2 . A nurse named Aly Hogarth has reunited with a mother and daughter at the same hospital ship 30 years after saving their lives.

In 1993, Ms Hogarth was touring a hospital ship in Sierra Leone when she knew that a patient Catherine Conteh needed a Caesarean section (剖腹产手术), but she couldn’t _____ it. Ms Hogarth contacted her colleagues and they paid for the 170 surgery, so that Catherine’s daughter, Regina, could be _____. Later, Ms Hogarth volunteered to take care of her in the hospital, _____ her wound and teaching her how to feed the baby. In this way Ms Hogarth formed a _____ with the mother and the baby, but they lost _____ when she returned home to New Zealand.

Ms Hogarth, now 52, volunteered for charity Mercy Ships. Surprisingly, she _____ Catherine and Regina at the same hospital ship. They both became nurses, inspired by Ms Hogarth, and Regina now has a child of her own.

Ms Hogarth said, “To see Catherine in person again, it’s very unreal really. It’s not something I _____ expected until we made contact again. For me, I felt _____ at the moment when we met and didn’t know how to react.” “We just cried and cried,” Catherine said. “Regina and I would have died without Ms Hogarth’s pure love.”

“It’s really _____ to see Catherine again,” Ms Hogarth shared. “I thought about her every time I told that story for the last 30 years. I know it was a significant time — realizing that you can make a real ______ by doing something.”

3 . I’ve been motivated — and demotivated — by other folks’ achievements all my life.

When I was a teenager, a neighborhood friend ________ a marathon race. Feeling motivated, I started running ________, but then two things happened. First, a girl I met one day told me she was ________ for a “super,” referring to a 52.4-mile double marathon. Then, the next day I went on my longest run — 15 miles. To be honest, I ________ it! Between the girl making my ________ seem small and the pure boredom of jogging, I decided that the only ________ I’d ever run again is if a big dog was running after me!

So I ________ cycling. I got a good bike and rode a lot. I ________ of entering cycle races until I flew to San Diego to visit my sister. While she was at work one day, I ________ her bike and went for a ride. The ________: the roads there went through large valleys where I’d be riding uphill for miles at a time. I’d never faced such ________. That day, I got ________ by about 100 “local” bikers who were used to such roads. When I got back home, suddenly riding my bike didn’t seem quite as ________.

I’ve ________ a lot since then. I’ve come to accept that whatever ________ I set for myself, they just have to be my own.

6 . With her arms around me as my world drowned in black, my surgeon whispered to me, “Leah, thousands of women have been where you are and thought it was the end. They are still here.” Those words didn’t ________ anything to me then. I only remember I knew it was cancer.

Sitting ________ alone in my room one day, I thought about my treatment. Then I saw it. Even though it had been leaning (倚靠) ________ the wall for the past three years, there it was my violin, one I had yet to learn to play. It was a ________ given to me for my birthday by a good friend. The old violin had been restrung and was waiting for me to fulfill a ________ I never had time to pursue. For me, the sound of a violin was the closest sound to ________ singing. I told myself I would finally be given the ________ to make mine sing. I began to ________ this goal in earnest as I signed up for the beginning strings class at the local community college.

In a few weeks, I knew my hair would begin to ________. Meanwhile, I would imagine the voice of the violin ________ to me to encourage me to keep ________ to make my dream come true.

A few months later, as I sat in the strings section of the college orchestra, my dream became a ________. Though I had hairless head, it didn’t ________. Those angelic chords (和弦) were being played by me, as I was ________ by my musician friends on stage. I knew deep inside me that there was light and end to this journey. The strings of my violin allowed me to ________ the hardest times.

7 . My teaching workmate Margie and I had just read the last book about Midwest pioneer life to our third graders. “Why don’t you travel to all those places we read about?” she asked. Me, travel? Sure, I _______ seeing other people’s photos of faraway lands. But I certainly didn’t _______ any of that pioneer spirit of taking off into the unknown. _______, that lengthy journey would take money for travel, lodging (住宿), and meals. Unless someone paid for all those _______ items, that road trip wasn’t happening anytime soon.

