2 . There was always a drive in us to do something on our own. So we were always looking around for_________where we can make a difference. While_________for our CAT exams we worked on many ideas but all were_________because they lacked uniqueness. That’s how we_________this idea and decided to start it as soon as our CAT exams got over.

We_________Santa Delivers on 28th December 2021. Coincidentally (恰巧) the results of CAT were also out on the very same day and they were_________. We motivated each other, expecting a new beginning. We woke up at 4 o’clock in the morning to_________the flyers (传单) in the streets. This was the beginning of our wonderful_________.

_________it was very challenging for us. We got only 5 orders a day. We then tapped (开发) new customer groups and there was a stable__________in the orders.

Luckily, we both got a chance for MBA studies and we now were__________-Santa Delivers or MBA. MBA would really help, so it was a very__________decision. Finally, we decided to bring a new partner who is equally__________about this start-up. Our friend, Pulkit Kejriwal, joined us and currently looking after the company.

Santa Delivers came as a__________at the right time, because we are now able to pursue our MBA along with an active start-up. So we had nothing to__________, which is the best thing for us.

5 . There was a bag of dog food, but he couldn’t open it. Hank was sitting in the _________ in an old dog bed for two weeks. A _________ photo showed he was in bad need of help. _________ , he was found and taken straight to an emergency veterinary clinic, where staff said his tail immediately “started wagging”.

After being _________ by vets, it was discovered that Hank’s leg injury was two weeks old, explaining why he’d been unable to move from his bed. He is _________ for life-saving surgery and will need to put on more _________ to get back to full health.

Hank’s rescuers were _________ concerned that he might become aggressive as they knew nothing about his _________ , but his gentle behavior soon surprised them all. Hank has _________ with humans and other dogs well so far, and they will soon be accepting __________ to adopt him.

The non-profit organization that took him in wrote in a __________ : “Please welcome the boy abandoned in the woods. Only a puppy at eight months old yet has __________ so much. We cannot imagine why anyone would desert him with a __________ leg. Whoever you are please know that Hank is now safe and will never be __________ again.”

The animal welfare team expressed respect for all of the individuals that had been __________ of the rescue story.

7 . 80-year-old Joao is a great Brazilian classical pianist. At the age of 8, he had already won a contest _________ Bach. He could play 21 notes per second at the _________ of his skills.

However, fortune wasn’t _________ to Joao. At 24 years old, he suffered an accident that _________ the nerves in three of his fingers. And at 55, he was struck in the head, leaving him with brain injuries that completely paralyzed (使瘫痪) his _________.

He had to abandon the piano, since he could _________ use his fingers. But paralyzed hands weren’t enough to make him _________ his musical career. Joao became a(n) _________ in 2003. He couldn’t turn the pages in the score or even swing the stick, so instead, he just committed every score to _________, note by note—almost 5,000 score pages.

Luckily, an engineer who saw him playing live decided to __________ something to help him. After a concert, he __________ Joao with the first model of a pair of special artificial gloves.

After __________ several models, the perfect match was created. The gloves provide the necessary __________ for each finger and can even “tune” to what he plays. After more than 20 years, João could finally __________ with his piano.

João knows that he might never recover his __________ of the past. But he’s starting over, and he will keep pushing.

8 . My family unit of four was on the stricter side when it came to COVID- 19 precautions. We had decided not to attend most group ________. We had ________ about the health risks posed by this new virus, especially as we waited for our kids to be vaccinated.

My parents came up from Texas in December 2020 to quarantine (隔离期) before seeing us and ________ to visit us occasionally after that. We tried to visit them too but got ________ twice—first when the virus Delta made the trip too ________, then when my grandma and my older son separately were ________ with Omicron.

Finally, in February 2022, we got there. It had been more than two years once my kids had seen my grandparents, and my younger son did not ________ being on a plane. We met my parents, grandparents, aunt, uncle, and cousins in Colorado. There, my kids ________ her baby cousin. I ________ my kids as they swam, watched fireworks, generally ________ with their older cousins. They were so ________ with everyone, despite how infrequently we had gotten together over the past few years.

Several times, I looked over at my kids playing with my relatives, their relatives, forming their own ________ , and felt something that I rarely feel about being with other people: longing, the ________ for more of this.

As COVID- 19 is not over, we are still trying to keep our ________ limited. But with our younger son finally ________ we are cracking open the door, just a little, to be with the people we love.

9 . Steph Clemence always intended to go to college. ________ when her father died in a car accident, leaving her mother to support three daughters on a ________ income, paying for college became out of the question.

________ going to college, Steph found a job, and tried to________ what to do with a life so different from her plan. The ________came from two pages from her English teacher, Dorothy Clark. One afternoon she walked into the classroom carrying a stack of papers titled “Mrs. Clark’s Book List.” It wasn’t homework, the teacher announced, but it could be a road ________ .“Some of you might not go on to higher education,“ Mrs. Clark said, “but you can ________ to learn.”

“I was determined to ________ myself,” Steph says. She studied the ________ and so it began. Each of those books sparked her ________ to learn more. “Reading books is like a treasure hunt,” says Steph. “What am I going to ________ ? How will my heart change?” That made her look for other books that weren’t on the list, hoping to ________ her knowledge.

When the original list ________, she typed up a new copy. And then another. Over the years, the family moved around a lot. Through it all, the reading list was a ________ in Steph’s life, traveling with her even on vacations. Now Steph is 70, and she never did get to college. But she has only four books ________ to read from the list. She expects to complete them sometime in 2023.

10 . When a famous commentator (评论员) advised gentlemen over fifty get a PSA test, I called my doctor’s office and made a(n) _________ to have it done.

Ten days later, I got the bad results: my prostate (前列腺) cancer was _________. My doctor explained to me the various treatment _________. I decided to have the prostate removed and get rid of the cancer _________, as it had not spread outside the prostate yet.

My surgery was successful and all the cancer had been _________. The next day, I was _________ from the hospital with post-operative instructions and directions. I soon learned that all the body functions were working _________ and my PSA level was zero.

One morning shortly thereafter, my wife and I _________ a sign by the road requesting _________ for Suncoast Hospice of Florida. We decided it was time to give back for our good ____________. After six informative classes, we became volunteers for Suncoast Hospice. After saving myself, it was now time to help others by regularly visiting nursing-home ____________.

Now, years later, I am still cancer-free, and we are still hospice volunteers. Our days volunteering for Suncoast Hospice have been very ____________ for us. Our first few visits with a nursing-home resident are to give him/her a(n) ____________ to get to know us. Sometimes, our visits with the resident are very short, but sometimes they are quite ____________.

The license plate on the front of my car is from Suncoast Hospice, which reads, “Every Day’s a ____________.”