My grandfather is a    1    (retire) worker. On summer evenings, we often sat together outside the house    2    (enjoy) the cool air. It was the time that he told me lots of his experiences before liberation.

When my grandfather was fourteen years old, he worked in a coal mine. One day, when he and his two workmates were working in the tunnel, a/an    3     (fortune) thing suddenly happened. A part of the tunnel fell down, and they were shut in it. They had no food     4    (eat). When they were hungry, they only drank some water there. It was very cold in it. In order to keep warm, they hugged one another. In the darkness, they didn’t know whether it was day    5    night, they only felt they had stayed there for a very long time. They were too hungry to speak or move, and thought they    6    (die). At last, the tunnel    7    (dig) through. They were saved. They had been there for fourteen days! My grandfather said they weren’t let out at once. If    8    , they would have died. They were kept at the entrance to the tunnel    9    it was very dim, and they were fed    10    some thin porridge. After a day or two, they had recovered a bit, and they were helped out.

Many times we spare no effort at work, offering hours of overtime by ignoring our family life. We spend time     1     people who we have nothing in common with, and attend many social     2    (activity) we have no interest in. We always find ourselves living our lives in the way     3     pleases and impresses others instead of being ourselves. In fact, for most of people, they only think about     4    (they) 99% of the time, and     5    (rare) give us the thought, as a result of which we often end up unhappy and feeling out of place.

In view of this, it's time     6    (think) about ourselves and our own family, and start creating a future which is     7    (base) on our own likes and dislikes. Thus, think it over next time we     8     (require) to work overtime. Trying to be     9     loving parent or good friend is very likely to give us far more     10    (please) and feelings of security, connection and belonging.

Generation gap refers to the difference in opinions between the old and the young. It has some special determinants(决定因素）,one of    1    is the choice of clothes. In many cases, old people don't quite like the clothes young people wear. On the other hand, the youth argue that their clothes are trendy, and dismiss the ones     2    (wear) by their parents and grandparents.

Another obvious determinant is    3    amount of technology used by different generations. Today, the younger generation uses the    4    (new) technologies. They believe they can achieve anything merely    5    clicking a button. However, this view    6    (question) by the older generation,    7    (say) the youth depend on technology too much to stand on their Generation gap can be both good and bad. It's good because it helps people experience and learn new things. However, it may turn out to be bad when people refuse to listen to the other generation or reject    8    (they) ideas completely. This may result in bad and broken    9    （relationship）.But, fortunately, overcoming their conflicts to shrink their generation gaps     10    (be) possible. The only thing people need to do is to accept new things with an open heart.