1 . My son Timmy was born with several rare developmental disabilities. By age 13, he had had at least 10 surgeries on his legs and feet. Balancing and walking was very ________ for Timmy, and he needed a great deal of help with mobility.

Meeting Janice, who ________ treat Timmy, changed Timmy’s life. Janice and Timmy ________ an immediate bond. That bond led us to get our Larry, the biggest dog I’ve ever seen. Janice, being so ________ with my son and her dogs, knew Timmy and Larry would make a perfect ________.Larry, not usually easy to bond with, was ________ like glue to my son the minute they walked in the door.

Larry has changed Timmy, s life so much for the better. Not only does Larry give my son ________ for his mobility issues by keeping him steady on his feet and protecting him from ________, but he is also his best friend. If Timmy is sleeping, Larry does not ________ his side. If Timmy does not feel ________, Larry still will not leave his side, even to ________ or go out.

Larry slows to Timmy’s pace and watches every ________ he makes. They walk along together in perfect steps. It is truly ________ to watch the two of them together. This year, Timmy and Larry began their journey in high school together. The ________ that Larry gives Timmy is priceless. Larry is always there to support Timmy for mobility, for falling, for companionship, and is his best ________.

2 . When Liam fell into the sea during a sailing lesson, he had no idea what he was in for. “I was shaking with _______,”said Liam in an interview. _______, he was wearing a life jacket, but the water was _______.

The experience left him wondering if he could _______ something that could help people stay warm in water related accidents. The following spring, Liam _______ his friend Fraser for a class science project. Together they got the _______ of “LifeHeat ”——a self heating life jacket that could one day help someone in a _______ situation.

After repeated tests, Liam and Fraser _______ calcium chloride -- a chemical (化学品) often used to melt (融化) snow and ice from sidewalks and driveways, which _______ the life jacket to remain warm underwater. Then they decided to self test their ________ by jumping into the sea. Their first ________ did not go as planned. “We put in more calcium chloride than we usually do,” said Liam. “We were starting to overheat!” While it wasn’t the result they expected, the test made Liam and Fraser feel ________ .

This year they ________ B. C. Science Fairs and won first prize. It was a special moment for Liam and Fraser as they could receive feedback (反馈) from experts to ________ their work. They hoped to turn their invention into business. “We believe that this ________ will be widely used to save more lives,” said Fraser.

3 . The incident happened one day in November. A stranger asked Sammy where his mother and father were, and he knew something was off. While the woman was _______ to him, she insisted that she knew his family. The woman _______ he should come with her, but young Sammy didn’t follow.

He was understandably _______ the situation but out of it he came up with a plan. The youngster entered a store he regularly went to and _______   the cashier, Hannah Daniels. Thirty-year-old Hannah was behind the register and Sammy’s _______ were something she would never forget.

He whispered to her, “Act like you’re my mom. This lady is _______ me.” Hannah remained calm, but she didn’t take Sammy’s words lightly.

Hannah _______ placed herself between the boy and the woman. The woman was standing just outside the store, so Hannah could _______ the door and lock it _______ something terrible happened.

Sammy recalled the ________ moment and noted that he was trembling in the ________ . His dad had taught him about stranger ________ and the risk of kidnappings(拐骗). As a result, the youngster knew how to ________ to the woman.

When the boy’s father, Sam Green later watched a video of the incident ________ from the store’s security camera, he said he was moved to tears. He hopes their experience would ________ other moms and dads to educate their kids because it can make a significant difference.

4 . This morning I was reading a book outside my favorite beachside coffee shop when an 18-year-old boy sat down next to me and said, “The ______   in your hands is great, isn’t it?” I closed the book and we started ______ .

He told me he was getting ready to ______   high school next week and then started his college life in the fall. But he had no ______ what he wanted to do with his life.

He asked me many questions, and I ______ them as well as I could, trying to give ______ advice with the time I had. And after a half-hour conversation, he thanked me and we parted ways.

But on my way home I realized the ______ I had with that 18-year-old boy was ______ quite nostalgic (令人怀念的) . He made me ______ the time when I was his age, more than twenty years ago. I had so many ______ back then. So, I started thinking about his questions again, and I began remembering all the helpful little things someone told me ______ I was 18.

The ______ is that you’d better do your best, one ______ , not all at once. And above all, laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t ______ when everything develops. Life is short, yet ______ . Enjoy the ride!

5 . I was working as a mechanical engineer, doing designing and product development at my company. I was really having a good time.

However, one day, I got a message for a _______ from my manager at 4:45 pm. I went into his office, and I saw someone from HR sitting beside him. My manager said,“Your _______ is not up to the mark. You always need help from others to complete your work. You aren’t working _______ . So this will be your_______day.” I had_______my hardest in the last 3 months and to hear something like that_______my confidence. I tried to convince him but the_______was final.

In this situation, I had two_______. To feel sad for myself or to leave everything behind and go get what I was worth. I told myself that I_______a job. I started________a new job actively. Putting in maximum effort, I got________. I made a record of 12 interviews in a week! I________several offers and accepted a new job! I was really________and proud of myself.

I just want to say that no matter how much you________, you can always get back up. I am proud of myself that I stayed________and got a new offer within a few weeks.

6 . A football-loving penguin was unveiled as the official mascot of the 2023FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Streetwise and confident, Tazuni ______from the crowd thanks to her signature blue bunch of hair. Tazumi is a penguin based on the Eudyptula minor species which is ______ to New Zealand and Australia.

