2 . The most unforgettable thing during my long summer holiday last year, of course was my trip ______ England. This was my first time to go abroad, so it really made me ______.

There were quite a lot of interesting places in England, ______ Oxford. When we walked around Oxford, we saw quite a lot of ancient buildings on ______ sides of the streets. One of the most famous tourist ______ in Oxford is Christ Church. It’s ______ one of the Oxford University’s 39 colleges. There is a huge hall in Christ Church, ______ was used as the dining hall at Hogwarts in the Harry Potter ______. I felt really excited when I heard this.

______ place that impressed me ______ during my trip was a place called Stratford upon Avon. It was a small town. Maybe you haven’t ______ it, but I’m sure you have heard about William Shakespeare(莎士比亚)—it’s the great man’s ______. In Stratford upon Avon, I could ______ Shakespeare’s Birthplace, Shakespeare Countryside Museum, the Royal Shakespeare Theatre, and a lot of places that are connected with ______.

I went to Shakespeare’s Birthplace. It was the house where Shakespeare was born and spent his early years. Its sitting room, hallway(走廊), bedrooms, and kitchen were furnished(布置) in 16th century style. I also went to see the Shakespeare Exhibition. It illustrated(以图解说明) Shakespeare’s life and career in both Stratford and London.

I really enjoyed this nice ______ to England, from which I learned a lot. I’m very happy that I could visit such an interesting country. I want to go there again in the future.

5 . When my daughter was in grade school, she brought home four tiny branches one day. They were small _________ given to the students to plant. None of them looked very strong, but with a _________ for the future, we planted them in our backyard. Over the years the _________ soil brought an end to three of them.

All that was _________ was a single evergreen. It never got very tall and _________to one side. Then, I noticed that it was starting to _________. The lower branches were becoming brown. Only the top ones of the tree were still _________.

I did my best to _________ it by feeding it a lot of fertilizer, but it seemed hopeless. One morning I went out and looked at it again, _________ if it would be better to just cut it down. As I __________ to take a closer look at it, however, I noticed something moving among the branches. It was a bird __________ building a nest in the topmost branches. I smiled and __________ that maybe this old tree had some life and usefulness left in it yet. It may not be healthy or pretty, but it was still giving a bird a __________.

This tree __________ me that all of our lives have a purpose. It doesn’t matter if we are young and strong, or old and sick. Until our last __________ we still have things to do: love for us to give, and joy for us to share. We can help to make this world a better and lovelier place.

8 . After my graduation from college, I was always worried about my financial (财务的) situation. Things changed when I got a job at a library and also accepted a part-time job. I became _________ about future. But how was I going to _________ two jobs at the same time? I thought, looking out of the window.

A squirrel (松鼠) was making his way down a tree. It was _________ for him to climb up and down easily like other squirrels with a piece of bread in his mouth. How was he going to manage that? I held my breath and cheered him on in my _________. He moved down with _________, holding onto the tree. When he finally _________ the ground, he pulled the bread behind him. His journey was not _________ yet, so he kept trying! It was _________ that this squirrel and I had a lot in common. I had my own bread to _________ and my own trees to climb. I moved from one __________ to another to follow the __________ of the squirrel’s action. Slowly but surely, he __________ it to the roadside and stopped to check on the traffic. Finally, the squirrel crossed the road __________ with his meal. When he entered the bushes (灌木丛), I cheered even though I couldn’t watch his next __________. Then I went upstairs to get ready for the __________ before me. “You can do it,” I told myself.

9 . It’s never too late to make your dreams come true . After more than half a_________since his last class at the University of Cincinnati , Paul Blom, 94,_________ received an associate ‘ s degree(副学士学位).

The World War II ex-soldier first enrolled(注册)at the_________in 1946, after_________in the Navy for three years. “ I came down to UC_________I was going to go to school , but , you know, it was_________ , it was almost August , and there wasn’t room for me ,” Blom told WCPO - TV. However , Blom enrolled in UC’s evening college program where he took night_________for nine years. But as he became too_________with the family business , he decided to stop_________.

He said, “I think I only lacked maybe two__________for some reason or another. I just didn’t ever go back and__________all the courses .”

Back in May 2020, Blom’s daughter, Paula Baxter,__________ UC to see if her father could receive an honorary degree and the university found that it could__________him much more .

After__________that Blom received more than enough credits to get a__________for an associated degree through a regional college within the University of Cincinnati, university officials were able to issue him the associate’s degree he had earned in full all those years ago.

10 . It feels like every time my mother and I start to have a conversation, it turns into a(n) _________. We talk about something as simple as dinner plans and suddenly my mother will push the _________ into the Third World War. She’ll talk about my lack of a bright future because I don’t plan to be a doctor. And much to her _________, I don’t want to do any job related to science, _________. In fact, when I said that I planned to _________ in English, she nearly had a heart attack.

“Why can’t you be like my co-worker’s son?” she shouts all the time. Her co-worker’s son _________ a four-year scholarship and is now _________ 70,000 dollars a year as an engineer. I don’t know what to say except that I simply can’t be like Mr. Perfect as I’ve called the unnamed co-worker’s son. I can’t be like him.

I understand why my mother is _________ about my future major. I’ve seen my mother _________ to raise me on her small __________ and work long hours. She leaves the house around 6:30 am and usually comes back home around 6:00 pm or even 7:00 pm. __________ as she is, she still cooks supper for me and then does other housework __________ late into the night. Additionally, she never wears fancy clothes and expensive jewelry.

I am fully __________ that what my mother has done is out of her deep love for me. However, I want her to know that by becoming a(n) __________, it doesn’t mean I’ll be successful. I’d rather __________ my dreams and create my own future.