1 . A Life-Giving Touch

On March 25, 2010, Kate and David heard the words every parent ________: Their newborn wasn’t going to make it. Their twins – a girl and a boy – were born two minutes apart and 14 weeks premature (早产的), ________ just over two pounds each. Doctors had tried to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no improvement. His ________ was nearly gone.

“I saw him gasp (喘息), but the ________ said it was no use.” Kate told the Daily Mail five years later, “I know it sounds stupid, but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of ________. I wasn’t going to give up ________. I wanted to let him know us.”

Kate ________ the boy, whom the couple had already named Jamie, from his hospital blanket and ordered David to take his shirt off and ________ them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as ________ as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin ________ would improve his condition. They also talked to him.

“We were trying to encourage him to ________.” Kate told the Daily Mail, “We explained his name and that he had a twin who he had to ________ and how hard we had tried to have him. Then something miraculous (奇迹般的) happened. Jamie gasped again – and then he started ________. Finally, he reached for his father’s finger. Our ________ boy had made it.”

“We’re the ________ people in the world.” Kate said gratefully, “The experience makes us cherish them more.”

2 . When you drive, you definitely prefer a series of green lights so that you don’t need to stop constantly. Now, thanks to artificial intelligence, German researchers have found a way to reduce time spent at intersections (十字路口).

These intelligent lights are said to improve traffic flow (车流) by 10 to 15 percent, which results in money saved; the EU estimates (估计) that traffic jams cause economic damage that adds up to 100 billion euros a year. Apart from reducing commuting (通勤) time, these traffic lights will reduce noise and CO₂ emissions from cars stopping at intersections.

Another exciting development in this research is the K14PED project, which studies pedestrians (行人) crossing intersections. Using AI, researchers can identify how many people are waiting at a pedestrian crossing and whether some of these people will need extra time to cross the street. Using a 3D points cloud, they can tell if someone is a senior or has disabilities by adding more waiting time until they pass.

Testing will be done until the summer of 2022 in the German towns of Lemgo and Bielefeld. And the researchers firmly believe that it will be adopted by many countries. This technology is exciting news for pedestrians and drivers alike. It encourages safety, protects the environment, and may even give you more time to enjoy your morning coffee before heading off to work!

3 . It was a classic night. The noisy Mexico City ________ calmed down. The main stadium of Olympic track and field competition was enveloped(笼罩) in the ________ . After he finished taking photos of the marathon winners ________ the victory, Greenspan, a world-famous news producer, found the stadium ________. He was about to leave ________ he suddenly saw a man with his right leg spotted with the blood ran into the stadium. This man ran lamely(跛脚地) out of breath, but he didn’t stop. After he ran along the track for a ________ and got to the finish line, he ________ the ground.

Greenspan guessed this was a marathon athlete. Out of ________, he went over and ask why the athlete wanted to run to the ________ with such a difficulty.

The young man, called Kowari from Tanzania, replied in a ________ voice, “That my country sent me here from over 20,000 kilometers is not to let me get off the track in the competition, but to make me ________ the game. I’ve fallen behind all other runners, I have a sacred(神圣的) goal like them. ________ the audience won’t ________ me any more, but my motherland is watching me from behind….” Tears welled up in Greenspan’s eyes. Soon, he spread the most ________ scene in the history of the Olympic Games to every corner of the world.

Life should have a dream of reaching the peak. It is not whether we can reach the top but whether we’ve made the greatest ________ that counts. To reach the goal in the mind is also a success.

It was my first day of senior high school. Looking at everything    1    I had prepared for the new school year, I was filled with     2     (curious) as well as anxiety.

I was anxious to look around as soon as I got to school. I felt curious    3    everything, the new dining hall, the new library, the new labs, the new classrooms, etc. It would be    4    new start for me. And I was looking forward to    5    (see) my new teachers and classmates.    6    at the same time I wondered    7    my new classmates would like to make friends with me. Would the teacher be strict with us students?

I felt    8    (relax) when my English teacher asked me, “What else can I do to help you, Li Le?” I found all the teachers kind and helpful. While    9    (think) about how to get on well with my classmates, I found three boys come and they asked me to play basketball with them in the P.E. class. We enjoyed ourselves that morning and soon became good friends.

Anxiety had gone, and I knew I    10    (have) a happy school life here.

6 . Yesterday, my daughter had to go to work earlier than usual. Since the gym where I work out is not far from her _______ ,1 decided to take her to work and then go to the gym.

At quite an earlier hour, the gym was_______full of men and women of all ages, working out. I_______ go to the gym at this early hour, and was_______to see so many people. It seems that many go to the gym before going to_______. Some want to lose weight, others want to_______their body, and a great number of people like to build their muscles(肌肉).

I know how difficult it is for most people to start exercising. Most people know it is good for their body, but they are too_________to go to the gym, especially in the morning. They_______to spend an extra hour in bed before starting their_______.

If you’re one of them, you need self-discipline(自律) and________your laziness. If you keep going to the gym and exercising, you would start to like it. This usually________when you see that you’re losing weight, your body is getting into a better shape, and you feel stronger. It is the same in every other__________of life, when you study a foreign language, develop a new skill or a new habit, and when you make up your mind to________your dreams. It is________at first. But when you start to see ________, everything becomes easier because you have great motivation(动力).