2 . 89-year- old Mrs. Adams was always dressed in full black and hardly left her house. Almost everyone in the neighborhood was afraid of_________ her. But 6-year -old Tim found the old and_________ lady used to look outside through her living room curtains. He_________ she longed for a friend to be happy. He found a perfect solution to_________ Mrs Adams one day.

Tim was on his way home when he_________ a little stray cat (流浪猫). He brought her home, fed her milk, and built her a little bed out of his shoe box. Tim was_________ to name her Kitty after thinking about for a long time. He_________ her under the bed in his room because his mother would be_________ if she found out what he was going to do with the_________.

The next day, Tim took Kitty in the shoe box. He stopped outside Mrs. Adams’ house and knocked at the door. The elder lady took her own sweet time__________ the door. Tim smiled, and Mrs Adams noticed one of his front teeth was missing. She burst out laughing__________.

“See! I knew you were not scary!” Tim said. “You look beautiful when you__________,Granny!“

“Of course, I’m not__________， little man! But what’s your name?”Mrs. Adams asked.

“I’m Tim!” he said proudly and__________ Kitty’s shoe box to her.“This is my pet, Kitty.I know you’re alone. She will surely keep you__________.”

Mrs. Adams’ smile suddenly__________.She asked if he came to give the cat to her__________.Tim nodded.

“I am thankful to you, Tim,”the older lady expressed her__________. "Everyone is afraid of me, and nobody__________ to ask me how I was doing. ” Mrs. Adams opened her arms.

Tim stepped forward to give Mrs. Adams a__________.

5 . When I think of my childhood, I remember cycling with my friends and buying orange candies, but most of all, going home to see my grandma waiting at the doorstep and asking, “How was your day, bunny?”

Nana (I call my grandma Nana) saw me _________. She left me many great _________. She told me stories of the fairies and princesses but also of the wars and how she _________ those days.

Nana was born during the Second World War with a very different lifestyle and childhood from me. She didn’t get _________. In fact, she had to help with the housework. Even when her siblings (兄弟姐妹) got the opportunity to learn, she would only watch them read and write. But she never _________. That is the most important lesson she had taught me.

She taught me to be _________ whatever things I had in my life. When I _________ to be selected in my school’s cheerleading team, I was very upset, but she made me realize that, if not in the cheerleading team, something else was out there in the world that was going to happen to me, and it did. I _________ a state-level gymnast.

As years went by, Alzheimer’s disease (老年痴呆症) ate her from the inside. The _________ who once refused to call me by any name but her “little bunny”, now didn’t even remember what my name was. Soon, she forgot who I was until l sang Frank Sinatra’s Fly me to the Moon. The tiny spark (火花) of __________ in her eyes was what I __________. The little glimmer (微光) in her eyes meant that I was her “bunny” once again.

One day, the glimmer __________ disappeared from her eyes and that was the day when I knew I had lost my nana. On her last day on this earth, as I sat beside her bed watching her fall in and out of sleep, I heard her hum Fly me to the Moon __________. That was the last time when I heard her __________, but I will keep it in my heart forever.

Nana took a piece of my childhood with her when she __________. She is my world, and I know she is proud of me.

7 . Within two years of first showing signs of memory loss, Peter Marshall had to give up work as early onset Alzheimer’s began to take hold.

His wife Lisa started a blog called “Oh Hello Alzheimer’s” to help her cope with the progressive ________ of her husband's fading memory. “ I get ________ every day from people saying, ‘Thank you —now I don’t feel so alone’,” she said.

As the disease ________ , Peter’s memory ________ faded and he began to refer to Lisa as his "favourite person”. Then, one day last year, they were watching a wedding ________ on television when Peter suddenly looked at his wife and said, “Let’s do it!” “Well, OK, we should get married then,” she told him.

The next day, ________ , Peter appeared to have forgotten all about it. Still, with the 20^th________ of their wedding approaching this year, the idea seemed to make sense to Lisa in the face of her husband’s rapid ________ . Sarah, Lisa’s daughter from a marriage before she met Peter, helped organize the event.   “I knew that my stepdad, who I am very close with, was there through some of the ________ times of my life.”

When Lisa joined her husband to ________ vows for the second time, his delight was clear for all to see. “It was just magical — straight out of a ________ .” she said.

The music ________ the theme of the day: a saxophonist played Unforgettable as Lisa walked down the aisle.

“There wasn’t a dry eye, and I was ________ .” Lisa said. “I hadn’t seen Peter that happy in a long time.” As they danced while guests ________ . Lisa said her husband ________ a few words in her ear. “Thank you for staying,” he said.

8 . Our oldest daughter, Christy, told us she was running away. In disbelief, my wife, Cathy, and I stared at each other, at a loss for words. When she started _________ her suitcase, we knew she was serious. Her action left us _________ —after all, Christy was only six. We didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

Our daughter _________ she was moving to Julia’s house across the street. My wife gave Julia’s mother a _________, telling her what was happening. Then, with mixed feelings, we watched Christy cross the street. Julia’s mother waited outside the door to _________ her. A few hours later, Julia’s mom _________ Christy it was Monday night and that our family always drove to the Golden Spoon for frozen yogurt. It was a tradition _________ by my threes girls—including our little Christy. To our _________ , she called and asked if she could go. A joyous _________ .

The yogurt run was part of our family identity. Even the neighbours knew our __________ visit to the Golden Spoon. Our three daughters are now grown-up, but we __________ visit the Golden Spoon as always. Its yogurt is still delicious. Our family __________ are kept strong by one of those simple activities.

At some point, __________ will come to every family. But when you build a strong family identity __________ , there will be no doubt that your family can __________ whatever winds and rains coming your way. Not surprisingly, a strong family identity will give your kids solid foundations to count on during those difficult times.

9 . I'll call him Peter because I didn't know his name. He was a waiter in a restaurant to which I had taken Robert, my five-year-old son, for his ______. Robert wore his new ______, proud and joyful.

Peter greeted us warmly and brought his ______ close to Robert's level to talk with him. Robert lifted his left foot so Peter could see his boot and then he asked Peter to ______ it. Before I tried to stop his ______ request, Peter got down to Robert's boot and took a long smell. Then he thanked Robert for ______ the special smell. Robert smiled at Peter's reaction.

When ______, Robert took more time than a fast-food customer should. Eventually, he ______ an orange juice. Peter praised his ______, which brought a bigger smile to Robert's face. Peter followed us ______ with our food as the birthday boy picked the perfect table. My heart was filled with thanks for this man who made my son feel ______. Though Peter did what Robert asked calmly, I still criticized (批评) Robert for his impolite deed.

Peter treated all customers with extreme ______ and politeness. Eight years later, Robert can still feel Peter's   ______. In life, we often ______ people by material worth or university degrees. However, the true ______ of a person comes from how they treat others.