1 . In the summer of 2005, Kathryn Fumie was living in an apartment by herself for the first time. She needed to _________ how to cook for herself and do some cleaning. One day, she _________ to sweep the floor because the floor was so dirty that she couldn’t bear it.

Because of lack of enough experience, there was too much water left on the floor. When Fumie was walking quickly on it, she suddenly slipped and twisted (扭伤) her right _________. The pain was_________, and it was a terrible injury._________, a neighbor was available to call her an ambulance (救护车). When it arrived, a nurse _________ her during the 45-minute drive to the hospital and helped to keep her calm.

Fumie _________ she was extremely uncomfortable. “I kept asking the nurse if the injured right foot could be rubbed (揉). And I was just begging for a _________.”

The nurse calmly _________ that she couldn’t rub it. She said she wanted to save as much of the bone of the foot as possible, and that extreme pressure could __________ even more damage. Fumie said the nurse talked to her about what she was doing in her free time to take her __________ off the pain.

Today, she says she still feels __________ to the nurse. “I felt so lonely at that time. And she did make me feel like it was going to be OK.” Kindness makes our life more __________, and doesn’t necessarily __________ doing something great. Sometimes it is __________ things that matter.

2 . Martin is a certified personal trainer for more than 30 years. He recently ______ a nonprofit organization, Fit2Give, to provide free personal training to ______ communities. Not everyone can attend a group exercise class — some need a one-on-one ______.

“The trainers will be paid; that’s why we’re taking ______,” Martin says. “We’re paying for their certification and their ______ and their ability to establish a ______ relationship with someone.”

Martin’s own ______ to fitness started when he was young. Later, he was attracted to weights and started visiting the gym. “While I was ______ at the gym, a supervisor suggested I take the exam and become a trainer,” he ______. “They loaned me their book. I took the exam. I ______.”

Martin has been supporting people’s fitness goals, which brings Martin ______. He says one client who lost 100 pounds through ______ diet and exercise. “At her weigh-in, her family was there, and they came up to me in ______ and said, ‘We thank you so much. Our mom, she’s like a ______ person.’ It was ______ to me that not only had I affected her, I had affected her family. That warmed my heart.”

3 . Every weekend in the summer, my father would take us to one of the splendid lakes. One _______ that I would never forget was a visit to Oneida Lake. After arriving there, we _______ the car of our picnic supplies and located the perfect picnic spot. Then my dad, sister and I ran into the splashing waves, leaving my mother behind to _______ the picnic.

My sister loved synchronized swimming (花样游泳) and started _______ skills. My father, being an athlete himself, was _______ in her show. With no one _______ me, I became bored and decided to swim by myself in deeper water. The waves were getting _______, but I didn’t care. As I took a. breath to try a dive, a huge wave _______ me. I choked and then a huge undercurrent swept me deeper beneath the waves. With the very thought of dying, a great sense of _______ flooded over me. I kicked my legs _______ but in vain, losing any hope for a breath. Suddenly, I felt a firm _______ on my arm and a pull to safety. It was my dad! He hugged me tightly and carried me back to the _______ where I could stand.

There was no _______, just a big smile because he knew I was all right. It turned out that my father had never taken his eye off me, _______ as he had the other eye on my sister! _______ his watching over me, protecting me and loving me, I would not become the strong woman I am today.

4 . I grew up in a small North Dakota town. Dad was a farmer, so we kids were taught _______ to drive farm vehicles. I started driving the tractor (拖拉机) at age 15 .

One summer day, Dad asked me to back his truck up. _______, I backed it into a tree, damaging the truck. I was _______ because I wasn’t sure how Dad would react. Luckily, Dad wasn’t _______, and moved the truck himself.

As a teenager, I usually worked part-time on Uncle Jim’s farm in my _______ time. One day, I drove the tractor to get gas from the farmyard fuel tank, which was _______ on a big metal shelf 12 feet high. I _______ the shelf, bending one of the vehicle’s wooden bars. I stopped the vehicle anxiously and got off. I _______ Uncle Jim would help me. To my _______, he said, “Get back up on that tractor and you can do it.” And I did! During harvest, Jim had me do farming chores with that tractor, which made my confidence ________ greatly.

The “can do” ________ Uncle Jim had toward me carried me through ________ times in life. Whenever I encountered difficulties, the ________ on the summer day on the farm came flooding back to my mind and my spirit wasn’t ________ ! It just goes to show what a huge impact can be created by small gestures of ________ in a person.

5 . Lobb and Jafri were queuing up for a lunchtime workout on Pier (码头) 15, overlooking the East River, when Lobb froze. What he saw was a person ______, lifeless. Before Jafri could respond, Lobb climbed over the ______ at the edge of the pier and jumped into the cold water. Jafri then took off his shoes and swan-dived.

Approaching the ______ victim, Lobb saw that it was a middle-aged man. The ______ felt around, grasped the man and kicked ______ until they both resurfaced. Jafri was there now. They floated the man on his ______. As Jafri looped (环绕) his arms around the man’s shoulders and Lobb ______ the hips and knees, the pair undertook the slog (重担) back to Pier 15. Their lungs heaved (起伏) and ______ burned as they pushed and pulled the ______ figure through the cold water.

On the pier, a crowd had gathered. From somewhere, the onlookers ______ a rope and a life preserver and threw them to Jafri and Lobb. The friends ______ the victim’s arm and head through the life preserver ring and tied the rope around him.

