1 . John’s parents acquired the washer when he was a small boy. It happened during World War Ⅱ. His family never _______ a washing machine and, since gasoline was expensive, they could not _______ trips to the laundry several miles away. Keeping clothes _______ became a problem for young John’s household.

A family friend joined the army, and his wife _______ to go with him. John’s family _______ to store their furniture while they were away. To the family’s _______, the friend suggested they use their Bendix. So this is how they _______ the washer.

Young John helped with the washing, and across the years he _______ a love for the old, green Bendix. But _______ the war ended. When the friends came to take it back, John grew terribly ________. His mother ________ him and said. “You must remember, that machine ________ belonged to us in the first place. That we ever got to use it at all was a gift. So, instead of being mad at it being taken ________, let’s use this ________ to be grateful that we had it at all.”

The lesson turned out ________. Years later, John watched his eight-year-old daughter die a slow and painful death of leukemia (白血病). Though he ________ for months with her death, John could not begin getting over from the ________ until he remembered the old Bendix.

His daughter was a ________. When he realized the simple fact, everything changed. He could now begin recovering from the death of his daughter. He started to see her as a marvelous gift that he was fortunate enough to ________ for a time. He felt ________. He found strength and recovery. He knew he could get through the valley of loss.

3 . From the window of my room, I could see a tall cotton - rose hibiscus (木棉树). In spring, when green leaves were half _______ by mist, the tree looked very attractive. _______ with red flowers. This inspiring neighbor of mine often _______ my mind working. I regarded it as my best friend _______.

However, when I opened the window one morning, to my amazement, the tree was almost _______ beyond recognition as a a result of the storm _______ the night before. I was seized with a sudden sorrow at the thought “all the flowers are to fall” I could not help _______ with emotion: the course of life never runs _______, for there are so many ups and downs. _______ twists and turns. The process of my life saw my beloved friends parting one after another. Isn’t it ________ to the flowers falling off the tree in the wind?

This event ________ from my memory as time went by. One day after I came home. I found the room hard to breathe in and opened the window ________. Something outside caught my ________ and impress me. It was a plum tree (李树) with flowers ________ beautifully by the sunset. The surprise discovery filled me with pleasure. I wondered ________ I had no idea of some tough life restarting over the fallen petals (花瓣) when I felt sorry for the hibiscus.

When the last petal ________, all the admiration for the hibiscus disappeared as if nothing was left, until the landscape was again decorated with the red plum flowers to ________ people of life’s alternation and continuity. Can’t it be said that life is actually a symphony, a harmonious ________ of loss and gain.

Standing by the window lost in thought for a long time, I realized that no scenery in the world remains ________. As long as you keep your heart bathed in the sun, every dawn will present a fine start for you and the world will always be about ________ hopes.

Tell anyone who has inspired you how they have inspired you.

4 . When struggling to reach a goal, don’t let limitations define you. Use them as _________ to push beyond your comfort zone. That way you’ll find creative _________ and better understand your inner strengths. And it’s inner strengths that define how you’ll deal with _________ in life.

At the age of 20, Bryan joined the army. One day, he was behind the wheel when a roadside bomb _________. As result, Bryan lost his left hand and both legs. Several days later, Bryan _________ up at a medical center with his mother by his side. It was in that _________ that his mother said the words that defined the _________ for the rest of his life. She said, “You know you have _________ two choices here, right?” He _________, “Move on, or roll over and die.” She said, “And you’re going to...” To which he replied, “Move on.”

Bryan noticed that the patients who were making __________ were the ones who accepted their __________ and worked hard to move forward. From the start, Bryan __________ himself. He refused to let his injury __________ him from living his life. The process of learning to use his prostheses (假肢) was a __________ and difficult journey, but his mother and friends were there to __________ him.

Today, Bryan lives a __________ life and is a motivational speaker. In his free time, he loves to snowboard, skateboard and enjoy time on his motorcycle. Bryan’s story is powerful __________ that we too can overcome our limitations. We mustn’t let them stop us from moving forward but push ourselves to rise above and __________ varieties of possibilities. We all have our __________, but if you believe you can __________ them, you will.

6 . Recently, David Deutchman, an 82-year-old man, was nicknamed “the ICU Grandpa” at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital. For 12 years or so, he has been _________ babies, children there.

Deutchman said he was coming to the _________ for a recovery after a running injury 12 years ago when he first _________ some of the patients’ mothers. From conversations with them, he _________ that he wanted to make more connection with parents and children being_______ at the hospital. Therefore, he started _________ at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta Hospital after he retired from a job in international business marketing.

He _________ babies and sometimes he even gets peed (小便) on, but he is _________ to carry on. “It’s been wonderful because it gives me something to do that has _________ to it. Every day I drive in here, I don’t know which kids and parents I’ll __________ and what the issues will be and how I can help, but I __________ it. You just can’t imagine the kind of________ that I can get from holding a baby and talking with parents”, he said.

In the ICU, there are only two to three new admits every night so the first thing he will do is to __________ the parents who have been admitted the previous night. “Usually they needed a________ after a whole night. And I make sure they can go down for breakfast and I’ll stay with the __________ until they get back,” he said.

MaryBeth Brulette, the mother of baby Logan, has been at the hospital for six weeks. On a recent morning, she returned to the hospital to find Logan in Deutchman’s __________. Seeing this, she said, “All my __________ was gone.”

Elizabeth Mittiga, an ICU nurse at the hospital, said that the staff __________ Deutchman’s calming presence and appreciated Mr. Deutchman’s __________ to his cause. He’s a great help to babies in the ICU care. He’s just a really special person to us, as nurses, and the babies just adore him.

