1 . A missing woman Emma was found after three days stuck in the mud and her parents are calling it a miracle (奇迹).

The 31-year-old was reported ________ on June 26 by her parents, who said she left her cell-phone behind when she left home on Sunday night. When she didn’t return, they ________ the alarm. “So many times this type of story ends ________ and I didn’t have much hope at all,” the missing woman’s father said.

Local authorities were called to Borderland State Park in Easton, Massachusetts. Emma was ________ found when people hiking reported ________ coming from a swamp (沼泽地). Easton police officers entered the swamp and ________ to pull Emma from the swamp—she was then carried to ________.

Emma’s mom, Barbara Zinaman, said, “She ________ for help. She said ‘I need help.’ I’m still ________ after a week that she could even do that because she didn’t have ________ and she was also pretty dehydrated(脱水的).” “It was awful to be ________ in the swamp for as long as she was,” Zinaman continued. “It’s miraculous that they ________ her.”

Emma’s mother went on to ________: “I want to thank everybody that has texted, called, emailed, showed love and ________. The search and rescue teams and the county.”

Police say Emma will recover. While she is still ________, her injuries are not life-threatening.

3 . The summer after my freshman year college, I had to get my first job. This was probably one of the _________ tasks I have ever had to do. I had never held a job when I was in high school because my parents wanted me to put all my _________ into my studies.

At first, it was very hard. I filled out dozens of _________ but got no calls back in the first two weeks. It made sense because I had _________ no job experience. All I could _________ was that being a high school graduate and a year of college.

However, halfway through the third week, I finally got a call back from one of the places I _________. We had set up a meeting time, and after my _________, I was more than ready to start working the following Monday. I was _________ at the chance of working for my wages.

When I started, it was very clear that I was not _________. I made mistakes with orders and often __________ sales promotions (推销). My parents made a bet I would not __________ the first two weeks, and I would be back looking for more __________. However, I stuck with it.

After working a while, I got better at orders, and always __________ the cheaper options for customers. A couple of weeks later, I had been told by the manager that I had __________ the award of the best employee of the month. It taught me a lot about responsibility and gave me the __________ of working.

4 . Whenever our teachers or parents asked about our hobbies at childhood, my friends and I would always express our love for reading. However, with the development of high technology, our lives are gradually ________ by electronic screens of all sizes. They attract our attention like magnets (磁铁) and gradually ________ us from the world of books.

There was a time when I felt like my life went downhill, and with increased ________ from school, physical tiredness and emotional burdens (负担), I had to watch short ________ to distract (分散) myself from those troubles.

This situation changed when one day I ________ a book called The Grapes of Wrath by a US writer. When I opened the cover and started reading, I felt like being hit ________ on my head. The wonderful story and beautiful writing attracted me. Although the characters in the book face ________ survival challenges, they still try to live in hard times and struggle for their dreams. This ________ spirit deeply inspired me, allowing me to gradually ________ my confidence in the future.

Now I carry this book either at the dining table or during school breaks. As a student who has a (n) ________ of making films, this book also gave me creative ________. The historical scenes described in the book and the deep human nature ________ within opened a door to the hall of art for me, allowing me to understand that reading can not only ________ the spirit, but also cause creativity.

Why should we choose to ignore (忽视) such ________ like this book? Finally, I would like to appeal to my peers to protect our eyes and minds, and make ________ choices between books and screens.

5 . We had finally decided to join the Thanksgiving Day Parade (游行) with our five-year-old daughter, Kerry. We never thought what Kerry would take away from the ________, or how it would affect our lives.

We caught the dawn train along with hundreds of other excited crowds. As the train pulled into the terminal (终点), everyone stood, ________ waiting to leave it and head toward the parade route. As we walked up to the entrance to the terminal, Kerry ________ a homeless woman sitting in the shadows, ________ to all except my curious daughter.

“What's that?” she asked. Linda and I ________ each other, caught off guard (措手不及) by the ________ to explain something ________ from the happy scene we were about to ________. We gave a simple explanation and continued with the parade.

The following year, we decided to ________ the parade again. “Can we bring some sandwiches for those people?” she asked. We knew immediately whom she ________. This was a golden opportunity to ________ Kerry's sense of charity; she was teaching us an important lesson. That night we prepared and ________ two dozen sandwiches.

The next morning, we took the train again but there was a different kind of ________ in our family. There was a ________ man sitting in the same spot. Kerry handed a sandwich to him. Then we were off to the parade, stopping along the way to hand out the rest of the sandwiches, ________ one for each of us.

Somehow, no giant Thanksgiving sit-down feast ever tasted as good as those sandwiches.

8 . One of my major life-turning points happened during my exchange study in Finland. At the University of Economics in Prague where I studied it was extremely _________ to get on an Erasmus exchange trip abroad since the demand was _________. Everyone wanted to go!

Regardless, I decided to sign up early for my last semester, just to see what the process was like to be better prepared for _________ again in a year. I did make it through all the three rounds and _________ got a spot at a University in Turku, Finland! I was _________. The success brought its own _________, but once you set your eyes on the goal, nothing can stop you.

And I had the time of my life in Finland. I met the most amazing people, traveled a ton, partied a lot, and _________ with friends from all over the world. _________ I was one of the few people there who really needed to pass all the courses and additionally write the papers, I _________ to run on an impossible sleep schedule of four hours per night. But I __________ it! My study in Finland opened up my __________, too.

After the exchange study, I __________ my life in Finland. This adventure led me to choose a life of __________ made up of remote work and plenty of travelling. I couldn’t have asked for a better __________. And it gave me one of my favorite __________ that I can now share with others.

10 . He Cuiying lives on a mountain peak in Yunnan province, at an altitude of 3,000 meters. Every morning, the 91-year-old woman is _______ by floating fog, which creates a fairy-tale landscape.

Four years ago, He Cuiying opened a homestay (民宿) in her yard with the help of her granddaughter, He Qingmei. Ever since, she has _______ her stories, the beautiful scenery and the _______ culture of her village with visitors from across China and other parts of the world.

He Cuiying is a member of the Naxi ethnic group, while her husband is from the Tibetan ethnic group and he is a _______ in Tibetan Buddhism. In Qibie village, He Cuiying’s home, eight ethnic minorities live _______ in the same village, where local people _______ 102 homestays.

The villagers say they have turned “houses into homestays and people into _______”. They speak the Naxi language, _______ Tibetan customs and warmly welcome tourists from all over the world. In just eight years, they have developed a _______ multiethnic (多民族的) homestay village, becoming a key demonstration project for cultural ________ in Yunnan.

He Cuiying loves ________. Whenever guests visit her home, she sings songs and offers blessings continuously. Her favorite song is Chairman Mao Is Like the Sun. She remembers how the remote village was liberated and ________ poverty under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, so she has a sincere ________ for Beijing as the capital city.

Now, as He Cuiying gets older, He Qingmei and her cousins are gradually ________ the homestay. They hope to share the beautiful scenery and stories of Grandma’s home with more people through the ________ of guests from all over the world.