1 . People often feel upset because airline companies always lose their suitcases when they fly. It has never happened to me. But something even worse happened to my family recently.

About ten years ago my mum got a job _________ at a university in Thailand. At first she only went for six months. Later because she really liked it, she agreed to stay _________, so my father and I went to live with her in Thailand. We had a great time, but last year my _________ decided that they wanted to return to the UK. We had been there so long. So we wanted _________ a lot of things back with us-all the furniture from our house, in fact. So Mum and Dad went to a shipping company. Workers in the company took everything back in one of those big containers that you see on ships. The container looks like a big green metal box. The _________ put everything into it: the armchairs and sofas, the TV, wardrobes, desks, even all the rugs and curtains. Our whole house was inside that big green metal box.

We flew back to the UK and _________ for the container to arrive. About ten weeks later, we were having _________ one morning when a big lorry arrived outside our house. On the back was a big green metal box. We were so _________. The men _________ the box and started to take out our things. But they weren’t our things. The container was full of gym equipment. It was the __________ one. We were so sad. But the story has a happy ending. The men took the container and gym equipment away, and about two months ago our things finally arrived

2 . Sirine Jahangir has a rare condition that left her completely blind by the time she was 10 years old. While her parents and doctors have tried to find _________ for her, there isn’t much they can do.

So her parents focused on helping her _________ her new life. Her father said, “One day, we were driving in the car, but she couldn’t look out of the window anymore to _________ things. I didn’t know what to do, so I just put the music on really loud. She _________ singing in the car, and she was so happy. And then she just found _________ every time I put music on.” It didn’t take long for them to realize Sirine has great _________! Her interest in music not only got her through some _________ and lonely times, but when she was 14 it also brought her to the “Britain’s Got Talent” stage.

When she _________ on the stage, she told everyone how much her _________ for music means to her. Then she __________ over to the piano, where she played a melody (旋律) and __________ beautifully enough to bring the audience to tears!

__________ to everyone but Sirine, all four judges voted (票) her into the next round of the __________!

Afterward, she said, “I can’t even say it’s a dream come true, __________ I didn’t even dream of it at any point. I never thought that would be __________ in my life.”

3 . Years ago, I celebrated my 40th birthday with several friends in a restaurant. Many of us arrived ahead of time and waited _________ the restaurant.

As we stood on the sidewalk, a homeless man _________ me and asked for _________. I had only brought my bankcard, so I told him that I didn’t have any cash. He smiled _________ at me, and moved on.

While the homeless man was _________ near, a friend of mine called out “Happy Birthday, Marc!” Upon _________this, the man turned and asked, “It’s your birthday?” I _________. He walked back to me. I was completely _________ for what happened next: the man _________ his pocket, pulled out a dollar bill, and __________ it to me saying, “Take this. Happy Birthday! ”

__________ I was deeply moved by this act of generosity, __________ money from a homeless man was not within my comfort zone. The man looked __________ into my eyes and begged, “Please take this. __________ is so good to me. I always have a place to sleep and enough food to eat.”I was still __________ to accept this gift, but I heard a voice within me practically yelling, “TAKE THE MONEY!” I hesitantly reached out, saying “Thank you.” Tears began to __________ down his face. He seized my hand, and gave me the dollar. Then he walked away with a smile.

Obviously, I __________ far more than $ 1 from that experience! This was one of my greatest life __________. No matter how poor we may be, we __________ have something of __________ to share with other people.

4 . One of the most important sections of the Human Development Report is the Human Development Index. The Index ________ a country’s achievements in three ways: life expectancy, education and income. The ________ has some surprises. Norway is ________ the list, while the US is at number 7. The bottom ten countries are all African countries. China is in the middle of the list. It is one of the examples of successful ________. China increased life expectancy by 13 years. In the last ten years in China, 150 million people moved out of ________. However, a great many people in ________ countries are facing problems of food. Over half of who get ________ are in South Asia or Africa. In developing countries about 115 million children are not ________. And ________ more than 1 billion people don’t have safe water to drink, so the report suggests that we need to make greater ________ in the future.

