1 . In 2012, I had just recovered from a serious illness when I received an invitation to a writer’s conference in Orlando, Florida. My family persuaded that a(n) _______ might be just what the doctor ordered, so off I went.

Arriving in the Sunshine State was rather tiring, but I _______ to catch a taxi to my _______ and settle in. Next morning, I took another _______ to the shopping center to buy a few souvenirs. Later, I went to a café to have lunch, but all the tables were _______. Then I heard a friendly voice saying, “You can _______ my table.”

I gratefully sat down with the _______ lady and we had a happy lunch together. As the meal drew to a close she asked how long I would be in Orlando. I had already told her that I hadn’t _______ a car, and hadn’t realized how _______ taking taxis would be. After a while she said, “My dear, don’t use any more taxis. I’m retired and it would be my pleasure to drive you wherever you wish.” I told her that I couldn’t put her to that ________ , but she brushed aside my protests (反对). She asked me where I was ________ and next morning she was waiting at my apartment at the ________ time to take me to Disney World. She spent some time with me before leaving me to ________ alone. At the end of the day, she ________ to take me back to my accommodation. I offered her money but she refused to take any.

I’ll never forget that wonderful lady who, through her ________, filled my brief holiday in Florida with wonderful memories.

2 . Culture and tradition are the soul of a country. When a country ________ them, it is difficult for it to make ________. Chinese culture can be seen everywhere in China. _________, I did not really understand it in the beginning. Then I realized I had to ________ something in order to understand it.

Last winter I decided to stay at our university to ________ all the activities organized for foreign students to celebrate the Spring Festival.

The ________ began a month ago with the decorating of our rooms with Spring Festival couplets (对联) and New Year paintings. On February 10, we ________ an activity to write Spring Festival couplets. When I saw the brush, I became ________ . Why is there such a pen? How do we use it?

After understanding the tools, we started our creative ________ . I tried to hold the brush and start writing ________, but the tip of the pen was too ________ and I couldn’t grasp it at all. I was ________, but I didn’t give up. After several ________, I wrote a line of words. At this time, I found that my sleeves were dirtied with ink as I was too ________ practicing. Even so, I was very happy, because I felt that I had learned the essence (精髓) of writing calligraphy.

Through this activity, I came to ________ the amazing Chinese culture more.

3 . Born into a poor farmer’s family in Meixi township in 1960, Liang Ruirong suffered polio (脊髓灰质炎) when he was a child. This physical disability ______ his life.

After failing the college entrance examination, he made a ______ working in fields. After about a year, Liang seized the ______ chance to become a full-time employee at a _____ factory in a neighboring town. Modest and ______, he was promoted to workshop director after five years. Over time, the idea of ______ his own company began to take shape. “I didn’t have the money,” he said. “I had to ______ it from friends.”

During the first few years, Liang traveled with the delivery truck to ______ customers with the bamboo products in person. “To save on ______, I often slept in the truck at night,” he said.

Liang never forgot about the ______ he had gone through. As company chairman, he created jobs on the processing lines, which do not require much physical ______. To make sure that as many people as possible could ______ his success, the company establishes a charity which ______ 250, 000 yuan to Meixi township.

Liang’s company is now well-known for environmentally friendly bamboo products. For Liang, the company has   ______ to the world, showing that it is possible to ______ the right balance between economic development and environmental protection, making money and benefiting society.

4 . A little girl created a perfect gift for her mother’s birthday. It was a drawing of a ________ on white paper with the words “For Mom: love, love, love” decorated with hearts. She folded her letter, but then she ________ it.

For most people, that would be the ________ of this story, but this story had a different result. James Carrell found the letter. He had just ________ his mother, wishing her a happy birthday. After he hung up, Carrell saw the ________ on the ground outside of a hardware store in Manvel. “I ______ it was a gift,” said Carrell. “I opened it up and saw the flower and hearts. It really ________ me.” Carrell thought the letter would ________ someone’s day and that maybe he could find the owner, so he posted it on the Internet. The message moved a lot of people, ________ one man.

“I was sitting at my friend’s house and saw a man’s ________,” said Carrell. The comments included one from Robert Alvarado. He wrote, “I can’t ________ you found my baby’s letter.” Carrell reached Alvarado to ________ the letter. It took a few days, but the men finally met on Thursday night.

“Eventually the letter made it home,” said Alvarado. “We are ________ for what James Carrell did.”

We often forget the power of ________ things, but for this family from Alvin, Carrell’s small act left a (n) ________ impression.

5 . Jamil Jan Kochai moved to America from Afghanistan at age one. At home, his family only spoke Pashto (普什图语), so when he reached first grade in an English-speaking school, he was _______ at a loss.

Then came Ms. Lung, Kochai’s second-grade teacher, who quickly realized that Kochai was _______ hard at school. Nearly every day after school, Lung would give Kochai _______ lessons on reading and writing. By the end of the year, Kochai had learned to read and write, and even won the first prize in the school reading competition.

