2 . Joel Boyers and his wife, Melody Among, were heading home in their helicopter (直升飞机) when he received a call for help from a stranger. The caller’s brother and her _________ were trapped on their roof in Waverly because of the rising floodwater.

The caller _________ Joel Boyers to come to save her brother and daughter. Boyers looked west towards Waverly at the storm clouds. Aware of the danger to _________ in such bad weather, though, he _________ put the brother’s address into his _________. Soon, he and Among were in the air, _________ for what they were about to see in Waverly.

Upon arriving, he found the water below was _________. People were holding on to anything that didn’t move — roofs, trees. The flooding also _________ cell phone service, meaning Boyers couldn’t use his phone to locate the _________ he was looking for. He flew on anyway.

As Boyers drove the helicopter, Among began __________ people on roofs and bridges — anywhere Boyers could __________ and get them onboard. A rescued man pointed to a teenager. The teenager held onto a branch with one hand and the other held a dog she’d saved earlier while both were __________ in the current. With no place for Boyers to land, he __________ the helicopter until it hovered (盘旋) just above the water line. The rescued man jumped out and swam to the tree, where he helped the teen and the dog to the __________.

Though the experience was __________, Boyers admitted it was fun.

3 . I once heard a person say, “Good friends are just like stars. You may not always see them, _________ you know they are always there.” It perfectly describes my friendships with Angie and Raegan.

Angie and I became _________ on the first day of kindergarten. A little unsure of myself, I asked my mother _________ to make friends on the first day of school. She suggested I go up to another little girl and simply _________ myself. So when I saw Angie cross the room, I _________ right up to her and said, “Hi. My name is Missy. Would you be my friend?” Angie looked at me as if I’d lost my mind but she answered, “Sure.” Then the two of us were _________. We’ve been friends ever since.

As hot and humid as Indiana’s summers are, Angie and I _________ a swimming pool. Neither of us had one. Then Raegan came here. She _________ into the house on the corner with a swimming pool! We wanted to have a swim there, so Angie came up with a “brilliant _________”. We came to Raegan’s house and hung out on the street saying things like, “Whew! It’s __________ out here. Wish there was a place we could swim...” Raegan invited us kindly. We soon discovered that we liked Raegan more than her __________.

We became friends, and it has been that way __________. Through dance classes, cheerful camps, college courses, our marriages, and __________ in life——we’ve been forever friends.

Those friends are the most __________ gifts in my life. Friends come and friends go, but Angie and Raegan will __________ be in my life——just like the stars. I hope that you have such amazing friends in your life, too!

4 . I am very lucky because I enjoy my work very much. I’m a fitness instructor at a gym near where I live. I _________six aerobics(有氧运动) classes a week and also tell my students about ________ and nutrition. As they say, “You are what you ________ .”

To be honest, I worry about the ________ that many people have today. So many people are overweight. Because they eat the ________ foods and they don’t do any exercise. When you work in an office all day, I know it is difficult to find ________ to keep fit, but you only need to do 20 minutes a day!

It’s also very important to have a ________ diet, starting with breakfast in the morning. It’s not a good idea to ________ breakfast although many of us just have a cup of tea or coffee. Eat as much ________ food as possible — lots of fruit and vegetables — and ________ not to eat too much fried food.

One ________ why a lot of people feel less than 100% fit is that they don’t drink enough water. You need to drink two liters(升) a day — and water   ________ water, not tea, coffee or sugary drinks.

Keeping fit is fun. However, a lot of people think it’s boring to go jogging or cycling. They just want to ________ their food. Well, of course, it’s fine to have cakes and ice cream, but not every day! I would say we like what our bodies ________ and if you eat more healthy food, over time, you might find yourself wanting to eat them more than anything else. Try it, I think you’ll be ________!

5 . A 76-year-old man was sitting on the sofa in his house along with his 41-year-old son. Suddenly a _______ landed on their window. The father asked his son, “What is that?” The son _______, “That’s a crow.” A few minutes passing, the father asked his son for the second time, “What is that? ”   “Father, I told you just now. It’s a crow. ” _______ a little while, the father asked the _______ question again, “What is that? ” This time, the son answered in a low and _______ tone, “It’s a crow, a crow.” A _______ later, the father yet again asked his son for the _______ time, “What is that? ” This time his son shouted at his father, “Why do you _______   asking me the same question again and again? I have told you already, ‘IT IS A CROW’. Are you not able to understand this? ” The father went to the _______ and came back with a ________ , which he had kept since his son was born. On opening a page, he asked his son to read that page.

“Today my little ________ aged three was sitting with me on the sofa when a crow suddenly ________ on the window edge. My son asked me 23 times what it was, and I replied him 23 times that it was a crow. I ________ him, ________ , each time he asked me the same question. I didn’t at all feel angry, but instead felt ________ for my son.”

If your-parents reach an old age, do not look at them as a ________, but speak to them________, and be kind to them. They have ________ us ever since we were little children. They have always ________ us with love. So we should take care of them in the best way no matter how they ________.

