1 . Hansen and his 10-year-old son Chase search the streets of Salt Lake City every weekend for the homeless to take to lunch. They started Project Empathy(共情)four years ago to ________a meal, listen to their stories and figured out how they could ________ help.

“Just start with a smile, a hello. It really just starts with that. If you do it, you can make a connection. A small gesture can have a ________ impact on others less fortunate,” Hansen ________ in an interview.

Some of these shared meals have turned into stronger ________ .Ward, a homeless, was ________ in a flat. He credited the Hansens with helping him ________the difficult process of moving off the streets. “It is great to have friends who make us feel ________ and I’m impressed with the pair,” Ward said.

Father and son’s ________have developed into a passion project that ________ faith and community, which emphasizes the ________ community members can have in uplifting the homeless. They know they can’t settle the homeless ________ alone. They’re hoping empathy will ________.

“My hope for the future is to ________ more connection across our country. We could and we will succeed ________ we have other people join in and help the homeless,” Chase said.

2 . 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.

6 . A professor entered the classroom and told the students about a surprise test. All students were ________and waited for the test to begin. The professor gave the test papers to all students with text facing down at the desk. ________ he finished ________ the test to all students, he asked them to ________ the test paper and begin.

The students were surprised to see that there was just a black ________ in the center of the page. The professor told them, "I want you to ________ about what you see there. "The students were________ surprised but got started with the test. ________ the end of the class, the professor collected all answer sheets and started reading each answer from each sheet in front of all students. ________of them described about the black dot（点）and tried to explain its position. Now. the professor began to explain, "Here everyone________ the black dot and wrote about it ________ no one wrote about the white paper. The same is with our lives. The white paper stands ________ our whole life and the black dot ________ problems in our life.

Our life is a ________ given to us by God, with love and care, and we always have reasons to celebrate--- our friends around us, the job that provides us with everything we need. ________, we just focus on day-to-day problems like health issues, lack of money, problems in relationships but we ________ see that these problems are very ________ compared to everything we have in our lives. "

We should try to take eyes off our ________ and enjoy each moment ________ life gives us. Be happy and ________ your life positively.

7 . One afternoon I toured an art museum while waiting for my husband to finish a business meeting. I was looking forward to a quiet view of the wonderful works.

A young couple viewing the paintings ahead of me chatted________between themselves. I watched them a moment and ________she was doing all the talking. I admired his patience for________her constant words. Annoyed by their noise, I moved on. I encountered them several times as I moved through the various rooms of art. ________I heard her constant talking, I moved away quickly.

I was standing at the counter of the museum gift store making a________when the couple approached the exit. Before they left,the man ________into his pocket and pulled out a white object. He turned it into a long cane (手杖) and then fought his way________into the coatroom to get his wife's jacket.

“He's a_________man,” the clerk at the counter said, “Most of us would________if we were blinded at such a young age. During his recovery, he made a________that his life wouldn't change. So, as before, he and his wife come in whenever there's a new art show.”

“But what does he get out of the art?” I asked, He can't see.”

“Can't see! You're wrong. He sees a lot. ________than you or I do,” the clerk said, “His wife________each painting so he can see it in his head.”

I learned something about patience, courage and love that day. I saw the________of a young wife describing paintings to a person without ________and the courage of a husband who would not allow blindness to change his life. And I saw the love________by two people as I watched this couple walk away arm in arm.

8 . It was late, about 10:15 p.m., when Janice Esposito arrived at the Bellport train station; she jumped into her Honda Odyssey and began the 20-minute drive home to her husband and seven-year-old son. She'd just returned from visiting her mother and had traveled the route many times before. She practically________on autopilot: a left onto Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then- wham! Out of nowhere a car T-boned Esposito's minivan (小型货车)，________her to move backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks. She________in the minivan, bruised (撞伤) but mostly just knocked out by the________and the airbags.

