing —a lady just finished up her lunch, with some food left behind. A young boy had been watching her _________ from around the corner.

This kid was in rough _________. His clothes were too big and his face was dirty. He looked like he hadn’t had a good _________ for too long. When the lady left, he saw his _________. He quickly sat down and fell on the remaining food.

But then, the waiter walked over. The boy got _________ and stopped eating. He feared the waiter would kick him out. _________, the waiter look away the half-eaten plate. The boy’s heart sank. But guess what? The waiter came back, with a full, _________ meal —warm and smelling amazing. The boy couldn’t _________ it.

The whole cafe went _________ when they saw what was happening. Then suddenly one guy began to __________ and others joined in. Everyone was __________ and looking at the kid enjoying his surprise meal.

As the boy ate, the people in the cafe started walking up to the waiter and __________him. It wasn’t just a few coins; they were being super __________. Inspired by the __________ of the human kindness, everyone wanted to kick in. They didn’t talk much. They were just __________ a quiet moment, but it felt like they understood one another perfectly.

3 . Cackles was my favorite goose. I was proud of her. Few people I knew had geese. It was_________in the 80s to have geese, especially where we lived. But we_________a few on a small piece of land.

I was most _________when I had my birthday parties. They were so different from my friends’ _________ . On the way home from school, we would collect grass and return to my garden in small groups, ready to _________the beautiful birds. The children weren’t as _________as their parents. Some had a good_________ - my uncle once got bitten by our bad-tempered male goose.

I remember being scared of them before I learned to stand my ground. As they_________me from behind, I would turn and they would stop, as if they had run into a cartoon wall. “You just have to_________them,” I would tell friends. “Don’t run.” Easier said than done.

One day, I came home to find that Cackles was being __________ . She had chased a woman down the road. The woman had been “frightened”. I was__________: “Why did she__________from a goose?”

My dad said Cackles had to__________. I last saw her in my dad’s van (运货车). It was a strange and memorable sight for all the wrong reasons. I was__________.

My dad__________me that she went to a local farm for a happy retirement. I chose to believe him.

4 . In 2008, Calvin Lowe's four-year-old son Tyler needed to have a serious surgery.

On the appointed day of the ___________ , he and his wife brought Tyler to Children’s Hospital Colorado in Denver. “As we sat in the waiting room, waiting for someone to__________ us back to the surgery area, there was a lot of____________ in our hearts,” Lowe remembered.

When a nurse called the family back, Lowe’s fears _____________.A young doctor walked into the room and told the couple that he would be ____________the surgery. As the doctor began to ____________how the surgery would proceed, Lowe’s mind went to the worst possible_____________, But then the doctor did something   ____________.He looked both Lowe and his wife in the eye, put a___________hand on each of their shoulders, and said, “Today, your son is my son.”

After the surgery was over, the ____________came back out to the family with a big smile and said, “Our son is just fine, and you can____________ him here in a few minutes.”

Tyler is now 19 years old and hopes to become a professional photographer. All these years after the surgery, Lowe still____________ the young doctor’s kindness. “I will never forget that,” Lowe said. “Because that was indeed a ____________   of stress then. I can’t tell you how ____________   we both were for what he said to us that day. It was very____________   and meaningful.”

5 . It might sound a bit old-fashioned, but there’s something unique about handwritten things. And I’m a real believer in the_______of letters.

When I was about 12 years old, my friends and I wanted a pet mouse. The pet shop wouldn’t_______us one until we had a letter from a parent, so, having the tidiest_______, I faked(伪)one.

My trick was quickly_______. My mum felt that the punishment should fit the crime, so she made me write letters to a few randomly selected_______.

One of them was my uncle who I’d only_______a few times. I wrote along letter_______my life and listing my interests.

My punishment_______, I forgot about this until I suddenly got a reply from him. He told me all about his life and would love to_______about what school subjects I enjoyed. And so started a correspondence(通信)that________for several years.

Then out of the blue, he passed away. My mum was________as they had not really spoken for years. I went upstairs and presented a box of________from him. She comforted herself reading them and knowing that ________she hadn’t been in touch, I had grown close to him by writing to him.

I often think about how that one________childhood behavior led to such an enriching correspondence. It________me-to write to lots of other people, and it’s something I keep up with to this day.

6 . My day began when I saw my six-year-old son holding a branch of my rose bush. By the time I got outside, he’d _________ it off. “Can I take this to school?” he asked. I had to _________.

Yesterday, I had a quarrel (争吵) with my husband. I spent most of the day thinking how love had _________ from my life. When I finally _________ my emotions, I looked at the clock: 2: 30. It was _________. I hurriedly drove to the school to _________ my son. I was out of _________ by the time I knocked on the teacher’s door. “I want to talk to you about Jonathan,” she said. I prepared myself for the worst because nothing would make me _________.

