1 . My husband Adlai and I often went camping to celebrate special occasions. In fact, our anniversary (周年纪念日) was coming up. But this time I felt a sense of _________ . I couldn’t help thinking about my journal (日记本).

For birthdays and anniversaries, _________ giving each other cards that we were not interested in, Adlai and I wrote letters. For nine years, I’d written almost all of mine in a journal. For our eighteenth anniversary, we had gone camping. After a hike, we returned to _________ our letters. But the campsite was _________ by a bear. Our tent fell down. Worst of all, my journal was _________. We searched for hours, but it was _________.

I never _________ . I always wanted to have back those nine years of letters! One day, I came home to find a car in our driveway. Two _________ stood in the yard with Adlai. Adlai held up a weather-beaten book. My journal! The woman and her husband had _________ it weeks earlier in the underbrush. She was __________ when reading my love letters. “We only have your first names, so it is a bit __________ to find you. Luckily, we make it,” the woman said.

As a result of their their__________, I could hug my journal again. I just couldn’t thank them more. There are always people in the world who show__________ to others. What the couple did doesn’t __________ change our lives, but it can certainly change the way we __________ about life.

2 . It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr. Leonard _______ a little dog going around his camp trying to _______ herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any,” Leonard thought. Like all_______, he had packed just enough for the whole _______. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a_______ to win.

The next day, at the starting line, the dog_________ him again. He waved her away, _______ she might be stepped on by the runners. _________, the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race _________. That night the dog snuggled (偎依) up to Leonard and even __________ to get a little food from him. By then, he was determined to________ her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven-day race, with Gobi __________ a distance of 125km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a ________ — he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race__________ my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her, __________ just focusing on winning,” said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more________, giving me a lot of pleasure.”

As Leonard was preparing to get Gobi home, she was ________. With a group of 20 local volunteers coming to his ________, he finally found her. After that, Leonard never let Gobi out of his ________. Now Gobi’s favorite activity is still running, and she __________ does at least 8km a day with Leonard up the hills.

4 . James Cook and his wife Samantha Jones started their beekeeping work eight years ago and have gained much experience. They are _______at solving the problems their bees face. The year 2020 was their year to go into business _______after working several years for other beekeepers, when they were in California’s huge farms.

In the spring, the farms were full of white flowers that _______into nuts. The crop was possible because of the many beekeepers who _______ with their hives (蜂巢) to pollinate (授粉) the nation’s crops.

Then the coronavirus (冠状病毒) health crisis hit. Cook and Jones became _______. “Do we stay? Do we go?” they asked each other. By that time, they had taken their hives from California’s San Joaquin Valley to another temporary home. Their plan was to let the bees _______the agricultural work and their contact with farm chemicals. So, they decided to _______the coronavirus restrictions in California. There, they set out to create their _______, Bird and the Bees Honey.

This summer, Cook and Jones and their small crew worked day and night to build a honey _______. They were ________tired and in debt because they took ________to get the business up and running. But they were also ________. Unlike other agricultural crops, honey can be ________for a long time. That is a good thing for Cook and Jones, because coronavirus restrictions have left them with fewer places to sell their products.

Cook, who is 35, said, “Starting a business in these difficult times is hard but it pays to do it. The experience will make us ________.” I think beekeeping taught me --you kind of need to look for the ________and the beauty that you can find,” he says.

5 . We were sitting in the doctor’s waiting room when my father said something that ______ me. “Are you my daughter or my sister? ” My heart broke as I stared at him.

The doctor told us my father had Alzheimers (阿尔茨海默病). It was a big _______ for me. I was facing a battle on two fronts, emotional and physical, and I was ______ for it. The disease didn’t snatch him away suddenly. Instead, it slowly ______ him. It made me sad to watch my father hide his ______ to read the clock.

As the disease continued to progress, his behaviors became ______ . We had to face another painful fact — we could no longer provide my father with the level of ______ to keep him safe at home. He ______ to move to a skilled nursing home.

Babies are born helpless; parents keep on _____ . Children grow up and learn that relationships are reciprocal (相互的). However, the parent-child relationship isn’t ______ . The parents remain the giver, and the children remain the taker. That is the natural order of the world — ______ the child becomes the parents caregiver.

When a(n) ______ appears, we can do something to change the fact. _______ , my father is alive and taken good care of in the nursing home. If he can _______ the illness, then I can make it. I will give him everything he deserves to have as a great father. And we will be awarded(奖励) a(n) ______ future by doing our best.

