2 . Peter loved his wife Marion, loved adventure, and loved his camper van (野营车)called Schoen. The pair made numerous unforgettable road trips in Schoen. But after Marion died, the ______ Schoen had fewer and fewer outings. With Schoen’s adventuring days seemingly over, Peter decided to put it up for ______

Elise and her husband, Domenic, had always dreamed of owning their own “happiness bus” and travelling in a camper van. One day, Elise ______ the sales information on Schoen and the couple instantly decided to take a look. Elise fell in love with Schoen______, but Peter asked for $39, 000, well outside their______.

Feeling extremely disappointed, the couple left. “We were______to have met Peter,” said Elise with a smile. “We shared with him our story and dream of owning a van like that.”

A few days later, Peter called to invite them back for a second look. ______the young couple came again, but without much______Peter said he had so far received two offers for Schoen, and both met his asking price. But they were from ______, which would likely mean the van’s______gathering dust in a garage or display. Peter asked how much the couple would be able to______. Domenic told him the most they could spend was around half of what he was ______ . Peter, holding back tears himself, told them he would ______their offer only if they promised to have adventures with Schoen.

Now Schoen is on glorious adventures somewhere, helping Elise and Domenic create wonderful family ______.

“Peter is definitely a hero for us,” says Elise. “Finding Schoen and making that______ to Peter had totally changed our life. ”

3 . In a village lived a milkman, who owned a few cows. Though his family wasn’t very _______ , they had a self-sufficient life (自给自足). One day, his son asked him what the secret of his life was. He used the opportunity _______ his son. “The secret of my life this: The cow doesn’t give milk,” said the father. The boy asked his father in     _______ , “What are you saying?” “As you hear it, son, you must know the cow doesn’t give milk _______ , and you have to milk it. If you don’t milk it every day, it will _______ giving milk. And I won’t be able to support our _______ . When you search for _______, remember what I said,” said the father.

The milkman continued, “I have to get up at 4 o’clock every day. First, I need to clean the waste on the farm. Then I need to _______ the legs of the cows and start to milk them. After that, I have to try my best to _______ the milk.” Hearing this, the son was ________ , and he decided to go to the ________ to help his dad.

Yes, what one ________ is from what one does. Happiness is the result of efforts. A cow doesn’t give milk on its own, and neither do all the things that one ________ to have. Thus one has to work hard to get whatever he needs, and it can lead to new ________ in life, and one may be ________ one day.

5 . As 17-year-old Norwood drove through St. Petersburg, Florida, last February, the laughter and chatter from the four teenage girls inside her car quickly gave way to screams. As they ________ an crossroad, another car T-boned them, sending their car into a nearby yard, coming to a ________only when it crashed into a tree.

As smoke ________ in a large mass from the other car, a bystander shouted, “It’s about to ________ ! Get out!” Norwood struggled out through the window, running for her ________ along with two of her friends, who also managed to free themselves.

But halfway down the street, she realized that her best friend, Simmons, wasn’t with them. Norwood ran back to the car and saw Simmons in the back seat, unconscious. She ________ open the back door and pulled her friend out, avoiding the ________ glass as best she could. She dragged Simmons a few feet to ________ and laid her on the ground. She checked her pulse and her chest. No sign of life.

Had the accident happened a few weeks ________, she might not have known what to do. But Norwood, who wants to pursue a career in ________, had earned her CPR certificate just the day before. She knew she had precious little time to practice what she’d learned.

She started ________ Simmons’s chest with her interlocked fingers and breathing into her friend’s mouth in hopes of filling her ________ with the kiss of life. After the 30th compression (压缩), Simmons began coughing and breathing for air. The CPR had ________ !

Soon, the ________ arrived and rushed Simmons to the hospital. And then she heard ________ her best friend had saved her life. “I wasn’t shocked,” Simmons told CNN. “She will always help any way she can.”

6 . Casey and John, a young couple, had been driving from Maryland to North Carolina when their 36-hour nightmare began. They expected the road trip to ________ five hours, but a massive snowstorm led to ice-related ________, and the state closed a 50-mile stretch of the ________ for safety reasons.

With traffic stopped and no clear information on when the highway would ________, some drivers abandoned their cars and set out on foot. Others, like Casey and Joe, turned off the ________ to save gas and seated themselves in their vehicles. They tried their best to stay warm.

