2 . Each year, eight children in an average class in the UK are unable to read well when they leave primary school. Volunteers are welcome to join Bookmark, a non-profit organization to help ________this. With Bookmark you will brighten the futures of primary school children. Sally, a Bookmark volunteer, has a story to ________.

Sally joined Bookmark as a volunteer in 2021 when she had retired and wanted to________her time to others. Before volunteering with Bookmark, she had never worked with________beginning the sessions was indeed a step out of her ________zone. Sally felt a real________       to Bookmark’s mission and believed the challenge would ________.

“Volunteering has made me feel more________.I feel I am making a difference, however________it is. I get huge________from engaging with children and making them laugh as we read in a(n) ________ way. All the pupils I have read with so far have become________ and eager to learn. The sessions do make you think on your feet somewhat, trying to explain what words mean and trying to________a child’s comprehension of a story. I’ve also really________chatting to them and listening to them making up stories. Reading for pleasure is providing a________into learning   and a world of opportunities.“

3 . Smith brought his three-month-old son out for breakfast one day. He was playing with his son and tending to him while eating, and just doing his _________ thing.

But then he noticed a _________ staring at him. He was _________. “What is going on?” “They kept _________ at me,” he wrote in a post.

As it _________, the strangers were just happy to see a dad spending time with his son, and they felt inspired while watching the _________. Smith had no way of knowing that until he paid for his meal. He was given by the waiter a _________ from the couple, saying what a great father he was and that they would like to leave some _________ for his meal.

“Today your meal is on my wife and me,” it read. “_________ that baby as long as possible. The Masons.”

For Smith, it was a happy moment of reassurance (认可) and feeling __________. He was touched by the generosity and noted that he didn’t have a father figure growing up, so spending this time with his son is super __________ to him.

He wrote that he’ll share this __________ with his son when he’s older and that he wants to teach him kindness and about the __________ of giving back.

“I make sure I’m __________,” Smith wrapped. “I get blessed — I want to __________ someone else.”

4 . Born with severe hearing loss, Li has found her way to communicate with the world — through painting. Drawing was not only her way of coping with a ________childhood, but has also opened for her a door to creativity and a way of ________ . Moreover, painting led Li to meet her husband Hu Shiqun, who lost his hearing due to medication.

After graduation, Li got a job as a typist. ________ job as it was, Li was not happy because the previous feeling of loneliness came back. In March 2016, Li ________the job and joined her husband’s company to be a wall painter.

From then on, in many parks and scenic spots in Hunan Province, the couple have ________ large-scale murals (壁画) and interactive pavement painting. Under their ________, the pavements are transformed into fantastical scenes. For Li, their creations can make art more ________ to the public and become a way for them to ________ with the world.

Now Li has apprentices (学徒) and ________ more and more newcomers on how to create large-scale murals. Besides, Li and her husband have set up a studio in Shanghai to ________ more business opportunities.

Although they are just a small number among the country’s 27 million hearing-impaired population, Li hopes that their stories can ________ more people facing similar battles to build their own careers and achieve their goals, ________ how tough it may be.

According to Li, “Painting brushes can help me create a colorful world in my imagination, telling my thoughts on paper, instead of through ________. My husband and I want to ________painting to more people like us, helping them to fight social ________ that we can not fully participate in social activities. ”

6 . On a busy Monday morning, I was moved to tears by what I saw in a freezing cold train station. It’s not ________ that you get to feel the best of ________ in train stations. After all, it is the place where people ________ from one end to the other, where they quickly buy a snack and where they wait ________ for their often delayed mode of transportation.

It was a blink-and-you-miss-it kind of moment. ________ as I walked out into the main hall on my way to my next connection, I saw a young woman put something next to a ________ homeless man. I was ________ and I wondered if she had put some money there. ________, I saw a sandwich between the bench he was sleeping on and his blanket. What made this moment so ________ to me was that it was done without leaving a name, that it was not about ________, but to help a person ________ and make his life just a little more ________.

This made me feel that even the smallest thing can make a ________. I can’t help but wonder about all the other little acts of ________ that happen every day and go ________. And what a gift it is when you get to witness them.