With the two men pushing from below and the crowd pulling from above, the victim was pulled onto the pier. Both men, thoroughly ______ from 15-plus minutes in the water, watched as rescue workers loaded the ______ drowned man into an ambulance and ______. Lobb and Jafri never ______ who he was, what became of him or how he’d fallen into the river.

6 . Jonathan Tiong came into the world with a rare disease that gradually damages muscles over time. A doctor _________ a prediction to his parents that he wouldn’t live beyond his second birthday.

Yet, Tiong not only surpassed (超出) the doctor’s _________ but also made great achievements. On the day of his 24th birthday in October, he gave a speech _________ at his graduation ceremony. What’s more, Tiong got a(n) _________ as an editorial writer at a famous wealth fund. However, all these amazing honors were not easily _________, for which Tiong went all out.

Beginning his _________ journey during the rise of remote work has also _________ the effect of his disability. Tiong finds _________ in the virtual field, stating, “Having everyone work online feels really great. Because when everyone is together online, I don’t feel like there’s actually much of a _________.”

Despite the __________ he has earned, Tiong remains a supporter for reshaping society’s opinion of success. “We must admit that living with a disability is a (n) __________ challenge in itself. Every day, countless individuals with disabilities __________ difficulties all over the world without media coverage, fighting their battles __________,” Tiong stresses.

His goal is not to lower expectations for individuals with disabilities but to __________ the traditional idea about success. “If we reconsider what it means to succeed, you’ll find that everyone out there who is doing their jobs quietly is __________.”

7 . A few days before my high school ended, I was sitting in my English class. My classmates were talking about who would be the first person to shed tears at _________ . Then, everyone looked at me, and I began to ________ right then and there. I am not an emotional person,but the _________ of leaving this place hit me hard. I never knew how much this building and the people in it ________ to me, until my last days.

High school isn’t for everyone, but there is something for everyone in high school. You just have to ______ out what your“thing”is. I ______ found my “thing” in high school and that was Student Government. For once I had a(n) ________ . I served as the representative of my class, and it gave me a ________ to convey not only my own, but my classmates'_______ to teachers and our school.

But there were a lot of times when I felt ______ . I sat in the classroom looking at the clock, ______ for the end of school day. I ______ the days until summer like it was my job. But now I ______ I could take back all of those moments.

My biggest ________ to anyone still in high school is to make your school a place where you want to go. High school goes by very quickly. You only get one chance to be a high schooler, so take ________ of it.

8 . I was at the North Pole. I was wearing a warm overcoat, a cotton hat, thick gloves and heavy boots. However, I still felt that my hands and feet were _______. There was such a terrible snowstorm that I could _______ see.

I made my way back to the research camp. I had been out in the snow for three hours and I could not _______ my hands. I thought I needed a hot cup of coffee to warm me up and recover some _______. It took a long time to struggle through the thick _______, but I knew I was getting close to the camp, as I could _______ food. I shouted to find out whether there was anyone there, but there was no _______. As I slowly moved on, the snowstorm became worse. It became _______ to see where I was going. I almost believed that I would never find my way.

Suddenly, I heard the sound of _______ from behind. I turned around but there was nothing ________. Maybe it was the sound of the wind. I ________ walking anyway, but stopped when I heard the footsteps ________ again. My heart began to beat faster and faster. I was sweating with ________. All of a sudden, I heard a loud noise ring out through the cold air. It made my blood run cold. I wanted to run, but fear held me ________. A few seconds later, I felt my shoulder was being grasped by a hand. I turned around with my hair standing on end. Thank goodness! It was my friend Tim! What a false ________!

9 . Jennifer Jones was a fifteen-year-old. She was in her morning PE lesson when she ________. She was rushed to hospital immediately. She was found to have dangerously ________ blood sugar levels and needed to be treated right away.

Jennifer’s parents were very ________. They told the doctor that she had often ________ her meals. Jennifer’s classmates hoped to see her back at school soon. They said she had struggled with ________ problems for a long time. Her friend Laura Williams also said that Jennifer had ________ focusing her mind in class. She ________ warned Jennifer not to skip meals to lose weight, but Jennifer didn’t listen.

________, Jennifer is out of danger now. Her doctor says that she will make a ________ in a day or two. She points out that it is important for teenagers to have a healthy balanced ________ since they are still growing and their bodies need a lot of nutrition to function well.

10 . As the saying goes, “A father is a treasure, a brother is a comfort, but a friend is both.” I am so ________ to have found my good friend, and I still remember how I built up my friendship with Jerry.

We became friends soon after we entered the senior high school. We played together and ________ our meals sometimes. We kept our ordinary friendship for quite a long time until that day when I broke my leg while playing basketball. He called the teacher ________ and even gave up his lessons and accompanied me to hospital. He didn’t stop helping me until I fully ________. I knew I got a(n) ________ friend then.

A good and true friend is a ________ that you can find pleasure in and a comfort that you can turn to when in trouble. When I was in junior high school, Jerry was not a good choice to make friends with, because he had ________ skin and looked ugly. I didn’t play with him, didn’t talk to him and even walked away when he ________ me. However, one afternoon, when I was ________ by several tough guys to give them money, it was Jerry who stood out, shouted loudly and ________ them away. I was very grateful and began to notice him ________.

We made friends at last. In addition to that ________ move, I found out more ________ in him under the dark skin and ugly face. Thanks to Jerry’s being my friend, I learned a lesson: one can never judge a person from his appearance. If we simply ________ these people, we’ll lose a lot of good friends. Furthermore, not only people ________ everything follows this golden rule.