As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for________. He'd just closed his book and was getting under the covers when he heard the sound of metal on metal and breaking glass coming from not far outside his bedroom window. A volunteer________ and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64, never________to think. He grabbed a flashlight and, still dressed in his pajamas, ran out the door.“Any firefighter would have done what I did," he told Newsday,“We re always on________”

The first car he came upon, 2,000 feet from his front yard, was the one that had________ Esposito. Once DiPinto concluded the driver was OK, he looked around and________Esposito's minivan positioned on the railroad tracks. And then he heard a terrible sound; the bells signaling an oncoming________.

"The gates were starting to come down," he told Newsday.“I see the headlight of the train." DiPinto ran quickly to Esposito's minivan and knocked on the driver's side window. She________looked at him, her eyes unfocused.“I don't know where I am," she said. She seemed unhurt. "Honey, you're on the railroad________,”DiPinto shouted.“We have to get you off right now!" He pulled hard on the________, but the door was crashed in and________.The heavy diesel train, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was moving fast toward them. DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the________，“Please, don't let her be________,”he thought. He pushed aside the deflating (瘪了的) airbags, grabbed Esposito's arms, and________her toward him across the passenger seat until he could help her out and quickly get her to________behind a signal box a few feet away. Within six seconds, he estimated, the train crashed into the minivan.“It was like a Hollywood movie," DiPinto told reporters the next day.

But this one bad a twist. "Last night," South Gountry Ambulance chief Greg Miglino told CBS New York,“the________arrived in pajamas, not in a fire truck."

9 . My mother was a nurse and often took me along to visit the families she was caring for. Among them was a woman who had a _______ disease and was always lying on the bed.

One afternoon, my mom told me that we needed to visit the woman at her home, and that we needed to be there to _______ treatment, and we would stop at a store on the way. I thought we would stop at a _______ store, where we can buy some pills, but we pulled up to a _______. My mom headed to the make-up area and bought the most expensive bottle of perfume they _______. To my surprise, she also bought a _______ nightdress. When I asked my mom who these things were for, she said they were for her patient. My mom further explained that although this woman was older and unable to _______ her bed, she was still a lady, and she still _______ dignity (尊严) and beauty. She _______ to me that when we care for someone, we should look past the ________ or the illness and we look into the soul of the human so we can connect with them with sympathy.

I ________ realized that my mother’s great strengths and abilities were ________ the very young and the very old, those who can not ________ out their needs and hope for themselves, and need trustworthy and loving care providers. Under the influence of my mother, I knew in the 9^th grade I would become a ________. Today, my dream has come true. I work as a clinical psychologist, working hard and remembering what my mom taught me, and I’m not ________ that I find my work filled with patients who are very and very old.

10 . Kindness at fast-food restaurant

It was summer and I had gotten one of the few jobs a 14-year-old can find — working at Burger King, a fast-food restaurant. It ________ wasn’t a good job, but it meant money, ________was something I needed.

One day, I was working behind the front counter, taking ________. The customers were coming and going, and the woman who ________ didn’t seem any different from most others.

She ordered her meal and I told her the total. As she searched ________ her purse to find some change, the woman soon ________ that she was about a dollar short. “I’m ________ to say this, but I guess I won’t be able to make my purchase ________,” she said sadly.

That’s when I had the idea of paying the difference for her. She refused at first, but after I ________, she agreed. She thanked me and moved to the end of the counter to ________ her order. I continued with my work and thought ________ more of it.

About an hour later ________ had slowed down and I was waiting for my next customer. Then I glanced over towards the ________ and saw the same woman whom I’d helped with the money entering again. I ________ recognized her.

She walked straight up to me and said, “I want to thank you again for what you did. You see, I’m a diabetic (糖尿病患者), and ________ I need to eat something right away. That’s ________ I came in earlier. If you hadn’t helped me as you did, I ________ have fainted. Thank you.”

She handed me two dollars, ________ I’d given her.

________ the woman walk away, I realized that God had used me to help me. In the end, I was ________ not only with money but also with the satisfaction of knowing that I’d helped someone out of a tight spot.