“Do you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?” she asked. I said yes. “Let me tell you about yesterday. See that little girl?” I followed her _________ and saw a bright-eyed child playing outside.

“Well, yesterday she was ____________. Her parents are going through a divorce (离婚). So she kept saying, “Nobody ____________ me.” We teachers could only say something to ____________ her. However, today your son handed her some flowers instead. Clearly, he cared about others ____________.” I felt my heart filled with ____________ for what my son had done. The hope of love began to ____________ again in me.

7 . Two days earlier, my stepfather Doug told my mom he wasn’t feeling well and went to the bedroom to lie down. However, Mom couldn’t ________ him anymore. Since he died, Mom has hardly spoken. She ________ that she wanted to pack up (打包) some of Doug’s things to give to his family so I ________ to do it for her. “I’m going to pick up some ________,” I said to Mom.

I drove to the grocery store (杂货店) and asked the manager if he was ________ any boxes. When I explained, he expressed his sympathy (同情), and then asked me their ________. “Can you come back in an hour?” Surprisingly, I thought, “Couldn’t he give me some boxes unless my family ________ at his store?”

When I ________, the manager took out a lot of boxes and several bags of groceries. “I didn’t ________…” “I looked up your parents’ spending record through their names and made a ________ of their last grocery order,” he explained. “I hope it’s helpful for your ________. It’s a gift.”

Back home, I explained where the ________ groceries had come from. Mom looked at the goods ________. “Oh, that was Doug. Since COVID-19 started, Doug has done all our grocery shopping online,” she said. Of course, Mom could depend on Doug to ________ all her favorite foods. But it turned out that she could depend on a(n) ________ store manager too.

8 . Long-distance cycling becomes more popular nowadays. Some may argue that it brings tiredness but it’s nothing, _________ with the joy of climbing huge mountains or seeing splendid sights. My long-distance cycling career of 13 years ended as I approached 75. Although I am now no longer _________ enough to bear the long days and big climbs, I have my _________.

It was easy to meet different people with _________ during the trips, where I got to _________ the very best in people. In 2007, a stranger stopped her car alongside me to make me a most welcome cup of tea. In 2014, a couple _________ me their place to spend the night.

The support and comfort they gave was a(n) _________ change from the long hours I had spent alone on the bike. As each trip _________ its end, I gradually forgot the long hours of riding. The pain and failure I experienced were eventually _________ by only happy memories of the trip

Meanwhile, cycling gave me much time to __________ sufferings I went through in my life. Time __________ everything. Cycling also taught me to like who I am. I finally accepted that I have more courage than I ever imagined, which was __________ in these trips. No matter how distant the __________ was, I could get there without any support.

These were the adventures of my life, and they were __________ memories. With cycling, the success or failure __________ not on luck or conditions but on me alone.

9 . I choose to go to the Medical University in Nanjing, wanting to study in the medical field. I would spend the majority of 8 full years _________ China’s diverse culture.

In my first year, it was _________. The language problem was more than what I had _________. Even shopping proved challenging. I could not bargain (讨价还价) during my first few months. I finally decided to _________ Chinese language classes.

While studying in China, I acquainted (使熟悉) myself with the local vendors (小贩). My Chinese was getting smoother so that I could _________ with them. There was nothing _________ than listening to the stories they would tell about their _________. One vendor selling me fresh mangoes would always tell me stories about his home. He _________ told me how his grandmother would _________ four kilos of ginger (生姜) every two days in the winter for soups. He said she did it to keep her family __________ and keep the common cold away.

This story __________ me even today, I look back on this story with so much __________. You do not understand how special a moment is while it is happening. It was such a simple story that the vendor told me, but I __________ it. Because of him, every time winter comes around, I make homemade soup and make sure to add ginger. __________ how he and his family enjoyed this every winter to keep warm and healthy __________ me to do the same.

10 . The weather report says there will be over eight inches of snow in the New Jersey community._______,brothers Brian and Patrick_______their old neighbor Blair, who counts on dialysis(透析)treatments-that meant the_______could be a life or death situation.

Brian started to get_______ He works at an emergency medical Centre. He had_______Blair’s driveway during a storm days earlier, but he knew this time he would be on the job when the storm struck._______, it was up to his brother Patrick to       _______Blair would be able to leave her house for the _______she badly needs.

Knowing time was absolutely important. Patrick opened up his_______list and started reaching out to friends to________. Four of his fellow Parsippany High School seniors answered the call and decided to spend the night at Patrick’s house just to ________and start getting rid of the snow at 4:30 a.m.

With every ________working together, it took less than 30 minutes to clear the fresh snow. When the boys expected the storm would force their town to ________classes, they ended up with a two-hour________ opening, giving them just enough time to rest before heading to school.

The world might not have known about this simple act of ________if Patrick’s father hadn’t posted a photo online. He says Patrick is active at school, serving as a role model for students with autism(自闭症).