1 . At the age of 16, Einstein failed in several exams because he often played with some bad kids. One weekend morning, Einstein Carried a fishing net and prepared to go fishing with those_______. His father stopped him and said to him calmly. “Einstein, you were spending too much time _______, so you failed in the exams. I’m _______ about your future with your mother.”

“What are you worrying about? Jack and Robert also _______in the exams, but they went fishing as usual.”

“My boy, you can’t think so,” Looking at Einstein, his father said lovingly. “There is a _______ in our hometown. I hope you can listen to it carefully.”

“There were two cats playing on the roof. _______, they fell into the chimney (烟囱). When they climbed out of the chimney, one cat’s face was dirty _______ the other’s was clean. Seeing the dirty-faced cat, the clean-faced one thought its own face was also dirty, so it quickly ran to the riverside and washed its _______. The dirty-faced cat saw the clean-faced one, thinking its own face was clean as well, so it still walked happily in the street.”

“Einstein, _______can be your mirror (镜子). Only you are your own mirror. Some of the kids are not strict with themselves. If you take them to be your mirror, even a ________ person may become stupid.” Hearing this, Einstein’s face turned red. He put down his fishing net and returned to his small room.

After that, Einstein often took himself as a mirror to be________with himself, and kept telling himself, “I am special, so I needn’t be as common as others.” This was why Einstein ________ in his career.

1,000 people have 1,000 kinds of wishes in life. Different wishes will produce different________about life. You can learn from other people, but you can ________ follow others completely.

You must see yourself clearly, and know what you want to get. Your future doesn’t ________ how others act, but on how you are going to act.

2 . Lots of kids set up lemonade stands in the summer. For many, it’s a first step toward learning what it means to _________ your own money. For 11-year-old Cartier Carey, it was a _________ to do a lot more. That’s because Carey isn’t using his _________ to open a first savings account. Instead, he’s _________ it back into his community. His goal is to help single mothers in need. With all the stress and _________ uncertainty brought on by the pandemic, Carey decided to focus on the basics: diapers and wipes.

The idea for the project took _________ while Carey was visiting his grandmother who lives in one of the area’s more economically depressed neighborhoods. Carey, who is keenly observant for his age, was _________ by how many women he observed raising children on their own. By the end of July, Carey had raised close to $5,000 via the lemonade stand and from donations, and _________ about 6,500 diapers. As of September, at 22,000 diapers, he’s _________ to achieving his total goal of 25,000.

But the generous 11-year-old is no __________ to worthy causes. Before becoming a “lemonade mogul”, Carey launched another community __________ titled “Carti packs”— care packages for the homeless that __________ such essentials as deodorant, soap, tissue, and even hand-warmers for when the weather got __________.

Carey says his greatest __________ comes from knowing he’s made a difference and seeing how much his efforts have meant to the people he tries to __________.

3 . My grandparents lived in a town in Michigan. Every summer I stayed with them as a young child. I came from the ________ but loved the small place where they lived. People there knew everyone else, their kids, their pets and their ancestors. The bond with them continued to grow ________ I grew older.

My grandma was ________ at making something exciting by hand. She would make little sandwiches and we'd have tea parties. She'd plant flowers and carefully ________ them. She'd ________ sweaters for her grandchildren as well as making beautiful ________ for each one. I remember the small thimble(顶针) she would use while doing her needlework. ________ her thimble on her finger, she'd remark, "I wouldn't want to sew without one."

A few years ago my grandma ________ at the age of 91. After attending her funeral, I realized how ________ our lives had changed. I missed her very much. When my birthday came, I was feeling ________ because there was no card from my grandma. But what happened later made me feel that she was ________ that special day with me. While I was arranging some ________ pillows that my grandma had made, I ________ felt something inside one pillow. It was small and ________ I moved the object to a seam (接缝)and I carefully opened it. To my delight, out ________ a tiny silver thimble!

How ________ it was to find something that had been a part of her. Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, my grandma ________ it in that little pillow for me. I carefully laid the thimble along with the other things I had ________ over the years, which reminded me of the pleasant ________ of her.

I heated the tea kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as my grandma always did, and enjoyed my tea and my grandma's ________. What a wonderful birthday that was!