Last year, two days before Christmas, my friends called, telling me their kitchen caught fire,     1       (destroy) everything in it. I drove to their house, taking all the food that I had. They were so happy to see me, but felt     2     (embarrass) having nothing to give me in return.

I went home, very upset.     3    (actual), I was also in a hard place financially and unable to do     4    (much) for them. I called a friend of mine about this, who responded, “These people mean a lot to you and I want to help    5    (they) .” Since he had never met them, he requested me     6    (go) to the grocery store, all on him. At the check-out, I noticed him lacking money, so that I had to have some items taken back.

We were walking away    7    I heard a voice behind me asking the clerk, “How much are those things? I decide to pay for them.” I turned around,     8    (thank) the kind man and told him everything. He explained that he understood as he had lost his job the year before but now was working again.    9    tears in our eyes, all of us went away. It was such     10    wonderful feeling to see folks step up when someone needed help, even a total stranger.

I have a fifteen-year-old son. He    1     (be) a perfect boy. I love my son with all my heart.

Last summer he worked to earn money for his new bicycle instead of     2     (ask) money from me. Then he spent hours and hours on it. Later I bought him a pair    3    glasses and gloves. My son rode the bicycle with the glasses and the gloves, and he looked so cool. He dreamed of taking part in a race and winning.

On November 10, my birthday, when I went to the kitchen to start the milk and bread in the morning, I     4     (notice) a beautiful guitar on the table, beside which was a card. It said, “Happy birthday to my    5     (wonder) mother, all my love, your son.” I was very    6    (surprise) and then began to sob (抽泣). I remembered once I joked to my family that I wished    7     (learn) to play the guitar to make my life more colorful. I had forgotten it, but my son remembered. He took it    8     (serious), and bought one for me as my birthday gift. When I wondered     9     my son could buy this expensive gift, I realized that my son sold his bicycle to get me     10     guitar.

【推荐1】One of my favourite    1     (hobby) is hiking. When I go hiking, I will wear proper clothing and hiking shoes for the current weather conditions. And I will let my family and friends know where I will go and when I will return. Also, I will carry a compass and GPS unit,    2    can guide me and locate my position. What's more, I will take enough food and water    3     (keep) me energetic, and emergency supplies to survive dangerous situations.

A 62-year-old Chinese man's traditional carpentry(木匠活)    1    (skill)are delighting millions of viewers on the internet as he creates toys    2    his grandson out of nothing but a single piece of wood, without glue(胶水), screws(螺丝)or nails.

Two years ago, Wang lent Shandong to live with his children. It was a    3    (nature)step to turn his bread-winning skills    4    an opportunity to make all kinds of toys for his young grandson, and it was not long     5    his son and daughter-in-law decided    6    (record)Wang's efforts. "We came up with the idea of    7    (make)the videos because we wanted to bring our rural culture to others." said Wang's daughter-in-law.

His son, who used to work as    8    video producer, films and edits the clips, which have also included Wang's cooking on self-built stoves, using    9    (local)produced ingredients(原料)from the mountains of Guangxi.

The videos were shared on Chinese content planforms Toutiao and Xigua Video first, and later on YouTube. And the master carpenter    10    (attract)nearly 60.000 followers so far.

From Monday to Friday, most people are busy working or studying, but in the evenings and on weekends they are free to relax and enjoy    1    (they). Some watch TV    2    go to the cinema. Others take part in sports. There are many different ways    3    (spend) their spare time.

Almost everyone has some kind of hobby. It may be anything from collecting stamps to     4    (make) model airplanes. Some hobbies are expensive, while others don't cost anything at all. Some    5    collect) are worth a lot of money. Others are valuable only to the owners.

I know    6    man who has a coin collection worth $250. He was very happy about his purchase and    7    (think) the price was reasonable. Besides, my youngest brother collects matchboxes.He has almost 600 of them but I doubt    8    they are worth any money. However, to my brother they are    9    (extreme) valuable. Nothing makes him    10    (happy) than to find a new matchbox for his collections.