1 . On May 22, 2011, a hurricane struck my hometown. It destroyed 8, 000 buildings. ____ more than 1, 100 people, and took 161 lives. The roof of my parents’ house was broken. In seconds, the home they’d known for years became ____.

As soon as my parents were safely relocated(重新安置), I ____ to save their remaining possessions. ____, I discovered most of their fumiture and clothing had been ruined.

My parents had ____, however, that I could save some of their books and pictures. Unfortunately, every time I tried to ____ a photo album from a drawer or a book from a shelf, the nonstop rain wetted what I was trying to protect. I felt hopeless, so I ran outside. Suddenly, a short, thin, elderly man ____ at my side. It seemed like he rose up through the ground or fell out of the sky. He said to me in a very ____ voice, “Everything is going to be all right.” Then he ran through the rain toward the house and climbed up to the roof. I ____ him until I remembered I was supposed to save my parents’ prized possessions. I went back inside and ____ some towels and plastic bags in a cupboard. Using the towel to dry off several photo albums and books, I placed these treasured things into the plastic bags for ____ from the rain.

Suddenly, I realized it was no longer raining in the house. Looking up, I saw he’d____ in putting waterproof canvas(防水帆布)over the whole house. I ran outside to thank him, but there was no____ of him. I wanted to tell him how ____I was for his help.

This man was an angel sent to help me in my hour of need. He was a light in the darkness. He gave me ____, comfort and hope.

2 . My mother turned ninety. I knew I needed to find a senior _______ center. Not for her — for me. If I were at her age, I would want to stay in shape to _______ life, getting a lot of pleasure. Yes, walking in local parks was my _______, but I wasn’t so active as before.

I called a nearby center, “Do you have aerobics (有氧运动) classes _______ for seniors?” “Sure. Come and check us out! We start at 10 am,” the receptionist (接待员) replied and _______. The next morning, I went there. One part of me was _______ that the class was too easy, not doing me any good. The other part feared it was too hard for me to _______.

When I came into the room, a woman _______ me, “Oh, you’re new. Welcome.” Then the music started. The hour-long workout woke up the muscles I didn’t often _______ in daily walks, suiting me fine. I became a member there. My classmates ranged in age from fifty to ninety. Most gave the exercises their own ________, doing as much or little as they could. ________ no one kept score. Soon I learned physical well-being wasn’t the only ________ there. During breaks, people chatted happily. Whenever some people were ________ we asked around. Were they busy? Were they in hospital? Moreover, we signed cards for those who were ill.

I ________ to be in good shape now as I’ve hoped. Still, I’m grateful for things more valuable from the class — close friendships and new social ________.

3 . Poltu ran straight to his study table. There, in an empty bottle, was the treasure, a colouful butterfly, once keeping flying away from his _________. But now it was going to be part of his biology project in school.

Poltu loved the different _________ on the wings. He had made a few holes on the cap of the bottle to let air pass   _________. He dressed hurriedly, _________ school and _________ the bottle on the windowsill. That day’s biology class was the most interesting! Poltu’s teacher was happy with his _________ and asked everyone to thank him.

On the way back home, the butterfly still fluttered its wings _________. Whatever small creature Poltu came across, he felt like putting into the bottle. But he _________ himself as he wanted to give breathing space to his butterfly.

Waking up around midnight suddenly, he lightly _________ the bottle. The butterfly did not move. He shook the bottle some more, but still no ____________. He poured a little water. The water seemed to help as the butterfly ____________ a little. Polu heaved a sigh of ____________. After a while Polu quickly opened the bottle and gave it a ____________ shake.

To Poltu, the tiny noise of the fluttering wings was ____________. He sat staring at the empty bottle, but he was happy that he had sent the butterfly back to where it ____________- nature.

4 . I’m a single mom. Unluckily, I was________earlier in the year so times was really________. My son had been in and out of the________for six years because of a severe disease. He was 8 years old and his brother was 7.

My sons knew we had________troubles, but they didn’t know how hard we were because my parents________for them. I was grateful that I had helpful parents.

One day, we were at a grocery store(食品杂货店) and I was________about grocery money and gas money because the day I had to pay for bills was________. Meanwhile, my 8-year-old son saw a homeless man outside the store. It was really cold and the man asked if we could give him some_______. My elder son walked to the man and gave him a dollar, and his brother did the________thing. I saw my sons talking to him and ________them say “be right back”.

They came over and asked me if we could get the man some hot coffee because it’s ________and the man had stayed there for four hours. So, we went inside, buying the man some________. Suddenly, I was not thinking about my________, or my worries at all. Instead, I was happy to see my sons do something kind, which was so________.

I hugged both my kids, because they had________me the great value of kindness.

5 . I'll call him Peter because I didn't know his name. He was a waiter in a restaurant to which I had taken Robert, my five-year-old son, for his ______. Robert wore his new ______, proud and joyful.

Peter greeted us warmly and brought his ______ close to Robert's level to talk with him. Robert lifted his left foot so Peter could see his boot and then he asked Peter to ______ it. Before I tried to stop his ______ request, Peter got down to Robert's boot and took a long smell. Then he thanked Robert for ______ the special smell. Robert smiled at Peter's reaction.

When ______, Robert took more time than a fast-food customer should. Eventually, he ______ an orange juice. Peter praised his ______, which brought a bigger smile to Robert's face. Peter followed us ______ with our food as the birthday boy picked the perfect table. My heart was filled with thanks for this man who made my son feel ______. Though Peter did what Robert asked calmly, I still criticized (批评) Robert for his impolite deed.

