2020 is drawing to a close. I haven’t seen my ______ in a year.

“Take care of yourself, my dear granddaughter,” she spoke into the phone. “I’m ______ already and have lived long enough. Don’t you worry.”

I didn’t want this to be her last ______. While I stay locked in the Klang Valley, she lives far away and is indifferent (不感兴趣的) to modern technology－which makes ______ difficult.

I knew she really ______ to see my face and began to try to find a solution (解决方法).

“Baby steps are the key. Start with what she already ______”, came the Internet advice. ______, she knows WhatsApp and that has a video call function.

“OK, Nani, you know WhatsApp, right?” I ______ her on our next call. “Did you know we can actually ______ each other by using the ______?” I   continued and heard an “oh” on the line. I knew I had her.

While the task is simple enough to us, the cloudy eyes of old age make it a(n) ______ task－coupled with the fact that the Internet connection isn’t always ______.

The first attempt (尝试) had some good results, ______ the angle (角度) was off. I could only see the very top of her head. In the second attempt, we made a little progress, but the poor Internet service ______ to allow us to see each other.

After two ______ attempts, I could tell she was getting upset (沮丧的) “It’s going to be worth it!” I ______ her during our next call.

Finally, on one good day of Internet connection, her ______ was on my screen.

No matter how many phone calls we exchange, nothing ______ seeing her face filled with happiness and love. Our experience shows that even if we can’t see each other ______, the Internet still makes it possible for loved ones to be continually ______.

How far would you go to make a good impression at a new job? A college student in Alabama walked 22 kilometers in the ________ to get to his new job.

Walter Carr’s ____ broke down the night before starting a new job at Bellhops, a moving company. Although he tried several times, Carr ________ to find a ride. Knowing he could not afford to _____ the job, he decided to walk and _____ how long it would take to walk to the job in Pelham — 32 kilometers away. He left at midnight so that he could_______it to the customer’s house on time.

Carr had reportedly walked about 22 kilometers ________ the local police started to help the young man. After hearing his _______, they took him to breakfast. Then, they give him a ________ to the home of the customer Jenny Lamey, whom he was ________ to help move that morning, before the rest of the _____ arrived.

“I asked Carr if he wanted to go _____and rest until everyone else arrived,” said Lamey in a Facebook post. “He _____ and said he could go ahead and get started.” So, the family and Carr began ______ up the home, chatting along the way.

He told Lamey that he and his mother______ from New Orleans to Birmingham after losing their _____ in Hurricane Katrina, an extremely destructive and deadly one that _____the Gulf Coast of the U.S. in 2005.

“I just can’t tell you how ______ I was by Carr and his journey. He is modest, kind, cheerful, hardworking and _______.” Lamey shared the story of Carr on Facebook. It spread _______, moving many other all over the world.

In my management class I took the same seat every single day. I sat with a foreigner that _______ spoke English. The most _______ English he would speak was “Wow, my muffin (松饼) is really good.”

This guy had a habit of _______ every item he owned exactly where I sat. Upon my arrival, he would greet me “Halo” and _______ my desk. He also made it a _______ to give me a high-five for daily class’s beginning.

I was always _______. Why would he do so? The _______ thing I wanted to do was give a guy high fives every morning, who hardly grasped my _______.

Today I was late. Standing outside, I was sending a quick _______ when through the door I ________ at my desk with the usual items. As I was busy typing, another late boy approached my seat. The foreign guy immediately ________ him, saying, “Sorry. My good friend Thomas sits here.” Not until then did I realize this guy didn’t ________ to annoy me. I was too busy thinking about myself to take a guy saving me the seat every morning into ________.

When the class was over, I ________ treating him to get a bite for lunch. And we talked for a while. I got through his ________ English. We shared ideas as friends.