2 . The New Year was heartbreaking for Melanie Lee. A few weeks earlier, her 33-year-old son had ________ his battle with a long illness. Then the engine on her old car ________ working. She had no means of paying for it to be fixed.

“When it ________, I broke down,” Lee said. “Now I don’t have my ________, now I don’t have transportation. How am I supposed to stay ________ in my grandchildren’s lives?”

Eliot Middleton, 38, the owner of a barbecue restaurant and a former auto mechanic who, in his free time, ________ and gives away used cars. He’d heard about Lee’s difficult ________ from her nephew. On New Year’s morning, Middleton showed up unannounced at Lee’s home with a(n) ________: a white 1933 Oldsmobile.

“I had no idea what was going on,” said Lee. “He ________ me the keys and didn’t ask for anything.” Once again, she was able to ________ her granddaughters from school and take them to dance classes. “I got my ________ back.”

The ________ for the used-car giving away came to Middleton a year earlier during a ________ drive he’d organized. Many of those who’d lined up for a meal ________ up to four miles to get there because they didn’t have cars.

________ are the lifeline in this part of South Carolina, Middleton said. There’s no public ________, no taxis to take people to doctor appointments, even food shopping. So he ________ on a social media platform an offer to trade his restaurant’s specialty for broken-down ________. Since then, people have left more than 100 cars in ________ states of disrepair. Many cars sit in Middleton’s yard waiting to be fixed and ________, usually to those he’s heard about by word of mouth.

It’s a list of names that grow daily.

“People think Middleton is a good man,” Lee’s nephew said. “And I do too.”

3 . In 1971 a young man who grew up very poor was travelling across the country, trying to make a new start for himself. Along the way he had completely run out of _________ and was forced to spend the night in his car. This _________ until one morning, after a week of sleeping in his car, he walked _________ into a restaurant and ordered a big breakfast.

After eating his first good meal in _________, he found himself _________ to the waiter, telling him he had lost his _________. The waiter, who was also the owner, walked _________ the chair where the young man had been sitting. He bent down, _________ a $20 bill that looked _________ it had fallen on the floor and said, “Son, you must have __________ this,” the owner said. The young man couldn't believe his good __________! He quickly paid for the breakfast, left a __________ , bought gas with the change, and headed West.

On the way out of town, he began to understand __________ the fellow did. Maybe nobody dropped the money __________ . “Maybe that fellow just knew I was __________ and he helped me in a way that didn't embarrass (使困窘) me. So I just made a __________ to help others if I can.”

Later, he worked very hard and became a (an) __________ man. Now, he lives near Kansas City. Each year he __________ thousands of dollars. He is known as the “Secret Santa” because at __________ time each year, he personally hands money out to those on the streets and at __________. Last year, he gave more than $50,000 away in Kansas City.

4 . I’d just gotten out of hospital myself. Five days after my mother________ , a tire of my car blew. I was going 50mph when I completely lost ________: my car________ head—on into a concrete barrier. I should have been ________ but fortunately I survived. Physically I healed quickly, but the________ injuries and fear of my own death stayed on. Soon even________ activities, like driving a car or visiting my doctor, filled me with great fear. Eventually I fell into a state of________and stopped seeing friends. I even didn’t want to go anywhere and feel anything.

Then, last February, I was invited by my friends to go________in Colorado. My first response was to________. I didn’t want to get on a plane, attach sticks ________ my feet or slide down a mountain. The mere thought of meeting new people________me. But I had a sense that this journey might be the brilliant sunlight I________needed. I finally agreed.

The first day, I was________with Peter, an experienced coach. He sensed my fear, patiently removing it with a smile and jokes. I was absolutely terrified of ________myself, but his gentle encouragement kept me going. Then he said something that made me nod in recognition, “Jill, fear________everything.” Peter was talking about skiing, about how your muscles ________when you are afraid, often causing you to fall. And it’s particularly true in life as well. When you permit fear to ________you from doing what you love, life stops. With Peter’s words in mind, I kept practicing.

By the end of the day, I’d improved enough to fly down hills that had ________me, a bright smile on my face and tears in my eyes. Tears were not from the cold but from________. I’d faced my fears on the mountain, and I knew________the rest wouldn’t be far behind.

5 . It’s very necessary for you to make a plan in advance before travelling abroad. An important part of the plan is probably to find the right _________. It may take you days to visit travel websites or read magazines to _________ information. It’s a long process, so many people visit _________ travelers’ blogs and search track records online, because no one wants to waste the _________ vacation time on the sites that may _________ their expectations.

Now consider another _________ — you are an experienced traveler and you want to share your most _________ routes with your family, friends or anyone who is interested in _________ your footsteps. But sharing is hard work because you need to write, _________ photos and videos, and be busy remembering the __________ orders. What if all the work can be done for you __________ while you travel? The best __________ is to try Wish Trip. Through Wish Trip, you can search other people’s routes and share yours. Please let Wish Trip be your helpful __________ through the way.

If you are a contributor, use Wish Trip from the beginning of your tour to __________ the route on the map. Wish Trip will __________ all multimedia files to the exact locations where they are taken. When you __________ the tour, Wish Trip’s smart video functions will accordingly __________ a super cool video for you to __________ in your memory.

