2 . At 13, I climbed my first mountain — a 3,900-foot peak near my home in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. I found ______ in meeting challenges. Encouraged by my parents, I ______ climbing and met my friend Mel. At 16, we drove to Oregon to ______ Mount Hood.

We started at 3 am. Along the way, we ______ two other climbers and decided to ______ together. After five hours, we reached Devil's Kitchen at 10,000 feet. As the wind conditions became worse, the others ______, but Mel and I chose to press forward.

The trail grew narrower and steeper, leading us to a(n) ______ step. I volunteered to go first and _____ placed my left foot on the ice. ______ that I was safe, I put my full weight on it. Suddenly, a whole slab of ice ______, causing me to fall down the mountain instantly. Desperately, I grabbed onto rocks and ______ to stop my descent (下降).

As Mel made her way down, I yelled for help, and other climbers rushed to ______ me. They called Portland Mountain Rescue and I was eventually transported to a hospital. Although I was seriously injured, I was back on the ______ within six months.

The ______ made me more careful and mature. Since the accident, I've climbed another 60 mountains. I'm not going to let one ______ and its aftermath (后果) keep me from doing my favorite thing in the world.

6 . For the past 18 years, my daughter has been around me all the time. Now that she is in college, the _______ of our relationship has totally changed and our relationship is completely _______. I’m not going to be there every morning to have breakfast with her. I won’t know when she’s mad or when she’s happy. Here’s a little story of our new _______.

A week ago, my daughter wanted to _______ so she called me during the day as I was in meetings. I _______her later on, but she was in class. At midnight, she reached out _______ to ask if we could talk. Well, guess what? I was _______ . I thought we would talk the next day, but she was not   _______ .

Research shows that parents are _______ when their children are grown up, but for me that is when I start to get concerned. I am always left to________ , how can I, as a parent, remain ________to my daughter to guide, support and love through life's changes?   

We may have to ________ the way we communicate. My daughter encouraged me to go digital. That’s how I ventured into the world of social media, following her updates and occasionally sharing my own experiences. Through this   ________ presence, the physical gap is ________and I feel I still have an active role in her life. This experience serves as a reminder that ________, however scary, holds the promise of growth in our shared journey.

7 . I got a message from my friend, Megan. “This little _________, Winnie, needed a home,” she said, and then _________ some pictures.

I’d started my animal _________ in 2017 after I’d bought a piece of land and used it to give some _________ animals a home. To give them a better life, I _________ the home with the profits I made running four pet supply stores. My first animal was a sheep, Charlotte, who had a bad back leg. _________, the farm had grown to feed 200 animals.

Looking at the _________ Megan sent me of the cute disabled dog on my phone, I decided that I had room for one more. Despite his deformed(畸形的)front legs, his beautiful brown eyes on the pictures made my heart melt(软化). So I took him to a hospital. The doctor got him to _________ with a cool set of wheels.

“_________ doggie,” strangers showed pity sometimes when they saw Winnie. But within minutes, they __________ that Winnie was living his best lives on the farm and they didn’t need to feel __________ for him. I __________ Winnie’s own web page where I would share Winnie’s life. And he earned a lot of followers. “He __________ me when I was feeling sad,” one follower commented recently.

Winnie proves that animals with __________ can lead fulfilling(令人心满意足的)lives. He’s my best friend and I’m __________ of everything that he does.

8 . Brie Peters had a passion for music. She grew up singing in school choirs, learning piano and ________ people with her musical abilities. It was almost a ________ for her to pursue a degree in music, although she recalls now that she also thought about going into ________ at that time. But many people in her life ________ her to major in vocal performance, so she did. “I always felt like I was told what to do, never having a choice for myself,” she recalls.

Her music career showed instant ________ after she graduated from college. She sang in front of thousand of people worldwide. But soon she began to feel that there was more she could do. “Working with thousands of people in large groups ________ a time wasn’t ________ enough for me,” she says. “I ________ the eye contact and the personal care that truly makes a difference,” She adds. She wasted no time and began ________ her degree in nursing right away.

Peters is now celebrating her ________ into the Master of Nursing program at the University of Minnesota. She’s ________ beginning her nursing journey later.

She admits that nursing is hard work and can be ________, but has ________ doubted that it’s worth it. “People come into a hospital ________ for help. It is such an ________ to be a part of that and spend my life caring for those in need,” she says.

9 . There once lived a monster named Nian, who lived deep in the sea and climbed up to eat cattle and ______ people.

Then, one New Year’s Eve, the villagers were in a great ______ to run away. Some were closing windows and locking doors, some were ______ and others were driving cattle and sheep. There came a beggar (乞丐), saying “I’ll drive away the ______ .”

Around ______ Nian rushed into the village. He found the grandmother’s house was bright with red paper ______ on the doors. The monster gave a loud cry, looked ______ for a moment and went to the door. There suddenly came the sounds of explosions (爆炸). Shaking all over, the monster dared not take a step ______ . It turned out that the colour ______ flames and explosions were what Nian feared the most. The monster ran away quickly in the darkness. All the villagers felt ______ and came back to thank the beggar.

To ______ such good luck, the villagers put on their ______ clothes and hats and went to their relatives and friends to send their ______ and congratulations. These ______   have been passed down through the generations, which is the ______ of the Spring Festival.

10 . On a cold snowy winter evening, Joe was driving home on a country road. Ever since the local restaurant closed, he had been_________.

He didn’t know he’d soon come across a stranger who would change his _________. That stranger was an old lady, a restaurant owner, whose car got a flat tire, _________ on the road. She had a _________ tire attached to the back of her car, but she was unable to handle it. And unfortunately, her cellphone had been _________. She had to turn to passing cars for _________ . Nevertheless, no one had _________ to help for the last hour or so.

After driving for a while, even in the _________ light of evening, Joe could see an old lady needed help.

So he pulled up in front of her car and got out. Seeing the flat tire, Joe believed that he could _________it.

Then, he let the lady wait inside her car while he was __________ the tire. Finally, he finished. The lady offered Joe some money to show her __________ but Joe declined. Then, the lady chatted with him and learned about his __________ . Joe expressed his eagerness to find a job to make ends __________of his family. They exchanged phone numbers before waving goodbye. Days later, Joe __________ a new job in the old lady’s __________. Sometimes a good turn deserves another.