1 . There was a pretty strict system of segregation (种族隔离) in Atlanta. As a Negro child, I couldn’t go to the so-called white schools, any public _________, or a lunch counter to buy a hamburger in many of the stores downtown. I couldn’t _________ any of the theaters.

I had _________ hating not only segregation but the cruel acts that grew out of it. I had seen police brutality (残暴行为) _________ my own eyes. I can also remember the organization _________ as the Ku Klux Klan. It stood out white supremacy, and even used violence to _________ segregation and keep the Negro in their place. These things did _________ to my growing personality.

In my late childhood and early adolescence, two incidents happened that had a _________ effect on my development. One day my dad and I went to a store and took the front empty seats. Then a young white clerk came up and murmured politely: “I’ll be happy to _________ you if you’ll stand up and go to those seats in the back.” Dad immediately retorted, “There’s nothing wrong with these seats. We’re quite ____________ here.” “Sorry,” said the clerk, “but you’ll have to ____________.” “We’ll either buy shoes sitting here,” my father retorted, “____________ we won’t buy shoes at all.” So he led me out of the store. This was the first time I had seen Dad so furious. As we were walking down the street, he muttered: “I don’t care how long I have to live with this system. I will never accept it.”

I also remember riding with my dad another day when he ____________ drove past a stop sign. A policeman ____________ up to the car and said: “All right, boy, pull over and let me see your license.” My father instantly retorted: “Let me make it ____________ to you that you aren’t talking to a boy. If you persist in referring to me as a boy, I will be forced to act ____________ I don’t hear a word you are saying.” The policeman was so ____________ in hearing a Negro talk to him like that. He nervously wrote the ____________ and left the scene as quickly as possible.

The experiences ____________ to me at a very early age that my father hadn’t adjusted to the ____________, and he never has.

2 . Virtual (虚拟的) reality is the latest and hottest type of computer game available. Players love it because it’s the first game that lets them feel as though they are _________ inside the game, taking part in the action around them.

Through the magic of virtual reality, you can become a boxer or _________ into a robot by simply putting on a (n) _________ and slapping up to the controls. The key to the “reality” you feel is the helmet. It _________ your eyes and ears, blocking off your normal vision and _________. Turn on a switch and you’re _________ by the sights and sounds of the game world.

In the boxing game, you hear cheering crowds and loud voice of an announcer _________ out instructions. Then you _________ yourself stand in a boxing ring, face to face with a strong and _________ opponent. The bell rings for the first round and you begin fighting.

Virtual reality games are the most complex interactive games, which involve the most advanced game technology ever __________.

It is important to understand the difference between interactive and passive __________. Watching television is __________, because you don’t have to do anything accept __________ your eyes open. __________ computer games are interactive because what you do __________ how the game turns out: if you don’t find the right secret tunnels, you can’t escape the dangerous castle, and unless you __________ the traps along the way, you die and the game is over.

The __________ of virtual reality are far from finished. They dream of one day coming up with a game world that players won’t be able to __________ apart from the real thing. It will __________ people to feel, and even taste and smell the environment they have __________ According to the game developers. It’s only a matter of time.

4 . A 9-year-old boy from Roswell, New Mexico has been spending his days outside his school to do his school work. This is because his family can’t afford _______ at home. Like many other families _______ by the coronavirus pandemic, his family sadly lost their _______ to pay for their WiFi connection.

But Jonathan Endecott, who _______ to be turning 10 next month, isn’t letting that stop him from _______! A fourth grader, Jonathan has been forced to stay in his _______ because of the pandemic like all the other kids, as well as many others throughout America and really, the _______.

Just like many other parents around the globe, Jonathan’s mom Angel sadly _______ both of her jobs due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And even though she _______ got one of her jobs back, she wasn’t earning enough to have their Internet connection ________.

Apparently, Jonathan really ________ learning. According to Angel, he’s also quite independent, and since his house is ________ right across the school field, she suggested that the boy walk to the school to get ________ to their internet so that he could still do his classes online.

After one teacher saw Jonathan lying down on the concrete ground, holding his ________ , she found the sight so ________ that she took a photo and went on to ask permission from his mom to ________ his photo on Facebook.

