1 . Time magazine named its choice of the 100 “Most Influential (有影响力的) People in the World” on Wednesday. On the _________ were Barack Obama; Mitt Romney; Hillary Clinton; Warren Buffett; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Pippa Middleton; Tim Tebow; Jeremy Lin and Matt Lauer.

Jeremy Lin, New York Knicks starting point guard, is a person that many _________ can take as an example, according to U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan who _________ the ball player for being one of the world’s most _________ persons. In the article, the secretary of education said kids can learn a great _________ from the injured Knicks point guard who is a _________ of Harvard University.

“Jeremy Lin’s story is a great lesson for kids everywhere. In life, there are many prejudices (偏见) that _________ hold children back. However, Lin’s success can show that these prejudices are _________. For example, in the past, many people didn’t believe an Asian-American could _________ in the NBA, but Lin has proved them wrong - and he’s shown that it’s ______________ to be a world-class athlete on the court as well as a(n) ______________ student off the court.” Duncan wrote.

“It’s great to see good values and the right attitude ______________ in professional sports because that doesn’t always happen,” Duncan said in the Time report. “Often it’s the selfish sportsman that gets celebrated - not people who play for the ______________ and work together to achieve a goal bigger than themselves.”

We spoke to Lin’s ______________, and they seemed to be proud of the young basketball star and praised the amazing effect he’d had on their team, but Lin stayed ______________ about the recognition, and reacted on Twitter by saying “Now I’m blushing (脸红).”

2 . Joe’s single dad parenting story unfolds in a touching video that swept through the hearts of online users on TikTok.

On his daughter’s school Mother’s Day celebration, Joe _______as a “mom”. He took his _______ among the parents and students with a dress and a wig. His aim was to guarantee the seat _______for his adopted child’s mother wouldn’t remain _______ and to honor the occasion’s significance.

As the video unfolds, we see an emotional hug between Joe and his 15-year-old daughter, Nong Cream. She hugs Joe tightly. Joe _______ the hug with a smile, planting a kiss on Cream’s forehead and _______ smoothing her hair.

Joe, also known as “Teacher Joe”, is a proud PE instructor at his daughter’s school. He shared his _______ for this beautiful act: “When the school organizes Mother’s Day activities, I don’t want my child to have an inferiority complex (自卑感). Personally, I’m not _______ because I love my child.” His pride in his daughter shines through, proving his _______ to single dad parenting. Joe __________ what could have been a(n) __________day into a permanently precious memory through his heartfelt __________.

Cream responded, “I don’t feel embarrassed. This year’s Mother’s Day, I want to say I love my father. I’m __________ to my dad for __________ me and making me happy.” Their bond, __________ by Joe’s love, develops into a story about courage, acceptance and unbreakable connections.

3 . While I was in hospital for a heart surgery, something affected me and made me do something meaningful. Before my surgery, my doctor showed me a video, in which there were patients like me and they each had a heart pillow, so I decided I would get one.

Right after my _______, I asked about the heart pillow. Unluckily, I was told they didn’t offer it but it could be _______ at the hospital gift shop. So my daughter bought one for me. It was comfortable and became my “security blanket”. However I was _______ that many patients couldn’t get that comfort. So I took this whole mission upon myself. I called various hospitals to find out what they used for patients after heart surgeries. I also found a site _______ that the cloth pillows were considered dangerous because it might spread bacteria to patients. I _______ understood, but that didn’t stop my mission. I continued to call the manufacturers. Finally, a lady called back and told me about the heart pillow that they had produced, which could be _______ and disinfected (消毒).

I did all my _______ so that no one could think of a reason why this wouldn’t work. It took me over a month to be able to meet with the hospital authorities to _______ my finding. I’m glad that they agreed and are _____ getting these pillows for patients. I cannot be ________— I actually did something that will help many patients.

4 . It was late September. I was driving through a heavy fog to a store to _______ a few things. When I got there, I _______ in the store looking for what I _______ . I chose a bag of food for my dogs, a pack of _______ for my son to play with his toy car and my favorite chocolate bars for _______ . As I turned the corner to _______ the checkout, though, I saw something that stopped me in my _______. A two-foot-tall skeleton (骨骼模型) _______   a tuxedo (无尾礼服) was staring across the room at a two-foot-tall Santa Claus. I _______ shook my head and walked on.

As I was ________ home, the fog lifted and the Autumn leaves started to ________ in the sunlight. There were reds, yellows, oranges and browns. It was so ________ . As I watched them, I found the   ________ why I had been so bothered by what I had seen in the__________. It wasn’t that Halloween was a month away and Christmas three months away. It wasn’t that the stores were doing all they could to________ money from our pockets and add__________ to our credit cards. It was the ________ fact that we possibly had ________ that every day is nice. Every day is ________, which we should treasure. We have created a world in which we regret the past and live for the ________. We spend all of our wealth trying and failing to buy a few moments of joy.

5 . Mum was five years into her journey with vascular dementia(脑血管性痴呆). Dad had died a few years earlier. He’d been Mum’s main_______ and the whole experience, of_______ Mum day by day to dementia, just didn’t make sense to him.

As time went by, Mum’s health _______ to the point where there was no longer any practical choice _______ finding a suitable care home. We knew that _______ carers would be with Mum at least three times a day, but there was always a constant _______ whether she’d be OK in the gaps in-between carer visits.

Weeks before she _______, she’d been refusing her daily medications, eating _______ anything prepared for her by the carers and also getting _______ with some of them. Any food we sent to Mum during weekend visits just got ________ or hidden in cupboards.________, not eating caused damage and her weight began to ________, along with her previously ________ spirits.

