On a sunny day, a shepherd (牧羊人) walked with his two     1    (hunger) sheep along a winding country path. He managed to have them both     2    (tie) to each other just in case they should get separated. It was quite a long time before they arrived at a place     3    there was merely a small amount of fresh grass on both     4     (side) of the path. Both of the sheep were so eager to eat the grass that they hurried to the grass but     5     the separate directions. Unfortunately, the rope     6    (fasten) them was not long enough. No matter how hard they     7    (struggle), neither was able to reach the grass in front of     8    (they).

The shepherd was about to help them when he was surprised to find that one of them should     9     (voluntary) abandon the struggle, and went along with the other. As     10     result, together the two sheep enjoyed the fresh grass on one side happily, and then the grass on the other.

Patricia Pania wanted to be a mother and home­maker. But     1    life was turned upside down when a motorist,     2     (distract) by his cellphone, ran a stop sign and crashed into the side of her car. The impact killed her 2-­year-­old daughter. Four months later, Pania reluctantly     3    courageously decided to try to educate the public and to fight     4    laws to ban drivers from using cellphones     5    a car is moving. In her first speech, Pania was visibly trembling and her voice was soft and uncertain. But as     6     got into her speech, a dramatic transformation took place. She stopped     7    (shake) and spoke with     8     strong voice. For the rest of her talk, she was a forceful and compelling speaker. She wanted everyone in the audience to know     9     she knew without having to learn it from a personal tragedy. Many in the audience were moved to tears and to action. In subsequent presentations, Pania gained reputation     10     a highly effective speaker.

【推荐1】Our ancestors（祖先）made the old saying that friends    1    (be) like wine-the older,the better.Because of that, many people think old friends to be    2    (important) than new ones.For example,if two pieces of advice are given to solve a problem,one from a new friend and the other from an old friend,people always prefer to choose the latter one,     3    the new friend's advice may be better.

    4    (disagree) with the old saying,I believe that new friends are not    5    (necessary) worse than old friends. Why?Because the    6    (long) of time cannot tell whether your friendship is better or not.

Once you call someone friend,he must be a person who is    7    (rely) and whose interests are in common with     8    (you).Maybe a friend's outside look    9    (change) all the time,but the inside characters of him and his interests won't change at all.It is just these unchangeable characters and interests that make him a friend to you.    10    ,there is no difference between old friends and new ones on this point.

Today is Sunday. I’ve been in Canada for two months. This is the first time that I     1    (be) away from my family for such a long time. With the help of Katia, a roommate of mine, I’ve soon got used to     2    (live) without my parents around. Katia, like many other Russian girls,     3    (be) nice and lively. We became friends shortly after we     4    (meet) each other. Although her English is a little hard to understand, we enjoy     5    (chat) and she usually     6    (talk) a lot about her own family. We’re both     7    (surprise) that Chinese culture and Russian culture     8    (be) so different. Now, we     9    (plan) a small party for next Sunday. There, Katia     10    (introduce)me to some of her friends, one of whom has been to China several times. I just can’t wait.

In Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the friendship     1     was formed between Huck Finn and Jim is an important theme of the book, though they appeared to be an unlikely pair. Huck was a poor white boy     2     father often beat him, while Jim was a black slave     3     longed to be free. One day, Huck ran away from home to an island. There he met Jim and made friends with him. Then they left the island together on a raft     4     they found on the Mississippi River. They headed north to Illinois, a state in which Jim could become free. The high point of the story came when Huck was faced with the decision of whether to hand Jim over to some slave catchers. In the end, Huck decided that Jim was the friend     5     he needed and valued, and refused to give him up. From this story we can see that friends are people     6     support you through thick and thin.