1 . It was a common summer day, and I was hiking in the woods. As I walked along the path, a sudden noise drew my attention. I froze,_________ of what to expect. That was when I caught sight of a lovely deer. It looked at me and my heart started racing.

For a few moments, the deer stood still, seemingly _________ whether to run away or stay. I also didn't move, not wanting to _________ it off. After a while, the deer seemed to be a little _________ and changed its position. I slowly reached out my hand. To my _________, it came towards me and touched my hand with its nose. I felt great _________ in my heart. From that moment on, this deer and I formed a(n)_________ connection. Every time I went hiking, I would _________ it. Gradually, I felt a deep sense of _________ towards it, determining to protect and care for it.

One day, I __________ the deer lying on the ground, injured and in pain. I knew I had to take action quickly to help it 31________. I immediately contacted a wildlife rescue charity, and they came to take it to a nearby animal hospital.1 __________ to it every day, bringing it food and comforting it to aid in its __________. It was a long and difficult process, but __________, the deer was well enough to be sent back into the wild.

Years have passed since that unforgettable __________ but I still think of the deer sometimes. It taught me invaluable lessons about love, friendship, and the importance of living in harmony with the natural world.

2 . The doorbell rang one mid-December evening. I frequently had unexpected visitors in those early days after my husband’s ________. But when my 6-year-old son opened the door, nobody was there. ________, on the doormat was a box, tied with a silver ________ and a note that said “On the First Day of Christmas...” A mystery.

Sam had died that fall, ________ me the single parent of our two boys, 6 and 8. My sons and I had already ________ to deal with Halloween, and Thanksgiving without Daddy. Still, I was afraid of Christmas. How could December have ________ without my husband?

The next night, the doorbell rang again. Another ________ came, decorated with the same silver ribbon (带子) and ________ the same card reading “On the Second Day of Christmas...”

For the next couple of nights, my boys waited near the front door to see who was leaving the gifts, but the bearer would always choose the moment they left to ________.

I didn’t know who the secret Santa was. But there was one thing I did know. In those dark days of ________, somebody was shining a light our way with a simple but ________ message: “You are loved.” It was such a strange feeling, to be left in darkness on the one hand and drawn so firmly toward ________ on the other. I believe hope will make a(n) ________.

After 11 days of offerings, we weren’t sure what to ________ when we approached home on that 12th night. I trusted there would be ________.

3 . Thru hiking (徒步旅行) for long distances with your equipment on your back ________ placing yourself at the mercy of other people’s kindness. I thought it would be ________ to share some of the amazing experiences I’ve had regarding kindness of ________. Experiencing people’s kindness has left me inspired.

The first kindness is the Trail Angels who ________ their doors to hikers for support. They ________ rides to town for food or equipment and then provide essentials like showers, laundry and ship packages. They are people who ________ care for those who are away from home and need help.

Trail Magic can ________ at any time or place. The day I was climbing Mt. Baden Powell, there were two Japanese ladies sitting on the hillside resting. As I ________, they began clapping, stopped me, asked me about the trip, shared me some fruit and one woman bowed low and said, “I respect you.” Wow! What ________ words to hear!

One Saturday morning in the San Gabriel mountains, as we crossed a highway, trail runners in their vehicle pulled over to ________ us fruit. An hour down the trail, day hikers stopped and asked about our trip, opened their packs of ________ and asked, “What would you like to eat.” A few miles further we ________ Glennwood Cabin (格伦伍德小屋) and were fed pizza and drinks. At 9: 00 a. m. we were all pumped up and talking about this ________ day of kindness.

Now I am preparing for the next section hike to the Mojave desert. Thank you God for those who show a ________ heart and express the spirit of ________.

4 . I was ten when my mother was diagnosed with cancer. Prior to that, she had been a(n) _______ woman, active to an extent most people found astonishing. As a child, I was amazed by her accomplishments. But at thirty-one, her life _______. And so did mine.

She could do anything, I _______. She won tennis tournaments. She took photographs and held her own exhibition. She _______ as a newspaper columnist, and she cooked Spanish dishes for the family.