Peter treated all customers with extreme ______ and politeness. Eight years later, Robert can still feel Peter's   ______. In life, we often ______ people by material worth or university degrees. However, the true ______ of a person comes from how they treat others.

6 . High school senior Jonathan Walker is unquestionably celebrating an amazing milestone in his life. The Florida teen has been ______ into 27 universities and received up to $4 million in scholarships.

“It was just a surprise to see that they wanted me to ______ their institution, and that they were offering me ______ . It was just a ton of excitement,” Walker said during an interview with ABC News’ Linsey Davis.

Colleges and universities that included Harvard, Stanford, Yale, and MIT all ______ to enroll (登记) the 18-year-old Florida student.

______, the teen was very surprised when he was admitted to all of the universities. He told CBS Miami in an interview, “That’s such a ______ thing to occur, but it did happen.

However, ______ he has been accepted to all of his choices, the teen is working on ______ the list down. “I’ll be able to make a pretty confident _______.”

Actually, Walker is also active in the science club, the international Baccalaureate program, and the school football team. The amazingly ______ 18-year-old has also been working with a partner on a wrist device that ______ people who are blind and deaf to communicate better with people.

“My parents ______ me a chemistry set (化学用具) a couple of years ago. And then from there I really ______ that I could use engineering to help people. And so I just became super interested in ______ devices that could help disadvantaged communities and people ______ a challenging period,” Walker said.

7 . Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it _______ . She and her husband have spent the last two years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might sound like one long, expensive _______ , but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel _______ .

They’re part of a new form of the _______ economy: an online group of house sitters. Throughout their no-cost stays in _______ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner’s _______ .

It’s not all sightseeing. The two travelers carefully _______ their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to _______ . But house sitting also offers a level of _______ they can’t find in a hotel. “It’s like ________ at a friend’s house,” Jessica says.

The couple has a high ________ rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they always go beyond the homeowner’s ________ . For Jessica, that means ________ plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house ________ and leaving a nice small gift before heading to the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right ________ ,” she says.

8 . Chris Person lost his wallet outside a Publix store. The wallet contained his license, credit cards, plenty of cash, and some gift cards. He _________ his pockets and the parking lot carefully but came up empty. He had completely become _________.

The next day, two _________ who Chris Person had never met before drove to his home in Palmetto Bay. To his excitement, he was told that 15-year-old Lucas had _________ the wallet in the parking lot by chance. Then he decided to go with his father to Chris’s to _________ it in person.

Chris became impressed with the _________ the father had obviously passed on to his child, _________ because every note of the more than $1,000 in cash was still in the wallet. “They both refused my _________ without any hesitation when I insisted they _________ the money that was inside, and they said they just wanted to do the __________ thing—and they did,” Chris told CNN. “The father intended to teach his boy the meaning of a selfless and __________ act by accompanying him for thousands of mile here. And I believe the boy will always make right decisions whenever he faces the same situation in the future.”

During their conversation, Chris learned that the warm-hearted boy liked rock and roll. Therefore, he was determined to do something meaningful to __________ the boy for his kindness. The following weekend, Chris and his wife got a new surround sound system. Chris had been __________ that Lucas was very fond of __________, so he called Lucas up and asked if he wanted it. The boy was both __________ and satisfied by the gift.

9 . In September 2016, six people came out from a small solar-powered building on the side of a volcano in Hawaii. They were _________ of a simulated (模拟的) mission to Mars, and they had been living in the building for nearly one year, _________ from the rest of the world.

This mission to Mars was part of an ongoing _________ to see how people would deal with the challenges of living on another planet. Based on the _________ of the experiment so far, here are four abilities you would need to _________ on Mars.

The first is Resourcefulness (足智多谋). When the water system broke, the group had two _________. They could figure out how to fix it or they could _________ months for supplies to be delivered from “Earth”—by which point they would be dead. So they _________ it themselves.

The second is Imagination. The group members have said boredom was a major _________. On Mars, you wouldn’t have Netflix or Xbox, so you’d have to __________ other forms of entertainment (娱乐活动).

The third is Tolerance (宽容). The building is only a quarter of the size of a basketball court. If you’re __________ annoyed by people, life on Mars might not be for you. Whether eating, working, exercising, or relaxing, you would hardly be __________.

The last is Independence. During a mission, there is no real-time __________ between the group and anyone on “Earth.” They have email, __________ messages are on a 20-minute delay (延迟), simulating how long it would take messages to __________ between Earth and Mars. So you would be removed from the lives of your loved ones back on Earth.

10 . “You’re going to buy me a bicycle?” I asked in_________. “Have you forgotten how old I am?” “No, I haven’t, and what_________does it make? Everybody of our age who travels in a motorhome has bicycles,” my husband said. I could not believe my ears.

When I was six, a girl was hit by a car while riding a bike and_________instantly. My parents told me bicycling would kill me. So, I never_________to ride.

But after I had children, I satisfied their_________to own bicycles and taught them to ride at an early age. Of course, I never_________that I would buy one for myself.

_________, I didn’t want to mess up my first travel before it started and I knew I needed to face my_________, so I decided to go along with this. One is never too_________to learn a new skill, I told myself.

After buying a bike, we were on our way to my first__________. With sweaty hands and a flying heart, I__________held the handlebars(车把) and balanced on those two wheels. There were a few sudden stops and__________starts over the course of the next thirty minutes, but I did it. I learned how to ride a bike.

Since that day, I have__________throughout Texas, California and Virginia. Bicycling has truly__________my retirement years, given me more self-confidence and, more__________, taught me that a simple, courageous act knows no age.