2 . For most people, having things stolen feels like an offence. Robbie Pruitt admitted that he got ______ when he discovered the theft of his mountain bike last September. But soon enough, his______ took a turn. After letting go of his anger and frustration, he found himself on a road to sympathy ______ .

For Pruitt, a keen bicyclist, the first thing to do was ______ his stolen bike. But when he went bike shopping, he found few available, which got him thinking: What if the ______ of bikes was Covid-19 related, and what if the person who'd taken his bike really needed ______ to get to work?

With that thought in mind, Pruitt ______ a plan and posted it on the community website. He______ to fix bikes free of charge for anyone who needed it. He also asked for unwanted bikes, which he would repair-again______ . And then he would donate them to folks who could truly use them but didn't have the ______ to buy one.

The day the post went live, Pruitt received thirty ______ bicycles. Then came more than 500 enquiries for ______   information. By the end of 2020, Pruitt had repaired more than 140 for donation or to be ______ to their owners.

Pruitt tries to give his donations to families that are ______ struggling. ______ simply satisfying a material need, he has provided an opportunity for kids in his neighborhood to learn how to fix their own bikes.

In addition to ______ skills, Pruitt's lessons teach teamwork, encourage self-worth, and promote feelings of community. ______, the kids have gained a sense of accomplishment.

"It's a really great ______ for kids,“ said a neighbor in an interview with the local newspaper. "Pruitt is certainly providing a ______, but it's not just the bikes. It's the relationships in the community. It's the ______ he can make on people."

3 . A lady wanted a birthday gift from her husband. For many months she had liked a beautiful _________, and knowing her husband could _________ it, she told him that was all she wanted. On the morning of the _________, her husband told her how _________ he was to have such a good wife, and how much he loved her. He _________a beautiful gift package (纸盒). She opened it and _________ a Bible. _________, she raised her voice and said to her husband, "With all your money, you give me a Bible?" She was so _________ that she left him.

Many years passed and the lady was very_________ in business. She owned two large companies. She __________ her husband was very old, and thought perhaps she should go to __________ him. But before she could, she __________ a letter telling her that he had died, and gave all of his possessions (财产) to her. She needed to come back and __________ things.

When she arrived at his house, sadness __________ her heart. She saw the still new __________, just as she had left it years before. With __________, she opened it and began to turn the pages. A ring __________ from the Bible to the floor and a __________ could be seen. She picked it up and found it was the ring she wanted in those days. And on the card was the date of her birth, and the words "LOVE U ALWAYS".

__________ your gift is not packaged the way you want it, it's because it is better packaged the way it is! Always appreciate little things; they usually lead you to bigger things! The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched for they must be felt with the __________ .

4 . He could have placed it in a corner or could have sold it to a friend down the street or a stranger on a shopping website._________Dave Kellner, of Riegelsville, decided to share his beloved cello(大提琴) with a young musician with ability and ambition who didn't_________one.

On Friday, the 69-year-old man _________the Easton Area Middle School to _________present his cello to Anna Smith, a seventh- grader who plays in the school orchestra(管弦乐队).

Kellner _________the cello nine years ago when he retired and decided to start a_________. He spent two years trying to improve his skills, but the effects of arthritis(关节炎) made it_________for him to go on practising.

He could have _________the cello to the district's music programme. But he wanted it in the hands of a talented, serious-minded local_________who couldn't afford to purchase a cello. Donna Palmer, director of the school orchestra, said it was difficult to__________after narrowing down the field to three worthy students. __________the instrument was given to a 13-year-old who says she hopes to __________ the cello for the rest of her life.

Because of his kind act, Kellner will be able to experience the__________of hearing it played at spring musical concert. And knowing she has another fan in the__________could help keep Smith motivated to practise and perhaps eventually__________the cello.

Kellner's__________to reach out and improve the life of a talented, young musician is__________. A good cello can cost roughly $2, 000. That's a high__________for many poor families. In the hands of a child with talent and determination, it can__________a life. It is hoped that there are more Dave Kellners out there who understand the value of passing on a(n)__________musical instrument..

5 . I took a hard fall on my right wrist and hand in the middle of our third game of the high school basketball season. ______, that just happened to be my shooting hand.

According to a specialist, I had a major break in my radius (桡骨). Although bad news, I was ______relaxed to learn that I wouldn’t need an operation. Only time would ______ this wound. I was ______ to wear a cast (石膏) on my right wrist for eight weeks.

Almost immediately, due to the ______ of my shooting hand, I devoted myself to learning to ______ left-handed. It was a daily ______, but I was committed to using this time to ______ and come back even stronger than before.

Eight weeks later, my cast was finally ______. However, my right hand and wrist had become very ______ due to the eight weeks of inactivity. My previous shooting accuracy ______. I had to decide whether I should quit or devote myself to being the best I could be? Finally, I ______ the latter. I committed myself to a simple ______: to make 1,000 shots a day. I wanted to return to my pre-injury ______. A thousand shots a day is a major commitment, but I’m ______ to say I kept that commitment until my freshman year in college.

I finally ______ some major goals in basketball. Being ______ early in my career played a huge role in my development as a successful player. Adversity (逆境) presents ______. Never ever stop ______ yourself and go after your goals. My dream came true and it ______ 1,000 shots a day.

6 . I started playing the trumpet（小号）at 42.Learning new skills as an adult is _______ and more fun than you think.

Last February, I sat in a room with about 10 other people, all under age 12,waiting to take my _______ trumpet lesson. Learning to play was something I had _______ for years. But it wasn't _______ my husband gave me a trumpet as a birthday gift that I got the final _______ to give it a try.

