1 . In 2015, Amy Genzlinger had a successful heart surgery(手术). _________, she lost her voice in the process. Even worse, doctors couldn’t tell her when or if her voice would _________. “At first, I was very _________, but soon I decided to accept it since I couldn’t change it,” she says.

To _________ feelings of pain, Amy began making collages(拼贴画) out of _________ phrases and images cut from magazines and photographs. “They became my way to express what I was _________,” she says. “Not only the loss, disappointment and anger, but also my _________ that somehow this was going to work out.” After several months, Amy _________ her husband, her children and a few friends to join her. “It was a way we could be together _________ I totally couldn’t join the __________,” she says.

Surprisingly, it did __________ finally. The next year, __________, her voice returned. Inspired to __________ the power of creativity with others, Amy founded Art from the Heart, an in-home crafting party business. Most of her customers are people who have difficulty __________. She says, “I’ve seen __________ how making collages has helped me express myself, so I hope to __________ more people.”

Armed with plenty of encouraging photos and quotes, Amy helps party participants(参与者) created personalized works of art. Last year, Amy threw about 50 successful __________, and this year she says she is __________ to work with schools, churches, youth groups and hospitals to offer classes for free. Her __________ is to help others find their voice just as she found hers.

Truly great people are those who overcome their own __________ and use it to help others.

2 . Once upon a time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear(拆)the walls open. Japanese houses _________ have empty spaces between the wooden walls. As he was tearing them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴)_________ there because a nail(钉子)from the outside had been _________ into one of its feet. Seeing this, he felt _________ for it, and at the same time wanted to know more about it.

He knew very well that _________ had been knocked into the wall ten years before when the house was first _________. What had happened since then? The lizard had _________ for ten years! To be trapped in a dark wall for ten years without _________—it seems impossible, and is hard to _________. Then he wondered how the lizard could have lived for ten years without moving a single step since its __________ was nailed! So he stopped his work and began to __________ the lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and how it had survived.

A short time later another lizard __________ with food in its mouth. He was __________, and at the same time __________ affected(感动的). Another lizard had been __________ the trapped one for the past ten years.

“What love __________ in this tiny animal! What can love do? It can do __________! Just think, one lizard has been taking care of __________ for ten years, without __________ hope that its partner would be saved,” the man said to himself. If a small lizard can __________ like this, just imagine how we could if we tried.

3 . Five years ago, after the birth of my son, I first started suffering from anxiety. Later, I learned to ________ my feelings by meditating (冥想) and getting outside every day. But recently, too much work made me feel powerless. The old ________, like meditation that used to calm me, failed, ________ I had to find a new kind of healing (治愈) experience.

One day a friend ________ forest bathing, a type of moving meditation first invented in Japan. “It can help calm your mind through getting close to ________,” he added.

Attracted by this idea, I ________ to have a try. I ________ a group heading to the forest, and hoped this experience would be ________ in stopping my anxiety. Listening to singing birds and ________ the air in the forest, I soon felt very relaxed. On the way back, a woman said to me, “You have the most beautiful smile today.” ________, I realized that might be the ________ of forest bathing.

The next morning, I followed a team to a larger forest. We would bathe ourselves in the ________. After leading us deep into the forest, our guide ________ us to walk singly. The trees were so tall and so thick that I could hardly ________ the sky. And quickly I lost sight of the others and became ________, just hearing the voice of our guide through the forest who ________ us to enjoy what was happening in our bodies. At first, I was too ________ to make any movement. But after ten minutes, my breathing slowed and I ________ to feel a new calm.

Back at home. I found myself way behind with a mountain of ________ to do. Instead of being anxious, though, I ________ the feeling in the forest and got down to business. The words became more beautiful than they had been in years.

4 . Does art heal?

Seven-year-old Catriona Chennell’s room is filled with her _________, such as a painting of a rainbow. For her favorite piece so far, she glued small red and white stones onto a piece of paper and _________ it like a heart with wings.

The shape is _________. Cat (as everyone calls her) has primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) (原发性肺动脉高压). Like others with PPH, Cat also _________ fatigue (疲乏), pain and shortness of breath. “It doesn’t really feel _________,” she says.

Cat always uses art to _________ her room at Shands at the University of Florida, the hospital where she has spent six months waiting for a heart-lung transplant (心肺移植) that may one day _________ the pain brought by the disease.

By doing this, she is too busy to _________ her discomfort. She is regularly _________ by artists offering project ideas and instruction—part of a special healing program at Shands known as Arts in Medicine (AIM).

Cat has been at two other __________ in Florida, but only here has she been helped to __________ her own artworks. “What a big difference,” says her grandmother. “It really __________ to get her mind off unhappy things. “For Cat, the point is simple.” I can __________ pain when I do art,” she says.

Cat is just one of thousands of patients to have been __________ by AIM at Shands. Through the AIM program, patients are __________ by paid artists to join some __________ activities like painting, writing and singing. The AIM program isn’t just offered __________; it’s part of the care that patients __________ every day.

For years, AIM has been making hospital experiences less __________. Both doctors and patients believe it has also done something more important: getting patients’ health better. Together with the story of Cat, __________, the question at the beginning can be answered.

5 . He entered my life twenty years ago, leaning against the doorjamb(门框)of Room 202, where I taught fifth grade. He wore sneakers three sizes too large and checkered(格子的)pants ripped at the knees. Twenty-five children stared at Daniel, the _________ ,smiling boy, but in a _________ ,as if he were an alien(外星人).He later told me his last school had been in a neighboring county and he was picking fruit. But his excellent predominance in the kickball game that afternoon completely changed their attitude to him and _________ him respect from the critics(吹毛求疵的人)of Room 202._________, from that day on, Daniel began to _________ things—and us.

