1 . When the Covid-19 pandemic struck Indonesia’s island of Bali, tourism-the driving economic force in the region-just about came to a halt. More than half of Bali’s economic profits comes from tourism which ________ hundreds of thousands of Balinese people. Many moved back to their home villages. And with more people returning to the villages, more trash ________. With so many people out of work，they were also going ________.

Made Janur Yasa, a restaurant owner in the town of Ubud said he wanted to find a way to help people in his community during the pandemic while also ________ the ongoing problem of plastic pollution. So, he ________ a program where local villagers could exchange plastic for rice—a barter system that would ________ the environment and empower the local people. Residents can turn in plastic trash they ________ in exchange for a main food staple.

In May 2020, he ________ the first exchange in the village where he was born and raised. It was a success, and the ________ quickly spread to other villages across Bali. His non-profit，Plastic Exchange, was born.

The program ________ local neighborhood groups called Banjars that collect plastic from their homes, streets, rivers, beaches and surrounding areas. Villages hold community exchange ________ once a month in which residents can bring in plastic to trade in for rice. Yasa says the organization has so far helped ________ thousands of families and collected ________ 300 tons of plastic for recycling.

“Teenagers come with a smile. Elderly people are there. Young kids come with their mothers. That’s what keeps me ________, to see them all excited about it.” Yasa said. “They were feeling powerless, and this gives them ________.”

2 . Residents and emergency workers recovering from destruction caused by deadly tornadoes on December 10 in Kentucky recently had some support from White County. As many throughout the region _______ swiftly to provide aid to the affected communities, Cleveland police officer Justin Baldwin was among those _______ to help.

Baldwin _______ to take a carload of supplies to Kentucky for the relief efforts and told his coworkers about his _______ on Monday before leaving. As word of his plan _______ beyond the police department, strangers started donating money, supplies and their time to the _______. Water bottles, snacks and large cans of vegetables, as well as a (n) _______ amount of monetary (货币的) donations _______. The officer also _______ to see what was needed most in Kentucky. Then he went and bought four or five hundred dollars’ worth of children’s medicine.

By last Thursday, Baldwin had to ________ seats out of a 15-passenger van (面包车) to load the donations for ________ in a weekend trip. Mayfield High School has been turned into a distribution center to provide ________. Baldwin decided that would be the ________ place to set up his van to reach people.

Baldwin stayed in Kentucky for three days, ________ by the amount of generosity he witnessed in the county. Multiple trucks were waiting to come in — people were very generous and a lot of people had felt a ________ to do something.

3 . Armenian musician Astrid Poghosyan ________ great pride in the Chinese name she picked for herself, Ma Xingxing. The given name “Xingxing.” literally meaning ________ is inspired by her Armenian first name, while the surname “Ma” is taken from Ma Chao, a famous ________ from China’s Three Kingdoms Period（220-280 AD）.

Poghosyan always puts all her ________ into the projects in which she is involved, whether they are offline or online events,________she believes that every little effort will help her realize her ________ dreams. “I believe music knows no borders, and that cultural exchanges via music are especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic,” she said.

Having studied and worked in China for 12 years, Poghosyan has now become a real China hand, versed in the country’s language and culture. Such a multicultural background has ________ helped her good at her current job because she knows how to use the ________ of a multicultural background in her work.

Her ________ for Chinese culture, including Jackie Chan movies and stories of Mulan, helped her ________ the difficult language-learning process. As she gradually ________ herself in the Chinese language and culture, she also started to make Chinese friends and ________ the vibrant city life of Shanghai.

“Since I first came to Shanghai, I have always been ________ by the kindness and friendliness of the people here. Even when I couldn’t speak Chinese, in the first days, everyone I met gave me a big ________, whether they were sanitation workers on the streets or cashiers in convenience stores. Their smiles have made me feel the ________ of the city.” she said.

4 . Over the past 38 years, Mr. Wang has pretended to be someone else many times,and has even learned to ________ different dialects (方言), leading to him being described as an “Oscar-winning actor”.

The 60-year-old is not an actor, but a ________ However,he is more devoted to his “________ ” than any real actor.

In the 1990s, a group of thieves often sold stolen goods with the help of some beggars. To look into the ________, Wang disguised (伪装) himself and ________ the beggars. Dirty shorts and old shoes gave him the ________ of a real beggar and his convincing dialect soon won him the ________ of the beggars.

“I often ________ them to drink alcohol. Once they were ________,they began to talk a lot,"Wang said. “I'd then ________ myself to use the toilet, ________ what the beggars said, and send the ________ to my teammates.”

Wang, who is often in ________ situations, is also a judo (柔道) master.   “As long as I get close enough, no criminal can ________ from me,” he said.

Wang's ________ won him several honors, including a National May Day Labor Medal and 11 Citations of Merit.

5 . The new, “used” car that I bought just three months ago wouldn't start the other day. The factory battery that ________ along with it decided that it had worked long enough and ________ to take an early, permanent retirement. My ________ neighbor gave me a jump but the battery stubbornly wouldn't ________ the charge. After getting one more jump, I ________ to the local auto parts store to buy a new one. Installing (安装) it was much more ________ than we thought, however, so I took it to a local mechanic who finally got the new battery in and the car ________ once again.

Driving it this morning, though, I ________ that the time and date on the screen in the dashboard (仪表盘) had ________ gone back to nine years ago, resetting to the ________ date of the first time it was started. While my son smartly figured out how to ________ it back to today I thought about all the times I had wished I could go back in time and undo some of the ________ and missteps I had taken in my own life.

Yes, many of my choices brought me ________ in the past, but they have also brought me wisdom for the present. When you ________ your own life, don't regret the roads not taken Instead, be ________ with the path you are on, the things you have learned, and the love you have shared.

