1 . Justin Gavin, 18, was on a walk to a local shop. Then he saw something that made his heart _________. A small SUV _________ in flames (火焰) drove past him.

“I’m yelling (叫喊) to stop the car! Your car is on fire! Your car is on fire!” Gavin said. But the driver — a mother of three kids, couldn’t stop. That’s when, Gavin says, he didn’t have _________ to think and fell into action. He ran after the burning car to help the family _________. “I just felt like if I were in that _________, I would want somebody to help me out,” Gavin said. “I guess my instincts (本能) _________.”

When Gavin finally reached the _________, it had come to a stop. He _________ the car door and helped the mother out of the driver’s seat first. As the flames grew larger, he pulled the three children in the back seat to _________. Moments later the car was swallowed by flames.

“It kind of got __________ because I didn’t know whether I was going to be able to get everyone out in time. And __________, I did,” Gavin said.

The mother __________ the teen with saving her family’s life. The police department honored Gavin as a __________ and awarded the teenager with a “challenge coin” to acknowledge his __________ act.

Gavin said the experience was inspiring and changed his __________ of life. “It made me realize life is short and valuable,” Gavin said.

2 . David lost his beloved dog Baya before Christmas two years ago. Baya was active and cute. David’s family spent many days _________ for their furry (毛茸茸的) family member. The kids said they wouldn’t want any _________ from Santa Claus. They just wanted to get their dog back. All attempts to find her turned out to be _________. Baya was nowhere to be found. It seemed that the family wouldn’t have any more _________.

Two years later, a homeless dog _________ alone on a busy road. Someone _________ it to the Animal Protection Association (协会). Thanks to the microchip (芯片) planted in the dog, the association was able to _________ the owner. They _________ David. When David got a phone call that they were going to get Baya back, the family were pretty _________.

Obviously, Baya is __________ to living in this home. She is quite __________ of where her feeding bowl is. Even though Baya isn’t the dog she used to be, David is confident she’ll become her old __________ again. He said, “She was a very healthy and __________ dog. She’s not like that anymore, but we’re going to get her back. Our whole family are taking __________ of her. Kids play with her happily. She’s __________ her joyful nature. We will love her even more.”

3 . Christian Bowers, now 24, has Down Syndrome (唐氏综合征) and it’s been hard for him to find good friends. His mom, Donna Herter, said his lack of friends was making him feel ________.

Herter didn’t know who to turn to. So, she posted it on Facebook. “I just basically said that I was looking for a young ________,” she said. “I told them that I’d pay them $80 for two hours to just ________ and play video games with him. All he ________ wants is just a guy friend to do guy stuff with.”

Herter said Christian attends events for people with special ________, but he “desires a friendship with somebody who is ________”.

Herter sent the post at I am and when she woke up, it had about 5,000 comments. She saw parents ________ suggestions, others volunteering to help. “My hands were ________. I was sweating,” she said.

After ________ a few local guys in Wentzville, Minnesota, Donna ________ it down to seven who now visit Christian once a week.

James Hasting was one of the men she ________. Hasting said he works with people with disabilities and it’s something he has a(n) ________ for. He said he had visited Christian three times so far and they had a wonderful time together.

“Though on the ________ we may look different, deep down we have ________ and getting along should be easy,” Hasting said. He hopes to ________ others to form friendships-because you never know how much it means to someone.

4 . Gerald had a habit of waving his arms around wildly when he spoke as if trying to emphasize every single word he said.

Once Gerald was walking down the street when he ______ a group of children playing nearby. He decided to go over and say hello. But as he ______ the group, he started waving his arms ______ in the air. The children stared at him in ______ , wondering what on earth he was doing. Another time, when Gerald ______ a meal, waving his arms, the waitress said, “I’m sorry, sir, but could you stop waving your ______ ? It makes me dizzy (头晕).” “Oh, sorry about that. It is a bad habit,” he said, feeling ______ . But despite his best efforts, Gerald couldn’t break his habit of wild gesture. He _______to wave his arms around everywhere he went, ______ him strange looks.

One day, Gerald passed by a group of street ______ . He noticed how elegantly they moved their bodies, their movements smooth and controlled. Suddenly, Gerald ______ that he could learn to master his body language. So, he started ______ . And slowly but surely, Gerald started to improve. ______ , he could communicate with elegance, using his movements to convey emotions without losing ______ . And people finally started to pay attention to what he was saying, instead of simply being ______ by his wild moving arms.

So, as Gerald learned, mastering our body language can help us connect with others and convey our messages more effectively.

5 . Born in Moscow, Russia, Mason is a disabled person, with no legs and only one arm. The 25-year-old man is ________ millions of people with his videos on TikTok.

Mason told News 8 about his ________, explaining that his own natural mother took him to an orphanage（孤儿院）. “I have a letter, where she says she didn’t want to ________ a terrible creature. But now I don’t have any ________ or disappointment towards that letter or her. ________, without her giving me up, I wouldn’t be here and I wouldn’t have the amazing mom I do and the amazing ________ I have.”

He was adopted（收养）when he was 3 years old and has been taught to be ________ ever since. “I have two sayings, ‘I can’ and ‘I will’ and that’s something my mom would always make me ________,” he explained.

Last September, a TikTok video of him on a running machine was ________ widely. “I went to bed and when I woke up, it had two million ________,” he said. “And it just kept growing from that.”

Fast forward to now, his videos have ________ nearly 14 million likes. The recent attention might mean a new direction for Mason and he’s ready for any ________. He said he would love to become an influential speaker someday. “I am on a journey right now and I will let it ________ me wherever it goes,” Mason said. In the meantime, he ________ to make more videos. You can ________ Mason on TikTok here.

