1 . In December, an adult day center nurse in New York came to the rescue of her patient after deciding to adopt the dog he could no longer look after.

John Burley, 60, was a daily _________ at the Adult Day Healthcare program at The Grand Rehabilitation (康复) and Nursing at Rome, where Jennifer Smith _________. Just before Thanksgiving, he was _________, leaving him unable to look after his 13-year-old dog Boomer.

Jennifer Smith knew _________ what to do — she visited the humane shelter and adopted him herself. “She went right to the Rome Humane Society that day and _______ the adoption fee, took him to the vet, and went _______ for food, toys, and doggy clothes. He is really _________,” Kimberly Hare from The Grand Rehabilitation and Nursing at Rome said.

Now John Burley is a rehabilitation patient at the center. He is able to _________ daily visits from Boomer who has _________ the “mascot (吉祥物) of the adult day program.”

“Once John was ______________ in his room, Jennifer and Boomer made their way over to his nursing unit, but I told her to stay out of ______________. I asked John if he was feeling ______________ a surprise visit and he said yes,” said Hare.

“When he saw Jennifer and Boomer come around the corner, he just burst into tears and ______________ for his pal. John would get off bed and get around with Boomer happily. There was not a ______________ eye in the room between residents and staff. He was so happy to see the dog and so ______________ to Jennifer for saving him.”

2 . When I first heard from my doctor that I was allergic to hay (干草), it weighed pretty heavily on my mind.

I grew up _________ around big open fields and playing with the animals on my friend’s farm. There were no limits set on me as a child.

After I _________ about my allergy, I felt that a kind of _________ had been placed on me. I could never get a rabbit or a pig, since hay is the main component of their diets. I remember that _________ feeling in my stomach when I realized I was so seriously allergic to something that I’d always need to keep the pill within _________.

Disappointment at this _________ was the first feeling that sunk in. With time, _________, I began to see my allergies as a gift.

I was the kid that tried never to _________. I was okay with enduring a six-hour drive in a(n) _________ car with my knees to my chest. I was okay with eating burnt or under cooked food. But this allergy finally let me feel __________ saying “no”. I finally felt free to refuse to go places or do things where my allergies would act up. I didn’t have to apologize for or explain my __________ at the smell of grass clippings. I didn’t have to __________ myself for not wanting to sit on the grass with my friends on summer days while I got bitten.

Yes, my hay allergy __________ some activities, but it’s also given me a broader appreciation for experiences I actually like and want more of. I’m __________ to be getting a dog instead of a bunny. Let’s be honest, a bunny brings you more trouble.

I ought to thank this allergy for giving me the space to be __________.

3 . There's an old saying to the effect that if something can go _______, it probably will. Recently my wife and I took a trip, by ship, to Hawaii. It was a nice trip and we enjoyed it but the cabin we were in had problems.

One day, I awoke in the small hours of the morning and_______my way across the dark cabin to the washroom. On the way I stepped _______ a puddle （污水坑）on the carpet. Then I found that there was a slow but _______ drip of water coming from the ceiling. So I called the ship's office. Someone came, addressed the problem, pronounced it _______ and went away. That night the ceiling was dripping again. I called and someone came. This time they _______the ceiling apart and spent some time with tools searching inside. They pronounced the problem solved and went away. The ceiling dripped. We put a towel on the floor to catch the _______.

Though the drip had_______ the next day, some black and sticky things came out from the main drain （排水管）in the ceiling. Someone came and _______ the ceiling.

The following day there was a note on our desk expressing _______ for the problems we had been having. The note was _______ down by a bottle of nice wine. We were very _______ to accept the peace offering and just owed the experience to bad _______.

In general, cruising on large ships is a wonderful experience and, in the main, it was a great trip. I suspect, _____,that if all this had happened to someone on their first cruise, they would have sworn never to go to sea again. Although I hope I don't end up like this on our next trip, don't let the_________things beat you down.

