3 . There are many things parents can do to help children with autism (自闭症) overcome their challenges. Learning all you can about autism and getting _________ in treatment will go a long way toward helping your child.

Stay consistent (一致的). Children with autism have a hard time _________ what they have learned if there is a change of setting. For example, your child may use sign language at school to communicate, but never think to do so at home. Creating _________ in your child’s enviropment is the best way to promote learning. Find out what your child’s therapists are doing and continue their techniques at home. Explore the _________ of having treatment take place in more than one place in order to encourage your child to _________ what he or she has learned from one environment to another. It’s also important to be consistent in the way you _________ with your child and deal with challenging behaviors.

_________ a schedule. Children with autism tend to do best when they have a highly-organized schedule. Again, this goes back to the consistency they both need and desire. Set up a schedule for your child, with _________ times for meals, therapy, school and bedtime. Try to keep interruption to this routine to a(n) _________. If there is an unavoidable schedule change, prepare your child for it __________.

__________ good behavior. Positive encouragement can go a long way, so make an effort to “catch them doing something good.” Praise them when they act sensibly or learn a new skill, being very __________ about what behavior they are being praised for.

Pay attention to your child’s sensitivities. Many children with autism are “hypersensitive” to light, sound, touch and smell. Other children with autism are “under-sensitive” to sensory stimuli. __________ what sights, sounds, smell and movements cause your kid’s troublesome behavior and what brings about a(n) __________ response. If you understand what affects your child, you’ll be better at solving problems, preventing situations that cause difficulties, and creating __________ experiences.

4 . Draper was the owner of a secondhand bookstore. One day, when he was sorting through a pile of old books, an envelope _______ from one. Inside was an undated letter and a faded photo of a woman holding a little girl on her lap. The letter said if Bethany was _______ it, it meant the author had died.

Tears were welling up in Draper’s eyes. These were a _______ woman’s last words to her child. He had to _______ Bethany. “Whoever it is will keep this.” he thought. “You wouldn’t throw away a letter like that.”

He supposed if the book ended up in his shop then Bethany was likely from around Bishop Auckland. And he thought he would _______ the little girl’s face. Even if she’d since left the area, there might be someone in the town who would recognize the picture.

He started with the local newspaper. The Northern Echo ran the story of the _______ letter.

Meanwhile, Bethany Gash, now 21 and a(n) _______ herself, was on Facebook about 10 miles away when a close friend messaged her to check out the _______. As she read her mother’s _______ which she thought had been lost forever, she said she thought she must be ________.

Bethany was only 4 when her mother ________. Five years later, her family moved to a new home and the letter, put away in the pages of a book for safe keeping, was unintentionally ________.

She remembered unpacking and looking for the letter, and then ________ searching through everything in the hope that it was there. “That’s when I realized it was gone and I’d never see it again,” she said.

Draper ________ the letter in person. He also brought her a children’s book for her son. Bethany was greatly moved to have the letter back, and also touched by the stranger’s ________.

5 . A couple in Ohio accidentally dropped off a bag containing almost $ 100,000 at an Ohio charity shop. Thanks to_______employees, they got money back.

The employees were going through_______last week when they came across a_______. Inside was $97,004. “It was so much cash,” employee Kelsey Croy said. “I looked in the bag and we_______ it right there on the desk. And it was $97,004.” Thankfully , the owner_______a receipt for tax purposes when they donated_______that morning. The employees_______called the couple but there was no_______ .

Not wanting to_______that amount of cash in the store, they called the Zanesville Police Department.________ repeated calls, officers finally got a hold of the couple. The couple hadn’t realized the money was________. They told the police they withdrew all their money to another bank. On the way, they________at the charity shop to donate a bag of clothes. That’s________the money ended up there. “When we finally________them, they just asked if they could get it sometime tomorrow,” the officer said.

The couple has since made contact with the original ________who found the money to thank them. “I’m just glad that I meet with a bunch of honest and loyal people,” Croy said.

6 . It was 1:20 a. m. I had just gone to bed, a bit _________ after celebrating my 31st birthday. Before dinner, I’d placed _________ outside my garden door and prepared the cell phone just _________. After all, it had been _________ that week, resulting in flood warnings.

I was awakened by the _________ of rushing water. When I swung my legs off the bed, I was shocked to feel cold water already up to my knees and _________ fast.

