1 . My father often works very hard. And he has_________to see a film. Here I’ll tell you_________about him.

One afternoon, when he finished his work and_________ go home, he found a film ticket under the_________on his desk. He thought he_________to have not much work to do that day and_________ was quite wonderful to pass the_________at the cinema. So he came back home and_________finished his supper. Then he said_________ to us and left.

But to our__________ , he came back about half an hour later, I__________ him what was the matter. He smiled and told us about__________funny thing that had happened at the cinema.

When my father was sitting in his seat, a__________came to my father’s and said that the seat was__________ . My father was surprised. He took out the ticket__________ looked at it carefully. It was Row17, __________ . And then he looked at the seat. It was the same. So he asked her__________ her ticket. She took out the ticket at once and the seat shown in it was Row 17, Seat 3.   __________ ? What’s the matter with all this? While they were wondering suddenly the woman said, “The__________of the tickets are different.” So they looked at the ticket more carefully. After a while, my father said, “Oh, __________ , I made a mistake. My ticket is for the film a month ago. Take this seat, please.” With these words, he left the cinema.

2 . Recently, a bride's(新娘的) "first look" photo with a dog is viewed thousands of times on Facebook. Earlier this month, Kristen and Duncan Dupree held their wedding ceremony in the city of Spanish Fort. The joyful________of the bride's "first look" then spread very________on social media. However, the________didn't capture(捕捉)Kristen and her soon-to-be husband then.________, the photo was of the bride and the couple's dog, Zeke.

The________of love was captured by photographer Perri Farlow as Zeke ran to meet Kristen and happily kissed her________he were the one to marry Kristen.

The couple later________that her family and friends were the only ones who________the moment on her wedding day, and knew how________the moment was for her.

"They all________after seeing my first look. We are all dog people and they knew the________I felt when seeing my boy!" Kristen said.

"Anyone who knows us knows how much we________Zeke. He goes________with us. Family beach trips, hunting camp weekends, boat days," she said. "He is one of the________dogs I've ever met, and he makes every trip relaxing and funny!"

"He is our best friend and there is no________about it," Kristen said of Zeke's________on the couple's wedding day.

Though Kristen was very________at the attention from the public, she said the love between her and Zeke was just as________as it looked.

"I didn't expect to receive so much attention. But Zeke________an important role in my life and that moment is so great for me," she later wrote on Facebook. "I'm really________to Perri for capturing it so perfectly. Thanks."

3 . Almost everything was fantastic in the camp except for a girl, Elizabeth. When I saw her sitting alone in the hot sun at lunch, I asked her to eat with us under a_________tree. However, Elizabeth refused my kind _______. When we invited her to play volleyball with us, Elizabeth_______ our invitation, too. After a few more _______ refusals like that, I _______ to stay away from Elizabeth.

It _______ that we were going on a hike and our instructor paired everyone up with a partner. _______who my partner turned out to be. It was Elizabeth!

“What do you like to do for fun?”I asked, trying to make small _______ as we started out. “ I like to _______ in peace and quiet,” Elizabeth ________. So we had the quietest and most peaceful hike in the world ________ we saw a bird. “I think his wing is hurt. Poor little bird, ”Elizabeth said ________ “He might be taking a rest over there.” I said. Elizabeth nodded. Then she whispered, “But what if he’s in ________, like my granddad?” “Your granddad?” I said. “He ________ and broke his leg the day the camp started. He’s ________ in hospital and is in so much pain,”Elizabeth explained. I noticed she was crying “I’m sorry for what I have done. For some reason, whenever I get really sad, act rudely and want to be ________ ,”she added.

“I get it, ” I said. “I don’t always know how to ________ it when I’m feeling down, either.” “Thanks,” she said, wiping off her ________.

After that, Elizabeth seemed to get along well with us, and I think she actually ________the last few days of the camp.

Next time, if someone is unfriendly, give him a second ________. Maybe he’s going through a tough time and just doesn’t know how to deal with it.

4 . Many people do not understand a love of reading.Why bother with reading?

Reading books can be an escape.A book is another ____ you can pretend to live in for a little while.You can have a ____ into someone else’s life and someone else’s problems.For the time that you ____ the book in your hands,you can ____ from the world for a while.You can choose your other world,be it ____ or future,male or female,near or far.Any type of world you want to escape to exists in books. 

