1 . If you were to see an injured animal on the side of the road, what would you do? Would you stop? Call 911? Call Animal Control? It’s a(n) ______ many of us don’t have to see, but something that still ______ on a regular basis.

Florida citizen, Patrick Hennessey, was driving into work at 4:30 one morning when he ______ two dogs on the side of the road, one of whom looked to be ______. He decided to call 911, and ______, two wonderful officers showed up to save the day.

Officers Boggs and Reed ______ the scene, where they found two dogs. One was badly injured while the other stayed by her friend’s side, ______ to leave her alone. It appeared as though the injured dog had been hit by a car. The ______ and Patrick worked together to bandage up the dog’s leg, and then ______ each of the poor creatures some food.

The officers didn’t leave the dogs’ side until Animal Services arrived. Boggs and Reed ensured the dogs were ______ and would be well ______ before handing them off and saying goodbye.

After some rest and treatment, the injured dog was back on her ______ and the two officers visited her and her friend once more. As soon as they arrived, the dogs ______ their heroes. They couldn’t stop loving them!

People from all over the country praised the officers for their ______ and compassion (怜悯) towards the dogs. Reed and Boggs were just ______ that they were able to help and see a happy ending for the sweet dogs.

2 . There are countless stories of man’s best friend stepping in to ________ humans. And that’s exactly what happened between a dog named Macho and a teenage boy, Griffin.

Single mom Nicole Evans was out of town when a fire ________ inside the home. Her teenage son, Griffin, was in his room sleeping at 5: 30 am, not ________ what was happening. That’s when Macho started behaving very ________. He nipped (咬) at Griffin repeatedly, ________ to leave alone. Fortunately, Macho’s immediate ________ enabled him and Griffin to ________ from the burning house just in time.

The fire completely ________ Nicole Evans’ home. And hearing about the ________ while out of town was a nightmare for the single mom. “It was probably the worst ________ of my life to not be with my son while something’s happening to him,” Nicole explained.

________, while she lost nearly everything she owns, it’s what ________ the fire that was most important to Nicole. “All those things are just things, and they’re all ________,” she said. “It’s a(n) ________ to know both Griffin and Macho are safe, and I can’t thank Macho enough for his incredible ________.”

Meanwhile, Nicole won’t face this ________ time alone. From the moment the news of the fire spread, donations began ________. Neighbors are helping the family ________ from the great loss and a charity account is ensuring friends and strangers alike can provide ________ as well.

Our pets not only provide us with companionship and unconditional love, but can even act as our furry ________.

3 . I often felt there was a lack of ceremony in my life. The ceremony of passage to mark transitions was ________. Therefore, I was especially ________ when a friend invited me to go with him for a hike that would mark his ________ entry into elderhood. We would be ________ by three other companions. One of them was a wise and gentle elder who would serve as our ________. But whether it involved a ________ or not, an opportunity to walk in the backcountry with people who knew where they were going sounded ________ to me, and yes was what I said.

It was a long drive and we started out early,________ along mountain roads to a campground at the edge of a ________ area where we met our guide. We then walked along a gently rising trail. Along the way there was green grass and bursts of colorful ________, and we soon got down into a sandy creek bed, which we followed for some time. The wonders of the wilderness ________ before us, and every now and then our guide stopped to call our ________ to the shift of the environment, instructing us to ________ the spirit of attentiveness and gratitude.

________, he paused to adjust the leg brace（支架） he was wearing to support his knee, but these too were ________ moments. "Getting ________ slows us down," he said, "but when we slow down, we become aware of things. That's one of the ________ of being an elder. We are allowed to slow down and ________. Life may not have so many ceremonies, so we need to ________ changes. We should move forward with the right ________: being humble, appreciative and positive."

4 . Several years ago, I was driving down a busy freeway in Portland, Oregon, when my tire blew out. I pulled over and made a (n) _________ that said I needed help.

Three hours later, a car finally _________. Out came a family of three. They were Latino, and their young daughter acted as a (n) _________ between her parents’ Spanish and my English, so that we could work together to _________ the car. The father found a _________ on the side of the road, and using it to lift the car to _________ the tire. An hour later, we finished.

I thanked them and tried to give them money as a (n) _________. Though I only had a $20 bill, and I thought it was the _________ I could do. They just wouldn’t _________ it. I insisted, and __________ put the money in the mom’s hand, and walked away.

