1 . Everyone goes through some form of change. Going through change can teach us about our _______. In order to move on in life we must _______ change. We either accept it or _______ it. I have chosen to take it on with a _______.

Before entering junior high school, I thought _______ would be the same as things in my primary school. And then I began to realize that wasn’t _______ not only was there more work but there were _______ friends. That also meant my old group of friends started to separate. As months went by, I realized I should _______ the fact that we were all going through a big change and that it was okay to grow _______.

I have also learned we should never __________ ourselves for someone but rather for ourselves. It is important for me to be happy and I shouldn’t have to change myself only to __________ someone else. Recently, I have been able to realize that not everyone will __________ me or what I do or what I wear, and that's okay.

I believe in change but only if __________ from that person is put into it. If someone doesn’t try to change, then I believe he won't __________ his goal and that he could possibly __________ the person or thing he loves. I noticed this __________ a friend of mine. She __________ saying she was going to change, but she put no effort into it and because of this she lost many close friends.

As we get older, it becomes easier to try new things and meet new people. Our __________ no longer affect just ourselves but our family and friends as well. Life is based on making decisions, some of them __________, and some of them bad. It’s these decisions that make us who we are. Most people are __________ of change, but I choose to accept it gladly.

2 . Our girls had performed well all day at the Bradford North Lawrence Cheer-leading Clinic, and Abby and I were happy. As cheer coaches of the Shawswick Elementary 2018-2019 Cheerleaders, my daughter and I couldn't ________ for the day of the award ceremony（颁奖典礼） to begin.

Three of our seven cheerleaders won individual awards—Kennedy won a best jumper award; Ally won a spirit ribbon; and Chelsea earned a best gymnast medal. As we took________ of our girls with their group and individual awards, I________one of our 4^th graders, Trista, wasn't as "spirited" as usual. In fact, she seemed quite________.

I was just about to ask her about it________Chelsea, one of our individual award winners and a 5th grade squad（小队）member,________her arm around Trista's shoulder and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I just wish I could have won an award," Trista said, with big________in her eyes.

Without missing a beat, Chelsea________Trista the "Best Gymnast" award and said, "You can________this one. I have others at home because I________with an All Star squad.”

Trista________Chelsea and then happily ran away to________her mom the award, and I stood there in amazement at the________act I'd just seen. At that moment, I________I had had an extra-special award to give Chelsea for her kind heart.

I'm not sure if anyone else saw what Chelsea did that afternoon, but I saw and it________me. Later, I told Chelsea how________I was of her, and she smiled and sort of brushed it off, not wanting me to make a big________of it.

How long has it been since you've done something, selfless, without wanting any________, just to bless another person? Like Chelsea, you may think it's a small gesture of________, but it might make a big difference.

So, go ahead. Make someone's________today.

3 . Courtesy(礼貌)wasn’t really optional in my childhood home. I grew up with two sisters just older than me. If I wasn’t ________ to them, they would strike me hard.

Kathy, my youngest sister, was crazy about my ________ habits. Whenever we traveled and Dad bought ________ for us to have on the way, Kathy would ________ wait until I had hungrily wolfed mine down ________ she would start eating her burger slowly and happily. She said it was ________. Wanda Lynne, on the other hand, was ________ to make me a courteous gentleman. Never mind that I was still years away from actually ________. Wanda Lynne wanted to make sure I would treat the girls I dated better than the boys she was dating were treating her. So she made me ________ doors for her every day and ________ me to walk on the inside closest to the road. She said it was courteous for me to do this.

Years later I went away to ________, and I remembered the things my ________ had taught me. One day in the university library, I ________ an older woman walking behind me, and I held the ________ open for her. “What’s the matter?” she asked, glaring at me. “Do you think that because I’m a woman, I’m not ________ enough to open a door for myself?” She rolled her ________ and shook her head. “Freshman,” she whispered, ________ past me. I decided that there would be no more door opening or chair holding or closest-to-the-traffic walking for me.

As I stood there, however, another upperclassman ________ the library door, her arms overloaded with textbooks. Instinctively I reached to open the door for her. “Thanks!” she said ________. “It’s nice to see we still have a few gentlemen around here!”

Three years later I met a beautiful freshman who actually ________ my courtesy to her, and for 35 years we’ve been trying to out-nice each other.

4 . I remember the day shyness took over my life. I was 14 and having a French lesson. The teacher told us to record ourselves ________ about a film. Perfect! I recorded myself ________. Then I pressed “play” to listen back. What I heard was a little kid talking. My ________ reaction was to ________ I was listening to someone else’s recording. But then, it dawned on me. That was my ________. I realized there was something ________ about me.

