1 . “IS THERE A DOCTOR ON BOARD?” No doctor wants to hear these words while   _________, but this time I was already ready by the worried sounds. My husband and I were on our way home after a European holiday. The cabin (机舱) was _________ for the inflight movies when sound of “Wake up! Oh, help!” _________.

I was out of my _________ fast. The flight attendant and I arrived together to see a frightened elderly woman _________ the hand of her husband, who didn’t _________ to her. His head was back, mouth open. He may have been asleep, except that he couldn’t be _________.

I did a quick _________: irregular but steady pulse (脉搏), colour good, no evident pain, breathing _________ without effort. I sat on the arm of the seat across the aisle, still __________ his pulse, and asked the woman about her husband. At 80 years old, he had a __________ medical history and had never taken medications. The couple had travelled to Scotland to __________ their 60th wedding anniversary, and they were on their way home. It had been a good holiday, she said, but __________.

Suddenly her husband opened his eyes, looked at me, smiled and asked what had happened. “Well, you lost consciousness (意识) for a few minutes,” I said. “Your heart beat isn’t quite right, and that may have __________ this.”

Three weeks later, I received a lovely thank you note from this kind gentleman, who will hopefully remain in good __________ for years to come.

4 . Lee Chong Wei, the 38-year-old Malaysian badminton legend, praised Lin Dan as the greatest badminton player ever in a recent Facebook Live Session (实况转播) on April 16. When he was ________ “who is the greatest badminton player of all time ” by Malaysia’s former Deputy Sports Minister Steven Sim during a recent Facebook Live session, Lee _______ , “You have to say it’s Lin Dan. He’s a legend. His ______ speak for themselves. We have to show our admiration for him.”

Lin Dan was born in Longyan, Fuijian on October 14, 1983. He began to play badminton at the age of five. He entered the ________ school of Fujian in 1992 and joined the _____ team in 2000 to play badminton for China. Li Chong Wei was born in Malaysia on October 21,1982, the ________ of whose ancestors (祖先) is Fujian.

The two badminton titans (巨人) treat each other as powerful rivals (对手) on the court, but are __________ off the court. They met in 2000 and __________ each other for the first time in the Thomas Cup Badminton Asia Preliminaries in 2004.Between their 40 matches from 2004 to2018,Lin has walked away triumphant (胜利的) 28 times, __________ Lee beat the difficulties and __________ 12 times.

Throughout the years, fans have __________ their friendly post—match hugs. Their mutual (互相的) encouragement has been an inspirational __________ of sportsmanship. ____that, Lee even attended Lin’s wedding in 2012.

The two-decade long friendship has been such a _________ example of cross—cultural exchange that Lee was even _________ with the China—Malaysia Star of Friendship award.

6 . Math was my worst subject. I was so _______ when my math teacher called me to the blackboard to do a long division (除法) problem, since I often put the _______ in the wrong places or forgot to add in the zeros.

As I _______ the blackboard, I looked at the golden-haired girl next to me, trying to _______ what she was writing. Although I tried my best, she went faster than I could understand. Why couldn’t I understand this even when I tried to _______ it? Why? Why?

I _______ back salty tears and wrote some numbers randomly (随便地) on the board. The teacher read over our answers silently.

“Now, class, Susie did this problem absolutely correctly.”

“As for Tara,” the teacher said, _______ her eyes, “I don’t _______ know what she did.”

The class burst into _______, and I felt my face turned red, hoping to ________ them from seeing me at all. However, after class, my teacher wrote me a note, ________, “No one will truly make a difference to you, unless you ________ yourself to succeed.”

This ________ from middle school is the most impressive to me. The experience made me feel stronger, and gave me ________. When I get a bad grade in school, I think of that moment, which gives me the willingness to ________ all of those whys that I asked myself, and continue until perfection, or as close as I can get.

