1 . Small children are easy to throw up in the air and catch — and they ________ it. “Again, Daddy, again!” Jacky shouts as I throw him skywards and catch him on the way back down again. He throws his arms and legs out   ________ he were flying, his eyes wide with ________. His trust in me is ________, which is quite a nice feeling, but at the same time gives me a huge sense of ________.

I hope Jacky will always trust me fully, but I know that, as he gets older, it will need more effort and sound judgment ________. Trust is such an important part of a parent-child relationship that it’s something that I can’t ________to lose. Every time I ________ Jacky to something new, he’ll do it only because he trusts me and feels ________ in the knowledge that he won’t get hurt.________，teaching Jacky to swim means he has to believe that, when he’s swimming in the big pool, I’ll come to his rescue if his doggy paddle lets him down.

________, in the workplace, trust is important for strong ________. It is something that every manager should work hard to ________ among their team. If people don’t trust you, they’re unlikely to follow your directions and willingly become a loyal (忠诚) team member. A ________of trust can make people work against you rather than for you. At the very least, it means that people are not going to be giving you their best. Good ________, like good parenting, is a long-term commitment.

3 . My mother used to ask me, “What is the most important part of the body?” Through the years I would _______ the correct answer. When I was younger, I thought _______ was very important to us as humans, so I said, “My ears, Mummy.” She said, “No. Many people are _______ . But you keep thinking about it and I will ask you again soon.”

Several years passed before she asked me again. Since making my first _______ , I had often thought over the question. So this time I told her, “Mummy, it must be our eyes.” She looked at me and said, “You are _______ fast, but the answer is not correct because there are many people who are blind.”

_______ the years, mother asked me a couple more _______ and always her response to my answers was, “No, but you are getting _______ every year, my child.” Then last year, my Grandpa _______ .Everybody was heartbroken. Everybody was crying. My mother looked at me when it was our ________ to say our final good-bye to Grandpa. She asked me, “Do you know the most important body part yet, my dear?”

I was ________ when she was asking me this now. I always thought this was a ________ between her and me. She saw the ________ on my face and told me, “This question is very important. It shows that you have really ________ your life.” I saw her eyes well up with tears. She said, “My dear, the most important body part is your ________ .” I asked, “Is it because they hold up your head?” She replied, “No, it is ________ on them a crying friend or loved one can rest their head. I only hope that you have enough ________ and friends that you will have a shoulder to cry ________ when you need it.” Then and there I understood the most important body part is not a ________ one. It is ________ to the pain of others.

4 . The other day, I was looking at my schedule for the summer. I had a moment of _________, realizing I’d be without my laptop for two weeks during our family camping trip.

You might be thinking my _________ sounds astonishing and that two weeks with no pressure to work, just relaxing in nature is the time to refresh and restore one’s _________ and body. I used to be a workaholic (工作狂). So taking two weeks off from my business made me _________.

I know I’m not _________ here in our busy world. To work hard is especially significant for high-achieving people to _________ in their careers. We live in a culture that _________ the state of being busy. There might have been many times when you _________ some relatives or friends on the street and heard they said they were very busy when asking about their recent _________. Being busy is the new normal. Therefore, when we’re not busy, we feel like we’re doing something wrong.

I’m not saying working all the time makes us feel OK. Taking a break brings us __________. We’ll be more __________ after relaxing, thus having more novel ideas. Iceland has __________ a 4-day work week for 2,500 people. A study by Stanford University found that their __________ didn’t decline; they reported a better work-life balance.

Our brains aren’t designed to __________ all the time. Working hard enough to pass our limits will unavoidably lead to burnout. Therefore, we should give ourselves a(n) __________ once in a while.

5 . I’ve spent my life avoiding uncomfortable or dangerous situations. I’ve always sought _______ in the path of least resistance, choosing comfort and routine.

Hearing I felt trapped and lived a life of fear, a _______ friend who is brave and capable, gave me the _______ that changed my life. “Starting today, do something _______ every day that terrifies you. Magic may exist in those little things.”

Knowing something in my life needed to _______, I took her advice and accepted fear willingly. I gave myself permission to _______ new opportunities. My wise friend’s advice became my motto. It _______ me to be intentional with my thoughts and actions. In the years to come, following this advice opened doors that I didn’t _______ know had been closed.

Years of _______ being brave meant that bravery became easier and easier. I felt ________ confident and capable for the first time. This newfound bravery of mine was ________ one day when my husband presented me with the real ________ of moving to a foreign country. For years, he had ________ of moving our family overseas to pursue a different avenue for his career. Held back by ________, never before would I have considered taking this giant ________. However, this was the new me who didn’t ________ before a challenge. I was capable of anything.

Now one year into our life ________, the days are still beautiful though ________ at times. I get to try and fail, feel fear and choose to be brave every single day. I have learned ________ my place in the world or the comfort of my surroundings, I will be okay. Fear is a teacher that taught us how to face the ________.

