1 . When we are married and have promised to live together, we may not even think about what that might mean in the future. We start a ________ new part of a journey, enjoying the good times and ________ each other through the bad times.

Sometimes life ________ us a curve ball. For example, one of the partners is ________ with a life changing illness. This changes a relationship in ways we cannot know until we ________ it. Each partner adapts to the situation and faces the new ________ together.

It is not always easy. There will be days when they ________ each other the most. They walk together as well as walk their own path. They have ________ in that the other is there to support.

When my husband was first diagnosed with MS (a serious disease of the nervous system),we had no idea how it would all ________. Over twenty years later we are still meeting each day, knowing we have each other’s ________. Indeed, life doesn’t require that we be the best, only that we try our best. Sometimes we do have ________, and we even have arguments for a very long time, because we’re humans and we would never be ________. After my husband’s diagnosis, someone asked me if I was going to ________ and 1 answered “Yes. I would never abandon him”.

Life is ________, but together we meet its challenges to the best of our ability, some days being better than others. The true ________ of any relationship is being able to survive hard times.

2 . In high school, I did a scientific experiment. The experiment made me _______ that science could teach us a lot. It teaches us the _______ so we know where we are from. That day, I firmly _______ to be a scientist. Ever since that day, I have studied harder _______ in all my science-related subjects. After school, I do much research on how I can become a _______ scientist in the future.

One of my _______ in becoming a scientist is Barbara McClintock, who was awarded the 1983 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. At 25, she already had her PhD in botany. After that, she started her _______ as the leader in the development of maize cytogenetics (玉米细胞遗传学) and she _______ herself to that research for the rest of her life.

If I am lucky and given the _______ to achieve my ambition as a scientist, I want to be like Doctor McClintock. She ________ something that helped the other scientists ________ the things about genetics (遗传学).

I know I will be able to achieve my ________ as long as I put my heart and perseverance into it. If I achieve my goal, I will share my ________ of success with all the kids who also love science and want to become scientists. My future will be as ________ as the stars in the night sky. However, my future is still far. I will make the most of the ________ to achieve my greatest ambition of becoming a scientist.

6 . Bob Charland used to work as a nightclub security guard. He was beaten so severely in the_________ twice by people he’d kicked out of the bar, most recently in 2015, and it _________ his and severe headaches. “My doctor said my brain looked as though it _________ to a 70-year-old man,” said Charland.

There was no way to _______ he disease, the doctor said. _________ it would take his life. He thought about contacting Death With Dignity. He didn’t want to be a _________ to anybody, he said.

But then, he received a call from an advisor at an underprivileged (社会底层的) school wondering if he had some extra bikes he could _________. He, in fact, did have some extra bikes. “That _________ my thought,” said Charland. Some people with a _________ disease set out to __________ and see the world. Charland decided to devote whatever time he had __________ to giving bikes to underprivileged children.

Since the spring of 2017, Charland has spent more than $ 1, 000 of his own money __________about 1,000 bikes for __________. He works with police officers to help deliver the bikes and __________ to local schools, adjust seats and handlebars and give children bicycle safety lessons.

Many of the children he brings bikes to live in high-crime neighborhoods, and their only previous experiences with police have been __________, he said. He often takes extra time to connect with them and is now known in some neighborhoods as “Bob the Bike Guy”.

“To spend time with these kids and see their smiles is an amazing feeling,” said Chardland, “Sometimes, for the first time in a long time, they see that somebody __________”

He devotes every Tuesday night to turning shabby into functioning, pretty noes. Chardland said he thinks he chose bikes as a way to help kids because the years he’d spent riding a bicycle as a boy in his hometown of Alplaus, NY, were among the __________ of his life. He was raised by his stepfather who “worked many extra hours in construction to __________that bike,” Chardland said, “Every kid should have one.”

“My brain will continue to get __________ and at some point, I will die,” he said, “But I’m not there yet. Why not __________ doing what I love?”

8 . “What would Ms K do?” was in my playlist of the top 10 questions as I was taking books and files in my office. Reports had been_________over the last few weeks about the growing_________of COVID-19. My husband, a physician,_________me that I should make plans to begin working from home. But who was Ms K? Why did I_________of her when faced with a global_________?

Ms K was a(n)_________education teacher. She taught my daughter, Dorian, for 3 years. Dorian_________from autism (自闭症). When I met Ms K, Dorian was in kindergarten, and in spite of our efforts to_________her in a regular classroom, it was_________.

Dorian’s multiple__________-ranging from hearing, speaking and mental problems-left us all__________at the end of each day. Most of all, they left Dorian with an inability to__________her needs. For Dorian, her__________way of interacting with others was pictures. It was Ms K who __________the communication puzzle for us all. Ms K and her instructional assistant both were__________in sign language and taught Dorian and__________the rest of the family how to__________.Within three months, Dorian’s sign vocabulary greatly improved, and she started to sign three-and-four-word sentences.

Our world changed greatly because of the three years__________with Ms K. I firmly believed Ms K would__________herself to the problems in the COVID-19, and develop ways of distance learning for students and families in the same__________-with a positive attitude, patience and a mass of resources.

10 . If you’re a parent travelling by plane with young children, it can be hard when you’re trapped in the sky, fearing that other passengers are judging you. This is _________ difficult for people who have been going through a _________ time.

Lindsay Mains _________ the sweet note on social media, which a _________ handed her and her husband Nick during the fight. She explained that their daughter Luna died in July, after being _________ with blood cancer. Naturally, this disastrous _________   is something that Lindsay, Nick and our daughter Olive are still unwilling to accept.

The _________ to see their family ended up having a very emotional journey, thanks to fellow _________ Richard. During the flight, he handed Lindsay and Nick a card, on which he had _________: “My name is Richard. I have four kids and I can ____________ you guys are great parents. Patient and kind, just the world ____________. God Bless, RJ.”

Lindsay explained: Sometimes you need to be ____________ of the goodness in the world. After losing our youngest in July we ____________ took a cross country flight to see   our family. We got on the plane full of ____________ knowing we were going to our home but we weren’t able to bring our youngest daughter with us. We knew we were in a bad ____________ but have been trying to support our oldest daughter in learning tools to ____________ her sadness. This means she may be emotional and behave rudely, and the situation can ____________ for some time.

“We looked at each other and decided our relationship with her was more important on this day than our ____________ with the strangers on the plane. But as I prepared for angry ____________ or comments, Richard reached across the passage and handed us this ____________ note that made me cry and totally turned our whole day around.” Lindsay said emotionally.