3 . Last week, I wrote about how I had no idea how important the social aspect of my life was until the pandemic(疫情)hit．That made me_________ just how much I valued my face-to- face conversations and _________ with my friends. It also hurt that our annual _________ to Europe and other countries was gone. We’ve_________ so many wonderful people and made so many new friends on those trips as well.

Most of us take too much for granted and aren’t as _________ as we should be for what we have. But when one of those great things in our lives is suddenly_________ ,we certainly notice how much we _________ those things when they are gone.

Something I took for granted was my _________ long walk. I have given myself a minimum _________ of 20,000 steps a day. I use a super great __________ my wife gave me, a Fitbit, which __________ each step I take and gives me weekly__________. That little device has helped me stay fit, even now as the __________ age of 80 approaches.

Last week, I had a fall and hit my right knee so hard that I could __________ walk for many days. That is when it __________ me that I’ve taken the __________ to walk without pain totally for granted. I think all of us should take time to __________ all the great things in our lives that we are just taking for granted. I__________ now, that all of us consider making a list of that kind so we have time to enjoy and appreciate what we have while we have it. Doing so has the potential to make us more __________ as we begin to truly __________ all the great things we have in our lives.

6 . Chinese netizens(网民）, who had to _______ indoors for days to combat（与......搏斗） the ongoing _______ of the novel coronavirus（新冠病毒）related pneumonia, began to _______ their wish lists of things they would do immediately after the epidemic（流行病）_______.

Among the 24,000 participants from all over the country, nearly half said they would love to meet their loved ones, and_______10,000 said they would go out shopping or go to a movie theater and eat hotpot, according to a popular online surveys under the topic "what you want to do most after the epidemic"_______ on Chinese Twitter-like platform Sina Weibo on Sunday.

"I really need to hit the gym. I have spent days at home doing _______ but eating and watching TV shows on the couch between sleeps," some vowed online. _______ also showed that many wanted simply to resume (重新开始) their old _______ ."I would love to go back to my university to work on my dissertation(专题论文）, to make sure I can ________ on time," wrote one. "I want to work and make money, so I can buy myself a house," wrote another.

The epidemic outbreak had ________ 304 lives as of Sunday morning. Under similar discussion ________ , many netizens made more profound reflections on life and   ________ in the aftermath（创伤）of the outbreak. "If we can ________ the disaster, let's remember not to devour（狼吞虎咽地吃）wild ________ . And if medical workers can save us from the disease, let's learn to respect their lives and to treat them with________," one netizen wrote. "Even after the disease, we should develop habits of washing hands properly and________, and of wearing masks in crowded________places," another________.

Some also said they would love to reschedule（重新安排）their family gathering for the Chinese New Year, as many who were fighting________ the epidemic in frontline areas had been unable to make it this year.

8 . Germany is a highly developed country.Many people think its people lead a luxurious(奢侈的) life.

One day，my friend and I _________ a restaurant.We noticed that a young couple were having their meal.There were _________ two dishes and two cans of beer on their table.I wondered if such a(n) _________ meal could be fine and whether the girl would leave that _________ man.

As we were _________，my friend ordered more food for us.When we left，there was still about one third of the food we had ordered on the table.

When we were leaving，the young man spoke to us in English.We _________ that he was unhappy about us _________ so much food.“We paid for our food.It is none of your _________，” my friend told him.The young man was so angry that he _________ took his phone out and made a call to someone.

After a while，an officer from the Social Security Organization(社会保障组织) arrived.Upon knowing what had happened，he gave us a €50 fine(罚款)，which __________ us.

The officer told us in a __________ voice.“__________ is yours but resources(资源) belong to society.There are many __________ people in the world who are __________ hunger(饥饿)．We have no __________ to waste resources.”

Their attitudes to eating put both of us to __________.We need to correct our wrong __________.We are from a country which is not very rich.To save face，we often think we should order more than we can eat，which __________ our friends our generosity(慷慨)．We should realize that resources don’t belong to a(n) __________ person but they belong to everyone.We can’t __________ to waste them.

9 . Under the Christmas tree, I saw it — a blue tea cup set that had been on my _________ for Santa. The red gift note _________: “To Susan from Santa.” It wasn’t china, simply a _________ toy, but I loved it as if it were the real thing.

That Christmas morning I thought I would surprise Dad by _________ him a cup of coffee with my new gift. With tea cups in hand, I _________ to the kitchen.

As a 5-year-old kid, I wasn’t allowed to touch anything hot on the stove. I broke the _______ and got the coffee pot. I carefully _________ the coffee, then added a bit of milk and sugar. I also poured myself a drop of coffee with a lot of milk, so we could have a “tea party”.

Carefully carrying the tray with our tea cups to the living room, I found Dad _________ in his favorite chair reading a newspaper. I _________ served him his coffee. “Daddy, your coffee is OK,” I announced.

Dad __________ up at his little girl. “How nice, young lady,” he thanked me and ________ his tea cup.

I noticed the tea cup seemed too __________ for him, though it was just the right size for me. I drank my milk with coffee as Dad sipped (抿) his coffee. I could __________ the plastic tea cup had a __________ plastic taste as I sipped.

But Dad didn’t seem to mind — he just continued drinking his coffee, down to the last ________. He smiled as he placed the __________ cup on the tray saying, “That’s good.” I ________ he was just being nice, drinking the bitter-tasting coffee because he didn’t want to hurt my __________.

That morning I learned a __________ from Dad: Sometimes we need to be nice and act in good __________ even if life, in the moment, doesn’t really taste good.

10 . Life from birth to death is an unbroken chain of ever-increasing, unavoidable struggles. Struggles are a kind of _______ with which Nature forces humanity to develop, expand and progress. The education we _______ from the struggles we face is gradually increasing. We get it a little at a time from every _______ we encounter.

Face struggles and master them. _______ you will have the strength and wisdom for all your needs.

The strongest trees in the forest aren't those most _______. They are those that must struggle against the _______ conditions and other trees and overcome them to survive.

My grandfather was a wagon （四轮马车）maker. In _______ his land for crops, he always left a few oak trees standing in the open fields where they were _______ to the full force of the sun and strong winds. The trees that struggled against Nature were far stronger and _______ than the protected ones deep in the forest. It was timber （木材）from the trees which had struggled ________ he used for the wagon wheels, ________ fear that they would break, because they had struggled and grown strong enough to ________ the heaviest loads.

Struggles force us to move when we would otherwise stand ________. And they lead us eventually to the full realization that ________ comes only through struggles. ________ worthwhile in life is ever achieved without a struggle.

Once we understand the broad purpose of life, we are ________ to accept the circumstances that force us to struggle. ________, we accept struggles for what they are - ________, and it's so rewarding when you get inspirations from struggles to live your life to the ________ and a chance to enjoy the life which you are making so many ________ to get.