1 . Dexter lives in Ouray, Colorado, where, for the past few years, the two-footed dog has been turning heads wherever he goes. His owner, Kentee Pasek, says ________ on two legs isn’t a trick she taught him. Rather, it’s a(n) ________ he made after a near-death experience.

When Dexter was a puppy, he escaped his yard, dashed into the ________ and got hit by a car. He lost his front legs. Everyone ________ he would need some kind of adaptive equipment to get around. He did use a ________ for a while until one day when Pasek set the dog at the foot of her porch (门廊) without it.

Pasek ran in to get a cup of coffee, came out and ________ found that her dog had climbed the stairs. She ________ her cellphone, put Dexter back at the bottom of the stairs and ________ him walking up the stairs on two feet without the wheelchair.

In the six years since, Dexter has become a full-blown celebrity, ________ in parades and building a group of social media ________, who now come to the dog’s hometown just hoping for a glimpse of Ouray’s most ________ “citizen”.

The whole thing isn’t considered as a ________ for many people. People praise Dexter for his option to stay ________. He shows where humans see ________, dogs sometimes beg to differ. And Dexter’s action has proven that sometimes getting ________ is the only way to see how tall you stand.

2 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

4 . Diana Herbert was running late for school on Friday morning so she decided to take a shortcut(近路). Little did 16-year-old Herbert know this would make a big difference in her life. While Herbert was walking _______ to try to get to school on time, an elderly gentleman _______ her, and asked Herbert to tie his shoelaces(鞋带) for him. At first she was a bit _______ but then she saw that the old man was _______ to use his hands properly and had a walking stick. She realized that he could not really help himself so she _______ to do that for him.

After she finished tying the man’s lace, the man thanked Herbert. Then she continued on her way to school, _______ thinking of the situation.

What Herbert did not know is that a woman named Nadine Ribeiro _______ the whole thing. Ribeiro stopped her car and took a photo. She then _______ it on her Facebook and wrote about the situation. _______ , the photograph on the social media spread quickly — more than 3,000 people liked Ribeiro’s photograph while 6,000 more ________ it with their friends.

Herbert, however, did not know what was going on until the principal told her that she became some kind of Internet superstar. Herbert said she couldn’t understand why people were so attracted by the ________. The following Monday, Herbert was ________ by the school for her kindness.

“I was not ________ that much attention, but it felt nice to get ________ for something good,” Herbert said. “I believe in karma(因果)—once we do nice things it will in some way benefit us ________.”

5 . Right now I’m the age my parents were when they had the third baby. Unlike them, I don’t have any kids to feed, I don’t have a mortgage to pay, and luckily I have a higher income. In an outsider’s opinion, I should be very_________, but in fact I’m not. Here’s why.

Money is always a_________ thing. You think that by having it you’ll be happy.

Once you start making some and_________ it’s not making you happy, you think maybe it’s because you don’t have enough. So you exchange your_________ for money, sometimes working at a job you don’t even like to make more_________. As time goes on, you realize you’ve been spending more and more time at_________.You fail to keep a(n) _________ between work and family. Friends wonder why you don’t_________ them anymore. As you get a higher position, you feel more_________ than you did before. You find you don’t __________ so well anymore. As a result, your health begins to fail. Also, the cost of keeping up with a higher quality of life is starting to__________ and you’re not making as much as you__________ you would be. At the same time, you are worried about__________ the few friends you have because you’re earning more money than they are. Workmates think you earn very much and that you must be happy. If only that were__________.

Only you can__________ your happiness; money can’t buy that for you.

6 . At an airport I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together. The airline had announced her plane’s _________ and he said to his daughter, “I love you. I wish you enough.”

She said, “Daddy, our life together has been more than enough. Your _________ is all I needed. I wish you enough, too, Daddy.” They kissed good-bye and she left.

I could see he wanted and needed to cry. I tried not to _________ his privacy, but he welcomed me in by asking. “Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be _________?” “Yes.” I replied.

Saying that brought back memories I had of expressing my love and _________ for all my Dad had done for me. Recognizing that his days were _________, I kept telling him face to face how much he meant to me. _________, I knew what this man was experiencing.

“Why is this a forever good-bye?” I asked.

“I am old and she lives too far away. And the _________ is, her next trip back will be for my funeral (葬礼).” he said.

“When you were saying good-bye I heard you say, ‘I wish you enough’. What does that mean?”

He began to smile. “That’s a wish that has been _________ from other generations. My parents used to say it to everyone.” He paused and looked up as if trying to remember it __________. He smiled even more.

“When we said ‘I wish you enough’, we wanted you to have a life filled with enough good things to __________ you,” he continued and shared the following as if he were reciting it from __________.

“I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough pain so that the smallest __________ in life appears much bigger. I wish you enough gain to satisfy your desire. I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you __________.”

He then began to __________ and walked away.

7 . At a cafe in scenic Augsburg, Paul Blachut, a waiter is busy at work. It’s a warm Sunday afternoon and many people have come here for _________ beside the Lech River.