Shaking in darkness, I _________ my phone and turned on its flashlight. Then by the light I could _________ water was from the garden door. It must have breached (在……上) the sandbags. The river, usually such a quiet, slow moving river in my region, had _________ burst its banks. And now I had to __________!

I took __________ action. Any effects of the alcohol before sleep were gone;__________ sobers (使清醒) one up. After I went outside, I learned the river had flooded the neighbourhood. Therefore, if I had woken up just a few minutes later, I would have drowned.

In the end, I think the experience made me __________ and determined to live each day to its fullest. I came very close to drowning that day. But rather than dwell on (沉湎于)what happened, I prefer to __________ what my mother told me afterwards, “Don’t remember the day when you lost everything. Remember the day you __________. That day marked the beginning of a new chapter in your life.”

7 . Last year, I started the journey of being a remote product designer. The thought of a flexible (灵活的) schedule, a comfortable home office, and the escape from the _______ public transport was incredibly _______ . The first few weeks were filled with a long-lost feeling of _______ .

However, the _______ of working from home gradually set in. I had started my day with the best _______ , promising myself quick breaks and regular stretches (伸展) . But deadlines, endless emails, and virtual meetings _______ me to my computer throughout the day, leaving me little time to _______ . Gone were the short walks to a coworker’s desk and the quick lunchtime walks around the office complex. Finally, my world was _______ to the walls of my home, my steps _______ in meters only rather than kilometers.

One day, I tried ________ one of my favorite dresses and it wasn’t passing through my waist (腰) at all. Looking at myself in the mirror, I saw a ________ person carrying extra weight, rather than someone enjoying freedom. The ________ of work and personal life had left me feeling like I was a never-ending motion machine.

This incident (事件) marked the ________ of a journey of self-discovery. I made up my mind that I needed a (n) ________ not just for my waistline but for my overall well-being. It was a promise to prioritize my physical and mental health, and a promise that I could ________ control over my life and my body.

9 . I had a philosophy professor who was the typically off-the-wall philosopher. His appearance was _______ by a worn sport coat and poor-fitting thick glasses which often _______ on the tip of his nose. Every now and then, as most philosophy professors do, his lessons would go off well on one of those “what’s the meaning of life” discussions. Many of those discussions went _______ but there were a few that really _______ home. This was one of them:

“Respond to the following questions by a show of hands,” my professor _______. “How many of you can tell me something about your parents?” Everyone’s hand went up.

“How many of you can tell me something about your great-grandparents?” Two out of sixty students _______ their hands.

“_______ the room,” he said. “In just two short generations _______ any of us even knows who our own great-grandparents were.”

“Oh sure, maybe we have an old photograph _______ in a dusty cigar box or know the classic family ________ about how one of them walked five miles to school barefoot. But how many of us really know who they were? ________ three generations, our ancestors are all but forgotten. Will this happen to you?”

“Here’s a better question. ________ three generations. ________ you sitting in this room, now it’s your great-grandchildren. Or will you be forgotten, too? Is your life going to be a ________ or an example? What legacy will you leave? The choice is yours. Class dismissed.” Nobody ________ from their seat for a good five minutes.

10 . Libby the cat lives at the Ashville Free Library in Ashville, NY. She is 19 years old and has brought _________ to library readers for many years.

_________, the older she gets, the more it costs to keep her healthy. “This year alone, we’ve spent nearly $900 on vet(兽医) bills for her _________ for an ear infection and a cold. For a small library with a very stressful economic condition, this is _________,” a spokesperson for the library said. “Libby is getting older, slower, and a little weaker, but we _________ to give her the best care we can. However, that care comes _________,” the library wrote on fundraiser (募捐会).

As of Friday morning, more than $2,900 had been raised—_________ reaching the $1,500 goal.

“The explosion(爆发) of _________ for our dear Libby has been so heartwarming,” Director Kristina Benson said. “We’ve had people coming in who’ve never visited our library, _________ stories of cats that were important to them, and how Libby’s story in the paper __________ their hearts.”

Libby has recently been __________ from a cold. “Libby is __________ so much better and she appreciates everyone’s visits and well wishes!” Benson wrote on GoFundMe. “Thanks to the community, we have __________ money to make sure her good care going forward, as well as paying her old bills. We love our kitty and we love our library—and your __________ support has been a great __________ that you all feel the same. THANK YOU!!”