2 . A club called We Dine Together was formed at Boca High School in Florida last autumn. During each lunch period, ________ make their way around the school courtyard looking for students who are eating ________. They then introduce themselves and get to know the students.

Estimon, who came to the US from Haiti in the first grade, is one of four students who ________ We Dine Together. He said having been the ________ kid before, he knew how it felt to be ________. And he didn’t want any other kid to have ________ problems.

“When I first arrived, I had a great feeling of loneliness, which was more ________ during my lunch break,” said Estimon. “If we don’t try to make that ________, who’s going to do it?”

Allie, who also helped organize the club, got emotional while ________ what it was like to sit alone at lunch.

“It’s not a good feeling — you’re ________. And that’s something I don’t want anybody to ________.” said Allie. “Meeting someone who actually ________ and listens to what you have to say really makes a difference.”

Since the club was founded, dozens of ________ and friendship have already been formed between teens who may not have met ________. Estimon and his friends are planning to ________ the success. “We’ll open clubs in schools across the country — no matter where anyone lives, they have the chance to make friends.”

4 . It was a sunny weekend. I had planned to go mountain climbing in the suburbs with Daniel. However, a sudden heavy rain that morning disrupted my plan. Looking out of the window, I couldn’t help feeling a little _________ as the rain poured down.

However, Daniel _________ , “Since we can’t go mountain climbing, why don’t we go to an old _________ in the city? I heard there are many interesting shops and delicious food there.” I thought it was a good idea and _________. We braved the heavy rain and arrived at the old neighborhood. Although the sky was still _________, the old buildings and unique atmosphere of the neighborhood attracted us.

We walked through the narrow streets and admired the _________ shops to both sides. In one coffee shop, we tasted the delicious coffee. _________ a strange figure walked into the coffee shop. He looked _________, whose eyes seemed to be looking for something. Out of _________, we took the __________ to talk to him. It turned out that he was a photographer and he had just lost an important memory card which contained his works of many years. He had been searching for it for a long time, but still couldn’t find it. After hearing __________ his troubles, we decided to help him. We searched around, but in vain. Just when we were about to give up, a little kid __________ to us with a memory card and said he had found it by the roadside. We excitedly took the memory card and after checking it was __________, we gave it back to the photographer. The photographer looked at us gratefully with tears in his eyes. We felt happy that we could help him and it added more meaning __________ this unexpected trip.

This experience made me realize that life always has unexpected surprise and twists. Sometimes, __________ your plan is not a bad thing and it may bring you a more wonderful experience.

5 . Isabella believes she may have cracked a solution to two tough challenges in her country. Her initiative, the Chip Bag Project, aims to _________ garbage and poverty at the same time. As a student and _________, she is asking local snack lovers a favor: rather than throw empty chip bags _________ into the trash, donate them! Then she can turn them into free sleeping bags for the homeless.

Chip eaters drop off their empty bags at two _________: a print shop and a clothing store, where Isabella and her volunteer helpers collect them. After they soak the chip bags in hot water, they slice them open, lay them on the ground, and _________ them flat. Afterwards, they use fillings to _________ the insides.

It takes about four hours to _________ a sleeping bag, and each weighs no more than 1.5 kilograms, depending on whether they are based on single use or family _________. And there you have it, a sleeping bag that is “waterproof and _________” Isabella told the News.

Since its start in 2020, the Chip Bag Project has __________ more than 800,000 chip bags.

While it would be __________ to raise money to buy new sleeping bags, Isabella’s mission extends beyond. “We are dedicated to making an impact not only __________ but environmentally,” she says.

It’s vital to keep in mind the value of repurposing bags that might __________ end up in the trash. This campaign serves as a powerful __________that environmental issues and poverty often go hand in hand. As Isabella expressed to localnews. com, “It’s time to recognize the __________ among these issues and make a big difference to our world.”

6 . At the school Art Festival, I was asked to design the costumes for three school plays. Everyone was ________ to see the actors wear my costumes on stage. This experience has made me realize that I am really good at ________ and have a talent for fashion design, which has inspired me to ________ fashion design as my job. That way, I can ________ work with my interests and strengths. To find out how to ________ the field of fashion design, I did some ________ about what kind of education and skills I might need.1 ________ that many premier fashion designers studied at fashion design institutes in London, Paris or Milan. I also keep a(n)________ on job ads for the fashion industry to see what abilities or ________ designers should have.

After much thought, I decided to ________ these skills and get the right qualifications by studying art at university. While I am there, I would like to work part-time for a fashion design company in order to ________ from other designers. Actually, I don’t have to wait until I go to university to swing into ________ as there will be a workshop in my city next month which I am hoping to _________.

After graduation, I will ________ a job as a fashion designer. One day, I hope to start my own ________ company.

7 . I’m a seventeen-year-old teen, counting down the days till graduation, just like every other senior in the world. I’ve _________ a lot in my short seventeen years of life, but I have also made mistakes. I’m not perfect. I’m on the path of self-discovery, which as I’ve come to realize is _________.

After many years, I still _________ remember the last time I had to _________. At that moment, starting a new school wasn’t really that big of a _________. I spent the next four and a half years in Mountain Home. I made four amazing friends anyone could ever ask for. However, when I had to leave them, I was _________.

I soon _________that starting a new high school was different from being the “new girl” in elementary or even middle school. It wasn’t as easy to gain the “approval (认可)” of my _________ now as it had been back then. Back in elementary or middle school, although I was a freshman, I had my friends and people I knew. I could very easily _________ well over ninety percent of my class. However, at this new school, I ____________ no one.

I’ve been told over and over by my mum that I’ll ____________ have to enter the “real” world and that the ____________ I have over all of these things will soon disappear. What adults ____________ to realize is that every day in a teenager’s life is a battle (战役). We’re no longer children, but not quite adults. We struggle to ____________ who we are.

Although I still have about a year and a half left, I honestly believe that being a teenager has been the hardest ____________ in my life, something I’m sure I’ll carry with me for the rest of my existence.

8 . 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.

10 . I had been a shy and quiet person; whenever I had to do public speaking, I would get ______, tremble (发抖), and turn red. I spent so much time fearing the judgement of others that I ______ opportunities like school plays and performances. Then I ______ a competition called Poetry Out Loud, which is a national high school-level competition where students compete by ______ “poetry out loud”. I had terrible stage ______, but I figured it was time to face my fears.

Little did I know, I’d actually been given a mentor (指导老师) to help me prepare for the ______. Honestly, without him I wouldn’t be the person I’m today. I remember meeting him for the first time and being so ______ that when I had to practice reciting one of the poems, I was as ______ as a mouse, eyes glued to the floor. My mentor softly ______ me to be a little louder, look a little higher. Slowly but surely, I got better at making eye contact and ______ my voice.

On the big day, when it was my turn, I took a deep breath and began to recite. With each word, I grew more and more ______. It was ______ a(n) indescribable feeling; it felt like I was freeing myself from the chains of fear and ______.

Since then, I’ve also written a ton of poetry, and some pieces have been published already! Being ______ poetry has been a(n) ______ journey that has helped me grow as both a poet and a person.