1 . Lakira noticed that a 10th grader, Jonny, often ate alone in the school cafeteria. Jonny has autism (孤独症), which makes social interactions ___   at times. One day, Lakira decided to join Jonny and they became fast friends.

Jonny often experienced ___ and nervousness on the first day of each new school year. He worried he would ___ to make new friends. Thanks to Lakira, this year was ___. He looked forward to joining his friend at lunch, and his whole world ___. He would go home and talk excitedly about Lakira.

His mother noticed the change in her son. He appeared happier and more ___, and looked forward to going to school. It was clear to his mother just ___ Lakira’s friendship meant to Jonny, and she wanted all kids to ___ the same positive transformation. So with Jonny and Lakira, she got the idea of forming a friendship ___ in their school, named “Not Alone Club”. More than 100 students ____ and promised to join and talk to the student eating alone.

Lunchtime at school is different now for the kids who ____ sat alone in the school cafeteria. Now, every seat at Jonny’s lunch table is ____. Loud chatter and laughter can be heard ____ from the cheerful group of new friends.

It’s inspiring for the ____ to come together and do this. ____ the group together is an example to Jonny that people can do anything they put their minds to, especially doing it together.

2 . In 1963, at age 65, my grandfather decided to build a new house on his farm. In order to save money, he hired a bulldozer (推土机) to________the old house far out to the________and it sits there to this very day.

We moved in the farm two years after my father passed away. When my wife took one look at the ________house, she________tearing it down. I agreed, but thought it________to check it out first, in case something of value had been________.

I walked into the woods where the old house sat. Most of the windows were________, and the siding was falling off. I entered through an open window. Suddenly, a(n)________on the floor caught my eye. I opened it. It was dated September 1944, when my father was serving in the navy abroad, at the age of 18. It wasn’t hard to read between the________. Here was a(n)________ young man, a kid really, who left his home and fought battles somewhere in the South Pacific. At the________of the page, in underlined print, my father had passed on one last message. Tears________my eyes as I read those words he had so________stressed：“All is well here. Please don’t worry. I am doing fine.”

As I left the old house that day, I took one last________back at it over my shoulder. I don’t care what anyone thinks. I________∶That old house gets to stay there until it rots (腐烂) into the earth.

3 . Bella, a 14-year-old cat from Huntingdon, UK, has claimed the Guinness Record for the world’s loudest purr (猫叫声) by a domestic cat, with a noisy purr______at 54.59 decibels (分贝).

The Spink family has had Bella for almost 15 years, and they’ve always______that she might have the world’s loudest purr. Friends and family would always ______her loud purring, and Nicole Spink’s late husband would ______that she was louder than the TV.

One day, they decided to put Bella’s purring to the test―they ______a smartphone app to measure the cat’s purr and were blown away by the______. She was louder than the Guinness World record for the loudest purr by a domestic cat, so they applied for an official record______.

Measuring sound with a smartphone app and having it measured by a sound engineer can bring about totally______ results, but in this case, the Spinks were lucky to have their measurements______. After feasting on a bowl of her favorite food, Bella got to enjoy some much-needed petting by her owner and she produced some ______loud purring.

The standardized class-1 sound meter recorded Bella’s ______pur at 54.59 decibels. That was more than enough to beat the 50-decibel requirement to______the Guinness Record.

It’s important to note that while Bella has ______the record for the loudest purr by a living domestic cat, she doesn’t have the loudest purr in history. That ______belongs to the late Smokey and Merlin, two cats who purred at the ______noise level of 67.8 dB, a full 13.21 louder than Bella.

7 . In November 2020, a polar bear named Suka gave birth to several little ones, including Laerke. Laerke and her brothers and sisters were the first polar bears successfully born and _______ in the Detroit Zoo since 2004.

Days after her _______ , Laerke became significantly inactive and appeared increasingly _______. She was sent off to the zoo’s health complex for _______ , but by the time she returned home, her mom no longer _______ Laerke as her cub (小熊).

Without having any other polar bear who would _______ her, she would have to go without a _______, or so they thought. _______, that’s right when Jebbie needed a new home! Jebbie, the baby grizzly bear was _______ all by himself helplessly in Tok, Alaska, when he was ________ and taken to the Detroit Zoo, where he and Laerke had been gradually getting to know each other.

After some time, Jebbie and Laerke became best ________! The zookeepers have since posted pictures and videos of them playing, showing just how ________ they are. Together, they’re able to wrestle in the grassy tundra (苔原), splash around in the freshwater or saltwater pools, and play with toys ________.

“We’re excited that we are able to give Jebbie a home and ________ a much-needed friend for Laerke,” said Scott, chief life sciences officer of the Detroit Zoo. “This social development is critically ________ for both Laerke and Jebbie.”

8 . You can’t buy much for a dollar these days, but when everybody provides their dollars together for a good cause, amazing things can happen.

That is the __________ behind Anthony Talley’s $1 Thursday campaign (活动). The Georgia man __________ that the world will be changed for the better if everyone just __________ $ 1 at a time.

Last year, he managed to raise $ 8,000 to __________ a local man who lost everything in a house fire. And he __________ it all by asking people to donate just one dollar each.

Anthony uses his social media page to raise __________. On $1 Thursdays, he tells his friends and __________   what goal they’re working toward that week and __________ them to contribute just a single dollar to the cause.

Some of the acts of __________ he’s been able to perform include helping kids __________ shoes and clothes and even getting ice cream for __________ primary school student in the cities of LaGrange, Hogansville, and West Point!

One of their most recent missions (任务) is to raise enough money to help am other with 10 kids who __________ needs to buy a new car.__________, they’ve raised $ 576!

You can __________ his mission through mobile payment services, Cash App or Venmo.

It really does take many people’s participation! Anthony is finding a way to allow every single person in his community to become a __________ in their neighbors’ lives. After all, it’s only a dollar!

10 . What is music? Music is sound arranged into pleasing or interesting ________. It is part of every culture on Earth. People use music to ________ feelings and ideas. Music also serves to entertain and relax.

Music is a performing art. It ________ form such arts as painting and poetry, in which arts ________ works and then display or publish them. Musical composers need musicians to ________ and perform their works. ________ most musical performances are really co-operations between composers and performers.

Music also plays a major role in other arts. Opera ________ singing and music with drama. Ballet and other forms of dancing need music to help the dancers ________ their steps. Motion pictures use music to help set the mood as well as introduce the actions or enhance its ________ on the audience. Music is one of the ________ arts. People probably started to sing to as soon as ________ developed. Hunting tools struck together may have been the first musical ________. By about 10,000 B.C , hollow bones had been used by ________ people to make flutes. The first written music dates from about 2500 B.C.

There are two chief kinds of western music, classical and popular. Symphonies, operas, and ballet are ________ music. It is generally harder to write and perform. Musicians who perform it need a lot of training. Popular music ________ country music, folk music, jazz, and rock music. It is easier to perform and understand.