1 . An inspirational woman breaks cycle of poverty (贫困) in mountain areas. About 20 years ago, while on the way to visit a student’s house, Zhang Guimei ________ a girl sitting on the hillside and staring into sky in ________ The girl, 13, told Zhang she was about to get married, which was arranged by her parents.

“But I want to go to school,” the girl said. Zhang went to her house and tried to ________ her parents to let the girl return to school and promised to pay for her tuition fees herself. ________, they still didn’t agree.

Feeling sorry about that, Zhang decided to build a free high school for ________, aiming to help ________ the cycle that women drop out of education, marry early and spend their whole life in the remote mountain. After years of trying to ________ funds, in 2008, Huaping High School for Girls, a free public high school, was ________. Now, more than 1,800 graduates have been ________ to college, which is regarded as a “miracle” in the remote area, as most students didn’t perform well in academic study before the school was founded.

________ suffering from serious illness, she insists on a daily routine—get up at around 5 am and sleep after senior students’ study ends at midnight. She ________ has collapsed (倒下) several times from tiredness on the campus.

Donating all her savings to ________ rural education and poor people, she believed that an ________, responsible mother will not let her children drop out of school and her goal is to prevent poverty from ________ from generation to generation.

She was given the honor of the country’s “role model for teachers” and “outstanding woman”. Her ________ stories inspire thousands of people.

2 . 16-year-old Gayowski was determined to seek fun with his friends once the busy school days came to an end. Their ____ was Red Mountain, a ski resort nearby.  

As a(n) ____ visitor since childhood, Gayowski knew all the ski paths well. This time, a path that wasn’t marked on the maps ____ him the most. He headed up for it and explored deeper and deeper into the bushes. It took a while for him to ____ that there was no way for him to ski. Gayowski slid to a stop and pulled out his phone but it was ____.  

The weather started to change. The winds were picking up and clouds ____ overhead. Soon it began snowing. Gayowski went deeper, reaching a ____, which he wished would lead him to a roadway.  

After he had followed the river for a long distance, Gayowski quitted any ____ of finding his way out. ____ and hungry, his legs were beginning to give out on him. He sat down under a tree, and curled up to ____ himself. Worse still, with the temperature below freezing, his phone was totally dead. ____, shouts coming behind him cheered him up. Then three ____ in the distance were approaching fast. He was in tears by the time they ____ him. 

Gayowski was more than ____ for their help, otherwise he couldn’t have returned safe and sound. After the incident, he decided to be a rescuer like them. The next time someone is ____ alone in the bush, he wants to be part of the team to save him or her.

3 . I took a seat on a park bench under an old tree. I was out of work and didn’t have enough money to support my family, which made me feel ________ upset. A young boy ran towards me out of breath. He ________ right before me and said with great________, “Have a look at what I found!” 

In his hand was a flower, whose petals (花瓣) had fallen. Wanting him to take his ________ flower and go off to play, I forced a ________ smile and then turned around. He didn’t leave, but sat next to my side and put the flower to his ________ and said, “It smells good and it surely looks ________, too. That’s why I picked it. Here you are. It’s for you.” 

I knew I must take it, or he might never leave. So I ________ for the flower and replied, “Just what I need.” But________ putting the flower in my hand, he held it in mid-air. At that moment, I was ________ to find that the young boy could not   ________ anything at all. 

I was so touched that I almost ________. Tears shone in the sun. I really ________ his kindness. And this time, I said with a big smile, “You picked the best flower for me.” He also smiled, “You’re welcome.” Then he ran off happily. 

Through the eyes of the ________, I finally realized that I had ignored the wonderful world around me because of my family economic ________. After that, I decided to cheer up and face life bravely.

4 . Amid polite applause (掌声), the speaker walked slowly toward the stage. When he ____, he set down a pile of notes and took a long breath that could be ____. After pulling his necktie hard and adjusting his eyeglasses, he finally ____ the room’s back wall with a slight frown on his face.

“It’s a great pleasure to be here today,” he said. “I have a message of extreme ___ for you.”

