1 . I’m Katya — I’m turning 29 this year. When I was growing up, I was always full of ________; I’d be that one kid who never wanted a ________, to stop playing, or to stop running.

As I started to ________, I began to notice that I was very restless. I was ________ struggling with concentration. I wasn’t able to ________ properly even though I was tired. My work was ________ quite badly as the months went on.

But really, deep down, even though I knew there was something wrong, I didn’t seek any ________ or help — because I was ashamed. I was brought up with the ________ that things like depression, anxiety, or whatever else were just made-up things to make lazy people feel better.

One night, everything became too much, and I ________. Sitting there, crying and ________ what to do, I suddenly realized something: ________ health needs to be treated as seriously as you would treat a broken arm.

I was diagnosed with ADHD (多动症) — and you know what? I was ________. I finally understood what was causing me to feel the way I did. The doctor mentioned a few ________, but one that stood out was an app called Sensa. It’s essentially a companion app that takes your individual needs into account and tailors a plan specific to them. Since using it, I’ve felt more in control over my ________. I’m able to actually focus on what I want to do.

By ________ what is causing you problems, you start the road to solving them.

2 . Before retiring, my father was a successful corporate executive. Growing up, I got used to learning that he had received________, from vice president to executive vice president to senior executive vice president, and so on. I was always impressed by my father’s________and viewed him as a wonderful role model.

Therefore, I couldn't have been more________when my father got annoyed with me after I showed him one of my new business cards,________“Tina L. Seelig, President. ”I had started my own business and________my own business cards, My father looked at the cards and said, “You can't just call yourself president.” In his experience, I had to wait for someone else to promote me to a leadership role and the thought of my________myself with that title________ him.

I have________his mentality（心态） time and time again. Twenty years ago when I told a friend I was going to write a book, she asked, “What makes you think you can write a book?” She couldn’t________taking on such a project without the________of someone in a position of greater authority. I, on the other hand, felt confident I could do it. The task was certainly________,but why not try? I put together a detailed proposal, wrote some sample chapters, shopped it around, and________a contract.

Over time, I've became increasingly________that people are divided into two categories. Some look inside themselves for________and others wait to be pushed forward by outside forces. From my experience, there’s a lot to be said for________opportunities instead of waiting for someone to hand them to you.

3 . Growing up I never wanted to be “just a mum”. I thought that when I’d have my own children I would take some time off but then ease back into the workforce fairly _________.

My twin girls entered the world as _________ premature babies. I’m not sure if that made me even more _________ of them, but when the time came to organise my re-turn to work I_________. I thought after twelve months of singing nursery rhymes, playing peekaboo (躲猫猫) and_________the baby food preparation I’d be_________ to use my brain again.

As it turns out, that’s not the case. I love staying with my daughters, being_________, cooking food, singing songs and reading books. Yes, some _________do become very repetitive, especially when they’re very young. But the older my two get, the more fun _________ them becomes.

A while back. I sat down with my partner and we discussed my __________ to work. As we don’t have any family in New Zealand we would have to rely on __________ , and with twins you have to earn a decent wage to make working __________.

But at the moment I feel that I’m the best person to__________with my girls. Why would I pay somebody to do a job I love? And in the end we let my __________ decide. Now I’m a proud stay-at-home mum.

When people who haven’t got long to live are asked if they have any __________,no one ever says spending too much time with their children, but many say working too much.

4 . Frost is known as an old-fashioned, closely connected community, where only 198 people live. In Frost, Minnesota, a farmer named Scott Legried ________ his car while driving off the road to miss a German shepherd dog. He saved the dog, but ________ a number of injuries including several broken bones and a concussion (脑震荡). His community came to his rescue, harvesting his ________ for him.

“I got knocked out and when I ________, I couldn’t move,” Scott told The Washington Post. “I couldn’t ________ reach up to get my cellphone from the instrument board of my truck. I ________ saying, ‘Lord, I’m going to need some help here in the next 5 or 10 minutes’.”

A driver driving through the area ________ Scott and called 911. He was taken to the ________. Doctors told him he would need several months to ________ before he could drive a tractor again. This ________ he would not be able to get in his soybeans and corn.

When his community heard the news, they made a ________ to harvest Legried’s crops. More than a dozen ________ from surrounding towns showed up at Legried’s farm with their machines. Others organized lunches for the group. They also ________ his dogs while he was in the hospital.

“This is a(n) ________ time of year for farmers, so it meant the world to me,” said Legried, who lives alone. “But I guess I ________ wasn’t surprised. I’ m lucky to live in a community where people have always looked out for each other.”

5 . Johnnie Cowboy and his wife Monica call on people to think of their old neighbors who generally don’t handle the heat as well as younger people in hot weather.

They don’t _________ anyone to do what they themselves would not. Actually, they’ve done this for a decade.

They live in Kingsbury Towers Apartment, and the apartment is called _________ by thousands of residents. All of the residents know that at some _________, Cowboy and Monica will come knocking on their door to make sure they’re _________!

Each day, they go through their _________ to chat with elderly neighbors who might not be able to get out as _________ as others. They make supply runs for them and _________ their air conditioning is working. Monica says she will often call the management if they can’t _________ the resident inside.

Since older people are more likely to suffer heatstroke (中暑), staying _________ is important to help maintain their __________. However, sometimes it’s hard to tell if you’re overheated when you __________ alone. That’s where their visits __________!

No one asked the __________ to check on the well-being of their neighbors, but they did it __________! Sometimes we just have to do what’s __________ without being asked.

6 . I was in first grade in Mrs. Bauer’s class at a time when elementary schools held student gift swaps. I was to _______ toys with Paul, a boy I knew little about.

