1 . A few years ago, I visited my daughter Sandra and my granddaughters, Jocelyn and Hailey.

One evening I noticed Hailey was a bit unhappy. I asked her what the _______was and she told me that she had to go to bed so _______and she wanted to stay up with me. I asked her if she felt a little _______and she said, “yes” with a pout (噘嘴).

I asked her, “Do you know what Grandpa does when he is feeling sad? I go to my _______ place.”

“Where is your happy place, Grandpa?” Jocelyn _______aloud.

“My happy place is on the inside of your hugs (拥抱),” I replied. “It’s the best place in the world. Don’t ever _______the power of a hug.”

Extra big hugs were _______that night from two of my girls.

The next morning, Sandra was under a bit of pressure to complete an assignment (任务). She lost her _______.

Jocelyn said, “Mom, are you having a _______day?” Sandra replied, “I guess I am, dear. I’m sorry.”

Jocelyn said, “Would you like to go to Grandpa’s happy place?” With that ________her mother in her arms. “Grandpa says this is his ________place.”

After some ________eyes and a heartfelt “I’m sorry,” Sandra returned to ________with a big smile on her face.

I cherish (珍爱) my time with ________and it is good knowing that what is said with ________has an influence on them.

3 . “How can I make your darling son eat his food?” My husband shouted. I ________ to the scene from the kitchen. “Bill darling, why not ________ a mouthful of rice? Just for mom’s sake, dear.” Bill ________ his tears with the back of his hand. “OK, mom. I will eat the ________ lot of this. But, mom, if I eat all the rice, will you give me whatever I ________ for?” “Promise.”

Slowly and painfully, he ________ eating the whole quantity. After that, Bill came to me with his eyes wide with ________. “Mom, I want to have my ________ shaved this Sunday!” It was ________ for me to make the decision. “Our promise must be ________. Bill, your wish will be achieved.”

On Monday morning, I dropped him at his ________. It was a sight to watch my hairless Bill walking ________ his classroom. Just then, a girl got out of a car and shouted, “Bill, please wait for me!” What ________ me was the hairless head of that girl.

“Madam, your son Bill is ________ indeed!” Without introducing himself, a man got out of the ________ and continued, “That girl is my daughter Lily. She is ________ from a serious disease. She lost all her hair due to the side effects of the ________. She refused to return school, fearing the ________ teasing of her schoolmates. Bill promised her that he would ________ the teasing issue. However, I ________ imagined he would sacrifice his lovely curly hair for my daughter!”

I stood there and then I swept, “My kind son, you’re teaching me how selfless real love is!”

4 . “Never give up! Never give up!” shouted my two young children, Max and Charley, as they marched behind their grandmother Mimi. They were ________ the ice-cream truck.

Before starting the search on that July afternoon, Mimi heard the ________ sound of the ice-cream man’s bell. ________, the ice—cream man’s visit is a daily occurrence, although the time between the sound of his bell and the leaving of his truck is short. One must be ________ to catch him.

Max and Charley were ________ when they didn’t catch him in time that day. That lasted until Mimi’s eyes shined and she said, “Never give up!” She explained that the truck might be ________, but they could hurry off to find it at its next ________.

After about twenty minutes of walking, Max’s ________ in the search began to waver (动摇). He ________ that they should give up and said, “Maybe we should give up. We have been walking pretty far and haven’t seen the ________ yet.” Charley said a quick “No way!” and ________ he shout with Mimi. Somewhat doubtfully, Max ________. Not knowing which ________ the truck had taken, they had to ________ where to search. They were ________, but they didn’t quit.

Just two blocks later, they found it. Mimi, Max and Charley screamed with ________. “Never give up!” In that moment, my mom Mimi did for my ________ what she had done for me for countless times. Simple though it was, that phrase became our battle cry for the ________ we faced in many years she raised me and my brother alone. Leading by ________, Mom taught us just how much one could accomplish with a positive attitude. Now, she is taking the same ________ in her relationship with her grandchildren.

7 . Today, I went hiking with a friend of mine. The sky suddenly became covered with _________ clouds, so we started walking down the mountain with a(n) _________ step than usual. After a little while, we _________ a large group of children by chance. They were walking down the mountain as well. The path suddenly became _________ for a few moments before the group was well ahead and out of _________.

Left behind were a young boy and his _________. We slowed down for a bit to _________ with them about the weather before finally passing them. They _________ again when my friend stopped to tie her shoes. Suddenly, the boy fell. Fortunately, my friend _________ caught him as he was about to roll down the path. However, he got frightened and was __________ in his mother’s arms. He said that his __________ hurt and I could see the __________ on the mother’s face. I asked if I could help, with my friend__________ that I was a nurse and I could give the boy a quick __________ of his knee. Making sure that they needed nothing more __________ we continued on,I decided to leave the pair sitting on a rock.

I only took a few steps forward before feeling that there was more that could be done. I said __________ to my friend for slowing us down, then turned and asked the boy and his mother if they wanted us to __________ and walk down with us.I could see the relief (宽慰) wash over the mother’s face as she said “yes ” and immediately __________ up.

The __________ in New England had left the path covered with beautiful yellow leaves. Though we walked slowly, we talked __________ with the boy and his mother.

8 . In the evening, Kasi usually gets out of a park and returns home via Hilpher Road. That road has a very unique _________, with kids playing and people bargaining. One day she found a _________ just wandering in the lawn(草地) beside her house. His red coat made dull grass in the lawn _________. Kasi decided to wait for another fifteen _________ for the boy.

Then the boy sat on the bench. He was extremely _________, fear floating in his eyes. She clearly read the _________. After all, she had _________ been homeless. Her own eyes were filled with the memories of _________ times and tears rolled down from her pretty eyes. Yes, she once lived under a bridge where life was _________.

Then, she didn’t know how that fifteen minutes had __________. Still the boy was there. He was looking at a biscuit wrapper lying there. She stood up, wiped off her __________ and went to the boy and smiled. The boy got __________ and backed off and started crying. People in the park suddenly became very “__________” and ran to that boy, who opened up about Kasi. Everyone just got an opportunity to __________ Kasi and said unkind words about her existence. She needed to __________ immediately.

After reaching home, she could not __________ anything. So she put on her clothes and left. When she got to the __________, the poor boy appeared again. She was filled with a mixture of __________, but she could not help but start __________ those people. She immediately __________ the boy up and took him to her home. She decided to think of him as one of the family.

10 . A young man travelled by train. As it was ________ across a wildness (荒野) passengers looked out of the ________ idly and aimlessly. When the train came near a bend, it _________ and then an unadorned (简陋的) house came into ________. It was so clearly ________ the deserted landscape that everybody on the ________ turned to “admire (赞赏)” it. Some passengers ________ began a discussion about it.

The ________ man was also impressed by the scene. On his return he ________ the train at the nearest station and ________his way to the house. Its ________ told him that he was troubled by the ________ of the train, and he wanted to sell the house but ________would buy it.

Soon after the young man ________ thirty thousand dollars for the house, regarding it as a ________ place for advertisement (广告). It was facing the railway ________ where the train had to slow down and the ________ passengers would cast their eyes on the house to ________ themselves.

He managed to get close to some big companies and tried his best to let them ________ the advantage of the place for ________ . Finally the Coca-Cola Company took a lease on (租用) it and put up promotional signs. The young man was paid 180 thousand dollars for a three-year rent.