1 . In today’s fast-paced world, it’s easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life and neglect the simple pleasures that bring us true _______. One such pleasure is reading, a hobby that can transport us to different worlds, broaden our horizons, and enrich our lives in _______ ways.

Reading is not only a source of entertainment but also a _______ tool for personal growth. Through books, we can gain _______ and understanding of topics ranging from science and history to human behavior and emotional intelligence. We can learn about different cultures, religions, and philosophies, _______ a deeper understanding of the world around us.

Moreover, reading has the ability to spark our imagination and creativity. As we _______ the stories of characters in novels or poems, we are invited to imagine their worlds, emotions, and motivations. This exercise in imagination can lead to increased creativity in our own lives, helping us to find new _______ to problems and approaches to challenges.

In addition to its intellectual benefits, reading can also be a source of comfort and relaxation. Curling up with a good book after a long day can help to reduce stress and _______ a sense of calm and well-being. The act of reading itself can be a form of meditation, helping us to _______ our attention and quiet our minds.

_______ , reading is a hobby that offers countless benefits to our lives. It enriches our minds, sparks our imagination, and provides a source of comfort and relaxation. In a world that is constantly changing and _______ , the joy of reading remains a constant source of happiness and growth. So why not _______ time for reading in your daily life and discover the joy it has to offer?

By making reading a part of our daily routine, we can open ourselves up to new ideas, expand our knowledge base, and _______ our minds in ways that are both enjoyable and _______ . The joy of reading is a gift that keeps on giving, so let’s make sure to _______ it by picking up a book today.

2 . When life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade (柠檬水).That’s exactly what a girl in Chicago did.She was not _______ by a day of slow sales that _______ a robbery.

11-year-old Alizay Kashif _______ a lemonade stand in a quiet place outside her home._______ keeping the money for herself, she planned to _______ whatever she earned to Feeding America, a hunger relief organization.

_______ after two and a half hours, she took in only $9. Feeling _______ for her, her father Zaman Kashif _______ to buy some of her snacks and drinks. “I need some _______ customers, Dad.” She refused __________.To make things worse, two teens robbed her of all the $9.

Seeing how __________ his daughter was, Zaman turned to the social media platform (平台) Nextdoor,which aims to build connections between neighbors. Many strangers were touched that Alizay didn’t give up her business because of the robbery and came to __________ Alizay’s business.Her business was booming (兴旺).In total, Alizay __________ to raise $348 for charity, which helped feed over 6,000 __________ families across the nation.

“I think that was super nice and really __________ the day.”Alizay said.

3 . In 1963, at age 65, my grandfather decided to build a new house on his farm. In order to save money, he hired a bulldozer (推土机) to________the old house far out to the________and it sits there to this very day.

We moved in the farm two years after my father passed away. When my wife took one look at the ________house, she________tearing it down. I agreed, but thought it________to check it out first, in case something of value had been________.

I walked into the woods where the old house sat. Most of the windows were________, and the siding was falling off. I entered through an open window. Suddenly, a(n)________on the floor caught my eye. I opened it. It was dated September 1944, when my father was serving in the navy abroad, at the age of 18. It wasn’t hard to read between the________. Here was a(n)________ young man, a kid really, who left his home and fought battles somewhere in the South Pacific. At the________of the page, in underlined print, my father had passed on one last message. Tears________my eyes as I read those words he had so________stressed：“All is well here. Please don’t worry. I am doing fine.”

As I left the old house that day, I took one last________back at it over my shoulder. I don’t care what anyone thinks. I________∶That old house gets to stay there until it rots (腐烂) into the earth.

4 . A video showing a 12-year-old boy from Moche, Peru, doing his homework on the sidewalk, under a streetlight, has been watched several million times on Facebook after being ____ by the local police.

Staff at the Moche police station first ____ Victor Martin late last month, while checking security cameras (监控摄像). They found a young boy siting on the sidewalk by ____ at night. At first, they thought he was doing something bad, but later they realized he was ____ writing something in his notebook, taking advantage of the streetlight overhead. Moved by the boy’s ____, the police shared the video on Facebook.

