1 . One Saturday morning, Jeremy woke up in a quiet house. Usually Mom was _______ making breakfast and cleaning the kitchen, but not today. Jeremy walked to her _______ and knocked at the door. “ Don’t come in，Jeremy，”said Mom.“ I have a terrible cold. I don’t want you to get _______.You can have cereal (麦片) for breakfast and watch cartoons. I’m going to _______ in bed.＂

Jeremy _______ some cereal into a bowl and ate the pieces.” Mom must feel very bad if she was lying in bed all day. How could I _______ her?” Jeremy thought.

Saturday was the day that Mom washed clothes. He ran to his room to get his dirty clothes. Jeremy _______ the door to the washer and put all of his clothes inside. He had _______ Mom do laundry(洗衣服) lots of times，so he knew where to find the soap powder (皂粉) and how to pour it into the _______. Finally，he closed the door and pressed the big ________ that said “START”.

Jeremy ________ the round，glass window. ________ was pouring in，and the machine was starting to work，making his clothing tumble (翻滚)around.

Jeremy watched cartoons ________ he heard the washing machine beep(发出嘟嘟声).That meant the ________was done. Jeremy opened the door to take out the wet clothes .Everything seemed clean, and Jeremy felt ________.

3 . Twenty years ago, I drove a taxi for a living. One night I went to _________ a passenger at 2:30am. When I arrived to collect, I found the building was dark except for a single _________ in a ground floor window. I walked to the door and knocked. “Just a minute,” answered a _________, elderly voice.

After a _________ pause (停留), the door opened at last. A small woman in her eighties stood before me. By her side was a small suitcase. I took the suitcase to the car, and then _________ to help the woman. She took my arm and we walked _________ toward the car. She kept thanking me for my _________ .”It’s nothing,” I told her. “I just try to treat my passengers the way I would want my mother treated.’’

“Oh, you’re such a good man,” she said. When we got into the taxi, she gave me a/an _________ , and then asked, “Could you drive through downtown? ”

“It’s not the shortest way,” I answered quickly.

“Oh, I’m in no hurry,” she said. I’m on my way to a hospice (临终医院). I don’t have any _________ left. The doctor says I don’t have a chance of living very long. I quietly reached over and shut off the meter (计价表). For the next two hours, we drove through the city. She __________ me the building where she had once worked, the neighborhood where she had lived, and the furniture shop where she had gone dancing as a girl. Sometimes she’d ask me to __________ in front of a special building and would sit looking straight into the __________ , saying nothing.

At dawn (黎明), she suddenly said, “I’m tired. Let’s go now.”

We drove __________ to the address she had given me.

“How much do I pay for you?” she asked. “Nothing,” I said. “You have to make a living ,” she answered .

“Oh, there are other passengers,” I answered. Almost without thinking, I bent and gave her a __________.

She held onto me tightly. Our hug ended with her remark, “You gave an old woman a little moment of __________.”

4 . It amazed me — every time I saw Joe he was smiling. It made me _______ why he always seemed so _______. Having observed Joe with other people, I also _______ something else. Joe asked people how they were doing, and really seemed to listen to their _______. He was compassionate (有同情心的) if someone was _______. He would have _______ words and offer to _______ in any way he could.

It made me think what if I tried to _______ more. So when I went to a _______ to do some shopping, I smiled as I walked. And people even I didn’t know smiled back at me. Some even spoke! A little kid in the cart who was giving his mother a hard time saw me smile and ________ talking. Instead, he made a shy smile at me. A man in his wheelchair needed someone to ________ something. I got that for him, and he smiled and ________ me.

A smile is a ________ thing, but what if we were all to try to smile a few more times each day? I couldn’t believe how ________ I felt. What I ________ was that such a small thing could make not only me feel great, but those around me as well.

6 . When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary and advised me to use it. I was _______ to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual (单语的) dictionary. Although it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one and, to be honest, I found it extremely _______ to use at first. I would _______ words in the dictionary but still could not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the _______ English-Chinese dictionaries, in which the words are _______ both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt gave me such _______ to make things so difficult for me. Now, I understand that monolingual dictionaries are_______ in learning a foreign language.

