1 . One Saturday morning my brother and I went to play tennis near a school building. Actually, we played very well and we were ______ the ball higher and faster each time.

Suddenly, something ______ happened — the ball got out of ______ and went crashing through one of the upstairs windows. We looked around and no one was in ______.

I asked my brother ______, “ Now what should we do?” “ Well,” my brother ______, “no one will know whose ball it is and no one saw us. Let’s go home.” I ______ after a brief hesitation.

As soon as we arrived home, we told our father what had happened. We thought we were lucky and wise. However, his response was ______ to our expectation. “ Well, I will go to the school janitor (门卫) and see what we need to do.” And then he left immediately.

We were waiting at home, ______ and uneasy. About an hour later, our father ______. “ Well, I talked to the school janitor and he was ______ when I told him what had happened. He said many windows had been broken, but we were the first ones to ______ that we were responsible. He said the school budget ______ window repair, so we will not have to pay for the window.”

He could see our relief as he continued, “ I am proud of your kids for having the ______ to tell me what happened.”

From this incident, we discovered that admitting our mistakes and taking the ______ is always the right choice.

2 . My parents have a boxer dog called Boris which is as badly behaved as his name might suggest. He is known to ________ on a chair at the kitchen table expecting full ________. Whenever the dishwasher is being stacked, he likes to add a personal prewash to the ________.

Even my mother might ________ that Boris is the worst-behaved dog she has ever had, but on the plus side, he is very ________.

The sofas and chairs in their sitting room are covered in books-not because my parents love to read, but in an attempt to ________ the dog climbing on the furniture. ________, any human who wants to sit on a sofa has to ________ a library of books. I’ve suggested a removable cover would be more attractive, or training, but it’s too late for that.

The story between my parents and Boris is repeated across our community. Usually, our gang of dogs gathered almost daily, ________ did we. A group of folks of different ages, backgrounds and interests—all ________ by our dogs. Friends are therefore made through dogs, creating a ________ that lasts far beyond the lifespan of our canine(犬的)family. Sunny, Jess and Archie have all ________ now, but the friendship between us humans remains.

I have met so many people whose daily ________ with their group of dog have been their mainstay and helped them deal with ________. They are medicine for the_________. Dogs are actually man’s best friends.

3 . Yue–Sai Kan’ s autobiography, Be a Pioneer, was released after three years’making. Her father ever told her that she should always aim to be the ______ to walk on the moon ______ no one remembers the second. That has been a driving inspiration for her over the years.

In 1968, while studying at the Hawaii campus, Kan got a ______ to travel around the world. The life-changing experience marked the ______ of her career in fashion, beauty and cultural exchange. Since then, Kan has been ______ to bridging the cultural gap between East and West. In 1972, she moved to New York and ______ the weekly television series Looking East, the first of its kind to introduce Asian ______ to a growing US audience. It won dozens of ______ , making her one of the first TV journalists to ______ East and West. In 1986, Kan ______ China, producing and hosting the television series One World. It gives ______ a transformative glimpse of the outside world through her journeys to every corner of the globe. Her projects ______   the ABC documentary China: Walls and Bridges, earning her Emmy Award.

“I worked in China for almost 40 years. I was there to ______ and contribute to the country’s breakneck pace of change. This ______ experience has given me a unique vision, I believe what I do will ______ the world. ” says Kan.

4 . Have you ever heard of and seen Canadian geese? Do you know that they __ fresh grass and seeds?

Canadian geese have a good __ for their politeness. They always bow down to you whenever you walk by. However, I have recently found that they can sometimes be __ to their peers, especially on occasions when they quarrel for food——yes, these __ gentlemen do quarrel, just for something to eat

Yesterday I witnessed two Canadian Geese arguing __ for a clump(草丛) of beautiful fresh grass. The clump was __ right in the middle of them, while the two were shouting noisily, stretching their necks as long as they could to look aggressively at each other. It’s __ to witness the “impolite” side of Canadian geese. Hence, I couldn’t help __ my morning walk, standing still to watch these “gentlemen” quarreling. Interestingly, after a short while, a truck roared past their feast, disturbing their __ conversation. The two geese were equally __ by the massive “monster”, thus giving up their conversation.

