1 . The day I met Hani Irmawati, she was a shy, 17-year-old girl standing alone in the parking lot of the international school in Indonesia, where I teach English. She asked if I could help her improve her English. I could ________ it took much courage for the young Indonesian girl to ________ me and ask for help.

“I want to go to a US university,” she said with confidence. I was surprised.

I agreed to work with her ________ a volunteer basis. For several months. Hani woke each morning at five and caught the city bus to her public high school. During the one-hour ________, she studied for her regular classes and finished the English ________ I had given her. At four o’clock in the afternoon, she arrived at my classroom, extremely ________ but ready to work.

When I met Hani’s family at their ________ little house, I realized they would never be able to afford the expenses of a US university. Hani’s enthusiasm was ________ with her language ability, but I was becoming more and more discouraged.

One day I received the announcement of a(n) ________ opportunity for a major US university. After reading the requirements, I knew Hani couldn’t meet the qualifications. I told her that there was only a ________ chance of her getting the scholarship and encouraged her to be more “realistic” about her dream. But she remained ________.

“Will you send in my name?” she asked.

I couldn’t ________ her down. I completed the application, with the painful truth about her academic life, but also with my ________ of her courage and perseverance.

Three weeks later, just before Hani went to Jakarta to take the Test of English Fluency, she received a letter from the scholarship association. She had been ________.

I leaped around the room, overjoyed and shocked. Hani stood by, smiling. I realized that it was I who had learned something Hani had known from the beginning: It is not intelligence alone that brings success, but also the ________ to succeed, the commitment (投入) to work hard and the courage to believe in yourself.

2 . Alia Baker is a librarian in Iraq. Her library used to be a meeting place for all who loved_______and liked to share knowledge. They _______various matters all over the world. When the war was near, Alia was   _______that the fires of war would destroy the books, which are more expensive to her than mountains of_______ . The books are in every language new books, ancient books, _______a book on the history of Iraq that is seven hundred years old.

She had asked the government for permission to move the books to a   _______ place, but they _______ . So Alia took matters into her own hands. _______, she brought books home every night, _______ her car late after work.Her friends came to ________her when the war broke out. Anis who owned a restaurant ________ to hide some books. All through The night , Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours ________the books from the library, passed them over the seven-foot wall and hid them in the ________ . Then nine days later, a fire burned the library to the ground. ________ , the books were kept in a safe place.

Now Alia waited for the war to ________ and dreamed of peace and a new library.

3 . For long, a question disturbed a little boy. He couldn’t understand why his next-desk-pal (同伴) could rank 1st whenever he wanted to, while he himself _________to.

At home, he despondently asked his Mom, “Mom, am I more _________ than others? I feel I study as hard as him，but why do I _________lay behind?” Staring at him, she went _________, not knowing how to explain.

She felt an impulse (冲动) to say, “You are too _________. You are not really as hard-working as others...” .But she stopped, _________she knew her son was suffering from the pains of _________grades and rankings. She thought it cruel to add any additional burden to his son and was trying to find out a _________answer.

Time went by quickly, the son finished primary school. Although his studying was harder and better, he was still unable to _________his pal. To show her pride of him, Mom decided to take him to the sea. During the trip, she managed to give out an answer.

Now, the son no longer __________his rankings, because, with the 1st ranking, he was __________to Harvard University.

Back home in winter vacation, he was invited to give a speech to the students and parents in his high school. In the speech, he mentioned a(n) __________experience in his childhood. “When my mother and I were lying on the beach, she pointed to the front and said, ‘Do you see the seabirds flying for food over there? When the __________come near, little birds can escape quickly __________“clumsy” seagulls would take more time to complete the process. However, have you noticed birds that __________fly across the endless ocean are none other than “clumsy” (笨拙的) seagulls?’”

5 . Germany is a highly developed country.Many people think its people lead a luxurious(奢侈的) life.

One day，my friend and I _________ a restaurant.We noticed that a young couple were having their meal.There were _________ two dishes and two cans of beer on their table.I wondered if such a(n) _________ meal could be fine and whether the girl would leave that _________ man.

