1 . A few years ago, I visited my daughter Sandra and my granddaughters, Jocelyn and Hailey.

One evening I noticed Hailey was a bit unhappy. I asked her what the _______was and she told me that she had to go to bed so _______and she wanted to stay up with me. I asked her if she felt a little _______and she said, “yes” with a pout (噘嘴).

I asked her, “Do you know what Grandpa does when he is feeling sad? I go to my _______ place.”

“Where is your happy place, Grandpa?” Jocelyn _______aloud.

“My happy place is on the inside of your hugs (拥抱),” I replied. “It’s the best place in the world. Don’t ever _______the power of a hug.”

Extra big hugs were _______that night from two of my girls.

The next morning, Sandra was under a bit of pressure to complete an assignment (任务). She lost her _______.

Jocelyn said, “Mom, are you having a _______day?” Sandra replied, “I guess I am, dear. I’m sorry.”

Jocelyn said, “Would you like to go to Grandpa’s happy place?” With that ________her mother in her arms. “Grandpa says this is his ________place.”

After some ________eyes and a heartfelt “I’m sorry,” Sandra returned to ________with a big smile on her face.

I cherish (珍爱) my time with ________and it is good knowing that what is said with ________has an influence on them.

3 . “How can I make your darling son eat his food?” My husband shouted. I ________ to the scene from the kitchen. “Bill darling, why not ________ a mouthful of rice? Just for mom’s sake, dear.” Bill ________ his tears with the back of his hand. “OK, mom. I will eat the ________ lot of this. But, mom, if I eat all the rice, will you give me whatever I ________ for?” “Promise.”

Slowly and painfully, he ________ eating the whole quantity. After that, Bill came to me with his eyes wide with ________. “Mom, I want to have my ________ shaved this Sunday!” It was ________ for me to make the decision. “Our promise must be ________. Bill, your wish will be achieved.”

On Monday morning, I dropped him at his ________. It was a sight to watch my hairless Bill walking ________ his classroom. Just then, a girl got out of a car and shouted, “Bill, please wait for me!” What ________ me was the hairless head of that girl.

“Madam, your son Bill is ________ indeed!” Without introducing himself, a man got out of the ________ and continued, “That girl is my daughter Lily. She is ________ from a serious disease. She lost all her hair due to the side effects of the ________. She refused to return school, fearing the ________ teasing of her schoolmates. Bill promised her that he would ________ the teasing issue. However, I ________ imagined he would sacrifice his lovely curly hair for my daughter!”

I stood there and then I swept, “My kind son, you’re teaching me how selfless real love is!”

5 . Sluhan, a preschool art teacher, will help her students debut (首次亮相) their artworks in her final art show with the school.

The preschoolers hold a ________ each year, allowing the parents an ________ into what they have been doing in the classroom.

On Thursday, the school will be closed for Sluhan to ________ the classroom into an art gallery ________hundreds of the students’ pieces.

“Before, we would just put pictures up in classrooms or ________ them to the walls,” director Seely said. “Now, the school will be ________ changed. You won’t even know it’s a ________.”

It is important to Sluhan for the children to ________ several different methods of art. The preschoolers ________with different materials and colors to learn what they like and also to ________ art.

Seely says there has been an increase in the students’ ________   in art since Sluhan joined the preschool six years ago. Many of the young students have started to list “________” when asked what they want to be when they grow up.

The kids receive one hour of art each week from Sluhan and she tries to ________ each hour with enriching material to create a base for their ________. The lessons help the children become more appreciative of art. They are better able to ________ that art is not one particular thing.

The art show is a(n) ________ way for parents to understand what their kids have learned. It’s also a way for the kids to ________.

For the past six years, Sluhan has put in a lot of work to create the art program and the art show as they are now. With her ________ to care for a family member, the school has found a new art teacher, who will ________ with the art shows and the curriculum Sluhan has ________.

