1 . Sydnee Geril knows life wouldn’t be the same without her service dog Tulsa. After all, the pup has ___________ her since the moment they met. The girl has a rare form of bone cancer.   ___________, she has a fear of needles, which means she often faints during the treatment. ___________, she has Tulsa to keep her smiling.

Geril was diagnosed with cancer in October 2017. She underwent nine months of ___________. While staying in the hospital, she found ___________ in visits from therapy dogs, which inspired her to ___________ a dog. She will never forget how ___________ she was the day she met Tulsa.

Life threw Geril another ___________ when her cancer returned eight months later. That’s when she ___________ to train Tulsa as a service dog. But it is a ____________ process. While the 2-year-old pup is still ____________ how to do her job, she’s already been a huge ____________. Tulsa can sense when Geril is about to faint and ____________ her by placing a paw on her leg. ____________, Geril has 10 to 30 minutes to react.

Unfortunately, when COVID-19 began, Geril had to ____________ bringing Tulsa with her to the hospital. She couldn’t ____________ catching COVID-19 through the dog’s fur. As the months passed, Tulsa’s ____________ affected Geril’s health. But everything turned around when she discovered a uniform which covers the dog’s ____________ and helps control shedding.

Now, Geril has her best friend at her side whenever she ____________ her. “I’m so happy to have her back,” Geril said.   “I honestly did not ____________ how big an impact she had until I didn’t have her. ”

5 . 98-year-old Mae Amburgey survived the historic 2022 Kentucky floods after her granddaughter shared an alarming photo.

Mae_________escaped with her life after her apartment was flooded. The water level rose to 4 feet, _________ her, her son Larry, in his seventies, and her grandson Gregory.

They tried _________ several times to call for help, as most of the phone lines were down due to the _________. Eventually, Gregory took a picture of his grandmother sitting on her bed with her legs dipped in the _________ water below and sent it to his sister Missy, who lives in Green Oaks, Illinois, and the instant she _________ the photo, it broke her heart.

She _________ this photo on a social networking website. _________ it, she wrote, “My grandmother, uncle and _________ are stuck in the house across from the high school. Anyone who has a boat around that area, please __________!”

The shot soon went viral (走红), attracting many people’s __________. There were emergency boats nearby, but they failed to come because they couldn’t __________ the large portion of floodwater with a powerful current (水流). Both Larry and Mae are __________, and young Gregory couldn’t help them __________ on his own. However, before the family lost __________, one kind stranger entered the __________ just in time as the water kept rising.

The man __________ the home and helped each person get out. The three men helped Mae out and swam against the __________ current to safety.

No one knows who the man was, and he __________ before anyone could thank him. We hope his __________ comes back to him in some way.

6 . Davyon Johnson, from Oklahoma, doesn’t understand why he’s been receiving so much attention. In his words, he just “did the_________ thing.” And while that is true, saving not just one, _________ two people on the same day is actually a really _________deal. In fact, it is the stuff superheroes are made of!   

First off, Davyon was at _________ and noticed a 7th grader was _________ something. Having _________ the first aid method Heimlich Maneuver on YouTube, he sprung into _________ and, after 3 tries, was able to _________ a bottle cap to come out of the boy’s throat. Then, later the _________day, he and his mom were driving home when they saw __________ coming from a house. He asked his mom to __________and approached the __________. He found an elderly woman having trouble__________ the burning home. So he did the right thing. Davyon helped her __________ exit the house. The fire department soon arrived to __________ .

Davyon’s amazing actions __________ the attention of the Police Department who presented him with a __________ naming him an honorary member of their force. Davyon learned to do the right thing from his __________, including his mom, dad, and uncle. And Davyon is__________ to be an Emergency Medical Technician when he grows up. Davyon is a great example of a young person __________ their talents to help others.

7 . Some people are type A personalities. I must be type AA, like the batteries: I never run out of_______. My five sibling (兄妹) and I used to spend most weekends sweeping warehouses and _______ shipping boxes at Dad’s company. By high school we were filled with a sense of_______because we could work fourteen-hour days.

During the summer we did yard work until _______fell, and then we’d turn on outdoor_______to play kickball. Years later, when we spoke on the _______, we never asked “How are you?” but “What are you doing?”

After I started _______Matt, I would stop by his apartment and often find him_______ on his sofa. And I’d ask what he was doing. “Just sitting here,” he’d reply. Feeling _______, I’d continue to ask: “Yes, but what are you doing?” He’d________ he was just sitting there.

