1 . There once was an ordinary street in the suburbs where no one cared much for their gardens. The lawns were overgrown, the weeds were taking over and the hedges(树篱)_________ needed to be cut back. It looked very terrible. _________ when the neighbors saw their gardens, they just looked at each other and laughed.

It seemed too hard to clear all the gardens and no one could be _________ to make them better because everyone’s garden was equally _________. No one felt it was urgent to change anything. Then a gardener named Bill _________ in the small town. Bill was a _________, hard-working and patient man who started working in the garden as soon as he moved in the street. He took his lawn mower(割草机) out to cut back the grass and pulled out all of the _________. Finally, he took up his gardening and started _________ his hedges, making them look like flowers, plants, stones, balls, etc. It was a huge project but his hard work _________ and his garden looked inviting.

__________ by the beautiful scenery, the neighbors walked by and admired the __________ manicured(修整的) garden. Before long, something __________ happened. One by one, the neighbors started to put in more effort in their own gardens and the sounds of lawn mowers could be heard again. After a few months, the street was transformed from a dirty, __________ collection of houses to a beautiful street that wouldn’t be out of place in a stylish magazine.

One person’s action showed everyone what could be achieved with a little hard work. It’s easy for us to __________ the environment around us because no one else cares about it. Remember what you positively do not only benefits yourself, but also __________ a change to the whole world.

3 . Food is important. Everyone needs to ________ well if he or she wants to have a strong body. Our minds also need a kind of food. This kind of food is________. We begin to get knowledge even when we are young. Small children are ________ in everything around them. They learn________ while they are watching and listening. When they are getting older, they begin to________ science books, storybooks and anything else they like. When they find something new, they have to ask questions and ________ to find out the answers.

What is the best________ to get knowledge? If we learn ________ ourselves, we will get the most knowledge. If we are________ getting answers from others and don’t ask why, we will never learn more and understand________ . So we should believe in the saying that one is never too old to learn.

7 . Mylea lives in Australia, a country famous for kangaroos, but not for snow. Yet at 12, she _______ to ski at the North Pole.

Despite the lack of _______ training space, Mylea still built her _______ at the gym. She ran with giant tyres attached to her waist to _______ what it was like to pull a sled (雪橇) across ice. By the age of 14, Mylea was _______.

The world’s far north is not a blank carpet of soft snow, but Mylea didn’t _______ to the tough conditions. Even though every part of her body was _______, she never thought of quitting. In April 2016, Mylea made _______, becoming the youngest person to ski at the North Pole.

When talking about her _______, she stated that every human body is __________ whether you are a man or a woman. But when the talk was posted online, some Internet bullies wrote __________ comments like “Make me a sandwich” to make her feel __________.

To prove women’s place is far beyond the __________, Mylea and her team pushed on to the South Pole and made it. Holding a plate with a sandwich, Mylea proudly had her photo taken and posted online. She __________ the bullies, “I made you a sandwich. Now __________ 37 days and 600 km to the South Pole, and you can eat it.”

8 . There is a holiday next week and I can’t decide what to do． I have a lot of work to do_______ and this would be a good chance（机会）_______. But I don’t like _______ the holiday in such a way.I can work at home all the rest of the year.Last year, I went _______ to the mountains．_______ there was beautiful,but it is too cold at this time of a year． And it’s really _______ far to go for a short holiday． I decide _______ this isn’t a good time to _______ the mountains, and I _______to go somewhere else．Perhaps this would be a good chance to go to the beach（海滨）．I like to go for walks ________ the seashore（沿着海边） ________ the warm sunshine and watch the water． It’s only eight miles away and I could get there ________ about two hours． After thinking it ________,I am sure that this is a ________ time for the seashore than ________．

Oh， here is a letter ________ Jim． He ________ he is going to his house in the mountains for the ________，and he ________ me to go with him．________ giving it more thought， I write back to Jim and thank him for that.

9 . Many schools today have gardens. School gardens are planted by students and teachers and are filled with _______, often roses, sunflowers and vegetables. Whether the _______ is large or small, the students and school community (社区) who _______ the plants benefit (获益) from it a lot. Teachers can find creative ways to use school gardens as part of their _______. For example, science teachers can _______ a school garden to help students learn how plants grow. _______ teachers can ask students to draw plants. The _______ possibilities are endless.

There are many benefits for the students who work in the school gardens. One of the most _______ things they learn is responsibility. By caring for their _______, they learn the importance of responsibility. Gardens also provide lots of chances for __________. Students work together to plant, and care for the plants as they grow. They see a whole course that depends on the class working together as a team. A school garden not only benefits the whole __________; it also benefits the whole community! By __________ community members to help take care of the garden, students can get to __________ the people in their community. The food grown in the garden can be __________ to the local poor people, which will make students feel __________ about helping their neighbors.

On the whole, starting a school garden can be a wise choice for a school.

10 . My son Daniel’ s passion (激情) for surfing ______ at the age of 13. Before and after school each day he went surfing with his ______. Daniel’ s love of the sport was ______ one afternoon.

The lifeguard ______ over the phone to my husband Mike that my son had been ______ by the point of the board. Mike ______ him to the emergency room and Daniel received 26 stitches from the corner of his eye to the bridge of his nose.

I was ______ home from a speaking engagement while Daniel’s eye was being stitched. Mike drove ______ to the airport after they left the doctor’ s office. He ______ me at the gate and told me Daniel was waiting in the car.

I ran to the car so ______ that the heel of my shoe broke off. I swung open the door, and Daniel was leaning forward with both arms ______ toward me crying, “Oh, Ma, I’ m so glad you’ re home.”

I sobbed in his arms telling him how ______ I felt about not being there when the lifeguard called.

“It’s okay, Mom,” he ______ me. “I’ ll be fine. The doctor says I can go back in the water in eight days.”

“What?” I asked.

I told him he wasn’ t ______ to go near water again until he was 35.

For the next seven days he kept ______ me to let him go back on the board. One day after I ____ “No” to him, he beat me at my own game.

“Mom, you ______ us never to give up what we love.”

I ______.

Back then Daniel was just a boy who was ______ about surfing. Now he’ s a man with responsibility. He has a(n)_______among the top 25 professional surfers in the world.

I was tested in my own backyard on an important principle that I taught audiences in distant cities: “Passionate people embrace(拥抱)what they love and never give up.”