1 . My nephew Tyden and I were playing at a local amusement center. It was the kind of _______ where you get tickets for scoring points in the games and then cash them in for prizes.

Tyden won top prize of tickets, so we went to _______ his gift. I felt a little _______ because my loved one and I had our first _______ at this center and had exchanged little things from the showcase. I _______ a turtle and remembered my partner loved it. I asked the assistant behind the _______ if I could just buy the turtle without _______ . He said, “ _______, that isn’t a choice.”

I needed to _______ 350 tickets to cash the turtle in, so I ________ Tyden choosing his gift alone there. I had just bought game tokens(代币) when I heard Tyden’s ________ voice, “Auntie! Look!”

He pulled the turtle out from behind his back and gave it to me. My eyes filled with tears and my heart ________ with love. He had listened to that whole ________ and chosen to give the turtle to me ________ getting whatever he wanted.

I held him tightly in my arms, and told him how much I ________ him. I am beyond thankful to have the title of his Auntie.

3 . I was at home alone at midday, working at my typewriter, when the telephone rang. A man’s voice said “Your name Bell? You’d better ________ over to the hospital right away. Your ________ has been hurt in an accident.”

Janet had gone out ten minutes earlier. As she left, I’d kissed her absent-mindedly and she needled me, “You don’t even know who you are ________.” She was ________ as she went out the door.

The traffic was heavy and I was caught between ________ and despair (绝望). My thought turned to the evening last year, when I was ________ at a job I didn’t like while longing to make a living at ________. She knew it and made the ________ easy for me—at a time when turning away from a (n) ________ income would have been unthinkable to most women.

In the last few blocks to the hospital, I said to myself our life together could not ________. There were too many good years ahead with our children. Too many trips we’d ________ and hadn’t made. They have to be shared to be ________.

Rushing into Emergency, I found Janet’s face and clothing were covered with blood. But she reached her hand out to me, saying “I’m all right, darling. Just don’t ________ me.” They were the most wonderful words I had ever heard.

She was all right. We are one of the ________ families, as we know. I had never let Janet understand how meaningless life would be without her. How ________ I am for a second chance.

4 . When young, I loved going on trail (小路) runs. It was my favorite way to ______ stress. So when I was back in my hometown after a tough first year of my Ph. D. program, I thought a trail run was just what I needed. But instead of helping me relax, the run did just the ______.

After I moved to the city for college, where my runs were on flat concrete paths instead of ______ dirt trails, I used a GPS watch. When I went on trail runs again in the country, it constantly reminded me of the fact that I wasn’t ______ up with my usual pace. I ______ my watch, thinking that would allow me to enjoy my surroundings and find the peace I expected, ______ I found myself performing less well. “Why can’t I let go and just enjoy myself?” I wondered. But after some reflection, I realized why I was struggling —both on trail runs and ______ graduate school.

Going into my Ph. D., I had thought that my solid undergraduate track record would set me up for ______ success. To my surprise, I was wrong. I ______ confidence in my research abilities which I thought stopped me performing well and I constantly felt my progress was too slow. Other students’ self-confidence and their excellent results made me feel insecure. One day, I ______ broke down in tears in my adviser’s office.

Then came my visit home: I was having ______ because I hadn’t properly ______ my expectations to the differences between an urban run and a trail run.

A Ph. D. is like a trail run: Sometimes you can run fast. Sometimes you might find yourself climbing up a steep (陡峭的), winding trail at a ______ pace. And that’s OK. Barriers are ______, and success looks and feels different on a challenging trail than it does on a smooth, flat path. Sometimes it’s best to take a deep breath and do your best to ______ the challenge.

5 . It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for all appointment(约会)at 9:30. The nurse had him take a _______ in the waiting area,_______ him it would be at least 40 minutes_________someone would be able to see him. I saw him_______his watch and decided, since I was_______busy—my patient didn’t_______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he_______to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his_________. He told me that she had been_________for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be____________if he was a bit late. He replied that she __________ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __________ him for five years now. I was____________, and asked him, “And you__________go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is”. I had to hold back __________ as he left.            

Now I __________ that in marriages, true love is____________of all that is. The happiest people don’t__________have the best of everything, they just__________the best of everything they have. ____________isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

6 . I grew up as the “baby” of my family. I was the youngest of the three sons. My brothers were five and seven years _________ than me and dealt with most of the small routine tasks that my mum and dad needed to do around the house. I _________ most of my time riding my bike, playing basketball, walking in the woods, or reading books by the stove(火炉) in the cold winter. I spent my _________ with all the fun and none of the _________ .

By the time I entered my early teens, _________ , both of my brothers had moved out of our home. My dad _________ his back seriously and become _________. Later, we moved to a mountain top house _________ by a stove. I soon found that I did more work _________ I had ever done before. I __________ the weeds(杂草) in our garden in the spring and summer. In the fall, I cut and __________ wood up to keep us __________ in the winter. All year around I __________ heavy five-gallon containers of water from a mountain spring back to our __________ so that we could have water to drink and cook with.

At first, I __________ and wasn’t satisfied. After a while, I began to find __________ in helping my parents. I sang to myself while I piled wood up and smiled while I carried water. I__________ found myself helping my mum with dinner dishes and cleaning. I started to __________ something that I would carry with me the rest of my __________ too: when your work is done in love, it isn’t just __________ .

