1 . When I was young, my family had trouble with money. My parents worked at a restaurant, and I often helped them. One day, a newcomer ordered a meal, but had no money on him. He asked if he could pay another time, and asked me what my ______ was. Although I felt a little strange, I agreed and told him to call me “Angela”. After that, the ______ man was nowhere to be seen. I ______ everywhere and even asked everyone at the restaurant if they had seen him. My mom said I had been sitting ______, talking to myself, “Where can I find him?” Sometimes, she couldn’t help shouting, “Are you out of your ______? There was no one around you.”

That night, my mom was ______. She told me that my grandma had passed away and that the rent on our apartment had gone up. Choking up, she said, “I don’t know how to ______ the funeral expenses and the high rent.” I ______ her I would help pick up the odds and ends. Then I went to check our mailbox, but I found nothing.

My mom told me to check the mailbox again. I ______ in it and pulled out two huge envelopes. She opened one, only to find the big ______ for our apartment. She then walked into her room, saying she was afraid to ______ the other.

I looked at it and saw this: Dear Angela, Love, Your Friend. I tore it open and emptied the ______ onto the bed. There were some checks, all ______ to me. Later, I learned my strange ______ from the restaurant sent it. ______ the valuable checks, we got through the difficult time.

2 . When 72-year-old Randy Long was cleaning out his garage not long ago, he came across some practice baseballs he used to throw around with his son and grandson.

Thinking some kids might get ________ of them, he took them to a local baseball cage, where he ________ them along with a touching note that might just bring even the strongest men to tears:

“Hope someone can use these baseballs. I found them when ________ my garage. I pitched (投球) them to my son and grandson for countless ________ . My son is now 46 years old and my grandson is 23 years old. I am 72. They have both ________ away. If you are a father, ________these times. You won’t believe how quickly they will be gone.”

________, Long’s grandson, Ethan Anderson, tweeted about his grandpa’s generous gesture. He never expected the post to go viral. The impact of the story finally hit home when the family ________ by the media, but Anderson says while his grandfather is amazed by all the attention he’s getting, he really doesn’t have much use for social media.

Anderson may be grown-up, but he fondly remembers his grandpa as a thoughtful coach who helped him ________ his true athletic potential. “When I was a kid, we would usually go a few times a week to practice in the cages,” he recalled. “Many times, I didn’t even want to go, but he always wanted me to be the best ________ I could be.”

After the story was shown on the news, Anderson was nearly swept away by the wave of ________ feedback. There are a lot of kids younger than me telling me they’ll cherish the times they have with their dads or granddads,” he told CNN, “And they won’t ________ it for granted anymore.”

“I get to go back and ________ every now and then,” he said. “I just didn’t realize that he missed ________ in the cages. Although he’s moved to Birmingham, about a two-hour drive from Long, Anderson has decided it’s time to team back up with his grandpa on a more ________ basis.

3 . I had come to visit my parents on their 50th Wedding anniversary. In the hospital, Dad lay unconscious. Mom was _________ Dad, “Come on Bob. You’re a Marine(海军陆战队士兵). Marines never give up!” Two months later Dad _________. But things were _________.

In the past, my father would always work out the _________ in a newspaper at record speeds. Now he had trouble telling time, and the _________ days of all was when he opened his _________ and asked me to count the _________ he saved.

Dad looked at me with the innocence of a child who could not _________ a five-dollar bill from a fifty. I _________ the money in the box and the total came to $300. Dad __________ three times but got confused and finally gave up. That evening, Mom said determinedly, “We couldn’t just sit by. Let’s start from explaining the __________ of the clock.”

The next day, Dad asked Mom about the time. Mom said, “You tell me. The big hand is on the six and the little one is on the five.” Dad failed for the first time. But Mom continued to explain it. It wasn’t easy but Dad finally succeeded. __________, Dad figured out puzzles in the newspaper with our assistance.

After Dad fully recovered, we__________ in a big way on their delayed 50th wedding anniversary. When I raised my glass in honor of the happy couple, it was the __________ of two old Marines I __________.

4 . My sales career was almost cut short by my parents. I was 11, a member of the Girl Scouts, and preparing to sell our first Thin Mints. Our goal was to sell at least 50 boxes each, which would make us qualified for the _______. I considered knocking on strangers’ doors and hoping to win them over.

But when I_______ my parents the permission paper to do this, they_______handed it back unsigned. They thought it was _______ that their child would ask neighbors for _______. I defended my case: The _________want delicious cookies!

Finally, they _______, and I hit the streets. Door after door, I found that the _________ basically sold itself and all I had to do was adding some extra charm with my silk ribbon. The Girl Scouts_________ me with a cup that had a thumb printed yellow smiley face on it. I felt __________ .

I went on to have a long career in sales. Now when I__________ that first adventure, what I see is a young girl who instinctively__________the most important thing about selling. It’s about __________ a service—bringing them the things they want and need, so that, in the best of situations, any product__________ itself as well as the cookies did. That’s why I still have that cup, which I keep as a ____________

5 . I’ve had the good fortune of spending a lot of time working in London over the years. I’m a typical American, _________ to making eye contact and smiling when speaking to others. But until I spent time abroad, I was never quite _________ of what my facial expressions could convey.

In the UK, I _________ not everyone made as much eye contact on the street as I did. And it was _________ to hold eye contact during a business meeting. My _________ smile could be considered as flirtatious (轻浮的). But my British colleagues _________: I was American. This forward attitude was not _________, but it was just my culture. _________, being expressively cheerful among those who keep _________ closer to their vest (背心 ) was accepted in the UK.

