1 . Ryder was born with a serious illness and has never been able to walk. When he started attending preschool, he had to be _______ to the end of the road in the _______ to wait for his school bus by his parents every day. As Ryder was unable to _______ for this bus if he was late like his schoolmates, he would have to wait for up to 15 minutes out in whatever _______ there was. Although his father had _______ a patio (露台) umbrella at the end of his driveway to provide some _______ from harsh weather, he still would get wet.

Then his father _______ for help on Facebook looking to see if someone might have an old bus hut (小屋). After the post, he was suggested to reach out to the _______ class at Westerly High School.

_______ , he sent an email to Dan McKena, who had been teaching construction technology at Westerly High School, asking if he’d be ________ in this kind of project. Delightfully, Dan ________ with an “absolutely” and then he worked hard on the hut with his students for weeks.

The hut made of wood was ________ enough to shelter both Ryder and one of his parents or a nurse comfortably and was finally ________ to the home six weeks later. Now, Ryder ________ it every day and his parents wait inside it every day while they await his returning home. He considers the hut ________ and does like to hang out in it from time to time.

2 . Randy happened to be watching the news on TV months ago. The reporter was interviewing a man, whose ______ appeared on the screen. Randy noticed they ______ the same last name Waites—a rather unusual one.

Randy found that ______ , wondering if there could be any ______. When Randy’s daughter took a closer look, she ______   a likeness between them. She did some sleuthing (调查) online and ______ Randy and Eddie have the same biological father!

It wasn’t long before Randy ______ Eddie, who lived over 500 kilometers away. Eddie was ______ that the unlikely story was true the moment he saw Randy’s pictures, noticing how much Randy looked like their father.

Randy never knew his father, who ______ his mother and him when he was a baby. Eddie, however, was ______ by his dad and enjoyed a great relationship with him. That fact could have caused problems for the two long-lost brothers, but it did not! They reunited after 50 years of ______.

Eddie ______ to Randy on behalf of their dead father, but Randy held no resentment (怨恨). He said, “I don’t ______ anyone. Eddie and I are both extremely grateful to have made this unexpected ______ and to have the years ahead to be brothers!” The two brothers have really provided a beautiful example of love and ______ for us.

3 . When I was growing up in Minnesota, Joe Versus the Volcano was one of my favorite movies. I ________ to be swept away to an island. But as I found myself in La Palma ________ on the Cumbre Vieja eruption in the Spanish Canary Islands, I quickly ________ that there’s nothing romantic about volcanoes or being trapped on an island.

I had come ________ — an N95 mask, baseball cap, and a swimming mask. But nothing could prepare me for the invasiveness of the volcanic ________ . It fell from the sky like a rainstorm, lining streets, ________ doorways and windowsills, and filling my ears.

It wasn’t long before the airlines canceled all flights. When ________ began panic, buying all the ferry tickets as I was interviewing residents about their futures, I realized I had ________ the boat.

For two days, I wandered ________ streets awaiting the resumption of travel, carrying a backpack and feeling progressively stuck and at times ________ . And then I realized I was being given the ________ for deeper insight. Here I was ________ what the local people were feeling: uncertainty, frustration, and tiredness from living next to an erupting volcano with no end in sight.

Like the people of La Palma, I ________ others to get me through — from the English woman who ________ me a bag of oranges from her garden to the minister of the church who let me use the bathroom after being trapped at the top of a mountain.

As I finally left, I realized how ________ I was to have experienced the humanity of the people in La Palma in the face of crisis. I know it’s what will pull them through it.

4 . Most young people are always on their phones, which may upset many people. ___________, a group called Girl Scouts are receiving _________ for setting up their first walk-in clinic for elderly people, who have difficulty understanding how to ___________ the secrets of their smart phones.

Each teen spent at least an hour of one-on-one time with their oldsters. Based on their _________ knowledge, each Girl Scout was assigned to ___________ different aspects of Android and Apple phones.

