1 . Kyle Messier, a 31-year-old bike rider, won a 100-kilometer bike race that took place in Harrington, Quebec. While this is a(n) ________ achievement on its own, what makes Kyle extraordinary is that he had already ________ more than 650 kilometers to the race site.

His ________ from Waterloo to Harrington took him 3.5 days to complete. After his win, he ________ with some pizza, slept for a few hours in his ________, and then rode another 3.5-day back home. What becomes greater is that Kyle ________ to win the race while suffering from a toothache.

So what is the ________ behind Kyle’s success? He apparently ________ a technique known as active meditation to help him. This form of thinking can be done while ________ a physical action, which makes it perfect for cycling. When done ________, the mind will only concentrate on completing that physical action and nothing else.

Kyle has also trained himself to ________ the journey into smaller sections. He tried to ________ the positives he was looking forward to rather than the negatives. ________ the race, he just thought about the pizza he was getting at the finish line. Despite his great achievement, Kyle remains ________. He claims not to know how long the course ________ him to complete, as he didn’t even bother checking his finish time. ________, he simply stayed at the finish line to cheer on other riders.

Kyle’s incredible victory shows the ________ of having the right mind. The next time you face a seemingly impossible ________, try breaking it up into smaller sections, only focusing on the ________ things you have to look forward to. You may not get results that are quite as outstanding as Kyle’s, but it will certainly ________ you!

2 . He is driving the response, literally, to the novel coronavirus(冠状病毒)outbreak. Volunteer driver Yin Zizhe has been _______ doctors and nurses between hospitals and their homes free of charge since his hometown of Wuhan _______ on its public transportation system—including subways, buses and ferries—on Jan. 23 because of the _______.

_______ and safety are in struggle. He has to go as fast as he can, so that his passengers arrive safely at their destinations, not least because the well-being of others depends on their professional skills and _______.

“It’s like a race against death. The patients are waiting for them,” says Yin of his responsibilities. He recalls one _______, and there have been many, when he _______ a doctor to the hospital and within minutes of arriving the passenger was _______ surgery.

For more than 20 days, Yin has _______ his driving day at 6 am. An early start with, more often than not, a ________ conclusion as stints(定额工作)usually end around midnight, or even later. His daily meals, if not putting too fine a point on it, ________ bread, water and maybe instant noodles.

The 25-year-old is the ________ volunteer driver of a group called Gancao Volunteers in Wuhan that includes more than 1, 000 local residents from all walks of life, most of whom are in their 30s or above.

“Helping doctors and nurses means helping ourselves. In fact, it’s a battle involving everyone in the city,” says Yin. He considers his ________ as being in the “must-do” category.

“They are so ________. I often don’t talk to them and let them have a good sleep.” says Yin. Sometimes, in return, his “lovely and respectful” passengers leave some face masks or disinfectant(消毒剂). The warm ________ between them makes Yin believe Wuhan will ________ in the battle against the virus.

________ transporting doctors and nurses, Yin and his friends also donate ________ needed medical materials as well as food to hospitals. Before the outbreak of the virus, Yin bought 200, 000 masks for medical ________. He later donated all these masks to hospitals in Wuhan. He also donated boxes of bottled water, bread and instant noodles.

“I feel like if I ________ more, the battle will end a little bit earlier,” says Yin.

3 . I always think of my mother’s love for me. When I was little, my mom always went to the store on Saturday mornings. My sisters and I would wake up to _______ five little plates of powdered donuts (甜甜圈), one for each of us.

One Saturday morning, I woke up _______ than the rest of the children. Being the _______ , fat, little man that I was, I quickly finished my plate and _______ more. My mom told me that I could have the others as long as I finished them all and _______ the evidence. We promised it would be our _______ . So that morning, while the other children _______ , I got up to spend all morning with the _______ of the donuts and all of my mom’s _______ .

I am not ________ when I say that I woke myself up early every Saturday from age seven to twelve, eating all the donuts I wanted and getting ________ with my mom all to myself. We ate donuts, watched cartoons, played childish ________ , the matching game, for example, and read books — just the two of us.

When I was twenty-seven, I ________ this to my sisters, sure that my mom had told them at some ________ in later years. Though well into their thirties, they were ________ . They had always ________ what happened to all those donuts and why I was always up so early. My mom had never ________ the secret!

The donuts were tasty, but they were ________ just an excuse. I woke up early not because, as the youngest of five, I didn’t have to ________ donuts. I did it because, for a little while, I didn’t have to share my ________ .

4 . Seven years ago, our daughter, Alle Shea, was born. All of our family were excited with the new arrival. After she was given to me by a nurse from the delivery room, I _______ her cautiously, wondering how_______ life was.

However, our joy_______ for just several seconds. We noticed that she was crying weakly and refused to _______. We went to have the doctor check on her health. After the _______, the doctor told us our daughter was_________with the rare bone disease called Osteogenesis Imperfecta (成骨不全症). At birth Alle Shea’s skull looked like a_________   egg on the x-rays.

Watching my daughter _________was the greatest pain. After being terribly tortured（折磨）for a long time, my wife and I_________take our five-week-old daughter off life support, by far the most__________decision of our life. The day Alle was leaving us, we were able to take her outside on the hospital deck and hold her in our arms until she __________.