I bought a Matchbox car for Paul. After all, all boys _________ such toys. However, the gift Paul _________ for me was a small plastic Santa Claus on green snow skis. It surely cost much less.

As Paul and other boys raced their new Matchbox cars delightedly in the classroom, I tried to hold back hot tears. Though I felt _________, I started racing my skiing Santa alongside the Matchbox cars. Truthfully, I wasn’t trying to erase any _________ Paul might have felt for giving such a cheap gift. I _________ didn’t want to feel left out.

When school was over, Mrs. Bauer asked me to remain behind for a moment. I sat _________ at my desk, having no idea what I’d done wrong. When we were alone, she said to me with great _________, “I’m proud of you for not showing your _________. That would have hurt Paul’s feelings. You gave him a very nice __________ that made him cheerful, and you should be __________ about that.” Mrs. Bauer’s message, which I didn’t fully __________ at that time, was that it is better to give than to receive.

Afterwards, I became __________ with Paul. I found his socks always had holes in them. He shared a tiny bedroom with two sisters, and his dad had died. That skiing Santa might have been all Paul could __________ to give. I suddenly realized it was far more __________ than any other gift.

7 . Recently I was very busy and I needed a timeout. So I decided to drive to the supermarket and pick up dinner instead of doing my usual ______.

In the supermarket, I took fat and juicy chicken and some warm cornbread. As the cashier began processing my items, I______my bag for my credit card. However, I realized my wallet was not there. In______, I told the cashier I had left my money at home and apologized sincerely, offering to______my items to where I______them. Just at that moment the supermarket owner appeared, saying “Please, take everything home and______the dinner. It’s on the house tonight!” I tried to______the lovely offer but he______a dark chocolate bar near the counter and said, “Here! Take this, too!” His act of______lifted everybody present. I thanked him______for making my day.

When I approached home, as I______into my driveway, I saw my next-door neighbor had just mowed my lawn (草坪). He was putting on the finishing touches, clearing the cut grass. Feeling______, I jumped out of my car and asked him how much he wanted for his ______, to which he replied,“Nothing at all. The lawn needed doing.” He______me off summarily as he returned to his home. A second scoop of good______had landed in my lap, which again reminded me kindness is everywhere in the world.

8 . Two years ago, I lost my wallet. I made the poor decision of keeping my identity card, my credit card, a large amount of money and other various things inside my_________. I worried about anyone who got my wallet would take_________from my bank account, and I was also _________that my identity card would be used to do something___________

About a week ___________, a police officer knocked on my door and_________my wallet. Someone handed it into_________! Much to my _________, they didn’t touch the money inside or anything. I felt so lucky that such a kind person___________my wallet and took time out of their day to try and give__________back to me.

After that, I decided that I wanted to do __________things for other people, hoping that they also could feel that way. I started to do small things to __________ people. They were small simple things, like holding the door open for others. When you make others feel __________, you will have a great day.

That’s why I__________everyone to do small nice things for others. Helping others is to help____________

9 . Working in animal rescue is often heartbreaking for volunteers, but there are moments of joy that would never be possible without their tireless efforts.

Joey Wagner enjoys volunteering. Back in 2013, Joey received a(n)_________about a severely abused dog. He hung up and _________ for the place all at once. When he saw the little dog, he _________ realized the dog was hours away from death.

Joey and another rescuer _________ the dog, which they named Mojo，to the animal shelter. Many people requested to adopt Mojo. However, its _________ was so bad that it was not considered. In spite of the fact that it’d been_________, Mojo was loving towards humans and showed an enormous capacity to _________. Mojo gradually recovered under the care of other volunteers of the animal shelter.

When it was finally able to find its forever home, Joey was the first in line to fill out the _________paperwork. And it was natural that the shelter _________ Joey’s application. Still, when Joey appeared to bring Mojo home, no one could have predicted the little dog’s reaction to seeing its__________ again!

The moment Mojo saw Joey，its little tail began to wag(摇)crazily to its __________ dad.

“It definitely __________ you. It was unexpected to other volunteers as the __________ dog climbed into his arms for more hugs and kisses.

Mojo is now a healthy member of Joey and Leta’s pack and the Wagners have continued to use its story as a(n)__________ to drive donations and awareness for animal rescue. Mojo knew that Joey helped it at its lowest. Their bond can never be __________.

10 . As an engineering student, I had a degree and three good job offers. I couldn’t help trembling when I heard about studies which showed that women are at a(n) _______ when it comes to math. However, I discovered: just because a subject is _______ to learn, it does not show you are not good at it. You just have to grit your teeth and work harder to get good at it. _______ you do, there’s a(n) _______ chance you will enjoy it more than anything else.

In eighth grade I took algebra (代数). On one test I got only 1 percent of the _______ answers. I failed the next one, too. I started to _______ maybe I’m just not good at this. I was lucky enough to have a teacher who didn’t take my bad grades as a judgment of my _______, but _______ as an indication that I should study more. He _______ me aside and told me he knew I could do better. Success grows out of struggles to overcome difficulties. I ________ the following tests, and pulled my grade up to an A.

I studied a lot in college, too. I had moments of fear while sitting below the fluorescent lights in the ________ library on Saturday afternoons, when I ________ that the estrogen (雌性激素) in my body was ________ me from understanding thermodynamics (热动力学). But the ________ in my class had to work just as hard, and I knew that I couldn’t ________ to lose confidence in myself. I didn’t want to choose between my femininity (女人气) and a good career. ________ I reminded myself that those ________, the ones that say math comes more naturally to men, are faulty.

Here’s a secret: math and science don’t go ________ to most people. No one was ________ born knowing calculus (微积分). But as a famous saying goes: Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it. A woman can learn anything a man can, but first she needs to know that she can do it, and then takes a leap of ________.