1 . Agnes Lloyd’s 70th birthday came, but the day went normally. Her husband _______ many years ago. She had not heard from her children for a long time, which was _______.

The last bell of the day rang. She picked up her _______ and walked towards her car planning to buy herself a chocolate dessert although her doctors don’t _______ it for her age. But who cares? It was her birthday, and she _______ it.

The thought made her smile as she _______ her car when a sudden “MRS. LLOYD!” _______ her. Agnes dropped her purse onto the ground. She looked around and was _______ by what she saw.

Her students were standing there carrying birthday signs. She hadn’t _______ they had prepared such a surprise for her. Her student Christian came over, picking up her purse, and ________ her to the rest as they all started singing Happy Birthday.

As the song continued, tears ________ in her eyes. As they finished the song, small pieces of coloured paper began flying all over the place ________. But that wasn’t the best part.

Some of the students parted and her three children stepped out holding a birthday cake with two ________ that formed the number 70. “Happy birthday. Mom!” They exclaimed together, and that’s when Agnes lost her ________ for the first time.

Don’t forget your parents, ________ your life gets busy. We need to act and remind them that they are loved.

2 . Rebecca Glass was born blind, who is a musician now. The childhood years were challenging in Rebecca’s memory, Some teachers would ______ her and suggest an other place, as they hadn’t taught children with _______. She didn’t get her sheet music translated into braille(盲文) which was ______ for her poor family. Then she had to learn by studying _______. That people identified her by appearance was the most upsetting part when she was young, but now it _______ happens on Rebecca. Despite the difficulties, Rebecca held on. And now with a doctor’s degree of musical arts, she has ________a professional musician.

Her love for performing music _______ her girlhood. When Rebecca was at a wedding, she ______ her flower girl duties and went straight for a piano instead. A photo caught that moment. So tiny is the girl that she doesn’t touch the _______ but she’s sitting tall at the piano. “Since Rebecca first ______ the piano, she had worked over eight hours a day. I could see she had a real _____ for music,” her mother said, “In addition, I noticed her talent soon she learned musical instruments so quickly.”

Rebecca loves chamber music and sees herself as a(n) ______ in the future, teaching children about classical music. Influential teachers also inspire her to ______ the next generation of musicians. She’s trying to ______ a summer camp program, too. And to every child, regardless of physical ability, the camp will ________ .

5 . Back in the summer of 2016, China’s Gobi Super Marathon, a 155-­mile race across the Gobi Desert, officially ________．

Dion Leonard, a seasoned British athlete, had been invited for that ________, who had finished some of the toughest races on the planet. On the first evening, a dog kept following him wagging its tail. Dion didn’t want to be ________ because he was devoted to this race. Just after ________ it for a while, he took it aside and turned back to the camp. But the touch changed the ________ of his life.

On departure the next day, the puppy ________ again at the starting line. He thought it was a coincidence (巧合)．But when Dion started to run, the puppy followed. It was too easy to be lonely and ________ in a game like this but the puppy brought great ________ and encouragement to Dion. The puppy did not become a burden to him, ________, it’s the best companion on the boring track. Since they met in the Gobi Desert, Dion gave it the name Gobi.

On this long journey, one man and one dog silently ________ each other. They ran together, they shared water and food, they camped together under the stars. Dion also gradually forgot the ________ of the road, and suddenly let go of his obsession (痴迷) with rank.

After being with Dion for 125 kilometers, Gobi finally ran out of ________ and Dion had to put it in a first­aid car. Three days later, when Dion reappeared in the view of Gobi, it broke free and ran ________ to Dion. They rushed to the finishing line together.

________, Dion came in second. Gobi also won a medal from the organizers. Dion has no ________ about missing out on the championship because Gobi was the best prize on his trip.

7 . Many people panic (惊慌) when things go wrong, but others know how to take charge. For a ________group of students in Topsham, Maine, brothers Connor and Seamus Collins fall into the second category (类). Sixteen-year-old Connor and 12-year-old Seamus were________the bus to school one morning when suddenly Connor saw their bus driver Arthur McDougall________a medical emergency and hit the floor heavily. The bus was ________ the ditch (沟渠) on the right. Connor who learnt how to drive ________ immediately what he had to do.

“I ________ and pressed on the brake (刹车) and told my little brother to call 911,” he said, recalling the process at the moment. “I need to stop this bus before it goes into the ditch.”

The teenager held the steering wheel (方向盘) while jamming his ________ onto the brake.

Meanwhile, Seamus made sure someone called instead of him and began to ________ the other students to get off the bus ________. All the while, he kept his cool and even paused to ________ a crying student and comfort him.

While Seamus handled the other kids, Connor and another student had just ________ giving Arthur CPR when the police arrived on the ________. Using a defibrillator (除颤器), they ________to get the driver’s heart going again. Then he was sent to the hospital at once.

The brothers are being praised for their ________. Police say they kept the situation under control and prevented anyone else getting hurt. “If not for them, we would have maybe ________ a little later,” said Gomez. “Thank them for stepping up and being heroes.”

9 . A thief dropped a winning lottery ticket (彩票) at the scene of his crime, but he has been given a lesson in _______. The man whom he robbed _______ the ticket and won the ￡25,000 prize. But the man managed to find the thief, and handed over the _______.

The robbery happened when Professor Sabbatucci was changing a tyre on a highway. Another motorist, who stopped “to_______”, stole a suitcase from his car and drove off. The professor found the _______ ticket and brought it home.

The next day, the professor saw the lottery _______ on TV and realised it was a winner. He _______ the ￡25,000 prize, but he decided not to keep the money. He made an announcement on the radio, _______, “I’m trying to find the man who robbed me. I have ￡25,000 for him — a lottery _______. Please meet me.”

The professor received hundreds of ________ from people who were hoping to ________ him into handing them the money. But there was one voice he ________ and he arranged to meet the man in a park.

The robber gave back the ________ and burst into tears. He could not ________ what was happening.“Why didn’t you keep the money?” he asked. The professor replied, “Because it’s not mine.” Then he walked off, turning down the thief’s ________ to share the prize.