1 . When you measure the distance between towns on foot, walk to places that you thought could only be reached by car and it will change your mind.

I live in the suburb north of San Francisco, and _________is considered the main transportation for most people here. I still remember how _________I was when I first learned to drive. While driving with music gently _________my heart, I was filled with joy. However, as time went by, that excitement _________. I feared driving, and felt worried and upset. Everyone seems to be in my way especially when I am in a _________. One night, a deer ran out from the dark, knocked against my moving car, and _________across the street. I didn’t dare to get out of my car to see her. Crying on the _________, I hated my car.

When I joined the 21-day mindful walking _________, I began to walk with a mind. During the walking days, I smiled at every stranger _________by me. I walked to the streets that I __________would not pass through and __________a tiny free library on the sidewalk. I began to __________if I had really lived in this town all these years. It’s a completely __________ town that I know so little about!

I felt deeply __________for the walking challenge. Maybe I will set foot on far lands again, yet I know __________is right here and right now.

2 . This incident occurred during our trip to the US in 2013. We had a great time in Cape Cod and _______ to Boston at six in the evening. We thought that the Boston commuter rail station was _______ to the last but one stage and so got off the bus at that stage. My husband has a keen sense of direction and so I _______ followed him, without knowing where we were _______ . We found ourselves _______ with the station nowhere in sight! Being a Sunday, the roads were _______ with not many people walking around. We did find a few but _______ were a bit hesitant to ask strangers for directions.

Finally, we saw a young guy coming from the opposite direction. Having no other _______, we approached him. On hearing our problem, he _______ took us to the station, which was just a few blocks away.

Another guy who was standing near the machine told us that the machine was out of order. He ________ the train timings and told us to hurry up in order to catch the train which was ________ within the next few minutes. We both were very much moved by his ________ and thanked him and shook hands with him.

On reaching home in Boston, we wanted to ________ his help through Boston Globe, a local leading newspaper. But we had ________ to get his name in the great hurry and ________ at the time of our departure!

3 . This past October, I took an early morning hike in a Valley. Knowing that bears are _______ throughout the area and not wanting to _______ one, I yelled out, “Hey, bear!” every 30 seconds.

About three miles in, I _______ into a meadow(牧场) and yelled again. A few more steps and I _______ a brown bear on the trail at the upper _______ of the meadow. When she saw me, she ran up the trail. But then she stopped, turned, and _______ straight for me. I yelled so she would know I was human and hopefully turn back. No_______ luck.

I wrapped my arms around the back of my neck for _______. She was on top of me, biting my arms, shoulders, and backpack. The force of each _______ was like a sledgehammer(大锤) with teeth. After what felt like hours, she disappeared.

________, I carefully picked myself up. I was able to walk, so I went back down the ________ toward my truck. Despite bleeding wounds, I knew I would ________ and thanked God for getting me through this.

About five minutes down the trail, the bear reappeared. I was lucky after the first ________, but could I survive a second?

Again I protected the back of my neck. She bit my shoulder and arms. My hand instantly went ________, and the wrist and fingers were limp (无力的) and unusable. I knew I couldn’t ________, so I huddled (蜷缩), motionless.

Suddenly she stopped. There was dead silence ________ the sound of her heavy ________ and sniffing. I could smell the terrible odor(气味) she gave off. She stood there for 30 seconds . Then she was gone.

I tried to peek out(偷看), but my eyes were full of blood. I knew that if she ________ a third time, I’d be dead, so I ________ the blood from one eye and looked around. No bear. I stood up, moved quickly, got into my truck and drove to the hospital.

The next day, I woke up ________.

4 . I once got lost in a foreign country. I was in Berlin, Germany, on my month---long mission trip. My team and I had one night there to spend. Most of my ______ decided to stay indoors. But I did not want to pass up the ______ to explore Berlin.

I visited numerous major attractions that night. When I felt ______, I checked the time, surprised to see it was two o'clock in the morning!