Now, she faced her illness with the same _______. Words like “disabled” and “physical therapy” became part of a(n) _______ new world we entered together. _______, I began to help take care of her. And it became routine to _______ her into the kitchen, where she instructed me in the _______ of peeling carrots and potatoes and how to prepare a decent breakfast.

Every accomplishment was a ________ for us both: the electric typewriter, the car with power steering and brakes, her return to ________, where she earned a master’s degree in special education. She eventually founded an activist support group called The Handicappers. One day, without ________ much beforehand, she took me to a Handicappers meeting. I had never seen so many people with so many ________. I returned home, thinking how ________ we really were.

Because my mother accepted her condition with such optimism, I rarely felt sad or resentful about it. Instead, I viewed her drive to look forward to things I ________ as a great mystery and powerful inspiration in my life.

5 . At the age of 104, Dorothy Hoffner achieved what few would dare — she _________ a Guinness World Record by skydiving from 13,500 feet From Chicago. Dorothy first tried skydiving at 100. This week, she beat herself, leaving her walker on the ground，_________ out of a plane, and _________ gracefully in Ottawa, Illinois.

Since her youth, Dorothy had taken up _________, even driving across the country on her own. Her _________ and love for life were obvious in her decision to take to the skies in her golden years.

When asked about her amazing achievement, Dorothy didn’t make a big deal about it and simply said, “Age doesn’t really matter.” Her words really showed the _________ and energy she had. Dorothy had faced many challenges throughout her long and _________ life. For example, she _________ the Spanish flu and other pandemics, and she never let those things get her down. She always had this unbelievable _________ that made her want to __________ herself and try new things.

As news of Dorothy’s __________ achievement spread, she became a __________ of hope and inspiration worldwide. Her story particularity awoke the passions (激情) of those facing their own challenges, __________ them to embrace life’s adventures despite their situations. Dorothy serves as a living example of the famous saying, “It’s never too late,” inspiring us all to __________ our passions and __________ regardless of our age.

6 . Pericles said, twenty-four centuries ago: “Come, gentlemen, we sit too long on insignificance.” We do, indeed! Here is one of the most interesting stories that Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick ever told--a story about the battles won and_________by a giant of the forest.

On the slope of Long’s Peak lies the _________ of a huge tree. Naturalists tell us that it _________for some four hundred years. It was a seedling when Columbus landed at San Salvador, and half _________when the Pilgrims settled at Plymouth. During the course of its long life it was struck by_________fourteen times, and the endless storms of       _________centuries thundered past it. It _________them all. In the end, _________,an army of beetles attacked the tree and leveled it to the_________ . The insects ate their way through and__________destroyed the inner strength of the tree by their__________but constant attacks. A forest giant fell__________before beetles so small that a man could easily kill them between his forefingers and his__________.

Aren’t we all like that battling__________of the forest? Don’t we manage somehow to survive the rare storms and lighting__________, only to let our hearts be __________by little beetles of worry——little beetles that could be killed between a finger and a thumb?

To __________ the worry habit before it breaks you, here is the rule:

Let’s not allow ourselves to be__________small things we should ignore and __________. remember “Life is too short to be   __________ .”

7 . Imagine that you’re approaching a coffee shop. Suddenly, your eyes are drawn toward an interaction between two _______ happening outside its doors. One man sits, leaning against the glass window, with a plastic bag of belongings on the sidewalk. A woman, with her hand tenderly outstretched, _______ him some bills. As you walk past the _______ and enter the coffee shop, do you _______ pulling out few bills and giving them to the man?

If you answered yes, you’re probably _______ what social scientists from UCLA’s Bedari Kindness Institute call “elevation” — an uplifting emotion often accompanied by a(n) _______ feeling in the chest, sometimes even by tears. _______, that feeling comes with some contagious (有感染力的) kindness. Researchers from the institute have studied _______ kindness can be contagious.

What they found, in short is yes.

In the study, half of the participants watched a video titled “Unsung Hero”, which follows a young man as he _______ his daily routine often ________ to help others. The other half watched another video of a man performing impressive parkour stunts (跑酷特技). These participants ________ five $1 bills as payment for their time. Then researchers invited them to make ________ to charity. Compared with the parkour ________ , people who watched the “Unsung Hero” video gave 25% more to charity.