4 . Owen Colley, a 6-year-old from Hingham, Massachusetts, was upset to learn about the Australian bushfire. He asked if any animals had been hurt in the _________ and his mom said yes. Quiet, he left the room and drew a picture of a kangaroo, and a koala in the rain with his own pencils. The picture _________ his wish for Australia, a wish for rain.

“It was _________ the first time Owen had made a wish for something else _________ himself,” his mother said. “He asked us if he could help and together we came up with this _________. We could make some clay koalas and sell them and then we can _________ away the money."

Owen started making little koalas out of clay and his parents set up a way for people to _________ to Wildlife Rescue South Coast, a rescue group. The Colley family is sending one of Owen’s koalas to each person who is _________ to donate $50 or more.

So far, Owen has _________ more than $20,000 for the rescue group in just a week. In fact, Owen has a connection to Australia. His father __________ in Sydney and Owen even lived there when he was __________.

Owen hopes that other parents and children can find ways to help with those __________ by the bushfire. “Anyone can make a __________ and even we can bring hope to them when we come __________,” Owen said. “I just love the idea that maybe other kids can take this to their communities and sell small clay koalas locally and collect money for this __________ cause.”

5 . It is indeed true that age is not a barrier (障碍) to learning. Priscilla Sitienei, a 90-year-old woman, has ________ it and is an inspiration to all of us who tend to give up so ________.

Priscilla, as a young girl, did not have the ________ to read and write. What she could not do then did not stop her from dreaming and ________ making those dreams come true. She has ________ Leaders Vision Preparatory School in her village in Kenya for the past five years. What is even more ________ is that she goes to school with her great-grandchildren! She says that she has big________ and that she'd like to be able to ________ the Bible (圣经). She also wants to ________ children to receive schooling and to follow their ________.

Her day at school is the same as any other student's. She wears her ________ to school and attends English, Maths, Drama, Singing, Physical Education, and Dance classes. Above that, she lives in one of the school dormitories, where she________ the room with her great-great-grandchild. All pupils ________ her and want to play with her. She sets an example to those who have ________ and think they are too old to get ________. She says, "Well, I am at school, and so should you!"

6 . Teenagers have built a shelter for a five-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair, after noticing he got wet while waiting for the school bus in winter.

Five-year-old Ryder Killam has to _________ rain, wind, and snow for about 15 minutes every day, using only a patio umbrella as _________. But after hearing about his problem, local students in Bradford, Rhode Island, got to work and built him his own bus _________ during their construction lessons.

Ryder began to use a wheelchair at two years old because of a _________ disease. He started _________ kindergarten this September. As Ryder was unable to _________ for the bus if he was running late like his peers, this would often _________ he’d have to wait for up to 15 minutes out in whatever weather there was.

Tim, Ryder’s father, _________ Dan McKena, a teacher who teaches construction technology in Westerly High School, asking if he’d be interested in the _________ of building Ryder a bus stop hut.

“He responded with an ‘__________’ and then he worked with his students to __________ and build the hut,” Tim said.

Three of Mr Mckena’s classes worked hard on this project for numerous weeks. About $300 worth of wood was donated by Home Depot for the project, but the rest of the __________ were purchased by the Killams themselves for $600, who were kept updated with photos throughout. The hut was finally delivered to the home six weeks later on November 2.

Tim said, “We were __________. It was much bigger than we expected and __________ such great access for Ryder and an adult to be with him comfortably.

“Ryders first __________ was ‘Holy Cow!’ He loves it and wants to hang out it in all the time.”

7 . For most kids, birthday is the happiest time of the year. "How many times do I have to sleep till my ________?" the kids ask me about a million times a day. And no matter how many times I ________ them, they keep on asking.

So I ________ the tradition of making a theme birthday countdown（倒计时）for kids. For now, as my kids are ________ small, I do the preparations. But ________ I intend to also involve the kids in the party ________ and in making the birthday countdown for their brothers or sisters.

So when the birthday of my six-year-old girl got ________, I started to plan a new birthday countdown. She had been talking for the past year about her ________ to have a fairy birthday, so I didn't have much choice on the ________. Ten days before the day, a birthday countdown made of 10 fairies "magically" appeared on the wall of our living room.

