1 . A couple of days ago, we were in Edmonton helping one son move there to live with his brother. _______ we were leaving from their apartment, we noticed a man driving by very slowly. We commented on how _______ it seemed and as we looked back in the _______ we saw he had run off the road into a tree.

We _______ stopped and jumped out of our vehicle. My _______ son reached the car and turned off the man’s vehicle and my husband and older son tried _______ the old gentleman but got no response. Fearing he might have choked (窒息), they struggled to get him out of the vehicle. I quickly threw a _______   from our car onto the wet ground. They _______ him on his side where he started choking and spitting up.

My younger son was on the phone to 91l while my husband and older son each held one of the man’s hands and continued trying to talk to him. I sat beside him and told him that _______   was on the way. When he started to get ________ , we talked calmly to him and kept him quiet. I was so amazed by the number of people who ________ and asked if help was needed, and everything was all right.

When the ________ arrived, the medical workers assured us that we had done what we possibly could. They ________ us and took him back to the hospital as soon as possible.

I told my husband and sons how ________ I was of them for not being afraid to ________ . They joked later that day to their friends that they were real “heroes”.

2 . Winter was almost over. The sun was_______, and it actually felt like spring! So we went for a drive to a friend's house.

_______our friend's mother came into the kitchen, she sighed. She looked tired and_______. It was a beautiful day, yet she truly looked like we were in the middle of a winter storm. “What's wrong?” I asked. “Two things, ” she said. “Firstly, I could see people out walking, _______the day. It is a beautiful day, but here I was working. I am at the_______working all morning. And, secondly, today is Sunday. I worked all week. I just want a simple life!”

Listening to her talk brought back_______of my previous lifestyle. I worked all week and also worked on the weekend.

My mind was racing with thoughts. A simple life, how I was so_______for mine! I reflected on how complicated our life was previously. We needed to work to pay off the_______to just survive. It took us over 10 years to_______what she was referring to as a simple life.

The quote comes to my mind when I________the work we now do: “If you enjoy what you do, you'll never work another day in your life. ”Our simple life meant we________jobs that paid for our previous lifestyle. What we “work” at now no longer feels like “work” as we________what we do.

A simple life may mean giving up some of the things you________thought you needed. But from my________, what we gave up is never as_________as the things that we have gained.

3 . Last year, Kristen Yaldor celebrated her thirty-seventh birthday with a travel in Zimbabwe. But an unthinkable _______ happened to her: she was _______ by a hippo (河马). She was left with serious injuries but her journey towards _______ is very encouraging.

Kristen was rowing a boat in a lake when something terrible appeared below her boat—a broad, rocklike back. She was immediately _______ into the air and fell into the water. Kristen _______ to get back to the surface. She was working her way towards the _______ fast, and was pretty close to the lakeside. When an animal clamped (夹住) her right leg, she remained _______ and reached for the animal’s mouth hoping to make it loose. At that time, she still had no idea what the animal was! Then she discovered the _______ came out badly. In the meantime, her husband Ryan tried to _______ her, together with her mom and the others. He shouted loudly and the hippo left. Hippos may not be as ________ as sharks, but they have teeth strong enough to break a boat in half.

Kristen certainly was ________ . After experiencing operations and physical treatment, she stood, and then ________ . Kristen was a woman full of ________ before she got the injury. She used to run about 10 miles every day. Now with her husband, she’s able to take part in a long running race.

Kristen’s story is evidence of one’s power over the body. Although she’s got serious injury, she never lost the ________ to push her limits. We all have the power to achieve what we want like her, though we might face ________ from time to time.

4 . Around Thanksgiving, I flew to visit my family. A woman before me _______ to push her suitcase into the overhead bin. When we _______ , she was pulling, but the suitcase didn’t move. I offered my _______ , but she refused and replied, “I got it in, and there must be a way to get it out.”

Her calmness and confidence _______ me. Everyone can have resilience(快速恢复的能力)in life. Resilience is the ability to _______ upsetting situations, refocus and find ways back into a positive life. The woman’s reaction to her stuck luggage was a beautiful example: “ _______ seeing crises(危机)as unsolvable problems.”

The luggage situation might not be a“_______”, but you know how crowded a plane can be when it lands. The woman kept herself cool by recognizing her problem had a solution.

