1. —The work is finished. Why not have a break?

—What nice ________!

5. — Where is Nick? I have something important to talk to him.

— Oh, he ________ to hospital with a stomachache a moment ago.

7. —The Confucius Institute has been set up in many other countries.

—Yes, Chinese is ________ spoken in those countries. I’m proud of that as a Chinese.

Cowboys have lived and worked in the west and southwest of the United States for over three centuries. They are a famous _______ of the USA. When you watch those old Hollywood cowboy films from the fifties and sixties, you don’t see a job. You see a _______ of freedom and adventure（冒险）. However, the real job of an American cowboy has always been _______ and sometimes dangerous. It is physical work with long hours and low pay.

Life hasn’t _______ much for cowboys since the early days. Cows walk across the grassland to _______ the grass and the cowboy rides on his horse to bring _______ home. Like the cowboys of the past, a 21st century cowboy _______ gets up early on freezing cold mornings and makes breakfast over a fire.

So why does a man—because it is usually a man—become a cowboy? For some, it isn’t a _______, because they are born into the life. They have worked with _______ since they were children. They ________ the traditional cowboy culture. “It’s a real life about you, your horse and the open ________.”

Some people choose the job ________ in life. Pat had an office job with the US government with high pay, ________ he didn’t like city life and spending all day inside. So one day, he ________ his job and moved to a ranch（牧场）in Texas, making much less money ________ a cowboy. He wanted job satisfaction. And for a cowboy, job satisfaction doesn’t come from the money or a comfortable office. It comes from being free to wake up under the sky and being your own boss.