1 . Yesterday, I was shopping in a store, minding my own business, when I saw someone _______ a dog with a “service animal” vest. I gave it very little _______ at first. But then, in the soup aisle (过道), I saw the person and his dog again. When I walked by, the so-called “service animal” growled (咆哮) at me, showing his _______.

_______, service animals are trained not to do that kind of thing. Honestly, it _______ me, and I _______ the dog, fearful of being bitten. I thought about going to find a _______ but finally decided not to because I was afraid to be _______ with the person.

But the dog’s behavior got _______. In the milk aisle, the dog was not growling. Instead, he got his body close to the ________ and started pooping (排便) while the owner just watched. Then, his owner walked on, paying no attention to the waste left in the middle of the ________ aisle.

At this point, I couldn’t stand it anymore, and ________ it was time to actively get a worker. Soon a worker came to guide the dog and his owner out of the ________. Seeing that fearful dog and annoying person disappearing, I felt ________. There was nothing wrong with loving dogs, but dog owners should raise dogs in a ________ manner.

2 . Driving through a West Haven crossroads, a young man named Rhett and his friends encountered something extraordinary. There, in the middle of the road, was a box filled with envelopes. But these were no ________ envelopes; each was packed with cash, ________ to a total of between $45,000 and $50,000. Rhett, ________ the moment, said, “We didn’t know until I kicked one of them and money flew out.” This ________ find quickly turned into a moral decision.

________ the life-changing amount of money at their fingertips, they chose the path of ________. Rhett humorously reflected on their ________ process, saying, “The first reaction was like, well, let’s get this to the right person.”

The rightful owner of the money, who had reported it lost, was informed of its ________. The relief and gratitude he must have felt upon hearing this news were ________. Hearing the news, Rhett’s mom definitely ________ it!

The owner’s reaction to getting his money back was one of disbelief and enormous gratitude. He planned to meet the young men to thank them ________ and offer a reward. The story of these three young men is a convincing ________ of the impact of good choices and moral courage.

Their actions ________ an inspiration to others, showing that even in the face of great temptation (诱惑), it’s possible to choose the right course of action. Despite the countless ways it could have ________ them, the young men’s decision to return the money is a powerful example of the values that truly ________.

3 . I think I lived rather sustainably last year. I composted (堆肥) fruit and vegetable scraps, ________ my own clothes and even grew food on my balcony. I grasped every chance to make ________ in my lifestyle.

I became accustomed to getting up early, which I think came with various ________. I devoted the morning hours to breathing in the flesh air. I kept my evenings ________ to meet friends, read, or connect with family, and slowly get myself ________ to rest as dusk approaches.

The biggest ________ for me was to take a walk wholeheartedly. Having spent much time staying indoors, I wanted to take a ________ kind of exercise where I could enjoy the natural scenery, rather than an intense one. Walking not only ________ me to the beautiful creatures that lived among us, but helped me to ________ my own life.

I found out how much organic waste even a small household could ________. It is reported that U. S. households waste approximately one-third of food they buy, ________ $ 240 billion per year. Although I got my composting into place, I needed to find a ________ for the plastic waste from deliveries and takeaways. ________, I was offered a door-to-door recycling service that visited every two weeks and ________ the waste.

While I’ve always been getting clothes made by the family ________, this stopped during the pandemic. Last year, as the traveling exhibitions which ________ artisans and help them sell their products came back to the city, I bought some ________ which was made into fashionable sets and dresses. I also ________ an old block-printed dress into a jumpsuit.

Thanks to my ________, I found my life was eased back into a healthy one. I’ll stick to my ________ lifestyle from now on.

4 . I am a Russian girl, and it has always been my small dream to climb to the top of a mountain to enjoy the sunrise since my childhood. However, there are no big ________ in my hometown, which makes me very ________.

After coming to China, I heard that there was Mount Huashan. I ________ to climb it to meet the beautiful dawn (黎明) at the top of the peak. On arriving at the foot of the mountain, I began climbing immediately with great ________ and determination.

During the process, a sudden ________ made the stone floor wet and slippery. I had the idea of ________, but the crowd encouraged me to continue the ________. As the steps became ________, everyone lined up, caught the chains and ________ moved forward. When I got close to the top of the mountain, I had nearly run out of ________, so I found a place to rest for a while. Then I heard a voice saying, “Relax, and don’t be afraid. As long as you climb up, you are the best!” Hearing that, I realized if I was frightened by the ________ just now, I could not be the best. So I gathered all the ________ and finally made it!

At the moment of ________, the rolling sea of clouds and the amazing scenery on the mountain changed obviously. I truly ________ that life is like climbing up a mountain. Only with all the way of sweat and the confidence can you reach the top to enjoy a ________ life.

5 . That morning in September, at a five-kilometer race, I waited for my 11-year-old son at the finish line. He’d run 30:34 at another 5k in late spring, so I ________ he could run a 5k in about 30 minutes. When I didn’t see him at the 35-minute mark, I began to ________.

