1 . Age is truly just a number if our hearts are young. Lee Minor, an 85-year-old retired psychologist, has________this by finishing his 600th marathon race with 32 members of his family by his side. “Runners don’t have a________line. We just keep going,” he toldGood Morning America. “I felt________running with my family.” Minor has been running three days a week since 1969, and his heart is filled with enthusiasm for running.

“I like to run in all kinds of________. It is so childish as the rain touches your face. And I love to come here after snow and you watch your________as you go along.” he concluded.

Minor’s enthusiasm for running is________. “It is my joy. And I want to live as long as I can. And I mean live, not________.” His words ring true for Ron Robert, a man diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease who decided to ________ a three-year bachelor of artsprogram at King’s University College in London, Ontario. “I was always taught early in life that the brain is like the most ________instrument we have in our body,” said Robert.

Last fall, Robert graduated from the university, despite the challenges of his illness. “When I went across the stage, and as I’m getting my________, the kids all stood up andyelled and clapped,” he________. “I had to hold back the tears. It was something else, just wonderful.” He hopes that his story will give hope to others facing________difficulties. “There will come a time when I won’t be able to, and I fully________that. Butin the meantime, I’m living a full life.”

The stories of Minor and Robert are reminders that age and illness need not________us. We can choose to pursue our________and live life to the fullest, no matter whatchallenges we may face.

2 . 15-year-old Romemylion Mitchell took the whole world by storm when his act went viral. The young boy lived right across the street from his elderly friends, Trent and Cianne Joyner, and had started taking a keen interest in their _________, watching over them like their guardian _________.

He visited his elderly neighbors on a regular _________, helping them with their day-to-day tasks. Mitchell took Trent to the grocery store,_________the grass for him, and helped him with whatever he needed. He stayed by Cianne’s side when she was_________, showering her with hugs and _________.

His secret act of kindness was _________ by the elderly couple’s daughter Tiki Joyner Edwards, who didn’t live with her parents but came to visit them whenever she could. His considerate _________ moved the old couple’s daughter, who _________ the story online.

Edwards added, “What a ______________ and I just wanted to pass on something heartwarming instead of the sad news we see and hear every day.”

______________, such selfless acts of kindness are proof enough that there is still so much light and hope left in this world.

While social distancing has become the order of the day, there’s still a lot we can do to care for the ______________ members of our community. If you happen to have any senior citizens as your neighbors, you can always ______________ to them with a simple “hello”.

Lending them a helping hand, like buying ______________, mowing their lawn, or just bringing them food, can help ______________ their mood. Let your older neighbors know they can ______________ it that you will not only ______________ things for them but also help you feel ______________ and happy.

We need more people like Mitchell to ______________ the light of hope and positivity, especially in times of ______________ and despair.

3 . One day, Joyce Chancellor purchased an old diary at auction. She was _______ to research the diarist, wondering how important the diary could be to his or her _______.

The inside front cover had the name and address of Mattie Leola. The diary chronicled (按事件发生顺序记载) events in a young professional woman’s life over a five-year period, including her college _______ in 1931, her first teaching position the next year, and her other experiences.

_______ from the diary led Chancellor to documents on websites and Chancellor learned that Mattie was born to a couple who had been enslaved. Years later, she was making _______ .In the 1930s, Mattie became the first African American woman to be principal in the Detroit School District. “Given the fact of the political and general _______ during that time towards people of color, Mattie defied the odds (排除万难),” Chancellor says.

Eventually the diary provided an important clue about Mattie’s possible descendants: an/a _______ that simply read “He asked me to _______ him tonight!” Census (人口普查) records led Chancellor to one son, Robert. Searches on Google and social media _______ his address — in Arizona.

After several ________, Robert finally responded to a private Facebook message from Chancellor and agreed to a ________. “I gave Robert the diary and showed him where his father had proposed to his mother,” Chancellor recalls. “He went on to tell me that Mattie had kept ________, as an adult, but he had never seen one from prior to her getting married. He was ________. Looking at him, one could tell how much it meant to him. ”

“Returning the diary to Mattie’s son was a/an ________ experience,” says Chancellor. “It was an amazing journey getting to know her. Mattie made her ________ in this world, and she will not be forgotten.”

4 . My father was always able to cheer me on to complete any task. No matter what I _______, “Tomorrow will be a better day” were the words he _______ hundreds if not thousands of times.

In my mid-twenties, still trying to _______ what I wanted to do with my life, I realized I was frequently changing _______because of a difficult economic (经济的) downturn. Even though I lived in a common apartment, which meant being rich in others’ eyes, I was _______.

