1 . I have struggled with feelings of unworthiness since forever. My most painful moments were at parties. My friends made fun of me because I was rhythmically (有节奏地)__________ and I couldn’t get my__________ body to imitate the latest dance moves. I was never chosen to dance. I felt like I didn’t__________.

Around age 12, I decided that the way to__________ these feelings of unworthiness was perfection. If I was just perfect then I would fit in. But this strategy didn’t__________.My self-esteem (自尊心) was high when I got good grades and felt__________, but crashed when I didn’t do well__________, or was left out.

After several years of spiritual growth, it__________ me that for many of us, self-worth is tied to our__________. We experience low self-worth__________ we fail or lose approval. So I have begun to cultivate an unconditional self-worth. It’s not about doing things perfectly.__________, “Unconditional self-worth” is the______ that you deserve to be alive, to be loved and cared for.

The__________ to unconditional self-worth is not always easy. It takes courage to free yourself from the __________ you’ve placed on your worth. But this journey is beautiful and worth taking. So I challenge you to embrace yourselves and find your metaphorical (隐喻的) __________ floor and move freely.

2 . In the last 100 years, the global temperature has gone up by around 0.75℃. Such a small increase is causing sea levels to rise and ________ the habitat of many species of plants and animals. A(n) ________ of 2℃ in global temperatures could result in ________ of 30% of the world’s land species.

Sea levels in the UK have increased by around 10 cm in the last 100 years and experts ________ that global sea levels could rise by up to 59 cm in the near future. ________, areas which were land a few hundred years ago are now under water.

As a result of the changing ________, the world’s ecosystems are also changing faster than ever before. So what is ________ climate change? The main cause of climate change is the huge amount of greenhouse gases like CO₂ in the atmosphere, but the reason for this is the world’s population — you and me. As the ________ increases, more land is needed to provide food, and more energy is ________ too. Burning fossil fuels for heating, lighting, transport, or electricity ________ CO₂. Furthermore, humans breathe out CO₂ and trees “breathe in” CO₂ and produce oxygen — so by ________ trees, we are increasing the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere and reducing the amount of oxygen. As a result of these ________, CO₂ levels are now at their highest for 800,000 years.

The biggest ________ we all face is to prevent further environmental disasters. We need to ______________ burning fossil fuels and start using renewable energy. If we can get enough ________ from renewable fuels, we can stop using fossil fuels completely.

3 . While taking a 20-hour train ride along the edge of the Taklimakan Desert in northwestern China, I had the kind of humbling, educational, and above all else, wonderful ________ with a local that all travelers long for. A young Chinese man ________ me on the train. My ________ friend spoke virtually no English, so I happily took the ________ to practice my Chinese.

Over several hours, he would tell me about how he had ________ a two-year professional school to quickly find a job ________ highways in order to help support his family. Perhaps the most ________, however, was the fact that this man spent hours studying every day after hard physical labor. Without batting an eye, he would ________ a translated Emerson passage before asking about the literary influence of American ________ as a whole. ”And what do you all learn about Russian authors?” I ________ him asking at one point.

It would have been easy to ________ my assumptions about this highway builder who had never been more than a few hundred miles from home. But this highly informed, ________ , and admirable person prevented me doing so. In the course of a couple of hours, he ________ me just how much one can gain from ________ with an open mind, and a willingness to ________ with locals from all walks of life.

4 . Many years ago, I lived in Greece, on a very beautiful island. During my first year, I ________to the beach for the Labour Day holiday. Greek people celebrate Labour Day on 1st May, and it is also a festival to celebrate the beginning of ________ . The sun was shining __________and the sea was clear blue. I was sitting in a small restaurant by the sea while the cook _________fish over a fire for lunch. It smelled delicious. There were a lot of local people _________some tourists. The girls and women ________flowers in their hair. Someone gave a circle of flowers to me. In the afternoon, people played traditional Greek ________to dance with it on the beach, and I also danced with them ________ the evening. ________a wonderful day! All the people _________themselves. I will remember it for ever.

5 . Sarah had just moved to a new town over the summer. She was_______about starting at a new school where she didn’t _______ anyone, and was worried about fitting in and making friends. However, Sarah _______ to make the most of this new opportunity (机会).

On the first day of school, Sarah arrived early. She was _______the size of the school, which made her feel small. As she walked down the hallways, Sarah _______ groups of students already came together, laughing and talking. She wondered if she would ever _______ like they did. But then, something _______happened. One of the students, a girl with a friendly smile, walked close to Sarah and_______ herself. “Hi, I’m Emma,” she said. You look lost. Can I help you _______ your classroom?

Sarah was taken aback by Emma’s ________, but thankful for the offer. They walked together down the hallways. Sarah hoped that maybe she had found a new friend.

Throughout the day, Sarah found other students were just as ________ and welcoming as Emma. She struck up conversations with her ________ and even shared a few laughs with her teachers.

As the day wore on, Sarah realized that she had made more friends in a single day than she ever thought possible. She felt a sense of ________ that she hadn’t felt in a long time.

Looking back on that first day of high school, Sarah realized that she had learned a valuable lesson: no matter what ________lay ahead, she had the support and ________ of her new friends to help her.

6 . On Christmas Eve, I was walking home, when I saw a boy on a bike. “It looks like my brother’s bike,” I thought. When I got home, I asked my brother Wayne where that ________ was. “It was down on the steps,” he ________. But it wasn’t.

We tracked down where the ________ lived and planned to beat him. But my father was there and said, “Just shut up and let me talk.” An elderly man answered the ________ on the door. The home appeared cold and ________ and he had a single candle for light. His grandson was the boy who had ________ the bike. The boy started ________ and said, “I just wanted something for ________.”

