2 . The County Police Department posted on social media. It was meant to _______ five officers for their good work. One grandmother _______ one of the officers. It was Sweeney, the officer she and her family won’t forget.

Twelve years ago, on a hot day in July 2011, then-Detective(警探)Sweeney _______ an emergency call of a baby drowning. _______ he rushed alone to the _______ , in a home in Severn. They just pulled the baby out of the swimming pool, and he was no longer _______ .

Detective Sweeney knew he had to act quickly. He held Matthew and _______ first aid on the tiny boy. His efforts _______ . The 14-month-old boy survived, and they were all happy to see him smile again. After little Matthew’s _______ , they visited Detective Sweeney, and they posed(摆姿势)for a(n) ________ .

When Matthew’s grandmother saw Sweeney’s photo, she ________ the Police Department. There, she told the officials how Sweeney brought their baby boy to ________ , who is now a teenager.

After they heard the story, the staff in the office planned a surprise reunion. They ________ everything and then, as Sweeney entered the room, he was ________ . He never thought he would see Matthew again. Matthew was very happy to finally meet the person who saved his life twelve years ago. He knew that this man was the ________ he was alive today.

Everyone in the police station felt happy as they saw a reunion after twelve years.

4 . Last Sunday,Mark invited me to help serve dinner at Tent City.A number of ________ had been set up for the homeless in the area.

My husband was not available to________ our two sons, so I took 9-year-old Tony and 5-year-old Toby with me.Many of the people we________ had missing teeth or wore dirty clothes. My sons had a lot of questions as what they saw challenged their________ ideas about how people lived in the world.

“Why don’t they buy food________ us?” “Why don’t they have homes?”....

We talked about the________ why people ended up in that type of situation. And I mentioned the importance of creating a safety net for them, “Sometimes the safety net is other people who can share some of their time and resources (资源),” I________.

I was________ that my boys would make too much noise. But to my________, the people we served were quite thankful that I had brought them. Many said how fun it was to have________ children around.

After diner, I saw Tony sit together with several elderly men. He was________ them talk about sports. To be honest, I had________ realized that he was such a good listener. ________ some people returned to their tents, I heard Tony say to them,” Thanks so much for having dinner with us.“I could see that his simple words had________ them greatly. I hugged him a little tighter (更紧的) because what he said had touched me, too. It was a great reminder that treating people with ________ can lift all of us up.

5 . Mack Rutherford,born on June 21, 2005, has become the youngest person to fly around the world alone in a small plane after taking off on March 23, 2022. Five months later, he touched down in the Bulgaria (保加利亚),where his journey began, according to Rutherford’s website. He turned 17 years old during the trip.

Rutherford’s route extended 52 countries on a specially prepared plane, according to his website. His journey was tracked on his website, which showed he set off for the Mediterranean (地中海) then through the Sahara, onwards through the Middle East and then East Asia. He broke two world records, previously held by his older sister Zara Rutherford, as the youngest person to fly around the world alone and also the youngest person to do so in such a small plane. He entered his last leg through the United States, Canada and Mexico before flying back through Europe.

The teenager was just 15 years old when he received his first pilot’s license (许可证), becoming the youngest pilot in the world. “Having flown hundreds of hours with my dad, who is a professional pilot, I have known for certain I wanted to fly. I think there’s something I can actually try to struggle for and achieve,” he said. “I also want to use the opportunity to meet young people on my route who do amazing things or make a difference to their communities or even to the world,” he wrote before flying off.

There were several “hairy” moments during his journey, he said, but he never gave up. His journey even took him to a deserted island in the North Pacific after strong head winds forced him to land during a flight from Japan to the United States. “I was forced to face it on my own — but that was definitely an amazing experience,” he said.

6 . What started as a sweet gesture on a 32nd birthday has grown into a beloved family tradition for one Midwest family. At the age of 8, Kim Carey made her dad, Ray Ronchetti, a crown(王冠)for his 32nd birthday with the help of her little sister Gina Chandler. Since then, the sisters have_________it and it has been a tradition. Every year, they have such a birthday_________for their dad at home.

“We_________it’s silly, but our dad and our children, who have never seen their_________eat his birthday dinner without a crown, would be_________if we stopped,” says Carey. “It makes Dad so happy. He_________the surprise of seeing it every year.”

Despite their growing families, the sisters still_________the birthday crown themselves, planning about one month _________every year. Each crown over the course of the past few decades has had a different_________.

“One year, we____________to make words with chocolate on the crown,” Carey recalls, “so it kept falling because it was so____________.Every year, we’d like to think up a theme for his birthday crown.”

When a serious disease kept the____________apart, Carey couldn’t go into her dad’s house. She had to leave the crown on her dad’s____________and had a celebration by the Internet. “But with family get-togethers back and my dad____________and in good health, I think we’ll be doing this____________,” said Carey.

7 . Respecting teachers has always been a tradition in China. Yang Shi was a philosopher( 哲学家) in the Northern Song Dynasty. One day, he and his_________ had different opinions on a question. To get a_________ answer, he went to visit Cheng Yi, the famous philosopher. At Cheng’s house, _________, the guarding kid told him that Mr. Cheng was meditating(冥想) in his room and asked him to go back. Yang _________ to leave, so the_________ boy left him alone and went in.

After a while, it began to snow_________. The little boy came out again and reminded Yang that Mr. Cheng might spend the whole afternoon_________. He invited Yang to_________ himself in the house to avoid the wind and snow. But Yang kept standing in the snow and waiting_________ in order that he could ask Cheng’s __________ on the question.

As soon as Cheng__________ meditating, the boy reported that Yang was waiting outside. When__________ this, Cheng came out to see Yang. When the door was opened, everyone was__________. The snow was more than a foot deep, but Yang stood still, __________ moving his feet. “__________ man, why are you so silly? You could have come again someday!” Cheng took Yang to the room at once.

“As a student…if I want to learn from the teacher…I should…of course…__________ wait outside…” said Yang, shaking with cold.

Cheng was very__________ and accepted Yang as his student because of__________ politeness and effort to learn. He taught Yang all his philosophical thoughts. That made a big__________ to Yang’s life. Later, Yang really learned a lot and made great__________ to his country.

10 . I worked in a small company with about thirty-five employees (雇员). We had a good-sized kitchen with a fridge that several employees used. But people would often go to the fridge to surprisingly find either their whole lunch missing, or in my case, my can of Cherry Coke gone. I usually kept it in my lunch bag. At times when I bought takeaway food, I would get two—one for lunch and one for dinner—so I didn’t have my lunch bag. Even so, I often couldn’t find the food. It was a shock to everyone.

We doubted who was stealing, but could never prove (证明) it. One day, a good idea came to my mind, and I couldn’t wait to try it.

It was break time at noon. I headed down to the kitchen about five minutes early and gave my Coke such a hard shake that I feared it may actually go off in my hands. I placed it back in the fridge. Then, I hid into a cupboard in the kitchen, waiting for the right moment.

BINGO! A lady came in and took the Coke. I put my hand over my mouth for her to open it, but she took it with her and left. I thought she would open it in the hall. No!

As I left the kitchen, I heard her yell (叫喊). I passed her office, and Coke was everywhere: the walls, the floor, all over her desk, computer, her work, and all over her—everywhere!

Well, food has never gone missing again since then because the lady got fired.