1 . Zhang Shuo became a winner of Labor Day Medal of this year. Before that, he was _________ with the title of “the Most Beautiful Worker” on April 30, 2022.

Zhang Shuo got a job of designing advertisements in Harbin in 2015. Two years later, he decided to return to his hometown, Dongsheng Village in Hegang, to help his aging parents with their rice farm. He started his job as a food deliveryman (快递员) in 2018. “I just wanted to use the off season of farming to _________ some money, and I didn’t plan on it becoming a permanent ( 长 期 的 ) job,” he said. “I found the _________ development space, so I decided to _________ and do better.”

Zhang Shuo was always attaching more importance to the quality of service than the quantity of orders. In late December 2018, a snowstorm _________ deliverymen to take food to customers on foot. To prevent the food from getting cold, Zhang Shuo _________ the food with his coat. Around two hours later, the customer received his food and it was still _________. Every time Zhang Shuo finished a(n) _________, he would take away the rubbish outside his customer’s door, which brought him lots of good reviews.

In June, 2019, Zhang Shuo became the manager of the delivery operations of Meituan in Hegang City. Since then, he began to find more ways to help young villagers get out of poverty (贫穷) and increase their _________. “I hope to recruit (招募) more excellent young people and double the size of my team in the future,” he said. “__________, I hope to lead more local people to a better life.”

2 . Every Saturday, Grandpa and I walked to a nursing home. “Whoever visits the sick gives them life,” Grandpa ______ believed.

One day Grandpa was suddenly ______ to hospital. Worse still, we were told he was ______ to recover, deep sadness over our family.

Saturday came. I had not ______ to go there, but Grandpa’s words rang in my head. So alone I went. Everyone was happy to see me but ______ when not seeing Grandpa. When told his ______, they comforted me in tun, “Do your best and God will do the rest.” They all tried in their unique way to cheer me up and ______ for Grandpa.

For days, neither could Grandpa sit up, nor would he speak or eat. The atmosphere was awfully ______. Suddenly the nurse came in, saying, “You have visitors.” I ______. The guys Grandpa and I visited every Saturday were all present.

They all showcased their best to the fullest, thus making grandpa’s day. Visiting hours went so fast that they had to ______ and told grandpa they would come again soon. I was ______ in tears.

That evening, Grandpa sat up and asked the ______ what he could eat. Day by day he ______ for the better. Grandpa’ recovery was a medical ______, the doctors thought. But I knew the truth: His friends’ ______ had made him well.

3 . There once lived a monster named Nian, who lived deep in the sea and climbed up to eat cattle and ______ people.

Then, one New Year’s Eve, the villagers were in a great ______ to run away. Some were closing windows and locking doors, some were ______ and others were driving cattle and sheep. There came a beggar (乞丐), saying “I’ll drive away the ______ .”

Around ______ Nian rushed into the village. He found the grandmother’s house was bright with red paper ______ on the doors. The monster gave a loud cry, looked ______ for a moment and went to the door. There suddenly came the sounds of explosions (爆炸). Shaking all over, the monster dared not take a step ______ . It turned out that the colour ______ flames and explosions were what Nian feared the most. The monster ran away quickly in the darkness. All the villagers felt ______ and came back to thank the beggar.

To ______ such good luck, the villagers put on their ______ clothes and hats and went to their relatives and friends to send their ______ and congratulations. These ______   have been passed down through the generations, which is the ______ of the Spring Festival.

4 . On a cold snowy winter evening, Joe was driving home on a country road. Ever since the local restaurant closed, he had been_________.

He didn’t know he’d soon come across a stranger who would change his _________. That stranger was an old lady, a restaurant owner, whose car got a flat tire, _________ on the road. She had a _________ tire attached to the back of her car, but she was unable to handle it. And unfortunately, her cellphone had been _________. She had to turn to passing cars for _________ . Nevertheless, no one had _________ to help for the last hour or so.

After driving for a while, even in the _________ light of evening, Joe could see an old lady needed help.

So he pulled up in front of her car and got out. Seeing the flat tire, Joe believed that he could _________it.

Then, he let the lady wait inside her car while he was __________ the tire. Finally, he finished. The lady offered Joe some money to show her __________ but Joe declined. Then, the lady chatted with him and learned about his __________ . Joe expressed his eagerness to find a job to make ends __________of his family. They exchanged phone numbers before waving goodbye. Days later, Joe __________ a new job in the old lady’s __________. Sometimes a good turn deserves another.

5 . The biology class was very interesting. Peter’s teacher asked everyone to thank him as he had made it possible for them to study a butterfly so _________.

While going back home, Peter carried a bottle with the butterfly. On the way, whatever small creature Peter_________, he felt like putting them into the bottle. And he also checked to make sure to give _________ space to his butterfly.

Peter woke up around midnight suddenly. He returned to the table where he placed the butterfly and lightly patted the bottle. The butterfly did not move. Peter thought it must be _________. He shook the jar, but still no _________. All of a sudden, Peter was scared. He poured a little water into the jar. The water seemed to _________ as the butterfly moved a little. Peter let out a sigh of _________. Sitting on his bed, he _________ the jar and found the butterfly was still again.

After a while Peter got up, holding the bottle tightly, ran out, quickly _________ the lid of the bottle and started shaking it gently. The butterfly started to move slowly like waking from a deep sleep. It __________ itself on the edge of the bottle and __________ there, and Peter also waited.

Then butterfly began to flutter its wings. To Peter, the tiny __________ of the fluttering wings was musical. Later, there was a loud thud. Peter looked at the jar and found the butterfly ___________ He sat looking at the empty bottle, feeling a little __________. But he was happy that the butterfly was back to where it __________ —nature.

