If someone said they’d pay you $1,800 to stay off social media for six years, would you do it? Could you?

In 2016, Lorna _______ her 12-year-old son Sivert to stay off social media until he was 18. If he made it, she’d award him the _______ on his eighteenth birthday. On February 19, 2022, Sivert received his _______. Sivert thought it was a great _______ at the time. “I thought it was _______ indeed. What’s 6 more years?” he recalled.

“It’s the _______ money I’ve ever spent,” said Lorna. “We are not against social media, but it’s the _______ use of it. It’s about not letting yourself get _______ affected by it.” Lorna has three older daughters, and she’d already seen problems from their _______ activities. When one of her daughters was 16, Lorna ________ her phone. Her daughter later thanked her for doing so, as it improved her mental health.

Sivert said it wasn’t that ________ to live without social media for six years. “There wasn’t a time when I thought of giving up,” he said. “Staying away from social media also meant I had more time to ________ my studies and sports instead.”

Other parents have seemed ________ trying a similar challenge with their kids. “I advise ________ the behavior you want to see in your children. If they see you before the ________ all day, they will follow your example,” said Lorna.

For me and my father, running is not just a workout but also a bonding experience. Since 2020, I have_________my father, serving as his eyes. My 5l-year old father, born with a vision disorder, had_________depression for a long time due to his disability. As a___________runner, I suggested he take up running to relieve his _________”

However, running wasn’t_________ for him in the beginning. I first bought a secondhand treadmill(跑步机) online, but he gave up after a few_________as he felt that he couldn’t use it due to his_________ of physical exercise and sight. Then I came up with an idea and ___________to run with my father,___________him of the turns and obstacles on the road. After sometime we were able to keep pace with each other. He slowly developed a__________for running. What is more, his health improved and his blood pressure __________.

I often felt sorry when I heard the neighbors gossip about my father’s__________and complained as a child. But now running has brought us ____________. I know life is challenging, but still full of hope.

We have even joined a club-Running in the Dark—for runners with visual impairment and are preparing to run a half marathon. He has also____________to help other disabled people.

“You are my hero,” I told him____________.

“I’m going shopping in the village,” George’s mother said to George on Saturday morning. “So be a good boy and don’t get into trouble. And don’t forget _______ good care of Grandma.” Then out she went.

Grandma _______ in the chair by the window when she opened one little eye and said, “Now you heard _______ your mother said, George.”

“Yes, Grandma,” George said.

George was bored to tears. He didn’t have a brother or a sister. His father was a farmer, and _______ farm they lived on was miles away from anywhere _______there were never any children to play with. He was tired of staring at _______ pigs, hens, cows and sheep. He was especially tired of having to live in the house with his grandma. Looking after her all by himself was hardly _______ way to spend a Saturday morning.

“Go and make me a cup of tea for a start, _______ sugar and milk.” Grandma said. Most grandmothers are lovely, kind, helpful old ladies, but not this one. George’s grandma was a woman _______ was always complaining about something or other. She spent all day ________ on her chair by the window. George ________ that Grandma used to be a gentle lady, but as she grew older, she was not able to look after herself and even worse, she was easy to get angry.

“We ________ be nice to the old, George,” His mother always told him.

Thinking of this, George ________ into the kitchen and made Grandma a cup of tea with a teabag. He put one spoon of sugar and ________ milk in it. He stirred the tea well and carried it into the living room ________.