1 . When millions of graduates (毕业生) left university and became busy finding a job, 23-year-old Yu Yanqia had already made ________ own decisions to serve as a local medical worker in her hometown in Yunnan province.

Back in 2007, when Yu was a little girl, the Nujiang River was one of ________ places in her hometown. Like other people living here, the 8-year-old girl had to use a rope ________ the river to school every day. “______ it was dangerous, I had no choice but to do it.” Yu said when recalling (回想) the experience of crossing the river.

One day, a photo that she was crossing the river to school drew people’s attention. A nationwide money-raising activity was started, and then the first bridge ________ over Nujiang River. From then on, Yu and her classmates no longer had to risk their ________ to get an education. In 2018, Yu became the first child in her village to go to college.

“In my past, I met so many people who lit a path for me. _______ their help, I would not be who I am now. I’m really ________ to their help. Since I became a college student, I _______ to dedicate myself to my hometown.” she said excitedly. Now, she can achieve her dream to use _________ she has learned to change his hometown.

2 . It’s not easy to solve our worries. However, ________ time with animals can make us feel better. But ________ is it good to keep a pet?

First, many people like talking ________ their pets, and that is good, because they can tell their pets about their problems. This ________ a lot. Animals can be good friends to us all, and they help to ________ us feeling alone when we are in trouble.

Second, animals help us to forget our problems. Spending time with animals can help us be more relaxed. It ________ helps us work better. People can do activities with their pets or ________ animals. This will give ________ a new idea on things. Most importantly, playing ________ animals helps to give us the self-confidence (自信). Animals can help us to forget the ________ things in our lives.

3 . In a huge pond, there lived many fish. They were arrogant (傲慢的) and never listened to anyone. There also lived ________ kind-hearted crocodile (鳄鱼) in this pond. He advised the fish, “It does not pay to be arrogant. It could be your downfall (衰落).” But the fish never listened to ________. “There is that crocodile advising us again,” they would say.

One afternoon, the crocodile ________ beside a stone when two fishermen stopped there. The fishermen wanted to drink the water in the pond ________ they were very thirsty. Then they noticed that the pond had many fish. “Look! This pond is full of fish. Let’s come here tomorrow ________ our fishing net,” said one of them. The crocodile heard this. When the fishermen left, he ________ swam into the pond and went straight to the fish. “You all had better ________ this pond. Tomorrow morning, two fishermen are going to catch you,” said the crocodile. But the fish didn’t take it seriously. They just laughed and one of them said, “I don’t believe ________. I do know we’ll be safe. There have been many fishermen who have tried to catch us. These two are not going to catch us ________.”

The next morning, two boats appeared and the fishermen threw their nets in the pond. Very soon all the fish ________. “If only we had listened to Mr. Crocodile. He had only wanted to help. For our arrogance we have to pay with our lives,” said the fish.

For thousands of years, people have told stories about heroes. Heroes are strong and brave people __________ help others. Today, we can read stories and watch films __________ superheroes. What are superheroes?

Superheroes have special powers which they use to do good things like __________ people and fighting crime. They usually wear special clothes, like a cape（披风）. Sometimes they wear a mask, so no one knows who they are.

Modern superheroes come from stories in comic books. Superman __________ one of the first famous superheroes. __________ first Superman comic was published in 1938. Superman is an alien from the planet Krypton. He can fly and he is super strong. He is super-fast and no weapons （武器） can hurt him. The only thing that can hurt him is Kryptonite rock from __________ home planet.

In 1941, Wonder Woman __________. She is the first female superhero. Wonder Woman’s story __________ from  ancient Greek myths （神话）. She has some superhuman powers, too.   She is good at fighting __________ she has lots of weapons.

Sometimes superheroes have friends that help them, like Jimmy Olsen in the Superman stories. These friends are called “sidekicks （伙伴）”. One of __________ sidekicks is Robin

“from “Batman and Robin”. Sometimes superheroes group together like Iron Man, Captain America and Thor in “ The Avengers”, or the mutants （突变体） in the X-Men team.

5 . The American writer Sally Seaman tells young students some smart ways _______ friends. Sally says starting friendship is just like planting a tree. You plant the seed and then you need to care about it to make it _______.

First, you should choose a friend. What makes a good friend? It’s not because a person has good looks. A good friend should be kind and patient. _______ example, if you have a bad day, a good friend could listen to you complain and do his or _______ best to help you. To make a friend, you can’t be too shy. You should make each other _______ and share you lives.

But things can not _______ be happy. Even the best friends have _______. What should you do when you have a fight with your friend? You have to talk to him _______. If he or she doesn’t want to talk, you can write a letter.

There are three steps to be friends again:

Tell him or her _______ you are feeling，say what your friend has done wrong and explain(解释) why you did this or that.

Remember that friendship is one of ________ important things.

It was a cloudy afternoon. I was walking in the park near my neighborhood. The wind was blowing hard and I knew it was about to rain. Even so, I didn’t want ________ home. I ________ a terrible argument with my mom and ran out of the house just 10 minutes earlier.

I sat down near a lake. There were many children playing with their parents ________. I felt a little lonely.

“Shall we play together?” A little girl came toward me ________ a ball in her hands. I agreed and she handed me the ball with a sweet smile.

________ it began to rain, all the children at the lakeside went home with their parents. “Where are your parents?” I asked ________ girl.

“My mom is selling candied fruit (蜜饯) outside the park. She seldom ________ care of me,” the girl explained. “I usually play alone here. It’s OK if you need to go home now. I am ________ to stay here and wait for my mom.”

“But it’s raining,” I said. “You’d better not be here alone when it’s dark.”

“It’s no problem. Mom won’t leave me alone. She is coming soon,” the girl replied. “She is my mom, even if she seldom cares for her daughter.”

A ________ girl taught me to love and believe in my mom. ________ I listen to her and say sorry to my mom?

In the end, I took the little girl to her mom’s vending cart (售货摊) and then ran home ________. ________ the door, my mom was close to tears: “Where have you been? I ________ you everywhere! See ________ wet your coat is! Don’t come to my room even if you get a cold tonight!”

But I knew she wasn’t angry anymore. After taking a shower, I heard her ________ outside my room: “Dinner time! Come out if you like eating some fish balls.”

8 . Tony was good at singing. He could sing many songs, _______ he learned and understood things slowly. One day, he sat in the corner with tears (眼泪) in his eyes. Mrs. Black asked _______ “What makes you so sad?” Tony answered, “Other boys often laugh _______ me and call me Slow Tony. What’s more, I am afraid I _______ the singing competition next week. “

Mrs. Black said in a kind voice, “Look at the snail (蜗牛) next to you. It is slow, but several minutes later, it will reach the top of the wall. It’s _______ . When you lose heart, think of the snail. It _______ give you strength (力量).” one got it and he wanted _______ a race with the snail. So he decided to practise his songs harder than before.

At last, the competition came. He sang very well and won _______ first prize.

One of his classmate Tom asked, “How could you learn the song so well, Tony?”

“The snail taught me that,” said Tony. “Although it had trouble climbing up, it never stopped or turned back, but just went on. I thought I would finish my task in the same way. When the snail got to the top of the wall, I finished _______ the song.”

“Well done, Tony. Congratulations!” Tom said ________.

As a saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way.