Many people in the ____ were already fidgeting (坐立不安). It was ____ that their attention was focused elsewhere. Ten seconds after it began, the speech was ____ over. Why?

To begin with, the speaker set himself up for ____ by sending his listeners a double-edged message. What they ____ was completely different from what they heard, and when this happened, the audience ____ only what they saw!

Even though the speaker’s words expressed ____ in addressing the audience, his ____ messages said, “I don’t want to be here.” Those same words showed that his speech was important to his ____, but his body indicated that his message wasn’t important to him. At the same time, his facial expression gave the appearance that he ____ very little about his audience.

None of these messages was performed consciously ( 有意识地); they were caused by simple nervousness and inexperience. Yet they marked this ____ speaker as insincere (不真诚), even though he was none of those things.

5 . It was Grandpa’s 70th birthday and the whole family had been ________ for it for quite some time.

Early in the morning, I woke up ________. I got dressed quickly and headed downstairs to help. Mum was already in the ________ busy with Grandpa’s special birthday lunch. Dad was nowhere to be seen. After a quick breakfast, I ________ the special gift I had made for Grandpa, a ________ of his life story—for the last time. For weeks I had been ________ this, listening to Grandpa’s stories, ________ his favorite music and collecting photos from the family album.

Dad came in with some ________ just before lunchtime. ________, they were Grandpa’s best friends from secondary school, all in their seventies. Grandpa couldn’t believe his eyes and it took quite a long time for them to ________ down. As soon as the guests took their seat, Grandpa’s favorite music began to fill the room with ________ of the old days. With each old photo, the guests saw how Grandpa ________ from a handsome boy to a kind old gentleman. When grandpa and his friends appeared in an old photo in their school uniforms, there was a lot of laughter, with ________ in their eyes.

Towards the end of the party, Grandpa said excitedly, “It is a(n) ________ birthday celebration and I’ve got the best gift I have ever received. Now I am ________ my eightieth, ninetieth and even one hundredth birthdays already!”

6 . A group of generous mothers collected baby strollers(婴儿手推车)to help the homeless mothers. The homeless mothers had_______ from their homes because of the flood. Many people left their homes with only a suitcase or a few _______ items,so the sight of strollers waiting for them at a bus station became a(n) _______ of hope and love.

Women and children_______the majority of the refugees(难民)leaving their homes，because the government _______the men younger than 60 to remain and rebuild their home. The kind mothers _______ the heartbreaking scenes of desperate families escaping from their homes and wanted to help. The donation of strollers and other necessities has _______helped ease the transition for many families. Dorators have also left heartwarming, handwritten notes to show their_______

The mothers who organized the_______ knew first-hand the comfort astroller would bring to a tired mother and child. A stroller offers a sense of ________, and it allows both mother and child an opportunity to rest and________strength.

The stroller drive idea first spread by ________word of mouth between neighbors. The idea soon went viral on social media and________ a kindness movement. The mothers’ stroller idea________ an activity of supply and fund donations or refugees from the country. Many people believe that the kindhearted mothers are heroes for the refugees. Their action has ________ to the world a beautiful example of the value of kindness.

7 . When Jackelyn Kastanis found out her best friend, Brooke, had cancer, she dropped everything to be by Brooke’s side. She not only stayed with Brooke in the hospital, but tried to give her a sense of_______.

Brooke was told at 27 years old that she had a year to live. Jackelyn took up residence with Brooke in the hospital room and found an atmosphere of sadness filled the room. Brooke looked rather upset and there was nothing to_______her to feel like herself and to feel pretty. _______, Jackelyn brought wig (假发) and makeup to lift Brooke’s spirits. The idea worked — Brooke started taking fewer painkillers and it changed her entire_______.

Encouraged by that, Jackelyn wanted to lighten the_______of other women battling against cancer. She thought when people are in hospital, they need some human_______. So she created a nonprofit organization called Simply from the Heart and started visiting hospitals with_______that she called “glam (富有魅力的) girls” to give beauty products to_______women and girls. They filled “glam boxes” with 30 beauty products,_______ by individuals and corporations, and took them to the hospital.

