1 . Kwane Stewart, a devoted vet (兽医) in San Diego, had reached a point of burnout in his career. The animal ______ where he worked was full of abandoned pets as people ______ to deal with the ongoing economic decline. In those days, animals would be euthanized (安乐死) if they weren’t ______ in seven days. The cruel reality deeply troubled Stewart, even leading him to consider ______ his profession.

One fateful day, outside a convenience store, he ______ a homeless man with a dog suffering from a visible skin issue. The man, ______ for a solution, shared his dog’s suffering. Stewart examined the dog and then ______ some medicine to him. In tears, the man thanked Stewart, saying “Thank you for not ______ me”. The very words served as a wakeup call to Steward and inspired his next ______ .

Stewart began working as a street vet during his free time, determined to ______ on his own. Over a nine-year period, he provided ______ medical care for over 1,000 homeless people and their pets and in 2020, he created a nonprofit organization Project Street Vet.

For Stewart, the most rewarding aspect of his work lies in the one-on-one ______ with the homeless. By ______ helping their cherished companion, Stewart helps ______ their faith in humanity. Their gratitude fuels him to continue his mission, offering ______ to those facing awful circumstances.

2 . Hannah, an adventurous girl, lived on a small village in a land far away. All of the villagers were used to their ________ tasks and very few had the will to try something new. Unlike them, Hannah loved to ________ and would spend hours in the woods looking for new things.

One afternoon, she ________ an abandoned cottage. With curiosity she slowly opened the door and was left ________. In front of her was a room full of books glittering in the dust! She gasped as she ________ that she had found a hidden treasure. She ________ two and decided to read them at her home.

From that day on, Hannah ________ read the books, which took her to a world of talking animals, mystical creatures, and daring knights. She read about characters who faced ________ with their determination and characters who bravely ________ for good. She learned the power of love and friendship, and that the true strength lies within one’s own ________!

With the good in heart, Hannah started to ________ the gold from the tales with the people of her village. Soon, the ________ of Hannah’s storytelling spread. People traveled from different places to listen to her stories.________, Hannah started writing stories of her own too!

Hannah’s passion and ________ blew life into the tales and her words breathed new life into countless souls. She became a signal of ________, a reminder for everyone that even in the dustiest comers, there can be a hidden treasure.

3 . My name is Sara Li from China. Last spring, my family moved to Portland. Our _______ home had no yard. So my parents _______ an indoor garden. Mama planted seeds in pots and Papa hung them from hooks. With green vines of plants _______ down, the house looks rather fantastic. Jill, a gardening _______ living next door, spent much time at my home.

One morning, Jill and her mother came to my family. On arrival, Jill’s mother said, “Jill _______ your garden. She has told me so much about it.” Mama explained that she had learned how to _______ small space. With a glow in eyes, Jill’s mother asked _______ , “Can you help us with a _______ ? Our community wants to plant so much but our plot is very small.” Papa and Mama nodded with _______ .

That afternoon, everyone in the community agreed to ________ . Neighbors brought seeds, tools and dirt. The next day we started the project. Papa built boxes of different sizes. We filled them with ________ . The tallest stood against the back wall while the ________ was in the front. It ________ that all the plants would get sunlight.

All summer, Jill and I worked there. Autumn approaching, we picked enough to have a cookout for the community, everyone ________ the joy of harvest. I was so proud that Papa and Mama ________ a bit of ours to Portland.

4 . Growing up within the Himalayan abode of snow (喜马拉雅雪屋), Akeisha was dynamic and _________. It was that point of the year when the sky was blue and the sun smiled upon the village. Watching people coming in flocks from near and far made Akeisha _________. Her father explained that they all flooded in to _________ the mountains. “Someday, I will also be able to climb to the highest of these majestic mountains.” Akeisha declared, a burning _________ dancing in her eyes.

But Life had other plans for her. Akeisha _________ one leg at 13. Clouds of _________ overshadowed her world. “I will _________ be ready to climb those mountains,” cried Akeisha. Seeing his little girl in _________ the father too was sorrowful, but he did not _________ and built her a wooden leg. Akeisha was beside herself with ____________ a glimmer of hope regained.

“Never say ‘never’. Start climbing the mountains,” said the ____________ father. Wearing the wooden leg, she walked but fell. She stood up and tried to run, but fell again. But nothing ____________ the father and the daughter even though the entire village laughed at them. Determined to ____________ all adversities, Akeisha kept practicing and ____________ she could run on her own. Five years later, she made it to the highest of the mountains.