The _______ reminded me of something that happened to me when I took a walk along an ocean path. I was enjoying myself, feeling _______ as I picked my way from rock to rock and praising myself when I reached the end. I ________ and saw how far I had traveled. Then I felt myself trapped into ________ . Weren’t there rocks on the way out? What if I fell over and hurt my foot?

I took a breath and, like the woman on the plane, realized with relief that I could ________ make it back. Finally I returned to the shore, feeling relieved and ________ .

When difficulties plant “I can’t” in your mind, maybe you’ll remember the woman on the plane or me on the ________ path. Wherever life has brought you, ________ that there is a way to come back to yourself. You have the power of resilience within you whenever you need it.

5 . For my daughter's 19th birthday, we bought her tickets to go and see Linkin Park, as they were playing in our city. We didn't really have the ________ but we knew how much this band meant to her.

The night before she was like a ________ at Christmas. Every so often she got up and came to ________ with us, because she couldn't ________ . On the night of the concert it was good to see her so ________ and excited, as she and her boyfriend set off.

Needless to say when they ________ after midnight, with T-shirts and lots of pictures of the band, ________ her telling about how fantastic they had been, we knew the money had been well ________ . This will be a memory she would never forget, and nor would we.

________ full of excitement from the night before, the following day they ________ to go shopping on the other side of the city. My husband and I laughed, loving the fact that she had not ________   that quality as she grew up.

Later that day they returned, with faces full of happiness and warmth. They presented my husband and me with a ________ each. On each present were the words "Because you are the ________ mum/dad in the world. "When we expressed our thanks and told her she didn't have to, we asked her why she had bought us gifts. Her answer was simply "Just because I love you."

This wasn't something ________ from our daughter; she had always given us gifts when she wanted to express her ________ , and each gift was always a welcome surprise. It could have been anything, it wouldn't have mattered, and it was the act itself and the feelings behind it.

6 . The epilepsy (癫痫) changed Parker’s life completely. The Fresno boy was having seizures (突然发作) almost __________. He no longer could attend public school, and his time with friends was __________. Then, Parker met “Toby the Great”.

Toby, the yellow dog didn’t look __________ at first. Labrador Retriever Rescue of Fresno had brought him from a local shelter. Parker’s mother, Mandy, recalls a thin, hyper (亢奋的), dirty dog. She was convinced this was not to be their dog. But Parker __________ Toby. And so Toby joined the family.

Shortly Toby taught himself how to __________ his boy’s seizures before they happened. It slightly __________ Mandy the first time Toby tried to help. He was jumping on Parker, and biting lightly his mother’s hands. Mandy called a trainer for advice, worried about this strange, irregular __________. Then Parker had a seizure. It turned out Toby was trying not to let Parker get up because he could __________ a seizure coming and was trying to __________ Mandy.

Since then, Toby has learned how to fetch emergency seizure medicine for Parker. He’ll also run to get Parker’s mom when a seizure is __________. If Parker is sitting down when a seizure is about to happen, Toby __________ on the boy and doesn’t let him __________.

Parker says Toby helps him feel safe and secure. Along with being a friend, the dog has given him the __________ to be more independent.

“I could __________ sleep in my room alone, just me and Toby,” Parker said. “I can go out and ride my bike, just me and Toby. Toby’s __________ changed, too. He went from being a homeless dog, to rescue, to the most important part of my medical team.”

“Our family rescued Toby,” Parker says, “but he really rescued me.”

7 . It may be difficult to understand non-verbal messages because different cultures have different expectations about eye contact, physical _________, etc.

Let’s consider eye contact. Children from many Latin American and Asian _________show respect by avoiding the glance of important persons. A teacher who’s_________with this, however, might consider the lack of eye contact as a sign of disrespect. For many American Indian children, _________a teacher in the eye and answering her question in front of the class is “showing off”.

Culture greatly_________attitudes towards physical contact, whether it’s a handshake, hug, or pat on the back. In Asia, female friends _________hold hands and men casually(随便地) hug one another as they walk down the street. Americans, however, may feel uncomfortable with such public behavior. In some Asian cultures, affectionately patting a(n) _________head is strictly taboo(禁忌的), _________it can be acceptable behavior between adults and young children.