6 . I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it. I went there for camping with my uncle. On the way out, I asked him to wait while I ran up to EI Capitan, a ________ rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew ________ I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion ever since—________ the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.

About 7 years ago I started seeing a lot of ________, like beer cans, empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started ________ the place less and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.

I tried ________ the place myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only to find the area ________ all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so ________ of it that I decided something had to change.

In 2018, together with some climbers, I set a date for a ________. On that day, more than 300 people ________ there. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to ________. I couldn’t believe the ________ we made—the park looked clean!

Each year these climbers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2022 alone, 2,945 people picked up 42,330 pounds of trash.

I often hear people ________ about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by ________ on our own. We need to teach by ________.

7 . Chris was born in a smaller cardboard with three other kittens. He was in a smaller box marked “free kittens” when Emily ________ him and took him home. After that, he would be ________ a box to sleep in.

Chris slept in different boxes even in Emily’s sock drawer, if she left it ________. Emily’s mother suggested Chris need a(n) ________ house of his own, but Emily thought little of it.

One day, Emily came home from school and she searched everywhere, but no Chris. ________, she found the big cat hiding himself inside her mom’s new glass vase. His fatty body almost ________ the vase. “We have to ________ the vase to get him out!” Emily cried. “No,” said her dad, “If the vase is broken, the glass pieces might hurt Chris, maybe we can ________ butter (黄油) to the inside of the vase and pull him out.”

Emily’s mom buttered a lot inside of the vase and her dad tried to ________ the unhappy cat out, but they ________ . Realizing the awkward situation, Emily suggested visiting a ________ . Soon they arrived there with a(n) ________, frightened, buttery cat in a vase. The vet had Emily and her family ________ in the hall when he gave Chris a shot to make him sleepy.

Half an hour later, Chris was brought out successfully. Not only Chris, but the vase was still in one ________! The next day, Emily brought home a refrigerator box and made it into a rocket ship. Now Chris sleeps in it and dreams of ________ space mice.

8 . “I won’t try anymore,” John complained, rather angrily. “It is ______ no use, you see. The kite won’t fly, and I don’t want to be ______ with it any longer.”

“Oh, fine, my little man! Would you ______ the sport, after all the pain we have taken both to make and to ______ the kite? A few disappointments ought not to ______ us. Come, I have wound up your string, and now try again.”

And he did try, and ______. The kite was carried ______ on the wind as lightly as a feather; and when the string was all out, John stood in great ______, holding fast the stick and gazing on the kite, which now seemed like a little white dot in the blue sky. “Look, look, aunt, how high it flies! And it ______ like a team of horses, so that I can hardly hold it. I wish I had a mile of string: I am sure it would go to the end of it.”

After ______ the sight as long as he pleased, little John proceeded to ______ up the string slowly; and when the kite _____, he took it up with great happiness, saying that it was not at all hurt, and that it had ______ very well. “Shall we ______ tomorrow, aunt, after lessons, and try again?”

“I have no ______, my dear, if the weather is fine. And now, as we walk home, tell me what you have learned from your morning’s ______.” “I have learned to fly my kite ______. And thank you, my dear aunt, I would have given it up long ago, if you had not ______ me to try again.”

“Yes, dear child, I wish to teach you that once having set an aim, you must devote the ______ effort to it, even when there is nothing more significant than the flying of a kite. Whatever you fail in your attempts to do any good thing, let your motto be,— ______ again.”

10 . I wrote a letter to my kids a few years ago. It’s three pages long, and it sums up what I’ve learned in four decades of life. My kids are too ________ to understand now, but by the time they reach adulthood, they will have heard most of the advice in that letter: Live in the moment, do not ________ yourself to physical things and follow your dreams, etc.

I sealed the letter in a plain white envelope and wrote ________ not to open it unless something horrible happened to me. As a police officer, I’ve seen life put to an end or irrevocably ________ in an instant. I realized that could happen to me at ________ time. If something does happen to me, my children will get that ________. In it, they will read about my love for them and about the advice that I want to ________ on to them.

Every day, when I open my locker, I see the letter. It ________ me to be careful at work, and to show my children and the people I come into contact with that I truly understand and practice everything I’ve written. If that day comes and my children ________ read the letter, I hope that because of my actions, they will take my written beliefs to heart and improve upon my ________.

But for me, it’s not enough to write down my beliefs. I try to be the ________ person I can be every day — even in very difficult circumstances, even with ________ people. I also get depressed, or yell at my kids occasionally, and sometimes I’m not as ________ or as considerate as I should be. In fact, I am ________ perfect, but I hope my children will eventually realize that ________ is an illusion. What really matters is that, instead of just writing about our beliefs, we all take action to be the best humans we can be.