2 . Life can feel terribly unfair. And yet for some people, when life hands them the ________ possible circumstance, they are at their absolute best.

Jessie Joy Rees is just such a ________. Athletic and outgoing, Jessie had her whole world in front of her ________ she was diagnosed with an inoperable brain cancer in 2021.

Three weeks into her ________, Jessie asked an extraordinary mature question for such a young girl. She looked out at the other children who were also ________ cancer treatment and asked her parents, “How can we ________ them?” She wanted to ________ other kids who were suffering treatment. She wanted them to be happy, no matter what. The morning after her diagnoses, Jessie was at the kitchen table ________ bags of toys for other cancer patients. “She was determined to make other cancer kids ________.” her father Erik tenderly remembers.“How could we not help?”

Soon, the bags became plastic jars ________ with toys, crafts and activities to ________ children while they are in the hospital for treatment. ________ named JoyJars using Jessie’s middle name, JoyJars ________ a little bit of fun, but mostly they contain a little bit of Jessie’s ________ that fills the room every time one is opened. One mother sent a tender thank-you note: “JoyJars have helped ________ our spirits during Travis’ ongoing battle with his brain cancer.”

3 . Once a farmer bought a well (井) from a man . The next day when the farmer went to draw the water from the well, the man did not________him to do that . He said , “I have________you the well. Not the water.”

The farmer became very________and came to the court (法庭). He________everything to the judge and asked for justice (正义).

The judge didn’t know how to deal with it. So he called a wise man named Birbal and handed over this ________ to him. Birbal met the man who sold the well to the farmer . Birbal asked, “________don’t you let the farmer use the water of the well? You have sold the well to him.” The man replied , “I sold the well to him, not the water. He has no ________to draw the water.”

Then Birbal smiled and said to him, “Good, but look, ________ you have sold the well to the farmer and you say the water is yours, then you have no right to keep your water in the farmer’s well. So you should pay rent to the farmer to keep your water in the well, or you should take the water out of his well ________”

The man understood that his trick ________. His face turned red and he ran away in shame.

4 . When Mae Jemison was born in Decatur, Alabama, in 1956, no one would have predicted that she would circle the Earth one day. When she was three years old, her parents ________ to Chicago. In the kindergarten, Jemison ________ her teacher by telling her she wanted to be a scientist. The ________ was unusual for any girl, let alone an African-American girl. But she never ________ her dream.

Throughout her academic career, Jemison was a(n) ________ student. And she had a variety of ________ outside of school, including dance and theater. After ________ from Stanford University with a bachelor of science degree in chemical engineering, she entered a medical college. Her passion for global ________ took her to Cuba, Kenya and Thailand during medical school.

Returning to the United States in 1985, for a long-held ________, Jemison applied for admission to NASA’s astronaut training program. Later, she was ________ from 2, 000 applicants. ________, that selection began a series of “firsts” for Jemison. She was the first African-American woman ________ to the training program and became the first African-American woman astronaut. On Sept. 12, 1992, she became the first African-American woman in ________ as a science mission specialist.

Jemison has been awarded many honors for her great ________. She has set an admirable example of how someone with capability and ________ can open up a new path to achieving their highest goals.

5 . Labor is important and necessary for everyone. I am glad that I learned the_______of work when I was a child.

I grew up on a farm. We had to care for such _______as cows and sheep from morning till evening, seven days a week. _______during school vacations and on weekends we still had_______work to do. I was paid for my work. From the age of 10, my parents_______me $1 an hour. Because of this, I learned how to_______money. When I was only 11, I saved enough to buy a ten-speed bicycle. In high school, I_______a job in a nearby town during the summer to save money_______college. I learned how to manage money at an _______age.

I also learned the satisfaction of work well done. The young animals were my responsibility. Most________often had problems with their young cows getting sick. I was proud that my young cows were usually ________. I loved it when the whole family ________together to get in hay (干草) before a rainstorm. It was exciting when we jumped out of bed in the middle of the night to________the cows in the field after they had escaped through a broken fence. Doing hard work at an early age________me how valuable it can be. And from these________I learned to be confident and self-disciplined (自律的).

8 . Dad was always full of advice, but one of the biggest lessons he taught me was about having a strong work ethic (职业道德). When my brother and I were growing up, we mowed (修剪) yards during the_______ to earn pocket change. Dad was our_______. He sold our service to neighbors and offered a price they could not_______. My brother and I got $ 10 per yard, I later found out our friends were_______$20 or more for the same amount of work.

Every time we_______out to mow the lawn, Dad always stood there watching our work. I used to wonder why he came with us in the_______heat of Florida.

One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor’s yard, with the high grass like a_______. To make matters worse, we had a(n)_______ lawn mower that kept turning off. This particular afternoon, I was finishing up and was_______and sweaty. I pictured the ice cream I would swallow in a minute to________ down. I was just about to cut off the lawn mower when I heard my dad yelling, “You________a piece.”I was upset, hoping he would let me go home. I________ him and kept walking.

He kept pointing and calling me out________. So frustrated, I went back to cut that piece of grass. Several days later, other neighbors________the good work we did and we soon________ more business. We started out with one client, but by the end of the summer we had five, which was all we were

The lesson stayed with me: Be ________. If you say you are going to perform a job at a certain time, keep your________. Give your customers the kind of service you would like to________. It shows how sincere you are and how much ________ you take in your work.

9 . Harry Smith has a dog, Sarah Jane. They are best friends and love to take walks together. One day when they _________ in a park, the two of them _________a beautiful lake. Although Harry used a wheelchair, this usually wasn't a problem for him. _________ when his wheels got stuck that day, he quickly found himself thrown into the _________

As the 81-year-old, not being able to _________, screamed(尖叫)for help, Sarah jumped into action-she barked(吠叫)as _________ as possible. Luckily, the dog’s bark caught two men’s attention and they made their way over. One of the men, Edward Suhling, _________ in the water. And they got _________ from a police officer who just happened to be nearby. Together, the three of them _________ Harry out of the water as quickly as possible.

“I am __________ to Sarah and the three passers-by that helped __________ my life!” Harry wrote on the Internet. “And the __________ remains true-a man's best __________ is his dog.” Needless to say, Harry made sure to __________ his best friend of seven years how grateful he was in a way that every __________ loves: with food.

10 . Every school has rules(规则) for students to follow. However, some students may see the_______ as a way which teachers control them. Sometimes, they’re unhappy and even feel_______Well, if you think your life is hard, you might think about the_______in ancient times. For some of them ,life was really hard.

In the old days, people believed that teachers had to be very _______and had the right to punish the students. Parents didn’t mind if teachers punished their children when their children didn’t do what they were_______ to do . Often the stricter a teacher was, the more parents thought he or she was a good teacher.

In fact, following school rules can be very important. For example, running in the hallways(走廊) could cause(导致) a student to_______.It may hurt himself or another person. Following the rules can also help the students in the classroom to learn_______ difficulty. In class, a teacher may ask students to raise their hands_______they speak. If someone speaks out of turn, other students might not be able to hear the teacher_______.School rules can help students prepare for their own futures as well. When they________ and go out on their own, they’ll soon find that they still need to follow rules.

Rules make the world much better. If there are no rules, life will be meaningless and in disorder.