You can ____ just about anything you want from a book.Fiction or non-fiction, both have something to teach.Non-fiction,of course,can ____ you facts.There are books with general or specific ____,like biographies and historical accounts. There are books about science,dinosaurs,art,cooking and everything in between. Fiction books,even those not based on fact,can offer knowledge about other’s lifestyles and thoughts. 

Reading is a great way to ____.It takes your mind off life.It doesn’t require much ____ or preparation though,just picking up a book.____, it can be done anywhere for any amount of ____.If you just need a quick five-minute break,a book will ____.If you have an hour to spare,you can ____ for that too. 

Books are informative,relaxing and can help you escape.____ up a book and see if it turns you into a reader!

5 . I remember the day when shyness took over my life. I was 14 and having a French lesson. The teacher told us to record ourselves _____about a film. Perfect! I recorded myself______Then I pressed “play” to listen back. What I heard was a little kid talking. My______reaction was to assume I was listening to someone else’s recording. But that was my______! I realized there was something______about me.

My little voice has made me feel really shy. And my shyness has caused me to _____attending events, not make important______, and keep my ideas to myself. As a shy person, working from home, hiding behind my computer was______, but the more time I spent hidden away, the smaller my comfort zone became. Everyday______, like ordering a coffee, became increasingly awkward and______.

And, then, one day I was at a big conference and it suddenly _____me like lightning. All speakers were confident, comfortable with being______. There were no quieter voices. But the_____is, if the loud voices are the only ones you hear, we quieter people feel even more______. The world needs mixture of personalities. Success is not just about who can shout the _____. The world needs quieter people, too. That day I chose to stop______and hug my shyness. No more feeling like I needed to change who I am in order to______. No more living a small life.

Then I created the Shy and Mighty Society, a space for shy people like me to______, and in the process of helping others, I could also push myself______, bit by bit. Now, I’m happy to tell people I feel shy. I’m not______any more. And I know that I’m not alone.

6 . Tianwu has climbed Huashan more than 3,000 times in the past decade. He is a ________, transporting goods up the slopes on his back, for a living. But he is most ________ for his disability: He has only one arm.

He ________ his left am in an accident in 1992 at the coal mine. With two young children and parents to ________, he was working overtime that day when a pulley brake ________ after that he opened a store, but it went bankrupt from too many ________ sales.   ________ his hard work, he was left with nothing but debts. Then he heard about bearers for Huashan Mountain from a friend and thought it would be an ________ job.

His first job was to ________ 30 kilograms of goods to High Ladder: He had a companion who ________ mid-way, but he finished his job with ________ pain in his knees. But as he ________ experience through the years, he has developed his own ________ for climbing the mountain.

Now he carries 60 kilograms of goods up the mountain every day—1 kilogram more than his own body weight. ________, he makes three to four trip s each day to and from. “I ________ each step very carefully and have never had any accident in the past 10 years.” He said.

Being a bearer is a tiresome and dull job in many people's minds, but he enjoys himself. He appreciates and remembers the calligraphy ________ in the rocks and copies them. His favorite one is. “Though heavy snow falls down on verdant pines. the pines still stand ________.” He once said. “I'd like to stay here because the mountain pays my hard work ________.”

“I don't lament for my ________ days and will not fear the future,” He said. The painstaking job has given him a strong ________.

7 . He really did look like a tourist, with a camera around his neck and a bottle of sunscreen sticking out of his bag. The fat man sat on the terrace (草坪), drinking lemonade, a little bit each time, and _______ to look at a smooth and shiny cruise brochure. His sunglasses _______ his eyes, but I knew he wasn’t looking at the brochure: he hadn’t turned a _______ for the last ten minutes.

As I brought him what he had ordered, he coughed up a “thank you” and looked at me _______ . I tried not to stare at the tiny scar across his left eyebrow.

I walked back inside with my_______tray (托盘), shaking my head. He looked familiar, but I couldn’t quite place him.

Then it _______ me. The car accident. The mysterious stranger who helped me out of my smashed car,_______before it exploded. I_______back to his table. He was gone. I moved his saucer and found his tip, along with a _______:

I am deeply thankful to you. The night of your car accident, I was on my way to ________ a jewelry store. I now live an honest life, thanks to you. God bless you! Mr. D.