Walking to subway station, I ______ it was my dad’s birthday, the first one I couldn’t celebrate with him because he ______ a few months earlier. ______ I could reminisce (缅怀) about my dad, I heard train wheels screeching to a(n) ______.

I dashed onto the train. Luckily, I made ______ onto the train. But that ______ quickly turned to panic when I noticed the train was headed in the ______ direction!

Looking around the nearly ______ car, I saw a young woman sitting quietly by the window and ______ her to seek help. Thankfully, she understood English. She told me how to ______ to where I had first gotten on the train. However, I couldn’t ______ her instructions. Without thinking, I blurted out, "can you come with me?" her face ______ at my ridiculous request. After a long second of hesitation, she ______.

On the journey back to the ______, we chatted. Eventually, I shared about my dad’s passing. With a look of surprise, she told me that she also had ______ her dad a year before.

We shared our life stories, our heartaches and our hopes for the future. At my stop, she thanked me for sharing so much with her, which had ______ her. I couldn’t believe this ______ with the big heart was thanking me!

5 . Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. The Microsoft engineers each buy tickets but the Apple engineers buy only a ___________ ticket.

“How are three people going to travel on only one ___________?” asks a Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.

They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their ___________ but all three Apple engineers cram (拥挤) into a restroom and close the door behind them.

___________ after the train has departed, the conductor comes around ___________ tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack and an arm ___________, ticket in hand. The ___________ takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a ___________ idea.

So after the conference, the Microsoft employees decide to ___________ the Apple engineers as they always do on the return trip and save some ____________. When they get to the station, they buy one ticket. To their ____________, the Apple engineers don’t buy any ticket at all.

“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one ____________ Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.

When they board the train, the Microsoft employees cram into a ____________ and the Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Soon one of the Apple engineers __________ his restroom and walks over to where the Microsoft employees are ____________.

He knocks on the door and says, “Ticket, please...”

6 . A doctor is praising a Minnesota state police who stopped her for speeding, but gave her N95 masks instead of a_________. Dr. Janjua thanked State Police Brian J Schwartz for his act of_______during the coronavirus pandemic in a Facebook post.

Dr. Janjua, a doctor_______in the area, explained she was_______after driving over the speed limit on March 21.Police Schwartz told her it was irresponsible for her to be_______because it would take up resources if she got into a(n) _______and she would not be able to help her_______. She waited for him to write a ticket, but to her_______, he let her off with a_______warning-plus five medical masks. They came from a supply that the state had given him for his own__________.

“I________at once,” she said. “Maybe it's just because of the cold weather, and I also saw him shed(流出)a few tears, before__________me well and walking away.”

Like many of her fellow health care workers, Dr. Janjua said she had been feeling__________for not having proper protective equipment and worried about what would__________if she fell sick far from home.

“This__________stranger, who owed me nothing and most__________is more on the front lines against the pandemic than I am,__________his valuable masks, without even__________me first,” she added.

While the coronavirus pandemic has__________the world as we know it, the kindness of people like Trooper Schwartz is a reminder that nothing can take away our__________in times of crisis.

7 . Ted Schredd doesn't like cars. He wants people to stop _______ because cars make the air dirty. Ted had a(n) _______.He said, “I'm going to cycle (骑自行车) around North America. I want to show everyone that cycling is a _______ way to get around. If more people ride bikes, the air will be _______.”

He left his _______ with $160 in his pocket. When he _______ San Diego, he met another cyclist. The cyclist _______ Ted to speak at a big meeting about the _______.He said, “We'll buy you a ticket to Texas.” Two hours later, Ted was on a plane to the environmental conference and to a big _______！

While he was at the conference, he met Deanna. It was ________ at first sight! They talked for six hours. The next day, Ted asked Deanna to ________ the trip with him. Deanna said yes, and was on the road with Ted 20 days later!

“It was ________ at first，” said Deanna.“Ted got up ________ every morning, around 6.00am, but I wanted to sleep until noon.” After a few days, they started having fun.________ they cycled from Florida to Montreal and then back to Vancouver, every day was ________.They had free meals in many restaurants, and ________ in people's backyards during the night.________,they made many new friends on the way.

