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 . In 2019, I went on a winter break trip with my family. One of our _________ was London. The first thing that I _________ when I landed in London was the weather. It was too _________ for my liking as it required me to wear a thick jacket.

After some _________ using a map of London, we decided to go to Buckingham Palace first.

Buckingham Palace was one of the _________ of a “hop-on, hop-off (随上随下)” bus that we took. The palace itself didn’t look very big or impressive from the entrance _________ it got much more impressive when you entered the gates.

While continuing on the “hop-on, hop-off” bus, we _________ the London Bridge, which I didn’t notice until the driver pointed it out to me. While it felt kind of special to be driving on such an iconic (符号的) bridge, the _________ was not as cool as one would imagine it to be.

Besides its history, this bridge was just another bridge that _________ two masses of land, something that pretty much all __________ do.

When we __________ Big Ben, we decided to hop off the bus and take some __________. Big Ben was a pretty __________ experience for me. In many pictures of London, Big Ben is a very visible (看得见的) building in the skyline, and it was very nice for me to see the clock tower __________. I am a big fan of skyscrapers (摩天大楼) and skyscraper-like buildings so this clock tower certainly caught my __________.

4 . Fiona Famous was a popular girl. She got on well with everyone and was so busy that she________spend time with individual friends. However, she felt________; no other girl had so many friends.

Everything________on National Friendship Day. Everyone had to make three________to give to their three best friends. Fiona enjoyed the task. When all the presents had been________, Fiona was the only one who had not________a present! She felt________and cried. How could it be possible?No one________her as their best friend? Everyone came and________her for a while. But all only________for a while.This was what Fiona had done so many times to others.

Arriving home, Fiona asked her mother where she could________true friends. “My dear,” answered her mother,“you cannot buy________with a smile or a few good words. If you really_________true friends, you will have to give them real time and________.You must be available in good and bad times.”

“But I want to be everybody’s friend! I need to share my________!” Fiona claimed.

“You can’t be a close friend to everybody. There isn’t enough time. It’s only________to have some true friends. Others will be playmates,” said her mother.

Hearing this, Fiona________she had not been a true friend. She had________to pay attention to everyone, but that was not enough. To be close friends, you need to be________, lander stand what others are________and support them.

5 . I have done many things in the past four years I did not believe I would even consider, let alone do. Each of these _________ seemed to be a symbol of another step in my life that I _________ to get through to success. Not long ago I had the opportunity to _________ a rock wall. Now that does not sound very hard to _________. But when you look forty feet _________ and at the little things that you have to step on and hold onto, it doesn’t seem so _________ after all. At least that is what I _________. But I knew it was a challenge that I was going to take on. So I put on my climbing shoes, looked up at the wall and started up.

Each hand hold and each foot hold was carefully placed and one thing I _________ on the way up was to not look back or look down. About half _________ up I began to feel tired but I knew I could __________ it. So I continued one step at a time. And yes, I did make it to the top and what a joy it was to be forty feet in the air and look down at how __________ I had come. What fun and what a feeling of __________ it was coming back down and celebrating with the __________ I was with. Yes, eight of us climbed the wall in an afternoon of fun and challenge.

As I look at the experience I can see how it __________ my success and the direction I am continuing to pursue. It is __________ that every challenge and every road is conquered（征服）one step at a time. Every time I get a little __________, these challenges and experiences will help me through the tough times and stay focus on the __________. So many times people will look back and either slow down or stop because something discourages them. That day the prize was the __________ of the wall. But in life the prize is each __________ you have and celebrate as you conquer each challenge one step at a time. So __________ going and you will get to the top.

6 . Small children are easy to throw up in the air and catch-and they _________ it. “Again, Daddy, again!” Jacky shouts as I throw him skywards and catch him on the way back down again. He throws his arms and legs out _________ he were flying, his eyes wide with _________. His trust in me is _________ which is quite a nice feeling, but at the same time gives me a huge sense of _________ .

I hope Jacky will always trust me fully, but I know that, as he gets _________ , it will need more effort and sound judgment_________ . Trust is such an important part of a _________ relationship that it’s something that can’t _________ to lose. Every time I __________ Jacky to something new, he’ll do it only because he trusts me and feels __________ in the knowledge that he won’t get hurt .__________ , teaching Jacky to swim means he has to __________ that, when he’s swimming in the big pool, I’ll come to his rescue if his doggy paddle lets him down.

__________ in the workplace, trust is important for strong __________ . It is something that every manager should work hard to __________ among their team. If people don’t trust you, they’re unlikely to __________ your directions and willingly become a loyal (忠诚) team member. A __________ of trust can make people work against you rather than for you. At the very least, it means that people are not going to be __________ you their best. Good __________, like good parenting, is a long-term commitment.

7 . 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.

8 . 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 ________.

9 . Going to the Olympics wasn’t happening smoothly as I’d expected. I went to Greece as an alternate, but it was a ________experience-watching my teammates ________ together and compete day after day. I was part of the team, yet it was clear that I wasn’t   ________one of them. I never had a chance to compete. Still, I was proud of my identity. A reporter asked me how I felt about being________ as an alternate. I answered, “There is no event that can defeat my sense of inner ________.”

After I returned, I soon ________ myself. My coach even said it was as if I had   ________ on; he could see the light ________in me. In the gym, working on my training plans, I ________to my dream of being an Olympian, and from then on, I spent 24 hours a day________to this goal.

I________it to the 2008 Olympic tryouts in Philly, and sailed right through them. When the decision day finally came when the president of USA Gymnastics________ team members competing for Beijing Olympics, I was very, very confident. The second my name was heard, with a ________, I fell to my knees. Then, smiling and crying at the same time, I ________ up and hugged my coach. I hugged everyone. I was   ________   and inside I was grateful for the ________ and hardship I ever met with.

The greatest thing I got from those years is that once I find a(n)________, it’s a matter of grasping that dream with________ confidence and unwavering (坚定不移的) ________. And then let the dream ________me!

10 . 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.