1 . The rangoli (印度传统地画艺术) was a giant good-luck charm. Grandma used to make one for the start of the new year. First, she would draw on the floor with chalk. Then, she would fill the drawing with uncooked _________ rice.

This year, Manju was old enough to help. He _________ paper into a cone (圆锥体) and filled it with rice. Side by side, he placed rice across the drawing together with Grandma. Sometimes his rice skittered (轻快地跑跳) outside the drawing; sometimes he used the   _________ color. And sometimes he rubbed away the _______, so Grandma had to redraw it. But _________, the bright swirls of rice were transformed into a beautiful peacock. When Manju admired the peacock, he _______ a small piece of tile(瓷砖) peeking through on Grandma’s side.

A _________? But Grandma was away to answer the telephone. Should he fix it?

“I’ll surprise Grandma!” He decided. He _________ across, trying to reach the gap. Almost. His left leg inched up. There! Suddenly, Manju began to _________. His proud smile vanished. “No!” He crashed down on to the rangoli, scattering rice ____________.

Manju rose to his feet and pushed the rice back. But the colors were __________.When Grandma came back, Manju   __________. He said, “I’m sorry. I should have waited for you.” Grandma shook her head. “You saw a __________ and tried to fix it. I’m proud of you.” They picked up the rice, __________ each grain by color.

Just before nightfall, they finished fixing the rangoli.

Grandma lit candles around the rangoli. In the flickering light, the peacock seemed __________ with mystical powers. Manju smiled. The new year felt full of good luck, thanks to Grandma and him.

4 . What would you do if you won the lottery (中彩票)? For many, the first thing to do would be to quit their jobs and retire ______. But one Canadian man named Pierre Richer , who recently won $50 million, didn’t ______ doing that.

Pierre Richer works as a driver and head of shipping at a catering company. On October6, he ______ a lottery ticket for $10 while shopping with his daughter for Thanksgiving.Several days later, Richer’s wife and his daughter ______ he had won $50 million. His daughter ______ so loud that the family thought she had seen a spider (蜘蛛). When Richer ______ the room, he was told about the ______. To all the excitement his daughter and wife felt, he ______ reacted. “OK,” Richer said and then walked out, ______ his work routine. The winner appeared ______ to the sudden wealth.

Considering that he is already in his 60s, people thought he would resign and take______. But much to their ______, he showed up for work at 4:30 a. m. the Monday following his win as if nothing had ______ over the weekend. “I can’t leave them alone in the dark. The shipping department will ______ in my absence,” said Richer, whose ______ to work deeply touched his employer and colleagues.

5 . Zhao Yuan, who was a dance teacher, lost one leg in an accident at the age of 24. _________ she had to use a wheelchair, and leave her _________ position and started to make a living in business. She opened a hotel in her hometown and used some of her earnings to help _________ for the college cost of 13 poor students.

In 2020, she set up an offline sales platform called Good and Fresh, which mainly sold goods produced by Zhao’s disabled friends. _________ the pandemic (疫情), however, Good and Fresh _________ making money, so Zhao _________ online sales instead.

She became a livestream host on social media platforms, _________ the sales of goods like brown sugar, sweet potato flour and honey that her friends made. Although Zhao Yuan, who only had one _________, had to deal with her own disability, she had made her business succeed in creating a _________ in e-commerce (电子商务) and had helped more than 2,000 other __________ people sell agricultural products. Everything she sold came from 55 agricultural centers around the province ________ by the disabled. She had also trained 57 hosts, all of whom were disabled.

With the ________ of her business, Zhao has set up the Good and Fresh Agricultural Science and Technology Development Co., of which she is __________. She is planning to __________ another 1,000 hosts, and hopes that they will also be able to achieve their personal and social __________ through work, just as the way she is doing.

9 . It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80s came to the hospital. I heard him saying to the nurse that he was in a hurry for all appointment(约会)at 9:30. The nurse had him take a _______ in the waiting area,_______ him it would be at least 40 minutes_________someone would be able to see him. I saw him_______his watch and decided, since I was_______busy—my patient didn’t_______ at the appointed hour, I would examine his wound. While taking care of his wound, I asked him if he had another doctor’s appointment. The gentleman said no and told me that he_______to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his_________. He told me that she had been_________for a while and that she had a special disease. I asked if she would be____________if he was a bit late. He replied that she __________ knew who he was, that she had not been able to __________ him for five years now. I was____________, and asked him, “And you__________go every morning, even though she doesn’t know who you are?” He smiled and said. “She doesn’t know me but I know who she is”. I had to hold back __________ as he left.            

Now I __________ that in marriages, true love is____________of all that is. The happiest people don’t__________have the best of everything, they just__________the best of everything they have. ____________isn’t about how to live through the storm, but how to dance in the rain.

10 . I missed my four years at university, although I lived a _________life financially. I was full of _________and was determined to complete a double major in music and English literature.

Apart from a few textbooks a year, I had to _________at least two books a week for my classes, which really cost a lot. My tight _________ provided a roof over my head, in the form of an off-campus small old room. It was not in shape. I was so thrilled, however, to be living my dream and working on my college education. The tough condition could _________ affect me.

I spent almost all of my waking hours after classes _________ the piano and writing papers in the small and cold room. And I also _________part-time jobs in order to cover the cost of basics. To keep warm in the cold, rainy winter, I bought a pair of leather shoes. But soon I _________ them and they started to leak because of my frequent walking and running. I wore heavy socks and wrapped the boots with plastic bags to prevent _________getting in during the rainy seasons.

At the end of my senior year, I was full of __________because I was graduating. But it was also the time to rent graduation dress, book a sitting with the photographer and pay for my diploma. All of these __________seemed like mountains before me. I felt __________. There was no way for me to manage it.

As I was walking back to my room one night, I met one of my professors. When he commented on how excited I must be, I blurted out (脱口而出) my __________He said, “But didn’t you hear that news? You got a big award because of your excellent music composing. That’s a $5,000 cheque in your mailbox! You’re always __________in your study, which I think is why you won the first place in the competition of music composition. ” Later, I rushed to my mailbox! My hands shook as I unfolded the envelope which contained the cheque that could help me __________what were troubling me.