7 . Driving to a friend’s house on a recent evening. I was attracted by the sight of the full moon rising just above my friend’s rooftops. I ______ to watch it for a few moments, thinking about what a pity it was that most city people, myself included, usually miss ______ like this because we spend most of our lives indoors.

My friend had also seen it. He grew up living in a forest in Europe, and the moon ______ a lot to him then. It had touched much of his life.

I know the feeling. Last December I ______ my seven-year-old daughter to the mountainous jungle of northern India with some friends. We stayed in a ______ rest-house with no electricity or hot water. Our group had campfires outside every night, and indoors when it was too cold outside. The ______ grew to its fullest during our trip. Between me and the high mountains lay three or four valleys. Not a light ______ in them and not a sound could be heard. It was one of the ______ places I had ever known. a bottomless well of silence. And above me was the full moon, which ______ me deeply.

Today our lives are ______ with glass, metal, plastic and fibre-glass. We have televisions, cellphones, heaters, ovens, air-conditioners, cars and computers.

______ through traffic that evening at the end of a tiring day, most of it spent in-doors, I thought: Before long, I would like to live in a small ______. There I will grow vegetables and read books and walk in the mountains. And ______ I’ll write, but not in anger. I may become an old man there, and wear the bottoms of my trousers ______ and measure out my life in coffee spoons. But I will be able to walk outside on a cold silent night and ______ the moon.

8 . The rubber surgical gloves were created about 135 years ago. Believe it or not, this little tool _________ in every doctor’s office and hospital was invented out of _________. In 1889, Dr. William Halsted was in love with the nurse and eventual wife, Carolyn Hampton. _________, this invention should be named “rubber gloves of love”.

Hospital procedures _________ surgical personnel to wash and disinfect their hands before interacting with patients. Carolyn _________ severe dermatitis (皮炎) due to the use of mercuric chloride (氯化汞) for disinfection. She was almost _________. Halsted wanted to keep her near him. To protect her _________, he thought hard and suddenly, something _________ him. He contacted the Goodyear Rubber Company, asking the engineers there to _________ thin rubber gloves for Carolyn.

__________ rubber gloves were very different from what we have today, but they proved to be an excellent ________ to the operating room. The gloves were __________ well received. Many other personnel began wearing the gloves. It’s generally __________ that now they have many uses, far beyond their original __________. For example, hairdressers use them to protect their hands from dyes (染料) and solutions used in their business.

Whenever I see gloves anywhere, I couldn’t help but think of this __________ of inventing the “rubber gloves of love”.

10 . Ron and Sharon Ross, an old couple living in the town of Otis, woke up in the middle of the night. A neighbor was pounding on their door,_ __________ for them to get out. A mountain fire was quickly heading its way from nearby Echo Mountain.

With 30 minutes to __________ what they could take and go, they rushed to gather their valuables. But their   __________ was for their little puppy, Piper, which was getting __________ with all the sudden movements and started to hide.

Just as they were looking for Piper, the power was __________. They had to find flashlights and locate the puppy in a __________ room. With a recent surgery on her arm, Sharon could only use one arm to hold the flashlight searching for it. Another problem in their __________ plan: their truck was parked behind their garage, which __________ with electric doors, now useless in the power failure. With all their strength, they finally opened it by hand, which ensured them a __________ escape.

Time was ticking. However, they wouldn't go before helping a friend __________, who was living alone in the same community, only to find nobody in. While going down the mountain toward safety, they saw a __________ walking toward the fire. Despite the thick smoke, they could __________ him. It was their friend walking to his house. Immediately, they turned around, picked him up, accompanied him __________ to his house to fetch something valuable and then drove away together. Fortunately, both the couple and their friend survived.

The fire ended up destroying most homes in Otis, __________ eleven lives and leaving the town hit heavily. Still, it strengthened their sense of community. Soon after, together with many others, Ron and Sharon Ross, who _________ the disaster, instantly started their rebuilding efforts from ashes.