As we were _________，my friend ordered more food for us.When we left，there was still about one third of the food we had ordered on the table.

When we were leaving，the young man spoke to us in English.We _________ that he was unhappy about us _________ so much food.“We paid for our food.It is none of your _________，” my friend told him.The young man was so angry that he _________ took his phone out and made a call to someone.

After a while，an officer from the Social Security Organization(社会保障组织) arrived.Upon knowing what had happened，he gave us a €50 fine(罚款)，which __________ us.

The officer told us in a __________ voice.“__________ is yours but resources(资源) belong to society.There are many __________ people in the world who are __________ hunger(饥饿)．We have no __________ to waste resources.”

Their attitudes to eating put both of us to __________.We need to correct our wrong __________.We are from a country which is not very rich.To save face，we often think we should order more than we can eat，which __________ our friends our generosity(慷慨)．We should realize that resources don’t belong to a(n) __________ person but they belong to everyone.We can’t __________ to waste them.

6 . “I couldn’t move. I’ll have to wait here until you return.” I said to my friends. Both my feet ached so much and my______gave out under me. But at the last moment I______ with great strength and walked on with my friends till we climbed over the peak. This was what I had experienced 12 years before ________ I was climbing the Kirraki Mountain，and this______cheered me up. Compared to the journey to the Kirraki Mountain, climbing up the Wongsung Mountain seemed much easier. The only_____ was the snow.

On the 27th of January 2008, I went out alone, with the purpose of_____ the Wong sung Mountain. On my way I saw children playing merrily on the road, making snowmen and driving toy wooden trucks on the snow. Soon I ________ myself at the foot of the mountain. Looking up at the snow­covered giant mountain and seeing the steep slippery (滑) road with thick ice and snow, I suddenly felt a little_____, but the_____ of the footprints in the snow made me feel_____ that the top of the mountain was accessible. “You are not alone!” I tried to encourage myself._____ by a stick, I began moving forward slowly. In several places the road was so steep and slippery that I was on all fours and I almost____halfway. It was about 50 minutes before I got to the edge of of the mountain. But for the icy road, it would have been _______easy reach.

Seeing the white­covered pine trees, I couldn’t help entering the_______ In spite of the heavy_____, many trees were still standing straight, but some were bent down with snow and ice, some even fell and broke. Walking on the path in the forest, I could see no more footprints. Suddenly I sensed that it was_____ to walk in the woods in such dirty weather. In my childhood, I had witnessed thousands of trees, big or small, falling down one after another in a flash. ____that the falling of dominoes(多米诺骨牌) might happen, I hurried ____.

Now I’m sitting beside a warm stove, writing about my trip while my memory is still ____. This experience, though tiring and scary, is recognized as one of the most exciting moments in my life,_____ that I’ll value forever. It has again told me that nothing is impossible for a willing heart.

7 . Food has always been one of the greatest wants of humankind. The search for food is the _____ human behavior. Thus, _____food were easier to get and prepare, it would be really _____for humankind. It would reduce a great burden(负担). The development of processed foods(加工食品) has made food easier to get and prepare._____ every coin has two sides. Apart from its advantages, the _____ of cooking also has its disadvantages.

Though processed foods seem a great way to save _____, they offer much less nutritional(营养的)value than traditional foods. People today are so _____that they are not able to spend enough time preparing their food. As a result, many people _____to eat processed foods, ready­to­cook meals and various fast foods. But what will _____if one eats such food all year round? It will damage your ______. The nutritional value of the food is not so high. Worse still, research shows that preservatives(防腐剂)used in these foods are ______ to children. That’s why health experts warn people not to eat too much of such ______food.

Besides, since people spend little time______food, the culture of cooking is slowly ______. Cooking is not done just to satisfy hunger; it is also a(n)______form of art. Across the world, there are thousands of ______cooking styles. If young people are used to processed foods, few of them will develop great cooking ______. And when they become parents, it will be hard for their children to enjoy a(n) ______home­cooked meal. What’s more, cooking is a great time for ______to connect. There is a lot of ______when family members are preparing food together.

