4 . During my recent tour to Kunming in Yunnan Province, I met a young Australian at Liuzhou railway station. I helped him get on board the_________with his luggage, and then we started_________in English. I_________that he was 21 years old, studying_________literature and history at University of Sydney, for he is fond_________eastern culture.

What surprised me was that, _________as he was, he had traveled a lot, not only in China but also in many other_________of Asia. He seemed to_________so much about Asian culture and history, and was_________familiar with Chinese literature and philosophy__________ such as Confucius, Lu Xun, Mao Dun and Mo Yan.

He is a college student, __________he does not limit himself to classroom reading only. He said if one really wants to know the__________, he or she should go out to see, hear and__________ real life. Besides, many students like him in Australia do__________jobs after class in order to make a living and save enough for__________.

I am a bit older than he is. But I find myself less__________than he is about many things in the world. Like some of my classmates at college, I often felt__________of being a college student. Now I come to realize we should__________the world to broaden our mind and__________a sense of responsibility for the world we live in. At the same time, as a Chinese, we should hold on to our traditional__________and spread it to the rest of the world.

5 . Juan Manuel Ballestero was on the island of Porto Santo in Portugal. There were no infected (感染的) people on the island, ______ his home country of Argentina had serious pandemics (疫情) and ______ all international passenger flights.

Worried about his ______, he reasoned that the best way to ______ his 90-year-old father was by sailing. So he took his sailboat and started an 85-day ______ alone across the Atlantic Ocean. ______ by sailboat came as second nature to Ballestero, who is a skilled sailor and fisherman with ______ on the water since he was 3.

Despite his experience, the voyage presented him with great ______. Terrible storms threatened (威胁) along the journey and he almost ______ his life off the coast of Brazil when he met heavy winds and waves that shook the small ______ from side to side. ______, he never considered stopping or heading back to Portugal. “There was no ______ ” he said, adding that he couldn't ______ the thought of being away from his family.

Alone and at the mercy of the sea, Blstereo wished for ______ at times. Luckily, a group of dolphins ______ him company on and off for 3,000 kilometers .A skua bird paid a visit, too. They seemed to serve as a ______ that he should “keep going”.

By the time Ballestero ______ on Argentine soil, news spread about the ______ visitor. He received a hero's ______. Photographers, reporters and local supporters showed up. The ______ story has made headlines around the world.

6 . Raju was an honest and kind-hearted boy. One day Raju was returning home from school on foot. Suddenly he saw a few boys throwing ________ at a puppy（小狗）. The poor puppy was crying bitterly as he was ________ injured. Seeing the incident, Raju’s heart was filled with ________. Then he told them that he would ________ the matter to their parents. On hearing it, the boys ________. Then Raju ________ the injured leg of the puppy with a handkerchief to stop bleeding.

When Raju got home, he told his parents what had happened and ________ them to allow him to pet the puppy. With great care the puppy was ________ quickly. He named the dog Tom and soon they became close friends. Every time Tom saw his little ________, he would become very happy and wagged（摇摆）his tail.

Months passed and Tom grew up. One ________ morning when Raju started for school, he said goodbye to Tom and Tom ________ Raju by wagging his tail. The school ended after the second period ________ the increasingly heavy rain. When Raju arrived home，he ________ Tom. Hearing his master’s call, Tom ran to Raju happily. But all of a sudden，Tom saw a ________ just five yards away from Raju and it attempted to bite him.

To ________   his master，Tom rushed to the snake and they fought a terrible fight. The snake was ________ at last. After some time, ________ ,Tom fell down, bleeding. Raju called his little friend by his name, Tom, again and again. But Tom did not ________. He ________ of the poison（毒）of the snake. For little Tom ________ ran down Raju’s face like the showers of rain.

7 . Max’s Best Friend

Max wasn’t feeling well one morning after a snow. So when it was time to walk his three year old dog named Cal, he ______ to a nearby field and let her out.

But then Max found himself short of ______ and decided to walk back to his car. The 58-year-old man was ______ a mild heart attack. After only a few steps, he ______.

For about an hour Max lay face-down in the snow, taking a quick deep breath for ______. His body ______ dropped to 32℃. Although he was almost unconscious(失去知觉的), he was still ______ of Cal running ______ him, barking loudly.

______, about 180 meters away, Cal found Mike, who was removing the ______ from a backyard ice rink (溜冰场) that he had made for his kids. She ______ to him barking.

“She was jumping back and forth (来回) at me,” Mike says, “going one way, ______ the other, as if to say ‘Come on. Let’s go’. But I didn’t know what she was ______ that for.”

The dog wouldn’t stop barking. Looking around, Mike could see ______ in the distance. So he ran with Cal back to where Max ______. Seeing that Max needed ______, Mike ran home to call 911, then returned with a blanket, ______ Max and waited for the medical aid. Max was taken to a local ______ and later sent to St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto. He ______ eight days later.

“Without the ______ and Mike, I wouldn’t be here,” Max says.

8 . All of us in Monte Vista Christian School know we’ll one day have graduation photos for the yearbook taken. As the time ______, the girls start to have a ______ about what they’ll wear and where to take the photos, while the boys ______ hardly talk about it. As for me, I ______ for my photos to be taken by the sea.

When I arrived there, I met my photographer, Annie. She asked me to make some poses and I ______ her advice. After that, I asked if she could make me look ______ by taking photos in a different way, ______ I’m less than 1.6 meters tall. To my ______ she responded, “I will make no ______ to make you look like someone you’re not. You look good in your own way.” She ______ that she wouldn’t try to edit the photos either.

I was shocked by what she said. Girls always ______ to look perfect by using different visual angles. When you go to a photo studio, photographers always try to hide your ______ by telling you to stand in a certain way. And picture editors can easily ______ your look by making you appear any you want to. ______, that’s not the case here. Seeing I was ______. Annie explained: “Everyone has his uniqueness. You need to ______ your own beauty. You cannot live in a world of ______ photos.”

It was the first time that I had met a photographer who doesn’t ______ photos at all. After the shoot, I saw the photos — they are ______ special and natural. But what’s even more special are Annie’s ______, which will always stay in my heart.