1 . When Guo Xiaoyu was born just days ahead of the Opening Ceremony in August, his grandpa Tao Zhenguo was very busy with his volunteer work for the Beijing Olympics in 2008. The grandpa was very happy to _________ his newcomer.

Fourteen years later, the 77-year-old Tao is even _________ because Guo has also become an Olympics volunteer. “He is _________ an Olympic boy now,” Tao says. Both grandfather and grandson are volunteering at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics. They are helping with garbage _________, traffic guidance and information inquiries (查询).

Guo says he learned a lot from his _________. He listened to Tao’s volunteer _________ when he was a little child, and began doing community work. But Guo is not just _________. He’s now also teaching his grandpa English.

Tao doesn’t speak English, but he is _________ that “as an Olympics volunteer, I have to learn it to at least be able to communicate a bit with foreign guests”. “It’s never too late to learn,” Tao says. “I don’t _________ to become an English-language master, but I hope that I can at least say Welcome to Beijing when I ____________ foreign athletes and guests.”

3 . An old saying goes, “When in Rome (罗马), do as the Romans do.” I learned the meaning of this when I studied in Russia.

One day I ______ some of my Chinese friends to a famous local restaurant in Moscow. My guests and I were excited from visiting Red Square and happy about our meeting. We chatted ______ until the waiter told me that we were talking too loud. We turned our voices lower. But this didn’t last long. The waiter came over to us two more times with the same ______.

How bad an impression (印象) we must have left on the local people! In China, it’s natural and ______ for a host (主人) to make a lively atmosphere (气氛). However, in Russia and western countries, having a meal in a public place means you must ______ your voice low. You need to be polite to others.

I felt ______ about this. Even though we tried our best, it’s very difficult to form a new habit. Russians have their own special habits. My Russian friend, Andrey always looks around and thinks for a while before leaving home. I asked him ______ he did this. “Aha,” Andrey said, “In Russia, people always spend about a minute ______ things and plans in their minds before leaving. So they won’t leave ______ necessary behind.

Finding the differences between ______ is very interesting. I’d like to keep my eyes and mind open.

4 . I’m David and my wife is Sally. We’re from Germany. Last month we went to Sichuan to enjoy the fantastic mountains and we felt so________. But two days later, we faced a difficult situation. While traveling by car in the high mountains, the car________working after making a strange, loud noise.

The driver was a local man and he could only speak________. We tried communicating with him but we________. He used his body language to tell us that he was going to get help and then he left.

We were in a lonely place and we could see________houses around. We started to hear the cries of wild animals. Sally was very afraid. It was getting darker and colder, but we didn’t have much food or water. Should we leave the car? Would our driver return? Was he a________man? We were very worried.

We had to stay in the car for a couple of hours and time passed so________. Suddenly the lights from another car appeared in the dark. A man came out of the car.________ he found us, he kindly let us gets into his car.

The man________his phone number on a piece of paper and put it on the window of the car before we left. Then he drove us to his house and his cousin could speak English. Later that evening, the phone rang. It was our driver. He told us that he had fixed the car.

I will never forget the warmth we received on that day because we________a stranger for help.

5 . Have you ever been to Thailand? When you travel in Thailand, you shouldn’t________the Bangkok Walking Food Tour. It usually takes three hours to________the whole tour. During the 3-hour tour, you can eat your fill (开怀大吃)in________excellent little restaurants and have great fun at the cultural attractions.

Here you can find lots of eateries(饮食店) that have been open for many years. Enjoy________when you have so many kinds of Thai dishes. As you know, they are all________deeply by Thai history and culture. The food is cleverly designed into small portion(一份) sizes, ________ you can try more dishes without feeling too full. The tour starts at 10 a. m. and________at around 1 p. m. If you are________ enough, you shouldn’t eat breakfast.

This tour is one of visitors’________activities in Thailand and really gives you a chance to get ________to the delicious food of the amazing country. You will also be able to find more wonderful food in the rest of Thailand with the help of this experience.

