1 . In a small village there lived a lazy Brahmin Ramdas. He would do nothing but daydream all day. One sunny afternoon, Ramdas was very ______. He said, “What a beautiful day! How I wish I could go back to sleep. But I have to go out and get my food.” After bathing, Ramdas took out a bowl and out to ______. By begging the whole day he managed to get a pot full of ______.

“It is this pot of milk that is going to make me ______,” he thought. “I will use it to make butter. From the butter, I will be ______ to make ghee (酥油). I am really clever! I will then go to the _______ and sell the ghee,” his dream ______. “With the money I get, I will buy a pair of goats. They will have ______ after six months. Soon I would have an entire herd of goats.”

“How ______ I am,” he thought. “The day I become a rich businessman I will build a big house right in the middle of the village. There will be a splendid garden and a swimming pool in front of the house. Early morning I will ______ in the blue waters of the pool.”

Deep in his ______, he struck out with his foot, breaking the ______, and drenching (使湿透) himself with the milk. He saw the situation and cried. He lost whatever he had because of his ______ and daydreaming.

Laziness is the biggest ______ of our life. If you are lazy, then you will not acquire any significant position in your life and will always have nothing. Laziness is a ______ who slowly steals everything from us. If you want to become successful in your life and career, please overcome the devil laziness.

2 . Chloe Smith is a girl aged 6 from Atlanta, Georgia. One day, while taking a walk with her father near their home, she________something shiny under a pile of rubbish. She picked up the ________ to take home, as she often did on her treasure-hunting walks. Chloe was later ________ to discover she had found a stolen Olympic gold medal.

The medal belongs to former canoeist (划艇运动员) Joe Jacobi, who won gold while ________ for Team USA in the 1992 Barcelona Olympic games. The medal, along with other personal belongings, was ________ in May of 2016 when someone broke into Jacobi’s can. Though police managed to ________ some of his stolen items, they hadn’t been able to find his ________ Olympic medal. It may have been lost forever, if not for a 6-year-old girl’s treasure-hunting ________ .

Chloe’s dad had seen Jacobi’s story on the news, and ________ realized it was his stolen property. He found Jacobi’s email and sent him pictures of the treasure. After________ the medal, Jacobi was astonished, just speechless.

Chloe was ________ to give it back after speaking with Jacobi on the phone. ________, Jacobi promised to speak to her class when school begins again this fall. The ________ of this little girl reuniting an Olympian with his beloved possession is ________ . When we talk about character and doing the ________ thing, Chloe represents the Olympic values in every sense of the word.

5 . I always considered myself a good friend and I’m always there when my friends need me. I truly believed I was a(n) _________ friend — until the pandemic (流行病) hit and I _________ I hadn’t been doing enough.

I basically put my _________ in a couple of different buckets (桶): those I talk to daily or almost daily, those who are local and _________ frequently, those I catch up with every so often, and those who I know are still my close friends _________ we barely (几乎不) talk. For years this has been my _________, and for years it’s _________ for all of us, I assumed.

As soon as we started going into lockdown over COVID-19, one of my friends in the last category (类 别) texted me and suggested we Wechat to _________. I realized we hadn’t spoken in nearly a year! A global health crisis made me realize I should have been keeping in touch with her better.

What really _________ me the most was the realization that I had too many friends who didn’t __________ me either during the pandemic. We were so __________ letting days go by without talking that even this unusual event didn’t __________ that. And that didn’t sit right with me.

I __________ the fact that it took the threat of losing my friends for me to be a better friend. My friends are so __________ to me, and I absolutely know I can carve out more time to be more __________ in their lives.

6 . My grandparents actively practiced simplicity. They both grew up in very large families and _________ the Great Depression. Saving for a rainy day was their life philosophy. They chose to spend really _________ life together with their family rather than seeking _________ through material items.

Over the years my grandparents have noticed _________ changes in their community. Every year more farmland was _________ to build larger and larger homes. As real estate (地产) prices rose, many of their neighbors _________ their little homes and land. Soon theirs was _________ little house surrounded by the sea of mansions. Lots of family members _________ my grandparents to expand their little old house. But they didn’t want a bigger one. They loved their little house and were _________ with what they had.

They also __________ everything. For instance, they had driven the same car for over 15 years and didn’t buy a new one until the old Chevrolet was __________.

Through their example, I learned an important __________: it is possible to live a simple life. My grandparents taught me that living a simple life isn’t about self-deprivation (自我牺牲). __________, it’s about giving yourself the time, freedom and money to pursue your dreams. Becoming debt free, living in a __________ building, and going out on foot are good ways to __________ your life and start pursuing your dreams.

7 . As the new year dawned, I was at one of the lowest points of my life. In the morning, I sat in a park and _________the sorrows of the past year. After so much loss, I felt a need to give myself to the turning of _________— the snow-covered winter, _________ by the unfolding of new life in spring. As I walked home, my New Year’s resolution (决心) took _________ in my mind. My resolution became “Less grief, more green” and I looked for ways to put it into action. Therefore, I _________ signed up for the Arnold Arboretum training program for volunteer school field guides.

Nancy, the program director, provided us _________ several days of training. I _________ myself into the spring curriculum on pollination (授粉). The thick notebook was stuffed with information and diagrams about how trees and flowers produce the seeds that make sure the species will _________. While in training, I felt like being a student again.

After weeks of training, it was time to be a _________. When sixty third-graders __________ off the yellow school bus for the Flowers Change class, I began to provide outdoor learning experiences for them and gave them a day full of information, excitement, and surprises.

Throughout my first spring of __________ “Less grief, more green”, my senses came alive and __________. I moved beyond wonder and astonishment about nature to a better __________ of it. I learned about the workings of a child’s mind along with the workings of trees and flowers.

I went on to be a proud and enthusiastic Arnold Arboretum field guide for four seasons. I __________ carry all that understanding and curiosity about what I don’t know each time I’m out in __________. And I still look at a flower through the eyes of a third-grader.

10 . I enjoy working in the wild. As a nature_________, I have to brave the elements- whether it’s sunny, windy or rainy. But the best thing about this job is that you can_________animals in their natural environment.

My favourite place to take photos is Finnish National Park. It is famous for the_________of its wildlife, but probably best known for its bears. These huge animals can live for 30 years._________a weight of up to 300 kilograms, they can still run at a speed of around 64 kilometers per hour.

Last spring in Finland, I followed a path leading to a dark forest. As I finally stepped out of the trees, the view was_________. An eagle flew over the snow-capped mountains, which were_________in the: peaceful lake below. I was photographing the amazing scene when I suddenly had a(n)_________that I was being watched. Slowly, and with the camera still held to my eye, I turned ... and_________. Only meters away from me was a bear. With water_________its thick, brown hair, the bear stared back at me. Time stood__________as the bear and I both waited to see who would move first. My legs started shaking.__________, I forced my finger to press the button. A second later, the bear turned and ran back into the forest. When__________from the shock, I looked at my camera. My most frightening but magical experience was now__________forever in a single image.

From time to time I look at the photo as a constant__________to show respect to all animals. It is after all we who are the__________to their world.