It’d already been an ________ morning. About an hour earlier, when we drove into town, my son noticed a lovely tiny green tree cricket in my car. It jumped onto my son’s hand where it stayed so long that we eventually gave it a name: Little Friend.

Minutes before the race, it jumped onto the sidewalk. Maybe it wanted to seek freedom, but this wasn’t a safe place due to the ________ pedestrian traffic. So my son knelt and ________ his hand. Little Friend came back. But I told him he would ________ it during the race.

I ran well and felt thrilled at the finish line. However, that ________ gave way to anxiety when my son didn’t show up. I ________ asking people if they’d seen him. No one had. So I returned to the race headquarters. In my confusion, I didn’t even see him ________ the finish line. But there he was, just ahead of the 45-minute mark, with Little Friend ________ on his right thumb.

My ________ were wrong. My son didn’t run fast, and he didn’t lose Little Friend. These two ________ seemed somehow related. He ________ a cold he was getting over, but I knew it was more than that.

Sometimes life gives you something beautiful, but fragile. There’s no need to ________ ahead. Treat it ________ and hold on when you can.

6 . With a massive wildfire approaching, the evacuation (撤离) order came and Yellowknife’s residents were instructed to leave. As a result, Louise and her big family got into the vehicles with their pets: a _________ dog, Sedze, and a cat named Copernicus, heading to an evacuation center in High Level.

After driving all night, the _________ group setup camp near the Deh Cho bridge to sleep for two hours before _________ again at 8 am. But 20 minutes into the second _________ of their journey, an unexpected _________ happened: Sedze was missing. They rushed back to their campsite, _________ asking if anyone had seen an old Shih Tzu (西施犬), but had no ___________.

Though Louise tried to stay positive, she _________ the worst: Sedze had drowned in the nearby river. After a _______ search, Louise had no choice but to continue the journey, still holding out hope for a __________.

The moment they arrived in High Level, Louise called her daughter Jilaine and __________ the news in tears. Ten minutes later, Jilaine called back with a shocking__________: a man named Ryan had posted about a dog he found on Facebook, and the dog looked exactly like Sedze! Louise immediately got in touch with Ryan and confirmed Sedze’s identity. __________, Sedze was reunited with Louise, safe and sound.

Three weeks later, the order was __________ and the group returned to their home. “If my house had burned to the ground, I could have replaced it,” Louise says. “But you can’t replace your __________.”

7 . On a recent Sunday morning jog through Prospect Park, Martinus Evans was received like a conquering champion. Every few minutes, a passing _________ would smile and nod, congratulating him as they _________.

Mr Evans is the _________ of Slow AF Run Club. At 300 pounds, he is a _________ figure among runners who have felt left out of the sport. He’s graced the cover of Runner’s World and _________ in the ads of sports brands. And this month, he’s releasing his first book.

The idea for the club was born at about mile 16 of the 2018 New York City Marathon, just after the tiring Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan. Mr Evans was running along when he _________ a man gesturing from the sidelines.

“You’re _________, buddy,” the man shouted, adding an impolite word to indicate just how slow. “Go home.” Mr Evans tried to _________him, and turned his attention back to the _________. Six hours behind the winner, he __________ finished it in over eight hours. But as the bystander repeated his __________ word, Mr Evans got angrier-then __________. The next time he raced, he wore a shirt with that man's phrase, and a cartoon of a smiling turtle. When he __________ photos of his new uniform on social media, __________ asked for shirts of their own. By early 2019, his running club was born.

He said his driving message is simple: “I want everyone to know that they can run in the __________ they have right now.”

10 . In spite of the fact that I had stayed with my sister for 14 years. I knew one thing — I would not want to be like her. In high school, she was a journalist and it was _______ she talked about. No matter how many times I said it, I _______ myself in “Intro to Journalism” freshman year,_______ . Why? That was because my mother wanted me to be a journalist,

Though it was the _______ thing I wanted to do, I got to realize the point of being a journalist. It was _______ writing a report. It was also communicating with people by telling stories. After a short term, I began to see what happened around me _______ — I saw things as _______, which I wanted to share with people who wants to _______.

In the second semester, I joined the newspaper staff and _______ nearly every position on staff, from designing different columns to taking photographs. I wrote stories, opinions, and almost any other thing for every ________ of the paper.

I loved everything around me, but I found my gift in visual journalism. I had a/an ________ for design and I was ________ ready to put in. When I was writing each story, I promised to tell in its entirety. There is possibility that some ________of a story can’t be presented in a paragraph form. That is ________ I came in. I worked to improve the ________ of our magazine every day. But my work is not ________ to this. I also worked to add the web and multimedia ________ the publication. I loved producing content for the newspaper. ________, I found myself creating less and less through my junior year. Then 1 was thinking up ideas and helping others to do the ________ to make their work happen.

Now, I’m proud to say that I have fully made ________ of what it means to be a good storyteller.