1 . The excitement was rising in me as I held a brand new laptop in my hands. This was a reward for scoring straight As for my examination. I had always ________ my friends who were exchanging news about “chat rooms”, “instant messaging” and “e-mailing”, all of which I knew nothing about. Now I was going to ________.

It started out simply. I was searching for some information ________ when I came across a social networking site. Soon I became ________ to my new-found electronic friend. I could easily spend a few hours ________ on my laptop. It came to a point where I chose to lock myself in my room, ________ to come out and take part in family activities. Soon, my ________ at school also began to worsen.

Hearing that my grades dropped, my parents started voicing their ________ constantly. And I was asked to ________ my usage of the Internet. ________, no matter how hard I tried, I was unable to pull myself away. I was desperate for just another ________, just another look at my e-mail or message. Then one day, my ________ took away my laptop. I screamed and ________ but to no avail (效用). Dad had made up his mind. Over time, I realized that Dad and Mum had always wanted the best for me. That was when I decided to take the big step-to get rid of my Internet________. Quitting was harder than I expected. But with dogged determination, I knew that I would be able to do it. I ________ my parents that I would turn over a new leaf.

2 . Earlier this year the phone companies stopped supporting the software for my old 3G phone. So like the rest of the modern world, I was _______ to buy a new smartphone. I didn’t use it much at first, only to get a _______ from my daughter or to play a game or two. Soon, however, I found it far_______ to surf the web or check out e-mails on the smartphone than my computer. Even with my limited time, I_______ found myself spending more and more of it on this phone. It happened almost without me _______ it.

Yesterday I was on it, _______ the sea of stories, posts, news, and videos. Then suddenly a long, white, _______nose pushed its way between me and my _______. I started to push it away but that only got me a lick(舔) from my chin to my glasses. _______, I put the phone down, took my glasses off and ________my dog. Soon we were hugging, running around, and playing down the hallways of my home. And I ________ something too. There was a feeling in my heart: a________ mixture of love, laughter, and joy. It was a(n) ________ that I hadn’t got-ten once during all that time I had spent on my phone.

Technology is here to stay. But we shouldn’t let it   ________ us. We should use it only when it ________ us to do the important things like loving each other, being closer to our family, or making this world a better place.

3 . Shaine Kilyun was scrolling through videos on her phone one night in December 2020. Suddenly she ________ a video of dogs in wheelchairs. “That’s it!” she thought.

Shaine had always loved animals and visited local veterinary (兽医的) clinics often. She was a ________ volunteer there. But Shaine cried when she learned older and disabled animals are often killed painlessly because they can’t walk and require extra ________.

Now, as Shaine watched the disabled dogs in the video moving around in tiny wheelchairs ________ and freely, her heart was filled with ________. “I can make wheelchairs for senior and disabled animals!” she decided.

As Shaine ________ on countless videos showing ways to make tiny mobility “wheelies” for animals, her ________ grew. The next day, Shaine headed to the hardware store and ________ some PVC pipes, foam and wheels and began ________ with designs. She tested out the carts on her own dog and cats. ________ she found a model that worked, she reached out to veterinarians she knew. Seeing Cypress, a disabled 7-month-old puppy, take off in her wheelie, Shaine became even more ________ to her project. She posted pictures of her carts on Instagram, and soon orders started coming in.

Shaine asks for a few ________ of the animals and then custom-makes each wheelchair for the furry friends. She accepts just enough money to ________ costs.

“I’m so ________ that I am able to fill a need,” says the industrious girl, “Helping disabled pets means the ________ to me!”

4 . An off-duty pilot was called a "legend" after stepping in to fly a plane himself to stop the flight being cancelled.

Michael Bradley, a(n) _______ easyJet pilot, had a holiday when he _______ flying a plane that was delayed by two hours. He told passengers on board the Manchester Airport flight to Alicante that he was _______ his services as there was no pilot available. Mr. Bradley was filmed by passenger Michelle Potts making the _______ and Ms. Potts posted the video on Facebook.

