1 . For most people, getting a car opens up a new world of freedom and allows you to go wherever you want and whenever you want. Getting a car did_______these for me, and it also brought my best friend and me_______. But then it tore us apart.

My best friend lives not far from my_______. Soon I seemed to become her_______when I drove a car at the age of 16 in December, since her_______is in late summer, seven months behind me.

And so I_______her up for school and took her home. We made ice-cream_______, shopping and to the movies—all in my car. I would drive to her house just to sit on her bed, read magazines and have a good laugh. I went to her house so_______that she gave me a key to her house.

A week after I began to_______, she was with me when I had my first accident. She was there and________me. And we kept it a________, since I didn’t want people to know. From then on, through thick and thin, it was just me, my________and my best friend.

High school is a time of________. But for a long time I couldn’t________how we became so distant (疏远的). Finally, my best friend________her dream car. With its________, the passenger seat of my car became________. Our car trips became less frequent until I didn’t________drive down her street.

It’s funny how a car can change a(n)________so much. I had wanted her to get a car, but once she did, I________it. I wanted her friendship back even if it couldn’t be the same.

2 . Darlene Leeson was in hotel isolation (隔离) after returning to Australia from a trip to Hawaii. She was calling a friend,joking about the idea of putting a(n)________on her hotel window as it faced offices across the road. Getting the gentle________of her friend, Leeson wrote on some notes: “Day 4 ISO need ________. Room 623” and then stuck them up.

The first________ from those in the outside world was laughter. She got a few________and waves from office workers and workers on a nearby rooftop. “It was more done to________myself during the boring isolation,” she said. “I wasn’t thinking anyone would take it________.”

Then her hotel room phone rang. “I________thought it was the hotel ringing to tell me to________them off. It was the wife of one of the rooftop workers who had rung reception asking to get________to my room,” she said.“They then asked what chocolate I________.”

Leeson said she was in________ and didn’t make her________of treat clear.“We chatted and she said I could________an Uber delivery soon.”Within an hour,the chocolate arrived.Soon,TimTams (a brand of chocolate) arrived for her at reception.Leeson later________a woman in a nearby office building made the ________delivery.More chocolate had arrived,and a group of workers had all________.

“Being in hotel isolation,I can’t________my room where there are only a few short minutes when the sun can ________,” Leeson said.“Though,the kindness of these________brightened my day beyond any amount of sunshine possible.”

3 . There was a boy who was sent by his parents to a boarding school (寄宿学校)______being sent away, this boy was the______student in his class. He was at the top in every______always with high marks.

But the boy changed after______home and attending the boarding school. His grades started ______ He hated being in a______. He was lonely all the time. And there were especially dark times when he______committing suicide (自杀). All of this was because he felt______and no one loved him.

His parents started______about the boy. But they even did not know what was______with him. So his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and______him.

They sat on the bank of the lake near the school. The father started asking him some casual questions about his classes, teachers and_______After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son, why I am here today?”

“No, no,” his dad replied. “I am here to tell you that you are the most______person for me. I want to see you_______ I don't care about grades. I care about you. I care about your happiness. YOU ARE MY LIFE.”

These words______the boy's eyes to be filled with tears. He______his dad. They didn't say anything to each other for a long time.

Now the boy had______he wanted. He knew there was someone on this earth who cared for him deeply. He______the world to someone. And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him______!

4 . The Chinese are very generous(慷慨)when it comes to educating their children. Not _____   the money, parents often send their children to the _______schools or even abroad to England, the USA or Australia. They also want their children to take extra-course ______where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the ________an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend a (an)_____amount of money on education. Even_____couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

_______, what most parents _____to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap. Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize ______, is that today’s children _________self-respect and self-confidence(自信).

The problem is that parents are only _____ their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills that they need to be ________, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching _______ skills like cooking, sewing, and doing other housework._______ a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands ______ and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult ________ . A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job_____ . His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

Some old machines such as a broken radio or TV set that you give your children to play with will make him ______ and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to _____ them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These ____ are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

6 . There was once a young ballerina (芭蕾舞演员) who had taken ballet lessons all through her childhood. She wanted to be a first-class _______ but she wanted to be sure that she had the talent (天才). When a ballet company came to her town, she went to the backstage after the performance and spoke to the ballet master.

"I want to be a _______ ballet dancer but I don't know if I have the talent," she said. "Dance for me!" The master asked. After a(n) _______ or two, he shook his head and said, "No, no, no, you don't have what it _______ to be a great ballerina."

The young woman went home heartbroken. She _______ the ballet shoes into the closet (柜子) and _______wore them again. Instead she got _______, had children. When the kids were _______ enough, she took a part-time job and worked as a cash register at a corner shop.

