1 . My day began when I saw my six-year-old son holding a branch of my rose bush. By the time I got outside, he’d _________ it off. “Can I take this to school?” he asked. I had to _________.

Yesterday, I had a quarrel (争吵) with my husband. I spent most of the day thinking how love had _________ from my life. When I finally _________ my emotions, I looked at the clock: 2: 30. It was _________. I hurriedly drove to the school to _________ my son. I was out of _________ by the time I knocked on the teacher’s door. “I want to talk to you about Jonathan,” she said. I prepared myself for the worst because nothing would make me _________.

“Do you know Jonathan brought flowers to school today?” she asked. I said yes. “Let me tell you about yesterday. See that little girl?” I followed her _________ and saw a bright-eyed child playing outside.

“Well, yesterday she was ____________. Her parents are going through a divorce (离婚). So she kept saying, “Nobody ____________ me.” We teachers could only say something to ____________ her. However, today your son handed her some flowers instead. Clearly, he cared about others ____________.” I felt my heart filled with ____________ for what my son had done. The hope of love began to ____________ again in me.

2 . As I held my boy in the arms to rock him to sleep, he had his arms wrapped around me and kissed me on the cheek. I could feel his _________ love and trust.

For many years my husband John and I dreamed and _________ about becoming parents someday. If I couldn’t have any children of my own, I would _________. One Sunday morning a lady _________ me and told she had a granddaughter planning to _________ her unborn baby. We met with the young birthmother and showed her a profile of our family, which included a resume and pictures.

Less than two months later we completed our home study and were _________ by the adoption agency just two days before the baby’s birth. One Sunday morning, we got the news and rushed _________ to the hospital. What a(n) _________ feeling it is to finally hold your newborn son for the first time! We named him Eric Daniel.

During his stay in hospital, we got to hold him and feed him, so we _________ instantly. On the fourth day, Eric was __________ from the hospital and went home with us. Staring at this __________ angel, I couldn’t believe after all these years that I was now the mother of this beautiful child.

It took 10 months for the adoption to become __________. On that day we stood before the Judge declaring Eric __________ ours. It has been over two years now since we were __________ with Eric and I truly have enjoyed every day that I spend as a mother. I no longer __________ any day for granted. Thank God for giving me the opportunity to take care of such a life.

3 . Yang Zhiyang from Baoji, Shaanxi province, has become an inspiration to young people as he works full-time to take care of his mother, who has ALS, a neurodegenerative disorder.

Yang’s mother, Su Jing, came down with the disease in 2010. Yang, then 10, has since taken on the role of ______as the disease gradually took away Su’s ______to care for herself. As his father worked to earn money for the family, Yang would look after Su after school every day. Now 22, Yang helps his mother with ______tasks such as bathing, feeding and physical exercises to help her ______her mobility.

As the disease ______, Su’s muscles shrank, so she needs to be carried up and down the stairs. She later developed an eating disorder and now has difficulty swallowing and _______.She can still type on her mobile phone, but most of the time, they rely on ______contact for most of their _______. For example, when she needs water, she will look at the water cup on the table.

Yang has found various ways to take her for more ______training. And he even learned to assist Su with hairstyling and ______, ensuring that she remains confident and dignified.

Although the work is difficult, Yang said it’s only ______that he should take care of Su. “My mother ______me. I am just doing what a ______should do.” he said.“ When my mother was diagnosed with the illness, my father took care of the family. I feel that this spirit has been passed down to me, so I want to _______.And it helps me grow into a real man,”

Yang’s ______to his mother has touched hearts and inspired many people in his community and online.

4 . Over the past few days, Eddie has had to put his old toys into garbage bags and the new ones into boxes. His family is about to move to a new house, and they need their home ________ for the next family.

Without any furniture, the house looked big, empty and ________, which made Eddie feel a little sad. “Come on, Eddie. All that’s ________ to clean is the attic (阁楼).” Eddie’s mother urged.

Eddie followed his mother to the attic by climbing an old ladder. His father was already ________ there, ________ boxes of old photographs. Eddie reached his father, who ________ Eddie two small and dusty pictures. One showed a young boy playing baseball in his backyard; ________ was a young girl in the same yard, playing hopscotch (跳格子游戏).

“You guys were kids?” Eddie asked. “We weren’t born ________ old,” Eddie’s mother said. Eddie had never seen his dad or mom playing ________ or hopscotch or other games. It was hard to ________ them as kids enjoying themselves in their backyards.

Eddie looked out of a dusty ________ of the attic. There his favorite swing set was ________ in the backyard where he did have a lot of fun. ________ he was not a little kid anymore. At the new house, he would be going to a new school. He wanted to ________ for the school soccer team and maybe join the drama club. Maybe it was a good time to move after all.