Never let words of ____________ drag you down. Never allow anything to steal your dream.

5 . The engineer’s motto is: “Keep it simple and serious.” But Dr. Arnold, though the fifth woman engineer in history to win the Nobel Prize, is somewhat ________. She always seems to meet something unexpected or have the talent to make things ________.

Here’s a picture of a beaming President Obama, ________ her for winning the National Medal. That should have been a moment of ________. But you can never imagine what happened to her. The minibus that ________ the medal receivers should catch fire at the White House door. The bus filled with smoke, passengers within were gasping and crying and staggering toward the ________, the younger ones carrying the older ones — and all were greeted by a team of Secret Service agents, ________ aimed at the medalists’ heads. They were amusingly ________ as terrorists. What a joke!

Another ________ story! When Dr. Arnold and her little son, landed in London, the border agent asked what brought them to the UK. Feeling very proud and hot-stuff, Dr. Arnold ________ she was going to a reception to meet the Queen. She then ________ shot her mouth off about her next award ceremony at the palace in Italy. The agent skeptically ________ her slightly disheveled (凌乱的) clothes and demanded the invitation letter. But she said it was in her suitcase. Without more ________, she, along with her son, was grabbed to the detention room (拘留室). They spent the next two and a half hours there ________ their story was verified (证实), and ________ made it to meet the Queen. Once again, the should-be ________ engineer was mistaken. Afterwards, she ________, “We should have been simple, sensed the environment and then respond.” Her son replied, “Mom, next time why don’t you keep your mouth ________.”

See what the engineer has ________ ! Yes, indeed we can never tell one’s experiences from their ________.

6 . My first year in Los Angeles, I was a birthday-party clown (小丑). I struggled a lot with my identity because, _______I viewed myself as a filmmaker, everyone in my life viewed me as this _______ day job.

For certain parties, I’d have to go as a _______ character. One night, I was _______ to be Batman for a birthday party. At the time I had a moustache but I didn’t want to _______ my physical appearance for that job, because that would be me _______ I was more of a clown than an artist.

The next day, I want to the _______ , and everyone was all high-fiving me, _______ . I saw the birthday boy with his dad, and the dad took me over to a birthday cake with a Batman drawn on it, and the Batman had a _______ .

That’s why they were laughing so ____________ when I first arrived, because when the dad ____________ the cake, all the kids said, “Batman doesn’t have a moustache.” ____________ admitting that the cake was ____________, the parents tried to save face. “ Batman ____________ has a moustache. In fact, he just ____________ it for his movies and TV plays.” ____________ , the children were skeptical until moustache became the ____________ that confirmed what the parents had said and ____________ the kids that I was actually Batman.

That year, I struggled a lot with my identity. But that day, ____________ there was no doubt in my mind what I was-I was the hero that they ____________ .

7 . Doug Falter returned home on the evening of February 3, 2018, exhausted. The 33-year-old had just _______ Hawaii's Waimea Bay crazily. Back home, Falter took his search online “I was surfing tonight and _______ my baby,” he wrote on Facebook. That “baby” was a blue surfboard custom-made for him. Hours earlier, the crash of a big wave had _______ Falter from this prized possession.

“I caught the biggest waves of my life on that board," Falter later said “That's why it _______ so much to me. ” He hoped it would be washed to shore and that whoever _______ it would have also seen his post. But_______ pushing Falter's Surfboard ashore, the waves swept it out to sea, away from Hawaiian Islands.

Weeks passed with no_______ of the surfboard. Then months, Falter bought a new surfboard for $1,500. But he _______ completely forget about the board, which floated to Philippines six months after it disappeared. The local fisherman who found it_______   the board to Giovanne Branzuela, a teacher who hoped to learn to surf and share skills with ________.

The once-blue board had ________ during its journey, but its typical ________ were still there: two elephants in a diamond ring. Underneat the ring were the ________ “Doug Falter's Surfboard, Hawaii. ”

“I couldn't ________ it,” Branzuela said on realizing how far the surfboard had traveled. He________   Falter online last July and sent him a________   of the board. Falter immediately asked for more photos. Those ________ pictures confirmed the board was his. Falter was ________ to learn that his “baby” had traveled across the world's largest ocean and ________

He was excited to hear this guy bought it for his students. “I think this is the________ way I could have ever lost $1,500. I couldn't imagine a better ending. ”