By autumn’s end, he taught us all kinds of lessons. How to call a wild turkey. How to tell whether fruit is ripe before the first bite. How to _________ others. He never used our _________ ,calling me “Miss” and the students “kid”.

That year, on the afternoon of the day before Christmas vacation, Daniel _________ my desk. From his pocket he pulled a gray _________ with great style, and pushed it gently __________ my desk .saying softly, “It’s for you, Miss. ” fixing his eyes on mine. “I polished it up. ” he added. I sensed that this was something __________. “ We packed our boxes last night and we’re __________ tomorrow. ” added Daniel and then he told me about his coming move. Hearing this, __________ filled my eyes.

I’ve never __________ that moment.

Years have passed. Every time I touch the rock, I will remember the last time I ever __________Daniel and that he gave it to me as a gift. Every year, when __________ approaches, I will think of Daniel and his boxes, saying to him in my heart ” Hi kid, this is __________ . Merry Christmas, wherever you are! Every chance I look back on my life , I will thank Daniel for the __________ of love and curing learned by a teacher from a boy with nothing—but everything—to __________, praying that he would no longer need the __________.

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 . Although our meetings were few, I could________my mother-in-law was pure gold. I loved her________I saw her. She suffered from cancer for years and we knew her________was short.

During one visit, as we left her hotel room, I________back to see her staring after us. Her________look brought tears to my eyes. I knew what she thought, "Will this be the________time?" I stopped, walked to her and hugged her________. I whispered. "Mom, come back for the________."

The day of the wedding was joyous. Georgia and I________face-to-face as we said our vows（誓言）. There was a________in my voice, After we were________man and wife, I hugged my new bride,________her arm and walked her down the aisle（过道）. My mother-in-law said later, "I could hear it in your shaking voice. I know you________every word you said."

The afternoon, we danced, hugged, and expected words of________. At one point, I found my mother-in-law________. I crouched（蹲下）beside her chair and said. "Mom, I'm so________you're here."

She said, "Michael, I'm very happy. All I________was to see Georgia settled. Today I saw it________." Within a year, she________and lives forever in our hearts.

Mothers are the strength behind great families. I've been________with some great ones.

8 . What Brent Caldwell did this month, and over the past three years is practically the living embodiment of   "Something Good”.

During a recent live ______ of the morning announcements at Lake Pointe Primary School,   Caldwell, a teacher, had his ______ hair cut off so that it could be ______ to Hair We Share , a nonprofit organization that helps ______ and provide wigs to people who have ______ their hair due to a medical condition.

“To be able to do this for the ______ , and do it myself, for me really, I just wanted to spread that ______ thing. There's so much ______ in the world," Caldwell said about the ______ that he hoped to pass along to the students at Lake Pointe.

Caldwell ______ donated 14 inches of his hair, which had ______ for more than three years, since the last time he made this same donation.

Caldwell's ______ donation is part of Lake Pointe Primary School's Acts of Kindness project, a(n) ______ to complete 10 million acts of ______ by the end of this school year.

“I try to ______ only positive things with people around me, because there are already so many negative things in our daily basis, and I don't want to   ______ to that," Caldwell said “This is my personal philosophy, and I try to ______ to the kids and tell them our only real job as humans is to make someone else's day ______ , or make someone else feel happier. And when you get older, you are going to be ______ for the world. We need more good people. So this is a ______ way to start.”

9 . I teach in a low-income, urban high school. After I began _________ , I wanted to start a Culture Club at my school.

About eleven years ago, a reporter came to my school to _________ me. A few days after the resulting article   _________ , I got an email from a woman named Jeanne. She said she _________ the work

I was doing at my school, and asked me if I _________ funding for an extracurricular activity or club.

I have always seen the _________ of extracurricular activities, so I decided to give Jeanne a call. I told Jeanne about my _________ in a Culture Club. It turned out Jeanne was _________ .

Less than three days later, I received a check for $ 5, 000 to start the _________. She later connected me with a grant (资助金) that has since __________ the club for the past eleven years. To say I'm __________, particularly for the doors this has opened for my students, would be an understatement.

My Culture Club members have since __________ plays, ballets, operas, dance performances, and museums. They write essays that are __________ all over the US, and their art is featured in projects both local and national. We engage in community __________ , taking part in local beautification projects and raising funds for great causes. All those extracurricular activities give students a chance to show their intelligence and students have __________ strong bonds with one another.

I have __________ first - hand the impact extracurricular activities have on students. __________ a Culture Club at your school is a great place to start. Even if you don't __________ a benefactor (捐助者) like Jeanne the way I did, you can still find plenty of events and activities that are __________ or low - cost. It is definitely __________ it.

10 . Born in Beijing in 1930, Yuan Longping______his childhood in wars. Although he had to______from one place to another,his mother always told him______stories . From these______, he made up his mind to be a_____ person when he grew up. At the same time, his mother also_____ him English, which made him be able to_____ the world's most advanced scientific books in English.

Yuan Longping's fate with_____can date back to the first grade of his primary school. One day, his teacher took the children to the field(田野)._____ at the red peaches and the watery grapes, Yuan Longping felt that life in the field was very_____ and he was attracted by the scenery . How much he hoped that there was no_____ in his life and that he could______the good time in the field freely. From then on, he had the_____ of learning agriculture(农学).

So later, when it was time for him to go to______he did not hesitate（犹豫） to choose to learn ____. He said:” When I was young, I had ever seen the beauty in the field and the suffering of______people because of the war.So,I want to be a person who can help people have enough to______.” After hearing these words, his parents were very______of their child and decided to support his dream. After a series of experiments, his hybrid rice planting technology was fully______in 1975. He was called “______of hybrid rice ”