We ________ home with the bike and told it to my mother. Without saying anything, she started ________ the turkey in half and tried to ________ it up. My father went to get a big bag of coal. Then we ________ to the little boy’s home, this time with food, some coal to ________ heat. My dad gave them $20 and said, “Merry Christmas.” The old man was moved and broke down in ________. This made me feel ________ than any Christmas I’d ever had.

7 . Everyone has a wish to travel.But those who cannot do so themselves might find it _________ to work in a travel agency(旅行社),_________ journeys for other people.Brian Lawley does this,working in a small travel agency in an industrial city.Most of his work is concerned with holidays,both at home and abroad.Every autumn the agency _________ hundreds of booklets(小册子) full of attractive,coloured photographs,_________ the holidays that the customers will be able to have the next year.Soon,people begin to come into the office to _________ their holidays:perhaps a week’s skiing in Australia in January,perhaps a seaside holiday in Spain in May,or a tour of North Africa.Brian often has to _________ people on what holidays will be _________ for them.And people always have a lot of questions.Last year,for example,a lady of eighty-two wanted to book a mountaineering holiday in the Alps,and Brian had great difficulty in _________ her that it would not be suitable.In the end,she decided to go for a Mediterranean cruise(游览) _________. 

Arranging journeys for people who have to travel ____________ on business is often very complicated,but Brian ____________ his work.For example,last spring,Mr Perry,director of a local chemical firm,____________ a business trip,and Brian arranged it all for him.First,Mr Perry travelled to London by train,and stayed overnight in a hotel near the airport,because his plane ____________ early the next morning.He flew to Frankfurt,where he ____________ the morning discussing business.Then he went on by train to Zurich,and spent three days there ____________ going on to America.He had business in Seattle,Chicago and New York,and then went home by train.The next day he telephoned the agency to thank Brian for arranging everything so well for him.

8 . Delwyn Collins grew up in the projects of Fort Worth, Texas, considered to have disability in learning. He was sent to a special school for education where his teachers found that Collins was a genius at _______. Today Collins is 52 years old, working as a cafeteria worker at Tampa General Hospital. However, he never stops thinking about how to reward the care and help that he _______ when he was kid in Fort Worth. That’s why he is an angel to hundreds of foster children (养子女) in Florida. These children -many with _______needs and often moved from home to home-_______much at Collins’s heart. This Christmas will mark the 21st year he has set up a Foster Angel’s Giving Tree decorated with paper angels _______the first names, ages, and gender of foster children and the gifts each child would like to receive.

Collins is a man without much income, but each week he will_______ a certain account of his salary to buy gifts to put under the tree. “I just want to show these children there is somebody in the community who _______ them.” His _______ has inspired the doctors, nurses, and administrators he works with to make the Giving Tree a priority. Hospital employees and visitors take an angel off the _______ and buy the present the child has ________ long before the arrival of Christmas.

As Christmas ________, bicycles, dolls, clothes, and video games begin to overflow the cafeteria. In recent years, the ________ has begun to receive presents from ________ throughout the county.

More than 1,000 ________ in foster care in and around Tampa received gifts last year. “We shouldn’t care if we re rich or poor when we ________ others.” says Collins.

9 . Wildfires continue sweeping across Southern California. Some families are returning home to find their houses are completely _________ and many things turned to dust and ashes. It's   _________, but stories of hope, like the one from this Ventura County couple, are beginning to _________.

Jim and Lily Myers had been   _________ from their home, and when they returned, they didn’t   _________ to find any things after the big fire. The couple had a safety box. However, when they opened it, it seemed that everything was   _________. Still, the firefighters on-site helped them check the safety box carefully   _________there was anything that can be saved. Jim continued to _________the remnants(遗留物), and by doing so, he found his wife’s wedding ring.

_________, Jim got down on one knee and re-proposed (再次求婚) to Lily, proving that in times of   __________, acts of love win the victory. “It was truly __________ that he found it. I had thought we had __________ it because everything else was totally damaged,” Lily says.

The wildfires in Southern California have burned 230, 000 acres of land, including parts of Los Angeles, Ventura, and Santa Barbara counties. There are several organizations that looking for __________ and contributions. “The __________ from the people in the city of Ventura was touching,” Lily says. And she advises those who want to offer help to give away   __________, because most people have so many things to replace after big disasters.

10 . Have you experienced a condition when listening to a very loud music makes your heartbeat so fast that you can actually feel the heavy beating? From this experience, we can conclude that loud and fast music_______ the heart rate. Therefore, we have a feeling of high ________ and stress when we listen to loud and fast music. On the contrary, soft music is ______ to a slower heart rate. People who listen to relaxing music have a slower heart rate, _______ to those listening to loud and fast music, or those not listening to music at all.

But why does this happen? Experiments found that the ______ of music on the heart is based on the functioning of the brain. When we hear music, the sound waves are translated into electrical impulses (神经冲动) by the _______. As it is related to the increasing and decreasing of the heart rate, the related effect is produced. Now, is it that only ______ music brings out this effect? Well, listening to soft or relaxing music is surely more ________. However, listening to any type of music you like can be ________, rather than not listening to any music at all.

It is believed that people who have a slower heart rate have a longer life. _______, people having a faster heart rate are at a greater ________ of suffering from cardiovascular (心血管的) diseases. Therefore, having a slower heart rate makes you live a longer and healthier life. When________ slows down the heart rate, it brings about a feeling of ________. Therefore, it is used as a ________ technique. We can conclude by saying that the phrase “Music heals (治疗) the heart” is not just a saying, but a(n) ________!