As I _______, there is, in fact, often no perfect equivalent (对应物) between two _______ in two languages. My aunt even ________ that even a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the ________ meaning of the word in English! Therefore, she insisted that I read the definition of a word in a monolingual dictionary when I wanted to get a better ________ of its meaning. Gradually, I have come to see what she ________.

Using a monolingual dictionary has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a(n) ________ number of words, around 2, 000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am ________exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. Because of this, I can express myself more easily in English.

7 . On the night of the play, Jack was at the theatre early and he was already dressed in a suit of policeman’s clothes long _________ the end of the first scene. He certainly looked the part all right, he thought as he _________ himself in the mirror. Then he suddenly felt nervous. After all, it was his first time to _________ a part in a play. He put his head in his hands and tried to _________ his lines, but nothing _________ to his mind.

A knock on the door made him look _________. He was to go on stage in the second scene. “Have I _________ my part and ruined the play for everybody?” he thought to himself. But it was only the manager. She _________ how nervous he was and _________ he should stand near the stage __________ he could watch and follow the play. It was a good __________ of getting rid of his nervousness, she said. She was right. It seemed to __________. At last the __________ came for him to appear on the stage. But suddenly the manager came to him again, __________ worried. “Has anything gone wrong?” Jack asked. “I’m afraid you’re going to be __________,” she said. “They’ve jumped three pages of the play and have missed your part out completely.”

9 . I was late for my flight. Sweating and out of breath, I quickly made my way to the _______. After boarding, I greeted my _______: a middle­aged woman sitting at the window, and a little girl sitting on the aisle (过道) seat. I took my place _______ them. I began a conversation with the little girl who was busy _______ her book. I found it _______ that such a young girl would be traveling alone, and I decided to _______ her to make sure she was okay.

Suddenly, the plane began extreme turbulence (颠簸). The pilot told everyone to remain calm, because we met _______ weather.

Several times the plane made sharp downs and turns. Some people began _______, many sitting restlessly (烦躁地) and praying. I was sweating with each increasingly _______ shake of the plane. Meanwhile, the little girl was sitting ________ beside me in her seat. Her coloring book and crayons were put away neatly, and her hands were calmly resting on her legs.

Then, just as suddenly as it had begun, the turbulence ________ soon. The pilot came on a few minutes later to announce that we would be ________ soon. As the plane began its descent (下降), I said to the little girl, “Tell me, dear, how could you remain so calm while all of us adults were so ________?” Looking me in the eye, she said, “My father is the ________, and he’s taking me home.”

Yes. If we recognise the power of ________, we will fear nothing.

10 . Every year about 40,000 people attempt to climb Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa. They _________ with them lots of waste. The _________ might damage the beauty of the place. The glaciers(冰川) are disappearing, changing the face of Kilimanjaro.

Hearing these stories, I’m _________ about the place — other destinations are described as “purer” natural experiences.

However, I soon discover _________ much has changed since the days of disturbing reports of _________ among tons of rubbish. I find a _________ mountain, with toilets at camps and along the paths. The environmental challenges are _________ but the efforts made by the Tanzania National Park Authority seem to be paying off.

The best of a Kilimanjaro _________, in my opinion, isn’t reaching the top. Mountains are _________ as spiritual places by many cultures. This view is especially evident on Kilimanjaro as __________ go through five ecosystems(生态系统) in the space of a few kilometers. At the base is a rainforest. It ends abruptly at 3, 000 meters, giving way to lands of low growing plants. Further up, the weather __________ — low clouds envelope the mountainsides, which are covered __________ thick grass. I count twelve shades of green from where I stand. Above 4, 000 meters is the highland __________: gravel(砾石), stones and rocks.__________ you climb into an arctic-like zone with permanent snow and the glaciers that may soon disappear.

Does Kilimanjaro __________ its reputation as a crowded mountain with lines of tourists ruining the atmosphere of peace? I found the opposite to be true.