Years later, the _______ ballet company came to her town. She ________ it and on the way out, she ran into the same old ballet master who was then in his eighties. Then she asked, "There is just one thing that ________ has worried me. How could you tell me that I don't have what it takes to be a great ballerina?" "Oh, I hardly looked at you when you ________. That's what I told ________ of them who came to me," he said.

"But... but, that's ________! What you said years ago has destroyed my ________ , I could have been a great ballet dancer!" she cried.

8 . Mrs. Hyde was my fifth and sixth grade teacher. She was a nice and gentle teacher who wanted her students to learn and to do well in school. She was also________to those of us who showed an interest in a particular subject. For me it was________.

One of our homework for writing class was to_______some James Thurber's stories. I loved this writer. Students would take turns reading his________stories out loud in class.________it came to my turn to read, it was difficult. I couldn't________laughing at what I was reading.

Mrs. Hyde encouraged us to write our own short________. I tried my best to make up a story, imitating Thurber's style.

I got an A + on my paper. Mrs. Hyde________told me how good and funny she thought it was. She told me, "You really have a(n)________for this."

From that day forward, I had aspirations(渴望)of________a writer. Along the way and for a long time, my friends and family repeatedly________to talk me out of this. "Writers don't make any________." they would tell me "You'll starve to death."

I never forgot Mrs. Hyde's________to me. It took several years to turn my________into reality, but today, I'm a working writer. It's true I don't make a lot of money doing it, but I'm doing what I________. If it hadn't been for Mrs. Hyde's encouragement to me so many years ago, I don't know if I would have ever given writing a________.

Mrs. Hyde died in the late 1980s. She never saw any of my________published, but she always knew how much I________writing. I wouldn't have made it________her encouragement. How I wish I could see her and thank her for her words of encouragement. They________the world to me.

9 . Raju was an honest and kind-hearted boy. One day Raju was returning home from school on foot. Suddenly he saw a few boys throwing ________ at a puppy（小狗）. The poor puppy was crying bitterly as he was ________ injured. Seeing the incident, Raju’s heart was filled with ________. Then he told them that he would ________ the matter to their parents. On hearing it, the boys ________. Then Raju ________ the injured leg of the puppy with a handkerchief to stop bleeding.

When Raju got home, he told his parents what had happened and ________ them to allow him to pet the puppy. With great care the puppy was ________ quickly. He named the dog Tom and soon they became close friends. Every time Tom saw his little ________, he would become very happy and wagged（摇摆）his tail.

Months passed and Tom grew up. One ________ morning when Raju started for school, he said goodbye to Tom and Tom ________ Raju by wagging his tail. The school ended after the second period ________ the increasingly heavy rain. When Raju arrived home，he ________ Tom. Hearing his master’s call, Tom ran to Raju happily. But all of a sudden，Tom saw a ________ just five yards away from Raju and it attempted to bite him.

To ________   his master，Tom rushed to the snake and they fought a terrible fight. The snake was ________ at last. After some time, ________ ,Tom fell down, bleeding. Raju called his little friend by his name, Tom, again and again. But Tom did not ________. He ________ of the poison（毒）of the snake. For little Tom ________ ran down Raju’s face like the showers of rain.

10 . Hailey is an ordinary nine-year-old girl, but her kindness is rather uncommon and awe-inspiring(令人惊叹的). The little girl has made it her task to help the _______ in her community by giving them a place to _______. While most other kids of her age are _______playing with toys, Hailey picks up _______ to build tiny shelters for people living on the streets.

Hailey's kind spirits _______ four years ago, when she and her mother bought a homeless man a sandwich. She _______ that she wanted to do more in terms of providing _______ for the homeless. So she came up with the idea of starting a _______ to grow and donate fresh vegetables.

"I was _______ that it would last a week," Hailey's mother told non-profit Together Rising. But it's been four years and she ________ delivers   food to the homeless constantly. " With her mother's help, Hailey ________ a grant(拨款) from Together Rising ________ she was awarded $ 3,000 to help her get started. "We can't think of a better ________ than our Hailey. She's proof that no person or act of kindness is too ________ to change the world," said Glennon Doyle Melton, founder of Together Rising.

The wooden homes that Hailey is building will ________ a front door, windows and solar panels.

________ , she does most of the work herself, under the guidance of her grandfather, who is a(n) ________. She is currently halfway through her first home, which she ________ to give to Edward, the homeless man who inspired her ________.Once she's done, Halley said she wants to ________building more sleeping shelters in Bremerton's Tent City.