My little voice has made me feel really sly. And my shyness has caused me to ________ attending events, not make important ________, and keep my ideas to myself. As shy person, working from home, hiding behind my computer was ________, but the more time I spent hidden away, the more my comfort zone shrank. Everyday ________, like ordering a coffee, became increasingly awkward and ________.

And, then, one day I was at big conference and it suddenly ________ me like lightning bolt (闪电). All speakers were confident, comfortable with being ________. There were no quieter voices. But the ________ is, if the loud voices are the only ones you hear, we quieter people feel even more alienated (疏远的). The world needs mixture of personalities. Success is not just about who can shout the ________. The world needs quieter people, too. That day I chose to stop ________ and embrace my shyness. No more feeling like I needed to change who I am in order to ________. No more living a small life.

Then I created the Shy and Mighty Society, a space for shy people like me to ________, and in the process of helping others, I could also push myself ________, bit by bit. Now, I’m happy to tell people I feel shy. I’m not ________ any more. And I know that I’m not alone.

5 . I was driving to a business appointment when I came to a very busy crossroad. The traffic light had just turned red. Suddenly, an unforgettable _______ caught my eye. A young couple, both blind, were _______ arm-in-arm across this busy crossroad with cars racing by in every direction. Each of them had a walking stick extended, searching for clues to _______ them.

At first I was moved. They were trying to _______ what I felt was one of the most scary disability—blindness. It _______ be terrible to be blind. My thought was quickly interrupted by _______ when I saw that the couple were directly walking toward the middle of the crossroad. Without _______ the danger they were in, they were walking right into the path of oncoming cars. I was concerned because I didn’t know _______ the other drivers understood what was happening.

To my astonishment, I saw a(n) _______ scene unfold before my eyes. Every car in every direction came to a(n) ________. No sharp sounds of brakes or noisy horn were heard, ________ did anyone yell, “Get out of the way!” Everything ________. At that moment, time seemed to stand still for this couple.

Amazed, I ________ the cars around me. I noticed that everyone’s attention was fixed on the couple. ________ the driver to my right yelled, “To your right! To your right!” Other people ________ in union, shouting, “To your right!”

The couple ________ their own course and they made it to the other side of the road. ________ they arrived at the roadside, one thing impressed me—they were ________ arm-in-arm. I was taken aback by the ________ expressions on their faces and judged that they had no idea what was really ________ around them.

As I drove away, I did so with more awareness of life and care for others than ever before.

6 . Mevan Babakar had a difficult start in life. She and her parents _______Iraq during the Gulf War in the 1990s. They travelled _______Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia and eventually to the Netherlands, where Babakar and her mother lived for a year in a refugee camp (难民营). Child as she was, she used to think it could be the end of the world every day. Life was _______and future to her, was a dream that would never come true.

However, she never forgot the refugee camp worker all those years ago. That day, watching other children playing and running on the ground in the camp, she, _______, stood there in the old coat and woolen cap, her face smudged with dirt. Their laughter and happiness made her find herself _______to go.

He came into _______, pushing a red, shiny bike on the dirt road. Out of _______, he came to her, saying, “It’s for you.” The five-year-old girl _______with joy. Hardly believing her ears, she giggled _______, covering her mouth with her dirty hands.

The ________gift made a lasting impact. “I remember feeling so special —I remember thinking that this is such a big thing to receive, am I even worthy of this big thing?” Babakar said. “This ________became the basis of my self-worth growing up.” From then on, she also believed that there would be hope; there would be chances, maybe very ________, but they would be there.

Mevan Babakar, today aged 29, decided to ________ down the man and posted a faded photo of the two of them in the ________on Twitter, which was among a handful of ________she had from that time. To her surprise, within 36 hours, Egbert, who ________for a nonprofit news site, was located in Germany. When the pair were reunited, they went through the old photos together and ________stories about the refugee camp.

Mevan posted ________photograph: “This is Egbert. He’s been helping refugees since the 90s. The bike was just a small gesture, ________it had brought me back into my life.” Egbert’s kindness continued to ________her. That was the magical thing about kindness: It didn’t cost anything but it changed the world of one person at a time.

7 . It’s amazing how one dollar can change the culture of a school.

We have a ___________ school of about 30 students. It is really full of _____________ and pressure as most of the kids get good _______ and try to be the best ones. It’s good except that a lot of us middle kids felt really _______. We got the feeling that we were so selfish—it’s every man for _______.