6 . Tell mommy I love her

John had been on the road visiting customers for more than three weeks. It was coming up on Mother’s Day. He said to himself, “I’ll _________ Mom some roses.”

He went into the small shop and saw a boy_________ to the clerk."How many roses can I get for six dollars, ma’am?" the boy asked. The clerk was trying to _________ that roses were expensive._________ the young man would be happy with camations(康乃馨).

“No. I _________ have roses,” he said, “My Mom was sick so much last year and I didn’t get to spend much time with her. I want to get something _________.It has to red roses, because that’s her favorite.”

The clerk_________ John and was just shaking her head.Something inside John was _________ by the boy’s voice. He looked at the clerk and _________ mouthed that he would pay for the boy’s roses.

The clerk looked at the young man and said, “Okay, I will give you a dozen red roses __________ your six dollars.” The young man__________ jumped into the air.He took the flowers and ran from the store.

John __________ his own flowers and had the clerk be __________ that delivery would include a note telling his mother how much he loved her. __________ he drove away from the shop, he saw the young boy walking down the sidewalk. He __________ him cross the street and enter a cemetery(墓地). The young man stopped by a small monument and went on his knees.He __________ laid the roses on the grave and began to sob. John heard the young man speak. “Mommy oh Mommy __________ didn’t I tell you how much I love you? Jesus please, find my Mommy. __________ my Mommy I love her.”

John__________ tears in his eyes, and walked back to his car. He drove quickly to the florist and told her he would take the flowers__________.

8 . Pete Richards was the loneliest and hopeless man in town after his beloved girl was killed in a car crash. He owned a shop from his grandfather, which mainly sold _________ things: bracelets (手镯) worn a century ago, gold rings and silver boxes decades ago.

On this Christmas Eve a small girl was standing there, her sincere and big eyes_________ each treasure. Finally she straightened up with _________ and entered the store merrily. “Mister,” she began, “Would you please let me look at that necklace in the window?”

Pete parted (分开) the cloth and _________ a necklace. The blue stones shone brightly _________ Pete’s pale hand. Looking at the little customer, who had yellow hair and sea blue eyes, just like his lost girlfriend’s, Pete felt _________deep inside. He studied her, “How much money do you have? Are you buying it for someone?”

“The necklace is just _________,” said the child. “This will be the first Christmas since mother died. I've been looking for the most wonderful present for my sister.” “I _________ my bank,” she poured out several pennies on the counter (柜台).

Looking at the trusting look of her blue eyes, Pete drew back the necklace. How could he tell her the high price? _________, he turned towards the back of the store without warning.

Over his shoulder he __________, “What’s your name?” He was very busy about something.

“Jean Grace.” When Pete turned to where Jean Grace waited, a package __________ in his hand. “There you are,” he said shortly. “Don’t lose it on the way home.”

“You paid the __________ price anyone can ever pay,” he said. “And it’s my __________ that I have no one to give anything to. Will you let me see your __________ and wish you a Merry Christmas at your door?” She smiled happily at him and nodded.

To the sound of many bells, Pete Richards and a girl whose name he had yet to learn walked home, and walked into the beginning of the great day that brings __________ into the world for both.

10 . Wallet Back

This is a story about a learning experience that had a big effect on the way that I live my life. The ______ in the story did not give me tests or even grade me on my work. I was taught by one of the most effective ______ of teaching, one that only people with lots of love can do.

“My wallet! Where is it?” were my first words ______ I found my wallet was missing. I______ my memory for a few good seconds, then realized that I had left my precious wallet in the library’s public ______!

Because the library was now ______, I had to wait until the next morning to look for it. When I got there the next day, all I found was a clean restroom. This was the first time I could remember ever ______ to see a clean restroom. As I walked out, I looked at myself in the mirror and shook my head at the ______ fool in front of me.

I politely ______ the librarian at the front desk and asked her if a wallet had been found in the restroom yesterday. “No.” I walked off with a sense of ______.

I ______ what I would do if I had found a wallet containing sixty dollars, a phone card and many other irreplaceable ______ things. Finally, I ______ accepted the fact that my wallet was gone.

A week later, I received a ______. It was my wallet. And most ______, nothing was missing! But there was a little yellow sheet of paper folded up in one of the wallet pockets that had not been there before. I slowly unfolded the paper, which ______ something like this:

When we continue to help around, we will live in a larger and more rewarding world.

This person didn’t even leave a return address. So I couldn’t ______ whoever it was. From that day on, I ______ myself that I will follow this ______ and help others and make them as ______ as I was when I opened that parcel！