1 . British Marathon runner Luke Greenfield-Shaw realized his dream of cycling from Bristol to Beijing. When he was 24, he felt a _________ pain in his left shoulder and was _________ with cancer, a very rare and aggressive sarcoma (肿瘤) . Born in a loving and supportive family, the young athlete gradually _________ and found the strength to _________ his adventures. Luke in order to conquer the continual ache, accepted the painful treatment and was _________ to live to the fullest while receiving chemotherapy (化疗). Halfway through the chemotherapy, he _________ the Bristol Half-Marathon in one hour 20 minutes and 8 seconds, and he _________ his eyes farther away.

He _________ cycling campaign from Bristal England and all the way to Beijing China to raise the _________ about cancer. The journey was round 30, 000 kilometers and across approximately 30 countries and regions through all kinds of landscape and weather, from snowfield to grassland, __________ over 800 follower. During this __________ , cancer patients from other countries __________ him, telling the world that they can live with the __________. It was a school of hard knocks, but Luke has learned to __________ for today and let the future take care of itself. At that time, the dream remained __________ due to COVID-19, a pandemic that trapped everyone at home. But this year with no __________ on travelling, Luke could __________ continue his schedule. Before, China was just the endpoint and the destination. Now, China has become his real focus of the trip.

Landing in China, Luke found it was not the destination but the exploration through life that __________ . What Luke was really hoping to do was something a bit __________ and inspire as many people as he can to __________ life.

3 . On Monday, May 9, James Givens, a police officer in Cincinnati, Ohio, was sitting in his panda car. Just at that moment he heard what sounded like a _________. He turned around only to find a goose pecking (啄) at the car door. This was highly _________ given that the birds typically preferred to observe _________ from a distance.

But on this day, the goose appeared to be determined to get his _________ and kept pecking until Givens opened the car door and _________. The police officer says that though the bird then began to _________, it kept turning around to make sure he was _________. When they finally stopped, Givens _________ why the mother goose had been so — she wanted him to _________ her gosling (幼鹅) that had been trapped in some balloon string.

__________ that the mother goose would __________ him if he got close to the baby, Givens called the local SPCA (保护动物协会). __________, they were unable to send anyone to help right away. Therefore, he had to call his fellow police officer Cecilia Charron, who was nearby and soon __________ Givens. Concerned that the gosling would not survive the __________, Cecilia decided to take on the task herself.

As it turned out, there was __________ to worry about. The mother goose appeared to understand that Charron was trying to help and watched __________ from a safe distance as the officer untied the trapped bird. As soon as the little gosling was __________, it ran as quickly as possible to its __________, and they took off shortly after. Charron, a 24-year-old soldier of the police force, said this would probably __________ to be the most memorable incident of her __________!

6 . In my work as a teacher in a vocational school over here in Germany, some of my classes are filled with students of different nationalities. More often than not, I will have a few students in the class whose ________ of German is often rather poor regardless of whether they are fresh off the boat or have ________ here for a few years. Some of these students who manage to ________ their three-year apprenticeships (学徒期) may actually continue to go to school to ________ qualifications so they can attend university.

In the past, I took them aside and gave them ________ on how to enhance their language ________ via books, newspapers, apps or online grammar quizzes. And I gave them advice on how to ________ themselves into the German culture better.

During the last few weeks, I ________ three young men aside and gave them tips on how to ________ their German such as joining sports clubs, finding ways to build their vocabulary outwith class and ________ language immersion (沉浸) courses. After class, I ________ took a couple of them to a noticeboard which displayed ________ information on a poster. They were grateful for this little ________ that only took a minute of my time.

I do not get any ________ money for offering this sort of advice. I have ________ my break over the years. I feel it is important to help the ________ in what I consider a valuable way because once they pass their exams they are ________ to set up a home and spend their working life here.

Good integration is so ________ as it builds bridges and expands horizons. It makes me happy to ________ my knowledge as a language teacher and ________ the kindness in everyday life.

7 . Katie Ortman Doble suffered from a rare form of cancer. Doctors said she had 16 months to ________. But her father, who was a physician himself, was ________ to find a clinical (临床的) trial that could ________ her life.

So Katie flew to New York to see if she would ________ for the trial. She had been there for two days. ________, it was time for her to meet with the doctor to find out if she was qualified for the ________. As she went through a series of tests, she found herself ________ her mom, who passed away when Katie was a teenager. On particularly ________ days, her mom would offer what she called an “energy ________”.

As she ________ in waiting room after waiting room, Katie ________ one of those special hugs. At that time, she ________ a girl who looked to be about her age ________ her head in her mother’s lap (大腿). Soon, a nurse came out and ________ the girl to get her test. And when Katie turned her head back around, the ________ was standing right in front of her. She said to Katie, “You look like you want a mom hug.” With ________ in her eyes. Katic nodded and said ________.

“It was just one of those moments in life when somebody ________ and gave you something that you ________,” she recalled. In the summer of 2023, Katie and her family celebrated her first anniversary (周年纪念) of being ________ free.

9 . Standing on the shore of a lake, I can’t help but feel surprised at the thousands of small rocks that surround my boots. They were all created from hard surfaces, their edges softening over time. I wonder, “Can we learn from a pile of _________?”

Even the tallest mountains have _________; none are as tall as they were 1,000 years ago. And much like a rock, I’ve found my _________ has softened and my desire to better understand others has expanded with each trip around the sun.

_________, I was also a sharp rock covered in pointy edges. Today, after decades of the waters of life coursing over me, my edges are softer and and I’m more _________. I’m less likely to judge and more interested in learning how we can _________ together.

But I’m not a rock. I’m a _________ filled with all the drama built into my DNA.

Two years ago, while traveling in the Pacific Northwest, I watched a restaurant owner ask several young men to _________ for not wearing masks. Not _________ and not rude. On the door read a sign, “Please wear a mask before entering our restaurant. We don’t like it either, but let’s all do what we can to __________ this together.”

The group of young men wanted to __________ about the note. I sat at the restaurant watching, understanding both sides. I’ve been one of them before, using my youthful edges to chip away at the world. What I lost, __________, was the ability to grow from __________ by looking through the eyes of others. In learning to be more __________, I’ve also found more happiness and success.

You can fit more rounded rocks in a jar than those with sharp edges. The former look for ways to __________ and make room for others, while the latter never give an __________ to accommodate others.

__________, like the waters rolling against once sharp stones, changes us by washing away our resistance to __________ the world from someone else’s point of view.

I placed a __________ stone into my jacket pocket. Mother Nature is holding a __________ again.