At the time of this writing, Victor’s heart-warming and ____ heart-breaking story has spread all around the world. The local TV station ____ to find the boy and sat down with his mother to learn why he was doing his homework on the street instead of at home.

It turns out that the 12-year-old’s family is so ____ that they couldn’t pay for electricity, so they just depended on a ____ during the night. Unluckily, Victor Marin could ____ finish his homework before the sun went down, and recently he couldn’t ____ the weak candlelight any more.

“One day, my son said ‘ ____ I continue with the candle, I will be crazy! I’d better go outside to finish my homework’. ” Rosa Angulo Cordoba told Panamericana TV. She ____ that Victor’s neck would often become hard to move because of tilting (倾斜) is head to let the candlelight through.

Victor’s mother has said that although he ____ housework and takes care of the family sheep every day, the sixth grader takes ____ very seriously and gets good grades.

5 . The Art of Poetry

Poetry is a form of expression that captivates the heart and mind. It is not just about rhyming lines or perfect meter, but about conveying deep, often unspoken emotions. A poet uses words to paint pictures, to tell stories, and to express ideas in a way that is unique and powerful.

In poetry, every word counts. It’s not just the meaning of the words, but how they sound together, how they flow. The rhythm of a poem can   _______ a heartbeat or the quiet   _______ of a summer breeze. Imagery in poetry helps to create a vivid picture in the reader’s mind. It’s like a _______ that takes you on a journey through the poet’s thoughts and feelings.

But poetry is not always easy to understand. Sometimes, it requires   _______ and patience to unravel the layers of meaning hidden within the lines. It might speak of love, loss, joy, or pain, and often it reflects the _______ of life itself.

Poetry is a bridge between the _______ and the unknown. It allows us to explore the depths of our   _______ and to connect with others on a level that is deeper than words alone can achieve. In this way, poetry is not just a form of art; it is a form of   _______.

However, the true essence of poetry goes beyond its words and   _______. It captures the intangible, the feelings and thoughts that are universal yet deeply personal. Through poetry, we can experience the world from different perspectives, gaining insights into cultures, histories, and individual experiences.

Ultimately, poetry is a celebration of language and its power to evoke emotion, provoke thought, and connect us across time and space. It is a testament to the human spirit’s capacity for creativity and expression, where words become more than mere sounds or letters. They become the   ________ of our shared humanity.

6 . Dr Rabia Sa’id grew up in a polygamous (一夫多妻的) family, which is legal in parts of Nigeria; her father and two mothers had ten children _______ lost three of them.

Her father was a _______, so she attended an Army school, finishing at the _______ of her class.“If you are very _______ in my country, the government will direct you to study science, ” she explained.“I’ve always wanted to get higher education; never wanted to just stay back and be a wife and mother.”

But after high school, she put her _______ on hold.She had three young children and she had to wait. Ten years passed. “Within that time, all my classmates _______ university and were working, and I was just a housewife, and I wanted to be also in their _______, ”she recalled.

She admitted that she felt envious when she saw students who were not nearly as _______ as her in school graduated. When she _______ went back, she did well in the sciences.

Now she ________ as Deputy Dean of Student Affairs at Bayero University Kano and teaches in the Department of Physics. Her research has ________ electronics and space weather physics, and she applies it to local ________ needs, including waste recycling.

She is now ________ a government project to gather atmospheric data. She is now a mother of six children, two with disabilities. She is a role ________ for science education in her community, where girls’ education is ________ to be recognized.

7 . Although we lack accurate statistics about child mortality in the pre-industrial period, we do have evidence that in the 1660s, the mortality rate for children who died within 14 days of birth was as much as 30 percent. Nearly all families _______ some premature death. Moreover, to protect themselves from the emotional consequences of children’s death, parents avoided making any emotional _______ to an infant.

The 18th century witnessed the _______ from an agrarian (土地的) economy to an industrial one, one of the vital social changes taking place in the Western world. An increasing number of people moved from their villages and small towns to big cities where life was quite different. Social supports which had _______ existed in smaller communities were replaced by problems such as poverty, crime, substandard housing and disease. Due to the need for additional income to support the family, young children from the poorest families were _______ into early employment and thus their childhood became painfully short. Children as young as 7 might be required to work full-time, _______ to unpleasant and unhealthy circumstances, from factories to prostitution.