Then I heard their small daughter call out, to ask if I was __________. Indeed I was, and she came over with a sealed (密封的) paper bag. We __________ thank-yous and she went back. As they were trying to get into traffic, I __________ the bag and found a hamburger with my money under it. I immediately __________ the car, which was leaving, to get the father’s __________. He rolled down his window and just __________ his head. With a big smile, he said, “Today you, tomorrow me.” They drove away.

I know the __________ is common in Mexico, where I __________ the family was from. But its value is __________. It just shows that everyone can be in __________ in a given situation, and that everyone needs help.

5 . Having Spider-Man close gives you the courage to face the coming days. It certainly________the moment if he pays you a ________. That’s why recently Spider-Man and Captain America ________from the roof of Le. Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The kid were ________. The staff cheered. And the parents cried. It was one of those________moments when everything that’s right with the world converges into(汇聚成) an explosion of ________.Kids and parents find a little more hope, a little more ________.

Children really need ________. They help kids deal with the world around them, ________ a little bit of hope and much entertainment. In our world of uncertainty, our kids ________ need a bit of help, keeping their balance and looking forward to a better future.

Farther south, another team of window washers also made their ________ as superheroes at a hospital in St.Petersburg, Florida, and the children were cheerful. The distraction from their pain is ________ to their mental health, helping them ________ faster and making them happy.

We can all be somebody’s superhero for a day, an hour or just a moment. Distracting someone from the ________they are feeling with a little something to cheer them up just ________ their day, not just hanging from a rooftop.

6 . When you are concerned about your uninspiring exam grades or sporting performance, psychologist Adam Grant has some good news. “_________ is less a matter of natural talent, but more of nurturing (培养) hidden potential,” he says. Grant has experienced this__________.

As a(n) _________ in multiple fields now, it is hard to believe Grant has ever been anything less than highly________. As a child, his body wasn’t _________ to touch his toes as a teenage diver; he was told he _________ remedial (辅导的) classes for writing; he was too _________ to speak publicly. However, his father always cheered him up, “I believe you have hidden potential in all these areas.”

Despite these _________, his father’s firm belief in his potential and Grant’s determination _________his continuous pursuit s pursuit of excellence. _________, he made it to be on the US Junior Olympic diving team, write five best-selling books and speak to _________audiences. Overtime, he discovered that talent could be nurtured through _________. Grant’s transformation also serves as a _________ to the power of belief in one’s potential.

Much of our _________ to discover hidden potential lies in underestimation. When someone struggles with something, we _________ that’s not for me, and that I don’t have that talent, rather than trying to nurture something we’re yet to _________ in. Consequently, we _________ ourselves.

“I used to believe that you could _________ where you would land from where you start,” Grant says_________to that, Grant’s transformative journey demonstrates the profound ________ of being encouraged and hard work on one’s path to success.

7 . Seven-year-old Everett Botwright is a bright, imaginative kid. Like many children on the autism spectrum (自闭症), he also _________ with the smell and taste of many foods. So when the boy showed great interest in Star Wars Kraft Dinner, his parents were _________. “It was amazing,” father Reed Botwright says. “My wife cried. She hadn’t seen him _________ in, not to mention addicted to a new _________ in a long time.”

There was only one _________ . After buying all the _________ they could find in their hometown of Nanaimo, B. C., the family _________ needed more. In February, Botwright _________ a request on Facebook, asking for _________ tracking down the limited-edition pasta.

The __________ went viral. Thousands shared Botwright’s post on __________ media, including Star Trek legend William Shatner. Star Wars Kraft Dinner __________ from across North America. “People have reached out and many thanked us for __________ our struggle,” Botwright says.

Kraft Heinz Canada donated $10,000 to autism charities, __________ 144 boxes to the Botwrights and even asked Everett to select the __________ Kraft Dinner shape. On his birthday, March 7, he __________ the Minions (小黄人). Nanaimo’s Real Canadian Superstore donated 411 packages, and a class of Ouebec teens sent a shipment; __________ boxes came from as far away as Florida.

The __________ number: over 800 boxes, and Botwright says, “We’re still counting.” Everett is __________ thank-you cards for every donor, and Botwright says the outpouring has taught his four kids, ages three to eight, a lesson: “There is __________ in the world.”