6 . “Never give up! Never give up!” shouted my two young children, Max and Charley, as they marched behind their grandmother Mimi. They were ________ the ice-cream truck.

Before starting the search on that July afternoon, Mimi heard the ________ sound of the ice-cream man’s bell. ________, the ice—cream man’s visit is a daily occurrence, although the time between the sound of his bell and the leaving of his truck is short. One must be ________ to catch him.

Max and Charley were ________ when they didn’t catch him in time that day. That lasted until Mimi’s eyes shined and she said, “Never give up!” She explained that the truck might be ________, but they could hurry off to find it at its next ________.

After about twenty minutes of walking, Max’s ________ in the search began to waver (动摇). He ________ that they should give up and said, “Maybe we should give up. We have been walking pretty far and haven’t seen the ________ yet.” Charley said a quick “No way!” and ________ he shout with Mimi. Somewhat doubtfully, Max ________. Not knowing which ________ the truck had taken, they had to ________ where to search. They were ________, but they didn’t quit.

Just two blocks later, they found it. Mimi, Max and Charley screamed with ________. “Never give up!” In that moment, my mom Mimi did for my ________ what she had done for me for countless times. Simple though it was, that phrase became our battle cry for the ________ we faced in many years she raised me and my brother alone. Leading by ________, Mom taught us just how much one could accomplish with a positive attitude. Now, she is taking the same ________ in her relationship with her grandchildren.

9 . Around a bend (拐弯处) on a narrow trail that runs deep into the forest of Gabon’s Loango National Park, Kamaya comes into view. The huge silverback gorilla (大猩猩) coolly watches _______ arrive, then goes back to his meal.

Seated on a _______ branch, the 150-kilogram beast greedily pulls more _______ from the tree to his mouth with a _______ but powerful movement before slowly climbing down the trunk. Soon he falls asleep calmly.

After two years of a total _______ due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Parks Agency has decided to restart _______ observations of Gabon’s gorillas,_______ the iconic (标志性的) species will serve as a“loss leader” to _______ ecotourism.

That Kamaya and his _______ of about 10 members are so used to humans is the ________ of long labors by a team of scientists who also ________ data.

They work to make ________ to protect a species ________ with extinction and to ________ foreign tourists. Spending one hour with Kamaya and his family costs $500, on top of charges for ________ to the site and accommodation.

Loango Park, which ________ more than 155,000 hectares of the thickly ________ country, offers rich reward for a 4-5-hour road ________ from Port-Gentil, the second city, followed by the track and a ________ stage by boat.

Though expensive, the price is much lower than that paid to see the mountain gorillas in Uganda or Rwanda. It also gets income to manage protected areas that ________ a safe place for the animals.

10 . Today, I went hiking with a friend of mine. The sky suddenly became covered with _________ clouds, so we started walking down the mountain with a(n) _________ step than usual. After a little while, we _________ a large group of children by chance. They were walking down the mountain as well. The path suddenly became _________ for a few moments before the group was well ahead and out of _________.

Left behind were a young boy and his _________. We slowed down for a bit to _________ with them about the weather before finally passing them. They _________ again when my friend stopped to tie her shoes. Suddenly, the boy fell. Fortunately, my friend _________ caught him as he was about to roll down the path. However, he got frightened and was __________ in his mother’s arms. He said that his __________ hurt and I could see the __________ on the mother’s face. I asked if I could help, with my friend__________ that I was a nurse and I could give the boy a quick __________ of his knee. Making sure that they needed nothing more __________ we continued on,I decided to leave the pair sitting on a rock.

I only took a few steps forward before feeling that there was more that could be done. I said __________ to my friend for slowing us down, then turned and asked the boy and his mother if they wanted us to __________ and walk down with us.I could see the relief (宽慰) wash over the mother’s face as she said “yes ” and immediately __________ up.

The __________ in New England had left the path covered with beautiful yellow leaves. Though we walked slowly, we talked __________ with the boy and his mother.