I trembled. The night of my car accident, I was ________for an interview in a shady dance club. Seeing human kindness through his ________behavior turned my life around and brought faith back into my life.

I ________the tip he left. Among the one-dollar notes was a 100-dollar note with a pen mark ________“In God We Trust”, which first appeared on paper money in 1957.

I said a silent prayer for him and got back to work,________.

8 . Years ago a farmer owned land along the Atlantic seacoast. He constantly advertised for hired hands but never made it because most people were afraid of the awful_______

Finally, a short, thin man, well past middle age,_______ the farmer."Are you a good farmhand?” the farmer asked him.

＂Well,I can sleep when the wind blows," answered the little man.

Although puzzled by this answer, the farmer, _______for help,still hired him.The little man worked well _______ the farm,busy from dawn to dusk, and the farmer felt _______ with the man's work.

Then one night the wind _______ loudly in from the offshore. Jumping out of the bed, the farmer grabbed a_______ and rushed next door to the hired man's sleeping quarters. The farmer shook the little man and_______,"Get up! A storm is coming! Tie things down before they blow away!”

But the little man. _______ in bed and said firmly,"No sir. I told you,I can sleep when the wind blows."

The farmer was tempted to fire him on the spot.________,he hurried outside to prepare for the storm. To his ________,he discovered everything had been tied down.The cows were in the barn, the chickens were in the coops, and the doors were   ________.The shutters were tightly secured. ________ could blow away. The farmer then understood ________ his hired man meant, so he returned to his bed to also sleep while the wind blew.

When you're prepared,spiritually, mentally and physically , you have nothing to ________.Can you sleep when the wind blows through your life?

9 . From Facebook I got to know the Cajun Navy.And there,thousands of selfless volunteers piloted_______ into flooded areas,assisting emergency responders.So I download the app Zello And _______ the Cajun Navy channel.A couple of women who had been taking _______ from victims came on the line at 11:00 am and asked whether anyone could _______ through the night.I said,"I can.”

I got two-minute "training"and a"Good luck!".Then I began to answer calls.The first call was from Chad.He was _______in his house with water up to his chests.He was about to go to his attic（阁楼）．I told him to go to his roof _______,so he wouldn't become trapped by the rising water.

I took request after request.Around 4:30 am,I got a request from Saundra whose grandfather lived _______She was worried because without anyone around, he could not _______ to 911.I assured her that someone would get to him.

But later I learned the Cajun Navy had no boats on the water to help,with the flood so severe.It's no wonder that we had so many people desperately begging for rescue.It looked as if I'd been _______ Seven hours after the calls, we got word that the Cajun Navy was finally .________ to go onto the water.Every 30 minutes,I'd________ the rescuers of Saundra's grandfather.

At 3:00 pm,Saundra told me that her grandfather was on his way to a rescue center.I let out a huge sigh of ________ I texted Chad at 5:30 pm to see whether he was________I got his word“We are safe now".

I'd been awake for 20 hours but wasn't ________,There was no way I could have ________ right then.I didn't know how police officers, firefighters, 911 workers and EMT s did this every day, but I did know I was grateful beyond measures that they did it.

10 . I passed a man on the way home from work one night a few years ago. He was walking staggeringly(蹒跚)along the road. I _______ wondering whether to stop and give him a _______ ，at least down to a safer part of the road. Then the car behind me overtook me and I lost the courage to stop there as the road was so _______ .

I couldn’t be sure but he appeared to be quite _______ . A truck turned _______ to avoid him at one point—he didn’t appear to _______ .

I pulled into a lay-by(停车带)，a little way down the road，waiting for him to reach my car. He’d probably decline my _______ of a lift，or smell really bad or…a number of things _______my head while I waited.

Five minutes went by and I sat on. He approached my car. My windows were_______down，and I asked him if he wanted a lift. He indicated that he was going to the next town，just out of my way，but not far enough to put me to________. So in he got.

“Sorry，I'm really drunk. I've been at a funeral(葬礼). I'm Ryan. ”and he gave me his hand. I drove and we talked. He told me he’d just buried his uncle. He called me brother and offered me his cool sunglasses as ________ . I refused and said the joy was in the________ .

Three times along the way he told me，“ Whatever we put out there comes back to us. Something good will come to you for picking me up. ”

I________him at the next crossroad. We shook ________ and said goodbye to each other. I felt as if I’d been ________ somehow. I think I have been.