1 . Dexter lives in Ouray, Colorado, where, for the past few years, the two-footed dog has been turning heads wherever he goes. His owner, Kentee Pasek, says ________ on two legs isn’t a trick she taught him. Rather, it’s a(n) ________ he made after a near-death experience.

When Dexter was a puppy, he escaped his yard, dashed into the ________ and got hit by a car. He lost his front legs. Everyone ________ he would need some kind of adaptive equipment to get around. He did use a ________ for a while until one day when Pasek set the dog at the foot of her porch (门廊) without it.

Pasek ran in to get a cup of coffee, came out and ________ found that her dog had climbed the stairs. She ________ her cellphone, put Dexter back at the bottom of the stairs and ________ him walking up the stairs on two feet without the wheelchair.

In the six years since, Dexter has become a full-blown celebrity, ________ in parades and building a group of social media ________, who now come to the dog’s hometown just hoping for a glimpse of Ouray’s most ________ “citizen”.

The whole thing isn’t considered as a ________ for many people. People praise Dexter for his option to stay ________. He shows where humans see ________, dogs sometimes beg to differ. And Dexter’s action has proven that sometimes getting ________ is the only way to see how tall you stand.

2 . Small children are easy to throw up in the air and catch — and they ________ it. “Again, Daddy, again!” Jacky shouts as I throw him skywards and catch him on the way back down again. He throws his arms and legs out   ________ he were flying, his eyes wide with ________. His trust in me is ________, which is quite a nice feeling, but at the same time gives me a huge sense of ________.

I hope Jacky will always trust me fully, but I know that, as he gets older, it will need more effort and sound judgment ________. Trust is such an important part of a parent-child relationship that it’s something that I can’t ________to lose. Every time I ________ Jacky to something new, he’ll do it only because he trusts me and feels ________ in the knowledge that he won’t get hurt.________，teaching Jacky to swim means he has to believe that, when he’s swimming in the big pool, I’ll come to his rescue if his doggy paddle lets him down.

________, in the workplace, trust is important for strong ________. It is something that every manager should work hard to ________ among their team. If people don’t trust you, they’re unlikely to follow your directions and willingly become a loyal (忠诚) team member. A ________of trust can make people work against you rather than for you. At the very least, it means that people are not going to be giving you their best. Good ________, like good parenting, is a long-term commitment.

5 . 28-year-old Jermaine Scott set up in business as a barber in Madison. He gradually noted the kids were _______ to tablets and cell phones when they came to the barbershop. It was _______ to cut their hair when they were focused on those. That led to the _______ of Scott’s “Barbershop Books Day” when kids could come and get a _______ haircut. What was required? They had to _______ a book while they got it.

He created “Barbershop Books Day” to help not only the kids, but also the parents. Madison has many low-income families and many are focused on just keeping their _______ on. For people in this community, $15 for a haircut per kid is not easy to _______ so in some way a reduction in the price can _______.

Scott began his initiative (倡议) by _______ five library books and putting them near his chair. Book ________ began pouring in when a local news station ________ what he was doing. Scott plans on taking his initiative a step further by __________ his “Barbershop Books Day” to an “Ice Breaker Book Tour” where he ________ to get kids excited to learn while also giving them ________ role models through motivational (激发性的) speakers. Scott said, “If I step outside my comfort zone and tell them school is cool, ________ it will guide them in the right direction.”

6 . In a small village there lived a lazy Brahmin Ramdas. He would do nothing but daydream all day. One sunny afternoon, Ramdas was very _________. He said, “What a beautiful day! How I wish I could go back to sleep. But I have to go out and get my food.” After bathing, Ramdas took out a bowl and out to _________. By begging the whole day he managed to get a pot full of _________.

“It is this pot of milk that is going to make me _________,” he thought. “I will use it to make butter. From the butter, I will be _________ to make ghee (酥油). I am really clever! I will then go to the _________ and sell the ghee,” his dream _________. “With the money I get, I will buy a pair of goats. They will have _________ after six months. Soon I would have an entire herd of goats.”

“How _________ I am,” he thought. “The day I become a rich businessman I will build a big house right in the middle of the village. There will be a splendid garden and a swimming pool in front of the house. Early morning I will __________ in the blue waters of the pool.”

Deep in his __________, he struck out with his foot, breaking the __________, and drenching (使湿透) himself with the milk. He saw the broken pot and cried. He lost whatever he had because of his __________ and daydreaming.

Laziness is the biggest __________ of our life. If you are lazy then you will not acquire any significant (重要的) position in your life and will always have nothing. Laziness is a __________ who slowly steals everything from us. If you want to become successful in your life and career, please overcome the devil laziness.

7 . I was in the second year of my PhD program when a colleague asked what I would do if I had a 25th hour every day. Without much_______, I said I would use it to help others. Like many graduate students, I was_______ with teaching, coursework,_______ , and some attempts at a personal life._______, I asked myself, “Do I really need a(n)_______ hour to help other people—or do I need to make better use of the 24 hours I have?”

A short time later, I started to_______for an organization that provides_______for senior citizens and people with disabitities. To my_______, adding this activity to my busy life was just what I needed to_______ the chaos (混乱) I was feeling as a first-generation international graduate student.

I was a bit________before my first ride, as I had not ________ much with people outside school. But my nervousness quickly calmed when I________my passenger: an old woman on her way to church. She was ________ to see a young international driver and was full of questions about my________. She shared with me how thankful she was to attend________and get some fresh air. She gave me her blessings.________like these and the smiles on my riders’ faces________ me to continue driving.

I started to volunteer about 3 hours every weekend-time I otherwise would have wasted________or looking through social media. Sharing stories with my riders was much more________. My previously overwhelming (巨大的, 无法抗拒的) schedule began to feel________.

9 . Eddie McCarthy was watching the local TV news when he suddenly saw a _______ face on the screen: Roman, one of his high school math students, His parents were _______ looking for a live kidney (肾) donor for him. McCarthy decided he would get a blood test to see if he might be a_______ match.

Roman’s kidney s were failing, and he would likely have to wait three to five years for a donor kidney, _______ more than 92,000 people were on the waiting list.

Roman’s mother said, “Every birthday was bittersweet, knowing that Roman was getting closer to _______ a kidney transplant (移植).” His parents began an all-out _______ for a living donor two years ago.

Then in February, their _______came after McCarthy saw them on the local news. McCarthy got a blood test at a local clinic and _______that his blood type was O positive like Roman’s. He soon did more tests. At the end of June, he _______news that he would be a great donor match for Roman.

When the hospital ________ in June that the operation would be performed, Roman's parents began to shed tears.

Roman’s transplant went smoothly, and he was pretty much back to being a ________ 15-year-old kid. His parents’ friends ________ a GoFundMe account for him to help pay the expense.

“Everyone in our family will forever be ________ for what the donor did,” Roman's mother said. “We hope that McCarthy’s ________ will give hope to others who are ________ what we did, and that they’ll also find donors.”