But I couldn’t get her _______ out of my mind. I _______ actually being at all the places I had only read about. Not long afterward, I _______ a brochure advertising a teacher creativıty fellowship program for the summer. I talked over the program with Margie and then handed in my application. Two months later, my application was approved, which made Margie so _______.

Then, reality hit me. I was going to be traveling! All alone! I was _______ to take the first step of the journey. However, with fear on the inside, I ________ the road. I couldn’t fall asleep on the first night. I seriously thought about going back to Indiana.

I called Margie and she said, “For the teachers and students at school, you are our feet. We will go with you ________ wherever you go!” So I kept in mind that those at school were ________   me. I can’t say that the ________ left me altogether, but I started on my travels the next morning. Ever since that ________, I often travel to ________ locations. My life changed due to a wise teacher.

8 . Carli Lloyd is grateful for the opportunity to play professional volleyball again after leaving the court.

She _________ Athletes Unlimited (AU) with opening up the door to _________ her dreams that were put on pause. “I wasn’t sure what it would look like,” Lloyd said. “AU has given me the _________ to play again. It’s amazing to be a _________ of the organization.”

While Lloyd was pregnant and shortly after giving birth to her daughter, she had hopes of returning to the _________. Lloyd spent months at home training and preparing for the _________. “I worked really hard at home to get my body back in _________. I wanted to see how it felt to _________ again.”

“My goal every week is to be _________ to my team. I want to do everything I can to help my team win the __________. Each day I’m thinking about what my __________ is and how I can help this group succeed.”

She believes in teamwork. __________, when asked the way the league is structured, Lloyd said she felt great anxiety initially for fear that the __________ may be more on the individual and less on the __________. “Volleyball is a team sport, all the pieces __________ and you need cooperation to be successful.” Lloyd said.

9 . One teacher had two students. One of them had a positive vision while the other had the _________ one.

One day, the teacher _________ for a park with both the students and while wandering in the garden, they _________ a mango tree from which some ripe and juicy mangoes were _________. On seeing this, the teacher thought to _________ both of his students. Then, he asked the first one, “My dear child, what do you think of this mango tree?”

The student answered instantly, “Teacher, in spite of people _________ this tree with stones, it gives us sweet and juicy mangoes. It does _________ but still it gives us fruits. I wish all human beings learn this important _________ from the mango tree—to share their _________ even if they have to suffer for this.”

After that, the teacher asked the other student the same question. The student __________ answered, “Teacher, this mango tree is no good and will not give mangoes by itself but only when we hit it with stones and __________. Therefore, we should hit it hard to get sweet mangoes from it. That is the only way to __________ these mangoes. It is also clear from this tree that in order to get good __________ from others, we need to be violent and only when we become violent, then and only then will we get __________.”

The teacher was delighted with the answer given by the first student because he had an admirable vision and __________ the tree with positive vision.

10 . In a small town surrounded by the mountains, there lived a man named Samuel. He spent his days alone, tending to his garden and _________ meeting others. But one winter’s night, a fierce snowstorm swept through the town, leaving many _________ without power or heat.

Despite his lonely nature, Samuel couldn’t ignore the cries for help from the streets, so he went out bravely, _________ to help his neighbors.

He found an elderly couple huddled (缩成一团) in their cold, dark home, _________ to keep warm. Samuel quickly lit a fire and brought blankets, _________ their comfort until help arrived. Next, he came across a family _________ in their car, unable to drive out of the icy roads. With his own truck and _________ of the area, Samuel _________ them safely back home.

As morning came, the storm stopped. _________ neighbors came out of their homes, thanking Samuel for his help. But as they __________ to celebrate, Samuel quietly walked away, leaving behind a sense of mystery.

Weeks passed, and rumors (谣言) got around about the __________ stranger who had generously given __________. Some guessed he was a guardian angel, while others believed him to be a long-lost __________ who returned to save the day.

But the __________ was far simpler yet equally surprising. Samuel wasn’t a hero or an angel; he was just a man who had once been lost in his own aloneness. And through helping others, he found a sense of purpose and __________ he had long been searching for.