________ by the insights obtained from the study, researchers at the institute teamed up with YouTube Kids to plan a series of videos to encourage K-12 kids to show others ________ as a way to remove bullying.

8 . I’m standing on Rio’s beach, one of the most famous _______ of sand. In this lively, multicultural country, the beach is not just a place;it’s a state of mind—a way of thinking and living.

Every Brazilian has his or her own ideas of the perfect beach, _______ to tell you where to find it. I’m happy to take their advice but my ultimate goal is to find my own dream beach. First, I go to Prainha’s beach _______ by a row of perfect palm trees, moving softly in the ocean breeze. Its beauty is magnificent-its perfect graceful lines are like something in a _______. But for me, it’s somewhat too perfect. I am searching for something a bit _______.

I continue my search heading north to a legendary beach: Jeri. As an international destination, it attracts visitors from Tokyo to Toronto. Luckily, Jeri hasn’t been _______ by tourists mostly because of its isolated(偏远的)location—at least five hours from any airport. I take a beach buggy(沙地车), driving for three hours. The boats lie on their sides while nets _______ to dry on lines between fishermen’s houses. Peaceful and beautiful! How can it possibly get any better? I _______.

My final stop is the islands of Fernando, _______ a few hundred kilometers out in the Atlantic. They once were used as a prison and later by the army. Today, they are a national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site, ________ with birds and sea life. The beach there is a perfect ________of sand, sea, and sky. The water is pale blue and warm, alive with colorful fish, ________, and other marine life; the sand is the color of ________. In the rocks and strong winds that ________ come in from the Atlantic, there is the wilderness I was seeking. Finally, I’ve found the beach of my dreams. I ________ my toes in the sand deeply and imagine I can hold on to this place forever.

9 . Young Chinese people in the new era are confident and responsible. With a ________ vision, they stand at the forefront of the times ready for a more global outlook.

After ________ from university in 2020, Danni chose to work in Africa for a year and then travel to seven ________ including Tanzania and Kenya.

A ________ school in Uganda put her travels on pause. The primary school is built on a hillside by the local government. The school’s walls are painted orange and the roof is painted in a ________ color like the sky, while the children’s uniforms are a bright green. She was assigned to ________ children grades one to four. She set up different kinds of classes for her students. Sometimes, Danni would ________ traditional Chinese cuisines such as fried eggs with tomato and buns in class. She had a good time getting to know the children at the school ________ .

Danni also tried to ________ the students during her volunteer experience. While staying at a preschool in Mafinga, Tanzania, she was responsible for preparing lunch for the kids. The preschool is so far from town and she needed to pass through a forest before ________ a bus and commuting for more than half an hour to get to the school.

To prepare a delicious lunch for Spring Festival celebrations, Danni raised over 1,000 yuan and went to the local town to ________ enough ingredients to make nearly 200 buns. The satisfied smiles on the faces of ________ while eating the buns ________ her to continue to find meaning in ________ work in different places.

In 2022, Danni arrived in Lebanon and ________ a voluntary teacher at a local school through a non-governmental organization. This time she taught arts and crafts to her students.

10 . On Oct. 11, hundreds of runners competed in a cross-country race in Minnesota. Melanie Bailey should have _________ the course earlier than she did. Her _________ came because she was carrying a _________ across the finish line.

As reported by a local newspaper, Bailey was more than two-thirds of the way through her _________ when a runner in front of her began crying in pain. She _________ to help her fellow runner, Danielle Lenoue. Bailey took her arm to see if she could walk forward with _________. She couldn’t. Bailey then _________ to let Lenoue climb onto her back and carried her all the way to the finish line, then another 300 feet to where Lenoue could get _________ attention.

Once there, Lenoue was _________ and later taken to a hospital, where she learned that she had serious injuries in one of her knees. She would have struggled with extreme __________ to make it to that aid checkpoint without Bailey’s help.

As for Bailey, she is more __________ about why her act is considered a big __________. “She was just crying. I couldn’t __________ her,” Bailey told the reporter. “I feel like I was just doing the right thing.”

Although the two young women were strangers before the __________, they’ve since become friends. Neither won the race, but the __________ of human kindness won the day.