7 . During my second month of the art school, our teacher gave us a pop quiz(突击小测验). I was a hard-working student and I did well in all the ______. I had finished the questions successfully and easily, until I read the last one: “What is the first name of the ______ who cleans the school?”

Surely this was some kind of joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times. She was tall, dark-haired and about 50 years old, ______ how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the ______ question empty.

Just before class ______, one student asked if the last question would count towards our quiz grade.

“Absolutely(绝对地),” said the teacher. “In your life, you will meet many people.______ people are important and all jobs are important. They deserve(值得) your attention and care, even if all that you do is ______ and say hello.”

I’ve never ______ that lesson. Actually, that was the most ______ lesson in my life. I ______learned her name was Feng Yue.

8 . The red star over China is shining brightly on its sixty-fifth birthday. And why is that? There are many reasons. First of all, there is peace and prosperity (繁荣) in China. The country isn’t at war and most Chinese are living _________ and more comfortable lives than at _________ in history. And things will get even better in the future.

The Chinese economy is a world wonder— grow so quickly, so many buildings and so many new businesses. China is now the_________ economic country in the world only next to America. Some believe that China will be Number One _________ the year 2030. What amazing _________! And what does that mean for you? It means that there will be lots of chances for you to do good jobs and to use all of your talents.

The rest of the world has started to take a closer _________ at China and they like what they see. In recent world wide survey, almost seventy percent of the people said they had a “positive image” of China. They thought China is beautiful and they are _________ in what is happening in China.

And it is not only because of economy, _________ Chinese culture. Zhang Ziyi and Gongli are famous all over the world, as well as the movie director Ang Lee. Writers like Gao Xingjian and Ba jin have won international awards. And painters, such as Wu Zuoren are selling their works for record high prices. This _________ China seem pretty cool and it really is!

So happy birthday, China! We are__________ you!

9 . My father is a doctor, who is always as busy as a bee. However, he doesn’t love me any less.

Today was my father’s birthday. I decided to make it an unforgettable birthday to show how ______ I am for everything he has done for me.

I told Mum that I waned to give my father a surprise birthday party. At my words, she was really ______that I even remembered his birthday! She ______ to help me, but I told her I determined to plan everything myself.

First, I called Bernie, my father’s best friend. He gave me the name of my father’s favorite ______. Next, I called the restaurant and booked some table. Then, I also ______ our relatives and asked them to come.

Without telling anyone, I went to the watch shop to ______ my father’s present. When he was young, his father gave him a ______. It stopped working last year, but my father ______ had time to get it fixed. So I took it to the watch shop and get it ______ and polished(擦亮).

The moment Dad and Mum turned up, we shouted, ”Happy Birthday!“ I gave Dad his present. When he saw his shiny watch, he cried, ”What a surprise! Thank you, George. This is the best ______ ever. ”

10 . Ma Li is a dessert shop owner in Yinchuan, Ningxia. On a cool morning, she received an online _______, but it took an hour for her to wait for the deliveryman (外卖送餐员).

When the deliveryman came, Ma was a little _______. “It is too cold outside and my motorbike didn’t work,” explained the deliveryman. After she heard his words, her anger was _______. She invited him to sit for a while and offered him a cup of hot water.

At that moment, Ma noticed the deliveryman’s face and hands were dark purple _______ he was working outside for too long. She felt sorry for him. While they were talking, Ma knew that the deliveryman wanted to buy her daughter a _______, but he thought it was a little expensive.

After the deliveryman left, Ma _______ what happened just now on her WeChat Moments (微信朋友圈) with two photos of the deliveryman.

Heartwarming comments (评论) poured in, such as “life is not easy but _______ of us give up!”, “Thumbs up(点赞)for hard-working people” and “Showing understanding to deliverymen.” Some _______ offered money for a cake.

The next day, Ma got in touch with the deliveryman and invited him to her shop. When they met, Ma expressed people’s kindness to him and gave him a cake for his daughter’s birthday. The deliveryman was _______.

Ma received more than 600 yuan in donations ________ her friends and customers. She said she would use the money to offer some help to people in need.