____________, in other countries a cultural misunderstanding of smiling can have serious results. While it’s unlikely that a mistimed smile will ____________ you a contract (合同),____________ interactions can make it much more difficult to build effective business relationships.

Different cultures ____________ smiling in different ways. In Russia, people do not smile because it ____________ that you are at best foolish or at worst, sneaky (卑劣的). Even in family photos, adults ____________ with stony faces. In Japan, smiling is a way to ____________ your feeling that you don’t want others to know. Australians have smiling cultures. While they might not have the same ____________ for giant white smiles as Americans, they smile more than our peers in Russia, Japan, Switzerland, and the UK.

If Americans have to work abroad, my ____________ is to make sure you do some research. It is ____________ to be yourself, but you should also learn about the culture you are going to visit. This will help you communicate ____________ and effectively with your peers.

6 . It was the festive season. Mum had baked some delicious _______. Moreover, the refrigerator was _______ with chocolates and ice-cream so I helped myself to all the goodies. That night, I woke up with a painful toothache.

When morning arrived, I had to make an _______ with the dentist. After arriving at the dental clinic, I _______ first, and then walked unwillingly towards a chair. I did not even _______ to look at the other patients. Seeing patients coming out of the treatment room, with large pieces of gauze(纱布) sticking out from their mouths, only seemed to _______ my pain. I was determined never to taste another cookie or take a _______ of chocolate in the future.

When it was my turn, I went into the treatment room. I heard the dentist greet me, but I could not bring myself to _______ to his greeting. The _______ of the drilling equipment and the treatment tools only increased my feelings of sickness. The dentist ________ the offending tooth with various instruments. He ________ me that it was best to extract the tooth. The next minute or so was one of the most ________ moments of my life. I paid the price for my greed.

Soon the pain gave way to a(n)________ feeling. After paying for the high fee of the treatment, I walked out of the clinic confidently and ________ for the nearest bus stop. I ________ that this would be the first and the last time I stepped into a dental clinic. That tooth gave me a lesson that I’ll never forget.

7 . 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 ________.

8 . Cardi B gave back to the middle school that “made her” who she was.

The rapper surprised students and staff at IS 232 in the Bronx on Sept. 13 and announced that she would be _______$100,000 to her alma mater (母校). Cardi shared in an Instagram post that she had been trying to visit the _______ since last year but couldn’t because of COVID-19 rules at the time.

“This middle school, IS 232 in the Bronx, has a very _______ place in my heart! It turned me from an 11-year-old girl into a little teenage _______,” the artist wrote. “Kids in the Bronx have to grow up _______ due to our circumstances and environment. While some young teens like around 11-13 still live in that Disney world, these kids have to _______ fast and quickly.”

She _______ that like a lot of those kids, she went through so much while attending middle school. “Those experiences changed me forever and _______ me who I am today,” she wrote, adding that she hopes her donation “can help _______ an amazing after school program that will help ________ stay out of the streets or a troubled home and ________ allow them to learn something that they can take with them through ________.”

Cardi went on to ________ Community Capacity Development and its founder and executive director K. Bain for ________ with her and helping her visit other schools and programs in Queens and Brooklyn. “I love being ________ to help young kids however I can,” she said.

WNBC reporter Kay Angrum shared video of the moment when Cardi ________ everyone.

“We are thrilled to welcome Cardi B back ________ to IS 232 in the Bronx, and we are so grateful for her ________ contribution to her alma mater,” said Schools Chancellor David Banks in a statement. “Cardi B’s ________ of $100K for the arts will help the school’s kids ________ their highest heights. Thank you, Cardi!”

9 . Francis Kéré is the first African to win the Pritzker Prize, known as the Nobel Prize of architecture. However, his journey to the peak of his field was far from _______. Growing up in a village where there was no kindergarten, he was _______ into an extremely hot classroom with over 100 students until seven years old. This experience of poor building facilities was his earliest _______ to improve the educational lives of local children, using architecture.

His early reputation came in helping _______ a school in his village after graduating from college. He _______ the whole village to provide ideas and drew the _______ on sand for all to see. _______, he involved them in constructing the school, using local wood and local clay (黏土).

The result of their hard work was a welcoming structure with a “floating” roof that _______ ventilation (通风) in a hot climate and wall openings that bring _______ for students to learn even without electricity. He showed the villagers that ideas to __________ climate or other challenges are always at hand.

In this process, local people learned __________ skills that they could later use to find work. By cooperating with them, Kéré __________ the idea that climate solutions started with big institutions. He __________ that everyone could contribute to addressing the major issues related to education and climate and __________ a global impact by acting locally.

Adopted by architects in dozens of countries, his __________ is rooted in the “unique” aspects of each community now.

10 . One day, my son Ryan said, ‌“I’m going to keep working until everyone in Africa has clean water.” I thought, oh, boy! But I’d heard about encouraging children to be _______ and dream big dreams. So I didn’t want to say that he couldn’t make a _______ .

At first, he planned to make money to build a _______ in Africa. But when he _______ his first $70 made by doing chores in neighborhood to a charity (慈善机构), he was told that it actually _______ $2000 to build a well. It was a lot of money, but Ryan didn’t _______ . He persuaded his classmates and neighbors to give money. And I wrote to the local newspaper to make his story go _______ . After several months, Ryan had _______ the $2000, with which a well was built near a primary school in Uganda. The children at the school _______ needed to walk for hours to get water. They were ________ to him and invited him to visit.

In Uganda, Ryan saw the well with his own eyes and hundreds of students who had turned out to ________ him. Seeing that he really had ________ these children, he broke into a ________ smile.

Now there is a Ryan’s Well Foundation. His dream has ________ the lives of so many people, though most of whom we will never meet. Ryan has shown me what the ________ of dreams can do.