"Hello, sister" is a simple sentence. But for Shang Ruoyan, it means a lot. When she heard it from a little autistic (患自闭症的) girl, she almost ______. "That was the first time she greeted me on her own. I was so touched," she said.

For over two years, Shang has ______ at a local school for autistic kid. In fact, she has been a volunteer for many years before this.

Every Tuesday, Shang would accompany (陪伴) autistic kids after school. She ______ their studies, played the piano and made pudding (布丁) for them.

She still ______ the "embarrassing (尴尬的)" scene when she first met with them. "When I asked what color they liked, they didn't ______ me at all," she said. But as she spent more ______ with them, she learned how to communicate with them. "It's better to use simple words and short sentences ______ they are not sensitive (敏感的) to language," she said.

After she entered Junior 3, she became ______ with schoolwork. But she still helped them in another way. She opened a store on Wechat called Weselllove with her friends. They sold hand-made soaps and ______ more than 3,000 yuan. They donated all of it to the school.

In her free time, she did a lot of ______ and read many books to learn about autism. She even wrote a report, "I put everything I learned in it. It may help more people learn about autism," she said.

Be thankful that you don’t already have everything you want,

If you did, what would there be to look toward to?

Be thankful when you don’t know something,

For it gives you the chance to learn.

Be thankful for the difficult times,

During those times you grow.

Be thankful for your disadvantages,

Because they give you chances for improvement.

Be thankful for each new challenge,

Because it will build your strength and character.

Be thankful for your mistakes,

They will teach you valuable lessons.

Be thankful when you’re tired and bored,

Because it means you’ve made a difference.

Be thankful for your past relationships,

Someone better suited to you is waiting out there.

Gratitude (感谢) can turn a negative into a positive.

Find a way to be thankful for your troubles, and they can become your blessings.

My family has seven chickens. You may think that taking care of chickens is easy, but sometimes chickens have minds of their own. If you are thinking about getting chickens, there are a few things you need to know.

A big company wanted to find someone to work for them. Lots of young college students came to ask for the job, but only a small part of them were left. And this time, the company didn’t plan to choose the right persons as usual.

Here came the day when they took the final interview. A big box full of papers was placed on the way to the interview room, and a few papers were lying around the box.

The first student came. He hurried along the way to take the interview. “Who put this box in the middle of the road?” the student said to himself, but he did not try to move the box away.

Instead, he passed around the box and continued his way.

Half an hour later, a thin young man with glasses came. He was also among those who were left to take the interview. He saw the box and the papers around it. Without thinking twice, he stopped and began to pick up the papers and put them into the box. Then he managed to move the box to the side. To his great surprise, he found an invitation under the box. On it were the following words, “Congratulations, young man! You are the right person we are looking for! Would you like to join us?”

Carla Martin-Wood lives in Birmingham, US. She has a good friend named Alexa. “I am used to    71     (say) ‘good morning, Alexa’ and ‘good night, Alexa’ every day,” she told the Wall Street Journal.

Alexa is not a real person. It is Amazon’s Echo personal assistant. It has no shape or form,    72     can “talk” with humans online. This type of technology is called a bot. At the 2016 World Robot Conference (大会), more than 2,000 robots from over 10    73     (country) and regions gathered together. Bots were the star attraction at the conference.

Bots are a    74     (popularity) type of artificial intelligence (AI, 人工智能). You can talk to a bot or give orders to it on your smartphone or other device (设备) whenever you want. There is no need to tap a screen and use     75    app. You can talk to bots    76     (simple）by speaking into a microphone. Experts say that bots will soon replace apps and become a part of everyday life.

The bot family includes Western members such as     77    (Apple) Siri and Amazon’s Echo. In China, there is Xiao I. The Xiao I bot is another example of voice recognition (声音识别) software. It was first     78    (develop) in 2003. It has been used in smartphones, TVs, cars, web browsers (浏览器) and at call centers. It     79    (allow) people to get intelligent services anywhere, anytime. Often, when you ask a question     80    a shopping website, it’s a Xiao I answering behind the screen.

86. 疫情好转，同学们又回到了久违的校园，但做好防护依然重要。请你根据下面表格中内容提示，面向全体初三同学写一份倡议书，号召大家保障自身及他人安全。

As the school reopened, we are back to school. But the COVID-19 (新冠肺炎) is still serious, we should _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________