_______, my friend and I set out to find a way to _________ the culture. We thought doing things for others was the only way to _______ our depression(沮丧) about school.

On the first day of school we put a ___________ folded into a heart into one of the leaders’ lockers with a piece of paper that ______________, “Buy yourself a snack.” We hoped to ______________ small gifts every day. We didn’t know the ________ it would have.

People went ________ over it and everyone was talking about who it might be doing the acts of kindness and ________ that they should do something too. It is so much fun to see the ________ on everyone’s faces now! Lots of other people have started sharing ________ now too: chocolate bars, cookies and money left ________ in the vending machine(自动售货机). And lots of notes are on the thanks board saying: “Thanks to whoever started.”

Now I actually expect to go to school to have the chance to ______________ people up. I hope kindness will __________ to other schools. If anybody is struggling with being ______________ at school and work, I totally suggested doing acts of kindness.

8 . Now you’re a fool for helping. “I don’t want to get involved” seems to have become a national motto. One summer I was driving from my hometown of Tahoe City, California to New Orleans, Louisiana. In the middle of the desert, I passed a young man standing by the roadside. He had his _______ out and held a gas can in his other hand. I drove right by him. There was a time _______ you’d be called a jerk for passing by somebody _______.

Several days later I was still _______ about the hitchhiker（搭便车的人）, about how I didn’t even lift my foot _______ the accelerator（油门）for him. “Does anyone stop any more?” I wondered. I recalled Blanche DuBois’s famous line— “I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.” Was that _______ these days? One way to test this would be for a person to journey _______ the US without any money, just _______ on the good will of others. What would happen? Would he find food, shelter and support?

The idea intrigued（激起兴趣）me.

The week I_______ 37, I realized that I had never done something truly crazy. ________ I decided to really do it: travel from the Pacific to the Atlantic without a penny. I would only accept ________ of rides, food and places to sleep. For six weeks I hitched 82 rides and covered 4,223 miles across 14 states. I was treated kindly ________ I went. I was ________ by people’s readiness to help a stranger.

In Oregon, a house painter named Mike __________ the cold weather and asked if I had a coat. I didn’t, so he gave me a big green army-style jacket. A lumber-mill worker in Michigan named Tim invited me to a __________dinner with his family in their shabby house. Then he offered me a tent. I refused, but Tim insisted, packing it into my bag himself. I found people were generally compassionate. Hearing I had no money and would take none, people bought me food or ________ with them whatever they happened to have. Those who had the ________   to give often gave the most.

I’m __________ to all the people I met for their rides, their food, their shelter and their gifts. My faith in ordinary folks was ________ . I was proud to live in a country where people were still willing to help. In spite of everything, you can still depend on the __________ of strangers.

9 . Cooperation and competition are __________ important. They're necessary ________a person to achieve success in life．

Learn to be cooperative with others. No one likes a selfish or greedy person. However, everyone likes a________and friendly person. Everything we do today, _________in doing business or making friends, depends on our ability to _________with one another. In our society, most tasks need the cooperation of many people __________they can be finished successfully. So we must try to be cooperative. Each person _________a small part of a machine. If only one part is out of order, the machine can't be running well. ________transportation and communication systems are developing quickly and people all over the world can keep in line with each other__________. It's hard for a person _________is away from the society to have a deep understanding of the world he___________. Cooperation___________more and more important for a person to get a good life.

Being competitive also has a place in life. If you want to get more success and be better than others, you must work harder and study more___________. The desire（愿望） to succeed and do better than others___________us to work harder. If there were no competitions, a sports meeting would never be____________and successful, and we could never have champion.

10 . I always made sure that I wouldn't take any stress or worry before exams. I will send out the highest positive power I can____all the other students and my friends also become positive. I did the___thing today. I wasn't well____for the project presentation and I didn't know how it would go, so I___to be myself and do whatever makes me feel happy and____joy around as usual.

I went to college and saw everyone was studying and___, so I started to tell some jokes to make a____environment. Suddenly, a dog came onto the scene and it was very____.I love animals a lot and dogs are my____. Therefore, I started playing with him and____food for him to eat. I was so happy doing this that I even____that I would do an important task in 15 minutes and I was____constantly. That____with which I was talking to the dog____everything around. All my friends who were worried____me and we all started playing with the dog. Everyone became happy and the____became so happy and loving, too. After all of that, our____went great and the teachers_____It was____my happiness and becoming a positive magnet(磁铁)that____that positive energy all around.