1 . On Sept. 17, 2022, a father Jeff and son Johnny set out to begin the first of the Ironman competition (铁人三项比赛) in Cambridge. Johnny has cerebral palsy (脑瘫), which _________ his difficulty in walking. Jeff would act as his arms and _________, carrying the weight of his son throughout the race.

From the day Johnny was born, Jeff and his wife refused to let their son’s _________ hold him back. Determined to show Johnny that he could go after his _________ of being an athlete, when he was 15 years old, they signed him up with My Team Triumph, an organization that helps kids with disabilities engage in _________.

Jeff began waking up at 4 in the early morning, and he could run while _________ Johnny in a wheelchair called a racing chair. “I wanted to help him _________ his dreams,” Jeff said.

The race began with a 2.4-mile _________ in the Choptank River. Jeff helped Johnny into a kayak (皮船) and Jeff went into the _________, pushing the kayak. The pair __________ the swim in 90 minutes. Then it was on to the __________ leg: a 112-mile bicycle ride.

They completed the __________ bike ride in about nine hours, then tried hard to finish the final leg of the race—a 26.2-mile marathon.

After 16 hours, 55 minutes and 35 seconds, tiredly but __________, the father and son __________ the finish line together. Jeff helped make Johnny’s goal a __________.

2 . Carney found her father’s bucket list (遗愿清单) in a brown bag by chance. She looked down at it and _________ to finish it. For Carney, the bucket list was an _________ opportunity to work through her pain caused by her dad’s death and _________ with her dad. It was also a way to keep his spirit _________ in her life.

The first thing she _________ was “Donate money to education in poor areas.” She learned that many students in Georgia had dropped out of school because of _________. She and her husband flew there to _________ them.

On Dec.27,2022, Carney _________ the last task on her dad’s list: “Have five songs _________.” She picked a few of her father’s favorites and recorded them in a __________. While doing that, Carney recalled those fondest memories—his father’s __________ to her before she went to bed at night. She felt like she was singing with father again.

Completing the bucket list enabled Carney to get to __________ her dad in a way she hadn’t had the chance to. It also helped her understand her father’s goals and his __________. In her dairy, she wrote: “It helped me understand my father better, to see him as a human being full of __________. And doing that helped me to understand myself and fell more of a sense of __________ in my life.”

3 . Hackett was on the way from a Colorado mountain last May when he heard a faint bark. After _______, Hackett found the source: a black-and-white Shetland sheepdog behind fallen pine trees. The dog was too weak to move and looked _______.

Five weeks earlier, Krugman had let his dog Riley out for a walk. When it didn’t _______ after supper, Krugman became concerned and _______.

“I thought, Maybe Riley has _______ looking for Pam,” says Krugman. His wife, Pam, had died of a heart condition months earlier. “When Pam _______, Riley hid behind the bed for several days,” Krugman says. “You could tell Riley really _______ Pam.”

The next morning, Krugman looked for the Riley’s _______ in the snow and asked a local animal shelter to help _______.

Spotting Riley, Hackett ________ it in his coat and carried him like a baby. When he reached his apartment, he ran a ________ bath for cold Riley and turned on a heater. Hackett ________ Riley through the night, and then drove him to a nearby shelter in the morning.

Krugman picked up Riley in the shelter and drove him straight to an animal ________. Three days later, Hackett ________ Krugman to see how Riley was doing. “I’m just so ________ for what he did and for the efforts of all the people who searched for Riley,” Krugman says.

4 . My aunt Mantha loved Christmas. She always went out of her way to make it _________ and cosy for everyone around her. December 2022 was no _________. Mantha drove three hours to visit everyone two weeks before the 25th and to drop off _________ to her friends. We chatted about our plans, _________ and kissed goodbye when it was time to _________.

So when on December 18. Mantha's son called us sadly to tell us Mantha had passed away _________ at home, none of us could quite believe it. So close to Christmas, none of us felt like _________. That was until my sister-in-law, Vera told us about some _________ of hers in the office who were from China had just arrived in the UK.