After a year and a half, Brooke unfortunately passed away, but Jackelyn ________to help make other women feel pretty and confident. So far they have________ thousands of “glam boxes” and have________the lives of more than 5,000 patients.

Medicine and treatments help people________, but friendship and kindness help reignite (重新点燃) the light within them.

“I remember one patient says, ‘These girls________me in a way the doctors could not.’ Her words mean a lot to us,” said Jackelyn. “We have doctors and they keep us alive. But ________, we all want our souls to feel lit up to get us through.”

8 . On a summer evening, my wife and I were on our way to the grocery store when I noticed a man sitting on the sidewalk. A used advertisement banner (横幅) draped loosely around his waist was his only _______in the bad weather. The blank look in his eyes indicated he was possibly incapable of _______mental function. We tried asking him a few questions, but he showed no _______that he had heard or understood us. “He looks starving. Let’s buy him a loaf of bread, my wife_______.

When we returned, he wasn’t there.________,we decided to go home, wondering what to do with the loaf of bread. We'd barely gone a hundred meters when we ________him. He was seated with a family of migrant labourers who had camped there. Surprisingly, none of the family members seemed to________his presence. In fact, he looked to be quite welcome. Out of curiosity, I stopped my motorcycle and ________.

It was dinnertime and the family was________around an open fire. The man was eating hungrily from a plate—identical to the ones from which the family partook their meals. Even as she roasted more food, the lady watched on the stranger ________, making sure that his plate was not________.The other members of the family chatted happily as they ate. The family was far from ________because they were the people who had no roof over their heads. But they shared what they had, not something they had no _________for. Overcome with guilt, we________the loaf of bread near the man and rode away, but not before_________the true meaning of giving and sharing.

9 . Once there was a boy named Gottlieb. His father had died when he was a baby. Although his mother sat doing needlework (缝纫), she found it_________ to provide food and clothing for them.

Gottlieb was not old enough to _________. He often sat at his mother’s feet except school days and _________ the things he could do for his mother. Every time the mother saw her boy, she was comforted. The thought that she was working for him often gave force to her _________ fingers.

One night Gottlieb saw his mother was more than usually troubled. She kept sighing (叹息), with tears falling down. The boy had been old enough to read the _________. He thought, “Christmas will be here soon. Mum is thinking of what a sad time it will be.”

What could Gottlieb give to_________ his mother? He could only sit and dream. However, as Gottlieb sat dreaming, a happy _________ came to him. Walking out of the _________ he took paper and a pen. He wrote a _________.

Soon Christmas came, and Gottlieb __________ very early. But others were up before him, for, to his surprise, he saw a __________. His mother looked surprised too. His wondering eyes soon saw other unusual objects, wood, food and beautiful clothes he had never even __________.

Then the stranger turned to Gottlieb with a smile, “The postman sent your letter to Father Christmas wrongly to me and I __________ to read it. The gifts you asked for are here, but they come from my hand.” __________, Gottlieb answered, “Thank you, sir. You’re the __________ Father Christmas, for he put the thought into your heart.”

10 . One day, I came cross an old lady who looked worried on my way back home from running a special assignment. She stopped me on the sidewalk, ________ asking for directions. I gave her the right directions, ________ the way she needed to go. But she looked ________ and started to tear up, like she had been lost for a while and wasn’t ________ with the area. And the fact was like that.

It was dark and cold, so I offered to walk with her, ________ her it was only a 5-minute walk. I saw her ________ to walk and keep up the pace, so I ________ down and carried her bags for her.

I ________ with her during the whole time, getting to know her. I found out she lived outside of the country and came here temporarily to ________ a sick family member. From what she said, I found she was incredibly ________ and kind.

When we got to her ________ , she cried, gave me a big hug and showed me great ________for helping her. With a smile on my face, I let her know I was ________ she was safe. Meanwhile, I ________ myself being lost in an unfamiliar place. And I hoped I’d receive similar ________ in that situation.