1 . As the other four players enjoy the crucial victory in an Arena Of Valor competition, they remained unaware that their teammate Lu Dong is a Paralympic _________ champion who plays with her feet.

At 32, Lu Dong has _________ a lot of medals over her 19-year swimming career. Meanwhile, she has enriched her daily life by _________ into various hobbies.

Lu _________ an interest in Arena Of Valor in 2017. _________, her appearances in internet cafes drew a lot of curious glances, which made her _________ However, it also led to generous compliments when others _________ her remarkable skills. “They praised me after watching me play so well with my feet, which gave me a sense of _________,” Lu said. Besides video games, Lu has _________ an hour daily to piano practice for the past three years and has also __________ her skills in both cooking and beauty makeup.

Losing her __________ in a childhood accident, Lu stop participating in P. E. classes to avoid __________ in her elementary school days, which made her physically and mentally __________. Luckily, she was recommended to join the provincial swimming team in 2004. She won two golds and two silvers in the youth group of the National Championship in 2005, earning a __________ in the national squad (代表队). Lu’s __________ performances in the pool caught the eye of Beijing Sports University in 2020, __________ the beginning of her college journey.

Changing from a (n) __________ girl to a national champion, Lu gained immense confidence. She no longer __________ to wear T-shirts in summer or to tuck her sleeves into her pockets in winter.

“It was swimming that __________ the girl who always talked a lot and the girl who was brave enough to __________ the fixed image of the disabled.” Lu said.

2 . In the post-war era, re-gifting and returning gifts to shops were commonly occurring.My mother and Aunt Florence ran a_________. For them finding desirable stock (储备物) for the store was an adventure. But the greatest_________of all was getting the wanted items without taking too many_________ones ‘paired’ with them. This pairing resulted in a highly saleable item being paired with something that had to be heavily discounted just to move it off the shelves_________at a loss.

One item I particularly remember was an ugly ornament (饰物) framed in a horseshoe.My mother was shocked by its_________ . My aunt patiently explained she had to buy it to_________some attractive crockery sets (瓷器套装) in high demand. She had paid ten pounds for it and hoped to get five pounds for it. After briefly_________ it at ten pounds, she put it on our bargain table, expecting the crockery sets would sell quickly and cover the_________ on it.Several days later she managed to sell the ornament for three pounds to a value d customer who _________to give it to a neighbour, who loved horses.

The following Saturday, our family was invited to a 21st birthday party, and my father was     __________with buying a suitable gift from the jeweler in town. However, he delayed his __________because he had his car repaired. As a result, he __________a wrapped present from our own store’s stock. Little did he know that it was the __________ .

At the party, as the presents were__________, my mother held my shoulder tightly when she saw the ornament. The__________of our family, the gift’s original purchaser, and the recipient’s (接受者) family were a mix of shock and__________. My father, realizing his mistake,__________that he thought it was a collector’s item due to the ten pound price tag.

The next day, realizing my mother discovered the ornament which had been sold had been returned by Sheila, the recipient’s mother, who __________a ten pound refund , Aunt Florence burst into laughter, though the relationship between the__________owners of the ornament sourced.

3 . In the vast ocean, nature wonders never stop to amaze us. On October 18th, in Australia, some beach goers _________ a mother humpback whale (座头鲸) and her kid too close to the beach, letting out loud screams, possibly getting _________. They reported it to the rescuers _________.

Malcolm Smith and his rescue team _________ soon. They found the report was true — the two were far from their _________ route. During this time of every year, Antarctica _________ plentiful sources of food. The humpback whales _________ along the Western Australian coast, heading for _________ food in Antarctica. Smith tried a lot to guide them back but in vain. Suddenly, a group of dolphins came _________ through the water. They took the task upon themselves to __________ the hopeless situation.

The amazing __________ was caught on video and shared on social media, leaving hundreds and thousands of viewers __________ the cooperation between these beautiful animals. In the video, as the dolphins __________, the two whales follow willingly, gracefully swimming straight out, to their __________.

The remarkable sight reminds us of the unbelievable __________ that exist in the animal kingdom. “The clever dolphins must have heard the whales’ helpless calls.” Smith said, “It is the __________ day of my life.” Smith said. The Dolphin Discovery Centre expressed their heartfelt __________ on social media to those who reported the __________ whales. This kind __________ is a reminder of the importance of working together in __________ the sea ecosystem and its brilliant animals.

5 . Over 20 years ago, Hankerson was trying to call her sister who lived in Maryland. She had____to share her sad stories in life with her sister. But____dialing the area code 410, she____401. The mistake ended up____her to Mike from Rhode Island.

“ When she realized that she had called a wrong number, she made a sincere____. She   was well-mannered and very sweet. Then she____quickly,”recalled Mike.

After that, Hankerson called again a few more times over the next few weeks.Through their____, Mike learned that Hankerson, who lives in Delray, Florida, had been attempting to____her sister.

Hankerson said Mike came at a____time in her life when she and her husband got divorced (离婚). However, she said Mike always____her spirits. And she was so____because she could feel the great kindness and encouragement from a(n) ____stranger. Over the next few years, the two____a good relationship by phone, chatting about their____— Hankerson is the mother of two, and Mike, a father of three.

On the day before Thanksgiving, the pair finally____when Mike was on a trip to Florida with his wife and children.“Oh, it was a truly____day. It was really the happiest Thanksgiving for me,” Hankerson said. “It was full of____and sunshine. That really made my day.”