The meltwater from the Alps means the water in the river is very _________ at this time of year, and it _________ quickly. Along the S-shaped shore, people are picnicking and children are playing. Among those are a mother and her two daughters. They’re standing on the _________ of the riverbank, playing with an inflatable (充气的) tube. Suddenly, the girls _________ balance and fall into the river. Worse still the girls _________ hold on to the tube, which their mother is sitting in, _________ her into the river, too. Now all three are caught in the river’s current.

Blachut _________ from his work when he hears someone shouting, “Three people are drowning in the Lech!” Blachut _________ the three women a short distance away, waving their arms and trying to grab anything they can. Having taken lifesaving training courses, he hurries to the riverbank and jumps into the river. Despite the cold, what he cares about is __________ but saving lives.

As Blachut __________ them, he can tell the mother is in the most trouble. Blachut immediately dives under the drowning woman, lifts her upward and pushes her toward the shore. __________, an onlooker is close enough to __________ the woman’s hand, pulling her to shore. Without __________ Blachut jumps into the current again, saving the daughters in the same way he did their mother.

The mother expresses her __________ appreciation for Blachut, and he is happy to see they are safe and sound.

8 . It was time to start my afternoon run on the school bus. I drove up to the elementary school, parked and opened the doors.

Usually I enjoyed ________ the kids as they climbed aboard, but today I kept my ________ fixed straight ahead. I’d just come from a(n) ________ family counseling (家庭咨询) session with my oldest son, Shayn. He started consuming alcohol at 17. I felt ________. “How did we ever get here?” I thought. Shayn was intelligent and had been a ________ to raise. The two of us were close

The kids walked past me onto the bus. One or two said ‘Hi’. A little girl ________ a small piece of paper on my lap gently. “This is for you!” she said.

I absent mindedly ________ the folded paper and looked up just in time to see long blonde hair ________ down the aisle (过道).

I’d hoped family counseling would help Shayn quit drinking. ________ at today’s session, Shayn was angry. He said kids at his age drank ________ and that his drinking was under control. What hope did we have ________. Shayn couldn’t see that he needed help?

I moved to throw the note in the rubbish can near the driver’s seat, then ________ “What if the little girl sees me throw her present away?” I thought. So I ________ it. Inside was a four-leaf clover (四叶草), along with a message written in a child’s hand: “This is filled with _________.”

As I read the note, my whole body ________. My thinking changed. I couldn’t control Shayn’s drinking. There was still hope, even when I didn’t know what to do.

I searched my rearview mirror (后视镜) for the child who’d given me the note, but not a single one had long blonde hair.

9 . Every child admires a hero in his heart, and so it is with me. My dad is always playing the ________ of a hero, because he is brave, skilled, and respectful. I hear many children say their dads are their heroes, but my dad ________ me about becoming a man, which is ________ important for a young boy.

My respect for my father goes back a long way, as does patience. As an electrician, my dad has to ________ varieties of people every day, some of whom are nice but some are ________. Either way, he ________ his well-mannered attitude.

Dad is not afraid of many things, or even if he is, he doesn’t inform me of anything about it ________ he wants to seem ________. He may not be a big guy but since he works with his hands all day, he is very strong. Dad works outdoors in all kinds of ________ but the worst thing he has to do is ________ up and work in an attic (阁楼) in the middle of the summer. To tell you the truth, this is the ________ place you will experience as an electrician and when you come back ________, what is in your lungs will make you ________ for hours.

My dad and I have a very good ________. We talk about almost everything. We go hunting, fishing, and everything a dad and son would do. My dad and I enjoy hiking most because it gives us ________ outdoors and thus we both can have a lot more fun together. Indeed, there is nothing like that. He has ________ and taught me everything I need to know about ________.

I am ________ to be the son of Leo C., and would not have it any other way. People come up to me all the time to tell me I have a good dad. It makes me feel ________ that a lot of people think so ________ of him. He is a good teacher of my life and would do anything for me. This is why my father is my hero.

10 . Michael Todd wore the same clothes every day for the first three weeks of school. The other kids began to notice that he was wearing the ______ black pants and white T—shirt day after day. Then Todd became the target of tease (戏弄) and ______. But there was nothing Todd could do. His mother simply couldn’t ______ to buy him new clothes.

Two of kids laughing at him were Antwan Garrett and Kristopher Graham, a pair of freshman football players. But over time, they realized that their ______ words felt like bullying (欺凌) and seemed to be slowly breaking Todd’s ______. Something finally clicked.

“I felt like I need to do something,” Graham said to Garrett. So they ______ a plan. They went home and ______ through drawers and closets. The next day at school, they met Todd and asked him to come into the hall. Todd was ______ about being out by the larger boys.

“He wasn’t smiling or anything but I thought this was going to make him smile,” Graham said. They apologized for laughing at him. They then handed Todd a big ______. Inside were clean shirts and ______, as well as a brand—new pair of Nike sneakers. And Todd got much more than the clothing. He no long sits ______ at lunch. Now he eats with his new ______, Garret and Graham.

“______ the day Garrett and Graham called me into the ______,” he said, “That was the ______ day of my entire life, basically.”