Would they start quarreling again? I stood still, __ the ridiculous question and waited. Beyond my expectation, right after the truck’s passing by, the two geese immediately lost their ___for quarreling as if they had forgotten all about what had happened. Even the two turned around and left the __ in opposite directions as if nothing had happened. They left only me there, imagining what might have happened without the __.

They got along harmoniously again. Sometimes it’s not that bad to be __.

5 . People in my life tell me that a successful life comes from many different things. With every different_________coming at me, I did not know what true success could be.

My life was_________changed until I walked into my junior year history class. The history teacher, Mr. Scott Myers’ love for history and my excitement about what we were going to learn_________something hidden and unknown inside me. I loved history, every_________part of it. I knew then that the life I had been_________for myself since kindergarten had changed. Aerospace engineering(航空航天工程), a career I had convinced myself I wanted, lost its_________.

I, the one person in my friend group who had always had a plan, was without one for the first time. I_________, not knowing what career I wanted, only knowing that_________history would make me happy. My teacher and friends helped me_________this, giving me__________, and helping me reorder my life. They changed my life and led me on a__________that would make me truly happy. That is__________, helping someone find happiness, even in__________places and ways.

Success is__________by the lives we changed. To be successful, we need to push each other and work together to grow and create a better world for the generations that will follow, a world they will be__________to inherit(继承).

6 . In the age-old fairy tale, Cinderella travels in a giant pumpkin carriage to meet her prince. In _________ life, everyday guy Duane Hansen paddled an 846-pound-_________ pumpkin 38 miles on the Missouri River to set a world record — on his 60th birthday, no less. People are calling him “ _________”.

It took Hansen, from Nebraska, nearly a decade to _________ the giant pumpkin named “Berta” before he hollowed (挖空) it out and created a cooler inside that allowed it to float for a _________ journey. That _________ made it possible for him to _________ the previous world record for the “longest journey by a pumpkin boat” as Hansen paddled “SS Berta” for 11 hours on Saturday.

Hansen is set to _________ Rick Swenson’s 2016 Guinness World Record completed for a 25-mile trip. Guinness World Records still has to _________ the journey. To confirm a record, Guinness requires __________ with its submissions, including photos, videos and witness statements. But there should be no __________ of evidence, considering Hansen’s accomplishment was all over social media.

Officials in Bellevue, Nebraska, recorded Hansen’s journey inside “SS Berta.”

“Cinderfella” also earned widespread praise as people across the globe wished him “pumpkin speed.”

“Congratulations Duane for smashing the world record,” the city of Bellevue wrote in a Facebook post. “We are __________ that you started this record breaking 38 mile journey in Bellevue and it’s been fun to follow along. … Seems like a unique if not slightly __________ way to celebrate his 60th birthday.”

Hansen began his journey as family and friends watched from public boat docks. The biggest hurdle was waves from other boats __________ to tip over his pumpkin boat.

“I couldn’t even __________ to anyone because of the balancing act I had to do as water began to leak into the pumpkin…” he told the outlet.

7 . I was in about 40 feet of water. I knew I should not have gone______ , but I believed I was very experienced and just took a chance. There were not many currents and the water was so warm and clear. When I got a cramp (痉挛) in the stomach, I realized at once how______ I was. I tried to remove my weight belt, but in vain. I was______ and began to feel more frightened，unable to move.

I thought, “I can’t go like this! I have many things to do!”I couldn’t______this way with no one to even know what happened to me. I called out in my______ , “Somebody , something, help me!”

Suddenly I felt a hard______ from under my arm. I thought, “Oh no, sharks!” I felt terrified and desperate. But my arm was being_______up forcibly. Around into my field of vision came an eye — the most wonderful eye I could ever imagine. I______ it was smiling.It was the eye of a big_______. Looking into that eye, I knew I was safe.

At the surface it drew me all the way into______ . It took me into water so shallow that I began to be_______ that it might be beached (搁浅), and I pushed it back a little deeper, where it waited, watching me, I guess to see if I was_______.

