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____________.

Growing up, moments with Mum were painfully short-lived because we spent most of the year at our boarding school in Darjeeling, India, ________only during the holidays. The ________, cherished moments gradually dimmed as I grew older and moved further away from home for university. Weekly phone calls filled with small talks were too rushed and rough to ever develop into real talks, real feelings, which tended to lead to ________ .

This Christmas, to ease our tense relationship, we ________for a joint sketching (联合素描) activity in a museum. ________, I hoped producing something together would help us connect. As our creative juice flowed, our ________relationship began to take on the colors and shades of something sincere and beautiful.

“Look there!” she said excitedly, pointing towards a digital screen that displayed our creations. “That one’s ours.” The fish we had drawn, with its big black eyes against lemon-yellow scales, was ________with our names. Her eyes filled with a ________look, Mum went up to the screen and reached out, ________the fish as if doing so would bring it to life.

Looking around the museum, I saw other children sharing moments with their parents, and my own childhood ________before my eyes. That momentary glimpse of my mother’s childlike ________, that rare scene where she ________an inner innocence and delight at a new experience revealed the little girl in her, who temporarily (暂时地) lost the connection to the ________of adulthood and motherhood.

“Our time together was like that of friends,” she remarks now, as we ________on our trip. “You were my mother, and I was a child who ________you around.” Life had indeed come full circle.

The Bridge We Were Meant to Cross

My brother and I were driving home together, buried in a conversation. For lack of attention, my brother took a _______ turn towards a bridge and we had no way to turn back.

_______, he paid the bridge toll (费用) and _______. He was clearly frustrated by the mistake and the needless _______ of $ 4.

We eventually reached an exit and, as we took it, my brother _______ a black Mustang pulled over to the side of the road. A young guy was standing nearby trying to phone someone. I was busy _______ which way we went next but my brother pulled over and asked the guy if he needed any help. And he did. He had a _______ tire and needed a wrench (扳手) to get it _______.

My brother gave him a wrench, then _______ to help him change the flat. We started getting to know the young man who was from a rough neighborhood nearby. He said that this had been a ______________ week for him: earlier he had gotten into a minor car accident, and now this flat on his way home from work. But he called us “A ______________ of fresh air”, and kept thanking us because he would have been ______________ if we hadn’t ______________. After we had finished the job, he thanked us again and ______________ $ 20 and tried to give it to us. “No,” I said. “We were ______________ supposed to even get on that bridge. We took a wrong turn. But now we know why we did it. It was to help you. Thank you for turning our mistake into a(n) ______________ to serve.”

What I loved most was watching my brother throughout this ______________. He was able to turn his ______________ for the mistake into positive energy. He was able to see a chance to help (which I totally missed!) even in an otherwise ______________ situation, which can only come from a ______________ mind and an open heart.