2 . Afraid to have a start, I was walking slowly into my first school in America. I had ______ a long way from India in order to join my parents. My father decided that I would go to school here, so I ______ a local high school in my new town.

With ______ and fear, I arrived at the classroom. Everyone’s eyes were on me as I entered the classroom. I went straight to the ______ and asked him if it was the right class. With a ______ voice, he answered, “Yes.” His voice comforted me a little. Then he asked me to ______ where I would sit. I chose the ______ closest to the door. I spent the rest of the class taking notes from the ______ produced by the overhead projector (投影仪).

______ it was my first day, I was confused about which hallway to use, but I ______ to get to my classroom without asking anyone. I wasn’t quite sure when I would have ______. It was noon when I went to my next class and the bell rang as I entered. I went through the ______ process of asking the teacher if I was in the right class. Feeling surprised, she said, “That is the lunch bell.” I felt a little ______. Without another word, I headed for the cafeteria.

I realized that all the confusion on my first day was like the difficulty I had to ______to reach my goal. When I got on my bus and sat down inside ______, I said to myself, “Today isn’t so bad.”

3 . It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr. Leonard___________a little dog going around his camp trying to ___________herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any,” Leonard thought. Like all ___________, he had packed just enough for the whole ___________. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a___________ to win.

The next day, at the starting line, the dog ___________ him again. He waved her away, worried that she might be stepped on by the runners. ___________, the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race ___________. That night the dog snuggled (偎依) up to Leonard and even___________ to get a little food from him. By then, he was determined to name her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven-day race, with Gobi____________ a distance of 125km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a____________ — he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race ____________my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her, rather than just focusing on winning, ” said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more enjoyable , giving me a lot of pleasure.”

As Leonard was preparing to get Gobi home, she was missing. With a group of 20 local volunteers coming to his ____________ , he finally found her. After that, Leonard never let Gobi out of his____________. Now Gobi’s favorite activity is still running, and she__________ does at least 8km a day with Leonard up the hills.

4 . This is Chester. He’s now back home with his owner, but a few months ago he went_______for three nights.

“I went for a walk up to a local beauty spot and Chester was running about out of nowhere because two lurchers (大猎狗) appeared and ______ him. He got scared and ran off in a(n)_______direction. It’s like losing a family member. My daughter didn’t _____for three days.” Lea Williams, the dog owner said.

The family had almost lost hope until Erica decided to offer her ______. She uses a drone (无人机), worth almost 7, 000 pounds, to help find lost dogs by using thermal imaging (热成像) technology. The drone can ______ heat signal from up to 250 feet in the air. Therefore, when Erica is asked to help out in a ______ for a dog, she simply goes to the dog’s last known location, sets up the drone and up it goes. Having found more than 160 dogs, it’s proved pretty ______. Can you spot Chester running around these woods? To the naked eye or even a normal drone, it’s actually ______, but pop the thermal image up and he jumps out. allowing his owner to bring him_____ back home.

Having saved hundreds of dogs, the method is clearly ______ . Erica doesn’t ______ for her services and instead does it for the ______ of seeing the owners reunited. “I’ve seen it first-hand what it does to people when they lose dogs and I know how much it must hurt to them, losing that loved one. Finding the dog is like winning the lottery — it is absolutely _____.” Erica Hart, the drone owner said. Erica’s drone has helped create countless happy ______ and is sure to make many more in the future.

6 . The second Sunday in May is a volunteer day in my neighborhood. Last year, my neighbors and I decided to ________ in the cancer ward (病房) at the Royal Children’s Hospital. As Children’s Day was coming, the hospital wanted us to make some ________ with children.

The day before we went to the hospital, many of us were feeling quite ________. We didn’t know how we would react when seeing those sick ________. As we were preparing morning tea for them, I ________ some neighbors to make chocolate bread and candies at my home.

We arrived early at the hospital and were greeted ________ by the staff—it was ________ to know that they were welcoming us and the brightness we would offer. Our first ________ was to offer morning tea to the children who seemed a bit shy—it seemed that nothing broke the ________ better than candies!

It was then time to start making cards—we brought crayons, glue and shiny things to ________ the children! We talked with them and helped them make cards. It was surprising that our ________ immediately went away. Although they were seriously ill, they were ________. Most of them chose to use bright colors as they believed they would be ________ soon. For a time, we even ________ they were ill.

We left the hospital when it was dark. Although we were tired, we were happy to see ________ on those children’s faces.

9 . I remember the day when shyness took over my life. I was 14 and having a French lesson. The teacher told us to record ourselves _____about a film. Perfect! I recorded myself______Then I pressed “play” to listen back. What I heard was a little kid talking. My______reaction was to assume I was listening to someone else’s recording. But that was my______! I realized there was something______about me.

My little voice has made me feel really shy. And my shyness has caused me to _____attending events, not make important______, and keep my ideas to myself. As a shy person, working from home, hiding behind my computer was______, but the more time I spent hidden away, the smaller my comfort zone became. Everyday______, like ordering a coffee, became increasingly awkward and______.

And, then, one day I was at a big conference and it suddenly _____me like lightning. All speakers were confident, comfortable with being______. There were no quieter voices. But the_____is, if the loud voices are the only ones you hear, we quieter people feel even more______. The world needs mixture of personalities. Success is not just about who can shout the _____. The world needs quieter people, too. That day I chose to stop______and hug my shyness. No more feeling like I needed to change who I am in order to______. No more living a small life.

Then I created the Shy and Mighty Society, a space for shy people like me to______, and in the process of helping others, I could also push myself______, bit by bit. Now, I’m happy to tell people I feel shy. I’m not______any more. And I know that I’m not alone.

10 . He really did look like a tourist, with a camera around his neck and a bottle of sunscreen sticking out of his bag. The fat man sat on the terrace (草坪), drinking lemonade, a little bit each time, and _______ to look at a smooth and shiny cruise brochure. His sunglasses _______ his eyes, but I knew he wasn’t looking at the brochure: he hadn’t turned a _______ for the last ten minutes.

As I brought him what he had ordered, he coughed up a “thank you” and looked at me _______ . I tried not to stare at the tiny scar across his left eyebrow.

I walked back inside with my_______tray (托盘), shaking my head. He looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him.

Then it _______ me. The car accident. The mysterious stranger who helped me out of my smashed car,_______before it exploded. I_______back to his table. He was gone. I moved his saucer and found his tip, along with a _______:

I am deeply thankful to you. The night of your car accident, I was on my way to ________ a jewelry store. I now live an honest life, thanks to you. God bless you! Mr. D.

I trembled. The night of my car accident, I was ________for an interview in a shady dance club. Seeing human kindness through his ________behavior turned my life around and brought faith back into my life.

I ________the tip he left. Among the one-dollar notes was a 100-dollar note with a pen mark ________“In God We Trust”, which first appeared on paper money in 1957.

I said a silent prayer for him and got back to work,________.