Climbing down into their now almost-empty house, Eddie took their camera to his parents and said, “Mom, Dad, could you take a picture of me ________ in our backyard?”

5 . Jaxon Carter, a 6-year-old boy, lost his mother very early. Her passing away left the little boy and his dad in _________. Soon after that, Jaxon had to move to a new _________ to study, which proved to be a great _________ for him.

Jaxon has been an outstanding and _________ student, despite his sadness over losing his mother. Jaxon recently had his graduation ceremony where he _________ a valedictory (告别的) speech. However, a normal speech everyone expected _________ an emotional and heart-breaking one as the boy paid tribute to (致敬) his late mother.

“When I started kindergarten here in August last year, I was a little 5-year-old boy who had lost my beautiful mother a month before. My kindergarten year helped me grow braver, smarter, more kind-hearted, and more _________,” he said in the _________. He thanked his teacher, who he _________ as someone with a “big heart”. “When I was __________, she used to tell me it would be all right.”

Lastly, he dedicated his speech to the person he __________ missed his mother. “I dedicate my speech, good grades, all school awards, and my kindergarten graduation to my beautiful mommy, who I will always __________ and miss so much,” said Jaxon. “I know she will always be with me in my __________.”

The audience __________ him as they were all brought into tears by the boy’s beautiful and heartfelt __________.

6 . The story happened when I was ten years old. At that time we had to move to a(n) ______place. I was sorry because I had spent all those years in that ______house. When the day came, I ran to a corner and sat ______. I thought and thought and began to cry. Suddenly I felt a hand on my head, I looked up. It was my grandpa. I knew he was ______too. He sat beside me and said, “It is ______, isn’t it, Tommy?” Before I could find any ______, he went on saying, “ ______is a cold word, too cold for us to ______.”

Then we walked in the garden, hand in hand. We ______in front of some flowers. “It’s so ______here.” I said.

“Yes, you think it is beautiful only because it is a special place in your mind,” said my grandpa.

After a moment he said, “I planted the ______a long time ago, when your father was born. Then the war came. Like many other youths, he went away to fight. Ten______later, news came that your father had died. That afternoon I picked some flowers from here, put them in front of his ______and said good-bye to him.”

With tears in his eyes, grandpa ______me in his arms and said, “We are going to______far away, but we won’t say good-bye to our old house, never, never…”

8 . Tiffany Hammond and her son Aidan communicate in some familiar ways, like hand gestures and body language. But when Aidan wants to ______ himself with words, he uses a tablet (平板电脑).

Aidan is autistic (患孤独症的) and does not speak, so when his mom asks ______ , he can press a button on the screen to answer them. The family has designed routines around his autism, but people outside the household don’t ______ .

“Every single time we go outside the house, there’s something bad happening. There’s a______ , and there’s a mean stare,” Hammond said. “And he feels lonely a lot.”   However, that loneliness and those reactions from outsiders ______ Hammond to find a way to ______the ways in which people with autism can express. They just communicate in a(n) ______type of way. The result of this experience is a children’s book from Hammond titled A Day With No Words. The book followed Aidan through a regular day, showing his ______routines.

Hammond also wrote about the ______ of the book to want people to give kindness and the goal she hoped to ______ with the writing.

In an interview, Hammond said,   “I want to ______ all the things that I see in him. He loves being outside and swings, and he loves life. He is ______ like other people. I want to______ the regular life that I have with my son, and it is supposed to ______ a loving letter to him.”

______, a day with no words can be full of meaningful communication.

10 . I joined a language exchange program online last year and had the chance to meet Lucy, a girl from England. We gradually became ________ with each other. At first, it was ________ to talk to someone I had never met before, but as time went by, our conversations continued ________ .

Being a teenager could be challenging, but having someone like Lucy, who ________ me even from thousands of miles away, made it easier. However, little did I know that she had been fighting with depression for many years. When she finally opened up and shared her ________ with me, I was both shocked and grateful that she ________ me enough to tell me that.

From that day on, I tried to ________ her regularly and encouraged her to seek professional help. Finally, Lucy started seeing a doctor, and then she made progress in ________ her condition. But later, with increased learning tasks, we both became ________, so our conversations became less frequent. One Sunday night, I surfed the Internet and found that Lucy had cleaned up all her social media posts. I was anxious and tried to ________ her, but there was no response. I completely ________ her. Weeks turned into months, and I gave up the ________ of hearing from her again. Surprisingly, Lucy sent me an email one day. In her message, she apologised and explained her sudden ________. Also, she thanked me for my help during her darkest moments. Her words touched my heart, and I realized the influence our ________ had made on both of us.

Even though we are ________ by distance and time zones, our friendship remains strong and continues to thrive.