The time came following a(n) ________ call from the care team to say that Mum had been found ________ on the sofa. I ________ knew that I had to drop everything and move in with her to see if I could at least ________ her very last moment in the world.

But my efforts were ________.

If I had got my time over again, I’d have moved in to care for Mum much earlier. I’d have ________ every single moment, no matter how challenging things had been. I’d have treated each day as though it had been our ________ together.

6 . The twins were filled with excitement as they thought of the surprise they were planning for Mother’s Day. How __ and proud Mother would be when they brought her breakfast in bed. They ___ to make French toast and chicken porridge (粥).

The big day ___at last. The pair went down the stairs quietly to the __. They decided to boil the __ first. They put some rice into a __ of water and left it to boil while they made the French toast. Everything was going __ until Jeff started frying the bread on the stove. The pan was too hot and the bread turned__ within seconds. Then Jeff noticed steam shooting out of the pot and the lid starting to ___. The next minute, the porridge boiled over and put out the fire. Jenna ___. Thankfully, Jeff stayed calm and turned off the ___quickly. But the stove was a mess now.

As the twins looked around them in ___, their father appeared. Under their father’s ___, Jenna stirred the eggs and __ it on the pan. Several minutes later, it was fully__. Soon a perfect French breakfast was done. Jeff and Jenna ___ again.

The twins carried the breakfast upstairs and __ their mother up. At the sight of the French toast and porridge, their mum let out a cry, “What a ___!” Tears in her eyes, she was so ___that she ate up the porridge and bread. The early sunlight streaming in, the whole family were __ in love and happiness.

7 . Mrs. Smith knew something was wrong with Miguel, one of her best students. Lately, he looked so _________ that he even no longer _________ on his studies. As a result, he was always _________ in his tests recently. Mrs. Smith was very _________ but Miguel told her he was all right until she found the boy in the _________, sitting on the ground and studying. Miguel looked so pale on the public road with people coming and going, seeming to _________ energy.

Mrs. Smith was told that as immigrants, Miguel’s families had no flat and had to live in a _________, which was provided by a charity. Miguel even didn’t have a table to _________ on, and what’s worse, it was so _________ that he couldn’t focus on his study.

Mrs. Smith knew she needed to do something to __________ Miguel. She arranged a small desk in the back of her __________ for him, got him extra school supplies and permitted him to stay back after __________. Then Miguel could do his homework in her office __________ in the street.

Every time Miguel finished his assignments, Mrs. Smith would drove him home. One day, she met Miguel’s __________, only to find his parents were disabled and hadn’t a(n) __________. She decided to help them, so she __________ the school principal（校长） to __________ his parents. The principal allowed them to work at the school canteen. With his parents’ salaries increasing, Miguel lived better and became more __________.

With Mrs. Smith’s help, Miguel was able to study attentively again and get his __________ back on track. As years passed, Mrs. Smith remained Miguel’s instructor and __________, helping him achieve his goals.

8 . When Simon Beck creates artwork, he doesn’t use paint or pencils. _________, he takes his snowshoes and _________ and walks to a wide-open area of fresh _________. Mr. Beck makes huge designs in the snow by walking and leaving snowshoed footprints in _________ patterns.

The idea to make a snow picture _________ him after a day of skiing in France. Mr. Beck noticed an inviting area of undisturbed snow and _________ it would be fun to draw a _________ in it.

At that time, Mr. Beck _________ as a mapmaker. . He is also an expert at orienteering (越野识图比赛) an activity in which people race on foot to a destination they must _________ using a map and a compass. Mr. Beck used these __________ to create a perfect star in the snow.

He then __________ more details to the design. The result looked impressive, especially when he viewed it from above on a nearby hill. After fresh snow covered the artwork, Mr. Beck __________ again with a new design. Since then, he has continued to make snow artwork at the ski area.

__________, a snow design takes Mr. Beck 10 hours to make. Because he’s out in the cold all day, he dresses warmly and brings extra __________ in case he gets wet.

Mr. Beck has worked to build a collection of __________ to publish in his book Snow Art, which is popular in the world.

9 . 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.

10 . Sydnee Geril knows life wouldn’t be the same without her service dog Tulsa. After all, the pup has ___________ her since the moment they met. The girl has a rare form of bone cancer.   ___________, she has a fear of needles, which means she often faints during the treatment. ___________, she has Tulsa to keep her smiling.

Geril was diagnosed with cancer in October 2017. She underwent nine months of ___________. While staying in the hospital, she found ___________ in visits from therapy dogs, which inspired her to ___________ a dog. She will never forget how ___________ she was the day she met Tulsa.

Life threw Geril another ___________ when her cancer returned eight months later. That’s when she ___________ to train Tulsa as a service dog. But it is a ____________ process. While the 2-year-old pup is still ____________ how to do her job, she’s already been a huge ____________. Tulsa can sense when Geril is about to faint and ____________ her by placing a paw on her leg. ____________, Geril has 10 to 30 minutes to react.

Unfortunately, when COVID-19 began, Geril had to ____________ bringing Tulsa with her to the hospital. She couldn’t ____________ catching COVID-19 through the dog’s fur. As the months passed, Tulsa’s ____________ affected Geril’s health. But everything turned around when she discovered a uniform which covers the dog’s ____________ and helps control shedding.

Now, Geril has her best friend at her side whenever she ____________ her. “I’m so happy to have her back,” Geril said.   “I honestly did not ____________ how big an impact she had until I didn’t have her. ”