1 . The Last Robot-Proof Job in America?

You can get most food, such as warm cookies or vodka, to your doorstep in minutes. But try getting a red snapper (红鲷鱼). Until recently, if you could obtain it, it would likely have been pre-frozen and shipped in from overseas.

A new tech startup is aiming to ____________this situation. Based inside the Fulton Fish Market, a seafood wholesale market, the startup, called FultonFishMarket.com, allows customers across the whole country, both restaurants and individuals, to buy from the market. The fish is shipped ____________, rather than frozen, thanks to an Amazon advanced logistics system. Mike Spindler, the company’s C.E.O., said recently, “I can get a fish to Warren Buffett, that’s as fresh as if he’d walked down to the pier (码头) and bought it that morning.”

There is one thing, ____________, that the sophisticated logistics system cannot do: pick out a fish. If Warren Buffett orders a red snapper, the company needs to ____________ that his fish is actually red snapper, and not some other. According to the ocean-conservation organization, more than 20% of the seafood in restaurants and grocery stores in America is ___________. For this task, the company has employed Robert DiGregorio, a forty-seven-year veteran of the business, who possesses a blend of judgement and ___________ knowledge that, so far, computers have yet to replicate.

“___________ the food-safety stuff, our business could be any market from the last three thousand years of human history,” Spindler told me. He is experienced in the ___________ business. When he arrived at the fish market in 2014, people were cautious. “They thought selling fish on the Internet was___________.” DiGregorio said, speaking for the fishmongers(鱼贩). “They didn’t see how it could possibly work.” Five years ago, DeGregorio didn’t know how to use a computer, but when the Web-site people arrived at the market, he sensed an opportunity. Together, they’ve created a human-machine fish-buying operation.

By 1 a.m. each night, the company collects __________ from around the country and sends them to DiGregorio. He heads into the market, carrying his tablet computer. The company’s algorithms（算法） ___________ data on their sources and can tell DiGregorio, for example, which stall to go to get the best tuna (金枪鱼). The computer is a “learning system,”, so if DiGregorio makes a choice it didn’t ___________, it asks, “Was the fish not available? Was it damaged?” All that information is fed back in for next time.

Then, what can a fishmonger see that a computer can’t? DeGregorio showed me his part of the ___________ process. “I’m assessing a few things,” he said. First, ___________. Fish should have “nice” slime(粘液). Then, smell. He sniffed the air above the box. “when fish goes bad, it smells like ammonia.” Besides, to get the best stuff, “Fishmongers have to have a relationship with you. To trust you.” He added.

Is he ever __________being replaced by the learning system of computers? DiGregorio shrugged. “By the time they invent a computer that can do what I can do,” he said, “I’ll be dead.”

2 . In the close town of Whitesburg, Kentucky, Mick Polly, who lives with his teenage daughter Carolina in a house, is known as the bike man. Over the past five years, Mick has _______ hundreds of bicycles for poor kids.

One day in 2011, a 13-year-old boy with a _______ bike walked by Mick’s house. “I was working in my garage, and he asked if I could _______ it,” says Mick , now 53. The boy _______ his bike, which had a broken bracket, with Mick, who asked friends on Facebook if they had the missing part. The town’s former police chief saw the _______ and   donated   two used bicycles. Mick took parts from each to engineer a new set of wheels for the _______.

Soon after, Mick, who _______ a toy business , repaired a bike for the boy’s brother and made one for his sister. _______ spread, and within the year, he had fixed up dozens of bikes for _______ kids whose parents couldn’t ________ to buy new ones.

“ People were ________ bikes day and night,” says Mick. Mick stored the bikes and bike   parts in his garage. “I take off the ________ tires or the handlebars or the seats and ________ them,” he says.

To   date, the bike man has repaired hundreds of bikes and ________ nearly 700 newly built bikes. They’re ________, but the kids must agree to two things: They’ve got to “remember who’s ________ them’’, and they’ve got to make ________ in school. If a kid’s   grades are ________, Mick requires a teacher’s note saying that he is doing his best.

Mick also hopes the bikes will get kids off the ________. “When I was growing up, we   all rode our bikes,” he says,” ________ these kids can get some exercise.”

3 . Noah and Ella is a couple who consider birthdays as a good chance to appreciate life.

When their daughter, Jessie,___________ six in 2012, they invited friends and relatives to attend her birthday party. Afterwards, the___________ decided to find ways to_________Jessie about giving to others.

“We wanted to do something that Jessie could___________ in and work with us to have a(an)_______ on our community. We didn’t know what___________ fortunate children do on their birthdays. Therefore, we rang up a shelter, and learnt that___________ children there actually did___________   to observe their birthdays. No cakes or gifts, let alone parties.”

Later, the family___________a party for the kids who had birthdays that month at the____________ they rang up earlier. Jessie eagerly helped to____________ gifts. ________ that first party, they have transformed their simple idea__________ Birthday Blessings, a nonprofit organization for the needy.

So   far,   Birthday   Blessings   has   held   over   five   hundred   ____________ at   different   shelters   and delivered countless party   __________ to thousands of homeless children around their community.