Some of the oldsters actually wanted to take part in e-commerce (电子商务), and needed help to _________ a payment account on their smart phones while others simply had _________ when learning how to send messages to their family members. "I was teaching this older woman how to _________, and the first thing she did was to send a message to her daughter,” one of the Scouts said. “How ___________ it was! It just made me feel really, really happy.”

In addition to arranging group lessons for all of the seniors to ____________ together at the end of the clinic, the youngsters even printed out brochures and guides for the seniors to take home in case ____________ seniors would encounter problems with their smart phones in the future.

The eighth graders earned their “Silver Award,, for their job. After experiencing the ____________ of their project, the girls hope to organize more ____________ in the near future. “Those girls were just great,” said Nancy, a great-grandmother who once ____________ the clinic. “They were ready for us and had a very mature attitude about answering our questions, and they ______________ the praise.

5 . My twin sister and I studied in the same school for ten years. The first day we entered the campus, we were ________ by its beauty and bright-colored stone sculptures of fairies (精灵) that ________ there.

As we got older, I discovered the school wasn’t always where beauty was an everyday ________. The weather-beaten stone statues badly needed ________. However, there weren’t enough staff to get everything done.

I decided to do something to give the campus a new ________. My sister had a similar idea and we came up with a plan to secretly ________ the school. Having carefully worked out a project, we got ________ from the administration (管理层) to do it.

We first painted the stone sculptures, refreshing the few remaining fairies. To bring ________   and magic to the campus, we painted on the doors of the boy’s and the girl’s bathrooms the sun and moon representation ________ designed by my sister.

The tree by the school gate was dead and its bare branches were ________, leaving only the trunk. The young schoolmates were ________ by the loss of this tree and the trunk left was a sad ________ to them of the once-living tree. ________ transforming this trunk into a fairy house for visiting fairies to stop by and have a little snack, I put little ________ in the house so that the children could look into the little fairy kitchen while walking by. While cutting and shaping the trunk took many hours, it was well worth it for we ________ a wound in our natural environment.

Everything done, we smiled heartily looking around the fantastic “new” school.

6 . There are always some persons in your life who touch your soft heart with kindness.

As a little girl, my favorite thing was _______. And when I thought about _______ I wanted to be when I grew up, I figured I’d be a librarian, just because the two librarians changed my life.

At that time, the town library limited the number of books a person borrowed _______ two once a week. I _______ the books in just three days. So to read more, I was _______ about what books to choose. The librarian, Mrs. Tonne, was a warm person. Every time I went into the library, she greeted me, _______. When learning about my trouble, she often _______ some better books. Thanks to her help, I _______ a lot from these books.

Gradually, I developed an interest in writing, _______ poems. When I was in fourth grade, our school librarian, Mrs. Ketelsen, encouraged me to write more. When my poem was not accepted, she ________ me with comfortable words. Once she helped ________ some poems I’d written about dinosaurs to Highlights magazine. It was my first published writing!

Later, at the University of Iowa, ________ I majored in journalism, my dream was different. I realized that I was shy about interviewing people, which made me ________. When I recalled Mrs. Tonne and Mrs. Ketelsen, I made a decision without ________ to be devoted to writing. And now I am an editor at Reader’s Digest.

Whenever I think of the help from them, how ________ I am. It is their kindness that makes me what I am.

7 . When my son, Noah, was younger, going out with him in public was difficult. He had been suffering from autism (自闭症), needing extra ________. Though he had been longing to get a picture with Donald Duck (唐老鸭), just waiting in line in Disneyland was ________.

On a Sunday afternoon, my phone ________. A voice said, “If you’re going to be home this evening, I’d like to ________, dressed up as Donald Duck.” It was Denny, who had spent years helping special-needs children, never ________ by their strange behaviors.

I made preparations for ________ Donald Duck. But I still had ________: Would Noah even notice? Would he be frightened? Yet, Denny ________ that it would be arranged well.