I had___________ mastered a musical instrument before and there I was at 42,learning with a group of _______ ,mini Mozarts in my eyes. I was _______ and thrilled by the idea of starting something new.

As adults, we're _______ to go outside of our comfort zones. We may ________ looking foolish or making mistakes. However, there are ________ to be an adult learner. If you've chosen to explore a hobby, it's because you ________ want to. Thus you're ________ to learn. Another ________ thing is that you have more time and opportunity to try new things. Besides, keeping at hobbies makes us happier and could also make us more adaptable to the ________ in life.

Here's ________ my hobby works for me: I now take trumpet lessons once a week；when I started in February, I ________ my son that I'd learn to play “Happy Birthday” for him when he turned three in May. By doing this I gave myself a ________ and a deadline；and I even joined in an online summer performance.

It has been years since I tried the hobby in which I had no background, no connections, no basic ________ . I was curious to see if I could stick to it. As it ________ , I made it. So can anyone.

7 . An elderly woman is crediting (归功于) her neighbor's 4­year­old dog with saving her life during last week's dangerously cold temperatures.

Tim Curfman was ______ his garbage with his dog Midnight when he felt its ______ was unusual. It had its ears held up looking at him. It didn't ______ do that. Curfman got the feeling that something's ______. So he observed how his dog was acting and ______ it to a spot on the other side of his house. There, he saw his 87­year­old neighbor, Noreen, ______ in the snow. She was trying to fill her bird feeder when she fell.

Curfman ______ she was out there at least half an hour. She could not get up because she didn't have enough ______ to push herself up, and there was nothing around the corner to get a ______ of, either. The temperature was one degree below zero, but Curfman and Midnight were able to ______ her quickly.

Noreen, who didn't have serious injuries, was lucky to ______ frostbite (冻伤) even though her clothes were wet. Curfman called his wife and they together helped his neighbor up from the snow and into her ______， where his wife helped the elderly woman get into ______ clothes.

Noreen was ______ to Midnight for saving her life. “A dog like this ______ to be proud of because it's not every dog that pays attention to things like this，” Noreen said in an interview.

8 . I quit my office job in 2012. At that time, a strong sense of _______bothered me. I didn't have a clue what I wanted to do with my life. So I devoted myself to ___________I took acting lessons, traveled, volunteered on farms, and so forth. After a period of time, I realized my problem had _______changed. My idea bank was full of _______. I had countless ideas for what I could perform to _______ a meaningful life. However, the number of the choices I had made me _______. Being passionate(热诚的)about so many things, I didn't know what I should _________ to find a way forward.

By chance, 1 read a book written by Stephen Covey, in which he _______ that people "begin with the end in mind" when they need to make choices. The idea means knowing your final goal _______, and then you can more ____________ make the choices and take the ____________ steps to reach your goal. Thanks to Covey, I knew what I should ____________. I showed an interest in ____________at an early age, and hoped to make a difference some day. So my interest ____________ my final goal. And fortunately, after about two years of effort, now I have devoted myself to this ____________ work — a professional dancer.

In daily life, a large number of people may have the same ____________ of not knowing which one to choose when they have lots of ____________ for many things. According to my own experience, I have realized that in order to ____________the uncertainty about choosing, knowing the final goal first really matters. Not only did it help me know ____________ what should pursue, but it also functioned as a firm belief that ____________me to take action to make it.

9 . I had moved to Israel from my native India the year before,______to experience a new culture and undertake a Ph. D. However, my Ph. D.   adviser called me to his office and told me I was______from the lab because of some mistakes during the research. The first few days after my dismissal(解雇)was especially______.One day all I could do was to sit on a beach, crying as I looked out across the Mediterranean Sea and______what I should do. I could not______the news to my family in India, as the fear of______them overpowered me. I soon went into a state of depression and______

Around that time, I______Dasvidaniya, a Bollywood movie that’s about a man who is told by his doctor that he has 3 months to______ . He responded by reframing(重构)his______on life and making the most of his remaining months. Even though it is a common saying, one______from the movie stuck out to me：“When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” What kind of “lemonade” could I make out of my current situation?

After plenty of______,I told myself that one failed______was not the end of the world, and that I needed to give it another try. Within 2 months of that significant______in my adviser’s office, I______an offer from a Ph. D. program in Italy. I______it and resettled in Europe, happy that my goal of completing a Ph.D.   was______once again.

I’m thankful that I didn’t______my dream and that I found another professor willing to take me on. So, if you find yourself in a(n)______situation and life gives you lemons,______yourself：“How can I make lemonade?”

10 . A gentleman lost his family when young. He was homeless and went to the local_______every day. Although the church never let him in, they left one of the windows _______ so he could hear mass （弥撒曲）.It gave him _______and comfort. Many times we would bring him into our home for a hot shower, or a hot meal. Those were the times when his eyes lit up, almost like he_______ everything he was going through.

Every winter I would get nervous for him and other_______people. I would take blankets and gloves to hand out. It never felt like _______ . This winter was the _______ . One night, concerned about our friend, I headed out with warm food and extra blankets. I found our friend's _______ but didn't hear a sound. Worried, I opened the tent and was _______ by what I saw. Another elder gentleman that was new to town was sleeping________ under a pile of blankets. Our friend had ________ him with all of the blankets to keep him ________ .Our friend sacrificed himself so another fellow human could ________ a cold night.

Our friend was buried in our local cemetery （墓地）.The only people that ________ were our town's few homeless people, my husband, my dogs and me. No matter how many blankets I buy, it will never be enough, but it's ________ . The whole society should make efforts.