________ entirely by volunteers, the charity accepts almost anything—toys, shoes, baby items— ________ it’s not used and in good condition. What the organization does for the kids makes a big________ to them mentally and spiritually.

Being “part of this labor love” has   ____________ made a positive impression and influence on Jessie. On her ninth birthday, her grandparents sent her a check as a gift.   ____________ it, the first thing she said was that she wanted to give half to Birthday Blessings.

4 . Security guard, truck driver, salesperson—year after year, these jobs appear on lists of the unhappiest careers. Although many factors can make a job _________ —unusual hours, low pay, no chance for advancement—these three jobs _________ for another reason: a lack of small talk.

Psychologists have long said that connecting with others is central to our well-being, but just how much conversation we require is under _________ . In one study, researchers overheard undergraduates for four days and then _________ each conversations either “small talk” (“What do you have there? Pop corn? Yummy!”) or “serious” (“Did they break up soon after?”). They found that the second type is connected with happiness—the happiest students had roughly twice as many “serious” talks as the unhappiest ones. Small talk, meanwhile, _________ only ten percent of their conversation, versus almost 30 percent of conversation among the unhappiest students.

However, don’t just consider small talk _________ yet. Scientists believe that small talk could promote bonding. Chatting with strangers could _________ our morning. In a series of experiments, psychologists found that those who chatted with other train passengers reported a more pleasant journey than those who didn’t.

Small talk can also help us feel connected to our _________ . People who smiled at, made eye contact with and _________ spoke with their Starbucks baristas (咖啡师) reported a greater sense of __________ than those who rushed through the transaction (交易). __________ , when volunteers broke the silence of the art gallery to chat with gallery-goers, the visitors felt happier and more connected to the exhibit than those who were not __________.

Of course, some of us are better than others at turning small talk into something bigger. In one study, people who were rated “less curious” by researchers had trouble getting a conversation __________ on their own. People who were considered “curious”, meanwhile, needed no help   __________ conversations about ordinary things like favorite holidays into friendly exchanges. A “curious mindset,” the researchers concluded, can lead to “positive social __________.”

Therefore, go ahead—small talk needn’t be idle, and nosiness isn’t all bad.

5 . I like travelling. In my younger years, my mother gave me some ________, “While you’re still young”, she said fondly, “________ as much as possible.” So whenever I have days off, I usually travel somewhere And ________ this habit, I met Taeko, a Japanese film producer, on the Isle of Skye in the UK.

I still remember the ________ Taeko and I first met. Skye is a mountainous island in Scotland ________ the transportation is inconvenient (不便的), I had to join a ________ tour, so did Taeko.

We didn’t meet ________ we had breakfast the next morning. It was very rare to see an ________ face on this far away and strange island, ________ we started to talk. I learned Taeko just took part in the 67th Cannes Film Festival.

After chatting for only 20 minutes, our friendship ________, We exchanged phone numbers and left for our separate bus journeys. ________, afterwards, we reunited again and again in different cities in the UK.

Taeko is a friendly and elegant (优雅的) lady who always speaks to people in a ________ voice. Although there’s a huge age difference ________ us, we understand each other. Taeko told me her husband was a professor in American literature. They all liked reading. It was the same love for ________ that brought them together.

But sadly, her husband ________ 18 years ago, and Taeko has remained single since then. She produces films, travels the world and makes friends. You can never ________ where she will be tomorrow.

When asked if she ever felt lonely, she said she never did. Instead, she feels________. She’s been doing exactly ________ she likes to do: be happy.

6 . Hester is an owner of a clothes shop who always does her bit to help the society.

She is more than just an ________ person, although she doesn't think similarly. Since she started operating her shop four years ago, she has been taking out 10% of her first ________ every day for charity. Besides, she has five piggybanks at home, and before she goes out for work every morning, she always ________ a least 15 coins into those piggybanks for ________ purposes.

She says she read of an article "If I were A Millionaire" in which the author said he would ________ most of his money to help the _________if he were a millionaire. And that story had fuelled her to do ________. Twenty years ago, she was ________ by a story in which the parents brought along their   _______ with piggybanks to donate（捐赠） money to build a do hospital, while some businessmen ________ 10% of their first sale every day for charity. So she decided to ________ these people.

"If my monthly sales go beyond my ________, will also take out part of the ________ for charity, I am always told that individually（个体地）we are ________, but our combined effort can do wonders. As long as each of us _________a little bit of light, we can ________ up the whole world."

"I hope I can ________ other people in the society to help those really in need of our ________. As long as each of us is _________to take out a few cents, there will be less ________ in this world.

7 . It was an ordinary morning. I woke up tired. Dissatisfaction, boredom and routine were the words that well _________ my life. I wasn't feeling _________ for my comfortable home or lovely family. I dropped my two older children at school with a sense of _________ and unwillingly headed to the supermarket to buy groceries with my _________.

