1 . I love animals. So when Dr. Vannini said his vet hospital needed help, I was _______.

I volunteered to clean up and help in several medical procedures. But the moment I will never _______ came when an emergency was rushed through the front door.

A retriever (寻回犬)was in deep _______. A check-up revealed that she had a baby developing in her body but no heartbeat could be detected. It was assumed that her puppy (小狗) had not _______. The retriever would need immediate _______ to save her life. I couldn’t take my eyes off Dr. Vannini’s hands as she stopped the bleeding and repaired the dog’s vital organs.

Near the end of the surgery, something caught my eye. I thought I saw the _______ puppy move. I couldn’t keep still and whispered. The puppy had indeed shown a spark (火花) of life! We _______ took action. Soon, he was up and moving. It was a(n)_______ feeling to hold this new life in my hands.

The experience was especially meaningful for me because a week earlier I had witnessed the _______, the end of life. My beloved dog, Scamper, finally died of a lifelong weakness of heart. He almost __________ it to six. Scamper was a great dog, a true friend, and I will never forget him. Seeing the new puppy and his mother leave the hospital is something I will never forget either.

2 . Fleanor Love knows that weddings create a lot of leftover flowers. That means more opportunities for her to collect after-wedding bouquets (花束) and give them to her lonely hospital _______, many of whom don’t often have visitors, let alone expensive _______.

The flowers are still in good shape, and the patients are pleased to have them. “I was so _______ that I cried,” said patient Connie Melzer, who was recovering from a heart problem when Love walked into her room with a bouquet in early 2020.

Love worked at the Virginia Commonwealth University Hospital as a(n) _______ student. She wondered how she could help _______ the patients’ suffering besides learning how to treat them as a student doctor.

“One of the _______ of being a medical student is that it can be very difficult to _______ to the care team,” said Love. “You are there as a learner, who doesn’t have as much knowledge as doctors. But you want to _______ your patients. How can I at this stage in my training make a(n) _______ for them?”

In 2019, she started The Simple Sunflower in Richmond, and so far has ________ more than 760 bouquets to patients. She brought fellow students and other people into her project, and now has more than 200 ________ on the email list.

When Love began the project, she called businesses such as wedding venues (场馆) and florists and asked them what events were scheduled. She then reached out to brides and grooms to ask them if they had ________ for their flowers after the big day.

For each wedding, she organized a team of eight people who helped ________ the flowers when the party was over and then spent time carrying them to individual patients.

People beyond the VCU community have heard about Love’s project and become part of it. “Once the word got out, people around the city started ________ us,” Love said. She wanted to bring the project to more cities and maybe open branches at other medical schools.

“I feel ________ when I see the patients who receive our bouquets,” she said. “It reminds me why we do what we do.”

3 . Recently，I took a trip home by train．I got a seat opposite a middle-aged man with sharp eyes，who kept_________a young woman in a window seat with a little boy on her lap．The woman's eye fell on the man's face，and she immediately looked down and_________her scarf．

As the night wore on，people began to close their eyes，but the seats were so uncomfortable that only a very heavy sleeper could manage to get any_________．The woman looked over at the man．He was still staring at her．She looked back at him with fire in her eyes．I was beginning to get_________，too．

The train moved on．The little boy was _________ awake on his mother's lap，but the woman dropped off to sleep．A moment later，he began to_________the half-open window—one leg went over it．The man jumped up and _________the child just before he fell out．

The_________ woke up the woman．She seemed to be in_________，and then reality dawned （显现）．“Your child has been looking for an opportunity to climb out of the window，”the man said as he gave the child back to her. ．“So I have been watching the whole time．”The woman was __________，and so was I．