6 .

A Bite of China is a very popular TV program. It shows the relationship between_________and people in Chinese culture. To our joy, it returned for its third season on CCTV on Feb 19th during the Spring Festival. In fact, its first season and the second were very wonderful. When A Bite of China I was on TV, it_________attracted a number of audiences.

A Bite of China III has already broadcast (播放) eight episodes(集). Every episode has a different topic. The producer and director of the third season is Liu Hongyan. She invited a Dutch photographer, Banito Strangio, to_________her team. She said that the foreign designers from different countries have_________cultural traditions. _________we can find different ways are used in the program to show the traditional Chinese diet culture.

Many experts do think of this program as an/a_________food program. It is because it shows the_________of Chinese food. A Bite of China makes Chinese people memorize their cooking traditions. Most of the traditions have been forgotten in today’s_________life. So the program has more educational_________.

Chinese eating habits__________traditional Chinese culture. A Bite of China III continue to show the beauty of the Chinese diet and the real meaning of Chinese culture.

7 . Sam Geezer is a retired (退休的) doctor and has decided to open a medical clinic (诊所). He_________a sign outside that said: “Dr Geezer’s Clinic. Get your treatment for 500 dollars. If you are not cured, you will receive a refund (退款) of 1,000 dollars.”

One day, Thomas passed_________the clinic and saw the sign. He thought this would be a great_________for him to make some money. So he went to Dr Geezer’s clinic.

Thomas said, “I have lost the sense of_________in my mouth. Can you please help me?” Dr Geezer said, “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in_________mouth.”

After _________the drops, Thomas shouted: “Agh, that is gasoline(汽油)!”

Dr Geezer said, “Congratulations! You’ve got your sense of taste back. That will be 500 dollars.”

Thomas left the clinic_________. But he went back after a couple of days to try to get his money back. Thomas said: “I have lost my memory. I cannot_________anything.

Dr Geezer said, “Nurse, please bring medicine from box 22 and put 3 drops in the patient’s mouth.”

Thomas said: “Oh no, you don’t ... That is gasoline.”

Dr Geezer said: “Congratulations! You’ve got your memory back. That will be 500 dollars.”

Thomas had lost 1,000 yuan. He left angrily and came back after several more days.Thomas said: My eyesight has become weak. I can _________ see anything!

Dr Geezer said, “Well, I don’t have any medicine for that, so here’s your 1,000 dollars back!” He then gave Thomas 10 dollars.

Thomas said, “But this is only 10 dollars!”

Dr Geezer said: “Congratulations !You got your____________ back! That will be 500 dollars.”

8 . Beethoven was a great musician. One evening, young Beethoven was out for a walk. As he was passing a wooden house, he ________ someone inside practicing one piece of his music. He stopped to listen, and a girl said that she wished she could hear a real ________ play it.

Beethoven went into the house, ________ the young lady at the piano was blind. A young man stood beside her. Beethoven asked ________, “Would you mind me playing for you?” ________ they didn’t know who the stranger was, the lady and the man said yes happily. Beethoven sat at the piano and began to play. He played so well that all of them lost themselves in the beautiful music. Even when the lonely candle in the room ________ and the moon shone brightly through the window, he was ________ playing!

When Beethoven left the house, the moon seemed even ________ in the night sky. He was deeply ________ by the young lady’s love for his music and was greatly encouraged by the beautiful night. He rushed back home ________ and spent the whole night writing down the music that he had played at the blind girl’s house.

This is a story of “Moonlight Sonata”, one of the classics in the history of music.

9 . There are many birds that visit our leafy garden. But it’s the pair of orange frogmouths (蟆口鸱) that have been returning for years to ________ their young that bring the most excitement. It’s been wonderful to ________ how both parents take on the serious duty of caring for their young.

Last summer the frogmouth family, parents and two babies, was ________ sitting in a tall tree close to our backyard enjoying the late afternoon sunshine. With little ________, a light rain began to fall.

At first the birds seemed to ________ the rain and moved out along the branch, loosing their ________ to take advantage of the wet weather. But within minutes, day turned to night. ________ clouds gathered. Crashing thunder and blinding lightning, wild winds and driving rain ________ the small garden into a(n) ________ place for the little family.

Through the flashes of lightning, we watched in ________ as the parents guided their little ones back along the branch to the tree trunk, both parents ________ their wings over the young to protect them from the powerful rain. When the ________ passed, the family moved back out along the ________, bathed in the sunshine.

When I look up at the pair of yellow frogmouths who continue to visit our ________, I know I’m not just looking at devoted parents, but very ________ ones.

10 . It’s not easy to be a parent, especially when your kids are having a hard day.

Devon Linden’s children go to practise swimming every week, usually without much trouble, but a recent visit proved to be very_________. Both of her kids’ were having meltdowns (崩溃), and the mom was struggling to _________them down.

“I was really, _________, near to tears just as a mom trying to comfort my kids and get them out of there,” Devon shared.

At that moment, a stranger handed her a _________of encouragement. Devon didn’t get the chance to_________it until she got in the car but, once she did, she couldn’t _________crying loudly.

“Your life and purpose is huge,” the note read. “Life is so meaningful. Every day is a_________, so make it count. Be happy!”

In addition to these _________words was a $100 bill.

“The moment she saw me _________, she didn’t have__________on me, my kids and anything that was__________,” Devon said. “She just chose to bless(祝福) me.”

After__________such kindness, Devon now tries to be like this kind stranger, so she can be helpful in the best way.

They may never meet again, but if this __________mom could tell this kind stranger just one thing, she’d say, “Really just thank you for seeing me in a __________ time and giving me exactly what I __________at that moment to feel like I can spend my day being a good mom.”