While I was standing at the kitchen window, 5-year-old Spencer, my oldest son, ran into the house     1    (scream), “We need a doctor out here! We need a doctor! Hurry up, Mum!” “What’s wrong?” I asked. Spencer anxiously told me he had found a dead bird that needed a doctor.

Dutifully (顺从地), I seized a small plastic bag     2     the cupboard and took Spencer’s hand — after all, that’s the sort of thing mothers do! While my son led me out of the door and towards the bird, I explained that     3     the creature was indeed dead, a doctor could not help. When we arrived at the accident scene, it was obvious that the baby bird was dead. Spencer and I could see the nest high up in the tree. My son and I discussed the probable age of the baby bird, its inability to fly well, and exactly how the fall     4    (cause) its death. “I think his mummy and daddy really miss him,” Spencer observed. I reached     5     my boy’s hand and tried to ease his sadness by saying I was sure they did, but that they would be okay because the little bird had gone to Heaven to be with God and PoPo (my deceased grandfather). I assured Spencer that the bird’s mummy and daddy knew that their little one would be cared for and loved. I told Spencer that PoPo loved little birds, and I was sure he was in Heaven     6    (hold) the baby bird right then. I picked up the little creature’s body, slipped (悄悄放) it into my plastic bag and gently placed the bird in the rubbish bin. Nothing else was said about the matter for the rest of the day. Spencer went right back to playing as     7     he had never been interrupted, and I returned to my work in the kitchen.

    8     breakfast the next morning, Spencer sadly explained to his father that he had found a baby bird the day before that had fallen from its nest.

“It was dead, Daddy!”

    9    (try) to lift Spencer’s spirits and remind him that the little bird was really okay, I asked our son to tell Daddy     10     the baby bird was. Spencer, looking solemn-faced at his dad, told the story.

【推荐3】When I called    1    my mother, she told me snakes came near the house now and then. Here was a chance for me to distinguish     2    (my) by inventing something merciful that would seize snakes but not harm them. I tried to find some products    3    might help me, but there only seemed to be    4    (powder) designed to kill snakes. I set about    5    (research) the habits of snakes. Prepared with some research findings, I    6     (decide) on three possible approaches. I chose the most practical one to cool the snakes with frozen bowl and ice-cream so that they would become sleepy    7    could be easily caught. My third attempt was     8    (success). I carried in my hand a small net in the expectation that the snakes would bite again. But     9     (monitor) carefully, the snakes proved to be no trouble. I collected the passive snakes and the next day and    10    (merry) released them all back into the wild.

Will cash disappear from our neighborhoods? Cash will likely become less popular, thanks to the high cost of using cash and the     1    (grow) number of alternatives. The future will be ＂less cash＂rather than cashless.

Cash is unique among payment instruments in that anyone can transact(交易), any time, any place, with no third parties     2     (involve). With this freedom     3    (come) strong privacy protection. Currency neither knows nor cares who holds it or when and where a transaction occurred. People have     4     sense of security when they have cash with them. These entries will, of course, evolve(进化) as our societies become more     5    (digital) native. However, old habits and viewpoints take a long time     6     (turn)over. Some     7    (merchant)will resist the costs of new equipment or fees that accompany cash alternatives. Cash     8    (consider) more convenient and universal, while with digital transactions there’s always concerns about hacking and fraud(诈骗).

So, no matter where we are in the world, let us celebrate the ATM’s half-century of service. Though cash may become less popular, rest assured that there will always be someone     9     will stop you in the street asking for directions     10     the nearest ATM.

If you used the term“business echics”in the 1970s, when the field was just starting to develop, a common response was: Isn’t that an oxymoron(矛盾修辞法)?”That jump（妙语）would often be followed by a recition of Milton Friedman’s famous quotation     1     corporate executives’ only social responsibility is to make as much money for shareholders     2     is legally possible.

Over the next 40 years, however, business people stopped     3    （quote）Friedman and began to talk of their responsibilities to their companies’ stakeholders, a group that includes not only shareholders, but also customers, employees and members of the communities     4     they operate.

In 2009, an oath     5    （circulate）among the first class of Harvard Business School to graduate after the global financial crisis.     6    who took it—admittedly, a minority—swore to pursue their work“in an ethical manner”and to run their enterprises“in good faith, guarding against decisions and behavior that advance my own narrow ambitions but harm the enterprise and the societies     7    serves.”     8    then, the idea has spread, with students from 250 business schools taking a similar oath. This year, all Dutch bankers, 90,000 of them, are swearing that they will act with integrity,     9     （put）the interests of customers ahead of others（including shareholders），and behave openly, transparently, and in accordance with their responsibilities to society. Australia has a voluntary Banking and Finance Oath, which obliges those taking it（more than 300 people have so far），among other things, speak out     10    wrongdoing and encourage others to do the same.