7 . Every Saturday night Mama would sit down by the kitchen table and count out the money Papa had brought home.

“For the rent.”Mama would count out the big silver______. “For the grocery.”Another group of coins. “I’ll   need a notebook. ”that would be my sister Christine, my brother Nels or______.

Mama would put one or two coins to the side. We would watch with ______ interest. At last, Papa would ask, “Is that all?”And when Mama ______, we could relax a little. Mama would look up and smile, “Good. We do not have to go to ______.” We were all so proud of Mama’s Bank Account. It gave us such a warm, secure feeling.

When Nels graduated from grammar school, he wanted to go on to high school. “It will ______ a little money,” he said.

Eagerly we gathered around the table. I took down a box and laid it ______ in front of Mama. This was the “Little bank”.It was used for sudden emergencies, such as the time ______ Christine broke her arm and had to be taken to a doctor.

Nels listed the costs of the things he would need. Mama counted out the money in the Little Bank. There was not ______. “We do not want to go to the Bank,” she reminded. WE all shook our heads.

“I will work in Dillon’s grocery after school,”Nels volunteered.

Mama gave him a bright ______ and wrote down a number. “That’s not enough,” Papa said. Then he took his pipe out of his______ and looked at it for a long time. “I will give up smoking,” he said suddenly.

Mama reached across the table and touched Papa’s arm. Then she wrote down another ______.“I will ______ the Elvington children every Friday night,”I said. “Christine can help me.” Now there was enough money. We all felt very ______ because we did not have to go downtown and draw money out of Mama’s Bank Account.

So many things came out of the Little Bank that year: Christine’s dress for the school play, my little sister Dagmar’s operation...______ happened, we always knew we still had the Bank to depend upon.

8 . There was a woman in Detroit, who had two sons. She was worried about them, especially the younger one, Ben, ________ he was not doing well in school. Boys in his class made jokes about him because he seemed so ________.

The mother ________ that she would, herself, have to get her sons to do better in school. She told them to go to the Detroit Public Library to read a ________ a week and do a report about it for her.

One day, in Ben's ________, the teacher held up a rock and asked if anyone knew it. Ben put up his hand and the teacher let him ________. “Why did Ben raise his hand?” they wondered. “He ________ said anything. What could he possibly want to say?”

Well, Ben not only ________ the rock: he said a lot about it. He named other rocks in its group and even knew ________ the teacher had found it. The teacher and the students were ________. Ben had learned all this from doing one of his book ________.

Ben later went on to the ________ of his class. When he finished high school, he went to Yale University and at last became one of the best doctors in the United States.

After Ben had grown up, he ________ something about his mother that he did not knows as a ________.

She, herself, had never learned how to ________.

9 . Alice is a student who came to my class last year. Though she has already turned 60, Alice looks so fit and _________, with a bright smile and an enthusiastic attitude. I am Alice’s teacher in class, but I feel she is my teacher in life.

For my 2-hour class every Saturday morning, Alice has to take a 3-hour round-trip on the road. But she is never _________ for class. Alice is very passionate about learning English. She often says, “Don’t _________ me as a 60-year-old. I am just a new beginner who wants to learn anything _________. You know, I am very excited to come to the class!” So I feel a strong sense of _________ to make sure what I teach makes sense to her.

Alice came to me with very _________ English skills, but she turns out to be a very fast learner because she always puts English _________ on a daily basis. I _________ her homework before every class. Her homework is usually not what I _________ for the class, rather it is something that she __________ to put together. She makes various sentences using the important words and phrases she learned from our __________ class. I am always __________ by the quality of her work.

I feel fortunate to have a student like Alice. She has __________ me so much. Our __________ is a great learning experience for both of us. Though I have no idea why she learns English, I hope I can help her get closer to her dream, __________ it is.

10 . One day, I was on my way to work. Suddenly, a truck knocked me down and completely crushed my_______. It wasn’t the driver’s_______— there was something that_______his vision. People around_______me to the hospital quickly. Even though it happened around 9:30 am, I was only_______on at 5:30 pm. The doctors tried to save my leg, but after a few days it got_______and it had to be amputated (截肢). When the doctor told me, I tearfully asked him, “Why did you take so long?”

What got me through this_______was acceptance — that this is my fate, and now I can either_______to cry about it, or take it positively. I chose the_______. So when people used to come to visit me in the hospital and get________, I would tell them jokes to make them laugh!

Afterwards I took the treatment, and began to learn how to walk all over again. My________fear was that I wouldn’t be able to play________which had been my passion since childhood. However, even though it was________for me to walk, I could still play badminton. I began winning some marches. After________the suggestion of one of my friends, I decided to________a national level. Although I worked as a software engineer, I still________five hours a day. And I went on to win several________at the national competitions. ________, I almost completed my training in scuba diving and________all over India.

When people ask me, “How do you do so much?” I just________— with a question, “What’s stopping you?”