1 . 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.

2 . Hurricane Harvey struck Texas over two years ago, and many communities continue to feel its effects today. The areas that were _________ most by Harvey were already facing many economic _________. After Harvey hit, the people who were _________ to meet their basic needs were faced with having to rebuild their lives and their homes as well. _________ Harvey and the affected communities, the East Harris County Recovery Project was created to help individuals and families that were hit particularly _________ by the hurricane and support them as they _________. Good360, a non-profit charity group, is _________ to partner with this organization to assist the _________ communities.

Good360 donated backpacks to East Harris County Empowerment Council for students returning to school this fall who _________ would not have been able to buy new backpacks. The weeks __________ the start of school are particularly hard for families. Parents are often forced to choose between having __________ on the dinner table, putting gas in the car, and buying school __________ for their children. The donation of backpacks allowed them to __________ meeting other needs.

One family in the county was especially impacted by this donation. When it came time to buy school items, the mother was __________ that she would not have enough money for her two children in school. Thanks to Good360’s __________, both children received brand new backpacks.

3 . When I was a practice teacher in a middle school，the students in my class were always making ______，and had no interest in chemistry. So I decided to do ______to change their______ towards chemistry.

The evening before I would teach all by myself，I gave a piece of paper to everyone. I told them to write ______ they wanted on the paper and handed it in and then I could tell what each one had ______ .All the students said I _____ be longsighted(远视)．Then I stood ______ my back towards them. I didn't turn back ______ they had finished and ______ all the paper in a cardboard case.

I turned the cardboard case with the bottom(底部)towards the students，and told them calmly what each one had written on the paper. The students were surprised，______ that I had learned their ______ completely in such a short time.

I told them the truth and they were ______ at my brightness：there were five lines of students in the classroom，and every line had ten students. I had written serial number(from 1 to 50 )on every ______ of the paper in a chemical reagent(试剂)that cannot be seen ______eyes，and then gave ______out to the students according to the groups of their seats. After the paper was ______ in，I used______ chemical reagent onto the corner of the paper. Thus the serial number was ______！

______ ，the students became ______ interested in chemistry，and we became good friends.

4 . When I was in my first year of college, a friend recommended a book about realizing dreams. Usually, I read ________ except gaming blogs. But I was going through a rough time, and she ________ that if I read one page per day, and spent 5-10 minutes thinking about what that page said, my thoughts would begin to change.

For two years, I woke up every ________ day and read a page out of this book. Then, I either sat in ________ or wrote down what the page made me think of. I started to ________ I was good at coming up with ideas but ________ at seeing them through. I started to understand why I ________ to make friends. I was very afraid to talk to people I’d never ________ or didn’t know very well. Once I became ________ of this, I started ________ myself. I pushed myself to talk to one person in the lift of my apartment a day. Even if I just said “Hey”, that was a big ________. I failed a lot. I had a lot of ________ conversations where I probably sounded like a fool. But slowly and surely, I was able to ________ a conversation with anyone.

I just keep experimenting with different routines, trying to improve myself. I urge you to ________ the same. There is no quicker way to better yourself. But what does help is ________. With determination, practice every day, and watch your life change.

5 . Twenty years ago, cable services (有线服务)were relatively expensive. When we requested our cable services be lowered to the basic package, we found the cable company had________ our service instead. After learning that we would have to pay for________, we decided to give it up altogether.

________they could no longer watch their favorite television shows, our daughter________into her bedroom, screaming about the injustice of it all. Our son looked upset while he________that the only shows he ever watched were cable-only stations.

I admit that the first week was the________. With so much time in hand, my children began________over little things. After a week of listening to my children constantly quarreling, I was almost________to re-order cable but gave up at the last minute. In the third week I was pleased to announce that no one had died of________. The children started enjoying more physical activities. We also organized________activities that requested the whole family's involvement. Besides, when I needed the children's help, I________heard, "Just a minute, Mom. I'll be there during the next________"

We found more time to talk with each other. We________the pleasure of reading, and board games had become a family affair. It truly was a________and a great way to reacquaint (重新熟悉) ourselves with one another. After all, shared activities and family affection________anything.

6 . When I started the Fit Nation programme, I was a big guy. Seven months later, I'm still a big guy. I've run endless miles, biked endless hills and swum endless laps. Is there _______ of me? Yes. Am I fitter? Yes. Am I healthier? _______ . But am I finished? NO WAY！

There has been quite a debate ranging in recent years about _______ you can be "fat and fit” . There's no easy answer to that question. Perhaps the answer varies from person to person as our goals _______ .

Over the years, everyone in the Fit Nation family has achieved great success, but in many cases, the pounds don't always dramatically _______ . We've all gained strength and improved our cardiovascular(心血管的)health, but I never _______ this as a weight-loss programme. At least for me, the real changes have been in my body（more muscles and less fat）, my overall endurance and my mental _______ .

I've learned that being healthy is ultimately about being honest with myself. It's about being honest about what I can accomplish and what I can _______ to accomplish in the short term and in the long term. While I'm _______ now than I was at the beginning of the year, I still have improvements to make and fitness to ________ . I hope to continue making gains for the rest of my life.

Setting goals is really pretty simple when you think about it. A ________ is something for which you're willing to work. And you get what you want by planning and putting that plan into ________ . I have more goals to set and more success to ________ .