The photo gained so much ________ that eventually, a kind-hearted citizen ________ and offered to pay for the family’s internet service in Jonathan’s home for an entire year.

Then another ________ person that saw his photo, Shelby Dutton, also decided to put up a GoFundMe page in order to help other children suffering the same ________ as Jonathan.

5 . Giorgio is among the countless people who have made videos on the TikTok platform during the pandemic. Little did he know where they would lead, but surely they bring a touch of _________ to the fight against the suffering days.

In January, Giorgio would _________ hear muffled（低沉的）melodies through the wall of his home; it_________ that his neighbor was playing the piano. Giorgio was really enjoying the music and began _________ videos in which his neighbor's talents could be heard.

In February, he posted a video saying he left a/an _________ to his neighbor asking if the _________person could play the famous melody My Heart Will Go On. The neighbor's answer was _________when the piece came from the other side. So began a _________ . In another note, Giorgio _________ that they play The River Flows In You as a duo（二重奏）.The Italian was at first a little __________ when he started, but he felt happy the moment he heard the music coming from the other side.

The two went on to play many more duos but Giorgio stayed curious about his unknown neighbor. Finally, they __________ . It was Emil and he was 78 years old. __________ from Poland, Emil's wife had just passed away and he was staying alone in a temporary accommodation. The only __________ left to Emil was his piano.

But, on March 14, the sad news of Emil’s death __________ him. “Dear Emil," he wrote __________ his neighbor. knew very little about you, but you gave me back my passion, and we shared that with the world. You'll be in my heart. Bye, my friend, Emil.”

9 . The mountains where I live are full of turning, twisting and narrow roads. I was driving down one of those roads last spring. Days of on and off rain had made the ground_________and hillsides mushy. As I_________a curve(弯道), I saw that the weakened soil had_________a tree on the hill by the road. It was now lying on the road_________my way. I_________the brakes and slowly drove around it. Then I_________. I knew it was only a matter of time before someone would_________into that tree.

I got out of my car and tried to pull the_________into the ditch(沟渠)but it was much too big and_________. I didn't know what to do. Thirty seconds later, a white pickup truck__________and pulled over. Out__________a young man. “You need a chainsaw(链锯)?” he asked. I said, “Yes!” and he__________one out of the back of his truck.

For the next few minutes he cut the tree into__________parts while I carried them across the__________and dumped (扔掉)them over the guardrail(栏杆)on the other side. “You never know when you will need a__________” I joked while my newly found__________smiled and put his saw back in the truck. I waved goodbye and__________him drive off before heading back to my own car.

What a(n)__________it was that we two met at just the right time! I felt happy knowing that I was able to help________a possible accident. The rain finally stopped and the sun__________the clouds.

10 . Joella and Joanna are 20-year-old twins. On April 6, Joella _________ ,on Facebook that Joanna was suffering Leukemia, a type of cancer that _________ the blood and bone marrow （髓）. And she _________ shaved her head alongside her twin sister in a moving video, which has since gone viral.

_________ COVID-19 lockdown （封城）, Joanna was forced to begin her chemotherapy treatments alone in the hospital. ''Without her family there to _________ her hand and wipe her tears when she needs it," Joella said in the _________ . “The only contact we had with her was through video calls and messages," Joella shared. ''It is a(n） _________ time for my family but especially for my _________ "

When Joanna made the difficult decision to shave her head to make her _________ easier, Joella ____________ her sister by doing the same. "I couldn't let her ____________ it alone so I decided we'll do it together just like everything else we've done together in this ____________" Joella explained. " I ____________ you so much, my beautiful sister. You are a fighter and we’ll fight this battle together."

The ____________ video, which shows the entire family hugging and wiping away each other's tears as both sisters have their heads shaved, has been ____________ by 11 million times, plus more than 140.000 ____________ from well-wishers around the globe. "Your sister is strong and beautiful," said one ____________ . “She will fight this and win."

Joella later ____________ a photo of the two sisters smiling, looking ____________ with their newly shaven heads. "My first best friend," she ____________ the picture. "By your side through it all."