2 . Food is important. Everyone needs to ________ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is________. We begin to get knowledge even when we are young. Small children are ________ in everything around them. They learn________ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to________ science books, storybooks and anything else they like. When they find something new, they have to ask questions and ________ to find out the answers.

What is the best________ to get knowledge? If we learn ________ ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are________ getting answers from others and don’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand________ . So we should believe in the saying that one is never too old to learn.

6 . Entering the drama room I am immediately surrounded by the familiar sights, smells and sounds. Streaks (条纹；线条) of light cast by the blinds of the tall _________ send shafts (杆状物) of light through the dusty air. I take a deep breath and the concrete and paint _________ tickle my nose. I _________ everything about this room.

Some of the best times of my life have been spent here. It’s ironic (讽刺的), but the _________ is the only place where I feel that I don’t have to _________ to be someone I’m not. Like many teenagers, I almost _________ think that people are judging me, but when I act, that feeling disappears. People only look at your acting ability, not your clothing, money, choice of friends, or any of the other ways people are usually ___________.

When I’m on stage, everything else vanishes (消失). All the worries and   _________ of the outside world are put on hold. Nervousness is still present, but it’s the excited and tingly kind, not the queasy (不稳定的) ___________ of being different and alone.

I __________ love to work backstage and on lighting. I __________ you could find another girl who would work on a ladder __________ her elbows in cables and dust and love every second of it. It makes me unique and gives me a sense of __________ to know that I succeed in an area where few others — and virtually (事实上) no girls — do.

High school is a difficult atmosphere, to put it __________. Like others, I’m often insecure (不安的), not __________ who I am or where I’m going in life. Wherever that may be, I will always have the confidence I get from theater.

7 . Hansen and his 10-year-old son Chase search the streets of Salt Lake City every weekend for the homeless to take to lunch. They started Project Empathy(共情)four years ago to ________a meal, listen to their stories and figured out how they could ________ help.

“Just start with a smile, a hello. It really just starts with that. If you do it, you can make a connection. A small gesture can have a ________ impact on others less fortunate,” Hansen ________ in an interview.

Some of these shared meals have turned into stronger ________ .Ward, a homeless, was ________ in a flat. He credited the Hansens with helping him ________the difficult process of moving off the streets. “It is great to have friends who make us feel ________ and I’m impressed with the pair,” Ward said.

Father and son’s ________have developed into a passion project that ________ faith and community, which emphasizes the ________ community members can have in uplifting the homeless. They know they can’t settle the homeless ________ alone. They’re hoping empathy will ________.

“My hope for the future is to ________ more connection across our country. We could and we will succeed ________ we have other people join in and help the homeless,” Chase said.

8 . A couple in Ohio accidentally dropped off a bag containing almost $ 100,000 at an Ohio charity shop. Thanks to _______ employees, they got the money back.

The employees were going through _______ last week when they came across a _______. Inside was $ 97,004. “It was so much cash,” employee Kelsey Croy said. “I looked in the bag and we _______ it right there on the desk. And it was $ 97,004.” Thankfully, the owners _______ a receipt for tax purposes when they dropped off _______ that morning. The employees _______ called the couple but there was no _______.

Not wanting to _______ that amount of cash in the store, they called the Zanesville Police Department. ________ repeated calls, officers finally got a hold of the couple. The couple hadn’t realized the money was ________. They told the police they withdrew all their money to deposit it in another bank. On the way, they ________at the charity shop to donate a bag of clothes. That’s ________ the money ended up there. “When we finally ________ them, they just asked if they could get it back tomorrow,” the officer said.

The couple has made contact with the original ________ who found the money to thank them. “I’m just glad that I meet with a bunch of honest and loyal people,” Croy said.

9 . I was frustrated at not being entered into the national IT competition I’d applied for. I sat in the car，lost in despair, chewing my lip and staring outside.

I went upstairs,_________ and desperate. Grandpa’s door was open for me as usual. There, he was waiting for my _________ with great excitement. I stood silently, forcing a _________ to cover my sadness. He seemed to _________ me immediately, giving me a _________.I was astonished that such a thin body was full of so much energy.

Only then did my emotions start _________ out. I told him that all my _________ were for nothing，and that I was feeling discouraged. Grandpa smiled at me _________ and said，“Don’t worry. You’re far stronger than you think.” Then he _________,“Life can be full of ups and downs so what we need do is to still have our hopes and desires,ignoring the anxiety that makes it easy to give up.”

He patted me on the shoulder，with a determined look,before saying, “Cheer up. I’m firmly __________ that you have the ability to succeed.” Grandpa’s encouragement soon made my sadness __________.

The next day,I thought about all my problems and __________ a plan. Now,I believe that with a positive attitude towards failure,I’ll __________ reach my goals.

Looking back,I realize that we should share our setbacks and progress in life with our __________ ones. As my grandpa showed,the __________ of our family members will benefit us forever.

10 . Many nursing homes all over the world are locked down to protect their residents from the COVID-19. Group-f is a ______ company in Belgium, whose employees wash the outsides of tall buildings, using platforms that are lifted by cranes (起重机). When the COVID-19 hit Belgium, Group-f’s business ______ . The cranes sat ______ . But one day, company manager Bosch saw a man standing on the ______ and shouting up to his mother who was looking down ______ from her window on the third floor of a nursing home. This gave Bosch a perfect______ .

Bosch realized he could put the cranes to good use. Ever since, he has been ______ them to nursing homes. There, a family can ______ a platform that a crane operator will lift up to the window of a loved one.

Eve Putseys came to see her 88-year-old aunt, who lives in La Cambre, a nursing home. Before she______ the platform, Putseys didn’t know what to expect. “It’s been seven long weeks that I haven’t been ______ to see her,” she said. But when Putseys returned to the ground, she was ______. “I finally got to see her. She looked very happy to see me,” she said.

Officials at La Cambre helped organize the crane-operated ______ . “It’s been hard work but quite ______ ,” director Thibaut Chevrier says. Bosch ______ that operating the machines costs his company money. But he has no ______ . “It’s a great honor to help people,” he says.