We knew we couldn't leave them to spend the day by themselves, especially after we heard how _________ they were to experience a proper English Christmas. More importantly, we knew Mantha would have wanted us to throw open our doors and give them a Christmas to __________.

When the day finally came, we __________ them into the house with open arms and tried to __________ our pain so we could give them the full Christmas __________.

It didn't __________ the pain of Mantha's absence but connecting with strangers and __________ our culture helped us get through the day and turned out to be the very thing we all needed.

8 . Observing nature can be an effective method for young students to discuss and understand their emotions in a calm learning environment. I’m obsessed with ________. I’m especially interested in growing food from seeds or propagation (繁殖), which saves ________ and is a fun challenge. Many years ago, I learned that we could ________ a pineapple plant from the top of a pineapple, so I had to ________ it. After several times of failure I was ________ successful in growing one and getting it to bloom. I was excited, so I ________ this huge, heavy plant to school. Then my fourth grade students could ________ in the excitement of watching the pineapple grow.

My ________ students welcomed the pineapple plant into our class and named her Patricia. They made name tags for her, and even wrote ________ about her. We also ________ children from other classrooms to come in and meet her. She became quite ________.

More interesting, though, is the fact that she had a way of ________ kids self regulate. She ________ people when they felt sad. Our school counselor often brought students in to visit Patricia, and they always left our classroom feeling happier and more ________.

After some reflection, we now realize that the ________ of the pineapple was not really just about the plant. Patricia helped create an environment filled with passion, positivity, and nature. It’s calming for our nervous system, which leads to self-regulation and enhances learning.

9 . My phone was an extension of myself. I couldn’t go anywhere _________ it. I scrolled through my friends’ _________ into late night and turned my phone on before my eyes were fully open. I enjoyed having it until that day when I realized that what had started as a useful tool had turned into a(n) _________. So, I made a _________ decision to turn off that smartphone and _________ my old dumb phone out of hiding.

When I was watching TV shows or movies and there was a boring part, I _________ picking up the phone and checking out “what everyone else was doing.” Now I had to pay attention or find a way to _________ myself with my thoughts instead. When I visited New York City, I had to write out _________ and ask people where an intersection (十字路口) was _________ pulling out my phone.

I have welcomed silence into my life with open arms and am enjoying the increased __________ from not constantly having to fight with the __________ to check my phone while I’m trying to get something done. I am allowing my thoughts to speak to me instead of my phone. I am connecting with others in a __________ way that isn’t all about me. Instead of always posting about what’s going on in my __________ perfect life, I am connecting with my friends one-on-one, talking about the reality of our lives and being there for them from a place of __________.

As much as having a smartphone was __________, not having one is freeing on a much bigger level.

10 . Jen is a 39-year old community dancer with Down’s Syndrome(唐氏综合征). She is the founder of Dance Syndrome, a nonprofit organization that brings together _______ dancers and make them feel equal to everyone.

Dancing has always been in her veins. As a young girl, Jen seized every opportunity to dance with full _______ both in the morning and during her 10 minutes of _______ before bedtime. The dynamic workout would keep her _______ all day long.

Life hasn’t been straightforward for Jen. She was _______ by a number of dance clubs in primary school and encountered numerous _______ while pursuing her passion for dance. Despite these challenges, her ambition to share her love for dance and _______ disabled individuals in the art grew stronger.

After leaving school at 18, Jen spent over 10 years searching _______ for opportunities to be trained as a dance leader. Eventually, she had to give up and decided to try her own way, not knowing where it might lead!

Despite the _______, Dance Syndrome was established in 2009. Jen and her fellow disabled dance leaders took ________ of the charitable organization, working alongside non-disabled dance artists who helped them work more professionally.

Over the decade, Dance Syndrome has ________ thousands of disabled dancers, cultivating an environment where every person is recognized as equal, ________ and accepted for who they are. The year 2019 witnessed Jen ________ for the third time as a member of Shaw T rust’s Disability Power 100. She is a living proof that ________ can come from unexpected places and that disabled individuals can ________ society in extraordinary ways.