This happened so many times that he became ________: “Why do I always have to be doing something?” he asked. ________, he declared he would no longer________ the question.

Matt and I________ while I was buried in a challenging PhD program. I often ________ six to seven days a week. A few months into our marriage we adopted two kittens (小猫). One Saturday Matt was out, and I fell ________while studying, the kittens sleeping on my chest.

I________, to Matt staring at me, an affectionate smile on his face. Panicked, I searched for a(n)________. “The kittens were having ________sleeping, so I lay down with them.”

Matt________. “It’s OK,” he said, “You’re allowed to take a nap (打盹)”

8 . Fritz Sam was driving his Uber car when he picked up Jemimah Wei, who was on her way to LaGuardia Airport. ____Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood, Fritz saw a building on fire.

He asked Jemimah if she’d mind him pulling over to check it out. With Jemimah’s____, he went out to help.

Outside of the building a crowd had ____, and Fritz joined them in calling for the people inside to come out. And when someone said two people were ____inside, he was faced with the ____ of   staying safe out on the sidewalk or running into the ____ building to help those that remained.

Fritz chose the latter. He ____entered the smoke-filled building and went up the stairs. Then, he met one man who said he would ____the instant he picked up something ____ . So Fritz made a mental note that he’d ____the man before heading out of the building. Going up another set of stairs, he ____a woman who was too____ to move. He hurried forward to ____her and headed downstairs. Before heading out himself, Fritz listened for the man he’d ____seen. When he heard movement down the stairs, he ran back and rushed the man to the ____Back inside the car, Fritz got Jemimah to the ____ , and all in time to catch her flight. When landing, she ____photos of the burning building on a social networking website to ____her Uber hero. Jemimah’s thread caught the ____ of millions, making him so popular. Because of his ____Uber has decided to cover his vehicle rental fees for a year.

9 . A few years ago, I was with a close woman friend in a grocery store in California. As we walked between the_________, we became aware of a mother with a small boy moving in the opposite direction. The woman barely_________ us because she was so bored at her little boy, who kept on pulling items_________ the lower shelves. As the mother became more and more impatient, she started to _________ the child and later began to shake him by the_________.

At this point my friend spoke up. As a wonderful _________ of three and founder of a kindergarten, she had probably_________ once in her life treated any child so badly. I _________ my friend would give this woman a solid mother-to-mother talk about _________ herself and about the effect this behavior has on a child.

However, my friend said, “What a __________ little boy! How old is he?” The woman answered __________, “He’s three.” My friend went on to __________ how curious he seemed and how her own three children were just like him in the __________, pulling things off shelves, so interested in all the wonderful__________ and packages. “He seems so bright and intelligent,” my friend said.

The woman had the __________ in her arms by now and a shy smile came upon her face. __________ brushing his hair out of his eyes, she said, “Yes, he’s very smart and __________, but sometimes he wears me out.” My friend __________ sympathetically, “Yes, they can do that; they are so full of __________. But that is what makes him a kid.” The woman __________ with approval.

As we walked away, I heard the mother speaking more kindly to the boy. “We’ll have your favorite macaroni and cheese this evening,” she told him.

10 . Ten minutes to go and I could close up the shop. There were still a few ______who couldn’t decide what to buy， who______this perfume and then that one. I had a fake(假的)smile______on my face as I waited for them to make up their minds. They______without buying anything.It was ten minutes past 5:00.They had______my time.

Sometimes I wondered if this was really what______was about. ______ from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.,I caught just a glimpse of the sunrise on my way to work. Going home after a day’s work isn’t much______.At home, a family was waiting for my______ While preparing dinner, I did the washing. After dinner, I washed the dishes.

Both my body and soul were______.I can’t go on like this. It’s my own______that I don’t make time for myself. Even on weekends, I get up early to clean the house ______ , while the family sleeps in. I needed______ time for myself, time to recharge my batteries. I was determined to make a______.

A family meeting was the first step, during which everyone came up with ideas for how they could help me ______my goal to have at least one hour per day. Finally, we agreed on taking turns to cook, do the laundry and ______after dinner. Now, the plan is working______.I am impressed by how______my family is to make life easier for me. Now, I don’t mind if customers.are lingering(逗留)when it’s time to______the door. My smile is no longer fake.I have lost that______bit of weight that was bothering me.