A cold night in hunger and little sleep left them feeling ________. After 21 hours of suffering, Casey ________ a bread delivery truck among the waiting vehicles. On a sudden inspiration, she called Schmidt Baking Company, the owner of the truck She left a ________ on the company’ s customer service line, asking if the truck driver could ________ the baked goods with troubled drivers. She didn’t know if they would take her request ________, but she wanted to try.

Her idea worked.   Incredibly, Schmidt CEO Chuck personally returned Casey’ s call within 20 minutes. He asked her to hand her ________ to the company truck driver, Ron, and then directed Ron to ________ the bread to the people on the highway.

Casey, John and Ron were excited to pass out the bread along the ________ highway to as many people as possible. Among those to ________ the food were elderly passengers and families with children. They all felt incredibly thankful for the offering of food and some ________ after so many hours waiting in the cold.

7 . A few years ago, I was at a restaurant with my project team, eating a Christmas dinner. My view of the other diners was via a _________ in from of me from where I was sitting. It was a Wednesday night about 3 weeks before Christmas so there were only about 6 other tables _________.

About 10 minutes before we left, I happened to look in the mirror, seeing two girls come in. They sat near me. They started to _________ the menu and I could hear what they said. They _________. “It’s so expensive!”

I usually _________ the table that’s eating their dinners so I can get their check from the restaurant. As we left, I told the manager I wanted to _________ the two girls. He figured that the high _________ was $100 including taxes, so I gave him $140 and told him to give the waiter whatever was left as a Christmas _________ . Touched by my act, the manager said he would _________ anything over $100 and give the waiter $40. We agreed that he would tell the two girls after we __________ that someone had paid for their meal. I wanted them to __________ whatever they wanted without considering the cost.

The next day I went to the restaurant again to eat dinner with my friends, the manager __________ me. He walked to me. From him, I knew __________ about the thing after we left. The two girls felt __________ and were moved to tears. They appreciated the kindness and said they would pass the kindness on to others in need.

I do this several times a year but I __________ like the two girls’ reaction, which makes think it valuable to do such things!

8 . “What would Ms K do?” was in my playlist of the top 10 questions as I was taking books and files in my office. Reports had been ________ over the last few weeks about the growing ________ of COVID-19. My husband, a physician, informed me that I should make plans to begin working from home. But who was Ms K? Why did I ________ of her when faced with a global ________?

Ms K was a(n) ________ education teacher. She taught my daughter, Dorian, for 3 years. Dorian suffered from autism (自闭症). When I met Ms K, Dorian was in kindergarten, and in spite of our efforts to ________ her in a regular classroom, it was ________.

Dorian’s multiple ________—ranging from hearing, speaking and mental problems—left us all tired at the end of each day. Most of all, they left Dorian with an inability to express her needs. For Dorian, her ________ way of interacting with others was pictures. It was Ms K who ________ the communication puzzle for us all. Ms K and her instructional assistant both were ________ in sign language and taught Dorian and ________ the rest of the family how to ________. Within three months, Dorian’s sign vocabulary greatly improved, and she started to sign three-and-four word sentences.

Our world changed greatly because of the three years spent with Ms K. I firmly believed Ms K would ________ herself to the problems in the COVID-19, and develop ways of distance learning for students and families in the same ________—with a positive attitude, patience and a mass of resources.

9 . After 49 years on the job. Marge Moore still mops and sweeps her bus every day and washes it on weekends. Every winter is a _________ for Moore, because she needs to _________ her kids on time. Besides, she has to _________ her blow-dryer out to unfreeze the transmission (变速器) when it’s _________ cold.

Even with no vacation days during her career, Moore still gets _________ to work as a bus driver for Virginia Beach public schools. She’s seeing some former _________ grow up and have kids, whom Moore also took to school. “Moore’s absolutely _________. There’s a reason she hasn’t _________ a day,” people said. “She’s just _________ by her love for kids.” Though she doesn’t want it —Moore says she’s just doing her job—she is earning a little __________ as her tenure (任职) inches closer to the half-century mark.

The COVID-19 has seriously interrupted her school __________. When learning is virtual, Moore works to deliver food to 50 families, who wouldn’t __________ have it. Her consistency is __________ and she was nominated (提名) for the “Recognizing Inspirational School Employees Award”. The __________ will be announced in the spring.

Moore isn’t sure when she’ll quit. “If I didn’t __________ it, I wouldn’t be doing it,” she said.