1 . Faced with a medical emergency, most people would freeze or panic, ______ a child. But Suzie McCash, then just four, not only kept a calm head but took ________ action to save her mom’s life.

Suzie, from North Tyneside, had just returned home with her mom Rowena. But as soon as Rowena ________ through the door of their house, she began to feel dizzy. Rowena ______ from a life-theatening allergy to salicylates (水杨酸盐), ______ in oranges and almonds. Within minutes, she had collapsed in the hallway, ______ to breathe.

With dad Wiliam at work, it was ______ little Suzie to save her mom’s life.

She carefully described her mother’ s situation to the ______ call operator, “Mommy had an allergic shock. I then got her medicine to make her feel ______.” Then Suzie was asked if she could ______ the front door of her home, and replied, “I can’t really reach the lock, but I’ll have a ______.” When doctors and nurses arrived, Suzie managed to let them in, and they were able to give lifesaving ______ to Rowena.

“Her dad and I told her she must have ______ because we have no idea how she managed to open the front door on her own!” Rowena later said. “When she was little she loved playing ______, which helped her stay calm and remember what to do in an emergency. I’m so _____ Suzie saved my life.”

2 . Yesterday, my 15-year-old brother Tommy had a fight with my 12-year-old brother Kevin. Later, I heard Kevin crying (哭) in his room. I _________ outside his room and asked, “Kevin, do you want to talk?” No one spoke. I tried again. Still _________ happened.

So, I took some cards and wrote, “If you don’t, you can write your problems on them, and we can try to find some good _________ to solve them.”

An hour later I was still sitting on the floor outside his _________ with two pieces of paper in my hands. One was new and the other was from Kevin. As I _________ it, tears (眼泪) came to my eyes. It said, “Nobody in this family _________ me. Tommy thought I was too noisy and Dad wished to have another kid because I can’t study well. You’re _________ around to stay with me.”

He was right about my part. I wrote back, “Kevin, I do love you and you know that. I’m here for you and everyone loves you in this _________.” After a while, a piece of _________ appeared with “Thanks for loving me” on it.

From then on, Kevin and I have a __________ relationship. When one of us feels that the other is unhappy, we’ll smile and say “Write it on a piece of paper”.

3 . A man was driving home when he saw a car stuck on the side of the road. So he _______ behind the car and got out. Even with a smile on his face, the lady was still _______ . He said, “I’m here to help you. By the way, my name is Bryan.”

All the problem she had was a _______ tire, which was bad enough for a lady. Bryan helped change the _______ , making hands dirty and hurt. She couldn’t thank him enough for coming to her _______ . She asked him how much she owed him. He never thought twice about the _______ . This was helping someone in _______ .

He waited until she _______ her car and drove off. It was a cold day, but he felt _______ as he headed for home.

Halfway the lady stopped to grab a bite to______at a small cafe. A waitress came over with a sweet smile. She ______ that the waitress was nearly eight months pregnant. After the meal, when the waitress went to get the _____ for her hundred dollar bill, she left __________ . The waitress found the words on the napkin under which was four $100 bills—“Somebody once helped me out, and I won’t let this __________ of love end with me.”

That night when the waitress got home, she shared the story with her husband and whispered, “With the __________ due next month, it may be hard, but everything’s gonna be all right, Bryan.”

4 . Ray had a wonderful family and lived very happily. He had four grandchildren, and they all came to see him _______ their holidays. One day, Ray was preparing to welcome them as usual: cleaning the house and cooking delicious food. _______ he was working, he lost his favorite watch which was a _______ from his deceased(已故的) wife. Ray loved the watch very much, and he was very sad.

When his grandchildren arrived, they_______ him they would find the watch. One granddaughter asked, “Grandpa, where did you see the watch last _______ it went missing?” Ray replied, “Maybe in the barn(谷仓)!” The children searched there for more than two hours _______ could not find it.