5 . The most ________ tornadoes have winds of over 400 km per hour. They can take cars, trains and even houses to other places, and also take the fur or ________ off an animal. Almost all tornadoes ________ in the US. On average, there're 800 each year, making 80 people dead and 1500 injured. The worst one was in 1925, ________ over 700 deaths and 2,700 injuries.

Hurricanes have winds of 120 km per hour or more which cause huge ________,heavy rain and floods. There’re six Atlantic hurricanes each year ________.The worst and most ________ one was in 1900 in Galveston, Texas. ________, it caused 6,000 deaths and destroyed 3,600 buildings. Charles Coghlan, a nineteenth-century Irish actor, died and was buried in Texas in 1899. The cemetery was destroyed by the hurricane and his coffin ________ in the sea. Eight years later, the coffin was found in the east of Canada, 3,000 km away from where Coghlan was ________.

6 . Spring Festival means a lot for Chinese people. However, given the sporadic COVID-19 outbreaks in different places, many cities ________ residents in any city with confirmed COVID-19 cases not to travel during the holiday in order to prevent any more outbreaks. ________, I stayed in Beijing during the Spring Festival of 2022. It was my first Spring Festival in China. I ________ it with my Chinese friends.

Several of Ralph’s coworkers came to our apartment to have ________ with me. They brought the meat and dough (面团) to make the ________ dumplings. While I was not ________ in making them, I certainly did enjoy eating them. As soon as all the food was ready, we ________ to enjoy the delicious foods.

Linda brought me Spring Festival couplets ________ good wishes and asked me to paste them on the door. Scott ________ me with many firecrackers. Some students gave me paper cuts to ________ my windows.

Eric invited me to ________ his family to spend New Year’s Eve together. Among the many ________ at dinner, they served a ________ fish. However, I was told we would only be eating half the fish that night because the ________ of it would be eaten the next day. This was done to ________ the good fortune over into the following year since leftovers are thought to be a ________ of prosperity. After dinner, we watched the Spring Festival Gala together. A martial art performance ________ me deeply. The show entitled “Walking Clouds, Flowing Water” starred three tai chi ________ practicing their moves on top of landmark buildings in three cities: Shanghai, Chongqing and Guangzhou of Guangdong province, which was amazing. I went to my ________ at midnight.

It was a very happy time and we have many good ________ of this festival holiday.

7 . Zhong Nanshan was born in October 1936 in Nanjing, Jiangsu. He grew up in a family of doctors. _______ the family tradition, he was admitted to Beijing Medical University in 1955.

Many know Zhong as a famous _______, but few know that he was once a(an) _______ athlete. Zhong has displayed athletic _______ early on. During his time at university, he broke the school's _______ for the 110-meter and 400-meter hurdles. In 1958, Zhong, then a junior year student, was _______ to join the Beijing sports training team to _______ for the first National Games of the People's Republic of China in 1959.

Although Zhong did not _______ to be a professional athlete, his love for sports never _______. In spite of his busy schedule as a doctor, Zhong _______ 3 or 4 times every week. Years of physical exercise gives him a healthy body, _______ him to continue marching forward in the medical field.

"You need to _______ in mind that the most important thing is not treating the disease, but treating the _______," said Zhong during a lecture at Guangzhou Medical University.

Zhong's life has always been closely _______ to his patients and to the development of the nation. When SARS _______, Zhong personally examined the mouth and throat of every _______ ill patient in his hospital, giving them comfort and _______ to fight the disease.

At the age of 84, Zhong is still _______ on the frontline of the novel coronavirus(新冠) outbreak. With his _______ medical skills and unwavering perseverance (不动摇的毅力), Zhong has become a _______ anchor (支柱) for Chinese people at this difficult time.

8 . With the passing of Professor Yuan Longping, China and the world have lost one of the greatest agricultural scientists on our planet, and I have lost a great friend.

Personally, it was a(n) _________ to know Professor Yuan over two decades. It was a particular pleasure to _________ to Changsha in2019 to join in _________ Professor Yuan’s 90th birthday.