The lives of children _______ a drastic change during the 1800s in the United States. Previously, children from both rural and urban families were expected to participate in everyday labour due to the bulk of manual hard working. _______ , thanks to the technological advances of the mid-1800s, _______ the rise of the middle class and redefinition of roles of family members, work and home became less synonymous over time. People began to purchase toys and books for their children. When the country depended more upon ________ , children in rural and urban areas, were less likely to be required to work at home. Beginning from the Industrial Revolution and rising slowly over the course of the 19th century, this ________ increased dramatically after the Civil War. John Locke was one of the most ________ writers of his period. He created the first clear and ________ statement of the “environmental position” that family education ________ a child’s life, and via this, he became the father of modern learning theory. During the colonial period, his teachings about childcare gained a lot of ________ in America.

8 . The email hit me like a punch in the gut. It came from my ________ and when I saw it had several paragraphs, I frowned. Quickly scanning for the vocabulary of bad news, I discovered words like “________”, “I’m sorry”, and “end”. Sure enough, my column—Science Careers was being canceled.

But despite my________ shock, I wasn’t as sad or mad or ________ as I might have been in the past. Previously, when I have been ________, I embodied (表现) the loss by ragging on and thinking________ about myself: “They” don’t value me because I don’t have value. And indeed, when I got the message about the________, my instinct was to immediately blame myself, dumping me into the familiar hopeless desert of ________.

But then, I surprised myself by quickly ________ to a new mindset. It wasn’t actually a failure, was it? Instead of letting the disappointing news start________, I was able to take a positive ________.I set out to make this not the day I was fired, but the day I was fired up and________to move my career to the next level.

Sometimes life sucks and things happen, and we cannot ________.Business decisions often impact our careers and yet have very little to do with our outputs. This decision wasn’t a ________ of me and my value. So when I heard that the column was a ________, I knew I was going to grow.

9 . As a child, I was fascinated by the world of theater and began taking classes at the age of 7. Throughout my teenage years, I actively _________ plays, television shows, and movies. _________ provided me with an opportunity to explore and _________ things that I may not have had the courage to attempt in real life. One of the most significant _________ of acting was the ability to step outside of my comfort zone and transform into someone else, _________ and bold on stage.

Despite this, in my everyday life, I was often plagued (困扰) by _________ and hesitance. Acting allowed me to explore different time periods and _________, as I donned (穿上) various costumes and immersed (投入) myself in different eras and worlds. I played a variety of _________, ranging from aliens to ringmasters, and _________ a diverse set of skills along the way.

Performing was an excellent way for me to __________ my shyness and inhibitions. I gained a newfound confidence in myself and learned to be more __________ and daring. __________, after a while, I grew tired of living inside someone else’s __________ and was ready to forge (打造) my own path. I was fortunate to have received unwavering __________ and guidance from my family, who had always __________ me of the importance of education and self-worth.

Looking back, my time as a __________ actor was a period of significant self-discovery and __________. Through acting, I gained __________ insights into myself and the world around me. I will always be __________ for the experiences and lessons I __________ during my time in the spotlight.

10 . “Life is short. Focus on what matters and _______ of what doesn’t.” So many of us take our health _______ until we have a reason not to. We neglect exercise and then wonder why our bodies _______ when we need to climb _______ stairs. We neglect our diet and then wonder when all this _______ weight crept up on us. We neglect our mental health and then wonder why we’re always _______ .

We can be kinder on ourselves. We can add _______ movement to our lives. Walking, the gym, bodyweight exercises, yoga—it all counts and can all be _______ . Our bodies are made to move, not sit humped over laptops or in front of TVs all day. _______ the ability to move.

Eating healthily can also be simple and enjoyable. We can __________ most of what we eat on plants(fruits and vegetables). If we eat meat, we can treat it like a side dish and __________ most of the rest of our plates are filled with a __________ of vegetables. No foods need be off __________ , and we can still make space for the odd discretion. Healthy eating can and should be delicious eating, and should never feel like drudgery.

Regular check-ups with our doctors can help __________ the early signs of anything nasty, but we can also do our best to __________ what we have by trying our best to look after ourselves.