Mrs. Black was worried because she couldn’t stop her son, Jack from betting. Jack spent all his _______ betting on horse races. And even worse, he would bet on everything. So Mrs. Black asked her family doctor, Mr Dodd, for _______. The doctor was an old funny man with a _______. He said, “I’ve stopped many people from betting before. I can help your son, too.”

The next day, Mrs. Black let Jack see the doctor. While they were talking, Jack was looking at the _______ beard. Suddenly he said, “I bet you $50 that your beard is not a real one.” “Oh, no,” the doctor said. “Can I pull your beard and find out?” the boy asked. “OK, if my beard is real, you will pay me $50.” Then the boy pulled it and soon found out it was real. The doctor laughed.

Two _______ later, the doctor telephoned Mrs. Black, “I think I’ve stopped your son from betting.” He told her the _______. But Mrs. Black said, “You made him worse.” “Why?” the doctor asked. “Because before he went to see you, he bet me $100 that you would ask him to pull your beard!”

My wonderful daughter made a birthday cake for me on my 36th birthday this year, using her own special creativity and love. With the first bite (咬), I closed my eyes and smiled. It had so much     22     that it was a little bit too sweet. It was so delicious without being necessarily healthy. Though the delicious     23     may not be healthy food, yet I didn’t mind. My daughter and I followed that wise     24    , “Life is short, eat dessert first!” So we ate up the whole cake. For many years in my life, I always put off the delicious dessert I was given until everything else was done. I was like many other     25     who thought that work came first, and joy was somewhere down the list. It took me     26     time to see the simple truth: “We work to live but we live to love.” Without     27    , our family will not be a warm one. What’s more, we would live an unhappy     28    .

All the simple     29     that life can bring make our lives quite interesting. Luckily, I finally realized that when we put love first in our life, everything else tastes much sweeter.

So, sometimes we don’t need to think about too much, just enjoy the life we have.

A high-tech zebra crossing with flashing lights and audio warning (语音提示) was put into     30     for the first time in Bishan District, Chongqing a few months ago. It can also take     31     of the people who are against the traffic rules in the area.

At a busy     32     in front of a gate of Bishan Middle School, the crosswalk is installed (安装) to keep the students safe when they cross the road after school.

The     33     crossing area has light strips. When people cross the street, they flash to “tell”     34     to slow down and wait for people to go across it. At the same     35    , display screens (显示屏) on either side of the crosswalk tell people to only cross the street when the light is green.

Jiang Fei, a traffic officer in Bishan, said that the lighting system was very useful in the evenings and on rainy and foggy     36    .

Rong Sheng from the school     37     department said, “In the past, our school safety guards have to stand in the middle of the road after school to stop the cars.”

Now the     38     feel safer than before after the installation of the smart crosswalk.