My first interaction (互动) with Professor Yuan came in 2004 when he traveled to Des Moines, Iowa to _________ the World Food Prize. As president of that Foundation, I had the honor of hosting the _________ at which our founder Norman Borlaug _________ the Laureate sculpture to Professor Yuan. In the _________ photograph from that event, those two men were standing together. Even 100 years from now, that _________ will still represent one of the _________ moments in the history of __________.

Having worked closely with them, I can say they shared several characteristics that make them truly __________ figures for the ages. Professor Yuan was incredibly modest, never seeking fame or __________, rather focused only on hard work and results that could help people out of __________.

Professor Yuan believed __________ in the power of science. Using research, he continued up until his __________ days. Reflecting his achievements that were developed in rice, Professor Yuan always __________ a “down to earth” attitude. He always seemed more at home in a farm __________ than an office, and was most comfortable in his working clothes.

Finally, Professor Yuan was a __________. He always had time to answer questions and to speak with __________ scientists and students. The American high school student we sent to his research center each year always returned filled with __________ and a deep desire to learn more.

9 . There was a dollar on the floor. Dylan Belscher_________it as he sat at the back of his English class. He could have_________it easily without being discovered._________, he picked it up and brought it to Katie Mattison who was in charge of his class.

“It wasn’t my_________,” Belscher said. The little boy wanted to_________ the dollar, but Mattison_________ that Belscher should tape it on the whiteboard in the front of the classroom. Maybe the dollar was lunch money or bus fare for the student who_________it. So Mattison wanted the _________owner to claim (认领) it.

Later, little Hunter Rose spotted the dollar on the whiteboard. He asked some other kids _________a dollar was taped on the board. Everyone replied, “I don’t know.” Without much thinking, Rose taped a second dollar on the board.

That got it rolling. The__________of the two dollar bills triggered (触发) something in Mattison’s students. More students __________asking about the purpose of the two dollars and got the __________answer:I don’t know.

More students taped up one dollar bill on the whiteboard. Even with no specific purpose, many students __________to be part of whatever this was, __________that the eventual plan for the dollars would be for “something good”.

The amount continued to grow until it reached $175.76. As for the initial dollar, the person who lost it __________came looking. How to use the $175.76? Mattison decided upon the best __________: to donate the dollars in their names for the ALS (肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症) Therapy Development   Institute, which was established to seek a cure for the rare neurological disease. She asked the teens whether they__________the idea.

All students’ __________was to tape enough money over the next few days, which pushed the amount to $321.06. Many people were __________by Mattison’s students because the initial one dollar turned into a story of __________in the end.

10 . Blinking is the opening and closing of the eyelid (眼睑). Usually we blink once every four seconds during the_____ hours of every day. That is about 15 times per ____. So a person who sleeps 8 hours a day blinks about 14,400 times each day! And it all ___   automatically (无意识地).

The lids of our eyes ____ much like a car’s windscreen wipers, which are used to remove rain from a windscreen. However, they move very quickly so our eyesight is not damaged. So_____ do we blink, and why is blinking so ____?

For one thing, blinking helps ____ our eyes. As we know, eyelashes (睫毛) help ____ dust and other tiny things out. However, sometimes they still ____ the eye. Blinking helps remove them to keep the eyes from becoming ____. If you start blinking fiercely, it probably ____ you have something in your eyes.

Blinking ____ keeps the eyes lubricated (润滑). Our eyes have tiny tear glands (泪腺), which can keep the eyes wet. ____ our eyelids blink, the glands produce tears. A film of tears coats the eyes and prevents them from becoming too_____.

Have you ever had your picture taken and your eyes started to blink ____? That is because blinking also protects the eyes from strong ____. You may also ____ more when cutting fresh onions. The vegetable produces a gas that makes the eyes tear up and blink.

There are other reasons why we blink. Our eyes ____ blink more during times of worry than when we are calm. ____ we often blink less when we are doing a difficult task. Tiredness, disease, and injury to the eyes can also_____ how much we blink and how often.