After their meeting, Mike____the photo of him and Hankerson on Facebook.   He also wrote, “ The____between people in this world is just a wrong number phone call away. It is really____.”

6 . In January 2008, Rachel Lapierre, a full-time nurse and part-time volunteer aid worker, made a life-changing decision. After an exhausting day at work she ________ a $4 lottery ticket (彩票) at a local store. At that moment, Rachel made a(n) ________ — if she struck it lucky with the lottery, she would ________ her nursing career. Because humanitarian (人道主义) work was what she had longed to ________ her life to. When Rachel scratched the ticket, she discovered she had won a big ________ — $675,000.

True to her word, Lapierre spent all her life through her ________ project, Le Book Humanitaire. It began as a humble ________ of good deeds in a simple notebook, which she used to keep track of what she had done to ________ those living in the small communities around her. To her, they were just small acts of ________ — buying clothes for newly arrived immigrants, or delivering ________ to lonely seniors. But ________ started spreading, and a Facebook page she created for the project became a(n) ________ way to answer requests from those in need.

Over the years, Le Book has ________ a remarkable team of 80 volunteers. This nonprofit ________ has become a hope for the community. The notebook itself has since been replaced by dozens more, ________ millions of deeds. In 2022 alone, it ________ nearly 450,000 acts of service, ________ the lives of countless individuals.

Le Book Humanitaire, born from Rachel’s lottery win, continues to be a source of ________ for the community. “When you do a good deed, it has a butterfly effect,” says Lapierre. “One good deed can ________ 10 people. So if we all do a good deed? That can ________ the world.”

7 . Many parents dream of their children growing up and seeing the world. But Edith Lemay, a______ of four from Canada, worried her children were running out of ______ to do that.

When her first child, Mia, was little, she ______ she would bump into (撞到) things, Lemay worried about her daughter’s ______ and brought her to a doctor. In 2018, Mia was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (色素性视网膜炎), which meant there’s a chance Mia would be completely______ by midlife. Because the disease is ______ , Lemay’s other kids were at risk . Soon, two of her sons, Collin and Laurent, were ______ , too.

Fortunately, her daughter Mia is ____ about it. She says “Today my vision is good, so I’m going to ____ it. In the future, when ____ come, we`ll face them and find solutions.”

Lemay wanted to ______ her kids for what was to come and thought about ______ them Brailie (盲文), but a specialist had another suggestion. “He said the best thing I can do is______ their visual memories,” Lemay said. “And he was talking about reading books and seeing pictures of elephants in books. And that’s when it ______ . I was like, ‘We are not going to do that in books; we are going to see them in ______ life.’”

In March, Lemay, her husband and her four kids left Canada and ______ an epic journey, traveling the ______ for a whole year showing their kids the world, _____ it is too late.

Now, they’re in Bali already having crossed Africa. They plan to ______ their way through Southeast Asia. The family have made a list of fun activities they want to accomplish, so each kid can ______ their dreams come true.

9 . The wildfires advanced, heading straight for the town of Behchoko. Citizens were told to ________ their towns. At this time, Jason Card in the nearby town — Yelowknife, started a ________ mission to rescue the abandoned pets left in the ________.

Upon learning urgent situation from news, Jason determined to take ________ action. He tried all means to gather various dog crates (笼子), with which they’d help ________ the animals he would rescue.

With good ________, Jason set out for the heart of the fire zone, with his teenage child and his father ________ him. After a journey of 63 miles, the team of three arrived at their destination, where they were met with a scene of ________ — people in the middle of evacuation (撤离), ________ seeking shelter from the upcoming flames.

Not discouraged by the surrounding chaos, they ________ no time. By 8:00 pm, their truck was loaded with a diverse range of pets they had ________ to rescue. “Once people heard we were rescuing pets, they ________ us, asking us to get their pets. We filled every crate we had,” Jason said when interviewed. On that night, the ________ unleaded crates filled with dogs in Yellowknife. Swiftly, they set off again, making a direct ________ to Behchoko. This time, they successfully saved over 30 pets. However, something ________ arose — how to settle a great number of pets? Michelle Tuma, a vet in Yellowknife, heard of Jason’s rescue ________. Without hesitation, she ________ and provided temporary shelter for the animals.

Jason said in an interview it was heartbreaking to see our ________ die in the fire. His act of ________ highlighted the significance of caring for the most ________ members of our communities, even in the face of disaster.

10 . I was once a painfully insecure teenage girl. I felt ________ all day, and rejected by my classmates. My ________ comfort was to be the stage assistant at our school’s theater.

One day, to my ________, actors from the great Oregon Shakespeare Festival came to perform for the school. One of them was Barry Kraft, who was a ________ leading actor. As I ran around backstage ________ him, he treated me with the casual ________ that he would show for friends in his living room. I ________ thought he was just making small talk to ________ the time before the performance.

That summer, I traveled to ________ Kraft’s performance at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. During one performance, I gathered my ________ and dropped him a note at intermission (中场休息), saying that if he ________ he could see me in the 15th row. Almost immediately I ________ sending the note, thinking he was too busy to see me.

After the ________, surprisingly, he was waiting for me! He smiled broadly, saying, “Would you like to visit backstage?” And off we went. Every time we ________ someone, he introduced me and said, “She helped me a lot.” I found him ________ sincere with people. It was then that I ________ I’d been wrong about him that day.

My ________ just increased 800%. After all, a well-known man like Kraft was willing to take the ________ to communicate with me, which ________ I mustn’t be so bad. From then on, I felt like a different person. ________, I successfully entered my dream university.