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Jane was walking round the department store. She remembered how difficult     1    was to choose a suitable Christmas present for her father. She wished that he was as easy     2    (please) as her mother, who was always delighted with perfume. Besides, shopping at this time of the year was not     3    pleasant experience：people stepped on your feet or     4    (push) you with their elbows(肘部), hurrying ahead to get to a bargain.

Jane paused in front of a counter     5    some attractive ties were on display. “They are real silk,” the assistant tried to attract her. “Worth double the price.” But Jane knew from past experience that her     6    (choose) of ties hardly ever pleased her father. Jane stopped where a small crowd of men had gathered. She found some good quality pipes     7    sale. She did not hesitate for long: although her father smoked a pipe only once in a while, she knew that this was a present which was bound to(注定) please     8    .

When Jane got home, with her small but well-chosen present in her bag, her parents were already at table having supper. Her mother was     9    (excite). “Your father has at last decided to stop smoking,” Jane     10    (tell).

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I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt’s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying and made a     1     (complain) about that, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. . My mother said to me, “You     2     (look) at by the passengers now. We had better not make a noise. In addition, she said, “You     3     have learned about America before, haven’t you?” I said yes. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to     4     I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. The four years that followed taught me the importance of thinking about and dealing with matters     5     (positive), but the idea did not come to me at once. Originally, for the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather (继父) and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times.”

My     6     (responsible) in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives. I ended up     7     (be)able to adapt     8     the social style and environment here in America. I also loved to     9     (participation)in some volunteer activities with my classmates. Now our family members are all     10     (citizen) of America.

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Household garbage sorting and recycling has become a hot topic in Shanghai because of China’ s first compulsive garbage-separation law     1     every household and institution shall classify waste into four     2    （category）. Those who fail to sort garbage may     3    （fine） up to 200 yuan.

Previously, everything went into one bin, so this change has made many people very     4       （worry）, who said they were struggling to master the details quickly.

Now thanks to the efforts of     5     number of young programmers, discovering the proper classification for each piece of household waste has become as simple as taking a photo     6     calling someone using your smartphone.

They have applied speech and image recognition technologies     7     apps and other smartphone services to guide Shanghai residents through the garbage-separation rules.

Most of the apps and services, which     8     （begin） springing up last month in app stores, on messaging tool WeChat and mobile payment service Alipay, allow users to type in the name of waste     9    （identify） which category it belongs to. Many apps also use speech and image recognition to make the process much easier, but their creators say they will disappear in time with the Chinese     10    （become） more accustomed to the rules.

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The Beloved Community in Denver is the city’s first tiny home village for the homeless. The village provides shelter for up to 22 people. It     1     （found）by community partners, private donors（捐赠者）and various organizations.

The village,     2     will begin the 180-day pilot project this year, is to provide meals, a shower house, portable toilets and     3     couple of gardens. The self-governed village will help to develop a sense of self-esteem and communal living for people who have long lived on the edge of society.

The Beloved Community aims to build two more villages, providing housing for a total of 300 homeless people     4     all over the city. The residents will be able to feel part of a community, get back     5    （they） confidence and feel at home in a safe environment.

49-year-old Jamiah Rawls thinks the town should inspire the homeless     6    （feel）better. “The village should be     7    （comfort）to live in, so that they can feel confident enough and pull themselves up     8    （gradual）. And the village needs to give them some assistance     9     they can live on their own.”

The village will offer people their     10     （free）and a space, where they can rediscover their goals.