Whenever I picked up my phone, I could feel that my whole family were staring at me. ______, the living room fell into a completely______ . All I could hear was the sound of cooking in the oven.

“look! She’s been on her phone all day long! It’s all your______ ! If they are not taught how to behave well, children will ______ respect the elders!” my grandmother ______ .

I was very shocked and ______ ! I opened my mouth to say something, but words failed me and I just sat down______ on the chair like a mouse in its trap. I thought “Here we go again”.

In fact, I truly______ my family and I would do anything for them if they require me to do. However, there are ______   that make me feel that they all______ one thing: technology is ______ me.

If I am going to be______like a child or completely ignored, I will most likely not______ their company, and I feel like most people think and do so. So I sometimes simply shut myself in my room and listened to the______coming from the living room, thinking “they all grew up in a world so______ from mine that it amazes me how they have actually gotten this far”. They did not have phones or any type of _______   technology, which is both good and bad. Bad because they had almost no type of fast ______, and good because they were______to interact with one another, which is______something today’s society is deprived of. However, maybe if they made an effort to be______of how things work nowadays, they would not be so against everything.

My mother is the sweetest person you would ever want to meet．She was always bright and selfless．She is also someone whose_______is being damaged and whose identity is being lost slowly because of Alzheimer's disease （阿尔茨海默症）．For me，it is a slow letting go and a_______process．Although she couldn't_______herself，she at least still knew her immediate family．I knew the day would come when that，too，would_______and finally，about two﹣and﹣a﹣half years ago，that day came．

My parents would visit us almost daily and we would have a pleasant time，but one day there was a_______missing．My mother no longer_______me as her daughter．She would tell my father "Oh， they are such nice people．" Telling her I was her daughter made no_______at all． When I would hug her good﹣bye， I would close my eyes and_______that this was my mother from years ago．I would_______every familiar feeling I have known for 36 years﹣her warm comforting body，and the soft，sweet smell that was hers alone．Every day，I prayed（祈祷）for her．

One late summer afternoon，my prayers were________and I was taken by surprise． My parents were outside in the garden when my mother suddenly jumped up________she had been hit by lightning．She ran into the kitchen，grabbed me gently from behind and________me around．With a sparkle（闪光）in her eyes，she________asked me if it was true， was I her baby？Tears welling up，I said，yes，it was true．We hugged and cried and neither of us wanted to________this magical moment． I knew it could disappear as quickly as it came． She said she always felt a________to me and that I was nice， but that it had come to her suddenly that I was her child．We felt________．I took this________from God and savored （享受）it，even if it were to last just for that moment．We had a special connection again．

________my mother's condition has continued to worsen， she remembers who I am and it has been a year since that________afternoon．A month ago when we had another visitor， she started stroking my hair and told them________，"Did you know that she was my baby？"

I felt my childhood was left on the plane to the United States when my baby cousins returned home. It was a really _________moment for me.

During their stay in China, they had not only brought back the happy days of my childhood, but also helped me _________from an at-times selfish teenager into a reliable grown-up.

Three years ago, my aunt and uncle moved here from Boston with their 1-year-old daughter Yasmeen and _________an apartment close to our house. We were overjoyed to have our family, especially a baby girl, so close to us. Yasmeen had close friendships with each of my sisters, but I knew the one that _________ between us was the strongest. As she began to walk on her own and talk in full sentences, I realized my great _________on her, I noticed that she’d _________some of my unpleasant actions, arguing with her mother as I had done the same. Yasmeen made me realize what a good _________should be.

When Maya was born, Yasmeen had a hard time _________her younger sister. She was jealous(忌妒) of the attention we all paid to the little baby, so I did my best to keep her company when she felt _________. Once Yasmeen got over her jealousy, she was able to enjoy Maya’s presence, like we all did. I tried my best to change my __________in order to spend more time with my little cousins.

My __________with Yasmeen and Maya has taught me the importance of being a good example. __________I helped my little cousins in a way, they have taught me how to be a good sister; and most __________ , a better person—a more patient person, who would not be upset by their endless questions; a(n) __________person, who would be able to have fun and share with others; a role model, who __________the babies ideas about right and wrong.