My dad, Nick, was admitted to the hospital. The following day we were told that he had been _________ positive for COVID-19. My mother, Rosa, was worried that we'd get sick too. So she pulled sheets off his bed, and _________ them along with the clothes he had _________. All we could do was wait. I felt so _________.

Growing up, we children didn't have much of a（n）_________ with him. His life centered on his business and his friends. When he was _________. I spent many nights with my mother, asking questions about him. In his _________. I had the chance to better _________ a picture of who he was.

One night I studied my face in the _________ while I brushed my teeth, __________, maybe for the first time, how much I looked like him: my eyes, the way my __________ pushes outward and sideways, I wondered what he would be like if he __________ — would he be the same person? Would I?

Three months later, he came home, __________ through every room in the apartment, taking it all in. Photographing these __________ through tears made me feel that my family was one of the __________ ones.

When a situation becomes urgent, it can be difficult to think clearly. Luckily, 12-year-old Austen had the ________ he needed to save a life. Everything looked fine when Austen and his adviser, Jason, were ________ . But things took a turn when Jason tried to see how long he could ________ his breath underwater.

For a moment, Austen ________ waited for Jason to return to the ________. But as seconds turned to minutes, he knew it was time to take ________ . He quickly swam to grab Jason, bringing him back to the ________ end of the pool. He tried to call 911 but the phone was ________. He ran outside and ________ for help, but nobody was around. Finally, he ________ CPR (心肺复苏), something he had just seen from a TV show. Amazingly, a few minutes later Jason ________ himself. Turns out, Jason had lost his ________ at about 30 seconds into containing his breath.

This incident soon went viral online, reminding people of the importance of teaching kids ________ . And as far as Jason goes, he couldn’t be more ________, “Such a moment required quick ________ and courage,” Jason said. “Thankfully, he made it right.”

I work as a waiter at a hotel. Last night an elderly white, seemingly _______couple came into the restaurant and my co-worker_________them. We usually do our own _______, but we were so busy last night that we _______ each other out. At one point the elderly couple   _______ to me that they were ready to order. I usually find it _______ when people make their order in such a high-sounding manner, but once I _______their order I understood why.

The husband began_______and started stuttering(口吃). It was _______that he had a speech disorder. I could tell the wife had told her husband very ________ what she wanted as a way for him to practice speaking. It took some time for him to order and ________ she was sitting there and she looked so ________ despite her husband's frequent stuttering.

The whole thing brought me to tears, making me realize that a huge part of   ________is acceptance, tolerance and support. She________have made the order and made things much easier for her husband and avoid the________from other tables, but she didn't.________she supported him and was ________to see him complete the order. I ________these wealthy people had everything going well for them. But it just ________me that all of us have our problems. I ________ took their gesture of wanting to order as bad manners, but they did it because he really wanted to get the order right. What a true love!