Mr. Bradley said, "My wife was then with my little boy. She _______ and complained ‘Our flight's delayed by two hours because there's no _______ for the flight.’ So just before we went through security I _______ if this is worth a phone call. I think it is because I'd like to go on holiday."

Mr. Bradley phoned up easyJet and said, "I'm standing in the _______ doing nothing. I have got my _______ with me and I'd very much like to go on holiday and if you need a(n) ________ , I'm standing here ready to go." And his bosses called him back in less than a minute to give him the go-ahead, saying, "Please, please, can you fly the airplane to Alicante?" Then he said to the passengers, "If you're alright for one of your pilots to ________ this today, we'll go to Alicante. " This was ________ with cheers from the passengers.

An easyJet spokesman said the flight's delay was due to the knock-on effects of the French Air Traffic Control ________ on Sunday. He added, "We are ________ to one of our pilots who was ________ on holiday from Manchester to Alicante on 2^nd, September with his family and ________ to operate the flight. This ________ customers could get to their destination and shows the ________ of our crew. This is ________ in line with regulations as he had his license and ID with him. Safety is always our ________ priority."

5 . In 1984, a Japanese runner, Yamada, unexpectedly won the champion of the Tokyo Marathon. When asked how he _________ it, he said, "With wisdom.”

At that time, people thought the runner who ran first was _________ secretive. Marathon is a sport of strength and endurance（耐力）. You won't have the _________ to win the race unless you have good physical quality and patience. It is _________ that saying you can win the race with wisdom.

Two years later. Yamada took part in the Italian International Marathon in Milan, Italy and he _________ again. When asked to tell his _________ to success again. Yamada _________ said, "It's wisdom." This time, people didn't _________ him any more. Instead, people were _________ by what he said.

Ten years later, the puzzlement was solved. Yamada wrote in his book. "Every time, before the game, I would drive along the marathon route, writing down some important signs along the __________ . For example, the first sign was a bank. the second was a big tree, the third was a red house…. After the race __________ . I tried my best to __________ to the first sign. After reaching the first sign. I __________ to dash to the next sign at the same speed until I finished the __________ . At first, I did not know the secret, and I set my __________ at the flag on the finishing line more than 40 kilometers away. __________, I was tired after running less than ten kilometers and I was __________ by the long distance ahead."

In life, the reason we give up __________ is not that it is too difficult, but that we set too __________ a goal for ourselves. If we break our large goal down into small ones, we will have more confidence in __________ it.

6 . The urge for most of us is to throw something away, even if it means we have to buy anew one for more money. Most people think it's often _________ than finding a shop that will fix it, taking it there and picking it back up, all with the chance that it might _________ again in the future.But the residents(居民)of one Glasgow neighborhood are taking on that important _________.

After a repair shop opened in the neighborhood, hundreds of residents began _________broken electronics and clothes to be repaired, _________ the urge to rid themselves of the _________by going on Amazon and getting a new one.

The shop is called Remade, and it's looking to change the way Britain _________. A team of technicians, general repairmen and tailors work to _________ every electronic product, jewelry and even toy. Apart from mending broken items, Remade also works to _________ unneeded laptops or other Internet-connected products with homes that __________ them. So far they've supplied 1, 000 second-hand computers to people in need after receiving __________ from those who no longer need them.

One regular customer said she had a changing moment when an extension cable( 扩展电缆) she owned __________ working. "My __________ response was that I had to go to an online retailer like Amazon and buy another one," she said. "Then I thought-hang on, there's absolutely no __________ to do that-I know this shop is __________ just down the road." It's not easy these days to see that __________ through to the end. But it's the __________ thing to do for the planet, as old electronics are causing too much landfill waste, which is a __________ for the environment.

__________, the Remade staff has grown to eleven employees to keep up with the demand of people __________ to have their old items fixed up.