One of his grandsons wanted to search the barn _______, and Ray asked why he was going there. The little boy didn’t explain but asked _______ not to follow him. A moment later, he rushed back to his grandfather, “I found it!” He shouted. Ray was _______ and asked how he made it. The little boy replied, “I stood in the barn ________ making any noise, and tried my best to keep silent. After a few ________, I heard the sound of tick tick. At last, I ________ the watch from the hay(干草).” After hearing his words, Ray hugged the little boy and ________ him very much.

The story tells us if we ________ calm, we can find a solution. This shows the power of ________

5 . There was an old couple who had been married for 40 years. They loved each other deeply and went on dates together. Every time they went out for supper, the husband would order pie for dessert, which became their ________.   Although the wife always ________ to order any, she would ________ the first bite of his pie every time.

But then the husband began to develop a type of disease. He started to slowly ________ who his wife was. It ________ progressed to the point where he didn’t recognize his wife at all and became troubled by living with a ________.

He moved out of the house and into a nursing home. She was ________. However, she thought of good ________to help him recover. She would visit him with items (物品) that he loved before, but he never knew who she was. Even seeing pictures of them together from their past ________ him.

One of the doctors ________ the wife to start taking him on a few dates like before, so that the husband could gain a new kind of familiarity with her. The wife accepted his suggestion. So she took him to a ________ they had been going to their whole lives and had dinner. Afterwards he ordered pie, and without thinking she stole the first bite of it. The husband looked________, and was ready to leave. But ________ he stopped and seemed shocked, and then started ________ .

Everything had come back. His wife’s ________ made him get back to who he was. Tears came to his eyes once more. They moved back together and enjoyed their lives again.

6 . “If there is no sun, turn to the stars; if you can’t be seen, sing louder...” These are the lyrics of a song written by a rock band made up of people with rare_________.

The eight amateur(业余的)_________ were all born in the 1980s and only _________ at charity events. In real life, they all have jobs but meet _________ on Wednesday nights for rehearsals(排练) to _________ their music skills.

“What we want to show to the public through our music is that _________ doesn’t mean the end of the road. We can also make our _________ heard in our own way. Our aim is to draw attention to people with rare diseases and to _________ the way others look at them,” said Su Jiayu, the band leader. He has Marfan syndrome, a rare disease with major _______: thinness and tallness.

In 2005, the two founders of the band, Wang Yiou and Cui Ying, who also have a rare disease,________ that there was no Chinese band representing people like them. So they __________ the band.

Its __________ are from different backgrounds, all with rare illnesses, but with a shared desire to__________ themselves through music. None of them had had __________ of writing a song or known how to play an instrument __________, but they never thought of ________. Ma Ge, a genius guitarist of the famous Sky band, was __________ by their performance at a charity event. He decided to ________ the young group to reach a higher level.

In 2019, the band released their first album, __________ 10 original songs written by the band members themselves. And they __________ to release their second album this autumn.

7 . When Jackson Johnson’s grandfather, affectionately known as Papa Rick, began to lose his_________—the result of chemotherapy（化疗）for a rare cancer, Jackson wanted to find a way to make him feel_________.

The 11-year-old_________his own head, and went to visit Papa. “Hey, Papa!” he said,_________the cap. “I thought we could_________a new club together!” Papa was just quite_________ because Jackson would do something like that. But for Jackson, it was no big_________—of course he would support Papa.

Kids at school, however, didn’t_________it. On his way to his first class, another student called him “Bald Boy”, and the_________continued, transforming Jackson’s pride into insecurity. When the principal Tim Hadley__________that, he decided to send a message.

Hadley__________a school meeting, and invited Jackson to share Papa’s__________. When he asked who knew someone with cancer, most students__________their hands. “For us to__________somebody else’s reaction to cancer is wrong,” Hadley said. He decided to give Jackson a（n）__________for his bravery and then announced that he would shave his head, so that he too could__________Papa solidly. Sitting on the chair, Hadley__________Jackson a pair of clippers（理发剪）. Sure enough, Jackson gave his principal a cut__________like his own. “He’s probably the__________principal ever,” Jackson said.

“The lesson is this,” said Hadley. “If you truly believe in something, go for it even if it’s__________.”