Each fairy ________ a small "surprise package" with an activity and some goodies for her and her brother and sister. This way, all the little people in the house were ________ about picking a fairy from the wall each morning and getting some surprise goodies. And there were no more "How long till my birthday" questions, ________ they could just see how many fairies were ________. Task completed!

For me, the fairy birthday countdown was ________ a success. The birthday girl was ________ when 10 days before her birthday she walked into the living room.

8 . My mom taught me songs. However, she never taught me how to sing. Of course I never really learned the English ________ then, but I realize as I grow up that one does not really ________ to understand the language of a song in order to ________ it completely. I also realize that music has become an important aspect of my ________. I use music to ________ my emotions, my joys, and my sorrows. Also, music is an ________ aspect of our culture. For example, some people use music to celebrate weddings.

When I came to the UK I realized that music has ________ me to deal with times when I miss home. It has become my ________ and when I miss home, especially my mum,   I find myself ________ the songs that we used to sing together. ________ I hear a song that makes me think of my brother and I find myself smiling or crying.

People use ________ instruments to create music, yet none of the lyrics and ________ have similar effect on all of us. When I listened to people singing as they ________ the world cup, I realized that music can actually bring ________ to this world and through songs the people of this world can be ________ as one!

9 . It was a nice Thanksgiving Carter and his friend Andy hit Palm Peach - a tourist attraction in Florida. The sky blue and the water _________, with only gently waves, they spent hours _________ some shells and turtles for Carter's collection.

Floating in the water, Carter didn't hear a speedboat dash toward him. Sensing it was almost on top of him, he made a _________ turn to one side, getting his head out of its path before it ran him over. _________ the propeller (螺旋) of the engine _________ his right arm off, reddening the water around him and the net.

Carter realized he would _________ if he didn't swim. But with one of his _________ gone, Carter struggled and screamed for help. Immediately, Andy swam to him. Meanwhile, Captain Stanton quickly stopped the boat beside the _________. They both helped _________ Carter onto the boat's diving platform. "God is with us," Andy comforted his friend over and over, rushing him to the hospital. Carter, a committed Christian, felt his fear and panic __________. After 68 days in hospital, Carter __________ then and there that he would put his spared life to good use by educating others about ocean __________.

At Carter's request, the judge only sentenced Stanton to a light __________ of $ 200. "__________ comes from the heart," says Carter. "If I can __________ someone else's pain, I will."

10 . The noise of the hospital was a welcome noise as I headed for my new patient’s room. Rebecca was only 32, _______ for chemotherapy (化疗) after breast-cancer operation. When I entered her room it took me a moment to _______ her among three laughing little girls.

As I rubbed alcohol on her arm, Rebecca laughed _______. “I’m terrified of needles.”

“It’ll be over _______ you know it,” I said. Rebecca shut her eyes tightly and prayed.

During the following months Rebecca struggled against chemotherapy. Her hospital stays became _______ and she worried about her children. Meanwhile, I continued to _______ my own kids.

Two months later, the cancer spread to her lungs. It was terminal (晚期的).

Help me to help her _______ this, I prayed.

One day, I found her talking into a recorder. She _______ a notebook and gave it to me. I read the _______ on it: starting school, first date, graduation. While I worried how to help her deal with ________, she was planning for her children’s future.

She usually recorded the tapes in the early morning so she could be ________ from interruptions. The tapes were filled with family stories and finally given to Albert, her husband.

One afternoon, I got a(an) ________ call from the hospital. Rebecca wanted me to come ________ with a blank tape.

She was breathing hard. I put the tape into the recorder. “Dear daughters, this is the most important tape. Someday your daddy will bring home a new mommy. Please make her feel ________. Remember, I’ll always love you.”

Rebecca sighed to me deeply. “Thank you. Please give this tape to them.”

A time would come when the tape would be ________ for Rebecca’s children and I hurried home. That night my kids didn’t go out; they sat with me talking without complaints —late into the night.