I threw items into the trolley（手推车）with no regard to cost, while trying to _________ my misbehaving son. During the _________, I kept yelling and threatening. We _________ made it to the checkout and waited for our turn. Shortly afterwards, I _________ that someone had joined the line behind us, I _________ around and saw an old man in rags. He carried a small packet of long-life milk. As the trolley was full of __________. I asked him if he'd like to go ahead of me. It actually wasn't an act of __________. It was his presence that made me __________.

He looked __________ and uncertain, "Are you sure? How kind of you!" Thankfully, he went ahead, __________ his milk and took his change. Then, to my __________, he turned to my little boy and gently pressed the __________ into his hand. I declared that it wasn't necessary but he __________. And my son, who had been __________ me, smiled his most beautiful smile at this __________ and hugged him. The man gave a shy smile and walked away.

I felt __________ at my earlier self-pity. This humble（谦卑的）, kind stranger had made me determine to be more thankful.

8 . On March 25, 2010, Kate and David Ogg were heartbroken to hear that their newborn wasn't going to make it. Their twins,a girl named Emily and a boy named Jamie, were born 14 weeks premature. Doctors had ________ to save the boy for 20 minutes but saw no ________ .

"I saw him gasp(喘息), but the doctor said it was no _______ ," Kate told the Daily Mail. "I know it sounds _______ ,but if he was still gasping, that was a sign of _______ . I wasn't going to give up easily."   _______ , the couple knew this was likely goodbye. In an effort to _______ her last minute with the _______ boy, Kate asked to hold him.

Kate _______ the boy from his hospital blanket and ordered David to ___________ his shirt and join them in bed. The first-time parents wanted their son to be as ___________ as possible and hoped the skin-to-skin contact would     ____________ his condition. "We were trying to make him ____________ ." Kate said. "We explained his name and that he had a ____________ that he had to look out for and how hard we had tried to help him."

A ____________ showed itself eventually, Jamie gasped again-and then he started ____________ . "We were the ____________ people in the world," David told Today.

Now, the twins are happy and healthy. The Oggs only recently told the kids the story of their ____________ . "Emily burst into ____________ ." Kate said. "She was really upset, and she kept ____________ Jamie. This whole experience makes you cherish them more."

9 . I got aboard and sat down in my seat. It was going to be a long flight.

Around me were some _______. "Where are you headed?" I asked.

"Lakes Air Base. We'll be there for special training, and then to the front."

After about an hour, an announcement was made that box lunches were _____ for five dollars. The journey would be several hours, and I decided to buy one.

As I ______ for my wallet, I heard a soldier ask his buddy if he would buy lunch. "No, that seems a lot of money for just a box lunch." I looked around at the other soldiers. ________ were buying lunch. I walked to the back of the plane and ______ the flight attendant a fifty-dollar bill. "Take box lunches to all those soldiers." I said. She seized my arms tightly. Her eyes wet with tears, she ______ me, " My son is a soldier in the front...it's almost like you are doing it for him."

Picking up ten boxes, she headed to the soldiers.

After eating, on my way to the restroom I was _______ by a man. "I saw what you did and I want to be ________ of it." With this, he handed me twenty-five dollars.

Soon after I returned to my seat, I saw the Flight Captain coming, looking at the seat numbers ______ he walked. When he got to my row he stopped, smiled, ______ his hand, and said, "I want to ______ your hand." I stood and took his hand. With a loud voice he said, "I was a soldier. ______, someone bought me a lunch. It was such an act of ____     that I never forgot." I was a little bit ______ when applause rang out from all of the passengers. These soldiers were giving their all for our country. I could only give them a couple of meals.

Later, when I walked to the front of the plane to stretch my legs, a man______ another twenty-five dollars in my hand.

When we _____ , I gathered my belongings and started to leave. A man stopped me, put something in my pocket, and walked away ______ a word. Another twenty-five dollars!

Seeing the soldiers ______ at the terminal(终点站), I walked over to them and handed them seventy-five dollars. As I walked ______ to my car, I prayed for their safe ______.

10 . When I was young, each morning I woke up and would find my father nowhere around the house. He usually got up early before_________and began milking the cow and cleaning the farmyard. In summer, he got up_________earlier to mop the grass and water the flowers and vegetables in the garden. Once I helped my father to_________weeds from the corn field. It wasn’t long_________I felt very tired but the field ridge (田垄) seemed_______. Finally I totally threw myself_________in the field, feeling_______. My dad seemed to have_________my mind. He came up and said, “Farming is backbreaking and really takes_________and sweat, but in__________the sweet harvest will be worth the________.” Encouraged by his words, I struggled to my feet. My father__________and added, “Rome is not built in a__________but it can be built in hundreds of days. So whenever__________with a huge project, just break it into __________parts and then complete them one by one. Finally you will be amazed at your________.” Hearing what he said, I was greatly__________and continued removing the weeds from patch to patch. Believe it or not, at the end of the day, I__________in weeding half an acre of corn field.

Now, I have tried different jobs and finally__________down running a big restaurant. In my lifetime, my father’s devotion to his job and his special working methods can always encourage and guide me__________all kinds of difficulties.