1 . Exercise and I had never had a good relationship due to my fear of sports. From a young age, my dad _______ me into a dozen sports. I didn’t like any of them, _______.

When I entered the University of Regina, my dad _______ telling me “You have to find a way to stay _______.” or “You don’t want to get the Freshman 15, do you?” So I _______ to give swimming a shot, but I _______ managed to go to the pool twice during the fall semester (学期). Worse still, I was _______ to convince myself that’s OK.

The spring semester came. A friend of mine _______ me if I wanted to try Zumba (尊巴) with her. All I knew about Zumba was that it was basically a kind of exercise: dancing to Latin pop songs. It didn’t sound too bad, but I couldn’t be _______.

I went, and that was it. Zumba became my ________ of tea. The instructor would always say, “Don’t worry about the steps. Have fun. Do your own thing.” That removed my ________ of sports. I didn’t have to be ________. I didn’t even have to be good. I just needed to ________ the music and move. Zumba did ________ me from the Freshman 15, and it also did so much more. It let me make ________ with my unpleasant past about physical exercise, and enjoy staying healthy.

2 . The Glover kids in Newburgh, New York, want to make a little extra money themselves before the school opens. So, earlier this week, they set up a lemonade stand on the side of the road. _______ was good during the rush hour, at which point some police officers stopped and _______ Whitney Glover, the mother of the young businessmen, that some _______ person had called to complain(投诉)about kids’selling lemonade.

Now, in most stories, that’s when the police _______the stand, telling kids to take a food handling course,and get a _______ from the related department...Then the children go home completely _______ for their business is broken. But not in this _______. The police officers said the kids weren’t doing anything wrong _______causing traffic jams, and that their motivation(积极性)should be _________.The kids also promised to make ________ to their schedule to avoid traffic problems. After ________ for a photo with the kids, they left.

Whitney posted the picture on social media with explanatory words. The __________ story has gained a great deal of local ________ and the lemonade business is now booming.

Dozens of customers have ________ for lemonade. “Every single time you buy a glass, children look amazed by the __________ from time and efforts to coins in their hands,”Whitney said.

5 . 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.

6 . A couple in Ohio accidentally dropped off a bag containing almost $ 100,000 at an Ohio charity shop. Thanks to _______ employees, they got the money back.

The employees were going through _______ last week when they came across a _______. Inside was $ 97,004. “It was so much cash,” employee Kelsey Croy said. “I looked in the bag and we _______ it right there on the desk. And it was $ 97,004.” Thankfully, the owners _______ a receipt for tax purposes when they dropped off _______ that morning. The employees _______ called the couple but there was no _______.

Not wanting to _______ that amount of cash in the store, they called the Zanesville Police Department. ________ repeated calls, officers finally got a hold of the couple. The couple hadn’t realized the money was ________. They told the police they withdrew all their money to deposit it in another bank. On the way, they ________at the charity shop to donate a bag of clothes. That’s ________ the money ended up there. “When we finally ________ them, they just asked if they could get it back tomorrow,” the officer said.

The couple has made contact with the original ________ who found the money to thank them. “I’m just glad that I meet with a bunch of honest and loyal people,” Croy said.

8 . When the host announced that my choir (合唱队) won the second place of the World Choir Game, I couldn’t believe what I heard. All the_________that we made was worthwhile. Through this unforgotten experience, I _________much.

In the semi-finals (半决赛), we were supposed to sing four songs. When we played the third song, I suddenly heard an unexpected _________— a girl in the alto (女低音) got quick. The other students in the alto were _________ by the girl and were getting quicker and quicker. Our choir’s leader, Mrs Li noticed it and_________used her hand to keep time, but she _________. After the song, the smile on Mrs Li’s face froze and some of our members turned and tried to find the person who first got_________. My mind was blank, but quickly I realized the only thing we could do was to _________the performance. Then with a smile, Mrs Li became a _________again, who seemed to have totally forgot what we had done. We sang the____________song as usual.

After the competition, I was disappointed. Just because of one person’s fault, the whole choir must afford the fact that we might lose the game. I cried, but then I found nothing would change no matter how hard we____________ the girl who played poorly.____________, I came to her, encouraged her, and practiced the whole melody with her. In the finals, we got the medal because of our____________performance.

Never blame a person when she makes a mistake, but help her to solve the problem when you are struggling____________the same goal. No matter what you will experience with others in the future, successes or failures,____________or tears, these will surely become your precious treasure and memory.

10 . People say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That _________ comes to me as I _________the house purchased in 1962 by my parents. My mother passed away in 1996. My father left the house _________my sister and me when he died a few months ago.

After Dad was_________, we looked around the_________house where we grew up and that Dad loved so much. At first we feel so _________at all the stuff left. Like so many of their generation, my parents _________everything. And like many in my generation, we faced anxious _________about what to abandon and what to keep.

As we started throwing out old phone books and every medical bill from every_________my parents ever saw, I also__________many hidden treasures. Mom’s pocketbook was in their bedroom closet, which had everything in it, __________ her hairbrush with hair, as if she were still here. And Dad, who was a World War II veteran(退伍兵)and a world traveler, __________ everything-from little spoons from all over the world to every letter he wrote to his parents while in the__________. The letters he wrote during the war__________his thoughts as a young man. Later, in the basement, I__________our old kitchen table, which brought back __________of my parents and sister and me having breakfast together.

I’m realizing all these things__________my parents’ life journey. Each time I go to the __________, I find something that reminded me of my childhood or teaches me something about my parents I __________knew.__________, from the shabby furniture to all the hidden treasures, means more to me than all the money in the world.