You can use Wish Trip in any country where you want to travel. Now the sharing economy is rapidly __________ popularity in the tourism industry. With the help of latest __________, such as AI, Wish Trip has made great innovations (创新).

6 . It was Christmas morning. The ground was white with _________. The birds could not get anything to _________.

Bessie looked out of the window and saw them _________ about the street. They were _________ food. Bessie was a kind little girl. She felt _________ for the poor birds. She wanted to ask them to come into her warm home. _________ she knew that they were afraid to come in. At last she thought of a good idea. She decided to make a Christmas _________ for the birds. Bessie put a little tree outside the window. Then she hung on it little baskets full of _________ and small pieces of bread.

_________ the birds did not come to the tree. But by and by two or three came near and looked at it. They ate some of the seeds and bread. Then they flew __________ to tell the other birds about it. Soon many birds flew here to get their __________. They liked them as much as Bessie liked her Christmas presents. They sang songs to give their __________ to her.

Being __________, Bessie told her parents that she would give some of her bread to the birds every cold day. But her father said that she could not feed all the hungry birds even if she gave __________ of their bread. Thinking for a while, she said that all the birds would be fed __________ other children did the same.

7 . My daughter performed on behalf of her class in the school concert today. She played so ________ that I could not help cheering her. The very ________reminded me of her experiences of piano practicing.

When she was five, we gave her a piano as a birthday present. With great excitement, she began learning it. However, when she was no longer ________ , she became sick of it. After all, it is a tough job to learn the piano, not to mention the daily routine (常规) of ________ .

When her first teacher left, my friend ________ me to an American teacher whose way of teaching was completely American. After practicing, she would give my daughter some good comments, and then point out what should be ________. Every time she came, ________ beginning the lesson right away, she would first play some music. She said, “To learn the piano, you should learn not only the ________of playing, but more importantly, to ________the music and love it.”

After some time, my daughter became fond of her lessons. Sometimes she even would like to ________ a little bit when her skill had reached a certain level.

Surprisingly, my daughter said to me one day, “Mom, I was ________ that you didn’t give up my piano lessons. Learning it is like climbing a mountain. You’ll feel ________when you are on the way. When you look ________from where you are, you will realize that you have been making ________ . But if you ________ , you’ll never take one more step.” That was the very thing I wanted to teach her.

9 . Sitting back in my seat, I can’t quite believe that I’m about to travel along the railway that many foreign experts thought was “impossible”. All this time, the song “Sky Railway” has been ___________ inside my head. The words “railways like massive dragons are winding among the mountains” seem particularly _________ as I travel across the “roof of the world”.

I was one of the people who came from all parts of China to work on this railway._______   years to finish, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway is a record of all of our efforts to _______ the most difficult engineering challenges. How to _______ the delicate ecosystem (脆弱的生态) was the most important.

The first landmark to catch my eye is the splendid Qingshuihe Bridge, the world’s longest bridge built over permafrost. Look! A group of Tibetan antelopes is moving _______ the bridge, with some stopping to eat grass at their _________. Thirty-three passages(通道) have been built under the railway to allow the animals to move safely and freely in their natural _______. Wild animals such as these Tibetan antelopes have now been using these _______ for years. They seem totally __________ that we are speeding past at over 100 kilometers an hour.

To prevent ________ to wetlands and grasslands, 675 bridges with ________ about 160 kilometer were built between Golmud and-Lhasa.

The journey has been flying by, and before I know it, we have reached Tanggula Station.________at over 5,000 metres above sea level, this is the ________ railway station in the world. In locations such as this, the thin air,________weather and high levels of UV radiation presented perhaps the greatest ________ for railway workers. To make sure we stayed ________, several oxygen-making stations were built. We were also able to enjoy ________ breaks in lower areas.

As we pass Cuona Lake, I feel a sense of pride and achievement. It is so close to the railway that I want to ________ and touch its pale blue mirror-like surface. I am proud that we built our “impossible” railway, and did so with the ________ that the environment deserves. It truly is an extraordinary “Sky Railway”.

10 . I was travelling on an overnight bus from Kolhapur to Aurangabad. The ordinary bus was more than ________; all 55 seats were taken and there were some 20 people ________. The hot day added to the discomfort of the rough, 10-hour journey. I didn’t get a seat, so I had to stand quite ________.

After around two very long hours, I was ________ and bored. I kept trying to ________ myself, changing my body weight from one leg to the other. I suddenly sensed a soft hand ________ my elbow (肘), asking for attention. Turning around, I ________ a middle-aged man with a smile looking up at me. He stood up and said I could take his ________ for a while. I pleasantly ________ it with a sigh of ________ , and the man seemed happy too. After about 20 minutes, I ________ him to take back his space. A man who was sitting by the window had observed our ________.

Just then, something magical happened. Our observer stood up and ________ his seat to another standing man. Unexpectedly, we had caused a series of reactions: This game of seat-sharing ________ through the bus like wildfire and, before long, almost all the standees got a chance to be seated. People even started ________ each other while exchanging positions, and soon began ________ jokes and singing. I could say, the rest of the journey was quite ________.

The bus reached its destination (目的地) the next morning. The groups quickly said goodbye and went their ________. But this extraordinary ________ has stayed with me even after all these years. It showed me an important fact that we can all share what we ________ and help our co-passengers on this journey called life.