8 . “But I want that blue car!”

The blue car didn’t make it through our checkout line. The tears_________up and streamed down this four-year-old face. I was overwhelmed with_________by the noisy scene we created. I wanted more than anything to_________this screaming child and charge out of there, child under my arm, marching him straight out of the_________and into the car. But I couldn’t do that.

A car accident in my teens left me paralysed (瘫痪) from the chest down. From sixteen on I was_________to create a life with my wheelchair. I relied heavily on my stubbornness and will to do things _________I even accomplished more than I would have done in my long-lost _________world.

It wasn’t until having children that my abandon to independence was forced to_________reasonable and cautious behavior. It was no longer just me that had to own up to the _________of my actions. So like any good Darwinian, I have forced myself to__________.

Kneeling down, I tried my hardest to__________that we were buying groceries and not race cars, but __________.Whether you are Mother Teresa or Judge Judy, sometimes you will not__________a four-year-old over. The kicking and screaming __________with the growing line of shoppers behind.

Becoming a__________, who uses a wheelchair comes with its bumps and bruises(磕磕碰碰) .__________, I’ve learned how to navigate with love and adaptation and be a great__________ to my children.

So, I tried again with a smile. I touched my now __________child’s forehead, from all of the rage and exhaustion of the moment. His wet eyes looked at me like I was the__________person on the planet. But his outburst stopped. And, I__________to get him out the store doors and into his car seat.

9 . Some of the classrooms at Taft Elementary in Santa Clara, California, have one flaw in common. They don’t have ________. Former school psychologist Ernesto Rodriguez thought the lack of windows does ________ kids, because research shows being in and around nature ________ anxiety and has benefits for students.

Rodriguez, who is now a park ranger (护林员) on Southern California’s Catalina Island ________ knows the impact nature has on mental health, and began ________ on his passion — landscape photography. It was during his training to become a park ranger that he learned a fact that ________ with him. “Kids who have views out windows to trees do ________ academically, emotionally and creatively. And more kids ________ and go to college,” he said. “I thought, why isn’t this being used?”

Rodriguez uses his photography skills to take 360 degree ________ of tree canopies (树冠), then he prints them and ________ them onto ceiling tiles. “So when you ________ it feels like you’re sitting under a tree. And it has all those ________ of the science that helps calm you down, focus and communicate,” he said.

A student named Octavio thinks trees bring him ________. “It is surprising to see because any time you’re inside of a school, you mostly don’t see ________ or trees. But now it’s ________ to see that there are trees here,” Octavio said. “I would say that it’s pretty great and ________.”

Rodriguez says if you still don’t believe in the science behind the art, you can ________ it yourself by going outside and looking up at the trees. “This is a(n) ________ of both my careers as a school psychologist and a photographer,” Rodriguez said. “And to be ________ to create imagery — and spend time out in nature creating imagery that I know is going to help people — is really a ________”.

10 . Taking a vacation may be the last thing on the mind of a cancer patient. ________ can be expensive, time-consuming and sometimes hard work. While people facing illness may be ________ of resources for vacation, they are ________ a stress-free time away. I’m one such ________.

I’m suffering from lung cancer. Diagnosed in March 2017, I was ________ beyond belief. At that time, I was ________ 60 hours a week as a billing clerk. Due to my medications’ side effects, I ________ my career and what I thought made me who I was, though I now discover that ________ is what matters.

Through the Internet, I ________ Little Pink Houses of Hope, a nonprofit that provided a free week-long ________ to cancer patients and their families. After applying and being ________, we drove from Houston all the way to Hatteras Island in North Carolina. It rained most of the time, so I ________ the beauty along the way. I had no idea what to expect and was ________.

Looking back, I am so glad I went. I hadn’t felt such ________ love and such a sense of family. We went to the beach, had wonderful meals and went surfing which I had never thought I would get the chance to do. We ________ in a way that I thought was impossible, not only with the other ________ but also with the volunteers. It was nice to see my husband get along with the other husbands. Being a(n) ________ and the breadwinner,” he had a lot on his plate.

I’ve suffered from the cancer for many years and I undergo ________ every year. I want people to know that though I am living with a serious disease, I am still living ________. So don’t feel sorry for me, but make the ________ of life with me.