Sadly, Kochai _______ the teacher after his family moved several times. “I tried everything to find Ms. Lung, but all proved _______,” he explained. “The _______ was that I didn’t know her first name. She’d always just been Ms. Lung to me.”

In the meantime, Kochai was starting to go after a successful career in writing. He has received many writing _______. But he never gave up _______ Ms. Lung.

Two years ago, Lung’s husband, Allen Lung, happened to read an article Kochai wrote for a literary magazine that _______ Ms. Lung. He then __________ Kochai through Facebook.

Allen Lung asked Kochai if he wanted to speak with his __________ that same night. Because of the pandemic (疫情) they were only able to __________ each other, but Kochai was excited. This was the moment he had been waiting for years.

Kochai cried when he heard his teacher’s voice. He told Ms. Lung everything he had achieved was all thanks to her. They planned to meet __________ at some point in the future.

However, that moment didn’t come until August 13, 2023, when Kochai was doing a book signing event for his new novel. Allen approached Kochai, introduced himself, and brought him over to reunite with Ms. Lung. “I didn’t know why I didn’t see her __________, since Ms. lung is sitting in the front row. It has been 22 years since I saw her last time,” Kochai said.

“My father used to say that every child is a rocket filled with __________ and all they need is a single spark (火花) to lift off into the sky,” Kochai said. “Ms. Lung was my spark.”

6 . A club called We Dine Together was formed at Boca High School in Florida last autumn. During each lunch period, ________ make their way around the school courtyard looking for students who are eating ________. They then introduce themselves and get to know the students.

Estimon, who came to the US from Haiti in the first grade, is one of four students who ________ We Dine Together. He said having been the ________ kid before, he knew how it felt to be ________. And he didn’t want any other kid to have ________ problems.

“When I first arrived, I had a great feeling of loneliness, which was more ________ during my lunch break,” said Estimon. “If we don’t try to make that ________, who’s going to do it?”

Allie, who also helped organize the club, got emotional while ________ what it was like to sit alone at lunch.

“It’s not a good feeling — you’re ________. And that’s something I don’t want anybody to ________.” said Allie. “Meeting someone who actually ________ and listens to what you have to say really makes a difference.”

Since the club was founded, dozens of ________ and friendship have already been formed between teens who may not have met ________. Estimon and his friends are planning to ________ the success. “We’ll open clubs in schools across the country — no matter where anyone lives, they have the chance to make friends.”

7 . I’m a seventeen-year-old teen, counting down the days till graduation, just like every other senior in the world. I’ve _________ a lot in my short seventeen years of life, but I have also made mistakes. I’m not perfect. I’m on the path of self-discovery, which as I’ve come to realize is _________.

After many years, I still _________ remember the last time I had to _________. At that moment, starting a new school wasn’t really that big of a _________. I spent the next four and a half years in Mountain Home. I made four amazing friends anyone could ever ask for. However, when I had to leave them, I was _________.

I soon _________that starting a new high school was different from being the “new girl” in elementary or even middle school. It wasn’t as easy to gain the “approval (认可)” of my _________ now as it had been back then. Back in elementary or middle school, although I was a freshman, I had my friends and people I knew. I could very easily _________ well over ninety percent of my class. However, at this new school, I ____________ no one.

I’ve been told over and over by my mum that I’ll ____________ have to enter the “real” world and that the ____________ I have over all of these things will soon disappear. What adults ____________ to realize is that every day in a teenager’s life is a battle (战役). We’re no longer children, but not quite adults. We struggle to ____________ who we are.

Although I still have about a year and a half left, I honestly believe that being a teenager has been the hardest ____________ in my life, something I’m sure I’ll carry with me for the rest of my existence.

8 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

10 . Davyon Johnson, from Oklahoma, doesn’t understand why he’s been receiving so much attention. In his words, he just “did the _________ thing.” And while that is true, saving not just one, _________ two people on the same day is actually a really _________ deal. In fact, it is what superheroes are made of!

First off, Davyon was at school and noticed a 7th grader was struggling to _________. Having learned the first aid method Heimlich maneuver (海姆利克氏急救法) on YouTube, he jumped into _________ and, after three attempts, successfully removed a bottle cap from the boy’s throat.

Then, later the _________ day, he and his mom were driving home when they saw _________ coming from a house. He asked his mom to _________ and approached the house. He found an elderly woman having trouble _________ the burning home. So he did the right thing. Davyon helped her safely exit the house. The fire department soon arrived to __________. Davyon’s amazing actions__________the attention of the Police Department, who presented him with a __________ naming him an honorary member of their force. Davyon learned to do the right thing from his __________, including his mom, dad, and uncle. And Davyon is __________ to be an emergency medical technician(急救医疗医生) when he grows up. Davyon is a great example of a young person __________ their talents to help others.