When my father called one day to invite me out for dinner, I almost _______ him. But I will always be thankful that I _______ joined him that evening. What he said to me when he finally drove me home changed my life and my entire _______ about life.

He asked why I looked so_______. I looked at him with tears in my eyes and said that I felt so       ________ . Hugging me to his side, he told me, “You may be broke, but you aren’t poor at all. ‘Broke’ means you don’t have any money, but ‘poor’ means you don’t have any   ________. Tomorrow will be a better day.”

Now, I’m still________ every time I share these wise words with others. There have been more ________ in my life since that cold winter night, but I’ve never forgotten the lesson my father taught me. Hope has kept me ________ thick, thin and even thinner.________ that dinner with my dad, I know it always will.

8 . An article published by Hangzhou Daily has touched millions of readers with the _________ story of “genius” translator Jin Xiaoyu and his father, Jin Xingyong.

The 85-year-old father gave an _________ of his son’s story. “My son is a genius. He is in a mental hospital and his mother just _________ today.” he said. Jin was _________ with bipolar disorder(双相障碍症)at a young age. To control his condition, he has _________ a local special hospital since 1992. In 1993, he began to learn foreign languages by watching foreign _________. What’s more, Jin has read almost every foreign language _________ in Zhejiang Library. Some friends of his mother’s were looking to translate eight novels. Hearing about his _________ , they sent Ship Fever to give him a _________ .

Over the past decades, he has __________ 22 books from English, Japanese and German. More than 10 of his translations have been __________ . However, Alzheimer’s disease __________ his mother’s physical health. While __________ with his own disease, Jin __________ looked after his mother. Though translation work and caring for his mother left Jin __________ time to even think about his mental __________ , his condition did not let him off. In November, 2021, Jin was taken to a local hospital for treatment, __________ his last chance to see his mother. His story began to __________ in the newspaper. The father said the story’s publication is the fulfillment of his “long-held” __________ . Jin has returned home from the __________ and his latest translated book will be published soon.

9 . Glenda and Raphael Savitz got married and moved to Newton two years later. The Savitzs found themselves _______ into the neighborhood with truly open arms. The neighborhood was the type of place where you’d be happy to _______ a family.

Three months after the move, Glenda gave birth to Judy. _______, a series of tests revealed (显示) the little girl was born deaf. The couple were completely _______ and they knew bringing up Judy was going to take some serious work and _______.

Meanwhile, the neighborhood were mindful of what a _______ the situation was for the parents. So they wanted to do something to make things _______ for the family. They decided to learn American Sign Language and _______ the responsibility as a group to help Judy learn to communicate as she _______. Keeping a secret to the Savitzs, the ________ hired Mr Green, a sign language instructor, to teach them. Mr Green ________ all the signs and symbols of the language in total silence，which was not an easy process for the beginners. ________ as the learning was，for the ________ of their youngest member, they continued to work hard. They wanted ________ to communicate with the little girl and also give her parents a big ________.

Finally, after several months’ ________, the day came when the neighbors decided to show the Savitzs what they had ________ at the Community Centre. As soon as the family arrived, they were ________ by the welcoming signs of their neighbors, which Glenda ________   as one of the most emotional experiences she’d ever felt.

Now, the little girl has grown from a shy toddler (学步的幼童) into a model for her peers, which makes all the neighbors so proud that they all are the ________ in her growth.

10 . The gifts had been placed around the base of the Christmas tree for about a month. Rufus, our senior dog, hadn’t even taken a look at them. The Christmas morning was_________, though, because he_________as my daughter tore(撕) the paper off her_________and shouted cheerfully at what she found. Next, it was my husband’s_________. He_________the packing more carefully than our daughter had. Then, me._________, it was time for Rufus’s gift. We were_________to give it to him.

It was a new, large_________for Rufus. We didn’t_________it up in Christmas paper like the other gifts; we just brought it downstairs and laid it in front of him,__________him to check it out for a few seconds and then jump up,__________, and almost immediately start snoring(打鼾).

However, Rufus had other__________. He was one of the__________and everyone else had torn the outside paper of their gifts away to__________the true prizes underneath. He started to check it out the way we wanted him to, but the lying-on-it part never__________. As all of us humans__________doing one thing or another, Rufus had torn the “packing paper” off his gift while no one was watching. The__________spread across the floor and went up from the middle of the bed.

Rufus had followed the____________and done what everyone else did. But things didn’t turn out just the way they were__________to. We should have packed the bed in shinning Christmas paper just like all the other gifts, to be wise after the event. We’ve learned a__________from it.