“Right now, I’m still going strong and enjoying it an awful lot,” he said. “So as long as they’ll have me, I’ll be there.” What an outstanding human being! Truly, Mr. Deutchman is the typical example of a __________ man with a sincere desire to make his life worthwhile by helping others.

7 . One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and brushes and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he _________ there was a hole in the boat and decided to _________ it. When he finished painting, he received his _________and left.

The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and offered him a nice check (支票), much _________than the payment for painting. The painter was _________. “You’ve already paid me for painting the boat!” he said.

“But this is not for the paint _________. It’s for having repaired the hole in the boat.”

“But it was such a(n) _________ service. Certainly it’s not worth _________ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”

“ My dear friend, you do not _________. Now let me tell you what happened. When I asked you to paint the boat, I __________ to mention about the hole, When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and __________ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a __________ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was desperate (绝望的) because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief (宽慰) and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I __________ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You __________my children! I do not have enough money to pay your ‘small’ good deed.”

So, no matter who, when or how, just __________   repair all the “leak” you find.

8 . In March of 2019, Peter Tabichi, a 36-year-old teacher from a remote village in Kenya, was voted the best teacher in the world out of 10,000 applicants and won Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize of $1 million.

For the past 12 years, Tabichi has worked as a math and science teacher hoping that his lessons will give students a chance to _______ their situations. However, working at a Secondary School in a remote village in Kenya hasn’t been _______. The school only has one computer and unreliable Internet _______. As a result, he is often forced to travel to a cyber café to download _______ for his science classes. The school also has no library or laboratory. To make matters worse, there are not enough _______ for all the students.

Unfortunately, the semi-arid(半干旱的) village experiences droughts and famines _______. “Most of the students come from very poor families. They’re not able to _______ because they haven’t had enough meals at home,” Tabichi said. Thus, he also teaches students and locals about famine-resistant _______. To help those in poverty afford food, uniforms, and books, he _______ 80 percent of his salary.

One of the other major ________that Tabichi faces is trying to keep kids in school as long as possible. According to Tahichi, 95 percent of his students live in poverty and around 30 percent are either orphans or are being ________ by single parents. As a result, Kids are easy to__________out of school.

With great efforts, he has also ________ to set up science clubs, addressed food insecurity issues, and helped bring ________ between several ethnic groups and religions.

________ his tireless work, his students have ________ for the 2019 INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair in Arizona, USA. He said “I’m ________ of my students. We lack facilities that many school ________ for granted, so as a teacher, I just want to have a ________ impact not only on my country but on the whole of Africa.”

Tabichi plans to use the prize money to improve the school and feed the ________. He also hopes his accomplishment will inspire other to push past all the obstacles.

9 . A man asked why an old lady was all alone on a cruise   ship. He _______ that although she was alone, all the staff, ship’s officers, waiters and busboys, were very _______ with her. So he asked the waiters who the lady was, _______ to be told that she owned the shipping line, but all the waiters knew was that she had been on the last _______ cruises. One after the other.

As he left the dining room one evening the man _______ her eye and stopped to say hello. They chatted for a while and he asked _______ , “I heard that you’ve been on this ship for the last four cruises.” She replied, “Yes, that’s _______.”

He said, ”I don’t understand.” And she replied, without a pause, “It’s _______ than living in a nursing home. So there will be no nursing home in my future, I’m _______ on this cruise; the average ________ for a nursing home is $200 per day. Here, I can get a ________ discount and senior discount price of $135 per day. That ________ $65 a day for tips and extra cash. It works very well for me here.

I can have as many as ten meals a day of fantastic food or room ________ which means I can have breakfast in bed every day of the week. I get a free swimming pool, a workout room. Free washers and dryers, and showers every night. I get free toothpaste and free soap and shampoo. They will even ________ you like a customer, not a ________. An extra $5 worth of tips will have the entire staff hurrying to help you,

I get to ________ new people every seven or 14 days! TV broken? Light bulb needs changing? Need to have the flowers ________? No problem! They will fix everything and ________ for the inconvenience. Clean sheets and towels every day, and you don’t ever have to ________ them to do so. There is always a doctor on board. This is ________ I want to live the end of my life.

10 . From the time I lined up my dolls on the sofa in play school, I wanted to be a teacher. “Open your books,” I would_______my teddy bear (玩具熊) and dolls. Then I would_______teach them whatever new things I had just_______at school.

For me, dream was one thing, and_______was quite another. My family was too poor to_______my tuition. Finally, with others’ help, I attended a state university. However, I_______needed more money to pay for my other expenses, so I found a part-time job, _______test tubes in the science department. By then I believed that every dirty test tube I washed meant I was one step closer to my_______.

When working as a substitute teacher (代课老师) in the local area, I learned they were planning to_______the biology teacher I had substituted for. I was sure the________was meant for me. However, the principal said, “You’re too __________. This last teacher had a lot of discipline problems because of his age. We want someone older—with more ________.”

I cried all the way to work, disappointed and________. Suddenly, a stranger who I met by chance asked me what had happened. I told him how much I wanted to________and how upset I was to be________because of my age. Then I also shared some of my thoughts with him. He________me, “Never lose heart. I believe you can make it.” The next morning my phone rang. It was the principal calling to offer me the________position. I was totally________and asked him why. He explained, “You made quite an impression on the chairman of our Board of Directors. He________that you should have this position.” A few weeks later, I stood by the door of my classroom, welcoming my________on their first day of school. When they were settled, I said with a smile, “Open your books.”