A few minutes before dinner, Donald Duck knocked ________ on the living-room window. Noah was expressionless. My husband ________ the door, and Donald Duck stepped inside. His big mouth and bright blue suit attracted Noah. He       ________ himself with a funny voice and Noah smiled. Later Noah hugged Donald Duck ________ and I took many sweet pictures.

Denny was at our home for only a few minutes, but the time was ________. As he left, tears rolled down my face. He had ________ met us once before, but without my saying a word, he knew how much my kid would ________ meeting Donald Duck in our own home. Even now, it remains our most treasured memory.

8 . Marion Sheppard had always been a keen dancer. However, she found her vision began to ________ in her 40s and the doctor said it would only get worse. She cried and felt ________, locking herself in her apartment.

Then after several months, Sheppard ________ herself to step out to attend a social event for people with visual impairments (损伤). Terror ________ her when she found people there barely moved. They all just sat there, ________ and physically withdrawn. Deep down, she was ________: “That is not the way I want to live”. Her immediate ________ was that she must do something to change that.

Sheppard asked at a Manhattan community center run by Visions, an organization for the visually impaired, if she could teach line dancing there, but was ________. They said it would be too ________ for the students. However, she insisted and ________ convinced the directors at Visions to let her teach line dancing on a volunteer basis. Her classes ________ to be very popular, attracting more students than expected. But what she ________ was more than dance steps. With constant encouragement, she also helped them ________ confidence and independence despite their disability. Just as Sheppard says, “We may be blind, but we’re doing our thing.”

Sheppard’s ________ for maintaining both physical and spiritual health, no matter what difficulty life may throw at you, is ________: “Just keep it moving unless life ceases.”

9 . Bill worked as a fireman for 17 years. He’s been proud of his bravery in risking his life to_________others. One emergency call_________him to poisonous chemicals, which later led to repeated strokes. Just at 37, the man, who had become accustomed to having the_________to save lives, now wasn’t able to button his own shirt or tie his own shoes.

Bill’s wife Daisy_________what would happen to Bill, and she suggested they add a_________to the family. So_________Coco. Coco was saved from the slum (贫民窟) and brought to America for_________by the nonprofit Puppy Rescue Mission. At the airport, as soon as Coco_________from his box, he peed (尿湿) all over Bill — and Bill burst into his first genuine_________in months — he got to love the dog!

After several months, Daisy was suddenly woken up by Coco’s__________barking. She went to see what was__________and found Bill had fallen down unconscious. Bill was rushed to the hospital—Coco had saved the day. And it wasn’t the__________time. When Coco would find Bill__________, he would call for help with his bark of warning.

“He’s always there watching me, helping me,__________I’m okay,” says Bill. “I’ve__________saved others, and now this lovely dog saves me, and that has to mean something. That has to mean I’m worth something after all.”

10 . Before I was born, my mom had worked as a nurse. However, she resigned (辞职) shortly after my birth to ________ me. After I turned 12, she ________ to work.

She left at 5:45 am, which left me ________ for waking myself up, preparing breakfast and walking to take the 7:30 am bus. I ________ being left home alone in the mornings. On days when she didn't go to the ________, she drove me both ways. Those were the ________ days.

One day, as we walked down the sidewalk, I saw an elderly man ________ us. He broke into a wide smile, but I didn't ________ him. “Leigh! Leigh!” he called my mother's name. I looked at him and smiled, unsure of my role.

“I hope you know how ________ you are!” he said after some small talk with Mom. I looked at him ________ since I had no idea what he was talking about.

“You have the most wonderful, ________ and lovely mother,” he said. “When I was in hospital last month, she took good care of me. Actually, young lady, I shall never ________ her.” Right then, I ________ what it meant for my mom to be a ________. She was caring for, serving and loving total ________, often during the darkest times in their lives. She cared for them and me, too.