2 . It was the first night of a tiring seven-day 250km race across the Gobi Desert a year ago. Mr. Leonard___________a little dog going around his camp trying to ___________herself.

“Cute, but I’m not giving you any,” Leonard thought. Like all ___________, he had packed just enough for the whole ___________. He’d been running competitively for three years, and he had a___________ to win.

The next day, at the starting line, the dog ___________ him again. He waved her away, worried that she might be stepped on by the runners. ___________, the dog followed him all the way until the day’s race ___________. That night the dog snuggled (偎依) up to Leonard and even___________ to get a little food from him. By then, he was determined to name her Gobi.

The pair went on to finish the seven-day race, with Gobi____________ a distance of 125km on her own, and winning Leonard over, enough for him to make a____________ — he would take her home to Edinburgh. “Seeing Gobi on the race ____________my attitude to things. It made me think more about stopping and helping her, rather than just focusing on winning, ” said Leonard, who finished second. “It also made my running more enjoyable , giving me a lot of pleasure.”

As Leonard was preparing to get Gobi home, she was missing. With a group of 20 local volunteers coming to his ____________ , he finally found her. After that, Leonard never let Gobi out of his____________. Now Gobi’s favorite activity is still running, and she__________ does at least 8km a day with Leonard up the hills.

3 . So this is it—senior high school at last! I’m not outgoing so I’m a little _____right now. I want to make a good first ___. Will I make any friends? What if no one ____ to me?

I just had my first maths class at senior high school! The class was difficult, ____ the teacher was kind and friendly. He _____ told us a funny story, and everyone laughed so much! I found most of my classmates and teachers friendly and _____.

This afternoon,we had our chemistry class in the science lab. The lab is new and the lesson was great, but the ____ next to me tried to talk to me the whole time. I couldn’t concentrate on the ______. I really wanted to tell him to please be _____ and leave me alone.

What a day! This morning, I was _______ that no one would talk to me. But I was wrong. I didn’t feel ______ or frightened at all. I miss my friends from _____ high school, but I believe I will make new friends here, and there’s a lot to ____ at senior high. I feel much more ____ than I felt this morning. I think that tomorrow will be a _____ day.

4 . My 12-year-old niece was staying with us for a little while. One night we stayed up talking about how we used to _________and take part in random acts of kindness. We talked about how so much had_________, and how difficult it would be to do so many of those things now, _________ when it came to helping out strangers.

The next day, I _________ something from downtown and took her to shop. We were walking around _________we heard a beautiful male voice singing. We turned around to see a middle-aged man sitting on a corner with his guitar. A couple was sitting on a bench nearby and listening to his _________.

After I ran my errand (杂事), we_________to sit at an outdoor restaurant across from him on the other side of the street. My niece kept_________and saying how wonderful his singing was. Seeing how moved she was by his music, at the end of our_________, I gave her a $10 bill and asked her to put it in his bowl.

She was __________, and headed over. As she __________, the man was just finishing a song, and they had a conversation. She told him how __________ she was by his music, and he told her she__________his day. As she was excitedly talking about the __________with me, she mentioned, “He didn’t even know how much it was. He just__________ that someone was enjoying his music.”

5 . Different things usually stand for different feelings.Red，for example，is the color of fire，heat，blood and life.People say red is an exciting and active color.They associate red with a strong feeling like_______．Red is used for signs of_______，such as STOP signs and fire engines.Orange is the bright，warm colors of_______in autumn.People say orange is a_______color.They associate orange with happiness.Yellow is the color of_______.People say it is a cheerful color.They associate yellow too，with happiness.Green is the cool color of grass in_______．People say it is a refreshing color.

In general，people_______two groups of colors：warm colors and cool colors.The warm colors are red，orange and_______.Where there are warm colors and a lot of light，people usually want to be_______．Those who like to be with________like red.The cool colors are________and blue.Where are these colors，people are usually worried.Some scientists say that time seems to________more slowly in a room with warm colors.They suggest that a warm color is a good________for a living room or a________.People who are having a rest or are eating do not want time to pass quickly.________colors are better for some offices if the people working there want time to pass quickly.