It felt like another lifetime. When I took off the weight belt and oxygen tank, I felt so light and free and_______. Later the dolphin took me out and played happily around in the water with me. I______ that there were a lot of dolphins there, farther out. After a while it brought me back to shore. I was very tired then, almost collapsing. When it made sure I was safe in the shallowest water, then he made just one ______and went out to join the others. Finally all of them left.

8 . Perhaps one of the most famous________in China is, “To be the first to feel concern for the troubles of the world, and the________to enjoy its pleasures”. Written by Fan Zhongyan, this proverb provides a goal for all Chinese government ________to pursue.

Fan Zhongyan (989-1052) himself was a good example of someone who lived by these words. Fan was born in Suzhou in 989 CE. When he was just one or two, his father died and his mother ________another man. Poor as he was, he was very ________in his schoolwork. Later, he ________his stepfather’s family, had to live alone and eat porridge. In the winter, he had to cut________into pieces for his meals. When a friend sent him some tasty food, Fan refused, saying that he was________with what he had. In 1015, Fan________ the imperial examination and became-a government official. While he served faithfully in Taizhou, he proposed building a sea wall to protect homes from flooding. He also helped________defenses when the country was threatened by war. Then, once the country was at ________ again, he was promoted to a high-level position in the________, where he could advise the emperor on government policy.

As an________to the emperor, Fan then tried to institute govenment reforms.________, many conservative bureaucrats opposed him, so Fan was forced to go into exile.

While in exile, Fan wrote an essay entitled Memorial to Yueyang Tower. In the essay he wanted to find companions to________after the needs of peasants, and not worry about their own personal welfare. Of such a man, Fan said, “When serving________a high office at court, he’ll be concerned for the people; if living on distant areas, he’ll be concerned for his king. When serving, he worries; while in________, he worries. And when does he________himself? One must say: To be the first to feel concern for the troubles of the world, and the last to enjoy its pleasures.”

After Fan retired, he bought a farm to provide jobs for the________. Though by that time he had been wealthy, he helped others and lived a very simple life. Fan did not just speak wise words to live by, but also________those words into practice.

9 . Like many young people, Jessica wants to travel the globe. Unlike most of them, this 25-year-old is doing it _______ . She and her husband have spent the last two years traveling the world, stopping everywhere from Paris to Singapore. It might sound like one long, expensive _______ , but the couple has an unusual way to make their travel _______ .

They’re part of a new form of the _______ economy: an online group of house sitters. Throughout their no-cost stays in _______ homes, they feed pets and water plants in the homeowner’s _______ .

It’s not all sightseeing. The two travelers carefully _______ their trips, scheduling their days around the pets that are sometimes difficult to _______ . But house sitting also offers a level of _______ they can’t find in a hotel. “It’s like ________ at a friend’s house,” Jessica says.

The couple has a high ________ rate in getting accepted as house sitters and they always go beyond the homeowner’s ________ . For Jessica, that means ________ plenty of pictures of happy pets, keeping the house ________ and leaving a nice small gift before heading to the next house. “You want to make the homeowner feel that they made the right ________ ,” she says.

10 . Eight years ago, Nixon decided to begin each day from a bench watching the sunrise at the waterfront. “I call it ‘life rising’ because it makes me feel _______ before starting my day,” said Nixon.

Later a woman said something that changed his _______ on his daily routine. “She said, ‘Every morning when I see you sitting here, I know that everything is going to be OK,’” Nixon recalled. “That’s when I knew: I needed to make eye contact and let people walking past know that we are _______ to each other.”

Instead of staring at the sunrise, Nixon started _______ at people and striking up _______ . And soon, more early risers began joining him on the bench, sometimes _______ their troubles, asking him for advice about relationships, careers, and _______ problems.

“I was happy to listen,” Nixon said. “I wanted them to walk away knowing they didn’t have to feel _______ .”

So, every morning, Nixon rises at 4:30. He drives seven miles to the waterfront where he’ll _______ for two hours. His presence and his ________ to listening have led some to nickname him the Sunshine Mayor.

While most people simply wave or ________ briefly to make small talk, others are ________ to spend a few minutes with someone who will ________ .

No matter what problem a person wants to ________ Nixon lends an ear. “You have to have an open heart, because you never know who’s going to walk up and what they might need,” Nixon said. “Every person who stops by the bench ________ my undivided attention.”