How close should people stand to each other when they’re having a conversation? In areas of the Middle East and South America, people stand very close when _________. Europeans like to have __________distance between them, while some Africans __________even more space. You can create great discomfort by standing too close to another person. Not being __________of this can even prevent someone from understanding or __________the ideas you’re trying to get across.

To create a positive environment for communication, your non-verbal message must closely __________your verbal message. One way to do this is to carefully observe how children and families speak and behave around each other and with people they respect. This can __________clues about the true meaning of their non-verbal interactions.

8 . Have you ever been caught in difficulties? Remember that self-confidence is_________than a knife. You can use it to fight a challenge. Read the short story below to_________ the power of self-confidence.

A man was trying to find his way_________a dark cave with a light of hope from a lantern (灯笼). Finally, he could see some sunlight in the cave, which made him_________. But as he drew closer, he was _________to see a big rock standing before him.

He pushed the rock, but it stood there firmly without_________even a little. He tried again, but it prevented him from _________the place. The man felt as if being swallowed by a whale that was waiting to enjoy his supper. He sat_________ the big rock in the mouth of the dark cave looking back on his adventure. He had overcome many difficulties and _________ he would overcome this one, too.

So he said to himself with confidence, “I will__________here. ”He encouraged himself and it added to his power and gave him more__________in pushing the huge rock.

The rock moved a little, which encouraged him to work __________. Thanks to all his efforts, slowly the rock made way for him. He walked along the bright and evergreen path before him-with __________.

We all may meet difficulties in our life. Some people don’t believe they can overcome them and choose to__________, but some choose to face them with confidence. Those who give up will __________succeed. Only those who face difficulties with confidence will find their ways and succeed in life in the end.

9 . Last week after a long day of travelling，I found myself delayed at a bus station. The bus was running two hours late！I was a little ________ and had to wait there reading a book. Just then a woman ________ and asked me if I had any spare change to help her ________ a bus ticket.

“Oh, sure,” I said.

With the words, I reached into my bag for some money. As I handed her five dollars，I ________ her stomach rumble (发出咕咕声) and I knew she was very ________ .I then reached back into my bag and brought out a Danish pastry (酥皮糕点) I had bought earlier and ________ it to her with a smile.

She took the pastry and gave me a map of Milwaukee to show her ________ . I don't live in Milwaukee and the map will probably ________ be used, but I took it. A look of ________ spread over her face. Then she went to get her     ________ and I went back to my book.

She came back a few minutes later, apologized, and told me there were five dollars ________ . I gave her the money and slipped (悄悄塞)a twenty ________ . She thanked me and went back to the counter. Again I went back to my book.

Five minutes later she came back again and ________ to return my twenty. ________ I said it was for her so she could get something else to eat and that I wasn't taking it back, she ________ crying and hugged me.

From then on, I always help others in trouble, because I believe I am really making a difference to them!

10 . “Good afternoon!” That is how Bejo always greets each guest coming to my house. Even before they knock on my door or _________ the doorbell, Bejo has greeted them first.

Bejo is the name of my bird. He has _________ our family for months. He is a very _________ bird and good at imitating(模仿)whatever we say in a _________ voice. We all like Bejo and it is my job to clean Bejo’s cage and to feed him.

One day my parents went to see my sick grandmother. The reason why I had to stay at home was that there was nobody else to _________ Bejo and I should prepare for the tests, so I was not _________ to go with them. On that particular _________ ,I was watching TV and the housemaid Jumi went shopping. While watching TV, I heard somebody _________ open the front gate. At first I thought that Jumi had come home, but I saw two young men entering our yard. One man went to the kitchen and the other stayed in the yard _________ . Surely they were thieves.

My hands and feet were shaking. The kitchen door was forced open. When Bejo heard the noise, he automatically cried loudly __________ , “Good afternoon!” There was silence for a moment. “Who is it?” Bejo said as if it was the __________ of our servant Jumi. The thief ran to the yard to meet his __________ .“You said there was no one, but I __________ there is someone! Come on! Let us run before we are __________ ,”one of them said. Then they ran away. Bejo had saved our house from being robbed!

That very night I told my parents how Bejo made those two thieves run away. They all laughed. I was __________ because I am the one who feeds the bird.