5 . As I approach the hospital wearing my white coat, I look just like any other doctor. That is until I put on my curly rainbow wig, big red nose, and add my name badge “Doctor Larry Laugh-Out-Loud”. I walk through the doors into the waiting area, where there’s a familiar atmosphere of boredom and_______. People sit uncomfortably on plastic chairs, looking through old magazines, all of which have been read hundreds of times previously. Anxious parents do what they can to _______ nervous and crying children.

In the middle of this particular scene, I _______small girl whose ankle is twice its normal size; I speak with the on-duty nurse, who tells me that Lara’s parents_______her to the hospital after she fell off her bicycle. Since getting here, Lara has spent her time crying in pain. Although it’s the doctors and nurses who will treat her_______,it’s my job to make her feel better. Anyway, hospitals weren’t specially_______for children. Being a clown doctor means I can help people by_______them. I do magic tricks, sing songs, tell stories and, of course, tell silly jokes to _______patients and their families.

And my magic medicine does indeed seem to_______.While the doctor concentrates on examining Lara’s ankle. I get her attention by doing a magic trick. Although she is clearly still in some pain, her scared and anxious look has been________—first by a small smile and then by loud laughter as I ________produce her sock from out of my pocket, Seeing their daughter so much happier has__________made Lara’s parents more relaxed.

As for me, when I take off my wig and my red nose, I’m still wearing a________,as I remember all the fun and laughter of the day. While there might be more hospital visits ahead for Lara and others, I hope that clown doctors help make it a ________place to visit. After all, it really is true that “laughter is the best________”.

6 . My great-grandfather, my grandfather and my father are all farmers. My father expects me to become a farmer and _______ them all but I don’t agree with my father.

Three years ago, my father took me to an airport to visit one of his friends. His friend _______ a small airline. It was the first time I had seen a _______ airplane. After my father’s friend discovered I had never been in an airplane, he _______ me to fly with them. When we took off, I felt excited. While we were in the air, I almost forgot I had to _______ the ground. All I could think of was flying would be my _______ in life and how I wanted to fly again and again.

Since then, if I had time, my father’s friend would teach me how to fly. He _______ let me fly alone once. I wanted to become a pilot but I would have to go _______ my father.

At the age of 18, I had to tell my father what I wanted to do but I didn’t want to make him _______. As he walked ahead of me and I ________, I didn’t know what I could say to help him understand my ________ for flying. I took my courage and said, “Father, I have something ________ to tell you. I want to go to college and become a pilot. I have talked to the schools and they agreed to give me financial (金融的) help. “I felt nervous in his ________. Then he spoke,” I was wondering when you would tell me. I have been ________ money for you. ” When I heard this, I couldn’t help crying. For the first time, I really understand his ________ love for me.

7 . When he was young, Emmett Diggs liked nothing more than boxing. He even ________ a national prize in 1961. ________ at age 45, he wasn’t able to move as usual. A doctor told him he had Parkinson’s disease (帕金森病). At first, he thought nothing of it until one day while cleaning the floor on his hands and knees, he found that he couldn’t get up without ________. After that, he began to feel ________ and showed no interest in doing anything. It was the ________ period Emmett had experienced.

One morning, Emmett’s wife, Patty, shared with him a newspaper story about a man with Parkinson’s disease who practiced a ________ training called Rock Steady Boxing (RSB), which ________ shadow boxing (拳击练习) with strength training.

So, Emmett decided to turn to John, the local program director, for help. When they first met, John ________ Emmett boxing gloves and let him take over a heavy bag. Just putting on the gloves brought wonderful ________ back for Emmett. When John said, “Hit the bag.” Emmett did as he was told. “It felt ________ as the bag was hitting back,” Emmett said excitedly.

Soon, Emmett ________ a regular RSB class of a dozen people who were dealing with Parkinson’s disease like him. Emmett’s boxing skills impressed them all and soon they became friends. Over time, the class became something of a(n) ________ group in which they could share their pains and hopes.

“I had thought Parkinson’s disease was going to ________ everything that mattered to me, ”Emmett has written. “________, it didn’t change my love for boxing and gave me a ________ to know a new group of guys who are optimistic and supportive.”“

8 . NEST4US, a charity organization, was born when 17-year-old Amanda realized how much food waste there is, how many _________ people there are, and how simple it would be to use the food waste to help the people in need. “There was a _________ man standing on a corner and he was holding a _________ that said “Hungry Need Food,” she remembers. “So I gave him my _________. It was so _________, it only took me 30 seconds, and it really _________ him.”

Hunger is just one of the many serious problems of living on the streets. But the ease of this small act _________ her to find a way to get food to the people who need it the most. She didn’t think too much about it and decided to just _________.

How would she _________ this huge task? Many kids have difficulty talking on the phone but talking to strangers is not a problem for Amanda, who says she emails, calls, and __________ to business owners to ask for money. From there, she and other volunteers __________ enough food.

“We have 1.5 times the amount of food we need to __________ every person on the planet, it’s just a matter of how to hand it out,” she says matter-of-factly, “__________ there are so many people who want to help the hungry people all you have to do is to ask them.”

She thinks running NEST4US has __________ her life skills like time management, public speaking and leadership. “What it’s really given me is this viewpoint, of putting other people __________.” she says.

9 . The Internet can be a dark place. Readers generally don’t show their true ________ and thus feel free to leave bitter comments.

So ________, schoolteacher Decker in Florida felt worried when her son wanted to share her, ________online. He posted a photo of Decker shyly holding her painting and wrote: “My mom painted this and said no one would be ________ of it. It’s her 2^nd painting.”

To Decker’s surprise, more than 24,000 people praised her painting! An artist saw the photo and made a decision to express his ________ for the mother by painting Decker carrying her painting. He even ________ the shy look on her face. He then ________ himself holding his painting of Docker with her painting and posted the image online.

Two days later, a journalism student ________ her own picture of the artist holding his painting of Decker holding her painting online. Well, thus the Internet just stepped in and ________. More and more people joined in and ________ the “fun”. By this time, the paintings and pictures of paintings had got over one million people’s attention online.

Instead of the ________ remarks she was expecting, Decker said so many people were very friendly to her. She registered a social media account to ________ their support. She wrote, “I was really ________ I was going to read a lot of hateful comments. I was ________. You all are sympathetic, caring, and a ton of fun! You all have ________ me and strengthened my confidence. Thank you!”

10 . I was said to be the worst student in my class, and my family thought I was hopeless. I had to _________ grade six. At that time a new teacher, Miss Sadia, came to our school.

One day after class, she noticed that I was staying alone during the lunch break. She came to me and began to talk to me. It was just a _________ conversation. After that day, she gave me particular _________ and it made me feel special. I started to work hard because she gave me the feeling that someone believed me, and my _________ started to improve in her subject.

Months later, she moved into a house near my _________. We would walk home together after school. Her constant(不断的) support helped me, _________ in my studies, as I knew she would check my grades both in her subject and the other subjects. I finally _________ second in my class.

Then, after grade six, she started to slowly drift away(疏远) _________ still kept a constant check on me. By the time I was in grade seven, we hardly spoke, but by then I had become the _________ in my class. When I left my school, I was __________ with her, as she never answered the __________ when I called her.

Then I graduated and went to a good university. One fine day, our paths(路) __________ again. I met her at a wedding. I could not __________ asking her, “Why did you stop talking to me?”

“You are a clever boy. I wanted you to be a tree standing on your own roots, not depending on others. Now here you are and I feel __________ of you. You are your inspiration and do not need to __________ a shoulder,” she said. I could not say anything, but I smiled. I’ll always thank her.