6 . What happens when the novel A Dream of Red Mansions meets architectural psychology? How does a coffee shop ________ your imagination? Seeming odd at first sight, these are the questions ________ in Critical Thinking & Innovation, a course taught by Professor Xiong Hao.

For Xiong, critical thinking is a(n) ________ part of life which he loves most. After ________ his Ph. D., he joined Fudan University and participated in TV debates and talk shows. He is well known for his quick ________ and composure (沉着) on ________. “People are often restrained (限制) by conventions. Innovation is about thinking differently,” Xiong highlighted the ________ of critical thinking.

Students are attracted to the course for the student-friendly learning ________ in class. Previously, the course was run on an e-platform with ________ seminars as a supplement (补充). Students who enrolled in the course all ________ it. “The expressions used by the professor are very ________.” “The speed of teaching is just right.” These are some of the comments.

As a result of the outbreak of COVID-19, Xiong has to ________ several adjustments this semester. The course is divided into 60 sections and each lasts only 6 minutes to cope with ________ attention spans as students watch the videos online.

“As a teacher, I don’t know how well students are processing the information. For students, they may get bored or tired easily for the lack of ________.”   To make up for it, Xiong inserts questions and the students will have to choose the right answer before they ________. Offline seminars have been moved online as well.

7 . A year after he died. Benjamin Canlas' love of helping others lives on.

The Canlas couple created a foundation to honor their son and his _________.Benjamin once saw a food seller riding a _________ bicycle, To help, Benjamin used his own money that he had_________ to fix it. After their son's _________, his parents saw away to connect private donors with those in need to_________ their son.

In the Philippines, many jobs have been lost as a_________ of the coronavirus crisis.Many have had to take odd jobs in different people's homes, which_________ more traveling from one place to another. However, public transportation has been_________.So many people must walk for hours to get to these jobs. Benjamin's parents had the idea to_________ bikes to help.

When the contest was announced, they did not know how much__________ there would be. At first, their plan was to donate 7 bicycles. But then they__________ more than 55 requests. At last, 27 people were awarded bicycles, which helped make their lives__________.

Even if the contest ended, kindness__________ .The foundation said there were people still in need. It is planning more__________ to help more people while also__________ others to be kind and help others.

8 . I hated travelling by plane.Whenever I was on board, I could see the other passengers'__:“God, Please.Don't let that fat guy sit next to me!” After I   __ squeezed (挤) into my seat,the seat belt wasn't __ enough to fit around my waist. I once wished my life would just__.

I knew I needed to __.A doctor recommended I adopt a dog to __ for exercise. So there he was: a black-and-white dog with a big round body. He looked up at me and then dropped his head with a clear look of   __ , as if saying “Really? This loser?” I looked at him, __ him in silence. Poor thing like me. I named him Peety.

We walked together every day and it   __. I could roll out of bed   __.He appeared thinner too. Then he looked up at me and smiled.

I started taking Peety to different parks. He kept___ himself at the end of the rope, trying to run ahead. Maybe it was time to let him experience what __ really felt like. I removed his rope.Peety __ like a racer at the Olympics,beaming(笑)with __ and excitement.

At that moment, I realized I loved him. He looked up at me like I was the greatest guy in the world. He'd come into my life, and he___ me.

“Want to keep walking?"I asked him.

9 . All eyes were on me as the other moms quieted down. Someone had just asked, “Are you going to _________ us?”

“Yeah, you should dance with us,“ another_________ .I was waiting for my daughter's dance class to finish while the other moms got_________ for their adult dance class.

"No," I said. I'd_________ these moms from the sidelines through the years. However, I didn't have a dancer's body.

But my husband said to me, "You’ll never know if you don^’t try." So I_________ for ballet. At my first class, I was the_________ woman in the room. What did the others think of me?

The instructor started us with basic, simple steps. _________ nobody made comments about my size and till the end of the class, I realized I had_________ the night. So I kept going each week.

The instructor moved on to more_________ steps. My muscles were painful, but I__________ it. The steps continued to be harder, but I__________ at home with my daughter. Later, I realized something __________ My legs weren^’t painful anymore.

I saw a(n) __________ in the way I carried myself too. I was stronger. My muscles weren't the only part of me that had been__________. " I don't care what others think when I'm dancing," I told my husband with my new__________. "Anyway, I've learned ballet!"

10 . When I woke up last week, I looked out of the window and saw nothing but white snow. It wasn't a _________ ； for days the weathermen had been _________ the winter storm. In the past years I had shoveled（铲）snow without too much _________ , but this year the task seemed challenging as I had just had back surgery（外科手术）.

But when I looked out of the _________ again, I was surprised to see my young neighbor Gray clearing my walkways. I couldn't _________ it. I knew my neighbors well, but we didn't often socialize. I fixed a cup of coffee and took it to the back door. When I opened the door, Gray _________ his work and accepted the hot cup gratefully. Clearing snow actually wasn't a（n） _________ job because on the top of the snow was a solid sheet of ice, making the walkways and streets not _________ to walk on. However, that didn't stop Gray； he worked hard until the job was finished. I _________ to thank him, but he said it was nothing and drove to his office. His wife Cathy also left for her job.

What could I do to repay his __________ ? I decided to make a big pot of soup. Cathy would not have to prepare the meal when she came home from __________ on such a cold day.

But the street was still __________ ， and I couldn't deliver the soup to them safely. So when I saw Cathy come home, I __________ and told her I had some soup for them. When she came over to __________ the soup, she seemed as grateful as I felt when I saw her husband shoveling snow off my walkways.

Now I am constantly looking for ways of __________ others. Gray had started a chain reaction in my soul. By helping me out without being asked, he sparked（激发）a similar feeling within me.