7 . Have you ever had problems in your life and don’t know how to be happy? If _______, you will find “Being a Happy Teenager” by Australian writer Andrew Matthews _______. In his book, Matthews _________us how to have a happy life and answers the _______of teenagers. There are many _________such as parents and friends, and the book _______ we should stop being angry and forgive. The book tells us of useful skills _______ how to put what you have learned into pictures of your mind to _______ your memory better.

Many teenagers think _________happiness comes from a good exam result __________praise from other people. But you can ________ be happy when there are no such “good” things. Success comes from a(n) __________ attitude. If you ________ from problems, you will have success in the future.

Some school students have ________such as being too tall or too short. But Matthews tells us that __________comes from thinking about things in a positive ________.If you are __________, people notice you and you can get a __________view at the movie; if you are short, your clothes and shoes __________less room in your bedroom! This is Matthews’ most important __________: you choose to be happy!

8 . I was driving to a business appointment when I came to a very busy crossroad. The traffic light had just turned red. Suddenly, an unforgettable _________ caught my eye. A young couple, both _________, were walking arm-in-arm across this busy crossroad with cars racing by in every direction. Each of them, with a walking stick, searched for _________ to guide them.

At first I was touched. They were trying to _________ what I felt was one of the most terrible disability—blindness. It _________ be frightening to see nothing. My thought was quickly interrupted (打断) by fear _________ I saw that the couple were directly walking toward the middle of the crossroad. Without _________ the danger they were in, they were walking right into the path of oncoming cars. I was _________ because I didn’t know whether the other drivers understood what was happening.

To my _________, I saw a wonderful scene unfold before my eyes. Every car in every direction came to a(n) ____________.   No sharp sounds of brakes or noisy horn (喇叭) were heard, ____________ did anyone shout, “Get out of the way!” At that moment, time seemed to stand still for the ____________.

I looked around the cars and noticed that ____________ attention was fixed on them. ____________ the driver to my right shouted, “To your right! To your right!” Other people ____________ him, shouting, “To your right!”

The couple ____________ their own direction and they made it to the other side of the road. As they arrived at the roadside, one thing ____________ me—they were ____________ arm-in-arm. I was amazed by the ____________ expressions on their faces and judged that they had no idea what was really ____________ around them.

As I drove away, I did so with more awareness of life and care for others than ever before.

9 . The_______ picked up the thermos and poured some hot water into the tea-cup and placed it on the small table in front of his _______, who were a father and daughter, and put the lid on the cup with a clink. Obviously_______ of something, he hurried into the inner room, leaving the _______ on the table. His two guests heard a box of drawers opening and a rustling(飒飒地响).

They _______ sitting in the living-room, the 10-year-old daughter, looking at the flowers outside the window. The father was just about to take his cup when the_______ came, right there in the living room. Something was hopelessly broken.

It was the thermos, which had fallen to the floor. The girl looked _______ her shoulder at once, startled(吓一跳), _______. It was _______.Neither of them had touched it, not even a little bit.

The sound caused the host to rush back from the inner room. He looked at the ________ floor and blurted out(脱口而出), “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter!”

The father started to say something. Then he muttered(嘀咕), “ Sorry, I________ it and it fell.”

“It doesn’t matter,” the host said.

Later, when they left the house the daughter said, “Daddy, I saw your ________ in the windowpane(玻璃窗). You were sitting perfectly ________. Why did you say…?”

The father________, “What then would you________ as the cause of its fall?”

“It fell by itself. The floor is uneven(不平). It wasn’t steady when Mr Li put it there.”

“It won’t________, girl. It sounds more ________ when I say I knocked it down. There are things people accept less the more you ________them. The truer your story is, the less true it sounds.”

The daughter was________ in silence for a while. Then she said, “Can you ________ it only this way?”

“Only this way,” the father said.

10 . Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip, Asia’s largest online travel company, connects people with the best places the world has to offer. She believes travel and cultural experiences can _______ divide and conflicts, strengthen industries and create peace.

Actually she herself is a _______ advertisement for how travel can _______ a life. But her journey was much longer and more _______ even than marathon.

While_______ Peking University, Sun was invited to a program in the University of Florida, where she finally managed to_______ her study. Compared to others, Sun’s life pace was_______. She bicycled 6 miles to the _______ each morning, taking the earliest classes so she could spend the rest of the day, working to make money. However, Sun _______ those days, “I learned a lot from my experience in the USA.”

“Many discussions I had still __________ my style today. In particular, I have __________ a habit of hearing people’s different __________over certain topics.” “In today’s world, you’d better have a good understanding of different people and __________different cultures. ”

Feeling it her duty to help others, Sun __________an organization to help students. Her advice for them is to give 100% effort to whatever you want to __________. Now as a mother of two daughters and CEO, she has__________ both for her children and Ctrip. “Some people ask me why I work so hard, because I feel mothers are the best ____________for children, ” Sun says. “To work is actually to __________ yourselves, but if you double your efforts at work and being a mother, it is doubly__________.”

As for her future efforts, Sun is preparing for the day when advanced technology and even space travel will change the travel industry. One thing that won’t change: the __________ of travel is to build bridges.