1 . Violetta, 86, ran away from her hometown when the war broke out. She _______ to take her dog Tasha with her, but her efforts came to a _______ end, and they were forced to separate. Yesterday, the pair met again, thanks to the help of kind _______ who have worked together to _______ the dog 1,800 miles.

Violetta’s family traveled to Ireland. Despite arriving _______, the 86-year-old couldn’t help _______ her “best friend” Tasha. A local charity worker, Debbie Deegan, who helped the family to get to Ireland, made it her _______ to reunite the heartbroken pair.

She said, “Violetta was quite _______ about the whole thing and by the time they got to Romania they weren’t able to _______ the dog so they gave it to a Romanian family. She was ________. She told me Tasha was her best friend.”

Debbie said. “We ________ a travel company. ________, they could only get her as far as the UK, so it took one last huge effort to deliver her to Dublin.”

Then Debbie’s friend, John D’Arcy, from Waterford, offered to go to England to ________ Tasha. On Saturday, John traveled with a friend by ship to England to get Tasha.

And yesterday, Debbie ________ the news on the Internet that Violetta and Tasha had ________ eventually — and the pair couldn’t look happier about it.

2 . Katie Whetsell has been enjoying Disney movies from an early age and would often watch them with her mom, Karen. Confident about herself, Katie knew she _________ would be a performer in the future.

When Katie was nine years old, her family were shocked by an unexpected _________. Katie’s mother was diagnosed (诊断) with cancer. When the doctor told the Whetsell family that Karen’s disease was serious, and that she was _________ to get well again, they made a(n) _________. Disney World had been a longtime dream for Karen. So the family headed to Disney World for a trip that none of them would ever _________.

While they were watching a light show, a performer put her hands on Karen’s shoulder. They exchanged smiles and, to this day, Katie still remembers how _________ her mom looked. This was the day Katie decided she wanted to _________ for Disney. Sadly, Katie’s mom Karen lost her _________. Her family members _________ her every day and often think of that Disney vacation.

Katie went on to pursue (追求) performing for a living. She __________ for years, working as a waitress and trying to make it as a(n) __________. Her effort finally __________ when she was hired as a performer in Disney.

Katie says she could help other families get away from the __________ in their lives, whether it’s a battle with cancer or simply helping adults feel like kids again. “Everything we do at the parks __________. We give people an opportunity to __________ with their childhood.”

4 . When I was a child, I began learning to play the piano, which was my favourite musical _____, but I was forced to give up when I started my middle school so that I could concentrate more on my studies.

It’s one of my biggest _____ to stop practising the piano when I recall sadly today. During the following years, I kept telling my piano teacher that I would _____. However, I didn’t keep my promise because I was occupied with my study. _____ I lost touch with my teacher. Some years later, my teacher died. I was very sad because I lost such a good teacher. She was a very warm and gentle person. It hurts me to think she may have been _____ that I never returned. I haven’t taken lessons since then but to be honest, I _____ to. Sitting at the piano, I couldn’t help recalling many memories — times of my practising at home and playing before my teacher and one time my teacher _____ me after I played entire pieces of music wrong in front of her colleagues. I was so _____ that I could hardly say anything. But her _____ helped ease my shame. These memories, ______, good or bad, never caused my courage for playing the piano again.

This thought then led me to think that ______ is like music, and that we all try to play different ______ in the instrument of our life. Sometimes the pitch (音准) ______ when we play it well, but sometimes we are out of tune. However, we all continue to create our own ______ style of music. No matter what style our music is, it is important that we sing the songs of joy, quietness and love. Though I may never make it back to piano lessons, it doesn’t ______ that I’ve stopped making music.

8 . Butler is the manager of a shoe company. He really _______ his workers’ competence. He always tells the _______and hard-working employees that he is _______ of them. He not only shows his _______ through words, but also pays the competent workers more.

Butler believes that when a (n) _______ works harder and produces shoes of higher quality, the company earns more money. _______, the employee should also be well paid.

But many of the less competent workers _______. “We are equal,” they protest (抗议). “We do the same job, so we should get _______ pay!”

Butler is a kind man, but he is also _______. He knows that if the less competent workers will not become more skilled, the whole company will ________, and perhaps all the employees will lose their jobs in the end. It will also be bad for the company’s ________.

To ________ the situation, Butler creates evening programs to train the employees who cannot meet the company’s ________. The most competent workers are ________ with bonus to teach their co-workers on the production line. They ________ their colleagues to see the ________ and find ways to deal with them. Eventually, the incompetent workers have become more ________.

As a result, production at the company has ________, and the customers are also happier with ________ shoes! As sales increase, Butler is able to give his workers higher salary. Thanks to the company’s smart pay system, all workers are ________.

9 . There's a black walnut (黑胡桃) tree in my backyard. I've been in an 18-year love-hate _______ with it. It's a _______ tree. In late September or early October, falling fruits as hard as baseballs _______ the heads of you. Patio (露台) umbrellas are a must while dining in the garden in early August, and because of the volume of fruit this season, I wear my bike _______ while working in the garden.

The black walnut also releases a chemical substance through its roots as a _______ strategy. It's harmful to several common plants. There have been many new plant varieties that I brought home with _______ that maybe the black walnut would _________ them, but they failed to _______.

Have I thought of getting rid of this giant pain in my _______ backyard? Yes, however, getting rid of this tree standing at 50 feet with an 87 -inch trunk is __________. It's also protected under the law. Rightfully so. Trees are important to the urban forest and for all of those that inhabit it. Trees are __________ to numerous birds and insect species and are essential for keeping our environment __________.

Sometimes I think about my __________ without the black walnut. I can't imagine a spring without the birds who arrive every year and loudly sing their songs before dawn. I'd miss falling asleep on __________ weekend afternoons as I ____________ into its leaves before the nuts threaten to fall.

Every spring, I wonder what the season __________ . What are the chances of being knocked ____________ while barbecuing? Like any good relationship, I'll never be pleased. I’m __________with this tree, __________ , my walnut offers a home to wildlife and a __________ that acceptance, instead of resistance, is the better way to be.

10 . One day a man was asked to paint a boat by the owner of the boat. He brought with him paint and _____ and began to paint the boat bright red, as the owner asked him. While painting, he _____ there was a hole in the boat and decided to _____ it. When he finished painting, he received his money and left. The next day, the owner of the boat came to the painter and

_____ him with a nice check, much _____ than the payment for painting, the painter was surprised. “You've already paid me for painting the boat!” he said. “But this is not for the paint _____. It's for having repaired the hole in the boat. ”

“But it was such a(n) _____ service. Certainly it's not worth _____ me such a high amount for something so unimportant!”

“My dear friend, you do not understand. Now let me tell you what _____. When I asked you to paint the boat, I ______. to mention about the hole. When the boat dried, my kids took the boat and ______ a fishing trip. They did not know that there was a ______ in the boat. I was not at home at that time. When I returned and noticed they had taken the boat, I was ______ because I remembered that the boat had a hole. Imagine my relief and joy when I saw them returning from fishing.

“Then, I ______ the boat and found that you had repaired the hole! You see, now, what you did? You saved my children! I do not have enough money to pay your 'small' good deed. ”

So, no matter who, when or how, just ______ repair all the “leaks” you find.