The other day I took my children through the drive-in restaurant at McDonald’s. It was a hot day and they wanted a nice cool _________. So I said yes.

As I ordered I remembered a_________I made to myself a year ago.

The promise is that every time I drive through the driven-in restaurant, I pay for the car _________me. I made this promise _________I go through the drive-in restaurant about 4 times a year. So it’s an easy one to keep and up until yesterday, I have_________that promise.

As I drove around to pay the cashier the $6 for our _________I really didn’t want to offer to pay for the car_________behind me.

In my head I began to _________myself out of it.

“It’s OK, Nicole. You don’t have to.”

“This isn’t a(n) _________time. You haven’t much money this week.”

“And what if it’s a $40 order or __________!”

That’s when the other   __________ stepped into my head. It’s never my own. It’s the wise voice, saying, “It’s__________ the time that you do it! It’s __________and good when you’re happy and rich. But love and kindness doesn’t__________that way. It isn’t conditional and only given when it__________you!”

So I __________it. I asked the cashier(收银员)to   __________the car order behind me to my card. Thankfully it was only $2.95. Can you believe it?

__________, that isn’t the point. The point is that I did it. By doing it I __________someone’s day, and __________them that there’s love and kindness in this world.

One of my favorite high school teachers was Mrs. Ide. She was my _______ teacher and the leader of our choir (合唱团), in which I was a member during high school in France. It was Mrs. Ide who asked me to_______ the school choir. Mrs. Ide was a great teacher, _______ she didn’t play favorites, believed in all of us and was a musical genius (天才).

First of all, Mrs. Ide always had_______ topics for her music class. She had_______ to make them fun every time. We _______ in groups in class. We studied for musicals (like Cats, My Fair Lady)_______every one of us had a part to act and sing. When we_______studying our parts, we had a “creative evening”, where all our families, friends and teachers came and watched our_______.

Secondly, Mrs. Ide __________ our musical talents (才能). She taught us to be self-confident (自信的) with our __________ and how to use different skills to__________ our singing. She told us every week that we all have great talent, and it felt really__________that she had such confidence in our musical__________

Finally, I can__________ that Mrs. Ide was the best teacher and she__________cared about us. She helped everyone in her class to improve our __________and be more self-confident.__________she taught us skills, so that we were able to__________at home alone. She was the person who encouraged me to study singing. I really__________ that there are other teachers like her, who are an inspiration (鼓舞人的人) for students and their future.

Wu Ming, a young German born after 1995, is a big fan of Chinese culture. As he thought some diseases couldn’t be treated _______with Western medicine, he decided to _______Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). In 2015, Wu came to Henan Province, where a strong TCM culture can be _______. After a year of learning, he _______the language barrier and started to learn Chinese medicine. Wu always _______some Chinese herbal medicine by himself to know their flavors and effects, just like Shennong, a character in Chinese legend. In Wu’s opinion, TCM is one of the best-preserved _______of Chinese culture.

Studying TCM also _______Wu’s mind and lifestyle. He used to be _______to electronic devices, playing video games every night. Instead of being trapped in the fast-paced but unhealthy daily _______, he now lives a ________and peaceful life, practicing good habits like drinking tea and reading.

Wu ________what he has learned to help his family. He always provides his family members with some advice about staying fit after ________their skin or tongues online. Over time, his family gradually understands his ________for TCM.

Wu thinks there’s no big difference between China and Western countries. “________comes from being out of touch,” said Wu. He plans to run a traditional Chinese clinic in Germany, which can serve as a ________between the two countries and publicize TCM and its culture.