On their way back to Vancouver, they ________ in Edmonton to visit Ted's parents. During the stopover, they got ________.People wished them to grow old and happy together. They now want to ________ a book about the trip.“We want people to know that you can be an environmentalist and still have fun，” Schredd said.

8 . Have you ever flown on an airplane? Before you left, you______everything you would need for your ______ in a suitcase. Most suitcases that travel on an airplane have to be ____ in special areas away from the passengers. It helps keep the plane _____. This also frees up more room for passengers and makes them more______.

While you were flying in the airplane, you might have had _____looking out of the window or listening to music. Your suitcases, though, didn’t get the same______. Where had they gone? Most airports have baggage handling(处理) systems that______your baggage during your trip.

The systems differ from airport to airport, but baggage handlers have three______jobs. First, they move your baggage from the check-in area to the ____ you’ll be catching. Then your baggage ____ sit with all the other passengers’ baggage in certain areas of your airplane. Second, if you have to ____ airplanes somewhere during your trip, your baggage will be moved to the new airplane you are going to ____ . Finally, they will move your baggage from the airplane to a ____ area at your final destination.

Of course, the systems must make sure baggage travels to the ____ airplanes. Even so, mistakes happen every day. Sometimes, baggage may ____ their airplane. When this happens, they may be found ____ and sent on the next available airplane. Some baggage, though, gets ____ for longer periods of time and may end up in off-site storage facilities(异地仓储设施点). Baggage that can never be ____ to their owners may be given away to charity ____ they can be sold at special auctions(拍卖会).

9 . Recently, I went to a small town for a short holiday with my husband and daughter. On first evening, we decided to visit the nearest ________ to check out the local foods and do some shopping as well. After spending some time ________ this and that, we decided to get a bite to eat. We had to ________ our turn at the restaurant. I stood on the ________ outside, looking at the crowd of ________ makers.

________ noticed a small boy of about seven carrying several hand-made gift ________. They were small but very ________ The boy asked me to buy one, ________ widely. He said he had ________ the bags himself as he wanted to help _______ the family. I smiled back and asked the ________ of the bag. He named a(n) _______ old him it was too ________ for such a small bag.

The boy _______ that he had to buy paper and string（线）which _______ him a lot. At that time, I was still hesitating（犹豫）, _______ he smiled another sweet smile saying, “Miss, please _______ one, I really worked hard to make it day and night.” His smile stole my ________ and I bought a red bag. The boy left _______ the cash carefully in his pocket, but with another of his smile. That day I knew I had met God.

10 . Society has the responsibility of improving the quality of life of disabled people. You can judge a society by the way it _______and cares for its disabled population. Disabled people are not. _______of their families nor of the society they belong to. In fact many of them are able to _______their own careers and do very well in their own fields. How many great men of all ages who _______some forms of disability but reached the top of their _______and helped shape the lives of governments and peoples!

_______we have reached a certain standard of existence, it is the moral responsibility of society to meet the special needs of these people. All of us will _______this stage in our human existence- that is, being a disabled. If now you are physically _______, with no physical impairment, time will come when you will grow old, and you’ll need that special attention. _______discoveries of new medicines and better methods of health care, a great part of the population of the world can. _______longer. You may be a part of it in the near future. So a great many will _______difficulties if alleys and passages, buildings and structures and means of transportation are ‘not’ suited to a disabled-friendly environment.

Society’s government must be able to. _______ramps (人造斜坡) in buildings or structures, or a barrier-free environment. The blind or the visually-impaired must also have_______ ‘to computers with Braille (盲文) system. The deaf-mute need _______，or if not, their co-employees must be able to do _______ language and special children must be given   _______ care and education.

_______, only those advanced countries can provide these. _______, and those disabled who are living in. _______countries have to stay at home, and have to bear with many barriers, living in a( n) _______environment.