The only true measure of my accomplishment is how far I've come and how much farther I have to go. Most ________ , I've come to understand that fitness is a journey and not a ________ .

7 . It was a most difficult period. Things at home were getting from bad to worse. Dad’s alcoholism had become worse. Mum always lost her ________ as she could not make ends meet. I had been an above-average student, but now I was doing ________ in school.

Then Mrs. Justin entered my life. She was my class teacher. She was ________ enough to notice the change that had come over me. One day, during the lunchtime, I was standing ________ in one corner of the canteen when Mrs. Justin ________ me. She gestured for me to follow her. We ________ for the library where she let me take a seat next to her. I sat with my head bent. “Helen,” she called. I ________ my head and looked at her. I saw the warmth, the love, and the compassion in her lovely eyes. Tears ________ in my eyes and I tried my best to hold them back. However, I could not. They started flowing down my cheeks. She held my hands and ________. When I had finished, she asked me if I wanted to share my problem with her. I told her. She listened intently (专心地) with ________. At the end of my story, she gave me a lesson on ________ and its ups and downs. As I heard her talk, my perception (看法) changed.

In the days that followed, Mrs. Justin made it a point to ________ my work at school with me. For the first time that year, I felt I was worthy of being ________. Things at home remained quite the same but there was a change in me. After the end-of-year examination, Mrs. Justin ________ to the class that I was the top student in the class. As I looked at her, I felt a sudden sense of ________.

8 . What do you usually keep on your desk? Maybe a box of candy, pens or a glass bottle. Sure, these everyday objects have their own _________, but did you ever think they could be made into music?

Recently, Zhang Yuxuan, better known as Vicky Xuanxuan _________ the spotlight on Chinese social media for her music. With all the media focusing on her, the 15-year-old girl revealed that she recorded sounds using _________ objects around her and mixed them into her songs. Upon the _________ of her English song She, it has been viewed more than 14 million times and _________ over 1 million thumbs-up emojis (表情符号) on Bilibili, China’s video-sharing and livestreaming platform.

“A melody _________ popped into my head when I was having math class,” Zhang, a student at the Shenzhen Arts School, majoring in violin, said in her video titled How to Turn a Melody into a Song. “I quickly wrote down four _________ of lyrics and the melody in my notebook and after class, I _________ home and took less than half an hour to finish the rest.”

Now, Zhang has nearly 1.7 million followers on Bilibili. Some are strangers but firmly _________ her. Popularity has given her the opportunities to cooperate with __________ people, such as pianist Lang Lang. But just as the old saying goes, “a coin has two sides”. Internet __________ can also attract criticism. Viewers have left remarks like “you look too old for your age”. Although she felt bad about these __________ at first, Zhang tried to get used to them. Later, she even turned the __________ reviews into a song.

No matter how __________ some people are online, to be seen and heard by more people has motivated Zhang to keep posting her singing clips. Her song Runaway Forest may indicate her __________ facing difficulty—“You don’t have to be upset/Just walk straight forward/... I’m the one with the shining light.”

9 . Joel Boyers and his wife, Melody Among, were heading home in their helicopter (直升机）when he received a call for help from a stranger. The caller’s brother and her ___________ were trapped on their roof in Waverly because of the rising floodwater.

The caller ___________ Joel Boyers to come to their aid. Boyers looked west towards Waverly at the storm clouds. Aware of the danger to __________ in such bad weather, though, he __________ put the brother’s address into his ___________. Soon, he and Among were in the air,___________ for what they were about to see in Waverly.

Upon arriving, he found the water below was __________. People were holding on to anything that didn’t move—roofs, trees. The flooding also ____________ cell phone service, meaning Boyers couldn’t use his phone to locate the ___________ he was looking for. He flew on anyway.

As Boyers drove the helicopter, Among began _________ people on roofs and bridges—anywhere Boyers could __________ and get them onboard. A rescued man pointed to a teenager. The teenager held onto a branch with one hand and the other held a dog she’d saved earlier while both were ___________ in the current (水流). With no place for Boyers to land, he __________ the helicopter until it hovered (盘旋) just above the water line. The rescued man jumped out and swam to the tree, where he helped the teen and the dog to the ___________.

Though the experience was ___________, Boyers admitted it was fun.

10 . Earlier that evening, my mother called, telling me that my brother died in a car crash. I stumbled (跌跌撞撞地走) around the house _________ what to put into the suitcases. My husband, Larry, and I had been packing for moving to New Mexico. The house was in (a) total _________.

I tried to hold my tears. I _________ picked things up and put them down. I couldn't _________. What I'd heard on the phone echoed (回荡) through my head.

Larry phoned a few friends. _________, someone asked to speak to me. “If there is anything I can do, let me know.” “Thank you,” I replied. I didn't know what to _________.

The doorbell rang and I rose slowly for the door. It was Donna.

“I've come to clean your shoes,” she said. _________, I asked her to repeat. “When my father died, it took me _________ to get the shoes cleaned and shined for my father's _________,” she said. I hadn't even thought about shoes.

Shoes were gathered. Donna __________ herself on the floor and got to work. The love in the act __________ my tears. Watching her __________ on one task helped me pull my __________into order. Laundry first, I told myself. One by one, the jobs fell into place.

Now whenever I hear of an acquaintance's loss of a loved one, I think of one __________ task that suits that person's __________. If the person asks, “How did you know I needed that?” I'd reply, “Because someone did that.”