The name Tazuni is a ______of her home — the Tasman Sea — and “unity”, the key______of the event to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

Her football dreams come true when one evening she looks up to see fireworks ______ overhead coming from a nearby_______. The kids from beach ______ over a personalized football kit, and she ______walks into the stadium to showcase her talents.

“Tazuni stands for everything which makes the event unique, and her______ will resonate with millions of young fans around the world,” Fatma Samoura said. “Tazuni is the______mascot for this tournament, ______ all that is positive about the biggest women’s football event ever ______, and our sport-obsessed host nations who are ready to ______ the world.”

Like millions of youngsters worldwide, football is how Tazuni ______herself, and the event will provide______ for a new generation of football fans and participants from across the globe.

7 . I live with my husband Jack in Iowa, which is far away from Florida. One day, my husband suddenly decided to play _________ in Florida.

“Why Florida?” I wanted to know. “We are so busy every day with our work. Why not someplace _________?”

“Because,” he said, “Florida is famous for golf. It’s just something I _________ to do.”

_________, I did understand. Just a week or so before, I _________ a diary of mine from my teenage years. What really got me about it was the list I’d _________ on the very first page—Things I’m Going To Do. But until now I haven’t done a third of them!

So when Jack talked about playing in _________, it got me thinking. There were a lot of things I wanted to _________. They were all the same things as I’d decided to do _________ I was sixteen. But always because of some reasons, my plans __________ to be carried out.

In order to make our life without __________, I told Jack, “Now let’s draw up all our life lists and have them __________ one by one together.” That was how our journey to Florida __________.

After many years, our plans were all finished. __________ I’ve learned that the secret is to take life __________. If you’re in too much of a hurry, you need to stop, or you will fly past all the things that are the most fun.

8 . 8- year- old Dillon Helbig has _______ much attention over social media for his lovely book The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Christmas that he made all by himself. But the second-grader never _______ the book to go viral. It was a pleasant surprise.

Dillon’s journey to get it published is a pretty _______ story. He _______ his handwritten, 81-page graphic book onto the shelves of the local library without being noticed while _______ the library with his grandmother. After his mom discovered that Dillon left his book at the library, she wasn’t _______ by what he’d done. She knew Dillon had wanted to published a book since he was five. _______ that Dillon’s book would be lost, they returned only to find the book was _______ from the spot where Dillon put it. They contacted the library and were told that the manager Alex Hartman and a few coworkers had already discovered and read Dillon’s book. They not only _______ it, but decided it met the selection criteria (选择标准). So they stuck a bar code (条形码) on it and added it to the library’s ________. Dillon’s wish of earning a place in the library’s card catalog came true. Before long, the book proved so ________.

Alex Hartman said, a reader ________ out the only copy of The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Christmas days ago and now there’s a 55-person wait-list. Library readers are allowed to ________ books for up to four weeks.

For his performances, the library gave Dillon a(n) ________ for Best Young Novelist. Excited with success Dillon isn’t resting on his laurels (荣誉). He’s already working on his next ________. “It’s about a jacket-eating closet,” he said.

9 . Stevens, a single mother of three children, was an active volunteer in her children’s school. She was always___ when they played sports in the school filed. John McGinty, the school’s principal, who learned Stevens’ situation, offered her a______ as an instructional assistant.During her work, she _______ her teaching certification and then made it to apply for a health and physical education teacher. She also ______ the job of athletic game monitor over the years, helping students______ athletics.

“I’m here by 8 am and get home by 9 pm,” she says. “I don’t think it’s ______because it’s what I love.”

_______ her goal of teaching the importance of healthy styles, Stevens also wants to encourage students when times are ________. “There’s a lot going on in their life, and I just want them to be happy and ______   of who they are. I try very hard to prove to them that they can ____ me,” she says. Those who have experienced her services say she finds a way of inter-acting with teenagers, so that they feel ______.

Stevens starts her every day with serving the students around her. That might mean ______ a student who has a successful solo (独奏) in a school performance, or helping a grandparent watch from a distance to ______locate his or her grandchild on the field and so on. “All of them ______,” she says.

“The kids feed my ________,” she says. “I treat them as if each of them were my own. I feel fulfilled when I am with them.”

10 . After nearly thirty years of forced performance in a traveling circus (马戏团), a 34 -year-old Asian elephant named Bo finally arrived at his new forever home at an elephant reserve. He is now _________ to go where he wants on a 7-acre habitat, eat when he _________, and walk or play as much as he likes.

Located in southwestern Georgia, the reserve has just the right climate to _________ Bo and up to nine more captive-born (圈养出生的) elephants to live outside year-round and _________ their “elephantness”. As a captive elephant, Bo _________ most of his life on a one-acre piece of land in Missouri, when not _________ with the circus.

Although his _________ will be limited to the 7-acre habitat at first for a few months of adaptation, he then will be _________ to live in a 100-acre area of grassland, woods, and pools. Retiring Bo, a(n) _________elephant in the prime (壮年) of his life, to a reserve sets a new example for how circus elephants can __________their lives. For the first time in his life, he can do as he pleases.

In the weeks leading up to Bo’s __________ , people in the reserve worked to __________ the fence (栅栏). As a male elephant in the prime of his life, Bo is __________ large and strong.

To our joy, now Bo has been freed from the __________ of circus life, but many other elephants are not as __________.