6 . I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling (天花板). I hadn’t been able to sleep _________ since Richard passed away a month ago. I was full of pain and _________ at not ever having told him how much I loved him.

Richard was my stepfather. When I was nine, Richard _________. Richard was a big guy with huge hands. But he was the gentlest _________ I’d ever meet. On weekends, we’d work together on home improvement projects and the three of us were _________.

One day, while working in the barn, Dad got a nosebleed that wouldn’t stop. When we took him to the _________, they told us it was internal bleeding from the blood thinners (稀释剂) he was on. It was only a (n) _________ of time. All we could do was make him _________.

I sat alone with him that day. He was _________, and we spent time talking about the barn, the horses and his truck. There was so much I wanted to say, and so much I wanted to hear from him __________. But it was hard for us to be open with our __________. It was the last time we ever spoke. Dad __________ a few days later.

As I was grieving (悲痛), suddenly, a birthday card from Dad __________ my eye, which was written for my birthday years ago. It said he loves me. Holding that, in tears, I assumed Dad knew how much he __________ to me. For the first time since Dad’s passing, I felt a heavenly peace, and finally I could __________.

7 . We all hope to enjoy a life of leisure and spend more time with family and friends after retirement. But when the pandemic hit, one-hundred-year-old Captain Tom, a retired soldier, decided to do a little contribution — have a _________ for charity in his backyard garden, with the aid of a walker, a walking device for those who have difficulty walking to push. By doing so, he wanted to _________ folks, encourage them to keep moving forward and _________ a little money for the National Health Service that was so _________ needed during the crisis.

Every day, Captain Tom _________ his walker around his yard to walk 10 rounds to _________ his daily goal. As sometimes happens with remarkable events, the media _________ the story of Captain Tom walking for _________. He appeared in his uniform for photo shoots, with medals _________ in World War Ⅱ.

He soon became a symbol of the fortitude (坚毅) the country needed. Viewers were inspired by the labored __________ that took him around and around his small __________. It was a simple act of courage but the straighten-your-back-and-carry-on message it conveyed was what the country __________.

Millions of dollars poured in to provide the needed __________ for health care systems. Queen Elizabeth knighted (封……为爵士) Captain Tom for his __________. It was all quite __________ for Captain Tom, who said, “It has gone far beyond my wildest expectations. I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.”

8 . The moment I climbed on my bike after school, the only thing that occupied my mind was going back home and jumping on my comfortable bed.

But soon I found myself in_______Encountering the first traffic light with a 90-sccond wait time made my heart_______. The wind blew on my face, smelling cold and wet. Then I stopped at the next crossroads. Another red light_______above me, with a terrible countdown(倒计时)from sixty．Vchicles which would turn right_______the arrow and drove up beside me, which worsened my inner_______To add salt to my wound, the following light was still red. What a_______event it was! I hardly ever_______two red lights my whole way home, let alone these three in a row. But however_______I prayed to get home sooner, it was_______The wind was getting stronger, and the clouds were getting________Small raindrops began to fall. It was just when I glared at that red light that the rain began________down. On the other half of the ride, I________my way through the curtain of rain. It didn't stop until I was at an overpass. I slowly moved forward, wet through, feeling tired and worn. And all of a sudden, with an upward look, I saw two rainbows hanging across the sky, showing their________and vitality(生机)．The bright color________in my eyes, bringing a burst of________I was healed(治愈).

9 . Sheela’s 93-year-old grandpa suffers from Alzheimer’s and has lost his memory. He’s unable to ________ her name and her relationship with him and constantly asks the same ________ questions.

But the music provides a(n) ________ for the two—a shared moment of ________. Though Sheela demonstrates rare musical skills, yet she didn’t expect music had such great magic as to ________ Grandpa with severe Alzheimer’s disease.

That afternoon, Sheela was asked to ________ Grandpa owing to her mother’s absence. But absolutely ________ by Grandpa. Sheela felt bored. Pacing ________, she saw a piano in a corner that remained untouched for years. Sheela opened it and began to play a piece by Chopin. Attracted by the fantastic music, Grandpa got out of his bedroom and slowly ________ the piano, his eyes shining brilliantly and a pleased smile climbing from his mouth. He seemed to be completely absorbed in the beautiful ________.

After she finished, Grandpa even gave her the thumbs (大拇指) up on her ________. Sheela was moved to tears by Grandpa’s ________. Grandpa then made his way to his armchair, closed his eyes in peace and fell asleep soon. The moment was all too brief but quite ________.

Sheela shared the experience online and urged people to ________ the present: “Make space for love and treasure the present moment with your loved ones.” Now Sheela has her eye on what does ________!

10 . Elisa Stone Leahy recently got a terrible call from school. It was about her son’s________in school. Since Mateo was a________troublemaker, she prepared herself for the worst. But hearing what he’d done, she burst out________! Yep, that’s right! The young man________a full-sized toaster(烤箱) into his backpack and used it in the cafeteria. Elisa________that the family kitchen was being repaired, so she had________many Pop-Tarts(馅饼) that could be prepared in the toaster.

The boy saw the Pop-Tarts and figured they had plenty to________! So he went to the lunch room,________the toaster, and started toasting Pop-Tarts for his classmates. The________mom shared the story online and wrote that “this story really shows who my son is”. In fact, Mateo was a cancer________. Several years ago someone gifted him $100 when he started cancer treatment. He asked to buy toys to help other sick kids in the________. 5 years later, he is just as sweet and has no signs of cancer.

Elisa posted it online and when Elisa realized the________had got noticed, she decided to________others, just as her son always does. She came up with the________of donating Pop- Tarts or other items to a local food bank. From there, the story continued to________in the best way possible. Now hundreds of other families will have food because of Mateo’s act of kindness.