7 . There was an oak tree in my yard, close to where neighbors parked their cars. One day I saw a big bird surrounding a baby squirrel (松鼠), as if _________it. So I picked up a rock, and being_________   to aim, I threw the rock at the bird ... but the stone bounced off a _________ breaking the windshield (挡风玻璃) of a new white Prius car. My blood ran cold.

In   _________ yet calmly, I put my personal information under the windshield, went back inside and watched to   _________ which neighbor's car window I destroyed. Later a young man came to he Prius and I ran out to _________ the accident and promised to _________. He was a mild and gentle man. He called his relatives — my neighbors, who were also very _________. After some   _________, I knew that they planned to attend a wedding party ... and now they had no car! I quietly cried   __________ but that made this family even kinder — they __________ me and decided to take a taxi.

The very next day I received a   __________   from an agent of the man's insurance office. In a(an)   __________ voice of further kindness, she accepted my explanation of how this accidental damage occurred and agreed to __________ all.

I was impressed by the example set by everyone concerned and what   __________   looked like.

8 . There are some disabled people in the world who fight an unseen battle within themselves every day. They never cry and ________, but with a big smile on their face. I call such people ________ because they know the art of living life.

Six-and-a-half years back, I was in a car accident. The driver slept, and the car fell in the ditch, as a result of which, I suffered ________ injuries: the radius and ulna(槎骨和尺骨) on my right arm were ________; three vertebrae of my backbone were crushed. But what ________ my life and personality completely was the spinal cord(脊髓) injury. We did try to find an ambulance but ________, so I was thrown in the back of a pother jeep, and then ________ to the nearby hospital. Unfortunately, I was ________ for there was no first aid. After several attempts, I finally ended up in a comparatively better hospital, where I ________ three major and two minor surgeries.

The days I spent in the hospital were ________. I was in severe pain, especially ________, I was fed up with wearing the hospital gown, looking at the white walls, sitting idle. I was so ________ that I felt life was almost pointless and ________. But then I realized that instead of crying for what I had lost, I had people around who were concerned about me. Thus, there came the best ________ that I took in my entire life — painting, a magic way to color my life.

That’s how this ________ helped me in exploring an artist in me and how this art kept me alive through the whole journey.

9 . When I was a teenager, I was invited to a formal dance party. I was _________, but also nervous about what to wear. Mom suggested I wear high heels (高跟鞋).

“Mom, I don’t know if I can wear these,” I said, feeling _________. “Don’t worry, sweetie. Just take small _________ and keep your weight centered,” she suggested.

As I arrived at the party, I tried to be _________ and act like everything was fine. But _________ struck when I stepped onto the dance floor. I _________ my own feet, falling to the ground in front of everyone.

I quickly got up and laughed it off, pretending like it was _________. But deep down, I felt like a tomato, wanting to _________.

My friend Lilly helped me _________ that incident and managed me another high heels as a support so that nobody would understand my hesitation. But a little bit __________ continued in my mind.

When I returned home, I told Mom I felt like a complete __________ at the party. “It’s okay. You tried something new, and it didn’t go as __________. But that’s how we learn and grow. Don’t be too __________ on yourself and wear what you feel __________ in,” Mom said, giving me a hug.

From that day forward, I stuck to flat shoes. I learned to __________ my true self and not worry about what others thought.

10 . Thursday would be huge. But when coach announced the championship game would be a night game on Thursday, Devin's heart _______. The concert was at the same time as the game. And Ms. Poltis had _______ Devin to sing a brief solo (独唱). Thinking the soccer team was on the edge of a title and he was a big reason — he _______ the league in scoring, Devin frowned (皱眉). He couldn't disappoint his team by _______ the game.

That night, Devin lay in bed, staring at the trophies (奖杯) from races, baseball leagues and free-throw contests which _______ his shelves. The solo was only four lines in the middle of a song, but the thought of singing _______ made him shiver (颤抖). He'd never sung a solo before. Now it was a relief to know he didn't have to. The soccer game was a perfect _______. While at the moment Ms. Poltis' words came to his mind "I chose you not because you're the best singer but because you work hard, like the person in the song. And you have a very nice voice. So don't be nervous. Be proud." It was no secret that several other choir members had _______ singing voices than he did. But he liked the song, and he _______ how kind and inspiring Ms. Poltis always was. Finally Devin made a choice and whispered the solo with ________, "no matter how hard the struggle. I will never let you down…"