In a word, I believe though processed food has made the preparation of food much easier, it has not been a good step for humankind.

8 . I've learned a lesson that accepting kindness is important，too. I'm a social worker and have been_______more time recently with those unlucky people that some might say are less_______. I had a wonderful interaction(互动) this past week，when I had the _______of being the receiver of kindness. I was speaking to a gentleman who has bad luck and is in_______. We were just talking for a while and getting to_______each other.

Towards the end of our evening he said he wanted to_______me a hamburger at the nearby fast food restaurant. In time before，I would have_______that he let me buy him a meal，since he had a greater_______than I. But my kindness experience has taught me the _______ of being a good receiver，too. So I told him if he ________wanted to do that, I would be________to share a meal with him.

It was great! He was so happy to be able to________ something like that and he was________the entire time. I felt ________ to take away the wonderful feeling of someone's giving. We ________some great conversation and I could see it ________so much to him.

As we parted ways，instead of me feeling bad that he probably spent his last few________on our meal，I smiled and felt with a wonderful________of connection and gratitude. It's not only fun to be a receiver of kindness, ________this also gives someone else the chance to be the_________That is important, too.

9 . One morning our new neighbor saw my grandfather planting two rare tree saplings(树苗）in our garden. And he also planted the same kind of tree saplings in his garden. My grandfather gave________enough amount of water to his plants and didn't always give them full ______while our neighbor gave a lot of water to his plants and ______them too well. My grandfather's plants were simple but looked good, _______our neighbor's plants were much fuller and greener.

Normally, in summer, we have strong thunderstorms called "Kalboishakhi" which can bring great damage to life and _______. After a "Kalboishakhi", my grandparents and I came out to________the damage to our garden and saw the neighbor was in his garden, too, but look ______as his plants were uprooted. Our plants weren't damaged and were standing ______ on the ground, our neighbor was______ to see this, and he came up to my grandfather and said with______, I actually looked after my plants better than you did for yours. ______, my trees came off from the roots, but yours didn't. How is this_______?"

My grandfather smiled and said, "You gave your plants more attention and water, so they didn’t have the ______to work themselves for anything. I gave them just the ample amount of and manure (肥料），letting their_______ search for more;thus they went deeper and made their position   stronger, That is why my plants________ With an expression of deep_______ our neighbour nodded_______It made me realize then that though my grandfather was ______with me on many occasions even during our vacations with his do's and don'ts, I became aware that anything ______got or can go off   that much more easily and we will not ______the hard work it takes earn those things. "

10 . The season was changing and deep winter was creeping in. The weather was very cold. Outside, a heavy snow was ____ continuously, like an old woman plucking her geese _____, and the snow must have been nearly fifteen centimeters _____. It had been falling _____ we got up in the morning. The snowy fields, which some people ______as a dumb, lifeless aspect, assumed a _____, pleasing sight in the view of the children. They couldn’t help ____go out and play with many other kids of their age in spite of the _______ that they might feel stiff and catch a chill(感冒). And it really _____the joy of all of us bigger children, who were taking every ______to play and enjoy ourselves ____the full playing with snow or making snowmen, or _____rolling and running on the snow-covered ground.

_______ the house, a fire was burning, making it a pleasant and comfortable place for _____ who wanted to stay in. In the _____ of my mum was my one-year-old brother, who was _____a traditionally made Chinese cotton cap . The colorfully embroidered cap, which had a tiny bell on each side, could produce silvery pleasant   _____when shaken. The boy was laughing joyfully while he was ____ his head again and again, making repeated silvery sounds. It was the custom for a small child to wear such a cap, with the parents’ hope of the child’s growing to be   _____ and strong. It was from my little brother’s smiling face that I have now ______to know that ignorance is bliss(幸福). And such innocence(天真) could only occur in a small child!