We had two ________ that day: we could have let the sadness overtake us, or we could turn it into a __________. Since that day, my wife and I have worked ________ volunteering our time hosting special events, and talking to others about Osteogenesis Imperfecta(OI). We even________ hospitals to join us and this is the battle we are still________. Over the seven years, we have __________ thousands of hours. In February of 2015 we __________ OI Care for You program. Ever since, we have been sending stuffed animals to children with OI. Each present brings them a smile and__________. Many OI families thank us for doing what we do and giving them another way to show __________ for a family member with OI.

5 . For my 8^th birthday my ________ was a shiny blue bike. My older sisters decided to teach me to ride. We lived on Edgewood Avenue at the top of a steep hill. My ________, Agnes and Christina, put me on my bike and ________ me hard, yelling instructions, “Peddle! Steer! Use the brakes!” Needless to say, I was rushing down the street ________ trying to hold on.

I bumped into the curb (路缘), ________ over the handlebars onto the sidewalk, skinning my knees, hurting my hands and crying loudly. Instead of offering ________, my sisters yelled at me ________ I hadn’t listened to their instructions. Weeks ________ before I tried again. This time I walked my bike to the ________ parking lot behind the schoolyard. I kept repeating the instructions to myself and after a few awkward ________ and even more painful spills I learned to ride a bike.

Learning life lesson is ________ like learning to ride a bike. Some life lessons are ________ to learn. We don’t always get to choose where we learn them; we don’t always have good teachers and we are not always ________. Sometimes we find ourselves madly trying to hold on.

But things are different now.

My husband, Rich, ________ my sons to ride a bike. First he raised their training wheels a little and they rode around the block getting used to the unstable ________. After he removed the training wheels he would run along the side of the bike holding on to the seat to ________ them. Up and down our street they would go with Rich calling out, “You ________ have it! You’re doing great!” until my son would call out “Let go”. Rich would let go but still run along, just ________. It was a happy day in the neighborhood.

When the life lessons come along in this New Year you may ________ them from a patient and kind teacher; you may have them surrounded by ________ and encouragement. And you may have someone stay by your side until you have found victory.

6 . While driving around the corner of our townhouse, I always noticed an old man sitting by his front yard. He seemed cold and_______. One morning, while I was driving past him with my daughter, I decided to _______ him. At the beginning, he looked _________ and looked around—there was _______ there. Then, I saw his hand go up _______ and he waved back shyly. “Why did you wave at him? We don't _________him,” my daughter said.

I told her that it was just an act of kindness that didn't _________ anything, and it gave both him and me a sense of _______. She told me she had thought waving to a stranger was _______，but next time she would ________ it. It seemed not bad.

Interestingly, we lived close to the old man, so we ________ him rather often. Whenever we drove by, both of us would wave at him and, pretty soon, the old man __________waving at everyone who passed by his home.

One day, my daughter's friend came to visit and said that she just saw a(n) ________ old man who waved at her in a ________ way. She mentioned that she waved back at him ________ she didn't know him, and it was really ________ and even made her day. Upon hearing this, my daughter told her the ________ of how all the waving began. Her friend responded, “Tell your mom that's really __________!”

Her friend's response taught my daughter that an act of kindness could be very________ and effortless if you really wanted to do it. It showed us how giving happiness __________ both the giver and the receiver.

7 . It happened the day before Thanksgiving holiday when I just moved to my new school. Our teacher asked each student to bring cards, candies and other _________ to school. She wanted us to _________ Thanksgiving as a class. I looked forward to the activity and thought it would be a good chance to know my _________ one by one, so I asked my mum to help me make some nice cookies and Thanksgiving cards. I couldn’t _________ to present them with my gifts.

When the day finally _________, things went very well at first. All of us were busy giving out gifts and seemed very _________. However, when our teacher asked each of us to _________ what we received and say whom it came from, I realized that I received _________. I couldn’t hold back my _________ as the teacher called my __________, because I didn’t get anything from anyone. I was __________ by the young people who were my __________ classmates.

It was surely a __________ Thanksgiving Day for me. But I didn’t want to hate my classmates. I knew they did not ignore me __________. They just didn’t remember me because I just arrived a few days ago.

Since then I tried to be kind to them and __________ hard. And what I did eventually paid off. I became one of the __________ students in my class. My teachers and classmates were __________ of me and I always had many good friends by my side.

I’m glad that I made the right decision and __________ my classmates’ friendship in the end. It also helped me realize that only kindness and __________ can lead to lasting friendship. That is one of the best __________ I have learned in my lifetime.

8 . A pizza deliver driver in Rhode Island receive something more special than any tip this week.

Ryan Catterson was delivering pizza to the ________ of Lindsey Sheely on Saturday night when Sheely’s old son ran up to him and give him a big________ .

Sheely, who________the moment on the doorbell camera, said, “I put it up on my Facebook page. In fact, I just did it because we thought it was________. "What Sheely didn't know at the time was what that________would mean to Catterson.

Catterson’s 16-year-old daughter, who lived in California with his ex-wife,________passed away. She had________with mental problems. “After losing my daughter this past week, it just________me because it was like she was there, and it just meant a________to me,” he said.

His ex-wife,Danielle, said she was________that someone saw his pain and could be there for him. “It's so easy to________such people and their internal pain,” she said. “That even goes to our________. We didn't know her________. ”

The video of his hug with the 2-year-old made its________to Catterson, and he reached out to tell Sheely how much it________. “It is really________to accept that I'm not going to be able to hug her again," Catterson said of his daughter.

The hug may have lasted only a few seconds,________it's a moment Catterson will________ always. "That might have been my daughter just looking out for me________at the time," he said. “This incident means something, and makes me________, 'Wow, maybe she's there. ”